I've searched for a review, incouding a Google search but turned up nothing so here goes.
The Effect
The blurb from the packaging...........
Corner of Piccadilly features a GORGEOUS 'long' set of cards; as used by Peter Kane in his GYPSY CURSE original trick. These cards are easy to handle and look great; the look genuinely antique!
Remember; Corner of Picadilly is a GAFF-FREE (no fake cards) trick. You end clean. Easy reset! See the VIDEO DEMO. No awkward Hamman Count; Corner of Picadilly is much easier than that!!
A three/four Card Monte with a SURPRISE KICKER ending! Three RED cards and one BLACK card are used in a three-card monte routine (no hard moves); but - you end up with THREE BLACK cards and ONE RED card! No heavy-duty switches...looks great!
Easy to do, no gaffs, easy reset and starts and ends clean! A professionals routine. It's the ONLY routine of this type I'd ever use! It's visual, magical and can be done standing or at tables... Nothing to hide...looks great. AND - you get all the cards; great-looking antique reproduction cards from the 18th Century. IDEAL PROFESSIONAL STROLLING TRICK
Cost
£15 from Paul Gordon
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)
It's easy to do but has some basic sleights. Probably a 2 but looks like a 5+ to your audience
Review
I bought this at the SEMC after seeing Paul demo it at his lecture. When it comes to card tricks I'm pretty fussy but I instantly saw the potential of this to fit straight into my working routine.
It took around an hour to read the booklet from cover to cover and to put the working sequence together and thereafter I pretty much had the routine nailed, other than practicing it to how I wanted it.
The cards that are supplied are pretty much perfect and fit your hand like a glove and the quality is impressive. The cards are made in Germany and look just like an authentic period deck should. You could but wouldn't want to use any other cards.
I've shown a few people CoP today and they've all been left speachless - just as they should be.
I just love the simplicity of this routine and the jaw dropping responses that something so easy can create. The misdirection is so simple yet so pure and this is probably the best Monte routine that I've seen and is by far the best that I've performed.
Overall
Easily a 10 out of 10.
