I definitely like this better than the original, though it is more limited. Watching the video demos you think any card could be named and you are able to produce it, but that is not true. You can produce a small number of cards if chosen, but if they are not chosen you have to do a little bit of spectator management. Magick gives you some great handling for it and it's not something most spectators would ever notice (though magicians definitely would). In the end, they will feel like they just named a card and you pulled it out of a blank deck even though that's not exactly what happened...but the end result is all that matters.

Can it be repeated? Not really. Magick again gives you some great advice on how to be able to work a party where several spectators name totally unrelated cards over the period of the night so if they talk later they find nothing in common to what they selected. It's really great, but it does take a moment of reset between presentations.

These are minor shortcomings and definitely easy to smooth out with a little practice. You will have to be solid with your patter on this one so don't rush performance until you know what you are saying. Take a few minutes to work with this (and the one move you'll have to do) and you'll have a miracle.

This is a really cool and fun trick to do. Works just like it is in the demo.

You are limited in a way, but like he explains after you buy it, he gives you awesome tips that you can use as additives to change it up, which I thought was cool.

Now, I have a tendency to attract ___ holes. I constantly get those jerks who wait till the very last minute to say "stop" when you are asking them to pick a card during a riffle or, as relevant to this trick, they want to whine "No I wanted to use this, not eliminate it" or they want to touch the cards.

Like the top reviewer said, this requires MAJOR audience management. So if you are doing this for those annoying people, or drunks, dont bother - they will screw this up for you.

That being said I HIGHLY recommend you use a table and felt set up where you can control the cards so if some drunk jerk decides to want to look at stuff after you told him 10 times not too, you can easily stop him "Nope, dont turn it over yet, Im not done.

So I did this a few times now, and only one guy was blown away. The others couldnt figure it out, but they were jerks because you cant let them touch them and all they did was whine, so they kind of ruined the whole fun.

Trick is awesome and the extra tips really allow you to change it up. Definitely get it if you usually have cool audiences. If you tend to have audiences like mine, dont bother.

First of, I wanted to say that penguin customer service is 5/5. I had an "issue" is you can call it that regarding cards I received. They were a different suit than they talk about in the video. However, the customer service said that two suits are common to be picked, which clarified the confusion. I would have chosen the suit that they talk about in the video, had I known, but nonetheless, still good. Second off, colossal 2.0 includes the original blizzard with oz pearlman. While it's the same effect, it's totally different presentation and instruction. 2.0 Truly goes beyond, with the card selection and tips to take this trick further. It gave me ideas that I had not thought about earlier. It's truly a steal for 24.95 with free shipping and cards and theoretically 2 tricks. And yes, everything is examinable at the end, granted there is one move they might not show you on the trailer, but the magician does a good job teaching it and covering the basics. Highly recommend, one of my new favorites.

I liked the Dean Dill version but never did it because I didn't want to deal with the deck switch. Along came Colossal Blizzard 1.0, let's call it, and I thought it was a significant improvement. No deck switch. But the cards were not examinable. Then I saw Magick Balay demo his version, which adds a superb ending to the prior version and leaves the spectators with a blank deck they can examine as much as they like. Also, Magick is a great teacher. Very clear, and his presentation is superb. I can't say enough good things about this. Except, maybe, that it will completely fry your audience big time, and it's surprisingly easy to do. FIVE STARS.

Hello. ! Yes I purchased Blizzard 2.0 in mid September , it's a great trick . I performed this trick about 16 times all ready ,and it get's the reaction, positively, and explosively from the people's wondering, ( what happened) ? I say the learning video is well done an clear. The price is not bad whit a full deck of cards, that comes whit the order . The only point to say is I would personnely add ( a regular box for the cards ) as they come in a plastic sandwich bag !! Not very estetic to carry around . A box would be appreciate by buyers . Just my opinion . Glad I have it ,I am having a BLAST OF TIME. GO. PENGUIN GO. ( Not a Hockey slogan ! ) go go go .

