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Richard Kaufman

(Queens, New York City, NY: 16th May 1958 - )

Inspired at age 5 by uncle's gift of some S.S. Adams novelties. Learned around age 8 from a Gilbert "James Bond" magic set and father's gift of magic shop tricks. Noted illustrator of magic books since age 16. Founded, published, and co-edited Lorayne's Apocalypse 1978. Publisher (with Alan Greenberg) as "Kaufman and Greenberg" 1979-97, thence alone as "Kaufman & Co."

Editor-publisher of Richard's Almanac 1982-87. Columns in Magic Manuscript 1982-84, Genii 1987-1989, Opus 1990-present. Since 1988 has built "world's largest collection of A.C. Gilbert Mysto magic sets". 1995 Christopher Award. Editor-publisher of Genii since Jan 1999.

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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 86 (2023) by Richard Kaufman

January 2023 - December 2023
Richard Kaufman, Editor
1120 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 86, Number 1 - January 2023 - 88 pages
  2. Cover - Max Maven
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    2. online video file available - FISM Québec 2022 - Max Maven Interview by Luis de Matos
  5. The Eye - Vanessa Armstrong
  6. In Memoriam - Max Maven (19550-2022) by Steven Minch, David Michael Rich & Jamy Ian Swiss
    1. online video file available - January 2022 Max at the Genii Convention
    2. Sticks - Stephen Minch
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 85 (2022) by Richard Kaufman

January 2022 - December 2022
Dustin Stinett, Editor
1040 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 85, Number 1 - January 2022 - 104 pages
  2. Cover - Gabi Pareras
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Dustin Stinett
    • online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Dustin Stinett
    • online video file available - Gabi Pareras - Chop Cup
  5. The Eye - Vanessa Armstrong
  6. Gabi Pareras - Roberto Mansilla (translated by Pipo Villanueva)
    1. A Thoughtful Journey: On Ascanio - Roberto Mansilla
    2. online video file available - Ascanio about Gabi Pareras - 1994
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 84 (2021) by Richard Kaufman

January 2021 - December 2021
1112 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 84, Number 1 - January 2021 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - Mike Elizalde
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    • online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. In Memoriam - Matthew Field (1944-2020) by Richard Kaufman
  6. In Memoriam - Walter "Zaney" Blaney (1928-2020) by Scott Wells
  7. In Memoriam - Joe Kardwell (1935-2020) by George Schindler
  8. The Eye - Chloe Olewitz
  9. Mike Elizalde: The Magic, The Monsters - Jim Steinmeyer
    1. online video file available - Mike Elizalde - Spectral Motion Demo Reel
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Genii Volume 83 (2020) by Richard Kaufman

January 2020 - December 2020
1120 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 83, Number 1 - January 2020 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - Yuji Wada
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    • online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. In Memoriam - Simon Aronson (1943-2019) by Jon Racherbaumer
  6. Now Performing
  7. The Eye - Chloe Olewitz
  8. Yuji Wada: Office Worker - Dustin Stinett
  9. Cardistry Rocks - Jeff Prace
  10. Lightning: The Odds - Creating The Magic Castle Cabaret - Shawn McMaster
  11. Keeper of The Kettle - Steve Cohen
  12. Classic Correspondence - Mike Caveney
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 82 (2019) by Richard Kaufman

January 2019 - December 2019
1240 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 82, Number 1 - January 2019 - 112 pages
  2. Cover - Nick Diffatte
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    2. online audio file available - On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    3. online audio file available - Brief Encounters - host John Lovick - Carisa Hendrix
  5. The Eye - Todd Karr
  6. Now Performing
  7. In Memoriam - Ricky Jay (1946-2018)
    • Self-Made Man - Michael Weber
  8. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Is Fame a Game?
  9. Classic Correspondence -...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 81 (2018) by Richard Kaufman

