The DarckSIDE deck - Lucas Allen (WriHen review)

The cover looks promising, has a variety of different cards and makes you think of the possibilities. the package comes with; The DVD, One DarkSIDE deck (another can be bought or made), and One marker pen. The DVD teaches just a few tricks showing how the DarckSIDE principle works. the cover may show lots of fancy looking cards, however only three of the cards shown are used in the DVD. the others are there to give inspiration, and they have inspired me to create my own effects using the deck. because you mark the cards with the pen, you can only use one deck for each trick, I chose to mark my deck for the "this is it" trick. And this is how it looks.

Go through the deck and ask a spectator to name any card they see.

Lets say the King of Spades.

Place the king down on the table.

Tell them, there is one card they were bound to pick.

Turn over the card they named to reveal...

...The card they picked is the only card with a different marking, and "This is it"

Lucas teaches two handling techniques; Easy deck prep, and Complex deck prep. Both can be used to achieve fantastic effects. On the DVD Lucas teaches each trick and the preps to detail. He also shows how to make your own DarckSIDE deck. the deck is fantastic for card magicians and mentalists. not only does he teach the effects and how to make your own deck. He also gives tips on marking the cards using other marker pens for different coloured back decks, and stamps to stamp decks. The principle for the DarkSIDE deck is quite ingenious and I can't believe it hasn't been thought of before to do these types of tricks.

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Thanks for reading my first review, and I hope you find it useful. 

Also, If you would like more information on the DVD or the deck. feel free to contact me by email: gmac228@gmail.com