this has to be the biggest disappointment from penguin so far
the trailer is a complete lie, DO
NOT GO OFF THE TRAILER TO BUY THIS TRICK, it is filmed from like the spectators point of view, and
is not the trick you are buying
and on top of that this is almost exactly like JAY SANKEY'S
acaan,
not only do you see a lying trailer but pretty much a stolen trick that penguin has
allowed to be sold by a someone, shame
only $6 but could of went to some one who has original
ideas and doesn't lie to get purchases
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I've never been a fan of Acaan. However this is now an effect I perform and will continue to
perform.
What I found misleading is that the effect shown in the trailer cannot be done
with a borrowed un-gimmicked deck which is how the effect is advertised.
You can perform
the effect with a borrowed shuffled deck, but it is not the version shown in the advert, which looks
far cleaner than the borrowed deck version.
I do like and perform the totally impromptu
version. Being an experienced magician I did not find the handling difficult but I can see how it
would be to somebody starting out. The good news is that you don't have to use the methods
suggested. A basic knowledge of card magic will get you to the same place.
At 6 dollars?
This is well worth the money. Highly recommended.
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Just learned this trick and this demo (with the Bee deck) is realy NOT honest even the trick is not
bad itself. The moves taught are not realy done and the last one is sOoo eddited in this trailer.
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Very practical. As a beginner in card magic I found the effect to be a bit challenging (please
clarify thr difficulty level next time!). However the teaching is in-depth and very well explained
so I got it down with time!
Great acaan- I recommend it.
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This went straight into my show! I perform walk around magic. Both the creators teach 4 routines in
total. I am always ready to perform the Basic routine as its done with any deck! The Last routine
cannot be done with a borrowed deck, but its shufflable and you can get it down with just a few
hours of practice.
I performed it to a group of 3-4 people and they changed their mind 3-4
times so it was all the more poewrful. Loved the handling as most of the moves are invisible even
without practice.
Worth the 6$ anyday! One of the best acaans out there.
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Sadly I have to give this a negative review as I do not think many people will actually use this
effect.
With that said.. It is only $6.00 so not going to kill your bank. However, I
debated buying this download for over a week. The idea of a solid ACAAN with a shuffled and borrowed
deck is to enticing to pass up. So I decided to buy it, it's only $6.00 at the end of the day. There
aren't many reviews of this online so I decided to take the gamble..
There are multiple
routines taught on this video, however, only one involves a regular or borrowed deck. The slights
are tough in my opinion and you don't have much solid misdirection to justify them which is a big
problem. It feels like a lot to do to get this effect to happen, very clunky. There are gimmiked
decks that are much stronger/easier to perform, I'd strongly recommend Position Impossible. I will
never perform this because I feel it's way to easy to get caught. To many slights and to obvious.
I'm a intermediate card guy but wouldn't feel confident trying this in the real world. Maybe if you
are really slick with cards this could be powerful.
The method is very interesting but it
just feels like a reach and not very realistic to pull off in real world performance. It did make me
think though, which I enjoyed.
The young gentlemen that out this together have a ways to
go in there production quality as there was a lot to be desired there. However, they got the
information across in a professional manner. Excited to see these two evolve and put out more
material as they are talented. Really appreciated their thoughts on practice and not just going out
there in prepared with this trick.
It gets a 3 star because I'll probably never use it as
my opinion is that it's clunky and because out of all of the routines only one uses a normal deck as
promoted in the ad copy which I felt was a bit misleading. The promo video is also not the routine
that uses the borrowed deck.
Hope this helps those considering buying.. at the end of the
day if you are interested, it is only $6.00 so support these guys and check it out.
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This is a great version of ACAAN. It requires no memory work and it is a nice workable version that
can be done from a shuffled deck in use. I've always wanted a version of ACAAN I can use table
hopping and this version totally satisfies me. This effect can also be strengthened with sleights
you already know and can be adapted for beginner skill sets. Highly recommended!
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I came across this because of a review done by Ekatrina. This video provides 3 different methods to
perform ACAAN. Inspired by ICE COLD ACAAN, this one fixes the limitations that ICE COLD has. Also
you really can do this from a shuffled deck and if you have a marked deck you will devastate your
audience. The presentation of the video is done with a smart phone or home camera, so don't let that
prevent you from getting this gem. After getting this, my pursuit of finding a practical ACAAN where
someone freely thinks of a card and a number from a truly shuffled deck is over. There are no
gimmicks, there is no memorization and the sleights are basic (and optional). There is no reset
because you can perform this from anyone's deck, anytime.
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It's really great, but organilly it is from jay sankey exact copied even he uses the same jokes, i
learned it long time ago at the Jay Sankey's channel on YouTube for free. If it was the real creator
i would be given it 5 stars, but it is a stolen idea from Jay Sankey, i was disapointed at first ,
but for 6$ it's nothing to lose.
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This is a winner winner chicken dinner! Easy to understand video and well explained. This went right
into my walk around and impromptu set. very little set up and the clean up if you can call it that
leaves you super clean. No memory, no stack,no index, and gaff deck. I cant recommend this enough,
with this and the ACAAN from R.Paul Wilson on Killers that should be all you need.
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