Sleight of Hand

You can rake in up to 513 000 credits on a single spin, which even when converted to coins and currency is quite a magical number. Card tricks, magic wands, and crystal balls await in this Nucleus Gaming slot. The game comes with a pretty solid theme which is further complemented by the significant wins you can land. Special features offer free spins with a re-trigger feature that fires quite often. Though the game is similar to some other games from this producer it offers a package that is nothing short of magical.

Theme

The stage is not set, instead the reels seem to have been setup in a magicians storage room. On the reels, you will find the symbols that you’d expect: playing cards, magicians paraphernalia, crystal balls, and a couple of daggers that seem a bit misplaced. The music and sound effects are exactly the kind of mysterious audio effects you would expect, but at least they are of very high quality. The game runs pretty well both on desktop and mobile devices.

Betting Options and Functions

There are 25 paylines, all fixed, and all connecting from leftmost reel onwards. Three to five symbols are needed to claim a win, which also means that the reels setup is the standard 5x3. You can bet up to five coins on each payline, with the value of coins decided separately. The real betting range is 0.50 and 125 full coins per spin. Choose whichever works the best for you.

Wins are quite high here. The top symbol returns a thousand times your line bet when five are in line. The wilds pay even more, with a return of 2400 times the line bet. The playing cards represent the low-value symbols and they pay between 5 and 150 times your line bet. A lot of the prizes are of the lower order, but the five symbol ones always offer quite big payouts. No wonder then that the game comes with high volatility.

Features

The double up game is a coin toss, with a 50 - 50 chance to either win or lose your pot. This is no different from any other gamble feature out there.

The magic wand is the most important tool for a magician, and so it is with this game as well. Three or more of these icons, anywhere on the reels, triggers the wild feature. This will turn all magic wand, fire crystal and water crystal icons into wilds.

Very useful for grabbing that massive wild win.

The free spins are the crux of the magic. These come in two forms: fire magic and water magic spins. Three of either of them will trigger the feature, during which you can re-trigger it as long as the right symbols keep dropping in. Depending on how many symbols hit the reels you can land between three and twelve free spins each time. Combined these with wilds and you have a recipe to win thousands.

Our Take

This game has no downsides besides the high volatility. The graphics are good, the audio effects well fitting, and the prizes way beyond what most other slots offers. The RTP is close to 97% which is pretty good too. The only downside is the half a coin you need for each spin, so plan your bankroll and bonuses accordingly.