INFINITY DECK by Craig Petty and Lloyd Barnes Price : $$ 34.95 Available : All magic dealers Wholesale : www . murphysmagic . com

On the surface , a simple collection of pictures but bubbling underneath is a powerful deck of cards that entwines secrets with mysterious principles .

With The Infinity Deck you can perform over 20 impossible tricks straight out of the box ... but due to the deck ' s open nature , you will be inspired to create infinite amounts of your own brand new and unique magic tricks

These are just a few of the routines you perform :

• Instantly tell a spectator what picture they are imagining .

• Four participants each shuffle a pile of cards and think of ANY card in their hand . The magician can name all four different cards ... s / he can even be out of the room !

• Take half of the deck and have THE AUDIENCE shuffle them face up into face down . From one side , they create the name of a playing card , from the other , a number . A regular deck of cards , that ' s been in full view is opened and dealt down by the audience ... the exact card is at the exact number !

• A pile of cards is shuffled multiple times and laid face up by the audience . They appear to be ordinary pictures on the cards until you point out that the images are homonyms and all of the cards in order spell out a phrase ... that is a printed prediction that ' s been written on the box from the very beginning !

MY THOUGHTS : This is a MASSIVE project with over 6-hours of tutorial . You aren ' t expected to sit through it all but , to really understand what you can do with this take the time to watch it all . You receive a deck of cards that look like a deck you might get in a book store to help get your creativity going . On one side are different pictures and on the other are the logo . The deck contains 56 cards of a high quality .

There have been other decks like this that are disguised as non-card decks such as an Alphabet decks and photo decks , but none

The tutorial is broken down in to seven sections so it makes it easy to watch and follow a long . The first teaches you false shuffles and false cuts and talks about the deck itself .

The inspiration for this deck was the Koran deck and by changing the idea to cards it really takes it to a new level that allows for things you can ' t do with a Koran deck with playing cards .

I suggest watching at least the introduction before playing with the deck because it is a stacked system and you don ' t want to get them out of order before watching . If it happens don ' t worry because the back of the cards are marked in such an incredible way you can easily put them back in order . Actually the markings tell you quite a bit and it is one of the tools used in some of the tricks you can do with this .

One thing I will note is that the back of the cards are a dark color and I found in a darker performing situation it is hard to see the design of the back of the cards . Something you will also find when working .

The card box offers some bonus ideas as well so they fully utilized all possible ways you can use various decks and methods and combined them in this deck .

I would definitely take the time to look at the main routine because the images themselves also offer some tricks . Most of the tricks on the project are self-working and for some of the routines it is helpful to know a few false shuffles and cuts , but definitely not necessary .

The main routine is part 2 of the tutorial and is well worth watching to see how the deck works in action . The trick is designed for more of a formal situation where people are able to follow along with the presentation as it has several stages , but for those conditions it ' s a great routine with lots of climaxes and surprises one after the other . Everything is done in a very casual manner where the spectator makes all the choices . I feel if this was a card trick it would seem like a mathematical puzzle but with these photo cards it seems more like you can influence outcomes .

Part 3 teaches you how to do the influence routine for walk-about so it ' s more practical . With over 6 hours of tutorial you are going to get a lot of routines and more than you ' ll ever use so it ' s not a bad position to be in . Very highly recommended .

THE BOTTLE by Adrian Vega Price : $ 99.95 Available : All magic dealers Wholesale : www . murphysmagic . com

Adrian Vega ' s signature trick is here to blow minds , magicians and laymen alike . An impossible signed card to sealed bottle full of pills . Adrian Vega has performed this for more than 10 years keeping the total secret for him and some friends ... until now !

After performing it in the best magic stages on earth , like Magic Castle , FISM , FFFF or Fool Us , now it is your moment to do the best ending for a signed card routine , never seen before . And the best part , it is a miracle very easy to do ! During all the tutorial , Adrian Vega will share his experience during these years , including history of the effect , different routines , all the psychology behind ( the most important thing in magic in general ) and a lot of tips to create a miracle in your own hands .

Remember : Includes everything ready to go , you can simply take the card out and use the same bottle every single time , with one second to reset it . You would receive the perfect pills for this , but you can fill the bottle with anything you want , coffee beans , candies , popcorn , etc .

Also , you would be able to give the bottle as a souvenir or destroy it in some professional performances , everything is explained here .

Very easy to perform and very strong and impossible effect .

MY THOUGHTS : You receive the special bottle , some empty pill capsules and the tutorial . If you imagine a card to wallet routine then you ' ll understand the premise here , but instead of a wallet the signed card ends up inside a bottle filled with pills . It ' s an incredibly strong way to end any card routine and something that people will talk about .

The tutorial has live performances and over an hour tutorial with the exact routine Adrian performs at all his shows including his appearance on Fool Us .

The routine itself is very clever and is a lot of fun , of course you don ' t have to do it this way but I love the way he does the ' dirty ' work

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