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Greg Wilson Card Flourishing with the Arcane Gaff Deck

TheCuso — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:00:40 +0000

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

Chris Brown – Arthritis Onslaught 4

TheCuso — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:24:38 +0000

Welcome to the AO4.

I think the video speaks for itself. No Comment.

persist&endure,
Chris Brown “Orbitbrown”

Ellusionist Magic Giveaway 2010 (Gold Arcane Decks up for grabs)

TheCuso — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:55:15 +0000

These guy have gone crazy again…

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

http://bit.ly/freegoldarcane

We wanted a way to give back to our customers and have put together some exciting FREE gift options. We are giving away exclusive items that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Here is how it works…

“Once a customer reaches a certain subtotal level in their shopping cart, they will be offered a choice of a free gift (below). Each time the customer reaches the next gift level in their shopping cart, they will be awarded an additional gift from the next tier. There will be no shipping charges added for the free gift(s).”

LEVEL 1: $75

Reach a subtotal of $75 and choose from the following FREE gifts:
Stained Skin Sample Tattoos: Highly realistic tattoos that go on your body to create amazing card reveals, mentalism and magic.
Tricycle by Daniel Garcia: This card case visibly reveals the spectators card.
Bicycle Deck Seals – Black: These seals make it look like your deck has never been opened.

LEVEL 2 : $175

Reach a subtotal of $175 and choose one of these gifts PLUS a gift from Level 1!
Arcane Ace and Ribbons T-Shirt – X Large, Gray: Designed by Arcane creator Jason Brumbalow, in the traditional Arcane style.
Arcane Ace and Ribbons T-Shirt – Large, Gray
Arcane Ace and Ribbons T-Shirt – Medium, Gray
Blue Back Bicycle Gaff Deck: A full collection of art cards designed to fit in with your normal Bicycle deck.
Red Back Bicycle Gaff Deck

LEVEL 3: $350

Reach a subtotal of $350 and choose one of these gifts PLUS gifts from Levels 1 & 2!
Gold Arcane Deck – Precious Metal Series: The Black Arcane deck lined with Metallic Gold ink.
Bicycle Black Ghost First Edition Deck: Created by Ellusionist in 2005, this is an ultra-rare, highly sought after deck of cards.
Red Porper Arcane Card Guard: Famed metal work, Joe Porper, did something “extra” special with this card guard.

LEVEL 4: $475

Reach a subtotal of $475 and choose one of these gifts PLUS gifts from Levels 1, 2 & 3!
Gold Arcane Deck in Gold-Bolted Lucite Case: The Bugatti of all card displays.
Black Ghost 1st Edition in Gold-Bolted Lucite Case
Black Ghost 1st Edition Uncut Sheet
Black and White Arcane Uncut Sheets (Get Two Sheets)

Click here to check out the full details of this awesome giveaway: Ellusionist Giveaway 2010

Decksterity Jam 27.03.10

TheCuso — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:36:08 +0000

My first lil jam video shot with 35mm adapter. Again, not much cardistry in it, but more of just a relaxing, fun video.

Played with colour grading a lil here to try to make it more filmy looking and adding more of a yellowy tint to the feel as well.

Shot with HV20 + RNG35.
Edited with Sony Vegas 8.0

Music: Yellow by Coldplay

-Brendan Low

Allan Hagen – Blackpool 2010

TheCuso — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:45:48 +0000

I didn’t really plan on making a video this year, as I’ve been extremely busy as a film student and freelance DP the last year. However, as I couldn’t resist grabbing a few shots on my Canon 7D (a stills camera that also has a decent video feature if you’re a talented DP) while I was there. When I decided I would do a video, I also decided to keep it short and sweet, so there’s none of that 10-minute-documentary-thingy I did the previous years. To see exactly what I made, you’ll just have to watch it.

As I didn’t have a lot of footage, I used every last bit of good footage that was to be found on my CF cards when I got home. The video was edited this weekend, and the music selection derived from the flight to the UK. I was listening to MA’s newest album, Heligoland, and I figured “I want to make a video to this song some day”, and I was sold.

Ah well. Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts. Please, do enjoy yourself.

Comments are appreciated as always. Full credits in the video.

