The guys at Ellusionist have gone crazy. For these Christmas Holidays they bring us a contest where you can win from a $1500 credit card to spend at their store and a 32gb Ipod Touch loaded with Magic DVDS to hundreds of Arcane decks and even some ultra rare 1st edition Black Ghost Decks, yeah, those you saw at eBay for $500 a couple of months ago.

Here are some of the goodies up for grabs…

-1500 USD to spend at Ellusionist
-32gb 3rd gen Ipod Touch loaded with How to do Street Magic, Revolution, Shapeshifter, Crash Course 1, Crash 2, Ninja 1, Ninja 2, Kard Klub, Inside Magic, King Rising, Hover Card, and a backup DVD of each.
-45 minutes private training session with Brad Christian
-Hundreds of Arcane Playing Cards and Arcane Clips
-Uncut 1st Edition Black Ghost Deck Sheets
-Gaff uncut sheets
-Ultra rare 1st edition Black Ghosts
-Arcane Deck Uncut Sheets
-Ellusionist Street Bag loaded with DVDS
-Thousands of tattoos.

They have put out a special page where they explain how to get all those amazing prizes.

Go check it out now: Ellusionist Holiday Giveaway

Here is a little contest for the month of November. The month of Paul Harris at Magic Geek.

Get a free True Astonishment DVD Set in the limited wooden box with Paul Harris’ signature, a few signed Paul Harris Pin-Up posters and some other special gifts.

You like free stuff don’t cha? We do.

If you have been doing paid gigs for a while you already know the importance of having a few of these in your pocket just in case someone jumps onto you at the end of the evening.

It happens all the time, you get to sign a few ace of spades for their nephews, fake your perfect smile for their facebook photos and in the best scenarios you are asked for your email for a 6 years old’s birthday party.

Exactly the goal you had in mind the first time you picked up your first deck of playing cards…

Anyway, business cards are an extremely valuable tool for communicating your services, specially if they are well designed, you never know, maybe you could stumble upon a business card collector weirdo adicted to modern design and expensive exotic tea…

So, talk to the pros and see what they are doing. If you don’t have your set of business cards yet here is a nice deal to get you started. But first let’s take a look at what you should include in them…

10 Things that MUST be in your Business Cards

Essentials

1- Artsy non-overburdened background, keep it clean and stylish.
2- Good typography. If you are a noob use Helvetica. It ALWAYS works.
3- Professional email. You don’t want everyone to add your personal msn to their list.
4- Three words that define your craft. Example… “Magician. Illusionist. Mind Reader”
5- Website URL with contant info and some sexy photos

Optional

6- Phone number (optional) Only if you are not a stressed person and aim for local gigs only.
7- Twitter account. Never underestimate this.
8- Facebook icon before your name. This way they can see you are a 2.0 kinda guy.
9-A portait of your smiling face. Only if you are super cute or Tamariz-alike. They will keep it just for the “lulz”
10-A pokemon. Don’t ask.

If you want to give it a go open up your Photoshop and start putting these ideas together or you can just do it with the Vistaprint Editor they provide you with a bunch of not-so-cool premade templates.

Just go ahead to the pro editor, you are a magician!

I got my cards a while ago there because of this awesome deal they have for the first order. They give you 250 business cards completely free of charge.

How is that possible you ask? Well, it’s not that free. You have to pay a stupid tiny “2 bucks or so” shipping fee, but trust me it is completely worthy for what you get.

Got get yours now, trust me this is one of the Best Magic Deals you can get if you aim to be a pro magician.

250 Free Business Cards

Reflection by Bill Goodwin

Reflection represents an exquisite selection of eleven ingenious effects from one of our era’s finest card magicians, Bill Goodwin. Included is material culled from his hard to find lecture notes as well as several effects never before published. This is the first time a collection of his secrets has ever been released on DVD.

Using only an ordinary pack of cards, discover the secrets of a true sleight of hand artist and experience the deviant card magic of Bill Goodwin.

With over 2.5 hours of performances, in-depth instruction and the complete history behind each routine and sleight, Reflection is not simply a DVD on tricks, but an important course for the advancement of your card magic. Shot in High Definition with multiple camera angles. Includes a 10 page booklet.

Siamese Twins

Bill Goodwin is one of the great creative thinkers and magic historians of our time with a superlative ability to handle cards. His ingenious methods have been tightly kept secrets locked away in his own notebooks. For the first time ever on DVD, Bill teaches a flawless version of a classic in magic, Card Warp. Done completely at the fingertips and with only a single card, Siamese Twins is a beautiful illusion that is sure to amaze any audience.

Reflection + Siamese Twins

Buy 2 great DVDs and SAVE! GET THEM HERE!!!

For a limited time, purchase both Reflection and Siamese Twins and SAVE $10! Plus, not only will you receive both DVDs, you will also receive Siamese Twins On Demand for your immediate viewing pleasure.

Go to Dan and Dave‘s store right now and get your copies.

SAVE 10$ + FREE ON DEMAND

Ok, for those of you eager to read the rest of the post calm down. This guy is already married and this post has nothing to do with that thing you have in mind…

This Halloween you have another effect to perform, and you better start practicing it right now.

PIN by Andi Gladwin is a visual bizarre effect where you stab yourself with a pin to make your audiences go wow.

Needle through arm? Not exacly, but definitely worth a spot in your pdf collection.

If you want to take a look at it you can download it for free at his awesome magic store VanishingInc Magic