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If you've ever wanted to claim that sitting on a couch flipping TV channels was an act involving skill, now's your chance. The Kymera Magic Wand has developed a tool that only a Harry-Potter tube head could love. It's a wand that acts as a universal remote. Muggles, rejoice: Your road to a land of magical TV viewing is close at hand.

The wand comes with 13 moves to impress your TV-watching friends. Volume too high? A twist of your wand turns it down. Need the channel changed? Abracadabra, and flick the wand up or down. Sure, you can do all those things with a standard universal remote with button controls. But does that remote come in a silk-lined box? We thought not.

A note of caution from Gizmodo: While the magic remote does have certain powers, attracting the opposite sex is probably not one of them. Don't say we didn't warn you.

To add a little spell-casting to your couch surfing agenda, the wand can be had for under $100 (batteries included). You can pre-order yours now, with the help of a little credit card magic.