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Just in case you missed it this evening, we welcomed a new product into the theory11 family, Vertigo by Rick Lax. In this effect, a deck of cards is removed from the box, and the empty box is balanced on the side of the deck. Barely on the deck. Impossibly balanced. That's only the beginning...

What's up everyone? Casey asked if I could fill in this week for the SNC, so I thought I would bring back an old favorite that had a big response last time. Your mission this evening is to prove to us that yu have psychic powers (or at least fool us into thinking you do) by guessing something...

What are you enjoying from the Wire? Now that submissions are open and are being pushed through, what effects are your favorite? What do you want to see more of? Let's hear it. L

I just finished reading an article that Brian Brushwood found and shared on G+. You can find it here. The article talks about exposure and how the author would rather perform for people who have been exposed to magic trick exposure over those who have not. Does exposure hurt magic? If so, how...

The most simple, and yet most open ended Acta Deceptio topic I have yet posted. 4.5 hours before we begin to show you your first hints of something spectacular, we want to know this - What is the future of magic? Where is it going? How is it going to change? The floor is yours. All we ask is...

(False alarm on the last one, since we didn't realize you could see through the paper. I will settle up with that winner via IM.) What’s up everyone? No, I am not Casey. I was asked to step in this evening as a substitute while Casey is, let’s say, occupied with the hurricane. Casey is just...

We all have people we consider to be masters of our art. They are nearly flawless. They make things look easy. They are the people we look up to. Today's topic - How did they get there? What did they do to become great? What do they do now that causes us to consider them great? What can we learn...

There are many different magic effects here at theory11 and in other places. There are magical secrets that you and I will never learn no matter how hard we try. Magic is such a broad art that nobody will ever really master everything. That said, today's question is this - Which branch of magic...

When performing for someone, there is a lot to think about. Until you are fairly well seasoned, it is easy to get really nervous when you show someone your magic. That said, what is the most important thing to remember when you perform? Is it simple all about your technical skills? Is it your...

Every one of us in this forum can do a card trick or two. We can all trick someone. My question tonight is this - So what? What have you accomplished with your magic? I am not talking about your $4 Million stage show. I am not talking about the time you make Jennifer Aniston marvel at your magik...

The first magic trick I ever saw, a Disney Land magican pulling a peice of rope from my ear, was real. I knew it then. I can think of nothing in my memory that would betray what he did as anything but real. If I saw the same trick today, there is nothing that could convince me that it was real...

http://lyleborders.blogspot.com/2011/07/box-of-secrets.html Check it. I just finished up a storage unit for my playing cards. It cost me a few pennies, but for what I do I found it worth it. Check it out and maybe you will be inspired to do something similar, or even better, completely...

As I finished my internship up yesterday, I left behind a rather cool gift for the business I had been working for. They had been tryigt o meet an exceptionally difficult monthly goal every month for the last two years and had not been sucessful once. My first month there I brought the company...

While browsing through the many new posts in the forums today, I ran across this thread - People Are Addicted to Cards Now? Playing cards have been a big hype ever since I got back into magic several years ago. There seems to be no end to the stream of new cards. I would know. I lost count of...

This last EMC. I watched JB and Eric Mead help out in a mind blowing illusion from Lu Chen. I have spent a rather long time going over the trick again and again trying to decode the mystery, but to no avail. I know those in the room when it happened were also blown away. We simply witnessed the...

Keith Barry, star of "Deception with Keith Barry" on the Discovery Channel and his show "8 Deadly Sins," and all around awesome magician, shot the following video out on Facebook and Twitter recently. Here was his comment. "I normally hate this type of act - but he's by far the best in the...

We all have our own stories. What I want to know is how YOU found your way to Theory11. Whether you have been here for several years or if you just joined us today, how did you get here? I came over after looking for magic tricks on YouTube. I saw a video for a trick (I don't remember which...

Here is some food for thought for you all. Long day at work today. Nothing out of the ordinary, just another mediocre day. I did my job, I got ready to leave. The only thing unusual the entire day was the fact that there is an airshow here this weekend and the world famous Blue Angels were to...

I cannot say that I am typically a fan of DVDs that revolve around a single “groundbreaking” concept. I was skeptical about this whole project between Irving Quant and Dan and Dave Buck. The first teaser I saw was the Samurai Cut. I did not know what to think. When the full trailer was released...

Overall - 8/10 Stock - 5/10 Finish - 5/10 (Air Cushion) Durability - 5/10 Design - 9/10 Magic - 5/10 XCM - 9/10 I LOVE this deck. I happened to stumble upon it at Walmart the other day. I grabbed 4 decks of the nearly 30 there. A few minutes later, when I returned for more, they...