Price$45.00
Media TypeTrick, DVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedOct 26, 2014
Phoenix Ashes
David Blanco and Asier Kidam
Dramagia
(Based on 2 reviews)
Phoenix Ashes allows you to reveal the burned card on your arm in a clean, crisp way that resembled a newly linked tattoo on your arm. Not just the name of the card reveals itself, but the whole picture of the card manifest itself on your arm like a tattoo photograph.
In a massive upgrade to the classic, Phoenix Ashes will allow you to slowly, Magically reveal a chosen playing card on your arm, like never before. Watch as their eyes light up as the image slowly comes into view.
It's a MASSIVE UPGRADE to the classic and is even more shockingly powerful than ever before!
Guaranteed great reactions from crowds!
Key Points:
•Arm is examinable before and after
•Easy set-up
•Easy & Fun to perform
•Easy RESET
•Perform Surrounded
•Cheap REFILLS available worldwide
•Two different revelation cards included
•Full DVD instructions Included.
Explanations on DVD are in Spanish and English
Reviews
(Top ▲)
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Asier Kidam and David Blanco: Phoenix Ashes Review
One DVD, two gimmicks and $45 bucks. Is it gem or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.
Effect
Make sure you watch the video trailer. That's the effect. Burn half of a "selected" card. Rub the ashes on your arm, and the half of the card appears on your arm.
Method
The method uses the same concept that you may be familiar with if you've done ashes on the arm. What's been added is a special gimmick that allows you to reveal a card (half) rather than written text. The method works. It requires one thing that is not supplied. However, I guarantee that you have this in your house. They said that they tested it with several different brands of "stuff" and that it worked on every brand they tested. The brand I happened to have is one of the most common and popular brands available, and it worked.
However, there were some minor issues. First, I had to use waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more of the "stuff" than the showed in the video. Even then, the reveal of the card was much lighter than it showed on the DVD. It took me three tries to get a good reveal. In the video he says that it will take practice and experimentation to get the right amount of "stuff" and the right "touch" for applying the stuff.
I would agree with that. After three tries, it got better with each one. I imagine that a little bit more experimenting would get me a better reveal. The risk, of course, is that if you don't get a good "set up," you won't know until performance time. The best advice I could probably give you on this is to use a whole lot more of the "stuff" than they suggest.
Ad Copy Integrity
The video ad is perfectly accurate. Both the written and the video say that the arm can be examined before and after the effect. This is, surprisingly, true. As claimed, the reset is easy.. You have to clean off the ashes on your arm. Then you have to go (secretly) reset and make sure you have a bunch of the "stuff" you'll need to make it all work. None of this is "hard." It just takes a few minutes.
Product Quality
The DVD is very short. It's lit well, and the DVD is super easy to navigate. However, if you watch it in English, it's very difficult to hear. Asier Kidam is speaking in Spanish with a translator talking over the top of him. First, Kidam's voice is almost louder than the translator. Second, the translator has a super thick accent making him hard to understand and hard to hear (due to the volume of Kidam's voice in Spanish). This made it difficult in a few spots where he was explaining a couple of things, and I have no idea what he was saying.
Final Thoughts
If you like the effect as it looks in the trailer and you don't mind putting in some extra work to figure out the right balance of "stuff" then you'll probably be happy with your purchase.
Final Verdict:
3.5 Stars with a Stone Status of gem.
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If the name “Phoenix Ashes” didn’t grab your attention, I hope this review will. This extremely simple trick is incredibly visual and impressive. It blows spectators away and serious consideration should be given to this trick.
In Phoenix Ashes, a spectator chooses a card. The card is bent in half from top to bottom and ripped along the crease. Then half of the card is burned in front of the audience and the magician rubs the card’s ashes on his forearm and almost instantly a tattoo of the burned card amazingly appears.
As the ad copy indicates, there are two different revelation card gimmicks included which will allow you to amaze an audience once with your right forearm and once with you left forearm, if you wish to repeat the trick. Great for any close-up environment, where you won’t get kicked out for burning something.
The trick’s ad copy is completely accurate and the promotional video shows exactly what the audience will see. The DVD is in Spanish and is translated into clear English. Although the DVD is very short, it is to the point and understandable. Any magician, hobbyist or beginner can perform this seconds after watching the DVD. The gimmicks are very well made and sturdy and it should last a lifetime. The "refills" are something that you most likely already own and if not you can pick up in any convenience store.
There are no angles to worry about and it is virtually fool proof. There is some very quick pre-performance work that takes about 30 seconds or less. As long as you can rub ashes on your arm, you can knock out your audience with this phenomenal effect. This trick gets the highest rating due to simple and easy method and the impact the effect it has on an audience.
In Phoenix Ashes, a spectator chooses a card. The card is bent in half from top to bottom and ripped along the crease. Then half of the card is burned in front of the audience and the magician rubs the card’s ashes on his forearm and almost instantly a tattoo of the burned card amazingly appears.
As the ad copy indicates, there are two different revelation card gimmicks included which will allow you to amaze an audience once with your right forearm and once with you left forearm, if you wish to repeat the trick. Great for any close-up environment, where you won’t get kicked out for burning something.
The trick’s ad copy is completely accurate and the promotional video shows exactly what the audience will see. The DVD is in Spanish and is translated into clear English. Although the DVD is very short, it is to the point and understandable. Any magician, hobbyist or beginner can perform this seconds after watching the DVD. The gimmicks are very well made and sturdy and it should last a lifetime. The "refills" are something that you most likely already own and if not you can pick up in any convenience store.
There are no angles to worry about and it is virtually fool proof. There is some very quick pre-performance work that takes about 30 seconds or less. As long as you can rub ashes on your arm, you can knock out your audience with this phenomenal effect. This trick gets the highest rating due to simple and easy method and the impact the effect it has on an audience.