Magic Tricks

The video: Banachek does a great job of explaining the handling and presentational options without repetition or superfluous words. He even addresses problems you might have with handling the cards you get.

The cards: you get two sets, so you can use two different symbols. My sets came with red and blue backs, not ideal if you want an alternative for walkaround situations. The preparation in my case is rather “tight”, making it a bit difficult to separate the cards, but this is not a problem, Banachek shows you how to deal with it. Personally, I’m quite fine with this.

What could be better? Banchek employs a psychological force in one of his presentations. For this, he uses another card with the five symbols printed on them. It would have been nice if this card (or a PDF template) was included in the package. But then again, this variation might not be possible with the force symbols you get, anyway (at least, it’s not possible for me). You might have to prepare your own sets and try to make up that additional card yourself to be able to perform all of the variations. This might annoy some people and it brings me to another question: In this case, as I knew exactly what the trick was before buying, I was mainly interested in the video. Would it be possible to offer different ordering options, so customers could choose between complete package, download only and props/replacement sets only? That way, one could watch the video first and decide afterwards if one would like to have the props, too. (Of course, this would only make sense in those cases where the gaffs are rather easily made and are not specially printed, for example.)