I was intrigued by this trick because it looks so clean.I had some questions about the video.
Mickael Chatelein is a French magician and I speak French so I contacted him to know more about
the video used for the promotion of this trick. Mr Chatelein is not a friend of mine and I do not
know him apart from the web .
I had access to the explanation of this trick and I can say
that it is very clever .
I will not expose the method obviously but try to help to make a better
decision as I did.
It will not stop speculation for sure but only clarify some questions arising
from the add and the video.
Mr Chatelain shows 2 variations to present the routine . You
can pick the variation that suits you considering some very easy audience management involved in the
process.
The blank deck is normal and the deck in fact could have been a normal deck .The blank
deck is used for the kicker and very justified in the context of the trick.
The money bill is
also normal.You do not have to use the bill prediction as a kicker if you think it is overdoing.
In fact you get a clever gimmick which is a well known principle in magic applied
diabolically to get the result you see in the video.
There is NO best case scenario involved
whatsoever.
The video is not cut and I confirm that it is not a video montage.The spectator
could really have said stop further down. There is some audience management involved though to get
the prediction right.But so easy to manage.You can not miss the target.
This is not a force in
the classic way but a prediction you will match every time .
You can change the prediction card
if you want for the next performance if you do table magic .You must change the prediction card
obviously unseen.Very quick reset .
So I bought it right away and I will use this one for
sure.
Hope it helps some of you to make a better decision about this trick.