I saw this trick performed, and briefly instructed, on the wonderful United Magicians for the World 2021 project. Since I saw and heard Alexandra Duvvier's presentation and instruction of her father's (Dominique Duvvier's) trick on Zoom at that event, I knew what I was getting into when I ordered this from Penquin. When I received the cards and link to the instructional video (it says "DVD" but it is actually a downloadable VIMEO video), I jumped right in. The demonstration video (58 seconds in length) and the instructional video (8:23 minutes in length) is performed in French by the masterful Dominique Duvvier with an superb English voiceover translation by Alexandra Duvvier. Both videos are visually well made. If you read this far, you may be wondering why I only gave this a 3 star rating? So, here are my personal problems I have with the instructions. First, it presents the main sleight required seemingly (at least to me) "reversed" from the way I learned this sleight for other tricks. And I am not saying that just because he is left handed. Second, his tutorial of the sleight is presented by doing it for a single card whereas this trick requires doing it with multiple cards. Such is hard to explain without revealing the sleight but I believe the explanation of the sleight would have been better if the tutorial part of the sleight's explanation used the same amount of cards as used in the trick instead of showing it with less cards. If you get this trick be prepared to watch the video at half speed several times unless you have significant experience with doing the main sleight with multiple cards. So, this review is only intended to let the less than masterful card handlers, like myself, know what they are purchasing. If you are willing to put in the time or are an experienced card handler, than add 1 to 2 stars to this review. For those performers, this trick is astounding opener.

This has become one of my top 3 packet tricks. (I know about 50 of them…)

Not for the absolute beginner.
But with an intermediate level and a few hours of training I can guarantee you that your spectators’ jaws will drop everytime.

The ending is real a kicker.