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Est. 2026

Illusione MK (The Teaching Machine)

ILLUSIONE
MK (The Teaching Machine)
PETIT CORONA
89

Cigarbench score

89 / 100

12 reviews on record.

Reviews

12

on record

Price

$5.80

Average, per stick.
An unsourced average, not a live quote.

average

Elevation · actual size
5.125″42 RG

5.125″ × 42 petit corona · Nicaragua wrapper · Nicaragua binder and filler · full strength

I · The blend

WrapperNicaragua
BinderNicaragua
FillerNicaragua
OriginHonduras
ColourColorado Maduro
StrengthFull

II · Cheaper than this

Matched on size, shape, strength and a trustworthy score. Not a taste claim. Only cigars with 20 or more reviews are listed.

Man O' War Puro Authentico Corona5″ × 42 · Habano · Nicaragua · full · 30 reviews5″ × 42 · Nicaragua · full$3.0048% less · 92Punch Rare Corojo Rapido5″ × 40 · Ecuadorian Sumatra-Seed · full · 26 reviews5″ × 40 · Honduras · full$4.7019% less · 86

III · What people taste

Counted words in the 12 reviews we hold. Never a quote, never our opinion.

spicenamed in 9 of 12 reviews75%
peppernamed in 7 of 12 reviews58%
leathernamed in 6 of 12 reviews50%
smoothnamed in 5 of 12 reviews42%
cedarnamed in 4 of 12 reviews33%
floralnamed in 4 of 12 reviews33%
teanamed in 4 of 12 reviews33%
woodnamed in 4 of 12 reviews33%

IV · The rest of the Illusione house

2 (And crowned of thornes)5.25″ × 52 · Nicaragua · medium-full$7.7568 (Bombone)4″ × 44 · Nicaragua · medium-full$4.10Rothchildes4.5″ × 50 · Mexico · medium-full$4.5688 (Robust) Maduro5″ × 52 · Mexico · medium$6.00Original Documents 4/2g Church7.5″ × 49 · Nicaragua · medium-full$3.83

The score blends 12 reviews from every source we hold, shrunk toward the mean so a cigar with three reviews cannot outrank one with three hundred. How the score is built
Price is one retailer's per-stick quote, not an average, and it is not live.
We do not judge plume or mould from a photo, and we do not tell you when a cigar is ready. Read r/cigars' pinned guide for that.