I enjoy this. It's a well made deck. You can't hand it out, you can't shuffle it, you cannot
spread the deck out and let the audience see the faces. It's good as a closer or a one-off.
Perhaps as an opener, if you switch to something else non-card related and pull out another deck to
use after that. ...Or go through the trouble of a deck switch, (which I don't bother with).
Though I like this deck, I only gave it three stars because I think that's fair. First of all,
you can't hand it out, or shuffle it, etc. That means it's a one-trick pony that won't stand up to
any inspection. Minus one star. Secondly, I really, REALLY do NOT like the presentation shown for
this trick or the method taught. I saw Greg Wilson do this live, and his presentation convinced me
to purchase it. So, because I think the presentation/method provided actually weakens the impact of
the deck's potential, I took off another star.
All that being said, this deck is well made,
deceptive and, when used right, can be a powerful tool for a mentalism effect. I don't use ANY of
the presentation. Not the line about not using trick decks, not the 'quick look' method. None of
that. I also don't perform this for six people. I perform it for one to three people. I did
perform it using four people once, and it went just fine. If it's one person, I allow them a second
card choice, performing the routine twice and strengthening the effect. If it's for a group, I'll
select three people from the group. I give the option of changing their mind to the first spectator.
If they do, cool. If they don't, cool. I then will allow one or two others to select a card. I
also don't quickly reveal knowledge of the cards. I ask some random questions and I 'read' the
spectators that selected the cards, correctly guessing the cards.
This is a strong
mentalism effect, but has its limitations. The method taught has drawbacks all its own. Basically,
this is a fine tool if you have a strong performance to go with it.
Good, But Not Great
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