Kids Kards
Richard Pinner

The magician explains that as a thank you gift, a group of children he once performed for sent him an illustrated deck of cards they'd made. Wonderful though this was, the cards weren't much good for performing with. So, to make the most of his gift, the magician changes the hand-illustrated cards into an honest-to-goodness factory printed deck! He dribbles through the deck - all the cards have changed.

With the brand new deck, a mind reading effect is demonstrated and proves a hit! Then, wracked with guilt at changing the beautiful gift into a model of magical conformity, the magician reverses the process, changing the cards back into the deck he started with - simply illustrated cards.

Each Kids Kards deck comes complete and ready to work. As you can see from the images, the artwork on the "kid" cards is charming - both the faces and backs have been custom printed and are perfectly in tune with the patter story of children designing a deck of cards.

The trick is nearly self-working, and fans of visual card magic will not be disappointed with the cards. Each set of Kids Kards is supplied with a custom printed box and directions by inventor Richard Pinner.  

Fenik's The Mexican Revolution              
with Gordon Bean's Jaywalk                     Click  Here for Demo

Whether in his native country or during his many engagements at Caesar's Magical Empire in Las Vegas or at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, Fenik has long been perplexing some of magic's top names with his Mexican Revolution routine.

The effect is straightforward and eye-poppingly visual: four jacks turn face down one at a time, then turn back face up, and finally have their backs change from blue to red. Its highly ingenious method reduces sleights to an absolute minimum, but it's so much fun to watch you'll want to stay in front of the mirror doing it again and again!

With the U.S. Playing Card Co. having done a brilliant job of producing the necessary cards, The Mexican Revolution was first released by Gordon Bean and Larry Horowitz's company MagicLab at the Magic Castle swap meet in the spring of 2002, and instantly proved to be a big hit. Fenik then came up with a brilliant streamlining of his original handing that, in turn, led Gordon to come up with Jaywalk, which turned the effect of the original inside out. This time, after turning face up then face down, the cards change from jokers to jacks!

Considering that Jaywalk was the quintessential dealer's ad boasting three distinct phases of visual magic, no sleights required, only four cards used, fronts and backs of all cards in view, no glue, no wax, no double cards-the decision was made to put The Mexican Revolution on hold after its one day of release and wait for the necessary new cards to be printed.

So now, for the same price, you get both The Mexican Revolution and Jaywalk plus a whole new world of experimentation. After this revolution, twisting effects will never be the same!