 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 Triple C from the Christian Engblom. All right, so what is Triple C? Triple C is a gaff deck entirely. It's a completely gaffed deck, every single card. So on par with other famous gaff decks, absolutely. And really, I should just let you watch Christian Engblom perform one of his tricks. This is one of the tricks from the video. Here you go. My good friend Christian has always very nice, interesting, and clever ideas. This one is very practical, believe me. Tim, would you please remove a card? Any card you want? Yeah, you can show it to the camera. Don't show us. We don't want to see. We don't want to see. It's okay? And then please put your card back inside wherever you want, and then take the deck and shuffle. Shuffle the deck. It's good. Oh, she's a professional. I would not play poker with her. Oh geez. Oh, we're in trouble. Anyway, I'm glad I don't have to find the card. Okay. You know why I don't have to find it? Yeah. Sometimes I get lucky, I need to on top. No. Or on the bottom. It's not on the bottom. Okay, then you have to find it. If it's not the bottom card, is there another card you think it might be? If it's not the bottom card, what card could it be? Three of spades. Really? Yes. The three of spades? Oh, yes. How does he know? I don't see. Incredible for me too. Here, touch another one. Touch another one. Just touch which one, this one. I show it to you and I show it to the camera, but I don't show him, because, well, he's like a magician. It's in the middle, right? You can see it somewhere in the middle. Yes. It's not the bottom one. It's not the bottom one. So it's not the three of spades. What is her card? It's nine. What is this? Four. I don't know how he knows, but he knows. Congratulations. Thank you. He's my master. All right. So that was Christian Englom. If you don't know who he is, you saw that little brief intro from Juan Tamari. He is actually Juan Tamari's student, one of his disciples. And if Juan gives this effect a rave review, then I think we should too, right? I mean, who are we to argue with Juan Tamari? All right. So you get this, you order it. What's in the box? What's in the box? It's really small, little cardboard box from Expert Playing Card Company. They designed the deck shell. And then inside that, there's actually a sealed and shrink wrapped gaff deck from United States Playing Card Company. You can get it in red or blue. And that's unique. You don't often get a sealed deck, a sealed gaff deck, which means you could do brand new deck effects. You could open this up in front of a spectator as if it were a brand new deck and begin a whole routine. And I think that brings something to the table right there. Other than that, you will get a download code. Download code will send you to a link. It'll give you 10 downloadable videos, 10 downloadable videos, about an hour of content. Is it what I thought? No, it's not what I thought. And here's why. I think because a lot of people were alluding to the fact that it was just an over glorified stripper deck, but then the ad copy says it is not a stripper deck. So you're like, well, who do I believe? Do I believe the people who are judging it from the outside, who don't own it? Do I, you know, do I, who do I, who do I believe? Who do I listen to? And so I think the jury was out until I received it in the mail and it was a really nice surprise. How are the angles and can it be inspected? I think the angles are the same. Let's not compare it to a stripper deck. Okay, let's not compare it to a tapered deck, but I would say the angles are the same as that. You know, on a stripper deck, you can hand it out. It's respectable. No one's going to find anything because they don't know what to look for. And the cards all look the same. And you could use this deck for other tricks. I think the same thing would apply to the triple C deck. What's the overall quality and production value of the video? Like I said, it's 10 videos in total. And each one is separate. Okay, you download 10 separate videos. And it makes an hour of content altogether. You're going to get a whole video that's strictly performances. Strictly performances. And they're all tied together. Christian's in like a restaurant or some sort of cafe and it's kind of loud. There's a lot of ambient noise. He's bringing over people as spectators and it's shot kind of from an overview angle looking down. And like I said, all the tricks run together. There's no microphone. So you just have to listen carefully. Listen carefully. Pay attention. The sound is really echoey. And I would say that sounds really echoey through this entire thing. There was no microphone ever used. And the explanation part is all black background, black table, one steady shot that never changes. Also not microphone. So again, it's a little echoey. The whole video has some echo issues. You're going to get a video on its history, the history of the deck. Obviously, Christian did not invent this deck. It's borrowed technology that he's reintroducing. And then you're going to get some cleanup videos, like how-tos, some tips, performances, some last minute