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Our friends at Merchant of Magic have got some amazing reductions in their specials section. There’s some good card and non-card magic available. Just follow this link, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Specials’ link and you will find loads of goodies at up to 60% off. If you use the code ‘aprilmadness‘ before the end of the month in the discount box and you’ll get an extra 10% off your order cost!

With their usual flurry of self-promotion, Ellusionist have put up a special preview page announcing the launch date of April 15th and the chance to win a few signed goodies.

Not sure when they will hit the UK yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything.

You can see a gallery showing all the designs here.

These are now available from a couple of dealers in the UK now, including World Magic Shop.

There’s a nice review of the rainbow deck at TalkMagic which is very positive about them. Includes 15 back designs in between 2 and 8 colours. Should make for some very pretty magic.

I must confess I’ve not tried this, but it is a Sankey effect at less than a quarter of the original price at MagicShop - so may be worth a look - ONLY £4.70!

Here’s their blurb:

The spectator shuffles the pack, touches any card and the selected card is closely examined. You remove two Jokers from your pocket and both Jokers are also examined. The selected card is slowly sandwiched between the two Jokers and that’s when some VERY strange stuff starts to happen.

First, one end of the face up selection VISIBLY STRETCHES! Then the other end VISIBLY STRETCHES! For the jaw-dropping climax the two Jokers and the STILL STRETCHED selected card are all handed out to be thoroughly examined! You have turned the selected card into an honest-to-goodness holy relic!

Some more independent thoughts can be found here at Talk Magic.

Just in case you haven’t noticed their arrival, we now have a Hire a UK Magician page on Bicycle-Cards.co.uk If you would like to include your details there, contact philipsweeting@hotmail.com

Our friends at BicycleTricks.co.uk have also added a new Second Hand Magic page which is worth a look for some bargains.

It’s also worth checking the BigBlindMedia site because they have launched five new DVDs at Blackpool.

The Blackpool Magic Convention is (I believe) the biggest in Europe. Some friends of mine are Blogging Blackpool. So if you can’t make it, and want to know what hot and what’s not in the world of Magic, why not have a look.

Our friends at World Magic Shop have just re-designed their site, and are offering 10% off sitewide. That means those Tragic Royalty Bicycle Cards are now only £3.15.

Many other bargains to be had too! E.g.

Bicycle Playing Cards - Poker Size - £1.94
Bicycle Playing Cards by the Dozen - £22.05
Card College Volume 1 by Roberto Giobbi - £23.85

Another slightly odd design from USPCC. These have ‘tragic’ faces on the court cards, and glow under blacklight (UV). £3.99 in stock at Merchant of Magic or £3.50 at Cards Bicycle Tragic Royalty USPCCWorld Magic Shop.

They are also offering Jay Sankey’s Final Fusion (with DVD) at the reduced price of £11.75 (40% off) - a very powerful finish for any card routine.

Now available at World Magic Shop (£3.50).

These are a really quite odd look - featuring a faded rustic grey and powder blue color scheme and unique style face cards.

The folk at Ellusionist have recently announced a forthcoming (next few months) gaff Bicycle deck with effects by Wayne Houchin and Danny Garcia taught on DVD. As usual, we’ll let you know as soon as we have a sniff of this being available in the UK.

For now here’s the preview movie…