I purchased this effect from another vendor as it was sold out on Penguin. I wanted to offer some
insights as well as address some of the questions in the comments.
No doubt you saw this
on Fool Us and that’s what brought you here to consider a purchase. If you want to know if it’s a
good purchase and worth the money, I’d say yes.
What you get are cards (spectators can
handle but not inspect) an ordinary sateen bag (fairly nice) and a nice bit of instruction in French
and English, along with several variations and handlings.
The instructions in English are
overdubbed and a bit meandering, and some of the setup instructions aren’t immediately clear from
the first video but it all starts to gel by the end and I think the rather ingenious method of this
trick becomes easy to understand.
Are there sleights? Not in the traditional sense, but
if this is performed outside of the bag (a better, stronger option, IMHO), it will require some
subtle maneuvers to hide your meaningful actions among all of the chaos that makes this effect such
a head-scratcher.
Indeed, it appears the bag and pre-selected cards from the routine used
on Penn & Teller were conceits to keep them from busting the trick and I think it’s suspicious when
there is no illusion of choice and the magic happens out of sight.
You could, in fact,
have spectators freely select cards and do the trick right out in the open, which I think could be
truly devastating to lay audience.
All in all, this is a really nice effect with lots of
possibilities. I would encourage you to get it and look at the alternative handlings in the
instructions.
Would you consider this trick beginner friendly?
Phillydwight I would consider this as beginner experience the instructions is all you need to understand and I’d say it’s a 4 out of 10 difficulty!
I disagree with the above. Without going into too much detail, you will need to be very comfortable handling cards without looking at them, and need to be able to assess the state of the deck by taking subtle cues from the way the deck feels in your hands. For this, I'd say it's an intermediate-level trick, but I wouldn't discourage a beginner from buying and trying it out. In the process, you will get to learn more about a versatile fundamental of card magic, and you will learn a fun routine in the process.
I disagree with the disagreer. This is as easy sit gets if you practice. There are no slights only need to feel and shuffle. I missed this a couple of times because i did not shuffle the cards in the bag but after you feel you are ok shuffle 2 or 3 times after checking that a straggler is not left disorientated.
I have done this in front of fifty people and it was fine and i practice this 5-10 times a day and i always get it right now.
Just learn from your mistakes and you will have a showstopper.
Could I use anything else other than the black sateen bag that comes with it? I think it would make it less suspicious if I can, for example use a dark non-see-thru plastic grocery bag/paper bag if I'm at a restaurant, or perhaps ask for a pillowcase if I'm performing it at someone's house/party.
You don’t need a bag. I googled to find another video of this. It’s in French but you can watch https://youtu.be/R1Nwrj1JdXo
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Nifty effect with lots of options
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