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I don't look at an effect in terms of difficulty on any scale. I don't learn a trick for the sake of learning the trick. I learn the trick because I like the effect, I think my spectators will like it and it fits into my style or routine. Once I establish that it is something I want to learn then I learn it regardless of what that entails.

I won't sit up for weeks and months practicing moves just to learn a move that I'm going to do nothing with (aside from shoving it down the throats of members of the local magic club).

Of course there is that branch of magicians who simply love moves, I've met those that just enjoy the sleight of hand and never even bother with effects it is what they like to do and good for them.

It comes down to what you want to do. But if you think you are going to impress an audience more with a difficult trick because it is more difficult then you are only fooling yourself. If the method is unknown to your audience then simple or difficult doesn't matter. If you think it will be harder for your audience to catch on to a more difficult trick, then again you are only fooling yourself. ID is an example of that.