In the last 40 plus years I’ve seen literally 1000’s of card effects and know 1000’s more and most
existing magic methods.
When I saw this it literally blew my mind, the method too is truly
ingenious and diabolical.
Top drawer magic that is an absolute must in my honest opinion
Gaz Lawrence 😊
8 of 9 magicians found this helpful.
This effect is SOOO Good! Paul is a mastermind! Very clever idea! Just tell your customers you sold
out!... This trick is made for the Underground Card users!
3 of 3 magicians found this helpful.
Wow, I absolutely love this trick for so many reasons. It is amazing, and so easy to do. It will
last you a long time, and it is 100% angle friendly. You can use this as an opener, a closer, it
will hit hard every time. I would recommend supplying a sharpie while doing this trick, so that it
looks like you just wrote on the cards. If you don't do this, your spectators will be suspicous and
start asking questions. I highly recommend this trick. Buy it! It will not disappoint.
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I'm a hobbyist who uses magic on a nearly daily basis to support the work I do as a therapist and a
presenter. So, I need (1) hard hitting, (2) easy to do, and (3) easy to remember. (The latter two
are because I may only do a trick a few times until I circle back 6-12 months later and do it
again.) This effect hits ALL those marks perfectly. Thanks Mr. Wilson and Penguin!
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Ok first things first. This trick is great simple and effective. There are 2 things that stopped me
from giving it 5 stars. 1 the way then deck is gimmicked no one can see the deck. It's very poorly
done. It's clear as day the deck is not a normal deck. 2nd the way it was gimmicked should off been
the opposite way so when you spread the deck it's easier to get the cards.
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The idea is brilliant, unfortunately the manufacturing is lacking a bit.
The deck really allows
you to show any chosen card on the jokers (except je joker...). Can hand out the Jokers to the
audience and they won't find anything suspicious. Though that is not true about the deck. The deck
is treated in very specific way so you can show only the selected card. This treatment has however
some setbacks and unskilled hands may have certain problems. So the deck was treated again so this
makes the handling easier. It is a wonderful Idea however the second treatment uselessly symmetrical
(the asymmetrical treatment would work even better because due to the symmetry the treatment is
visible to the spectator).
The second issue I have is the deck coming preprinted, as I am from
not English speaking country and remaking the trick (from this very deck) to any other language is
quite pricey, if you don't have abundance of Maidens at hand. And still you have the "problem" with
the symmetric treatment.
However I did the deck, from the scratch so once you find out how is
it done, you can quite easily make it on your own.
First review I wrote for this trick was
really bad so I would like to redeem a bit and make it better
Great job R Paul Wilson
Btw I
really appreciate the aid from The Penguin customer support as they sent me another deck, still with
the symmetric treatment. But I appreciate their willingness to do so
FranK
Wonderful effect and dead easy to do. Only reason why it's not 5 stars is because of Maiden back. I
just don't understand why it cannot be rider back.
I'm torn on this review, but I will say, I think it's probably worth getting for most people.
Overall, it's a great trick with clever thinking, even if the production quality is a little poorly
done.
On the positive side, the method is dead simple. The spectator can freely name any
card and you can show that you predicted it on the jokers. There's no math involved, which makes it
even easier than an Invisible Deck. There is a video tutorial, and it is well done and explains
everything you need to know.
There are a few negatives, in my opinion. To start with, the
tutorial says that the cards will come without the writing on them, but they are pre-written. I
actually wish they had come without writing because I see no need for an advertising card. I planned
on ditching that and writing "of" under the card names, but this won't work with the pre-writing
because of both placement and handwriting.
More significantly, though, the method assumes
the user is right handed, and it's significantly more complicated to do as a left handed magician.
It's not impossible, but the handling looks much, much worse. The worst part of this is that the
deck could have been made differently to allow for completely ambidextrous use if they'd just made
it a different way. I don't want to expose anything in my review, but I can tell exactly what
materials they used in the construction of this deck: they used a non standard material for the
special sauce here, and that material is what caused them to have to go and add the extra trimming
they added. This is then what caused the deck to only work right handed. If they'd have just
constructed it like any other deck of its type there's be no need for tabs that only work for right
handed magicians.
Again, as I said, deck is probably a great buy for most people. It's a
great effect, and the thinking is super clever. I just wish they'd have tested it out in the real
world a little more before bringing it to market.
absolutely amazing! i set mine up with the same formula as the invisible deck but the options are
yours and its different to a degree. i can only say...genious! easy! kills! went right into me
regular suitcase! 10 stars
I bought this completely knowing how it worked but also as a substitute for Richard sanders any card
which is why I’m disappointed as it’s nowhere near as good you cabt be as free with the cards a lot
of up and down going on 🤔