100% agreed. The advocate changes the game when you have one on you. Invisible deck w/ a normal deck? Instant access to any card you want? Good stuff. I couldn't recommend it more.
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What's sitting at the bottom of your magic drawer?
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100% agreed. The advocate changes the game when you have one on you. Invisible deck w/ a normal deck? Instant access to any card you want? Good stuff. I couldn't recommend it more.
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I've got a Fantasma Magic Svengali deck somewhere along with a couple of old magic kits. I think I gave away my stripper deck because I didn't have any ideas that absolutely required the principle behind the stripper deck. (There are 2 tricks that I have to use a "trick deck" for, and the only one I do on a regular basis is the Invisible Deck. The other effect that would use a trick deck can be duplicated to a certain extend with a Hindu Shuffle.) I also have a neglected Ultra Gaff deck.
It amazes me how much I actually learned from those magic kits. When it comes down to it, I learned the basic principles of magic from Royal Road, Mark Wilson's book, and a few magic kits. I also got Ammar's coin magic video on VHS from our local library and learned a lot of the basic palms and vanishes from there. Now that I'm reading Bobo's Coin Magic I realize just how dumb I was to neglect the knowledge I gained from Ammar's coin magic video. I should have practiced more early on, but I was "dumber" then. Now that I am smarter than I once was, I realize how useful the basic principles I learned were.
Now I'm kinda off topic, oh well.
It amazes me how much I actually learned from those magic kits. When it comes down to it, I learned the basic principles of magic from Royal Road, Mark Wilson's book, and a few magic kits. I also got Ammar's coin magic video on VHS from our local library and learned a lot of the basic palms and vanishes from there. Now that I'm reading Bobo's Coin Magic I realize just how dumb I was to neglect the knowledge I gained from Ammar's coin magic video. I should have practiced more early on, but I was "dumber" then. Now that I am smarter than I once was, I realize how useful the basic principles I learned were.
Now I'm kinda off topic, oh well.
Jay Sankey's Hardcore. It's not a bad DVD, but only maybe 1 or 2 of the effects are practical for me, and I don't find myself every doing them.
-Crush by eric ross
-The Gecko
-"UP" Levitation by Michael Boden and Troy Hoosier
-Pandora System by Shane Black
Mostly because I find these effects impractical. Up Levitation is by far the worst waste of money I've ever spent.
-The Gecko
-"UP" Levitation by Michael Boden and Troy Hoosier
-Pandora System by Shane Black
Mostly because I find these effects impractical. Up Levitation is by far the worst waste of money I've ever spent.
I too haven't looked at this in a while. And I have not idea why. It kills. I used to be so nervous about doing it but I remember performing it for a friend who used to work for Copperfield, so Chris Kenner would perform for him. So he had some knowledge about magic. But I did PANIC for him and he just starting laughing. I really need to get that back out!
David Stones "Window" my tarantula, and some stray sharpies (lol)
i dont mind the tarantula, i just never really get time to use it. im sure there are some other things at the bottom of my drawer, but i dont wanna crawl down there
i dont mind the tarantula, i just never really get time to use it. im sure there are some other things at the bottom of my drawer, but i dont wanna crawl down there
Crush. I actually dug it out of my drawer and donated it to the magic club at my university, cause I never used it. It just ended up being way too impractical.
For me its an original set of jerry andrus linking pins, one day i will pull them out and use
them......well i have been saying that for the past 15yr.
them......well i have been saying that for the past 15yr.
Good lord this. Lyle speaks the truth.
On topic:
Photosynthesis by Andrew Mayne
The Gecko (gave it away)
Pandora's Box - Sankey
The Advocate is absolutely brilliant. Anything DM does is very good.