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The Effect Numbers Re-Run by Rus Andrews

Cost $32.99 (about £20) from http://mentalshocks.com/portfolio/number-re-run

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)
1 dead easy and self working

Review

The blurb says,

Hot off the heels of the best selling effect Numbers comes it’s sequel eBook Numbers RE-RUN

The content of this ebook has ideas and routines from some really creative minds and great thinkers alike from all over.

Jammed with 10 powerful routines to suit all types of performance styles, Numbers Re-Run is a true follow on to what has become one of the most talked about effects.

Welcome to Numbers Re-Run

The 18 page eBook contains a Foreward by Marc Paul and 10 effects plus the orginal Numbers routine.

1 ) Concealed-Performer places a deck of cards in front of the spectator along with his wallet. The corner of a single card protrudes from the wallet. The spectator creates a two digit number and deals down to that card. That card matches the card protruded from the wallet.

2 ) Gamble-If you are looking for a gambling presentation this is it. Hands off, 100% reliable and easy for the spectator to follow. The spectator selects a number and counts down to a card that completes a royal straight flush.

3 ) Heat by Ray Noble-This is a method in which you can use a borrowed deck and/or let the spectator keep the deck. After the number is selected by the spectator the performer has a number of ways to reveal the selected card. Ray Noble gives you his favorite reveal.

4 ) MNUMBERS by Stuart Nolan-This effect incorporates the Mnemoonica stack into a Numbers performance.

5 ) NIL-Spectator is handed a deck of cards. They use Numbers to create a number. The performer not only predicts the correct card but every other card in the deck is shown to be blank.

6 ) Double Psych by David Devlin-This is a two deck effect where the spectator counts down to his selected number and that card matches the card he cut to in another deck.

7 ) Objection by Paul Miller- A mentalism routine where a deck with 52 cards has written on it 52 objects. The number selected by the spectator is the object you reveal in a spectacular way.

8 ) Lottery by Kevin James-The Numbers routine is used as a lottery effect.

9 ) Partners in Crime-Another gambling type of effect.

10 ) Destiny by Stuart Phillips-This uses the Numbers effect with Tarot cards. If you want to do any type of psychic reading with Tarot cards this is perfect.

What I say is that I'm hugely impressed with this ebook from Rus Andrews. Now I'm not normally a great fan of ACAAN routines and while this is exactly what the principal behind Numbers is designed for (and to be perfectly honest does the job very very well, probably one of the cleanest appearing and fail safe methods that I've seen), the first thoughts that hit me when I'd finished reading the method and sat down with a deck of cards was with a little thought, how amazingly versatile the method could be. So much more than just ACAAN.

I've already applied it to a routine using a stack of photographs and have a number of other half fledged ideas for it forming in my mind right now.

A brilliant piece of work, really impressed. I really should also mention that the other routines in the book are also very very good and I'm sure that this is something that just about anyone will find a use for, even the puritan mentalists who wouldn't touch the pasteboards with a very long barge pole will take something from this.

Overall Very good ebook and a method that had endless possibilities. Totally recomended to anyone.