Magic Tricks

The hype seemed too good to be true, so I bought this routine. I mean who doesn't want to be able to pick duplicate cards out of an assortment laid out on a table. It would be pretty impressive. Well, there are a few things one should know about this trick before purchase. If you still like the concept after learning what I have to say, then this is for you! You really cannot do this twice in a row for the same person, unless they are not paying attention, because the matched cards are always in the same locations if you use the routine described in the video. Also, and this turned me off the most, the spectator cannot handle the cards. You have to control the cards and they have to be set up before hand. It requires knowing how to do a false shuffle, which is not too hard, but the fact that you handle the cards 100% of the time until they are laid on the table inevitably leads anyone watching to believe that you know where the matching cards are ahead of time, probably because they are marked in some way. The irony is that they are NOT marked at all. It's just that you know where they all are because of the system you are taught for arranging them prior to the performance. It only works with 12 items, 6 pairs. It is interesting and the secret moves are fun to know but the problem is that the people I did it for believe the cards are all marked, even though they are not, and there is no way to convince them otherwise! Probably the one way to get the biggest effect out of this routine would be to tell them how it was done after the fact! Oh well. It is a conundrum. The tecnique is interesting but the spectator can't appreciate that part. This is not something I will be doing.