To celebrate the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, K.G.
with Miss Catherine Middleton, Merchant of Magic are including a free gift with every order that includes an item with the word ‘royal’ in the title. Sweet
A quick search tells me that’s at least 169 products to choose from. It includes all the Royal Magic range and such classics as Dan Harlan’s ‘Royal Oil‘, the Royal Road to Card Magic, or John Bannon’s Royal Scam. Head on over to magicshop.co.uk now and bag yourself a right royal bargain… [ends 3rd May]
We’re pleased to have discovered another new UK supplier of Bicycle Cards. At ThinkPink Magic, a deck is only £2 (with free p&p) – and they also offer deals for multiple decks. They also stock the lovely Erdnase Decks and Bicycle Guardians, amongst others. You can follow the link from our Cheapest Bicycle Card Finder page.
We hope you’ve been enjoying this unseasonably hot weather. But if you want some new magic to learn whilst you are soaking up the rays here are a couple of bargains – for ONE WEEK ONLY.
Our friends at MagicTricks.co.uk are offering a 10% discount on most items with the code ‘CARDSPEC11′
Alternatively, if you are a fan of Wayne Dobson’s magic like we are, get along to eMagicTricks who have got a 50% off sale on his magic. Have a look here for some fantastic reductions. And do give us a mention if you get the chance!
We had the pleasure of seeing Paul lecture at our club last night, and so I thought this would be a good opportunity to post a review of his latest packet trick – Jeepers Creepers. In fact, though it has only just been released, it was created about 10 years ago.
On the grounds that a picture speaks a thousand words, you may like to watch Paul performing it on YouTube.
It’s a straightforward and direct effect – a packet of identical cards turn into a Royal Flush with rainbow backs. As John Bannon would say, it’s ‘Fractal’ i.e. it ends clean and examinable. It’s not a hard trick to perform – in fact if you’ve been in magic any length of time you will probably be able to work out the handling from the video – but it is worth purchasing to get the necessary selection of cards.
Paul supplies all the necessary cards in a variety of USPCC stock. Mine included a nice Erdnase green back, a Karnival Midnight, a pink Bike, and an attractive limited edition Bike. Yours might be different. They come in a neat plastic wallet, and there is a folded A4 page of instructions.
As with all Paul’s productions, this is clearly printed and explained. The only necessary ‘move’ is explained – and you probably already know it. I’m glad he didn’t bother with a DVD (as so many others seem to). It isn’t necessary (you can always watch the YouTube clip if you’re really struggling) and would only add to the cost.
I think this is an excellent addition to his range of packet tricks. It is £18 including worldwide p&p direct from Paul Gordon.
Special Offer
He’s also doing a launch offer in conjunction with another new effect – COPWAK (a pocket-free variation on one of my favourites – Corner of Picadilly) – see video below. This normally retails at £13, but until 20th March he will do you them both for £23. Simply send £23 (British Pounds) to PayPal using pgmagic@btinternet.com. Mention this offer in the “special instructions” box on PayPal as you come to it. Please mention Bicycle-Cards.co.uk too!
We have added a link to another new supplier – BicyclePlayingCardSupplies – on our Cheapest Bicycle Card Finder page. Now at a bargain £2.50 including p&p. We are going to revisit the page soon because it does not provide all the information that would be useful. Let us know if there are features you would like to see added.
Our friends at MA Pro Magic have offered readers of this site an exclusive offer – valid until Christmas Eve.
Spend £10 or more and receive 5% discount, spend £20 or more and receive 10% discount on all products.
Just enter the code: ‘bicyclecards’ at the checkout.
MA Pro have fantastic range of playing cards at competitive prices, but also a very broad range of magic books, tricks and DVDs.
But if you’re stocking up for Christmas make sure you get your orders in on time – 18th December is the latest date for second class postage!
If you want to get those DB cards at MA Pro – the discount code – for one week only – is ‘xmaspressy’. This will get you 10% off everything. Enjoy…
Merchant of Magic have piled into the Christmas discount group – so you can get 10% off their orders (until 9pm Tues 30th Nov) by using the code ‘xmas2010′. They are also offering a free gift with every order that uses the code!
Although in our last post I referred to the new David Blaine range as Bicycle Cards, this is a bit misleading. Though they are printed by USPCC and carry the ‘Bicycle’ brand, they are actually Blaine’s Split Spades back design. See below:
The good news is that MA Pro magic are stocking them, and they have just tipped me off that they are running a 10% off everything sale for one week starting this Friday (26th November). But to get the coupon code you will need to sign up their email (or check back here…)
That will make these new David Blaine cards £4.50 a deck, or the rather nice Raider Deck a mere £3.06.
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We’re pleased to have discovered another new UK supplier of Bicycle Cards. At ThinkPink Magic, a deck is only £2 (with free p&p) – and they also offer deals for multiple decks. They also stock the lovely Erdnase Decks and Bicycle Guardians, amongst others. You can follow the link from our 
