I have practiced this for about 4 hours still I haven't got it perfect. Every once in awhile show angles. It is a very cool effect once you put in at least 5 hours of work.

Pros: very visual comma comes with an extra effect usually a Sharpie and a coin. Which is equally as good as the original effect.

Cons: you need to practice this a lot to get the angles correct.

This is a very convincing total vanish of a sharpie marker, or any similar object. Done correct with angles covered it will blow the socks off of anyone you meet. It can be done in short sleeves so it looks totally fair, but there is something you will have to put on in order to do the full vanish.

It uses a tool you have on you anyway, is pretty simple to perform, and looks amazing.

The reason I gave it only three stars is because there's no way you can present this beautiful vanish in a normal close-up situation.

On stage, fine. However, the move is very angle-sensitive. And as a close-up worker (table hopping and cocktails), I am sure I won't use it to the full.

That said, there are other nice moves and a nice routine with a coin.

There's a lot of fine details (especially at the crucial phase that involves the open-hands display) that Merrill skips or glosses over. Fortunately, the video production quality is good enough to allow someone really determined like me to reverse-engineer the things he doesn't explain, like the angle to hold the "holdout," the miming and covering actions, etc.

This is angley (Duh) but it is a jaw dropper. It will take some audience management skills but well worth the price.

If you do restaurant work, or close-up at parties and such, people on side tables can see how some of it is done, as in many close-up magic tricks. In my experience, they never know what they are looking at, so they don't figure it out.

The moves are for the advanced sleight of hand artist...while the moves themselves are simple you must feel very comfortable with sleight of hand to make this look natural. I personally love this routine, and have never performed it myself. It is definitely fun to practice but if you do not put in the time its not worth performing

I would not recommend it to some people and would to others. If you are in to doing street magic and having no more than 1 or 2 people, or if you like to make videos of your magic, than this is astonishing. But if you are going to have a number as small as 5 to 6 people, then I wouldn't recommend it. The reason why is that it is so angle sensitive. I have not practiced this simply because of how angle sensitive it is, so that it's not worth it to me, also it is a trick that will take a week or 2 of practice. I tried practicing, but it was really hard and I didn't feel the effect was good enough. Although I have only been a magician for around 7 months. If you want to spend money on a trick, I would buy the universal impression 2.0. It is about $40 I believe, but I have used it and freaked people out. So I do not recommend this unless you are in to making videos or having small crowds.

THis is well worth the $$$

The video looks great, but to duplicate what he does , would take a long time. To many angles to cover to do this trick close to anyone

Really sweet sharpie routine, people love it. Great for in person or social media.

Totally recommend.