Magic Tricks

Joshua did a fantastic job teaching the basic handeling for the Prism Deck on the instructional DVD. The trick and deck is a very well thought out strong piece of magic.I love the effect. There are also several additional effects that can be perfromed with the the additional cards provided that are not only appreciated but make this deck an added benefit for walk around. That is not to say there is not disappointments with this package. There are two major strikes with this package. My feedback will seem to parrot a few similar complaints already posted. The first complaint is that it was made to look like a Phoenix deck and you need additional cards (not included). You need additional cards if you want the Phoenix cards and you need twice as many if you substitute them for say, bicycle. If you want to state that you do not need them, you are correct however, you would need to at the very least substitute even the provided cards with cards from another deck (the aces).Don't forget that would also leave the other bonus cards like the Kiss print cards and color changing cards worthless if you do not use a phoenix deck. No biggie? I disagree completely. The buyer should absolutely beware. You will absolutely want to either purchase another red backed Phoenix deck or be prepared to have a double set of Aces from whatever deck you do have/will purchase as well as knowing that a few of the bonus cards cannot be used. My second disapointment. Quality of the card stock. The cards I received buckled. They are not flat. I would never use a deck like this in my walk around because the cards do not stay uniformed. They pop when you riffle them and stay bowed. Terrible. Is this because they are lower quality cards or did this happen because of shipping? Either way, extremely disappointed. They seem thinner than bicycle. Over all I do love the possibilities of this effect. The effect is field tested by Josh for 4 years. It is a worker. The content is killer. However the package should have included everything needed and possibly been better quality. I stated this before...add a recommended warning (whatever else is needed) to the boxes like they do with batteries.