"PIP TRIP" & other interesting effects from the WEAPONS deck!

Is this magic disgraceful? You decide.
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[@MikaHarris_]

Was VERY interested to hear your opinion on this subject when I watched DM's video! Thank you for bringing your opinion and thoughts to the subject Doug! Much love to you sir

[@DougConn]

Thanks fir the feedback! Had a good time expressing these thoughts :) ✌️

[@zebfross]

I'd say magic is in the eye of the beholder, so pretty much anything goes as long as it's safe. Keep up the good work!

[@DougConn]

Agree completely

[@rayandrews90]

Really enjoyed that Doug. I've been looking for a gaff deck that was bicycle and I just found it so thank you.

[@super_magic7]

I didn't know how to use the weapon deck! This video is so useful and practical! Thank you so much😍 If you have more tricks of this deck, can you share with us?😃

[@DougConn]

A “part two” could be very possible!

[@imrecordingtoo1374]

@@DougConn yes please

[@MikaHarris_]

also, "disgrace, the sequel" made me laugh!! haha XD

[@DougConn]

🤡✌️

[@Szlater]

The biggest no-no in my classroom is when a pupil laughs at another for giving the wrong answer, it’s an act of utter contempt and all it does is make it harder for those children for whom putting a hand up to answer a question is a supreme act of bravery (I had one child in my class a few years ago that barely spoke all year, despite my best efforts). By laying out his opinion as an absolute, and most egregiously, using a novice’s performance to illustrate and reinforce it, was an act of bullying akin to laughing at the shy kid who got the answer wrong. Shame on him. He was obviously near the front of the line for talent, but didn’t bother hanging around to get the accompanying humility.

[@DougConn]

Daniel makes some interesting choices...

[@nathanielgarcia7225]

Love your tricks. Especially pip trip.

[@JCMagic]

I almost got them today but I got booklets instead. They are on my ever growing list though.

[@DougConn]

Dang I thought you had these already (or I would’ve dropped one in your package!)I did put a bonus in your package I hope you enjoy it

[@JCMagic]

@@DougConn Hot diggity!! It's 🎄 in July!! Woot woot!!

[@Uniquettt]

Very nice deck filled with effects which will appeal to many and be hated by many but for me they play a very important part of magical performances

[@DougConn]

Get some cool cards at a good price & support the channel: connjure.com/product/weapons/

[@magicjackmaxwell]

Love it Doug! You're soooo disgraceful! Haha! Have a great weekend bro!

[@DougConn]

Thank ya Jack!

[@WordAttack88]

Beautiful :)

[@philipraimondo]

Doc Eason “kate and Edith” kind of story line… Not a huge fan of gaff decks but at times you need them. Love serious slight of hand but it is inevitable I have to use a gaffed card periodically. Thanks for the great content. Also follow you on the Tick Tock…. (Misspelled on purpose)

[@DougConn]

❤️❤️❤️

[@magicwithphoe]

Thanks for the video! And I’m “Craft with Phoe” but I made a channel so I changed it.

[@DougConn]

Noted! 👍🪄

[@thecosmicbackyard1857]

Now that's what is called constructive criticism 👏

[@DougConn]

CONNstructive Criticism:)

[@nathangibson8014]

I'm assuming Daniel Madisons motivation for saying what he said was that lay audiences should never know that any sort of gaffed or gimmicked cards should exist. I remember there being a discussion of the sort with anniversary Walt's. Letting an audience know that a double faced card did exist ....was a route some magician's we're way against....and the other train of thought was that it wasnt a "gaffed" card....it was a piece of art created using magic etc.....anyway, he was a bit harsh with his comments. I like anniversary Walt's....but I do think a double faced card shouldn't be shown....a card like the ones used in pip trip...is different....cuz what on earth can that expose? Can a lay person look at the card long enough and come to some conclusion that you can do other effects with it? Lol. I don't know ....long story short....I like the idea much better of fixing a misprinted card. It's a problem and the solution is magic......with the right presentation and motivation. You can make virtually anything work in magic...I appreciate Daniel Madisons work...as do I appreciate yours. But I do not appreciate putting down another artists work, because you don't agree with the thinking behind it. Especially on a public forum. When other performers talk like that....they give off the impression that they invented magic lol. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[@NT_1]

I flashed a double face while performing and the panic i felt was unreal

[@TrackHustlersENT]

Hey Doug are you still selling these decks?? I went on your site and it says you're taking a break from selling magic. Do you know when you'll be taking orders again??

