Step into the legend of The Curse of the Jade Dragon — a highly visual, card effect where magic, mystery, and transformation collide.
 
Perfect for story-driven performances and designed in a mystical oriental theme the prop resembles an ancient temple with a dragon engraved down one side and a deck housing on the other.
 
The prop can be shown from all sides as it’s introduced to the audience along with a deck of cards. The cards can then be shuffled and spread for the spectator to choose any card before signed it.
 
Their card is then lost back into the middle deck before the deck is then placed into the props deck holder where the cards can still be seen through the window. The ritual continues and a deeper story can be told full of fortune and sacrifice in hopes that the Dragon Spirit will favor the spectators chosen card.
 
Then on your command and with a snap of your fingers, SNAP… The spectators card is seen to appear dangling above the deck, hanging from the roof of the temple. But wait, there’s a final kicker! As the spectators card is picked from the temple and the spectators eyes glance down at the deck they notice the entire deck appears to have transformed! As it’s pulled from the deck holder you can now reveal how the entire deck as been turned into a block of jade with the symbol of the dragon spirit carved into it’s face.
 
A beautiful medley of multiple effects brought together through time to create one spectacular visual journey.
 
Material: Crafted from luxurious Australian Jarrah Eucalyptus hardwood & Eco Friendly Bio-Plastic.
 
Main Stand Size approx.: 14.5cm Wide x 26cm High
 
Video Tutorial Link Included: A link and password to a video tutorial is included along with your items. This video features Anthony Yap walking you through the effect, method, explanation, and some helpful tips on learning this effect.
 
Mad Rabbit Magic is proud to be one of the select authorized dealers carrying Retro Rocketeers creations. I currently have several of Anthony’s creations available—each one recognized for exceptional craftsmanship, quality, and clever engineering. They’re the kind of items that collectors prize and that display beautifully in any magic collection.
 
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Anthony Yap is an Australian artist with a passion for visual oddities, magical history and the esoteric arts. Influenced by a wide range of genres from mystical ancient cultures to Steampunk & Retrofuturism, Anthony’s creations are highly visual, and usually a lot more than what they seems at first glance.
 
Some artists naturally take to drawing, others modelling clay, for Anthony the virtual world of 3D Sculpting has been his medium of choice for over 2 decades and remained mostly contained to the virtual world until the rise of 3D Printing and additive manufacturing. Here Anthony saw an opportunity to rapidly take concepts and almost like magic to see those creations manifest over night into reality. While a big step in the right direction simply using 3D printing or CNC wasn’t enough, the result still felt unfinished and looked like a toy. Instead, a process and style was developed that uses 3D Printing & CNC as a base to start from with all of the individual pieces then undergoing a long process of hand work, assembly, hand painting & lacquer finishing to bring further quality, depth and feel to the magical creation. Through this process of mixing modern technology and classic hand crafting a unique characteristic is given to each of the items sometimes making the final piece feel as if it was just dug from an ancient tomb or discovered in the archives of some long lost traveling showman.
 
Due to the hand crafted nature of each of the pieces Anthony and his team can only produce a limited number of items each year with majority of the pieces going to collectors and enthusiasts from around the world.