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Hey thanks for the review. If anyone is interested I'm giving away a free download to a random commenter on this video. Watch the video for details.

Man it is a great effect! I've seen the classic gypsy thread kill on stage for over a hundred people. It sounds counter intuitive for such a small effect to play so bog but it can. Adding the balloon is very clever, a local magician in my area closes every stage show with it, it's that strong...

This is exactly my feeling

Michael Weber mingles with people like Eric Mead, Ricky Jay and Bill Kalush. He's a lawyer and a very creative magic creator. He has some strong ideas about magic and its secrets and how video isn't the best medium to share magic with. This is one of the reasons it is so difficult to find video...

Spidey Bedros Akkelian is Theory11’s go to mentalist at the moment. He does not go into the methods or effects that he has made popular on this site but instead shares almost completely new material that is just as clever and just as practical. Polaroid 1: A blank faced card is introduced. A...

Joe Monti has been around the block. He shares various moves and effects that he has learned from sleight of hand legends as well as a whole bunch of new stuff. This guy has performed at the Magic Castle, he has published all types of effects and consulted for Criss Angel. This is a great...

I agree, I mentioned that because I still don't believe that most spectators would ask to shuffle as Edward implied. I still don't think he handled the situation in an ideal or even a good way, but that is fine and we can disagree on what it means to be a good audience. I completely agree, if...

Yeah, I set you up in an unfair way. I apologize, I still don't agree with all you said but that's not a bad thing.

My script goes something like this. Me: I need a couple cards for this, could you please call stop as run through the deck. Participant: Stop Me: Well you stopped me on an ace not to bad, and here are the other three. (I produce the 4 aces) Now you've found them once we'll see if lightning can...

Edward, I appreciate the counter argument to my points in the video. A breadth of opinions makes things interesting for sure. I think I have to disagree with most of your points above, which is fine. I do think that the way you handled these situations is wrong, or at least that there is a more...

I'm going to disagree with you a little, I don't mean any harm I just think you bring up a good point with an interesting scenario. So, we can still be friends :) I feel like it would have been much more respectful to take the magician aside afterwards and offer advice and criticism privately...

I love performing magic, but one of the most frustrating issues I have is when I have a spectator who insists on making my job as hard as possible. They challenge you and try to mess you up and when you do manage to fool you they try to tell their friends how they think what you did was done...

I love this product, it takes one of the most awkward props in magic and makes it completley innocent.

Peter Turner's lecture was good, and the tips and experience were very valuable. If you want to learn pin divination and a solid method for a star sign divination then you'll like this. He really comes at the pin divination from every possible angle, so if that is an effect you want to perform...

Casshan is a really sweet guy. He is super creative and one of the most down to earth guys out there. I have jammed with him in the past and love much of his magic. App Card: An advertising card is introduced, the magician touches various icons on the card and their phone inexplicably opens...

The forums are not for divulging secrets so you wont find any here. This is a classic of magic and is available in many books. If I were you I'd buy the book "Royal Road to Card Magic". In its pages you will learn a version of this trick as well as a whole bunch of other great tricks. If you are...

I'm impressed at how civil this thread has been, it really reflects well on our forum. I purchased the Gecko knowing what it was, and what it did. I couldn't make it practical for actual magic performance. Has anyone had similar issues? I also purchased Jim Steinmeyer's Soft Shoe Monte. It was...

I feel like most of the classic forces would fit your criteria. -classic force -timing force -cross cut force -slip cut force -riffle force -dribble force

The Invisible Deck is considered by many to be the greatest card trick ever devised. It is nowhere near as versatile as the stripper deck though. With the ID you get basically 1 great trick (While there are a couple other variations, check out Craig Petty's DVD Roughed or Jay Sankey's...

Denny and Lee's is in Vegas and you need to check it out!