Our friends Dan and Dave have just announced a new contest on their twitter. All you have to do is tweet out a message includding the #Erdnase hashtag and you will be entered into the draw.
The cards are printed using the same color green as the original 1902 book on Aristocrat stock using the Bee® back design with white borders.
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Bob the Psychic Cockroach reads your friend’s mind… with a little help from you.
This animated application features Bob the talking psychic cockroach. He’ll ask your friend to choose one ESP symbol. After he hypnotizes them he’ll reveal what they’re thinking.
If Bob gets it wrong you can squish him!
It’s the best iPhone app out there that features a dancing singing magic cockroach!
Get it on your iPhone or iPod Touch from the iTunes App Store for just 99¢.
What other magic apps do you use on your iphone?
Via | Andrew Mayne
Sick is back in stock at Ellusionist so while you wait for my review (I ordered it on launch day) which should arrive soon you can take a look at the amazing trailer that the japanese producers, and magic shop, French Drop put together.
It caught my eye to the point I’ve barely touched my cards the last week. This guy is smooth with coins and his visual magic is the kind that I like.
You can check the full performances of the tricks go to frenchdroptube‘s channel.
The DVD was sold out within a week and now they are back, if you can’t wait for my word on the contents I’d say go for it, you never know when is it going to be sold out again.
Remember to use the coupon code ELL313 to get a 5% off your entire order at Ellusionist. If you need help using it check out our first screencast on how to get some extra decks for free.
The clearance section at Alakazam is a great place to find real bargains. With discounts up to 50% you can find amazing DVDs from all kinds of magic, mentalism, hypnosis and card flourishing. They are having a massive clearout in preparation for new releases so go take a look inside…
If you love cardistry there are two best sellers that every self respected card flourisher should own, for under 15 pounds! The System by Dan and Dave Buck and Show off 3: King of Cards by the legendary Brian Tudor.
Make sure you check out all the offers and new products on the home page, they have amazing stuff and shipping is so fast within the UK and the whole Europe, but hey, they also ship worldwide!
There are limited numbers of each title and once they are gone, they are gone for good.
Be right back, i’m going to fill up my shopping cart
“Soaping” is a technique for making a deck of cards spread more easily.
Here is a little tutorial on how to effectively apply the soap across the back of the cards in order to make them fan and spread more evenly.
Fanning powder gives the deck a very different feel then soaping a deck. I’m not saying soaping a deck is better or worse then any other technique. I personally always use a new deck so I would never use either technique in my professional work.
The best part about this guide is that it works on cheap “gas station” finish playing cards. See for yourself.
Why does this work?
Sodium stearate (a main component of most soaps) and Zinc stearate (the main if not only ingredient of “fanning powder”) are both soaps chemically speaking and have a similar structure, it’s logical that they might both decrease friction between cards.
Recommended soap
If you want to try this it’s recommended that you get yourself a “Cashmere Bouquet” soap. This brand of soap is a bit hard to find in retail stores but you can get them from eBay for about 3 dollars, shipped.
Credits
This technique appears in Gary Ouellet’s book “Close Up Illusion’s” .
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