ideas, of course. And then you're also going to get some tricks. What are the tricks you're going to get? You're going to get a trick called name spell, which is kind of like how it sounds like a spectator selects a card. It's returned to you and then you ask them their name and you spell down their name. And at the end of their name, there's their card. There's a trick on there called poker deal. You deal for of a kind. They're placed back in the deck in various places. You then ask the spectator how many different poker hands they would like you to deal and you deal that many. And you even ask them which one of those hands is to receive the four of a kind and then you do it. There's another trick on there called he knows, where the spectator chooses a card and it gets shuffled back into the deck. Magician then shows, you know, it's not on top, it's not on bottom. And you hold the deck so the bottom card is actually seen. And he turns around to somebody else and shows them the bottom card and asks them to concentrate on that card. And then when they do so, it is the other card that was chosen. Is it well made? Yes, it's absolutely well made. Like I said earlier, it's bicycle stock. It is a standard bicycle deck, red or blue. You pick right or back 808s, everything you love from United States playing card company. All right. So here's the big question. How much practice does this require? Because I've seen lots of people asking for this review and probably because the commercial makes this deck out to be the end all end all. And you're thinking this is the deck that's going to answer all my prayers to make me look like a poker genius. I'm going to look like a card handling genius. I want this deck. Let me just say, not only am I delving now into my opinion, but I have read other people's reviews too. I have gone out and listened to other people and what they have thought as well, because I think it's good to get a lot of input. Here's the thing, Christian, the designer, right? He suggests that it takes at least two hours of practice to get down. Okay. Two hours of practice just to figure out, that's you holding the cards in your hand, working at it two hours long. Okay. Which means if you were on the lower end of this totem pole, like let's say you're not as awesome at cards as Juan Tamarí and Christian Engblom, which would be like all of us, right? It's very possible. It could take you a lot longer. I have heard from some people who has taken them days to get down. Okay. I have heard from other people that they never got it, that it's that difficult. Some people are saying, oh, why is it, why, why is it difficult for you? I got it right away. And other people are saying, I don't know. I just can't get it. Okay. I'm putting that out there. There's both sides of the coin, both sides of the table. Okay. And a lot of the people that I've heard can't get it are left-handers. I don't know why. I've even seen some of the reviewers who've said they're left-handed and they couldn't figure it out. That's out there. Okay. I'm just trying to be honest with you, trying to put all the cards on the table. This is going to take a lot of practice, a lot of time commitment. Don't expect to pick this up and just pretend it's the new improved stripper deck because it's not. Okay. There's work to do and you have to be in it to win it. You're going to shell out the 30 bucks. So like I'm saying, you know, is it worth your money? It's $30. It's $30 for a deck of cards, which is not on par for what a gaff deck costs. So a gaff deck is about $30. Plus, you're getting an hour's worth of material. That's good. That's all good. So I think it definitely is worth your money. Is it worth your time? Okay. Think about that. Is this a project that you're going to put the time into? Okay. So just ask yourself, I think that important question. All right. So positives, positives. What are the positives to triple C from Christian Engblom? Christian Engblom's deck is one of a kind and it's sure to create master level miracles in your hands. Once you pick it up, you may never put it down. Negatives. You know, like we say around here, there's negatives to everything. These are just the negatives that I see. They don't have to be the negatives that you see. I just want to reiterate. It's a gimmick deck and the commercial makes it look like it's the answer to all your prayers, but that is not without cost. Okay. This is not for beginners or people who are just a little bit proficient at card magic. You've got to be willing to put in the practice. Who would like this? I think advanced level magicians, right-handed card mechanics, people who are looking for a new and improved gaff deck that they can do poker tricks and card manipulation type effects with fans of Wontemarie, fans of Christian Engblom, I think are definitely going to get a big kick out of this deck. Alright, so that is Triple C from Christian Engblom. I want to thank Murphy's Magic Supplies for allowing me to have this trick so that I can do the review for you. And if you would like to purchase it for yourself, you can find it from your very favorite Murphy's Magic Dealer. Thanks. Bye.