Straight Talk Magic reviews

I really love easy to do cards tricks that make you seem like a master magician. Don’t get me wrong, I also love sleight of hand, but sometimes less is more. Cameron Francis has put together a great compilation of card tricks with an ordinary deck of card. For $25 you get a DVD with… Continue Reading Ultimate Self Working Card Tricks: Cameron Francis Edition

This is smart phone magic.  Most phone magic sucks.  This is great!  In a nutshell, you take out your phone (iPhone and Android) and open up Instagram.  You show the spectator your instagram posts and scroll through dozens and dozens of your photos.  You then turn your phone face down and have them scroll through… Continue Reading Predict n’ Grab by Artur Santos

Deep Clear is a perfect example of one of the most astonishing creations by Paul Harris.  Most of the time, when a trick is packaged with the “Paul Harris Presents” brand, you know it is going to be strong, amazing and quality.  Yes, you may find an exception to that general statement, but the rule… Continue Reading Paul Harris Presents Deep Clear by Paul Harris

Lucid Dream is a very quick and very cool effect.  The suggested patter relates to a dream that the performer had that he did a card trick and a selected card in his dream may just be the one that the spectators select.  But, sometimes dreams turn into reality, or do they?  The performer takes… Continue Reading Lucid Dream by SansMinds

This is a different and easy way to make an impossible prediction come true and prove it in a unique way.  So, what’s this all about?  You have a sturdy heavy cardboard rectangle that looks like a license plate with all the numbers and letters (see the picture) on a spiral pad.  Let’s say the… Continue Reading License Plate Prediction by Martin Andersen

The Black Roses Altrosa edition is a limited print of playing cards that you may want to grab.  The back design looks like an ordinary design, not too fancy, and will not raise eyebrows.  That does not mean that the design is not beautiful or worthy of admiration, because it is both. With this deck… Continue Reading The Black Roses Altrosa Edition

This is a super-great trick that melts minds!  I love it!  In case you couldn’t tell from the 10 out of 10 rating, I dig this one. So here is what the spectator sees.  A card is chosen by calling “stop” when dribbling the cards face down so that all the backs are seen to… Continue Reading On The Money by Gavin James and RSVP Magic

Edward G. Brown was not a professional magician, yet he was actively involved in his local magic organizations.  He was considered one of the, if not the greatest sleight of hand card magician in England during his short time on earth.  Born in 1893, he died, suddenly in 1947. What was most interesting about learning… Continue Reading REVIEW: The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown by Trevor H.Hall and Vanishing Inc.

Mark Elsdon knows how to create magic and he knows how to present it.  He frequently puts out pieces of magic that if it were presented by anyone else would not be as good.  You all know that I am a big fan of his.  More often than not he hits it out of the… Continue Reading The Trick That Can Be Explained by Mark Elsdon

You take out a wallet, show an old looking picture of your grandfather (or magic professor – or whoever you want it to be) begin the story…  this is my grandpops… he was always able to guess a card that someone would select (the performer then removes 5 cards from the wallet and displays the… Continue Reading Legacy V2 by Jamie Badman & Colin Miller