seige wrote:I think at £70, this effect is really for working performers—you do have a point there copyright.
Bottom line though:
Cards(playing cards) + mentalism = criticism from 'proper' mentalists;)
That is quite expensive for a single card trick, especially for someone who just does magic as a hobby or something (as in, not getting paid). It's fairly obvious this trick was intended for professional magicians moreso than casual ones. I honesstly can't imagine someone getting up in the middle of a performance in front of an audience and asking to examine a prop. However, I can see it happening in a small group of friends or family. I've been caught in this hole quite a few times, since I mainly just perform tricks to my friends. I usually try to either use props that are fully examinable, or keep an extra version of the prop in the same spot. For example, when one of my friends wanted to check out my deck after doing a basic svengali routine, I pattered for a bit as i put the deck into my coat pocket, then pulled out a normal identicle deck to be examined. Whenever someoen wants to look at a shim-shell, I switch it with a normal coin when they're not looking. I have absolutely no idea how this trick is performed, but if it does have something to do with the envelope, I'd imagine I'd try to get a normal one that's similar, then switch it out.
Of course, this is only speaking if I had no other choice in the matter between showing them it's not a prop. I feel that if a magician refuses to allow his specs to examine an item (if they actually ask for it, and it's an appropriate setting), then it makes him look suspicious, and tends to take away from the illusion.
But anyways, back on topic to the trick (Wait a minute, this topic started as a review for a trick? Hard to believe, heh.
). That was a great review for a great trick. I'm really glad you made this review, as I'd never even heard of the trick before, and now I'm dying to get it--if only i had the money...