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Roughing Stick Review

One Stick o' stuff, a 15 minute tutorial and $15 bucks. Is it gem or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.

Effect/Method

You're getting a stick that looks like a small bar of soap, but much harder and smaller. This stick lets you treat playing cards to create R/S cards and/or Brainwave/Invisible Decks. Thus "effect" is basically anything you can think of where the R/S principle will come in handy and of course, the aforementioned decks. The method? Treating your cards with this stick.

If you've ever handled a R/S deck or set of cards, then you know how easy/hard the handling will be. You are not taught any tricks, but rather you are simply taught how to apply the Roughing Stick to your cards. For effects, you'll have to come up with your own.

Ad Copy Integrity

The ad copy is mostly good. However, there is one point I feel is inaccurate. The claim is made that there is no residue left behind. This is simply not the case. Not only is there residue left behind, but in at least one case, I had to clean up the residue before the card was even usable. That said, however, the residue left behind (for the most part) is not a problem. As the ad copy claims, the pairs stick together nicely, and separate nicely.

Product Quality

The video you watch is a streaming video available at Vanishing Inc. Magic. It's well lit, but not as well mic'd as it should have been. It was hard to hear in a few spots even with my speakers turn up 100%. The stick itself is well made and doesn't get stuff all over your hands. It's easy to handle and works very well.

One other quick and cool thing is the shape of the stick. Due to the dimensions of the stick, you can apply the stick to the card(s) in different places, amounts, widths, etc. This allows you to create a huge variety of gimmicked cards.

Final Thoughts

The bottom line on this is that you're basically paying $15 bucks for the stick and a super quick "tutorial" on how to apply it. That's it. If you don't know what R/S is, this will do you no good. If you know what R/S is and you want to make your own and/or you have ideas for custom R/S cards/decks, then you'll love this.

Final Verdict:
4 Stars with a Stone Status of Gem.