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i just bought this! all i have to say is AWESOMELY AWESOME!!
this is the best trick i own!
buy it
thats all i have to say
this is the best trick i own!
buy it
thats all i have to say
It's not a trick everybody, it's a tool. You can use it for many tricks, he mentions 16 tricks in the PDF.
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I would like to stress that the Advocacte on its own isn't the be all and end all of card magic tools. Key to its use is performance. Don't get me wrong, it is a fantastic piece of magic 'technology' and is amazingly useful, but you can perform with it badly and you will get busted. You know the advocate is there, the spectator doesn't, but if you perform as if its there you will get rumbled, lol.
Don't get me wrong. I use it, and I love it, and it is fantastic, but don't think that you're going to be able to fry people with it if you can't perform magic well. This isn't a flourish, or a D&D highly visual trick. It's a piece of technology where how convincing you are as a magician is absolutely key to how you use it.
It is a tool with -no- limitations to how you can use it at all. You can literally use it for anything you can think of.
Basically I recommend that any magician owns this book. When you read it you'll be like...aaahhhh, damn, why wasn't I doing this sooner, lol .
Making the gimmick is fairly easy, and it's not going to kill too much time, using it does require some practice though.
So yeah.....lol. Worth about ten times what he's charging for it. Get it before he realizes it, lol.
Don't get me wrong. I use it, and I love it, and it is fantastic, but don't think that you're going to be able to fry people with it if you can't perform magic well. This isn't a flourish, or a D&D highly visual trick. It's a piece of technology where how convincing you are as a magician is absolutely key to how you use it.
It is a tool with -no- limitations to how you can use it at all. You can literally use it for anything you can think of.
Basically I recommend that any magician owns this book. When you read it you'll be like...aaahhhh, damn, why wasn't I doing this sooner, lol .
Making the gimmick is fairly easy, and it's not going to kill too much time, using it does require some practice though.
So yeah.....lol. Worth about ten times what he's charging for it. Get it before he realizes it, lol.
Now, although I work closely with DM, this was as much of a surprise for me as it was for most others. Although I’d seen the earlier prototypes I didn’t see the final idea until a day or two before release. Since it’s announcement, DM has been inundated with emails of thanks, reviews and general questions and so I thought I’d use this opportunity to talk about The Advocate, give a little more info and background whilst hoping to answer all questions…
DM has always used The Advocate in one form or another but only set out to release it to the world 4 years ago. The initial idea was a physical ‘built’ product that one would have to purchase… this went through a number of styles over the years as DM attempted to slim line and perfect the device. The 4 years however, weren’t solely spent in development… The Advocate has 4 years of study and research behind it; I’ve never seen DM so obsessed with perfecting an idea as he did with this one. It’s his most proudest release to date and in my opinion (as well as many others) his best release to date; the only problem he may find now is being able to create anything that has a chance of topping it.
Although DM has posted some testimonials at his site, he’s very modest about some of the fans of the Advocate, to name a few… Doug McKenzie & David Blaine.
On sale is the PDF e-book; instant download, and also the A5 printed, numbered and autographed book (until they have all gone.)
The book teaches you in-depth how to make the device, which takes about a minute, and there won’t be a magician who isn’t within reach of that which is needed to make it.
The main idea of The Advocate is that you can produce/reveal ANY freely named playing card, from anywhere at anytime… and it works 100% of the time on anybody. You do need a little bit of skill in magic and the same in showmanship, but anybody with the basic skills in magic will be able to work this to the best of its abilities.
I’m not here to talk through the effects but I will mention that there are hundreds of possibilities with the idea, and no stones are left unturned in the book… as soon as you know the secret and the handling, your brainhead will flood with ideas and you’ll want to jump right into a performance if not just to amaze yourself.