January 2018 - December 2018
1298 pages including 2 extra pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 81, Number 1 - January 2018 - 112 pages + 1 extra
  2. Cover - Handsome Jack [John Lovick]
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - Eugene's Notebook 2 - Eugene Burger
    2. online audio file available - On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    3. online audio file available - Brief Encounters - host John Lovick - Jared Kopf
    4. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing
  6. The Eye - Todd Karr
  7. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • A Bunk Bonanza
  8. Classic...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 80 (2017) by Richard Kaufman

January 2017 - December 2017
1352 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 80, Number 1 - January 2017 - 112 pages
  2. Cover - Flip
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - Perpetual House - Yasuo Amano
    2. online video file available - Tenyo 2017 Demonstrations - 15 Items
    3. online video file available - On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    4. online audio file available - Speaking of Max [Maven]
    5. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. The Eye - Todd Karr
  6. Now Performing
  7. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • As Luck Will Have It
  8. Classic Correspondence...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 79 (2016) by Richard Kaufman

January 2016 - December 2016
1296 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 79, Number 1 - January 2016 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - The 14th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    2. online video file available - Charmen Tissue with Coe Norton
    3. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    4. online audio file available - Speaking of Max [Maven]
  5. In Memoriam - Barrie Richardson (1934-2015) - by Jon Racherbaumer
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 78 (2015) by Richard Kaufman

January 2015 - December 2015
1160 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 78, Number 1 - January 2015 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - Walter Rolfo, FISM Italy 2015 President
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    2. online audio file available - Speaking of Max [Maven]
    3. online video file available - Face to Face - Matthew Field interviews John Carney
  5. In Memoriam - Bobby Bernard (1931-2014) - by Brian Sibley
    • online video file available - In Memoriam - Bobby Bernard
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
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Genii Volume 77 (2014) by Richard Kaufman

January 2014 - December 2014
1252 pages including 20 extra pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 77, Number 1 - January 2014 - 104 pages
  2. Cover - The 13th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - Face to Face - Matthew Field interviews Peter Samelson
    2. online video file available - John Calvert
    3. online audio file available - Speaking of Max [Maven]
    4. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    5. Parker Swain (1928-2013)
  5. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 76 (2013) by Richard Kaufman

January 2013 – December 2013
1328 pages

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  1. Genii – Volume 76, Number 1 – January 2013 – 112 pages
  2. Cover – Steve Cohen
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available – Peter McLanachan - Whatever Number Mentioned
    2. online video file available – International Magic Dealer Room - Woody Aragon, Angelo Carbone, and Bruno Copin
    3. online video file available – More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. On the Slant – Jon Racherbaumer
    • online audio file available - On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Poll Dancing?
  6. Now Performing
  7. Memoirs...
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Genii November 2013 (used) by Richard Kaufman

This is number 11 from volume 76, with the Aronsons on the cover. Issue is in very good condition.

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Genii August 2013 (used) by Richard Kaufman

This is number 8 from volume 76, with Ali Cook on the cover. Issue is in very good condition.

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Genii: The Conjurors' Magazine: Volumes 1 - 75 (1936 - 2012) by Richard Kaufman

For the first time in history, you can own all the back issues of the longest running magic periodical in history: Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine. Available only in a complete file from volume 1 (starting with the first issue in September 1936) to volume 75 (ending December 2012), these 55,000 pages contain thousands of tricks, illusions, articles, reviews, and much more. There is no resource in the history of magic as worthwhile as Genii. It is available either as a download or on a flash drive (coming soon) and is in full color, printable and text searchable.

