 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a magic review Hey today, we're gonna look at the ultimatum deck from Steve Brownlee. Alright, so what is the ultimatum deck? It is a deck of cards. It's bicycle stock It is a gimmick deck or a gas deck depending on your definition that enables you to do a couple of different tricks It's pretty cool and pretty original and if you want to see what it looks like, this is it I'll try something weird, a few of you I'm feeling lazy about you coming to the magic, because of the revealing bit So we'll start with the guys Do you want to take them off? Do you want to take them off? I'm not gonna explain that man I'll show it to the camera as well My part though, so what I want you to do when I face down is find the three selections No, no, I'll explain after that If you cut the pack into three piles, so leave like a third on the table and then cut again That's not very easy You can only do it like that, you can have another go There we go Are you happy with that? Yes What do I do? Just... Hold on, what card are you psyched? Uh, the Queen of Spades Are you serious? Definitely not Alright, so that was Steve Brownlee. You might also recognize Mark Elton Peter Nardi also makes an appearance This is published by the good people down at Alec Hazam So a couple questions We always ask about all of our magic product reviews and the first of which is what is in the box What is in the box? You get this box And on the inside you're going to get a full deck of cards with a case And then you're going to get a little business card that also has a code web code So that you can go out to the internet and download the video Okay, so is it what I thought? No, because I really didn't know what to think They promised a brand new idea and so in trying to think about what it could be I kind of had some ideas and you know You're kind of in the ballpark when you're thinking about what it could be But I did find it very unique and a nice surprise. How are the angles on this? The angles are perfect You're not going to have any sort of angle issues If you watch some of the card effects, you'll see that there really isn't anything to hide Slight-wise can it be inspected? No, it is a gimmick deck. It is a gaff deck Similar to how you would handle maybe a spengali deck, although it's not a long and short deck I think that would be kind of the same kind of handling that you would have to think about or consider When utilizing the ultimatum deck. All right, so what's the overall quality and production value of the video? It's it's moderate Mark Elton and Steve Brownlee they sit at a table for the first part of the teaching They go through the first three effects and they have a curtain background That's about the first 40 minutes of your dvd The next half is the a download of the original video that was sold before alakazam bought the rights to it That video was shot in kind of like the back room of a magic shop. It's got dim lighting Both videos have multiple angles. Both videos teach through the conversation method Where the teachers work it out by talking to each other a ladder video though is longer And it has more tricks more tips and more handling So it was a nice bonus for peter nardy to add that for you. Is it well made? This is a bicycle deck of cards. In fact, once you learn the deck setup You could possibly then make your own how much practice does it require? There's no slides So I would say that in using the deck it's more of a it's more of a feel And it's more based on the visual clues about the height of your decks and your packets of just remembering where things are in the stack But uh, there aren't really slides per se to learn how much setup and reset is there like I said earlier It is a deck stack Uh, it is a specific deck stack and you'll need to put your deck back into order If through performance you've left it shuffled. All right. So what are some of the positives positives are it's miracle-looking magic Uh, it's a magician's fooler I would think that this would fool magicians more than it would fool laypeople because literally magicians know what to look for What to expect and I think you're going to remove those options for them when they watch your trick You do also get four tricks with this so it's not a one hit wonder and that's nice negatives negatives are You know that that can't be inspected. You can't hand it out And you're going to have the same force cards every single time. All right. So is it worth your money? It's 30 dollars 30 dollars for a full deck of cards and you're getting a 40 minute video with four tricks four tricks for 30 bucks and you get a full deck of cards to do the miracles with I think that's well In the wheelhouse of being worth your money. All right, so who would like this anybody who wants to do table hopping Anybody who likes card magic anybody who likes trick decks. I think would love the ultimatum deck from steve brown All right, so that is my review ultimatum deck from steve brownlee and alec and sam magic If you'd like to purchase your own you could find it one of your favorite murphy's magic suppliers. Thanks. Bye