On Jan 10, 2022, sillymagician wrote:
I've been doing reviews of magic that I buy. I feel it gives me the right to be honest and not hold back if I see deficits. Here is my review of The Trojan Deck:

On Dec 3, 2021, andygregs wrote:
Agreed he is a great magician but also as a magician we see things differently and I’m not convinced that an eagle eyed spectator wouldn’t spot the middle cards didn’t match but each to their own.

On Mar 5, 2022, pelicantrapper wrote:
Saw this at his lecture last night. It was the end of the show and being tired I wasn't trying to spot any moves. Just enjoying the magic, and I gotta say it definitely got a wow out of me at the end.
without exposing too much, the way he structures the routine is great because of the timing misdirection with the selected card. There are other options to perform the same effect but If you have any of his other gimmicked card stuff you know they are quality. For 75$ I don't know, but it just depends on how you use it. If you can tell a really really heart gripping story and create the right atmosphere I think this can be very strong.

In response to the Italy lectures. Stuff happens, Josh seems to be a great guy. So unfortunate if true but I'm sure he had a proper reason. He has a lot of tour dates coming up soon and last night it appeared that he sold out of all of his material minus a few single decks and gimmicked cards. So we will see if he cancels the rest of his tour.

Cheers!

On Dec 11, 2021, dj wrote:

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On Dec 10, 2021, PeteB wrote:
Really no deck switch? How narrow a definition of deck switch are we using? If not a switch then definitely an addition (precisely at 4.30 minutes in). Having placed the blue set of cards the woman shuffled, on top of the supposedly empty card case, (which put me on high alert), on going to pick them back up, Josh picked up the card case as well. Clearly an important moment. This belief is reinforced because there is a vision edit right at the point the addition or switch takes place. I am not suggesting that the action is not continuous, just that cutting to a different sized shot hard on the point of a switch always helps to hide it. This is not the first time I have seen this video technique deployed in Josh’s routines, (and is a little naughty imo).

No deck switch.