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Okay guys, I have seen a lot of reviews on the Gaurdians, The Split Spades, The Ghosts, The tally's, The Tiger's, The... Blah, Blah, BLAH. I have decided that I will do something a little different. Instead of Reviweing a custom deck or a new effct I will Review something that has been out for...

Dear Readers, I don't own any tally ho decks but I really would like to get some. I don't know where I can buy a regular deck or two of these. I don't want to order it off the internet either. So where can I get some? Dylan P.

Dear readers, When I am not amazing people with my magic I also play a sport. This sport is Hockey. Needless to say that I will watch the NHL on TV. I thought I would share an interesting story with you about an NHL Player who does magic. I do not recall what team he was on or what his...

Throughout the history of poker and poker based games there has always been one card that was said to be "unlucky". This cards was and still is the Three of diamonds. It is said that in poker games even if you had a really good hand if you happened to draw the three of diamonds someone around...

WHAT IS KID MAGIC? Kid's magic doesn't mean that the tricks you perform are something that a kid can pull off (although sometimes kids can). When I talk about kids magic I simply mean performing for kids, and if you are familiar with the second episode of Celebracadabra you will see eactly...

WHAT IS SHOWMANSHIP? Well, a showman is a person in charge of a theatrical peice or musical. So how does this relate to magic at all, you ask? Well in magic you need tto act much like in a theatre. The below is two examples of acting in a performance of Stigmata. You do not want to be...

In this thread I will explain how to approach people on the streets, what trcks to show people, how to get over stage fright, how to deal with hecklers, how to deal with people in general, and much much more. So grab some cheetos and an ice tea becuase this is going to be a good read...

Dear readers, I have decided to write this thread to educate the masses about the histry of mystery. Here I will give brief explanations of magic throughout the ages. So let's dig in to it, shall we... EARLY MAGIC Magic has been dated all the way back to 2600 BC. This date is debated...

I've never really used any hard flourishes before but I would love to start. Is the trilogy a good place to start?

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING: I intend for this topic to be only a discussion and not a debate or become disrespectful to ellusionist. So please keep the critisism to a level or I'll have the moderators close this. Has Ellusionist lost its touch in the magic world? It has become...

I like doing street magic but I get turned down a lot. I was just wondering how you guys would approach someone on the street? I do it like this: I walk up to someone who doesn't look busy, and is a good mood. I then ask if they have a moment. If they say no then I thank them anyway and...

I don't know how many people this will interest but I have revently found many quotes from magicians or that can apply to magicians and would like to share them with you. Some of them are mine and some are from guys on t11 forums. Credit will be given to whomevers I use. Also, feel free to copy...

I am thinking about buying witness and i wanted to know if it was worth the money. like oes it have any ridiculously hard sleights or anything like tat and is it instantly resetable.

There comes a time in every magicians life where, in order to go further, he, or she, must stop learning new effects and try to create their own. Although this is very hard to do there are things you can do to make this time in your life a bit easier on you. I wish to list a few helpful things...

I am currently planning on making a promotialnal video for myself but I need a good like two minute instrumental song that sounds kind of magically. Can people give me the names of some or tell me the name of a free program were I would be able to make my own tunes on the computer.

A new age is upon us. It is an age were magic is being performed on the streets instead of theaters. Stage magic has become endangered and overtaken by new artists like criss angel and Blaine. these artists are good but what about the people who were here first. Dai vernon, hugard Braue, Mark...

Ellusionist has recently unveiled their lates, and probably greatest, item ever. It is the Ultragaff deck that the world was waiting for. I wish to go through a quick rundown of some of the cards. Green card: I put this first because it is the least important. It is a normal bicycle 6 of...

I recently bought all three ulragaff DVD's along with the deck itself. Now, on E the cards looked good but i couldn't wait to see if they were worth the cash. I rcieved in the mail and went through my usual routine. I do not open the deck until i've watched all DVD's then when it ends I open the...

After seeing how succesful my original topic was I have decidied to make a second one...only this time it will have a few modifications. For example, being mentored by a magician is very rare to come by so this time I will exclude that option. Also, DVD's and illegally downloading DVD's is...

So I have ecently been thinking...I do that a lot...and I have once again decided that I better post another poll. The quesion this time however is: "Where would you rather learn magic from?" Personally I would like to be mentored by a magician because this would give me hands on training...