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Yesterday was insane, servers collapsing, hundreds of people refreshing the page and getting random errors…

I couldn’t even enter my website’s admin panel! It was really a challenge and it ended up being even more fun than I expected.

For those of you that managed to enter and post within the first seconds, Congratulations. If you are in the top 20 comments you have secured one of the gifts from the list.

If you couldn’t make it that fast don’t worry. You still have the chance to win one of the 32 other gifts. No matter if you are #21 or #189 you can still win so don’t give up hope and go comment now if you haven’t already.

Here is the official post where you have to leave the comment: Christmas Giveaway – Official Post

What prize did I win?

Ok now comes the fun part, I’m going to make a list of all the 52 gifts and put them into Random.org/lists so they come out in, you guessed it, random order.

That is going to be the PRIZES LIST.

The first 20 items of the list will go to the first 20 commenters in that order.

For the COMPETITORS LIST we will have to wait for the contest to finish. To quote myself “The rest of the gifts will be assigned at random from all the comments received before the 25th of December”.

So this second list will consist of all of you guys from comment #21 to the last one by December 25 and the ones that retweeted the “santacuso message”. I will randomize the order of the COMPETITORS LIST as soon as I close the comments again.

There are 32 gifts for the late commenters, and you don’t know where the good prizes will be…

What do I do now?

Now you wait and enjoy the Holidays, practice your magic, do the christmas shopping and perform some awesomeness.

You can also make a youtube video with your impressions on the contest, swearing and cussing about the server downtime, celebrating your sneaky internet skills that bypassed the Error 503 obstacles or just wish everybody merry christmas, happy holidays or whatever it is you celebrate there. No need to cosplay to say thanks hehe, I know, I’m also a mind reader so I can’t help it…

Another thing you can do is subscribe to Best Magic Deals’ feed to get updated on the upcoming contests and get notified if you happen to win one of the prizes. If you use twitter like most of us already do (we are addicts, I can openly say it) there is also a twitter account that tweets out a message whenever a post is published here in the blog. Go follow @BestMagicDeals right now.

You can also browse around the previous posts or submit your own review, guide or interesting findings, maybe an eBay auction, a magic contest or a special coupon code.
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Expect the first list today,

-Alejandro Portela
.thecuso

Copy your Christmas greetings to the clipboard and get ready for the big launch. The countdown is ticking away…

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When the countdown clock hits zero I will proceed to open the comments at the official Christmas Giveaway Post. Follow @thecuso and @bestmagicdeals on twitter just in case. You’ve been warned.

Ho ho ho!

-Alejandro “Santa Cuso” Portela

This is it. The original Black Tiger playing cards. The very deck that started the craze of custom playing cards. If you have any deck of custom playing cards at all, then rest assured that there’s a little Black Tiger in the card stock.

For the next 48 hours only, grab the original Black Tiger (white pip) deck for only $3.99 (regular $6.99). Limit 12 per customer.

This is the last of the printed run of the Black Tigers with white pips. Once these are gone, they will never be printed again.

Secure these soon-to-be collectors items here.

Did you know that Apple bought 700 Black Tiger decks for every software engineer that worked on OSX? Did you know over a quarter million have been sold so far? Don’t doubt it. Get them now.

Oh wait, there is more…

Free Stainless Steel Card Clips with your order

Every order of $50 or more will find one of these beauties in their box of awesomeness. The Black Tiger stainless steel card clip keeps cards protected and flat until they are ready to be unleashed on your spectators.

Offer expires 12-11-09, 11:59pm Eastern

New coupon code from the Buck Twins to spend on magic dvds, books, downloads and playing cards.

To celebrate this wonderful season of giving, we are offering a 10% SAVINGS on orders placed now through December 31st with the coupon code “Happy Holidays“.

All our best,

Here is a little trick you can do to double your chances of winning one of the gifts from the list.

With your twitter account follow @BestMagicDeals and retweet the following message:

“@BestMagicDeals RT to Win over $1200 worth of magic, cardistry, poker and hypnosis products. More info at http://bit.ly/santacuso”

Your name will be thrown twice into the magic hat.

Don’t know what this whole thing is all about? Check the full post here: Christmas Giveaway at .thecuso

Good luck!

“Happy Holidays guys,

Christmas is here and it comes with a nice red sack filled with shiny gifts for you, my loyal and adorable readers.

I’ve been talking to a few friends and companies about sponsoring a unique giveaway with magic products, playing cards and collectors’ items… because I know everyone loves free stuff, am I right?

