Wayne's Magic & Illusion Blog September 2007 Archive

The Stripper Deck is Not Just for Beginners If you've long shunned the lowly stripper deck, Jon Thompson may change your mind with the techniques on his new DVD, "Strip." As ... Read More

TV Show To Build Momentum Online Magician Ed Alonzo and Illusionist and video expert Greg Wilson have created a promotional trailer for a new TV special called "Total Freak," a comedy ... Read More

Chop Cup Served Every Which Way This DVD combines chop cup routines from the DVDs and videos of several artists that include: David Regal, John Mendoza, Gary Ouellet, Dan Tong, Steve ... Read More

Good Trick. Bad Manners. Here's a demonstration of psychic power. Instead of twisting a spoon or fork into a mass of mangled metal, how about causing a delicate wine glass ... Read More

Secret Code Works Great with a Partner Here’s a great trick to perform at a party. You ask someone to select an item while you’re out of the room, tell ... Read More

An Amazing Assortment of Sleights and Subtleties "Covert Coins Part 1" offers a powerful collection of coin sleights for intermediate to advanced coin magicians. Watching Charlie Justice in action is reason ... Read More

Truly Edgy Magic If you've always wanted to swallow razor blades and thread and bring it all back up, strung together, here are resources to get you started. Please click here ... Read More

This article profiles magician's assistant Brittany McElroy, who works in a show called "Magic Beyond Belief" that stars Terry Evenswood. The article wrongly perpetuates the myth that the illusionist does ... Read More

The Fairest Force of All? When you have to force a card under the most scrutinized conditions, consider using Devin Knight’s Excalibur Deck when a slip, hindu, cross-cut or even classic ... Read More

This "Chopped" Routine is Not "Jiggernaut" In "Jigger Not!" Randi Rain teaches a chop cup routine that employs a mixing jigger. In the routine, Rain relies on a PK ring that ... Read More

With just a deck of cards, you have lots of magic options: find a card, spell a spectator's selected card, find a card in your pocket, read a spectator's mind ... Read More

Turnabout Good Play? A variation on a classic packet card trick, Jay Sankey's "About Face" makes the printed Jokers on four Joker cards turn around, one-by-one. Spectators actually see the back ... Read More

In a classic book test routine, a spectator turns to any page in a book and selects a word or sentence, and the magician can name the word or offer ... Read More

A powerful mentalist tool that leaves no outcome to luck, "No Chance" offers a set of gimmicked dice that work with a variety of effects. The dice also come with ... Read More

Published Manuscript Fires Up Controversy From Ron Bauer Our recent review of Alan Bursky's "Honest Cheat Poker Routine" alerted us to a controversy (please click here to read our review). It ... Read More

Here's an easy way to deal yourself a royal flush in a seeming demonstration of poker. It requires more talking and misdirection than card handling skills. Please click here to ... Read More

I wish this DVD had been around years ago when I was learning the "muscle pass." Here, Jay Noblezada walks you through the steps necessary to learn the muscle pass ... Read More

Is "Honest Cheat" an Honest Cheat? Read about the controversy by clicking here. "The Honest Cheat Poker Routine" offers an entertaining five-minute poker themed routine. It's not hard to perform, ... Read More

An amazing prediction that is always under your control, “Decisions” allows you to prove to a spectator that you can anticipate his or her answers. You show a spectator two ... Read More

Jay Sankey's latest "International Collection" features 14 strong close-up effects with coins, playing cards, twist ties, straws and more. As far as I know, most of these have been explained ... Read More

This effect is more of a puzzle than a magic trick. It’s a fun exercise in perception and can act as an introduction to a card trick or an effect ... Read More

I've never been a big fan of book tests, but "Double Coincidence" is one that I like and want to perform. This routine has it all: 1) a random page ... Read More

Magician Kevin Hurley was officially named "The Great Blendini" by Rita's Water Ice, a vendor of Italian Ice. According to a recent press release, Hurley competed against other magicians of ... Read More