by Ian The Magic-Ian » Aug 13th, '08, 03:04
I liked this a lot so I will give it a review. Even though it's free.
The Effect: The spectator is asked to give you a number 1-52 and you count that many from the deck and the spectator takes the card that they stopped at. Now as you spread it they're asked to stick it anywhere they want, no forcing necessary. You than draw attention to the envelope that's been sitting on the table the whole time. Ask them to open it and there selected cards are shown to have been written there.
Cost: If you ask me, it was a bit overpriced. $0.00
Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
I'd rate this at a medium three. If you have a basic knowledge of card magic you can easily pull of the "moves" required.
Review: This was way away from what I was expecting. I had a this is so easy that I don't know why I didn't think of it moment. You get a detailed sixteen page ebook. The e-book has a professional quality to it. I'm surprised that this was free I would've paid $10 for this.
You get detailed instruction, this instruction tells you how to perform the necessary sleights, if not already known, and how to present the effect.
Accompanying the instructions are 12 photographs which help those who need a more visual reference understand this. I thought It was explained in detail and it was very in depth.
There are 2 versions of this effect, one has 10 second setup, the other is completely impromptu. I see myself using the setup version more than the impromptu one, because even with the setup, it's seems easier to pull off.
You are also given the idea to use ESP cards for those who perform mentalism. You can ask them to pick almost anything it's only limited to your imagination.
I can't find any faults with this except I'd change the pick a number to a riffle or slip f###e. But really other than that a fantastic effect. I really encourage you to market this before it becomes popular.
Overall: A really good effect I performed it within two hours of learning it, I have an effect like this so I have patter almost down, I'd give this 10/10 others may have faults with the handling or the effect but I really like this so no points off from me.
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