What first started as a small contest for Black Friday has turned into one of the richest giveaways with contributions from the main companies in the business and big names from card flourishing, magic, hypnosis and mentalism.

You are the ones that make .thecuso and I want to thank you for being there everyday, sharing your videos and ideas and helping others with your tutorials and constructive comments.

Christmas is a good time to give back and reward you for being part of this growing family.

“There are 52 Christmas packets for 52 different winners with an estimate total value of over $1200 in magic gifts.”

Before I explain the rules of the game let’s take a look at the good stuff.

THE PRIZES

1 Pack of Signed 1st Edition Smoke and Mirrors by Dan and Dave‘s (one of each).
2x Downloads of your choice from Vanishinginc Magic Store.
2x Decks of Bicycle 125th Aniversary from Aceking
3x Packs of 1 Black and 1 White Arcane Playing Cards.
3x Karnival Assassin decks from trickshopmagic
2x “One-Hand Popover” DVDs from Aaron Fisher
1x “GENESIS” Download from Andrei Jikh
1x “Surfaced” DVD from Chad Nelson
2x Signed Copies of 1st ed. “Inside” from Daniel Madison.
6x Uncut sheets of Bicycle Raiders From MagicNetwork
2x “My night with a stripper” DVDS by Chris “Orbit” Brown
1x “Stain/Shiv” DVD by Andrew Mayne
1x Copy of Hong Wong’s hypnosis DVD “ZAP” from Jay Noblezada
1x Full “Reality is Plastic” Hypnosis Book and DVD set from Anthony Jacquin
1x “Manchurian Approach” Hypnosis DVD set from Anthony Jacquin and Alakazam
1x $200 worth annual subscription to MagicMez
2x Packs of 3 Red/Blue Bicycle Vintage Racer Backs from Eyellusionist
2x Packs of 3 Red/Blue Tally Ho Fan Backs from Eyellusionist
2x Packs of 3 1st edition Bicycle Raiders From MagicNetwork
6x PDF downloads of your choice from Dee Christopher
1x $25 gift certificate to spend on Dan and Dave‘s On Demands
1x “Thunderbird” PDF from Lee Asher
3x 1-on-1 Training Videos (of your choosing) from Theory 11
5 “Devious” PDF from Geraint Clarke

Want to know more?

Check the full post here: Christmas Giveaway at .thecuso

Santa Cuso is watching you…

Good luck,

-Alejandro Portela”

Here is some insider information on the sponsors for “.thecuso‘s Christmas Giveaway”. We can’t reveal what are they contributing to the Santa Cuso’s Red Sack but you can have an idea from the list.

There are magic dvds , playing cards, dvds, pdf, downloads, books, special editions and collectors items, hypnosis stuff…

And the list is not complete yet! (hence the delay on the launch) Check it out:

Partial List of Sponsors

Dan and Dave
Theory 11
Vanishinginc Magic
Aceking Playing Cards
Ellusionist
trickshopmagic
Aaron Fisher
Lee Asher
Dee Christopher
Daniel Madison
Chad Nelson
Chris Brown
Andrew Mayne
Jay Noblezada
Anthony Jacquin
Eyellusionist
MagicNetwork
Geraint Clarke
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Are you starting to salivate? We are already dry.

Spread the word and we’ll throw in more prizes

Tell your friends about this, it’s going to be super easy to enter, full details will be revealed here before everywhere else.

Post this on the forums, facebook, myspace and twitter an we will buy Santa Cuso another Red Sack and an Upgraded Sled with NO2 and spinning rims.

Want to be the first to know?

Follow Best Magic Deals on Twitter and of course .thecuso on facebook and Twitter.

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If you don’t see yourself on the list and want to contribute with some products send us an email and we will convince Alejandro.

One-Hand Popover DVD is available right now from Aaron Fisher Magic, and if you pick yours up in the next 72 hours, you’ll have some serious treats coming your way:

1) One lucky student will receive an autographed FIRST edition hardcover paper engine with a one-of-a-kind inscription.

2) As always, everyone who purchases in this first three days will be eligible to receive one of several telephone coaching sessions with me – these are designed to give you guidance and help you achieve your goals in magic.

3) Everyone who get’s Popover in the next 72 hours can participate in a free ‘youtube’ seminar. It’s a special way to get real feedback from me.

Check out the trailer to convince yourself…

Please remember, in order for your name to go into the hat, you must buy your copy of One-Hand Popover in the next three days.

Good Luck!