Straight Talk Magic reviews

This two and a half hour lecture by John Guastaferro is another killer episode of the Murphy’s Magic “At The Table” lecture series hosted by Mike Hankins. The 45 year old Guastaferro teaches and entertains with nothing more than a deck of cards, some rope, finger rings and a straw. The audio quality for the… Continue Reading At The Table Lecture With John Guastaferro and Murphy’s Magic Supplies

The Si-Fi Project is The Daily Deception’s latest release, by Xiang Liu. It is an incredible visually impressive ring levitation effect that comes with a twenty minute DVD and the necessary materials to create the gimmick/hook up. Creating the gimmick from the supplied materials only takes a couple of minutes and you are ready to… Continue Reading Si-Fi Project by Xiang Liu and The Daily Deception

Coin Thru Nose will freak you out. It will also make your audience cringe uncomfortably when they witness this routine. This bizarre trick is not for every performer, but it will stun any audience. In fact, in furtherance of full disclosure, after watching this excellent instructional DVD (twice) I decided against trying this shocking method… Continue Reading Coin Thru Nose by Tyler Sutter and The Magic Estate

Spontaneous combustion is a good card trick with a cool patter about spontaneous human combustion and the ability to harness heat in your fingertips. The gimmick is similar to Jay Sankey’s In A Flash, but with a different story line, minus the flash paper. Here, as the magician fans the cards on both sides, to… Continue Reading Spontaneous Combustion by Geronimo Granell

C. Golo Naito’s The Tokyo Tables is 26 page eBook with an accompanying downloadable 25 minute Vimeo video that teaches many tricks from his personal set. I like this ebook/video combo for several reasons, including the diversity of magic discussed and the top notch video presentations and instructions. The Tokyo Tables are well worth the… Continue Reading The Tokyo Tables by Golo Naito and Vanishing Inc.

Rubber Bang is an excellent and high quality instructional DVD that teaches nine tricks using both rubber bands and playing cards as well as a tenth trick with cards only. The DVD comes with four high quality colored rubber bands so you can get going immediately. At the end of the DVD, Yang credits various… Continue Reading Rubber Bang! by Sean Young and Magic Soul

Ignition is a neat little trick for anyone that likes coin magic. As the Mechanic Industries website reveals, Ignition is a keychain attached to a rivet in a Mechanic Industries dollar size coin, a duplicate key chain (not attached to anything) and a duplicate Mechanic Industries coin (with no rivet). The trick comes in a… Continue Reading Ignition by Mechanic Industries

In this trick, the spectator cuts to any card in any shuffled deck and removes it from the deck. After the performer shuffles one half of the deck, the spectator places the card on the top of that half and then covers the selected card by the other half of the deck. The performer claims… Continue Reading Sensation by Mr. Bless

Blind Square is Romanian Magician Bizau “Biz’” Cristian’s 21 minute download that teaches both a top control and a bottom control move of any card that is placed in the middle of the deck. Neither move is particularly difficult to perform and when mastered the moves quickly and directly transport a card to either the… Continue Reading Blind Square by Cristian Bizau

If the name “Phoenix Ashes” didn’t grab your attention, I hope this review will. This extremely simple trick is incredibly visual and impressive. It blows spectators away and serious consideration should be given to this trick. In Phoenix Ashes, a spectator chooses a card. The card is bent in half from top to bottom and… Continue Reading Phoenix Ashes by David Blanco and Asier Kidam and Dramagia