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I am interested in purchasing this trick. Does anyone have a reveiw or any information on it.

Edit: here is a website where the trick is performed plus many others

http://www.ronjo.com/video_demos.htm

as always you need to post a link...

Simon Aronson is a great magic thinker, and he has some great ideas.

Side-swiped is something I have had for a while, and when I peform it it gets truley great reactions. It is in effect a very clean signed card to impossible location effct.

To perform it as stated you really need to be wearing a jacket, as that is how the method for one of the required card switches is specified. This isn't a problems for me as when I am performing close up that is what I wear, but I know many for which that could be a problem. I did devise a method that used a z-fold wallet to great effect and where I finally produced the signed card from the zipper compartment, but on the whole I prefer perfroming the effect pretty much as written.

The only real downside to this effect is that after awhile you will need to purchase more gimmicked cards to make it work - these are readily available, and are not too expensive.

Cheers, so how difficul is it?

It's very easy - the work is all in the presentation. There is only really one move (aybe two) but in both cases there is built in misdirection.

Re. the need for a jacket... I've done it numerous times just using good old trouser pockets. Works just as well - as bananafish says, there's built-in misdirection.

The sleights are easy - leaving you to do the presentation, which is nice. The climax always has an excellent effect.

The only criticism would be the need to buy refills - but they are pretty cheap, and well worth the money.

There is a performance video here http://www.magicbox.uk.com/video/sideswiped.php on Magic Box's website.

Well I've got the choice to either buy this or Phil Plus, what would you guys recommend?

Personal preference... sideswiped.

I've never been too much of a fan of 'obviously' gimmicked or altered decks. Although they have their place in routines - an excellent excuse for a packet switch! Phil is nice - but side swiped is nicer...

-C

Having watched the demo vids (Aranson & the guy from MagicBox) I have a couple of questions & comments.

Although Simon A is wearing a jacket, it could probably be performed in a shirt with a breast pocket.

The method seems glaringly obvious to me. Do spectators ever work it out???

I wonder if this could be amended slightly so that their signature appears on an ordinary card rather than on the instructions. You could argue that this would diminish the impossibility of the effect - or remove a big clue about the method. What do people think?

You could argue that this would diminish the impossibility of the effect - or remove a big clue about the method. What do people think?

I agree with you in that I think it would remove a big clue. However to answer your first question. No. It is not possible.

It is kind of interesting that the method seems glarily obvious, and yet you didn't know the answer to that. Perhaps it isn't so glaringly obvious after all?

I guess it could be avoided if a sticky faced card was also used - but that is probably just complicating things. Especially with the current handling.

I do my own version of this whereby the signed card at the end, ends up in my wallet, and for the reason you first stated I don't show the back of it. It works very well (for me), but it could be argued it is now just aother card to wallet routine. (They do get good reactions though).

Hi Simon,

I think I do know how it works!
(Ok, to be more precise, I know how I could exactly reproduce the effect; you never know the actual method used unless you are told it. Hmmm sounds like a Philosophy Of Knowledge lecture
Anyway...

As you say, you could use a sticky card but it starts to get awkward. Also ideally you want the signed card to be examinable at the end - so that raises questions about when in the method you use sticky-cards.

Another idea is if your instructions were printed on a blank-faced card with a normal back. Problem then is that the method becomes more obvious. Unless you do what you do - & turn it into a 'normal' card to wallet routine. And if could show you still had your instructions, this would be a nice convincer.

Anyway, my question was really less about the method & more about the effect. Since it is SO impossible that they signed the card you were holding all along, there 'must be' an alternative explanation - but will laymen figure it out??? I guess this is a general question about whether an effect can be too strong. It seems like maybe you felt it was - because of the change you have made to the handling. I am interested in what your thought process was?

Regards,
N