If there are any more questions you can ask me at R3man@DanielMadison.co.uk, or DM himself at Himself@DanielMadison.co.uk
On a final note and to answer 90% of the emails at once… yes, The Advocate works with ANY deck of cards
R3man
DM has always used The Advocate in one form or another but only set out to release it to the world 4 years ago. The initial idea was a physical ‘built’ product that one would have to purchase… this went through a number of styles over the years as DM attempted to slim line and perfect the device. The 4 years however, weren’t solely spent in development… The Advocate has 4 years of study and research behind it; I’ve never seen DM so obsessed with perfecting an idea as he did with this one. It’s his most proudest release to date and in my opinion (as well as many others) his best release to date; the only problem he may find now is being able to create anything that has a chance of topping it.
Although DM has posted some testimonials at his site, he’s very modest about some of the fans of the Advocate, to name a few… Doug McKenzie & David Blaine.
On sale is the PDF e-book; instant download, and also the A5 printed, numbered and autographed book (until they have all gone.)
The book teaches you in-depth how to make the device, which takes about a minute, and there won’t be a magician who isn’t within reach of that which is needed to make it.
The main idea of The Advocate is that you can produce/reveal ANY freely named playing card, from anywhere at anytime… and it works 100% of the time on anybody. You do need a little bit of skill in magic and the same in showmanship, but anybody with the basic skills in magic will be able to work this to the best of its abilities.
I’m not here to talk through the effects but I will mention that there are hundreds of possibilities with the idea, and no stones are left unturned in the book… as soon as you know the secret and the handling, your brainhead will flood with ideas and you’ll want to jump right into a performance if not just to amaze yourself.
If there are any more questions you can ask me at R3man@DanielMadison.co.uk, or DM himself at Himself@DanielMadison.co.uk
On a final note and to answer 90% of the emails at once… yes, The Advocate works with ANY deck of cards
R3man
I did email him, it wasn't about if it works on all decks, just to congratulate him on the creation of such a wonderful and amazing tool.
I purchased the advocated. And who wouldn't want to with all the hype around it!
I've gotta say it's good, in fact i've got my regular deck sat in front of me, and right net to it my advocate. For 2 reasons, once I've learnt it it probablly will live in my pocket but also it will take practice to get smooth enough to perform, I have magic experience, but there is not way I could perform this after the couple of hours practice I've given it. So don't buy it expecting to go out and perform straight away.
Also the long list of effects is one that you can't ignore it's not like a lot of gimicks like the rising deck for one example... You can do infinite tricks.
But it's also one of those that once you've purchased it you hope to look at daniels site and see thats he's took it off sale
A bit like the clip shift was you want it to remain an underground secret and it's one that'd break your heart to see performed badly on youtube.
I've gotta say it's good, in fact i've got my regular deck sat in front of me, and right net to it my advocate. For 2 reasons, once I've learnt it it probablly will live in my pocket but also it will take practice to get smooth enough to perform, I have magic experience, but there is not way I could perform this after the couple of hours practice I've given it. So don't buy it expecting to go out and perform straight away.
Also the long list of effects is one that you can't ignore it's not like a lot of gimicks like the rising deck for one example... You can do infinite tricks.
But it's also one of those that once you've purchased it you hope to look at daniels site and see thats he's took it off sale
A bit like the clip shift was you want it to remain an underground secret and it's one that'd break your heart to see performed badly on youtube.
The Awesome thing about the Advocate is that it's not at all a "youtube" effect.
More so a real word performing tool.
How much pocket speace does the gimmick take up?
What's comparable in size (not necessarily shape though)? A deck of cards? TT?
What's comparable in size (not necessarily shape though)? A deck of cards? TT?
It's about the size of a deck of cards, I keep mine in my left suit jacket pocket where it fits easily and effectively for usage
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Can any deck be used? Because non of USPCC cards are common in my country. Most of the cards are bridge sized plastic Chinese cards lol
To make a comparison on this product. The usefulness of the advocate is CLOSE to if not on par, with the Invisible deck.
There's a lot more can be done with a system like the Advocate than the invisible deck. You could recreate an invisible deck effect using the advocate however
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The Invisible deck is only used for one trick IMO. And you cant spread the cards, with advocate, you can produce exactly the same effect but spread the cards ect... Plus you can do many more tricks with it.