MAGICIAN Ollie Mealing is just 20-years-old and he has been named the official magician for the famous card games Top Trumps.

Ollie, from Colwall, is one of the UK’s youngest professional card magicians and can do some mean tricks with Top Trumps cards as well as a traditional deck of cards.

He is on the Top Trumps website where there are videos of some of his tricks and he is featured in the new ‘I Love Festivals’ Top Trumps pack.

His career has really taken off recently and he has had a busy summer performing magic at festivals all over the country, including Glastonbury, Latitude and Green Man. He has also been entertaining celebrities, such as Tinie Tempah, Katy B and Noel Fielding with his amazing card magic.

Ollie, who has been doing magic tricks since he was at school, and began his magic career in Colwall village hall, also entertains guests at weddings and parties and a whole range of private and corporate events.

“I have been really busy and its hard work but I am enjoying it and I wouldn’t do anything else,” said Ollie.

He described his involvement with the famous Top Trumps brand as “a brilliant opportunity” but said just how it had happened was one of his secrets.

“All magicians have some secrets,” he said.

Ollie’s magic has to be seen to be believed and people can do just that by watching Ollie on the Top Trumps site or on YouTube and Facebook. He also has his very own magic DVDs, Card Constructions and The Skip Switch Project.

For the last three years Ollie has been busy performing at private events and spent six months working in Bristol at the UK’s only magic bar, Illusions. He has also spent a week in Spain at the prestigious House of Illusion.