Astor Mental
Mentalism effect
Available from: www.astormagic.com
Price: €149
Video: Click here to see how it works
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)
1-2 out of 5
They say:
For this trick the magician uses a transparent perspex board, five E. S. P. cards with blue back and five E. S. P. cards with red back. Every blue backed card has its matching red backed card. You will have the same E. S. P. symbols on the faces of these cards. Let's say the spectator chooses red. Then the magician slips the blue cards into their slots on the board in an order only he knows. The spectator chooses one by one, in which matching slot the red cards should go, but he only sees the back of the cards. When the magician turns the board around, the blue back and red back cards are in the same order (top to bottom). You can show the trick twice and the order of the cards won't be the same. The cards are not specially prepared.
Invented by Astor
What Lennart Green has to say about Astor-Mental:
This item is just a 100% hit in Mentalism! Clear, safe, quick, practical and just incredible. I was completely stunned when I saw it, fallen in love and bought it immediately. If you want to be a guru in this new-age society, just do the same!
Congratulation Astor!
Lennart Green
Review:
I saw Astor performing this in London, at the International Magic Convention. I thought it was very good, but I was trying to keep clear of CUPS, so I didn't buy it there and then. But then after thinking about it for a while, I entered his website and ordered it. I was so surprised that it arrived at my doorstep a week after I ordered it. Very well packed, in bubble wrap and ready to try out. Keep in mind, Astor Magic is in Hungary. I ordered it on a Friday, it was sent on the following Monday, it arrived on my doorstep around 6PM on the following Friday. Fantastic!
I examined it for mere 5 minutes and immediately tried out on a friend that was over for a visit. It blew his socks off! It was a 100% success and he was amazed.
I showed him the board, both sides. Then I let him choose which deck he would use, he picked the blue. I took the red deck, and carefully choose which card went where, showing him only the back side of the cards. Then I paused, looked him deep in his eyes and decided to swap 2 cards and told him I suspceted him to try some funny business. Then I let him spread his cards out, facing down of course, and he then pointed at a card from his blue deck, I picked it up and he then selected a number of the slot for it to be put in. When all 5 cards were in, I turned the board around to reveal
all the ESP pictures were the same, besides each number. On the cards I had picked and on the cards he had picked.
Then I took all the cards out again and mixed them up. He got another try. He choose blue again. When I had put all the red cards in, on one side, he picked the first card and I picked it up and looked at the face. Then he picked a number and the first number he picked was 5. I looked amazed and immediately looked at my card in slot 1. I asked him: Ah... number 5? He said: Yes, 5. I said: Eh... are you sure? He smiled and said very confidently: YES! Then I moved the card towards slot 5, but quickly moved my hand up and started to put it in slot 1. He said: No, no... I said number 5!!! I sighed and put it in number 5, and looked a little disappointed. He was thrilled. He was positive that he had "ruined" everything for me. Then he picked the other 4 slots for the remaining cards and I asked him: OK, do you want to swap any cards, like for example 1 and 5? He said: NO! I asked him: Are you positive? He said: Yessss! Absolutely!!! And he looked very pleased with himself. Then I said: Phew! That's good, otherwise you would have messed everything up for me, and turned the board around to show him that
again, all the ESP pictures were the same, by each number.
His jaw dropped on the floor!
And he rememberd at least 2 of the places the first time were different now. Actually they all were!
Rating:
Value for money - 9/10,
Delivery - 10/10
Workmanship - 10/10,
Routines - 10/10,
Ease of use - 10/10
Overall: 10/10