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For some reason, I do NOT like this effect. I don't remember his patter exactly ( I watched it 2 days ago), but he says something like, "well then it's obvious that this card is..." and shows that the card on the photo has changed. Well, even I, as a magician, don't find this OBVIOUS. Not at all. I have a feeling that, if I would perform this, I would get a reaction like "Oh, yes, hmm, they changed places... strange... well well".... And if that's the reaction you want, well then I guess the trick is ok, but this is far from a "WOW" - effect. I was really disappointed of this trick. Nice idea, lame effect.

yes. That was my first impression too. My performing persona is totally different to Jay's, so the first job was to bring the presentation in-line with my style and tempo. Having seen Jays presentation I considered it a 'middle of the set' trick. BUT I WAS SO SO WRONG

Try it out at your next few gigs and I'm sure you will be just as pleased as I was. I think ( although I'm only guessing ) that as a magcian I thought the impact of the effect was coming from the moment that the pictures change places. But i am begining to think that this is not the case.

The magicial event is not really the transposition, which in itself acts as a good smaller climax, but rather in the way the spectators backtrack over the effect. The strongest 'magicial event' is the fact that their freely choosen card was nailed to a table BEFORE they picked it and they have a photo of it as hard evidence. As they backtrack through the effect, the smaller climax of the transposition 'stalls' them as they have to work that out too, on their path backwards. The smaller climax then justs adds the the larger one.

On the otherhand i could just be reading too much into this, and it's just a great effect that spectators react to.

Regarding the price, yes it would be nice if it were cheaper, but having said that, how many dvd's have we all brought for £25-£30 which contain lots of tricks, but we don't perform any of them! You know that feeling, when you watch a magic DVD and actually find a GREAT trick that you learn and use all the time for many years? It's often sadly a rare event. For the effects that I actually USE, the price really does not matter at the end of the day. Every trick for sale is over priced if you buy it but never use it!

(I paid a small fortune for an eletronic clipboard for mind reading. It gets a great reaction, works well and I use it quite often. But I get the same amount of performing time and a great reaction from this Jay Sankey trick too. Hmmm.... Which one was the smartest purchase?....)

Hope this helps

Best wishes and good luck with your magic!
Dominic Reyes
The Merchant of Magic
www.MagicShop.co.uk

I performed this for a professor of cognitive pyschology and a professor of international law after a university dinner last Friday and they were absolutely gobsmacked. The professor of law was still talking about it five days later!

I would not underestimate this effect!

damn you all for making me buy this lol cant wait for it to turn up lol

I have been working with this trick now for the last two weeks, and I have discovered a couple of things.

1) Its brilliant and works a treat
2) Difficulty level is only about a 2. If you hven't done card handling before then give yourself a couple of weeks getting used to it - that said there is only one ''move' to speak of. Even someone with basic card techniques will pick this one up easily.
3) The only angle it isn't 'proof' against is someone sitting on the floor at your feet.
4) Don't perform this after your son's christening when you have just had 2 glasses of red and a glass of champagne.

As for cost, I try to work on a simple principle. For value for money you need to use something once for each £1 it costs. So at £15 approx I need to use it 15 times whch for me won't be a problem.

Did i mention that I also completely messed up a cut and restored rope trick I have performed perfectly for crowds 100's of times. that's it, magic and alcohol DO NOT MIX - nuff said, lesson learned!

Wanted to add a couple of things about nailed.

The gimmic used is good quality, but I have found that if the light is at the wrong angle,or spectators are at too low a view point, then the gimmic will be revealed.

Reflective glare is a pain sometimes!

Solution is to bend the gimmic slightly when shown, and to keep it in motion when the light is bad.

I wonder the gimmick will get a worn look just from being scrunched (well, the corners/edges being bent and keeping the crease) up in your pocket or during travel etc. Do you think?

Its a good point. Sankey says take care of it and it'll be fine. IN a pocket it does get a bit scrunched but the plastic wallet returns to normal (you can see the 'wallet' in the demo videos.

The photograph does get a bit worn around the edges, so the suggestion of photocopy and give out new prints is a good one.

What I do is to put it under a dvd case on top of a flat surface and then put a bit of weight on top of that. Flattens it no problem. I do the same with my playing cards. I do wonder though if a card clip would do the same but I have yet to buy one of those little wonders!

wonder the gimmick will get a worn look just from being scrunched (well, the corners/edges being bent and keeping the crease) up in your pocket or during travel etc. Do you think?

I only ever perform this with a jacket, so the scrunching has not been an issue. I am not keen on using the back pocket.

now that is NICE!

Love that.


It has mystery, nice set of props, and a surprise ending. (well, what hapened isnt what i expected!)

I'm inspired to get it.

Hi there,

My copy arrived a few days ago so I've not really got into the practicing of it yet.

However, I too noticed that if you bend the wallet slightly, it gets around that 'reflection' that could be a problem.

Of those that perform this - I just wondered how many of you perform the style that enables you to have everything examinable at the end? Sankey says that sometimes he doesn't bother, but for me, I'd be worried that the fact that a prop is missing, will lead specs to wonder why?

Cheers

Did this again last night and amazingly I was doing Ambitious Card before nailed, and one of the transformations was with a king of clubs. So, I went into nailed and the same woman 'picked' the king of clubs, which ended up in the picture....the effect on her was just priceless.

I was doing this standing up last night with no table. The issue of the props never arose. They simply focussed on the effect and the hole in the card.

This sounds like an awesome trick i cannot wait to get it. I really liked the demo veideo but was hesitant to purchase it as videos can really sex things up. But as I have now heard from people that actually have it, it is on my list.

Yea im starting to realy like sankeys stuff to. I love nailed and the reactions it gets, but for some reason dont get round to using it very much

Wow, I loved the demo. I have to get this trick!