-Allan Hagen

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The Brown Bicycle Rider Back Deck

TheCuso — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:49:27 +0000

The last couple of weeks I’ve been talking to Michael from BMPokerworld to give you guys a nice deal on this deck they have produced exclusively with the USPCC.

They got a really small run printed and I thought you wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity to get your hands on one of these for your collection.

Brown Bicycle Rider Back

I didn’t present myself as .thecuso but “the guy from Best Magic Deals“, so after I explained what the blog was all about he thought we should do something together.

I tried my best to get you a 50% discount but that would only happen on my dreams… Instead, I managed to squeeze a cool contest that will be up until the end of february.

Brown Bicycle Contest

For every $10 spent from today to the 31st of march you will get an entry for a raffle where you can win a $100 gift certificate to spend on their store. Be it playing cards, poker chips, accessories… (milf not includded in the package)

NOTE: It’s very important that you write a note on your order saying that you want to enter .thecuso‘s raffle.

Wan’t free decks

I also managed to get a coupon code that reads:

“Buy 12 Brown Bicycle decks or more and I will throw in 2 extra decks for free”.

If you want to know how to get this coupon code head over to BestMagicDeals.com and find out ;)

EDIT: Ok, the coupon code is “bestmagicdeals”, feel free to use it but if you find it useful go subscribe to the god damn blog!

-Alejandro Portela

.thecuso

Malaysian Spring Jam

TheCuso — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:13:06 +0000

Here is a cool “sexy time” kind of video by the malaysian dudes. Magic, flourishes and a lot of fun.

The manipulation here might not be high class but it’s here because I liked it.

At least check out the bloopers!

SICK by Ponta the Smith – Coin magic like never seen before

TheCuso — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:33:55 +0000

It’s been a while since the last time I blog something about coins instead of cards but there’s a good reason…

First of all, this DVD is only on sale in Japan at the moment but it’s coming to our market later this month.

Ponta the Smith is a magician from Osaka Japan, and in this DVD, he takes you through his handlings of some of the best coin routines around includding: Spellbound, One Coin Routine, Tenkai Pennies, 3 Coins Across, Vanish, 3 Fly, Winged Silver, Matrix, Backfire Matrix, Quick Matrix, Backfire Assembly.

Ponta the Smith has been a highly-sought, underground sensation and his improvements in the coin genre have taken the world by suprise. With Sick, he’s ready to blow up your conceptions of coin magic. Sick is his first DVD, and it is ready to take coin magic to a higher level of performance. Shot in a visual style, Ponta the Smith doesn’t say a word — he walks you through each one of his moves in an easy-to-learn, up-close style.

The reason I’m blogging this is because, man, I want some Morgan Dollars and I want them RAITNAO!

This damn trailer, and the other performance videos from Ponta the Smith at youtube, have made me want to pick up coin magic again.

I’ve read somewhere on a forum, maybe at the magic café, that this guy has done to coin magic what Dan and Dave did to card magic…

I’m not sure it’s the same thing but trust me, David Roth or Troy Hooser among others didn’t get me so motivated. Even though everyone KNOWS (and i’m no exception) that they are the “pros”.

I can’t wait to pick this up as soon as it’s out (this month) but first I need some good ol’ dollars.

Question is, Schoolcraft or Lassen?

-Alejandro Portela

Check it out: Sick by Ponta the Smith

Free Arcane deck with your Porper Clip

TheCuso — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:51:10 +0000

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.

Want more bargains like this one? Subscribe to Best Magic Deals

Christmas Giveaway Winners Announced!

TheCuso — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:14:07 +0000

HO HO HO!

I know you’ve been waiting for this for almost a month and it’s been killing you and all that but today the wait is over.

52 of you have been chosen by the stars to be one of the lucky winners. It has been an awesome experience climbing down your chimneys and falling down your rooftops.

This giveaway has been a huge one thanks to all the sponsors that made it possible, let’s give them a big round of thankful applause!

I just want to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Congratulations for being so awesome,

Here is the complete list of winners: Christmas Giveaway Contest Winners

There will be more contests and special deals really really soon so subscribe to Best Magic Deals’ RSS Feed, Email Newsletter, Twitter and Youtube.

Once again congrats to the winners and everyone who participated and see you on the next one!

-Alejandro Portela “Santa Cuso”

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