[@dylanyoung4938]

I love Daniel Madison he’s one the magicians who got me into magic but I just don’t agree with him. Personally I do magic for entertainment not to prove magic is real. So with that said I don’t think pip trip is a “disgrace to magic” thanks Doug for the video 👍

[@DougConn]

And thank YOU for the feedback!

[@nightwines]

Exactly and consider the source. DM is big into pure slight of hand. Should have chose his words as carefully as he practices his magic. Disgraceful?! Even a beginners card trick with a great story line to get people to buy into what you are doing makes for incredible magic/entertainment. "Magic is entertainment" -Aldo Colombini

[@samuelosbornemagic]

So I watched Daniel’s video on this and I’ll be honest I strongly strongly disagree. I believe that magic is dependant on the performance around it. The gaffs mentioned in the video all have the potential to be strong effects and pip trip not only represents incredible skill it also demonstrates something impossible! I’m afraid I believe Daniel is wrong here but I won’t attack him for it. But Doug, just keep doing what you’re doing, as you deliver incredible entertainment all the time!!

[@nightwines]

Love the defective deck and to an audience member when preformed correctly and with an emotional hook/story to get them to buy into it, it is a work of art. While we are at it lets get rid of... Cardtoon, 3 card monte, Invisible deck, double backers, and numerous others. Oh, and let's get rid of creativity too...

[@hunterbarnett2141]

I always thought the reason for why he said what he did was to promote his own gaff deck

[@martyhjacobs]

I also think Daniel Madison is a very talented magician. His opinion on gaff card magic is valid, but he doesn't qualify or justify it in any credible way. It is an empty argument. There's nothing wrong with shunning gaffs, but if you're publicly criticising another magician's trick, you should at least say why you dislike it. In truth, I believe comments like this serve more to support Maddison's performing persona. They might not even reflect what he really thinks about gaffs. I remember that he expressed similar disgust for gaff cards when he released "The Gaff System" with Eric Jones, Carlen Morelli and Ellusionist (he also mentioned "Pip Trip" then as well). The funny thing about Madison is that the trick he's most famous for, "Angle Z", is featured on The Gaff System. It uses the travelling pip plot, ending with a similar impossible object to the one used in "Pip Trip". If you don't want your audience to examine the gaff card in "Pip Trip", you do not have to hand them out. In fact, I thought you performed it that way, Doug. Starting with a "misprinted card" and ending with a regular Four. I'd interpret Madison's comments as a general dislike of performing magic with gaffed cards. I can see how they don't suit his style. But as Eugene Burger said, "magic is very much like a house with many rooms." And one of those rooms is full of gaffs!

[@DougConn]

Agree Daniel is talented & yeah, some of that energy could be used more wisely!

[@martyhjacobs]

@@DougConn I just watched Madison's video in full; I was too kind. Although I dig his artistic vibe, this is the continued thoughtless ramblings of an egomaniac. Gaff card magic seems acceptable, so long as you use Maddison-approved gaffs! And if you disagree with him or perform poorly, he'll hunt you down and teach you how to perform magic correctly, according to his half-baked magic manifesto. Even if this is a joke, I think we can all do without this nonsense. It is behaviour like this that can alienate some beginners.

[@NT_1]

@@martyhjacobs kinda like Tony Chang how he dislikes when people use 'cheap' sleight of hand or gaffs. I still love him no matter

[@jayzenyuhman9095]

I'm gonna keep my opinion to myself. Love ya Doug lol

[@DougConn]

I welcome ALL the opinions! (True story!) I just hope others do the same courtesy… I also know that’s wishful thinking in this internet age LOL

[@jayzenyuhman9095]

I love that effect, my opinion isn't about that. It's about DM over there. So I'll just be nice and not go there lol

[@DougConn]

Oh wait, Utah joke… You can blame that on some weird documentary my wife had on Netflix the other day… Please never take my humor to seriously😂😂

[@garyhenderson6504]

Discretion being the best part of valor. I agree. I had a snarky reply composed, and I deleted it rather than hitting "Send."