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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 75 (2012) by Richard Kaufman

January 2012 - December 2012
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1180 pages

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  1. Genii - Volume 75, Number 1 - January 2012 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - The 12th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    1. online video file available - A Visit to Magic Land
    2. online audio file available - Speaking of Max
    3. online video file available - More Genii Speaks
  5. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • online audio file available
    • Practice Makes ... ?
    • More Meanings of Meaningful Magic?
    • Caught Up On Your Reading Yet?
  6. Now Performing
  7. The Genii Session - Roberto...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 74 (2011) by Richard Kaufman

January 2011 - December 2011
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1200 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 74, Number 1 - January 2011 - 104 pages - Free Parlour Monte trick from Card-Shark Enclosed
  2. Cover - Houdini - Art and Magic
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Ancedoting Versus Anecdotage
    • Flashback to 1982
    • Ti Food
  7. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On Practicing Magic ... and Other Issues
  8. In Memoriam - The World Loses a Citizen - Charles Reynolds 1932-2010 - by Jamy Ian Swiss
  9. Fast and Loose - harry Anderson
    • The...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 73 (2010) by Richard Kaufman

January 2010 - December 2010
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1184 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 73, Number 1 - January 2010 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - The 11th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing - New York & Boston
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Poker Trumps Magic Tricks
    • A Pitch on Pitching
  7. Now Performing - The Magic Castle & Las Vegas
  8. In Memoriam
    • Carl Ballantine 1917-2009 - Joan Lawton
    • Jon Booth 1912-2009 - Clay Shevlin
  9. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Technical Writing - About the Aesthetics
  10. Magicana...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 72 (2009) by Richard Kaufman

January 2009 - December 2009
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1224 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 72, Number 1 - January 2009 - 112 pages
  2. Cover - Wayne Dobson
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing - Monday Night Magic - New York
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Googling, Groking and Searchin'
    • Mind Games for Mystery Schoolers
    • Unimaginable Libraries, Plus Hoax and Awe
  7. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
  8. Max Maven's Inquisition
  9. Cryptic Crossword - No. 1 - Josh Mandel
    • A Basic Guide to Solving Cryptic Crosswords
  10. Magicana - David Acer
    1. Unwedding...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 71 (2008) by Richard Kaufman

January 2008 - December 2008
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1392 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 71, Number 1 - January 2008 - 124 pages - Free Disappearing Rabbit Trick Enclosed
  2. Cover - The Tenth Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
  3. Contents
  4. Genii This Month - January - Jim Steinmeyer
  5. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
  6. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  7. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Who Said Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be?
    • Freaky-Deaky-Creepy-Geeky Doo-Dah
    • Short Takes
  8. Max Maven's Inquisition
  9. Magicana - David Acer
    1. Nexus - Satoshi Toyoda
    2. The New Mind...
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Richard Kaufman
Genii Volume 70 (2007) by Richard Kaufman

January 2007 - December 2007
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1400 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 70, Number 1 - January 2007 - 120 pages - Free "Bruise" Enclosed from Creative Magic
  2. Cover - Tony Chapek
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Magic: A Joking Matter?
    • Is Magic and Infinite Game?
    • Everybody has ADD
    • There May Be More to Mitt-Reading Than Palms
  7. Cartoon - Rich Powell & Josh Mandel
  8. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
  9. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Assemblage II - Continued from November...
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Genii Volume 69 (2006) by Richard Kaufman

January 2006 - December 2006
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1424 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 69, Number 1 - January 2006 - 120 pages
  2. Cover - Jean-Jacques Sanvert
  3. Bob Read 1940-2005
  4. Contents
  5. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  6. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
  7. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Bob Read 1940-2005
  8. Bob Read and the Cups and Balls - Teller
  9. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
  10. Cartoon - Martin's Misdirection - James Burks
  11. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • a look at the methodological concepts that make card magic work
  12. The Language of Illusion - Jim Steinmeyer ...
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Genii Volume 68 (2005) by Richard Kaufman

January 2005 - December 2005
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1432 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 68, Number 1 - January 2005 - 120 pages
  2. Cover - Kalin & Jinger
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
  6. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Austin Dobson's Remark
    • Parasites and Precursors
  7. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
  8. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • More Study of Magic Literature: The Vernon Chronicles 2
  9. The Inside Story - Mark Wilson
    • Number 11 - The Vanishing Automobile
  10. Supernatural Chicago - Reviewed by Eugene Burger ...
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Genii Volume 67 (2004) by Richard Kaufman

