Name: Push Thru 2
Available from: Merchant of Magic
Price: £14.99
Maker: Tim Star
Examinable: Partially
Difficulty: 3
(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)
Out of 10: 8.5
Effect A card is freely chosen by a spectator, signed, and then returned to the deck. The cards are spread out on the table and three cards are chosen by the magician and shown to the spectator. The magician then asks if any of the three are the chosen card, and the spectators answer, “no”.
One card is now put sideways at a 90-degree angle and then slowly pushed right thru the other cards and it visibly changes to the chosen signed card. Super Clean.
Video of the final part of the effect
Comments On first inspection, I have to admit that I had my doubts about the gaffs supplied (and - in fact - I still feel that one of my gaffs may need re-making/re-working, as it's really way too 'tight'). Also, the other gaff, as supplied, could be altered with very little effort, to make it more effective.
Onto the effect itself: This is
NICE! A seriously visual change of an indifferent card, into the spectator's signed card. Better yet, the spectator themselves can finish the effect, by pulling their card the rest of the way out from between the two indifferent cards, which is lovely; there's nothing better than magic which happens in the spectator's own hands
The handling of the effect's easy enough too, although is slightly knacky the first few times (especially when returning their chosen card to the deck 'correctly').
That said, for the final effect, the effort to learn this thoroughly, and practise it extensively, is more than worth it.
On a final note, although Tim's supplied instructions were pretty well-written on the whole, there is one point where they become a little ambiguous, and it took me a good ten-fifteen minutes to figure out what was being described during a certain move - and I'm nobody's bozo (at least, I don't think I am
!)
If you have space in your close-up repertoire for a nice, eye-popping effect - which plays strongly enough to stand as a closer, and ends with a nice souvineer for your spectator - I'd heartily recommend this