 Hey everybody, welcome back to Magic Orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a Magic Review. Hey, today we're going to look at Chartistry from Daniel Chard. What is it? Basically it's 10 routines, 10 card tricks that you can do just with a deck of cards. Daniel walks through everything you need to do to pull off these 10 modern miracles. And if you want to see it, this is it. This is Chartistry. I'm going to give the deck a few cuts like so. And in this time, I'm actually trying to locate a special card here. The one we've actually cut to is the Ace of Heights. So if you watch the Ace like so, what we need to do is snap, and that's when we get one, two, three, and four. So now when we find the Aces, we're going to do almost like a warm-up exercise. So similar to a pianist playing the scales, we're going to take the Aces, loosen them back in the deck, and then find them one at a time. So I'm going to take the Aces like so, so you can still see them like this. I'm going to place the Aces one near the bottom, one near the slightly above this, one near the middle of the deck, and one slightly near the top. So just you don't think I'm controlling them in any particular manner, if you just want to square those in. So you know everything at this point is completely fair, yeah? Excellent. So I'm not going to manipulate the cards. So I now need to see where the Aces are. Done. And that sounds like a bizarre thing. It doesn't really look like it did anything. If I actually snap and click, that should be the first Ace of Spades. The second Ace takes just a matter of time. Like this. The next one should appear like so. If we actually shake, that'll be Ace number three. So the last one we need to find is Lady's Best Friend, Diamonds, yeah? Yep. So you actually watch the Ace. This one should appear mid-air. So that should be the Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and the Ace of Diamonds. There we go. Thank you. Alright, so that was Daniel Chard. You might remember he did Charge Shark. He did self-working to Finger Bleeding. This is published by RSVP Presents. Alright, so what I liked about it, it's self-contained. It's a DVD that has ten effects, and you don't need anything else but a deck of cards. There are some arts and crafts to it, but it's really simple things that you can do with things that are around the house. Another thing I really liked about this is these are really solid routines. What I mean by that is you're getting kind of a little story and a little presentation along with each one. These aren't just ten quickies that are just over and done with. You are getting two hours of instruction and performance with this. And so these are really big routines. These are monster routines, and I think that Daniel's done a really great job in putting this together. Alright, so a couple questions we always ask about all of our magic tricks. The first of which is, what's in the box? What's in the box? You get a DVD. It's a DVD, kids. That's all you're kidding. There's nothing extra. There's no download code. There's no gimmick inside to rig a deck. Basically, you're getting ten effects that all work straightforward with a deck of cards. Is it what I thought? Yeah, it's what I thought. The ad copy said that it was ten card tricks and you're getting ten card tricks. What's the overall quality and production value of the DVD? Hey, it's everything you'd expect from RSVP Presents. It's all shot in HD. You're getting multiple camera angles. The spectators are lovely and you get a nice performance area and review area. In the reveal shots, Daniel's going over everything you need to know. He's spending a lengthy amount of time going over every single effect. He's not just teaching them to you very quick and you have to rewind and go, what was that? He's very calm, very collected. He's a very patient teacher and I think you're getting a really solid teaching with this and some very cool, very creative routines. How much practice does it require? I will say, yeah, it does require some practice. Like I said earlier, these are routines. They're not just tricks. There is a lot of memory work involved with this happens and then this happens next There's a lot to it. These aren't just really quick effects and I think that is going to bump this DVD up into the intermediate and advanced skill level. I know the ad copy says it's great for beginners. There aren't that many effects on here though. In my opinion, for a beginner or someone who doesn't know their way around to the cacards, there's probably only two out of the ten that I would say are really easy and don't require a lot of skill. I would say chartistry is not just a DVD for somebody who knows their way around to the cacards. I would say they probably also need to be pretty familiar with some slides and have performed magic like this before. Alright, so what are some positives? Positives like I've been saying, it's just a solid, solid DVD. I love the fact that you're getting these long presentations where the magic happens in progression or there's multiple magical reveals in each effect. It's not just a one hit. Oh, there's the magical surprise and now it's over. You're getting all these little instant little pops throughout the trick until the final reveal which kind of builds up the tension. It builds up the excitement, I think, to the spectator and makes these some really cool effects. Alright, so some negatives. Like we say around here, there's negatives to everything. These are just my negatives. They don't have to be yours. I don't got any. I don't have any negatives. There's nothing wrong with this DVD. I love it. It was great. I think it's definitely well-recommendable. Hey, is it worth your money? It's 30 bucks. 30 bucks for 10 tricks. That's $3 a trick. $3 a trick is nothing. Most of us pay a lot more than that for a download. So definitely what I had down and pick this up if you are into cards and card magic. Like I said, who would like this? People who know the way around the deck of cards. People that are in the intermediate to advanced skill level. I think people that do magic professionally would like this. And I think that would be good in a person that needs routines, especially for like table hoppers or people that do walk around at restaurants. I think would dig chartistry a lot. All right. So that is Chartistry from Daniel Chard. And if you'd like to purchase your own, you can find it at one of your favorite Murphy's Magic suppliers. Thanks. Bye.