The trick is great.
I got it as part of the Black Friday Deals, so I was OK playing the
price. Yeah, it's a little expensive.
It uses some methods that you're probably already
aware of, but it is almost sleight free. A little practice and everything, including the cleanup, is
practically risk free. The video instructions are good, not crazy awesome, but good enough to get
you going.
The reactions I get are all over the board. Stunned silence, Screams, total
befuddlement. I've already preformed this in some bars and restaurants. Handing out the card and
letting the spectator keep it at the end is just more baffling to lay people. (Yes, I got the Refill
Pack. Worth it.)
One of the things I like about this is that the cards use the Maiden Back
design. For me this is perfect. (I buy them by the case: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/8474 )
However, if you don't have maiden back cards, that may be an issue, but I'd be willing to do this
on a regular bicycle deck. You may not, be warned.
Another thing I don't like about it, but
it isn't a big deal to remove a star on the review, is that there aren't other card gimmicks to hand
out. We are stuck to the Jack of Diamonds.
I'd recommend this trick as long as you don't
live within a 30 mile radius of me. I don't want others doing it on my turf. :-)
7 of 8 magicians found this helpful.
I love this creator!
Well thought out, easy clean up/reset. Only thing I did to add a little
something was to score all the lines on my giveaway cards on both sides with a knife. To me, makes
the blend a bit more real and not just from a printer.
4 of 5 magicians found this helpful.
Roddy has done it again. I’m just in love with all of Roddys amazing and fun tricks. This trick is
so good and so fun to preform! And it’s all self contained in the little envelope that comes with
the trick. What that mean is you don’t have to have ANY prior set up with you red Bicycle deck. So
you can preform any routine you want then immediately go into puzzled. The trick is really easy to
do as well. I recommend this to anyone who does walk around and wants to leave their spectator a
really cool mis printed card.
2 of 2 magicians found this helpful.
PUZZLED is a top-notch Puzzler! Very well-made, excellent video tutorial, great handling tips.
Your spectator can even shuffle the deck herself before you begin - you start and end clean. I'd
have given it 6 stars if I could have... I like the handed-out card at the end - what a great
souvenir!
3 of 5 magicians found this helpful.
This a fairly entertaining diversion to diversify your magic set. It elicits reactions of ‘oh,
that’s pretty cool’ rather than ‘woah, that blew me away’. It’s certainly no Little Door. What I
don’t understand is how or why this is a $40 trick. It just isn’t worth that kind of money - either
in the value of materials you get or the value of the routine you’re purchasing. It’s a very slight
piece of magic and a one-trick pony of a gimmick ( a fairly middling trick at that). If you’re
looking for bang for your buck, look elsewhere.
2 of 3 magicians found this helpful.
Just buy it you won’t regret it absolutely amazing and super easy to do yes there’s a slightly dodgy
move but the move makes complete sense I love this
Roddy has taken an old idea and made it into a magic trick. its a really nice idea
I have seen this idea on youtube where people do it with chocolate pieces. Roddy has taken this and
updated it to a playing ard and i like it. My partner doesnt but hes fussy where as i like this
thinking.
very nice. A bit easier to do on a table, but doing it one the spectators hand is pretty cool, too.
Nice give away.
I LOVE Roddy's tricks so much!
I actually like this a lot too. Its very visual and its fun
to put that little puzzle together show talk about the chocolate bar illusion.
My issue Is
I just feel is a bit obvious whats happening. That one main move you have to do really gives away
whats happening in my opinion and its hard to do its really quickly without making a mess of things.
Still super cool, but not something im showing a lot of people. this one wont see much
action except maybe with kids.