Custom Gaff Bicycle Cards and some beautiful vintage cards

There has been a certain amount of chat in the magic community about the Heirloom Cards available (exclusively?) from Card-Shark.de.

These are very nice looking vintage style cards which would look good in a whole range of magic. They are the ones Paul Gordon uses in his rather nice Corner Of Picadilly (3 Card [...]

The Creative Card Magic of Peter Duffie

We are please that Peter Duffie has joined our team of sponsors. Peter is well-known for his encyclpedic knowledge of all things to do with Card Magic and is the creator and publisher of many fine effects and manuscripts.

His website is well worth a visit, not just for the products for sale, but for [...]

Create your own gaff cards…

The folks at The Card Collection have started stocking a rather neat self-adhesive pip system – Stick a Pip – which apparently works well with Bicycle Cards. At £7.50 per sheet of one suit, it sounds quite expensive to me, but it may be of use if you have some crazy designs to make [...]

Trick of the Month – July 2008

I am increasingly finding myself drawn to performing mentalism (and no I don’t think it is just the Derren Brown thing!) and Mitox promises not only 20 ‘real world’ mentalism effects, but also some invaluable thoughts and tips on creating your own routines and tricks. I’ve not read it yet, but if it is [...]