In the last few years there seems to have been an explosion of interest in the area of ‘ metal bending’ and so I feel very late on the scene with this field.  The reason I finally caved was the clear strength of such an effect.  Bending a borrowed coin is so very...

I saw a small advert for Banner Magic on a magic website and was immediately intrigued. It seems to have entered the magic world without the bang and the flash so often associated with the marketing of new magic and so I was curious to have a look and see what it is...

Tiny Plunger by Jon Armstrong So I have been using the Tiny Plunger Magic Trick goes as follows, the spectator selects a card, it gets shuffled back into the pack. The magician shows, what looks like a tiny sink plunger and plunges it down onto the face down deck....

So, I just got this nice little set in. In the range are coins, cards and a stainless Steel card guard. As you all know I like a bit of coin magic so let's start there shall we? A dollar size and a half dollar size coin which has the Mechanics insignia emblazoned all...

When is a card trick not a card trick? When it’s actually a magic square. I need to declare my hand and reveal that I am a bit of a maths fan (did you hear my last bit of credibility leaving the building?), but I’d been intrigued by The Grid since it was first...

There must be something in the air because this is the second recent trick we've seen with a Sharpie. The effect of The Sharpen is simple - this is a colour-changing sharpie effect. With minimal moves a sharpie changes colour frmo black, to green to red (in my set - I...

Luke Jermay has always been one of my favorite thinkers and performers. The way our art moves through him and the depth of his understanding has consistently remained light years ahead of what most others were thinking, feeling and doingHaving spent ample time in the...

Why is another ‘Bank Night’ type routine needed?  That is a question John Archer poses in the instructions to this effect without providing an answer.  But one thing is for sure, he has come up with an excellent addition to the range in this effect. You may well have...

I’d never heard of Michael Muldoon before, but people kept talking about him so we thought it was about time to review his new DVD, 6 by Six.  This is an all-cards DVD with a number of new takes on some ‘classics’ and one or two of his own effects.  So let’s get...

Well I've settled down into the comfy reviewing chair in a new home at Magic Direct - and I thought it only fair to cast my eye over one of their new Blackpool releases to start with. Permanent Prediction, by Matt Daniel-Baker, is a great place to begin.  I think it...