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A couple of weeks back I bought two of Dave Forrests new downloads.
They cost four quid each. There are four effects they are:

Dave Forrest's 'REFORM' - A self working torn and restored card!
This may well be the easiest Torn and Restored card ever created. With absolutely NO SLEIGHT OF HAND what so ever you cause a torn card to reform inside your spectators very own hand! After watching this 17 minute download, describing everything in great detail, from the deviously simple gimmick to the 'self contained' set up, you will be carrying this pocket sized miracle with you EVERYWHERE.

Dave Forrest's 'FORECAST' - A prediction deck!
With the 'FORECAST' deck you'll be performing the most unbelievable prediction effects with the greatest of ease! In the first effect included on this 15 minute instant download, you accurately predict a card that will be freely cut to and then, unbelieavbly, a second card that was just NAMED! In the second effect a spectator chooses ANY CARD - a completely FREE choice yet you produce an odd backed duplicate of that card from your pocket! The download will tell you everything you need to know including details on how to construct your own 'FORECAST ' deck - don't worry - it's CHEAP and EASY and you'll most likely have everything you need already!


Dave Forrest's 'PRETEXT' - Make impossible predictions!
'PRETEXT' is a multi-layered deception that will allow you to easily make the most incredible predictions! In the effect included in this 18 minute instant video download you produce a folded billet from inside your wallet that accurately predicts a persons name and a card that they freely named! You'll soon realise the depth of the 'PRETEXT' system as it allows you to accurately predict practically ANYTHING during the course of a simple card trick in a way that appears so fair you won't believe it. This is the type of prediction that simply cannot be backtracked - your audiences will be left stunned as to how you could have made such accurate predicitons way ahead of time!


Dave Forrest's 'ACAAN AGAIN' - Any Card At Any Number!
Dave just can't leave this plot alone! Here, on this 12 minute video download you'll learn perhaps his boldest method to date! A regular deck is thoroughly examined and shuffled by a spectator. A freely chosen number between 1 and 52 is written on a business card. A freely chosen card is written on a second business card. Both of these are locked inside the card case. The performer takes the deck and deals until the number is reached. Sure enough, the chosen card is found at the freely chosen number!The best news? There is a very cool gimmick in play which makes this whole thing practically self working!

Dave Forrest's 'STAPLE' - A stunning transposition!
Imagine this: You show your lucky Joker - it's folded and stapled firmly to the card case. A card is selected, let's say it's the Jack of Clubs. It is placed face up in the centre of the pack. With just a wave of your magic wand (Sharpie marker!) A face up Joker is discovered in the centre of the pack! On closer inspection it is found to be creased and bears little staple holes! When the card case is turned over we now find that the card firmly stapled to the card case is the Jack of Clubs! And, it can all be examined! This 13 minute video will explain everything you need to make the very cool gimmicks that make this insane transpo possible! In addition to the full routine outlined above the download also includes two more very cool, visual handling ideas!

I got Reform and Forecast. Forecast has many different opportunities for patter and lives up to the description. Everyone I have performed it to so far has been amazed and speechless. The second card really is just named.The disadvantage of course is that it can't be done with a regular deck. I don't perform much mentalism but this has a cool presentation and so I really like it. The deck is regular-ish (buy it and see what I mean. Forecast was well worth the four quid!

Reform is a no tear T&R that happens inside a specs hand. The Specs first think that you messed up then you show them your faliures that you always rip in two. One of the failures happens to be the selection (you say thet you detected it in their eye movement) however it is in two so you put the two pieces in their hand and ask them to squeeze... They open their hand and it is restored. Best of all there is NO sleight of hand!
Ive added this to my repoirtaire.

Forecast difficulty 2 out of 5 (mostly it is presentation)
Reform difficulty 1 out of five

Forecast overall 8 out of 10
Reform overall 9 out of 10 because it has no sleight of hand so you can get the hang of the presentation easier

BUY THEM!