Mirage – JB Dumas and David Stone

Product description : Making a deck appear and vanish has been done hundreds of times ! But this « new » gimmick (read further to understand why I put « new ») allows you to do it in a very visual and clean way, with only 1 card in your hand at the beggining and at the end, which really has the thickness of only 1 card, no bulky gimmick. Let's go into the review to see if this is any good ! (even if something with David Stone on the front cover of the DVD MUST be good)

Price and where to buy it : This is sold at $34.95 and you can get from Ellusionnist for now.

What you get : You get a small cardboard DVD case with inside the DVD which is well shot and to the point. 7 routines are explained, they're quite good. You get 2 gimmicks, a red one and a blue one as well as a few extra things you can change on your gimmick if it wears out. Gimmicks are really well made, they're very thin and I can see them lasting a long time. Very happy with it, it's really good.

Teaser : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91CZdBdsTw

The pros and the cons : Here is the core of my review, let's begin with the cons, as I will usually be doing, I prefer to keep the good things for the end.

THE CONS :
- You have to consider some angles while you perform this trick. It's not angle proof but doable in most of the situations.
- It does need a little of practice, it's not of those gimmicks you can perform right after receiving it, you have to get the move down.

THE PROS :
- This trick is fooling, I couldn't track it down on the trailer and even live, I would have seen nothing ! It looks as good live as it does on video.
- The gimmick is really well made, the fact you get 2 allows you to keep one for performance and one to train with so it's perfect. The gimmick is very thin, it has the thickness of only 1 card.
- The reset is instant, once you've made the deck disappear, you can do it again if you want to ! (or be ready for your next table)
- I like the subtleties that have been added to the gimmick which is not quite new. You have here a mix of a few methods which makes the whole thing more belieable and visual.

Overall rating : I quite like this one, very visual and very practical, I may consider using it for a routine I have in mind. 4/4 hearts for me.

As for the difficulty level, nothing hard with it, well, you have to get the knack, it will take some time, 3/5 stars.

Similar products : The most known names are the vanishing deck by Paul Harris, the Travelling Deck by Takel, Panic by Aaron Fisher and Decoy by Eoin O'Hare.

If you like this review, make sure to check my other ones on my website : http://lesavisdalexis.wix.com/reviews

And if you want a video demo, you can check this video (in French but you'll get the demo at 2:15) :

I picked this up and love it... thanks for the review.

Wow, coming from you, thanks a lot !