Greg Wilson rocking out some old school flourishes in the new Arcane Gaff Deck trailer. Get it at Ellusionist

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These cards are expensive, I guess I could trade it for a deck of Jerry’s Nuggets or two…

But I think I’ll do a contest, a card flouirishing contest. Maybe magic, I don’t know. And I think it should be a YouTube contest…

What would you do?

I need ideas so…

Leave a comment below!

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If you got a gold arcane deck for free when you ordered all your cool and expensive magic stuff at E, and want to throw it into the contest as some kind of sponsorship let me know and I’ll give you a call ;)

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Remember the Holiday Giveaway? It’s back and it comes with some real GOLD nuggets. Here are the details…

http://bit.ly/freegoldarcane

Cool promotion from Arcane Playing Cards. For a limited time, order an Arcane Card Clip by Joe Porper with the special ace cutout and get a black arcane deck for free.

If you speak to Joe (call him, he’ll talk to you), you’ll realize he feels strongly about metal work.

Joe will talk your ear off about the metal you start with and how you conduct your project. Joe sees no point in doing it if it’s not going to be the best.

Joe implemented our idea for the cutout reveal so that the beautiful Arcane ace could bleed right through the metal. It’s wonderful.

Not only do you get a tough-as-nails, card straightening, card clip to keep your cards safe – but you get a clip that lets the ace shine right through the metal.

Magicians in many countries swear by Porper protective clips, so why not do some mighty fine swearing of your own? Order one, or both, today.

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Ok guys, the first Up and Coming post is here! I want to introduce you to these new french flourishers, Ferrand Jeremy and Mayo.

We know the Scenacle guys (Aristote, Mattgic and Maxim), the Fun With Aces guys (Dimitri Arleri and Ryoma) the Queen Hearts crew (Paolo Ascer & co.) and maybe a couple more but there are not so many french dudes out there that have appeared here at .thecuso … Can you point me to another one? (check the archives, I’m sure you can)

What you have to do here is to obviously check out their video and take a couple of minutes of your day to write a constructive comment about what you’ve just seen. Of course you want your comment to be as in-depth and relevant as you can if you want to opt in for the rewards but that doesn’t mean you have to only say positive things about the video.

Be objective, highlight the good things but don’t forget the bad things because those are what really matter in the end.

You know this Up and Coming initiative wasn’t conceived just to encourage people to write more comments but to help the newcomers to get quicker to the top so think of ways to make that possible and let’s move the art forward one step at a time.

If you live in France or plan to go there anytime soon you might want to contact these guys for a little jam or meetup. Maybe you see them in your next local convention and recognize them for being here or maybe you just want to improve your non-canadian french accent… ^^

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Show your love but don’t be afraid to be a bit harshy… Only a bit you “haterz”!

Rewards

Oh, before I forget, let’s talk about some of the prizes for the first two “Up and Coming” posts (next one will be in December)…

If you help Kate with their modeling stuff here, she will donate a sealed copy of Bone Ho’s Anaconda DVD, the “Secret Books” of De’vo vol.1 and some cards.

Chad Nelson contacted me the other day to offer a copy of the best seller Surfaced DVD where you can learn the multiple variations of the famous Clipshift color change.

I will make sure my friend Jason Brumbalow throws in some Arcane decks.

Dan and Dave are also willing to contribute with some gift cards filled with magic cash for their store and other cool stuff I can’t tell you just yet.

Contribute as much as you can and it will pay off.

-Alejandro Portela
.thecuso

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Here we go…

The guys at Ellusionist have gone crazy. For these Christmas Holidays they bring us a contest where you can win from a $1500 credit card to spend at their store and a 32gb Ipod Touch loaded with Magic DVDS to hundreds of Arcane decks and even some ultra rare 1st edition Black Ghost Decks, yeah, those you saw at eBay for $500 a couple of months ago.

Here are some of the goodies up for grabs…

-1500 USD to spend at Ellusionist
-32gb 3rd gen Ipod Touch loaded with How to do Street Magic, Revolution, Shapeshifter, Crash Course 1, Crash 2, Ninja 1, Ninja 2, Kard Klub, Inside Magic, King Rising, Hover Card, and a backup DVD of each.
-45 minutes private training session with Brad Christian
-Hundreds of Arcane Playing Cards and Arcane Clips
-Uncut 1st Edition Black Ghost Deck Sheets
-Gaff uncut sheets
-Ultra rare 1st edition Black Ghosts
-Arcane Deck Uncut Sheets
-Ellusionist Street Bag loaded with DVDS
-Thousands of tattoos.

They have put out a special page where they explain how to get all those amazing prizes.

Go check it out now: Ellusionist Holiday Giveaway

Holly shiznit! Check out Brad’s S Fans!!! They are the best I’ve ever seen!!! ¬¬

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Ekaterina Dobrokhotova (BabycatXD) was recently banned from Handlorz for doing this demo video with the arcane deck.

She was clearly one of the strongest participants in the XCM World Tournament this year.

Who do we blame? Those cool looking Arcanes or guys that think every day of the year is Halloween?

Anyway, I dont’t feel sorrow at all, I’m happy that she’s now going on her own and makes good use of her critical mind.

Now it’s time for you to speak out your mind.

-Alejandro Portela

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I received a pretty huge package from Jason Brumbalow at Ellusionist today!
I wonder what it holds inside…

-Huron Low, The Virts

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Leon Tai, Harapan Ong, Ling, Claudia and Kenneth review the arcanes!

Hi Leon! I’m doing 3P with my Arcanes!

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It’s summer at .thecuso and i thought that a little constest giveaway would be the perfect holiday gift for my dear subscribers.

I’ve been talking to Jason Brumbalow, General Manager at Ellusionist, about their policy towards the cardistry & XCM worlds and he ended up admitting that they owe us a little more attention, so from now they’ll try to listen to what we have to say because we are, as he said, “no longer a minority”. Watch the official contest announcement from Jason, you might be able to catch a glimpse of the “super secret” project they are working on. arcane deck

Since there are so many competitions going on right now in the other communities we are going to keep this a simple as possible to give everyone a chance to go home with their pockets full of cards.

All you have to do is leave a comment below with the name of your favourite Ellusionist deck.

Here are the rules to follow:

1-You MUST post a comment with a valid email address for us to contact you if you win.
2-You MUST have a Gravatar account for us to validate your identity. (Go to Gravatar.com to get one)
3-You MUST NOT comment more than once under different nicknames. (we will check the IP)

What do you get?

You choose the prize yourself! You will get a six pack (half brick) of your favourite deck shipped free to anywhere in the world from Ellusionist.

Want more?…

Spread the word in the forums, facebook and twitter and we’ll consider rising the pot. Every little move counts.

Optional work to double your chances

You can also leave a little explanation about why you’ve made that choice and even link us to a video of yourself performing with that particular deck.

1- It can be a new video or an old one that you have uploaded to youtube or vimeo.
2- You must put “http://thecuso.info” url in the video description.
3- It can be a routine, a deck review or just you talking to the camera.

Your name will appear twice on the Random list.

Deadline

You have until the 10th of August to post your comment. All participants will be thrown into a Random.org list and the winner will be announced here in the blog and my twitter.
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Good luck to everyone!

-Alejandro Portela

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