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Essentials in Magic: The Mental Photography Deck

Daryl

Murphy's Magic

(Based on 2 reviews)
The Essentials in Magic collection gives you the opportunity to enjoy one-on-one instruction from Daryl, the Magician's Magician. Internationally known and respected as one of the world's finest teachers of magic, Daryl personally mentors you through clear, easy-to-understand video segments and helps you to develop and perfect classic sleight-of-hand skills and techniques, in a way never before available without private lessons. As a World Champion Magician, creator, and teacher of magic, Daryl has distilled decades of experience and study into each DVD to bring you everything you need to know to perform miracles with sponge balls, trick decks, linking rings, cups and balls, and many other classic illusions, right away! Daryl is waiting to share these secrets with you in the Essentials in Magic.

This DVD focuses on Mental Photography, an amazing magic effect, that is easy to do! In it you will learn...
  • How it Works
  • Several different ways to mix the deck
  • Charlier Shuffle
  • The Don Lawton Presentation
  • Where Did The Faces Go?
  • The Michael Skinner Deck Switch
  • The Erdnase Change
  • A routine that finishes CLEAN
  • And much, much more!
Running Time Approximately: 1hr

Reviews

Stuart Philip

Official Reviewer

Oct 04, 2014

This lecture is so fantastic that if you don’t own a Mental Photography Deck, you should buy one, just so you can utilize this 40 minute DVD. If you already own one, you should buy this DVD immediately. For less than $10 you get a clear and interesting lecture from world class magician, Daryl. This lecture is easy to understand and the techniques taught are easy to implement.

The gimmicked Mental Photography Deck allows the performer to show a completely blank deck of cards, front and back and turn it into a full deck of cards with fronts and back, or just backs with blank fronts. The performer can make any particular card materialize among a completely blank deck, either with or without a back. The basic patter for the Mental Photography Deck routine basically explains that there is a blank deck of cards and whatever card the magician thinks of is instantly printed on the cards. If the magician wants, he can make all the backs appear on blank fronts, and instantly vanish. Then a second later, he can make an entire deck appear with both fronts and back.If you have never seen this trick performed, the effect is really amazing. If you have been performing with this deck, there will absolutely be something you can take from this lecture.

Daryl explains the historical background of this gimmicked deck, explains how it is set up, how it works and demonstrates a performance. Daryl teaches various methods, routines and tips, some of which can be used with a regular deck, including the Charlier Shuffle.

Daryl explains a routine by Don Lawton, which references the Bible and the creation of the Earth, using a King as the first man on earth and then the Queen as the first woman on earth, each of which appear as the magician calls for it. Then, when the earth populates, the entire deck appears out of a blank deck. Daryl goes through a few other routines and techniques, including a routine called Where did the Ink go”, a deck switch by Michael Skinner, the Erdnase change, the Gambler’s Cop and even Daryl’s personal favorite routine, which is unpublished.

At under $10, this lecture, from a great magician and teacher, is a steal.
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Jeff Stone

Official Reviewer

Sep 19, 2012

The Essentials In Magic Series:

For Less than $10 bucks you get an incredible deal. This series of DVDs is one of the best "bangs for your buck" in magic today.


First of All, you get Daryl . . . one of the best teachers in magic. He's fun to watch and he makes learning whatever he teaches very easy.


Here's how I look at it . . . if it only cost me $10 bucks to learn how to live off of chicken beaks and lizard lips and Daryl's teaching . . . I'm buyin'.


The Mental Photography Deck:

Daryl starts us off with a blank state and methodically takes us from the blank empty canvas to fully "painted" and fleshed out experts on this beautiful deck of cards.


Like the other DVDs in this series, it's well thought out, thoroughly researched and thoroughly presented. Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) is covered here. Deck switches, displays, shuffling of the cards, the best way to handle the cards, several routines, and a ton more.


Remember folks, these DVDs are only $10 bucks. After watching this DVD you'll definitely want to start performing this. I'm glad that Daryl is doing these videos. I, like many a magic snob, felt that I was above these gimmicked decks. After watching this series, I've had a serious change of heart. There is so much potential with this deck (and the others).


Whether you've never heard of The Mental Photography Deck or you've been using one your entire life or you used to use but threw it in "the drawer," I cannot recommend this highly enough.


Final Verdict:
5 Stars with a Stone Status of Complete and Total GEM!

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