The Big Blind Friday Ep. 52

Your weekly dose of magic from around the world, from BBM

Hey Owen,

You wonderful human being. It's Friday, which means we've got a bunch of interesting things to share and you've got a great few days ahead of you to enjoy.

Before we get into them, Biz has some goodies to share with you. He's put together a visual representation of the evolution of playing cards. If you'd like to print it and have it on your wall, you can download the FREE Visual History of Playing Cards here.

🎙️ 1. Cardtopia Happening in NYC | 4th November

If you live in NYC or are from around there, Cartamundi are holding their playing card convention "Cardtopia" on the 4th of November.

It's a convention dedicated to magicians, cardists, card-throwers, tarot experts - basically anyone who loves playing cards. And what's best is that the event is tailored for the general audience as well! So you can bring friends and family who will also be able to enjoy the event just as much as you.

Note: They held Card Con last year and rebranded it into Cardtopia now

Check out their event

🎮 2. Corridor Crew Create NEW Magic Tricks

If you love special effects magic, you'll really like this.

These guys are well known on YouTube for bringing SFx artists and dissecting with them various clips where camera magic is involved.

In this video they pull off some INSANELY well done camera magic. If you want to just see the clip, skip to 12:31 (it's worth watching even just for that).

Check out these impossible shots

🃏 3. List of all decks printed in the world

If you enjoy playing card history and are are curious to see what decks have been printed throughout time, this list will be a goldmine for you.

I stumbled upon it as I was doing research for the visual representation of the evolution of cards and what I love about it is that it's very easy to surf through it as it's got images for everything.

Browse the IMMENSE list of decks

📚 4. The Longest Magic Letter Ever Written (OVER 100 pages!!)

Around 1919, Jean Foley began corresponding with Gene Gordon.

One of the craziest story as well as a great piece of magic history.

Discover also what happened at the FIRST EVER magic convention in the world.

Read the article here

🃏 5. The Human Cartoon: Sylvester the Jester (SUPER CREATIVE)

Simply genius.

Saw this and was completely floored. I can't even imagine how magician Julien made half of the things he did.

So much creativity in an act and such a great reenactment of how we know a cartoon character would act.

See this wonderful silliness for yourself

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In case you missed it...

The MRD Deck - Download & Gaff Deck - gb/Red

The traditional sleight of hand approach has put the multiple revelation routine out of the reach of many magicians, and so Liam Montier has done us all a favour by releasing this clever take on the idea. BicycleCard Reviews

The method is diabolical and really fun to play with. Reset is fast, it's easy to do, impressive and makes you look awesome. Penguin Reviews

Perform the Multiple Revelation Routine with NO SLEIGHT OF HAND! The BBM exclusive download will be added to your library immediately, and your choice of the special deck in red or blue will be shipped out for you.

Have from 3 to 15 members of your audience select cards, mix them up and return them to the deck WITHOUT BEING CONTROLLED BY YOU! And yet impossibly you are ready to reveal all the selections IN ORDER, WITH NO SLEIGHT OF HAND,!!! You read that right - no sleight of hand.

Perform at a dinner party at a show in the pub at school during a trade show ANYWHERE you have a group of people who want to be blown away by a fantastic piece.

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