Name: NEATCON Deck
Brand: The Neat Review
SKU: NEATCONcards
Price: 15.00 GBP
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NEATCON Deck

Alexander Hansford, Andrew Frost and Bradley Hodgins

~~£15.00~~

Written by

Alexander Hansford, Andrew Frost and Bradley Hodgins

Design & Direction

THE NEAT REVIEW

Production

Museumtype Limited

Isbn

978-1-739-4499-8-8

Pages

52 Pages

Dimensions

16cm × 20cm × 2.5cm

Weight

0.1 kg

Commemorative deck of cards from NEATCON.

Matched with three impossible card locations by Alexander Hansford, Bradley Hodgins and Andrew Frost. All done with a regular deck, could be borrowed, could be missing a couple of cards.

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These are the remaining booklets and decks from NEATCON.

Three impossible card locations by Alexander Hansford, Bradley Hodgins and Andrew Frost. All done with a regular deck, could be borrowed, could be missing a couple of cards.

NOTE: These items were made specifically for convention attendees on the day, so will not be reprinted.

"What would go well with a ticket to a NEAT REVIEW convention?"

The Notes come in a custom made, foil-block string-and-washer envelope made in the East of England, and the decks come in debossed letterpress tuck boxes from Southern California. The Notes commemorate the day, with inspiration and info surrounding the origin story of NEATCON, then run into the three impossible card locations. The cards were printed in Europe by Cartamundi and include a double backer, a unique double facer, and the hidden one-way back system

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THE EFFECTS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, ARE:

Details

196 Photographs throughout, explaining the intricacies of the nine effects.

224 pages

Contents

01 Effect 01
02 EFFECT 02
03 EFFECT 03

1) The deck is shuffled by you, the magician, then handed to an onlooker. Let's say the onlooker is revered movie cinematographer Larry Fong. Larry shuffles the deck, takes the pack under the table, and takes any card. He remembers his card, buries it in the middle, and passes the deck to another curious bystander. Let's say this is TV writer Stephen Long, who cuts to and remembers any card. The deck is mixed. Stephen hands the pack back to you, the magician. You immediately reveal Larry's card, and then Stephen's card.

2) In another scenario, you, the magician, fairly and repeatedly shuffle the deck. Your hero, Marlo student Justin Higham, picks any card, and you immediately know — without glimpse nor force — the card he has taken, information with which you do what you will. No glimpse, No force.

3) Your spectator, leading mentalist Derren Brown, cuts to a card, remembers it, and shuffles the cards. For thoroughness, you, the magician, also openly shuffle the deck. While it'd be impossible for you, you say, to divine or intuit the chosen card, you have recently learnt how to memorise the order of the entire pack, assigning a number to every card. This way, if the spectator were to name their card, you can tell them the exact position of it in the deck. This is precisely what you do. Derren names his card, the 9 of Clubs. You think for a moment, then tell him a number. Twenty-nine. He deals off 28 cards from the top of the deck. The 29th card is his card.

Contributor(s)

Andrew Frost

Andrew Frost has spent two decades studying, practising, performing and creating his own original card magic, designed specifically for close-up environments. Andrew is renowned as one of the best card magicians in the world, celebrated for his seamless sleight of hand and sharp sense of humour. His contemporary approach to card magic captivates audiences worldwide. He has performed his card magic stage show “Cards on the Table” globally from cosy New York venues to grand London theatres. Andrew's book DOUBLE LIFT was an immediate success and he has contributed immeasurably to many of the publications available through THE NEAT REVIEW. He is formidable.

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Bradley Hodgins

Bradley Hodgins is a gigging magician in London. His magic is very fooling, employing a blend of old and rare methods with modern sleights, that when combined with his unassuming way of handling cards, make for unforgettable performances. Along with renowned mentalist Chris Rawlins, he has founded the highly sought after magic publication 'Card Games'.

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Alexander Hansford

Alexander Hansford founded THE NEAT REVIEW in 2019, after printing a string of limited-run artist books to accompany talks he was giving to magicians worldwide. Across a 14-country lecture tour, from Vienna & Sydney to Beirut & Los Angeles, his books were met with a unique reverence by the magic community. Alexander's long-running collaboration with Derren Brown spans Derren's live theatre shows, including Olivier Award-winning “Underground,” “Secret” and “Showman,” to consulting on the card magic pieces for Derren's “Only Human,” which comes to London’s West-End in late-2026.

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