January 2004 - December 2004
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1320 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 67, Number 1 - January 2004 - 112 pages
  2. Cover - Ian Rowland
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Mirror Savvy
    • Blaine, Weirdness and Sacred Pain
  6. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Choice Literature
  7. A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities - Edwin A. Dawes
    • 49 - Hercat, The Author
    • Addendum 2003
  8. Magicana - Guest Editor - Jon Racherbaumer
    1. Ring on Stick - Reed McClintock
    2. Card Wrap - Peter Kane
    3. Zodiac - Christoph Wasshuber
    4. Rub-A-Dub-Deluxe...
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Genii Volume 66 (2003) by Richard Kaufman

January 2003 - December 2003
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1288 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 66, Number 1 - January 2003 - 112 pages
  2. Cover - The Magic Castle Turns 40 ... and We go to a Seancé
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman Kurzweil
  5. David Copperfield's Project Magic - Arthur
  6. Ibiden & Aziz At Last - Max Maven & P. Howard Lyons
    1. Parallel Lyons - Max Maven
    2. Nine, Nine, Nine - Mel Stover
    3. Reading Between the Lyons - Max Maven
    4. On the Si Stebbins System - P. Howard Lyons
    5. Confusion - P. Howard Lyons
    6. That's What I Call Direct! - P. Howard Lyons
    7. The Bard and The Bible...
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Genii Volume 65 (2002) by Richard Kaufman

January 2002 - December 2002
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1168 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 65, Number 1 - January 2002 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - Mac King
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. The Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Dustin Stinett
  6. Messages - Your Thoughts
    • Stephen Minch
    • Brett Sears
    • Christopher H. Hanna
    • Dennis Marks
    • Tim Wallace
    • Andy Schneider
    • Bryan Lizotte
    • Bob Loomis
    • Jeff Brown
    • Magicmike2013Aaol.com
    • Ulf Morling
  7. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On John Ramsay
      • John Ramsay - Personal Moments
      • John Ramsay - The Man ...
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Genii Volume 64 (2001) by Richard Kaufman

January 2001 - December 2001
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1096 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 64, Number 1 - January 2001 - 96 pages
  2. Cover - Millennium Reflections
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Messages
    • David Regal
    • Rick Green
    • Steve Rogers
    • Dan Waldron
    • George Weiss
    • Gregg Webb
  6. Knights at the Magic Castle - Jules Lenier
    • Performing at The Magic Castle Next Month
  7. A Warlock Goes to Salem - Elizabeth Warlock
  8. Millennium Reflections
    1. Letting Loose the Light - Jon Racherbaumer
      • Prologue
      • One
      • Two
      • Three
      • Four
    2. Millennium...
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Genii Volume 63 (2000) by Richard Kaufman

January 2000 - December 2000
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1064 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 63, Number 1 - January 2000 - 88 pages
  2. Cover - The Magician as Detective - New Light on Erdnase
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
  5. Knights at the Magic Castle - Jules Lenier
    • Performing at The Magic Castle Next Month
  6. The Magician as Detective - New Light on Erdnase - David Alexander
  7. A Geezer Interviews a Geezer - Jay Marshall Interviews George Johnstone
  8. The 6ht Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Richard Kaufman
  9. A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities - Edwin A. Dawes
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Genii Volume 62 (1999) by Richard Kaufman

January 1999 - December 1999
Richard Kaufman, Editor

912 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 62, Number 1 - January 1999 - 72 pages
  2. Cover - William W. Larsen, Sr.
  3. Contents
  4. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    • Where We've Been and Where We're Going
    • Michael Skinner and the Death of the Art
    • Speak to Genii and it Will Speak to You
  5. Messages
    • Matthew Field
    • Steve Bryant
    • Bob Neale
    • Bev Bergeron
  6. Bagdad
    • Bond Kills by Card Tricks
    • Sands of the Desert
    • Hooray! Tasteful Magic Greeting Cards Now Available
    • Interactions and Influences
  7. Masked Magician Voodoo Doll ...
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