This is one of the very few effects that I perform that I feel comfortable performing anywhere and
any time without any fear of being caught. Under all conditions, this effect is brilliant. You can
be surrounded by people intensely stareing at you and this effect can still be pulled of. One of the
major problems people have is that not everyone wears shirts with breast pockets and if it's a girl
you are, it's somewhat intrusive (I found that out the hard way). You can just as easily use a
jacket pocket or a sweatshirt pocket while performing. The effect is not hard to master with some
practice. You should be fooling people in a few days after reveiwing the DVD. Oz Pearlman is not
anything special as a magic teacher (not like Greg Wilson or Richard Sanders) but you get the whole
effect. This effect is worth the money and I highly recomend it.
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This trick requires your audiences' attention, so it's not a good one to open your set. But after
you've surprised people enough to have their attention, this is a great trick for when you really
want to tell a good story, slow things down a bit, and fool the skeptics in the crowd who think
they're on to your schemes.
If you audience is not paying attention they'll miss all the
ways in which you truly are being fair in the handling of the cards. I've performed this and had
people shrug because they missed the impossibility of it. This trick performs much better after
hitting people with some faster magic up front. This trick has only one miracle at the end of a long
story, so they have to be adequately prepped for it.
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Oz has done it again. He's taken an old effect which many magicians arent aware of and added his
genius to it which turns it into something no less than phenomenal. I had been performing this
routine for a number of years and it always got a huge response. However, I had to do all the work,
the shuffling of cards along with placing the card into the deck. What makes Ozs performance so
awesome is that you can use the spectators deck (or a borrowed deck), allow the spectator to place
his or her card into the deck, and allow them to immediately shuffle the cards until they are blue
in the face. I can now show my hands totally empty and with next to minimal handling, reveal to the
audience that the spectator has been in control of the cards for the majority of the routine. Oz
uses a secret method for you to instantly locate the spectators particular card which is simple as
can be and so unsuspecting to anyone around. Whats more, you can learn this method and apply it to
many other card routines. Even if you know how this routine is done, learning the method is well
worth the purchase alone.
Oz is thorough in his teaching leaving nothing out. In fact, I
learned from my own personal routine where Ive been making some mistakes that made my own handling
more difficult than it could have been. For the money, this is purely simple to learn, profound,
gets a huge reaction, and is a must be for novices to professionals alike. You wont be
disappointed!
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Guess it's just me but there are a couple of spots where you can mess this trick up and I really
can't comment on why they're difficult for me without giving away the trick. The method of the trick
is good but there's just too much concentration needed to do it accurately and consistently. For me
to do the trick I just can't do it quickly without error. Hats off to the other 99% who seem to be
able to do it flawlessly and with confidence everytime.
6 of 7 magicians found this helpful.
In the promotional video Oz states that "the best tricks are simple" and that's no lie when it comes
to Clutch. I have performed Clutch about three dozen times before writing this review and have been
flawless in performance. The effect is as clean as the demo reel shows and has an amazing impact.
Spectator's eyes light up when you immediately hand them the deck to shuffle after they selected
their card. The reveal is super quick and requires no sleight of hand. My advice, develop a patter
that fits your image and you have an extremely powerful effect.
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This effect is great for quite a few reasons.Unlike a lot of card tricks where you can only show a
small group, this plays big! Secondly, you can borrow a deck. It can be done fully surrounded. But
the one disturbing thing that seems to be repeated throughout these reviews is that you can only do
this within the confines of a males shirt pocket. How absurd!!! How myopic in scope! To those of you
who may not have puchased this because of that proposed limitation. I assure you this is rubbish!!
I've performed this with shirt pockets, deep pants pockets, cargo pants pockets, hoody pockets,
jacket pockets, even inside jacket pockets. As for doing this for female spectators, no proplem. I
approach it with the same imagination and humor as i would in doing it in the deep pants pocket of a
male spectator. I keep the jokes clean and use classy inuendo, my audience does the rest to great
affect. Remember, as magicicans we are artist! As with any art form the freedom of improv and
imagination are our best friends!! Implement these and watch your reactions soar!....By golly Oz,
you've done it again!!!
4 of 4 magicians found this helpful.
Love the simplicity of this. What a great way to blow some minds at the spur of the moment! Some
were complaining about the price. I get it...sort of. We get so spoiled on price point for downloads
and forget how fortunate we are to even have that as a learning tool. Sometimes I think we get in
the habit of wanting something for nothing. The simplicity of this method compared to the impact and
the fact you can do this with no prep and a borrowed deck at anytime makes the price worth it to me.
I like organic, off the cuff magic. I think it's more powerful. Beats having all of these trick
decks to have to carry around etc.
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This is another one of those awesome effects that goes to prove that there truly is NOTHING more
magical & powerful than simplicity!
It works every time & it ALWAYS leaves an impact!!!
One
of the EASIEST tricks I've ever performed!
If you decide to purchase this download then I
would also recommend that you include it as part of a package deal with other effects such as: Self
Tying Shoelace, Kicker, Two Dollar Window, & Dress Code. These are all EXCELLENT illusions offered
at insanely low prices!
YOU WON'T FIND THEM ANYWHERE ELSE!
3 of 3 magicians found this helpful.
Clutch is one of those great tricks that just haven't been done. Unlike a lot of "new" stuff out
there, this actually is a brand new, fresh trick. The handling is very natural and there is very
little slight of hand used so beginners can quickly learn this too. The best part is that it happens
in the spectators pocket unlike most tricks where it's in yours. If you get this, you will learn a
trick that will always get great reactions from your audience.
3 of 3 magicians found this helpful.
This is beyond useful not just for this effect but for a clean way to find a selection any time for
any effect. There is another trick on Penguin called BOUND which does this but with rubber bands on
the deck. The beauty here is in getting BOTH for a deep routine. I am using Bound for phase one.
Then CLUTCH phase two. Then back to BOUND phase 3. The wild beauty here is that as taught in BOUND
you can end with a switched deck (Invisible? Brainwave? Stack?) AND continue your show with what
was clearly an examined deck . . . Buy both and you will be thrilled!
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Today, when you order "Clutch by Oz Pearlman", you'll instantly be emailed a Penguin Magic gift certificate. You can spend it on anything you like at Penguin, just like cash. Just complete your order as normal, and within seconds you'll get an email with your gift certificate.
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