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Nemesis

Postby Deejum » Aug 30th, '04, 23:50



Effect:
For those who havent already heard of it or seen a demo video the effect is pretty brief. Simply put, the magician has a spectator pick a card from a RED deck (this is exactly how it appears, nothing funny). The spectator looks at it and can sign it if they so wish. The card is reinserted into the deck roughly in the middle. The magician gives the deck a brief fairly flashy cut. With a wave of the hand the deck changes colour. No seriously, the deck really changes colour. Thats just how it looks, there's nothing else to it. Fanning through the deck one card and one card alone is seen to have a red back and, predictably, it is the spectators signed card. The deck can then be handed out for inspection.

Whats Good About It?
The question isnt really what's good about it, because everything is, the question really is what isnt good about it (see next paragraph). Everything about the trick is absolutely fantastic from the effect to the first letter of the name, everything is just perfect. Magic to me isnt about fancy gimmicks or battles between the wallets of magicians it is pure and simply about putting a great idea that no-one in th world could possibly think of (except the one who did) and using it to blow peoples heads off. This is one of thos tricks that takes a great idea combines it with some slights and turns it into one of the most undetectable card tricks ever. In the effect when I said that the deck is examinable I meant one thing, I didnt mean that the deck is so well built that no spectator can find the gimmick or that the spectators can only examine one side, I meant that the deck you use is completely normal. There really isnt anything funny or suspicious about it. Your spectators can check the deck for an hour, they can strip every card apart searching for a trace of the red colour they long to see but they will not find it anywhere... its just blue blue blue.

Whats not good about it?

Are you joking or what? What do you mean 'whats not good about it?' everything is good. Infact no, I'm wrong....everything is f-f-f-f-f-lippin amazing! Well, everything except one thing. There is one part to the trick that stops it being the greatest trick ever invented, but there is no way it can be avoided. This minor hitch is nothing to worry about because once you master it you can cope with this downfall, forget about it and as soon as you do this the trick is as good as it would be without this flaw.

Rating:
9 and 3/4..... the remaining quarter is the flaw I mentioned in Whats not good?.....

Buy It????
Hell Yes! I've seen so many reveiws sayin "Buy this now" or "Click add to cart" and I no longer take them as seriously as I would if I only ever saw one but this is one case where I would have to say that your routine will be better with this trick included in it. Whether all your other tricks are mint or not this is a very valuable addition. You dont have to trust me, I rarely completely trust reveiwers but why would I care what you think of my reveiw? I dont get paid for recommending nemesis so frankly I'm not that bothered whether you listen to me or not. If you want it, my advice is up for offer right here in this reveiw, no matter whether you believe it or not.

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Postby Happy Toad » Aug 31st, '04, 01:20

Hi Deejum,

It's always useful to add a link to show where the item can be purchased and also to give a price. Good review though :)

Since I had to look it up, i'll add it to save others the trouble.

http://www.penguinmagic.com/europe/product.php?ID=864&source=20548

It's a download and is £5.57

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