No Pain No Gain by Adrian Vega & Gonzalo Albiñana

Card magic they can feel. Card magic they can’t forget.

From the incendiary imagination of Gonzalo Albiñana in collaboration with Adrián Vega, they present a concept of card magic that is sensory, emotional, and unforgettable. Taking an old plot and re-designing it and re-imagining it, they have created an amazing project, No Pain No Gain.

What is NO PAIN NO GAIN?

In its most direct version: a deck of cards suddenly bursts into flames in the magician’s hands… and as if the fire had left its mark, blisters begin to appear on the magician’s skin – in the exact shape of a freely chosen card.

Yes. A freely chosen card.

No forces. No advanced sleights. No fear.

NO PAIN NO GAIN is not just a routine – it’s an experience that hits the spectator straight in the heart. Pure emotion, with simple yet powerful tools. Just like great card magic should be.

Includes all necessary materials (a new gimmick to hide in full view and indifferent props), full tutorial and bonus ideas.

Some of the routines and ideas included are:

• The Blisters: A couple of blisters appears in each of your thumbs, due to heat or any other cause that you imagine, predicting the shape and value of freely named cards.
• The Chicago Blister: In a simple to master but powerful multi-phase routine, Cards freely named and select will appear either burned in your blisters…or in the back of the cards.
• The Card trick of No Card tricks: The magician shows his Mobile Phone and offer to create a card magic that uses no cards…because modern times requires modern solutions. Thru a series of funny gags and photos in the phone, they select a free card, but everything will twist and become a hot surprise at the end.
• The Matchbox: A multiple selection of freely name cards appears either on blisters in your hands, then inside a matchbox, or in the flames of the mystery.
• The Pad: The magician or mentalist is predicting correctly any cards or thoughts but when the paper catches fire, impossible blisters will appear to change the mood.
• Most of them do not even require to have a real deck in the hands but creates all of the beauty and impact of the best card magic. Many more variations, handlings and ideas are explained in the tutorial done by Gonzalo and Adrian, and comments of the contributions done by the genius magicians that had previously worked on any Blister effect, like Tim Trono, Callen Morelli, Jason Paltern, Gustavo Sereno and many more.

Burn their minds with No Pain No Gain!