Champagne Card
From: www.magicbox.uk.com
Price: £9.99
Difficulty: 1 (Using the easiest version of the one move required)
However this is simply a reveal and therefore can be made as difficult as you like.
The effect:
A spectator is asked to sign a flyer depicting a bottle of champagne and an empty glass. A playing card is chosen and noted. The magician reveals the card by asking the spectator to look again at the flyer - Hey Presto, the chosen card appears printed inside the picture of the empty glass.
Review:
This is a very handy little tool with a very nifty use. Although it is quite simply a reveal, it can be used as the perfect approach when doing difficult bar and restaurant work. I'll explain...
If you feel that a table might not be so welcoming if you introduced yourself as the "magician", out comes the Champagne Card.
A typical presentation could be "Excuse me Ladies and Gentlemen... I hope you're enjoying your evening... Has the waiter been around with the free champagne yet?"
To which of course the answer is "no".
"Well all you need is one of these flyers.."
And here of course, is your opening.
I used this extensively the other night when I was unsure of how I would be received and it worked perfectly every time (well, nearly every time. But that was my fault
).
There are other good points: The cards are 'wipe clean' so that they can be re-used if used with a dry wipe marker.
It comes with a few presentations however a little bit of imagination and it becomes quite versatile.
To conclude
An excellent little tool for bar and restaurant workers, especially for when the boss says "do table seven", but table seven look a right tough bunch. In my opinion however, it has little use for the Layman who wants a packet trick.
8 out of 10.
EDIT: here is a better link. Magicbox was blocked at work you see and I couldn't link to the actual product.
http://www.magicbox.uk.com/shop.php/sho ... p_915.html