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Yes! I am down to 20 seconds on the Clocking!What's everone else at?

6 and a half minutes...

i am not as 'mentally agile' as i used to be. HA!

Still the same at the moment my friends

DIPLOPIA BY PAUL VIGIL



The Effect

A revolutionary mentalism effect involving the magician reading the spectator's mind to reveal her MERELY THOUGHT-OF CARD and the spectator removing the magician's merely thought-of card as well! A double mentalism effect unlike anything you have seen before.


Cost

$15 for the PDF download at www.emagicsupply.com



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)

2- No sleights are used, but there is a very tricky technique used that could be challenging for some.


Review

Diplopia is truly an amazing effect. It utilizes so many great concepts in magic to create the best routine of the year. And the best part is that the spectator revealing the magician's card is not what you think at all. If fact, it is so strong that it is the climax if the whole routine!

The spectator actually removes any card at random, sight unseen by the magician... We'll say it is the Six of Hearts, and the magician later says "If you correctly read my mind, you should be holding The Six of Hearts in your pocket!" This really frys laypeople, but the technique for this phase will take some practice to get down. The rest of the routine is almost stupidly simple.

This routine also utilizes various aleady known principles in a whole new way so even magicians will not even know you are using them! The Infinity Principle is also used and is relatively unknown mechanism. Good thing too, because it is so good!!

The routine can play in street magic, close up, or even stage settings. This piece, however, is a relatively long routine so it is best suited to a formal close-up performance. It can be performed in a stand-up situation as well, so Diplopia is pretty much perfect for any magic venue. Not just that, it's just perfect!

The ebook is VERY thorough, and each behind-the-scenes technique such as card clocking is taught so extensively that they take up 10 pages on their own. Paul makes sure each technique is understood, and even executes tests within the ebook to make sure you know what you are doing. The entire ebook is over 30 pages long, and everything is taught so extremely extensively. He credits everyone, gives histories on each technique, and provides tips as well. Everything is so well put together, it is what more single-effect ebooks should be like.


Overall

Overall, I give this effect a 10/10. This is the best card effect to come out in a while, and as stated before, uses revolutionary combined concepts to create a stellar routine that packs flat, plays BIG, and provides at least 3 minutes of solid close-up enterainment. Never a dull moment, this gets my vote as the best card effect of 2007. Highest recommendation!

Michael Kras
[also edited by mods]

Michael Kras wrote:DIPLOPIA BY PAUL VIGIL

a) I just reviewed this
b) you are revealing too much information for this forum

Mods should edit immediately

I personally edited it. Thank you for pointing it out.

Thanks for taking out the full reference to methods....and the speediness with which you corrected the text.

This is indeed a very nice effect. There are some rumblings in certain quarters of the mentalist community about it, as it does utilise quite a lot from other effects. I very much like the combination of principles, which protects the performer against any backward engineering.

I hate u guys - I wish I'd never asked for a review on this .

I'm finding it VERY hard to resist - I just know I'm gonna buy this ..... eventually .

When I asked how different this was from a Paul Cummins routine, Michael Kras replied:

Michael Kras wrote:Very different. This is a new concept weaved from other forgotten concepts.

Mike,

I've just bought the effect, and I can't agree that it's VERY different. In fact it differs in only the use of one principle and a slight difference in terms of choosing a red or black card. I'm not dissapointed to have bought it, as I now have the infinity principle, but your comment is innacurate, I think.


Lee

Well I gave in and ordered the download and the booklet and all I can say is that I can't wait to get it down, so I can use this on some unsuspecting punters heh heh .

I've gotta agree with the rest of the comments on here - this is pure genius - I like the clocking technique too .

Lee Warren wrote:When I asked how different this was from a Paul Cummins routine, Michael Kras replied:

Michael Kras wrote:Very different. This is a new concept weaved from other forgotten concepts.

Mike,

I've just bought the effect, and I can't agree that it's VERY different. In fact it differs in only the use of one principle and a slight difference in terms of choosing a red or black card. I'm not dissapointed to have bought it, as I now have the infinity principle, but your comment is innacurate, I think.


Lee

In actual fact, the Paul Cummins routine in question is even actually CREDITED in the Manuscript...so quite how Michael felt he needed to answer in the way he did is quite beyond me

I haven't even read through 13 Steps and this forum is making me want this.

My student earnings can't handle this!

Is it just me, or is the emagicsupply forum down at the mo

I keep getting the following error:

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Anyone else getting this

Yup MB - it's the same for me too

CLEVER! I really like the thinking thats gone into this effect. The Infinity is great but I think the other thing is even better. Can't wait to get this out there and perform it. Just have to practice a bit first.