Review by Doug Gorman for Cairo Con by Alan Warner

Review by Doug Gorman for Cairo Con by Alan Warner
Review by Doug Gorman for Cairo Con by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

Con-gratulations!

This is my first piece of Alan Warner magic, but not my last. The effect is entertaining, and the method is clever, but what is most striking is the quality of craftsmanship and the friendliness of service I received from Alan in the acquisition of this beautiful piece. Thanks, Alan, for your creativity, your attention to detail, and your just plain being a nice person.

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Review by Doug Gorman for The Pharaoh's Cartouche by Alan Warner

Review by Doug Gorman for The Pharaoh's Cartouche by Alan Warner
Review by Doug Gorman for The Pharaoh's Cartouche by Alan Warner
4 out of 5

A Beautiful Penetration Effect

This is a very nice penetration effect, with absolutely magnificent props. Every time I obtain an Alan Warner effect, I marvel at the craftsmanship, the sheer beauty of the prop. The presentation, coupled with these enchanting props, makes for a very entertaining piece of magic

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Review by Doug Gorman for Matched by Alan Warner

Review by Doug Gorman for Matched by Alan Warner
Review by Doug Gorman for Matched by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

A Doubly Good Double Prediction

What a beauty! Alan’s creative thinking is surpassed only by his absolutely unparalelled craftsmanship. This is a wonderful double prediction that involves not only creativity in the apparatus, but in the presentation as well. There are some subtleties in the method that, when combined with the ingenious apparatus, make this a world-class fooler. You must have one of these!

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Review by Andy Martin for Runic by Alan Warner

Review by Andy Martin for Runic by Alan Warner
Review by Andy Martin for Runic by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

Here we go again!

At one time I had the pleasure to own all of the beautiful teak effects created by the extremely talented Alan Warner and showcased them on this site. A while back I was forced to sell them all. Well today marks the return of some of Alan Warner’s incredible magic to my collection! But this time the focus will be on actually performing the effects. One of the problems with rare collections of magic, is that you get scared to perform them. But this time I have chosen these effects with the express intention of performing them.

Runic is one of the more overlooked pieces from Alan. It is an incrediblly clean and deceptive force of two runes that is simplicity itself to perform. It even comes with some blank runes to create your own symbols. It is also very easy to adapt the effect to use different symbols other than runes – such as these scrabble tiles. So now you have a truly wonderful forcing device, that looks very clean, is beautifully made, and is easy to do. No wonder I bought it again!

Highly Recommended!

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Review by Andy Martin for Enigmatic by Alan Warner

Review by Andy Martin for Enigmatic by Alan Warner
Review by Andy Martin for Enigmatic by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

Clever, Convincing, and Beautifully Made!

This happens to be one of my favorite Alan Warner pieces. It makes use of an old principle to great effect and really produces an outstanding miracle.

Simply stated the effect is this: the box is shown and 2 sets of 5 tiles are tipped out. The spectator gets 5 and the magician gets 5. The magician then starts to place his tiles into the box face down, followed by the spectator one at a time. In each case the magician places his first, but when the box is turned over the order of the tiles match perfectly.

There are no switches or tricky sleights, the tiles and box can be examined, and it really looks this clean. A wonderful miracle from one of Magic’s Master Craftsmen.

Highly Recommended

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Review by Andy Martin for Li Chang's Boxes by Alan Warner

Review by Andy Martin for Li Chang's Boxes by Alan Warner
Review by Andy Martin for Li Chang's Boxes by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

Ah! Alan Warner Genius and Beauty Combined!

I’ve always liked the look of these beautiful teak boxes. They are compact and strong and with the the red and blue chinese symbols look very striking.

What is even better about these boxes is that they are a general switching device, anything that fits in one box can be transported into the other box: cards, billets, letters, colors, etc. You could use them in forces, do as I do effects, mind reading effects – the list is long!

There are no switches, flaps or external devices – the boxes are totally self contained and the method is just so very clever.

You will love how they look and how they operate – very different from any othe card boxes I have seen.

Highly Recommended!

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Review by Andy Martin for Checkmate by Alan Warner

Review by Andy Martin for Checkmate by Alan Warner
Review by Andy Martin for Checkmate by Alan Warner
5 out of 5

Stronger than you would imagine!

At first glance Checkmate looks like you are predicting a 1 out of 3 outcome, but in fact it is stronger than that since you not only predict which color chess piece they will choose, but also which plaque they will place it on.

There is no forcing of colors, the answer can be different each time, but the effect cannot be repeated. The mulitple outs that are constructed into the wooden tablets are very convincing and not contrived as sometimes is the case.

I used to give this 4 stars, but over the years I have grown to appreciate its simplicy even more so have raised it to a 5.

Highly Recommended!

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Review by Scott Snider for Frozen in Time by Masuda

Review by Scott Snider for Frozen in Time by Masuda
Review by Scott Snider for Frozen in Time by Masuda
5 out of 5

Great Closeup from Masuda

I bought this trick when Mr. Masuda showed it at a convention a few years back and it is one of my favorite closeup tricks to use. You tell the story about a postcard and watch having been photographed some time ago. The spectator gets to announce a time he thinks the watch had on it when the photog took the picture. The magician then reveals the picture after correctly guessing the spectator’s time and shows that there was no way it could have been set to any other hour due to the picture being sealed inside a plexiglass block. This can be handed out for brief examination to reveal that the watch and photo was frozen in time. Great trick. Ingenious method and highly recommended. You will use this a lot for close up magic.

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