 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a magic review Hey today, we're gonna look at cut cards from John Armstrong and Cosmo magic. What is it? Basically, this is a collection of sandwich routines Collector's routines from John Armstrong. It is pretty much that it is straightforward card magic What he is giving you in this are eight cut cards eight casino cut cards made for the United States playing card company There are solid colors that you can use In your sandwich routines. You want to see what it looks like? This is it. I I'm excited about this super excited about this and because these are cards that I Genuinely have wanted to have in my own possession for a long time a way to do Sandwich tricks and you can use these particular items I'm trying to show you for any sandwich thing You already do with something that was a little more Conversational than just taking out two jacks or two queens or whatever these are casino cut cards kind of cards as you'd use for blackjack that kind of thing but These particular cut cards seem to always find the exact same card, which is strange, but true I'll show you what I mean here these Instantly allow you to have really really really great presentations gambling around haunted cut cards and Casinos some really really fun things again these cut cards Always seem to find the card that you want in this case. We're gonna go for the card that you just chose, right? So let's start with these two right here place them inside here And they think they get a good feeling say about here. Yep, and with that they have found your card the two of diamonds That's all I could it's pretty neat if I could hold out your hand So you don't even need to do it in the deck put your other hand on top and I'll put it on top of your hand You can actually then see how this works because the cards is a track to them That's how it works the cards I should just go right down to that card really wants to get down to you It's good thing you're not wearing any rings because it's really hurt you and then now That goes away lift your hand up You can see it's right in the middle there right back where it should be between the two be two of that So these are cut cards they look the exact same on both sides and We have these really great white borders unlike a normal cut card But that would as soon as you actually place it into the deck you would see it because you would see the plastic edge This the card is lost as soon as you place it inside there So and then instantly seen once you spread through So these have a lot of advantages Over again regular casino cut cards plus they have a lot of advantages over just regular cards because they are Really really cool and the color contrast is great So when you do any kind of sandwich even a simple sandwich like that they instantly can see the card They know exactly that's the chosen card these two cards do not are not the cards and nothing to do with it So this is genuinely something I've been excited about because I wanted to have these and I'm glad I'm gonna be able to Share it with you. I have some interesting routines that I have come up with over the years for this type of stuff some moves that you can apply to any kind of sandwich routines that you're doing and And hopefully you can see where just the cards themselves lend them lend them to really great opportunities You can do really cool ideas of oil and water That type of stuff just with the cards themselves so The set that you're gonna get you'll be able to play with you can actually use glue stick like this to a to stick other cards on the back of like this one here Play around with different bits. I think you're really gonna have a lot of fun with this All right, so that was John Armstrong and Cosmo magic just a couple of questions We always ask about all of our magic reviews and the first of which is what is in the box What's in the box? You get this envelope sleeve this cardboard envelope sleeve You get a DVD that's 40 minutes long and you get eight casino cut cards You get two red two blue and four black. Is it what I thought? Yes It is what I thought because there really aren't any secrets here. These aren't gaffes These aren't gimmicks. These are straightforward double-sided Cut cards all the magic is gonna happen through sleight of hand and your memorization of these presentations Really what John's giving you are the routines to these sandwich and collector's tricks These are routines as a card routines These are gonna be things that you're either familiar with or not And so John's gonna teach you these routines and then he's giving you the cut cards Which enable you to do the magic. How are the angles on this? There are no angles None at all. This these are straightforward card tricks. Okay, there's nothing to hide here. There's no gimmick We and like I said, there's no gas. There's nothing to keep hidden everything is examinable So if you're to ask can it be inspected absolutely get hand these cut cards out They're these cut cards are just double-sided solid color cards with white borders made from us PCC All right, so what's the overall quality and production value of the video mostly? It's just John at a parlor table a card table It's got a curtain behind him and he's just walking through these sandwich tricks one by one He does do a run through first with a spectator You get to see how the trick goes and then he goes over the explanation There's a couple of close-up shots, but not a lot and it's done in a very well-lit well-miked HD format All right, so is it well top you're gonna get five magic tricks along with your cut parts John covers everything you need to know just understand that he's teaching you the methods I think that has to be made clear. There's five tricks and 40 minutes So this is gonna fly by a little quick. He's not guiding you through Every slight he's not holding your hand. He's not walking you down the aisle and saying, okay Here's how you do a riffle shuffle or here's how you keep a break or here's how you force a card He's not doing any of that. Okay, so you kind of have to already be at an intermediate level in card magic He's expecting you to have some proficiency in card magic He does teach you his own take on the double lift at the very end That he calls the gin pick and that is pretty cool Is it well made? Absolutely Like I said these eight cards were made from the United States playing card company and they will last you forever How much practice does it require? Like I said, these are full on Card sandwich routines. So this is all skill. Okay, the cards don't do anything for you. They are just cards Okay, so it's gonna be all your skill If you're a fan of sandwich routines or collectors routines, you're gonna love that cards How much setup and reset is there zero? They're just you know, sandwich cards You're gonna stick them right back in your deck again You're gonna find them really easily because they're the ones they're gonna stand out They'll fit or slide into any deck of cards that you use that's the beauty of them that you know They'll match anything and I think they're a wonderful addition to your routine. All right So positives one of the positives to cut cards really any sandwich effect that you're doing now Will just become more Conversational and easier to follow with this I mean now you don't have to use two jokers or two aces or two You know, whatever and now you can use these and they visually stand out your spectators will have no trouble seeing okay There's two solid blue cards over there and there's a deck of red cards and one of those red jumps between the two blues I mean, it's visually stunning immediately your spectators won't get lost Sandwich tricks sometimes collectors tricks. Maybe they might fly by some people that aren't closely paying attention I think you're you're fixing that with with cut cards Another and another thing I really love is that the cards have white borders So they'll be added seamlessly into any of your other regular white border decks. Alright, so what are the negatives none? There's no negatives to this. There's nothing that's gonna break nothing. That's gonna go wrong John doesn't teach you anything weird The DVD is awesome. The tricks are awesome. The cards are awesome. There's nothing wrong with this It's a 10 out of 10. Is it worth your money? It's only 20 bucks. It's 20 bucks 20 bucks You get eight cards and five routines 40 minutes of magic. Absolutely. It's worth your money This is absolutely worth your money who would love this who would love this I think anybody that does collectors cards tricks right now anybody that does sandwich your teens right now Anybody that wants to add more of those anybody that loves John Armstrong Anybody that loves cool cards. That's such a wide variety of people. I think you're gonna love got cards Alright, so that's my review for pet cards from John Armstrong Cosmo magic Thank you Murphy's magic for providing this forest so that we could review it for you And if you want your own and you do you need to head down to your favorite Murphy's magic dealer. Thanks. Bye