Jade Magician Slot

Chinese sorcery is the theme on offer in Jade Magician, a 5 reel, 15 payline slot game from Play 'N Go. Featuring excellent sound and visuals, the likeliest way the Jade Magician will conjure up a big payout will come via the wilds which double payouts and the free spins feature where 2 wilds spin around the reels. Try and work up a spell, on all devices, from between 15p and £75 per spin.



The design in Jade Magician is excellent - set against a deep green backdrop and watched over by the Jade Magician herself, the purple reels include a selection of magical and mythical symbols. Rather than playing cards, the 4 lower value symbols are differently shaped pieces of jade.

The precious stones are joined by a phoenix which pays 15, 75 or 500 coins, a white tiger that awards 25, 125 or 750 coins or best of all the golden dragon which pays 50, 200 or 2,500 coins. Keep a special eye out for the wild - it performs all the usual substitution functions but also doubles any payout in which it appears. For example, a payline that contained 4 dragons plus a wild would pay 5,000 coins.

The Jade Magician herself is the scatter - land 3 of these on the same spin and you'll trigger the Free Spin feature. Here you'll be awarded 5 free spins. During those free spins, the Jade Magician acts as both a wild and a scatter. Land 3 scatters and you'll re-trigger the feature with 5 free spins awarded. Every time you land 1 or 2 Jade Magician symbols, 1 or 2 extra free spins are added to your tally – up to 50 are possible in total.

If you just miss out on triggering the feature in the base game by landing 2 Jade Magician scatters you'll get a Second Chance feature - 4 symbols will appear in front of you. Behind 1 of them lies the extra scatter which will trigger the feature. Behind 3 are instant win cash prizes. Behind a third is an X which will take you back to the base game.

We enjoyed Jade Magician - the comic book-style visuals are top notch and the action plays out to a traditional Chinese backing track which is an ideal accompaniment. The range of features isn't especially wide but what's on offer is perfectly sound.

The doubling wilds can certainly help boost the cashier. The initial allocation of free spins may be small but it's possible to add to that quite easily. The dual scatter/wild also helps things along here too. We'd put the variance in the medium range. Get lucky with the extras and the mysterious Jade Magician can conjure up plenty of excitement. I also recommend you try Playtech’s Jade Emperor which has a similar theme.