I have many of Jay's tricks, and really love his stuff. And after I saw the demo for this trick, Jay's performance really sells it (of course). BUT, this trick was very disappointing when I began performing it. The handling can be awkward and revealing, and the penny on the matchbook is not well made. - This is disappointing since most of Jay's gimmicks are primo stuff. The penny doesn't look real at all, and doesn't seem to fool anyone - at least not in the conditions I've performed it in. You would need really low light to make it work I think.
It's a good concept, but considering the problems mentioned above, it's definitely not worth the money.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what these other reviews see out of this trick. I personally think the gimmik looks horribly fake. There's one thing about this trick that I think nobody can argue aginst me about though. The price too high by about 7 or 8 bucks. One other thing I would like to mention. The discussion boards have a poll in them and 66% or something like that say that they think this trick stinks.
DONT BUY IT!!!!!

This was very disappointing, especially from the genius mind of Jay Sankey. The idea is really cool, but the translation of the idea into what you get here just doesn't fly. The matchbook coin illustrations don't look all that real. For something like this where the effect is a feat of impossibility that is a really important fact. I wanted to like this but just couldn't do it. This went into my drawer of magical mistakes.

There’s no video or any explanation of how this gimmick was intended to be performed, and the quality of the gimmick is poor enough that it would be embarrassing to allow examination. Usually with 3d objects printed on paper you want to move fast because the illusion falls apart upon extended viewing, even when the gimmick is relatively high quality, which this is not.

If you show people a penny and a match book and then claim to have melded them together you can’t just flash the impossible object at them and run off, they will want to hold it and examine it- just beware, because when you do they WILL pity you for agreeing to the inspection.

I tried googling to find the original video demonstration of this effect and found that Sankey has used the MetaMorph name for an entirely different effect now, a bill swap that would almost certainly have to be better than this. It’s the equivalent of your parents giving your younger sibling the same name as you, because you were too disappointing to be allowed to carry the name uncontested. Sankey’s mind has created a seemingly endless pile of sometimes great stuff, and sometimes it’s just janky as hell. File this one firmly in the latter column… but if you find yourself in need of starting a fire, you could do worse than picking this thing up in the Penny Arcade as a cheap book of matches. Just do the world a favor and never, ever perform it for other human beings.

This seems like a good trick but people aren't usually impressed with this one. I find that the revelation of the penny stuck to the match packet really disappointing. Don't buy this expecting to freak people out. Might work on little kids but not adults.

This trick is is really good I suggest you buy it, it will take a little bit of practice, but it's worth it, cuase the reaction you get towards the trick makes it so worth while, its so amazing yet so simple, you have to buy it!!!!!

wassup everyone I just wanted to tell you guys that this is the best!!!!Jay Sankey always gets some crazy tricks well jay you\'re the best.