I really liked this one a lot, but personally from a guy who owns every blank deck effect ever made, I like White Bikes the best. It is so much stronger because they see the cards first and then they are gone. They are just floored. And its not perfectly clean like this one at the end but it's clean enough to hand a few cards out so It's pretty awesome. This one is great though for its simplicity to do, its easy to learn, its concept will be one you can use in other tricks and it plays big by itself. I only gave it 4 stars because of the reason above and because if you buy it I have something to ad that will help you. Duh, Think Aces. Ad the Aces to your pack. That's all I can say without giving anything away. Buy this, you will enjoy it.

For more than a decade I was a demonstrator at a magic shop. When Blizzard by Dean Dill came out it sold like hotcakes ... hand over fist! Sooo when I saw this to be an 'improvement' over Blizzard of course my interest was raised.

Now, I like Magick's stuff and he's a hell of a guy. Can't wait to get the NYC to see the shop.

First, let's address the elephant in the room: The demo's show the (arguably) 'best' case scenario which (by statistics) will ONLY happen 25% of the time. In reality, it's probably a bit more than that. So, let's face it. this alone is a major downgrade from Blizzard where literally ANY card is named and THAT'S the one you use. In my opinion, THAT'S what made Blizzard so powerful.

Now, don't get me wrong the other 75% of the time is OK. It's good. It's mediocre. In fact, Magick says it 'may be an even better trick if the other method is used' --OK, well, if that's the case ... why not show that scenario? We all know why ... as it would NOT be a fooler for most of magicians.

Sure Magick gives some great insight on this part but let's call a spade a spade it's NOT as direct as blizzard. Because of the proximity of where I was there were several top notch magicians that came through the shop. Blizzard floored them ALL. Sure, Colossal Blizzard would do that even more ... 25% of the time. But the MOMENT one of the other scenarios would have come up, this would NOT be a magician fooler. They would have sniffed the method out immediately (I would suppose). Truthfully had I saw the other scenario, I would have NOT bought this trick.

So let's address the lack of deck switch: cool. That's more for magicians I feel than the lay audience you should be performing this for. The patter given specifically revolves AROUND the lack of a DECK SWITCH. Why would the public even THINK of a switch as it is? Yes one can change the patter and should. The lay public will NOT care about this at all NOR will they see it in Blizzard. Having performed the original Blizzard THOUSANDS of times and SELLING hundreds of them as well, there was just nothing that got caught. The effect was so smooth and the misdirection so powerful that there was not even a thought of a switch.

Let's chat about 'COMPLETELY EXAMINABLE': Sure this version is! GREAT. The deck, the box, the card. Super-improvement? Hmmmm. For other magicians, yes. Again the public won't even recall the special something for the Original Blizzard.

If I were to choose between this and the original...it's the original for me for this factor alone: ANY card named. NO force. NO fishing. It's way more direct.

J.

very clever too bad Magick never went into the Teaching Profession because he explains everything very well!

Firstly, looking at the trailer this trick looks awesome. However after visiting my magic club and discussing this with a very accomplished magician as I like to think I am as well we were both a little disappointed. Whatever the teaching states you rely on equivoque 75% of the time whatever patter you like to portray. Whilst I have a fantastic approach to this I learnt from Marc Spelman people are not stupid and will occasionally question this.
Secondly there is a massive move in this which is angle sensitive. This is not an easy move to pull off cleanly surrounded and we have had a pretty large debate about this at our club where we have many MC members. Magic Balay does teach the effect well but I think I have cleaner and better effects that I can rely on.
Just my opinion and one other person I know and obviously this has received 5 star reviews so it cant be all bad for some people.

the effect itself is amazing,it is very easy to do,basic slight of hand,super practical and there is no gimmick(you are getting the blanks) it is really perfect, might be the best purchase that i made so for,some people are complaining that you are getting the diamond cards but in the DVD he says you'r are supposed to get the hearts is makes no difference because those cards are completely normal.good job magick balay i love your work keep it up!