Card Artistry

Ed

I was genuinely surprised at the reaction from this trick. I like it and thought it would be a great commercial trick to add to my closeup show but the audience response was much more than I expected. I’m glad I closed the act with it because I don’t think I had anything else to top that. A very good purchase!
P.S. easy to do.

Juan

Janet

Awesome ...need more visuals...loved the head Xray..... great to offer an x-ray of a baby scan. Describe surfaces that grip the card for easy painting.

Wayne

John

Card Artistry is very visual, very magical, and easy to perform. It is different from any other type of card magic you will perform. I highly recommend it!

Ben

Not much I can add to the existing reviews.

If you want a card routine that feels different and ends with a punch, I can't think of much better.

A staple in my virtual and table top shows.

Oliver

I love the type of effects that you use cards but the routine doesn't look like a card trick. This is a very different and unconventional routine to present to your audience. They will love it. You literally create a piece of art in front of their eyes. Totally recommend it!

Garry

Comes with a good quality set of monalisa cards, you can purchase Xray cards as seperate, these are also excellent quality set of cards too.
The video production is nice and clean, comes with a demo, and a very easy to follow tutorial, were he explanes the deck set up, followed by the routine, with some usefull tips, as long as you can do a basic farro shuffle then its very easy to do.

Pamela

This effect is great! I was a little worried with the sleights you would need to use to pull the trick off, but there are very little. The sleight of hand you do have to know is very easy to master. There are no switches what so ever.
P.S. You can add on to the trick and make it your own. You can take the concept and even might make something cooler.

Liam

Love this trick! You need a bit of space to do it, but it looks so surprising, and much more commercial and appealing than the other regular card versions. Great work!

Josh

I have long been a fan of Chris Kenner's routine, which is why my draw dropped when I saw this version of it. What a smart, visual and interesting end to a routine. I purchased this direct from Vanishing Inc. and it arrived within two days. I intend on using it in a show this coming weekend. Excellent production values and stellar magic! This is the kind of release that only the Vanishing Inc team are qualified to handle!

Will

I ordered this as soon as I saw the Soldier's Deck video on YouTube. What a great performer! Justin--you are an inspiration! I'll definitely be using this trick in my shows!

Kyle

This is such a great effect! Straight forward,clean,commercial,and just awesome!

Doug

I really really like this! Each version allows for so much presentation & fun, I look forward to seeing what Justin Flom brings out next.

Kif

Justin Flom's debut effect is off the charts when it comes to audience reaction. Hope more card sets beyond Mona Lisa and Brain Scan will be available soon. Instant classic!

Richard

Good effect — with caveats

As others have mentioned, the cards —at least the Mona Lisa cards — are unlike those in the demo. While the cards in the demo have a white border, those provided do not. While concealing the resulting discrepancy between the provided cards and the rest of the deck isn’t difficult, it unnecessarily limits the freedom of handling. Maybe this easily-addressed problem could be the selling point of Card Artistry 2.0.

This is not a trick for walk-around or informal setting. The deck is a “one trick wonder,” though perhaps the 36 “ordinary” cards you provide could be used effectively with clever routining to lead up to Card Artistry. In addition, the trick requires the “special circumstance” of enough space for a large-ish closeup mat with a rubber back. For me, these limitations suggest that the trick is most appropriate for a relatively formal presentation.

The instructional video covers all bases, although the trick could have been taught with a single sheet of well-written instructions. The meandering explanation is more tolerable than many, but still a far cry from thoughtfully organized. It’s almost 18 minutes long and contains about five minutes of useful and necessary information.

That this is a “special occasion” trick and that the cards could have been printed to better conceal their presence keeps me from giving the effect any more than three stars.

Russell

Nice effect, but misleading description..."If you can shuffle a deck, you can perform Card Artistry"....not true. There are several sleights involved to pull this off - NOT JUST A SHUFFLE. I do very few card effects, and this is one that will require a good deal of practice for me to pull off convincingly. If you do a lot of card effects, probably will be no problem. As many others have stated about various effects/tricks, magic advertisements and promos just be honest and not misleading. Every time there is a misleading advertisement, it just lowers the expectations for repeat business, without having to spend a lot of time consulting forums and reviews. Vanishing Inc. is my preferred online magic vendor, but it's disappointing that the promo for Card Artistry is not more upfront.

Bruce

I can't give this a great review simple because the set of cards are slightly different then what's shown in the video. I tried this out on my wife who thought it was really neat but instantly knew what I did because of the inconsistencies in my deck of cards. Now I've done alot of tricks for her so she knows exactly what a deck should look like. Maybe most people won't notice but I'd be surpised if they didn't. Other then that it's a beautiful trick and very nicely made.

Michael

The effect is exciting and novel, but my set of cards is wholly unusable; the ink of the image bleeds right to the edges of each card, making it wholly obvious even while the deck is perfectly squared that something isn't right.