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by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 29th, '12, 04:47

The Effect
A card is chosen from a red-backed deck and signed across the face, then returned to the pack.
The magician snaps his fingers over the deck, whereupon it is spread, showing one blue-backed card clearly visible in the centre!
That card is removed and turned face-up, showing it to be the signed selection!
Remember, the card is handled by the spectator both before and after the change, and can even be left as a souvenir!
Cost
this cost me nothing as a friend got it for me but it cost about £7 online and possibly cheaper if you shop around it comes with gimmick and instruction leaflet

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 honestly its that easy but its a fooler

Review
I use this as a kicker to my ambitious card i think the gimmick,effect and everything is genius. Its worth getting it really does shock them they love it and i cant wait to perform it you can make the gimmick it took me a while to find out how but now i use my own made ones.
It is great for table hopping. I made several gimmicks so to reset the trick i just put the gimmick in and take the used out and reset the actual gimmicks later although it takes literally seconds no word of a lie.

Overall
10/10 because its so easy but so amazing you really leave them gobsmacked

by **Lenoir** » Jan 29th, '12, 11:21

This effect ruins the end of the Ambitious Card. As a stand alone I'm sure it's okay but I wouldn't mix it.

by **Stephen Ward** » Jan 29th, '12, 13:49

I agree!

by **Lawrence** » Jan 29th, '12, 13:56

As 2 of my main standard tricks are ACR and Chicago Opener I'm going to very much agree also. I can't see combining them working.

Don't know what the gimmick is here (personally if I was going to do a gimmicked CO I'd R&S it!) but what's the benefit over just doing a DL?

by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 29th, '12, 15:14

it works for me and i get a really good result from it but it may be different for all of us i like it myself

by **Lawrence** » Jan 29th, '12, 16:13

Agree things do work differently for different people so if it's working for you then sound.

However, could you advise regarding the question I asked in my previous post?

Thanks

by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 29th, '12, 16:49

can you pm me i dont understand all the code if you catch my drift and then i will try and help

by **Lawrence** » Jan 29th, '12, 20:55

No need, you'll need to know for the open forum anyway.

ACR = ambitious card routine
OC = Chicago Opener
DL = do#ble lift (would auto correct if i actually said it anyway!)
R&S = Rough and Smooth

by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 29th, '12, 22:00

they can handle the card themselves when they sign it and it makes the routine easier to perform

by **Lawrence** » Jan 30th, '12, 09:54

samfairweathermagic wrote:they can handle the card themselves when they sign it and it makes the routine easier to perform

But they can handle the card in a Chicago Opener too, in such a way that they are actually signing it!

Perhaps I'm missing something here

by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 30th, '12, 16:41

pehaps

by **samfairweathermagic** » Jan 30th, '12, 18:39

i have seen the chicago opener and yes it can work like that i suppose and it is a similair effect it is just managed differently so you can do dark card or chicago opener but the effect is basicallhy the same the handling is just easier

by **Lawrence** » Jan 30th, '12, 19:18

samfairweathermagic wrote:i have seen the chicago opener and yes it can work like that i suppose and it is a similair effect it is just managed differently so you can do dark card or chicago opener but the effect is basicallhy the same the handling is just easier

As suspected. Nuff Said