[@craigchadburn4298]

Algorithmic Comment ! Keep up the content :)

[@doveboyz857]

Cool 👍

[@DougConn]

🙏✌️

[@thonggialam6310]

I haven’t seen the pinky swear yet in membership 😓

[@DougConn]

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[@eprohoda]

how’s life?. wow-so spuerb picture-

[@DougConn]

Living the dream!

[@garyhenderson6504]

What? No 3 1/2 of Clubs???

[@DougConn]

The original incarnation of this deck had that card in it… (this is V2) Murphy’s bought the rights and changed some things

[@housetilltheend]

Hey Doug, a very classy and disgraceful response, I guess anything goes for clicks these days, I think that’s DM ego talking, I’m sure when he started in magic he had plenty of disgraceful gaffs as he put it, besides some of the most simple things get great responses, I’ve seen a spectator brought to tears with just a rubber band and a deck of cards, DM is correct in one thing, there is a fine line in being seen as a god and a DH, and to me he’s more on the DH side right now, but hey that’s my opinion, keep up the great content👍👍

[@DougConn]

I do appreciate an artist with a strong viewpoint, keeps us all on our toes!

[@Slight0789]

Hi Doug how are u

[@DougConn]

living the dream! I hope the same for you!

[@anthonytmein]

How does Madison even say stuff like that?? He’s got gaffed cards in his decks! Maybe it’s some other meaning, like when he says “Magic is dead,” and it means that the magicians job is to bring it to life every performance. He’s a freakin weirdo in many ways tho, so who knows …

[@NT_1]

🤣🤣

[@manujohn99]

Do you know where is the magic in a magic-trick???

[@DougConn]

yes, it's in the imagination of the viewer

[@manujohn99]

@@DougConn no

[@DougConn]

@@manujohn99 there's no right answer, but enjoy your opinion! onward!

[@manujohn99]

@@DougConn if it was in the imagination of the viewer then there's no point for any magic-trick to work 😁😂😂

[@Alberto7tube]

Gimmicks are for people with no skills !!! it makes you lazy in the process of learning

[@DougConn]

Meh. Method is irrelevant

[@robertshellybingham4431]

It's upsetting that Madison talks trash...but this same guy...DM took my 155.00 dollars for his book. It's been 3 years and no book.

[@SevenTheJester]

...I hadn't seen this video before just now, nor the one from Madison. I just lost a good deal of the respect I had for that man. I've never watched too many of his videos because, despite his enormous talent, his teaching style isn't one that is particularly effective for me, personally. But to call gaff cards a "disgrace to magic" is just... confusing. Especially given that I think I've seen him use some, if memory serves. Tsk tsk.

[@DougConn]

I like Daniel. He’s just making waves for content & that’s cool

[@meatclaw7292]

A bleached lid and bad beard are a disgrace. Shave it and start again

[@prawnee9827]

Madison can’t even send stuff out that I’ve paid for months ago, so I’d say his opinion is pretty worthless to me now.

[@DougConn]

Oh?! Yikes!

[@NT_1]

What did you get

[@z2nice1983]

I wish you did the tutorial for The Weapons Deck. The guy in the video did everything differently. I like your version MUCH better. As for Madison's comments. I disagree. I actually like the trick. No offense, but he's NOT half as good as you.

[@DougConn]

Yeah Ve consided doing a tutorial for my members and shoppers at Connjure.com ( and then just giving the thing to Murphy’s to help the cause) … That’ll happen soon

[@charlietighe]

Not looking to start a fight, love and follow DM, but that video in question was the first of his I thumbs downed. Opinions are like a-holes, everyone’s got one.

[@DougConn]

👍🪄👍🪄👍