Magic Tricks

I debated giving this a three because I won’t ever use it, but knocking off two stars seemed like too much for a preference issue. While it is certainly nice to have a full index for any card/number named, the consequence of making this possible outweighs its benefits, for me. This consequence is that you cannot get the blister with one squeeze like you can with the gimmicks that require a force. Unless you get lucky and the selected elements are close together on the gimmick’s grid, you have to do two separate presses to create the blister. This winds up creating one blister that is more “healed” and one that is more clear. Getting your fingers into the correct placement is also a bit cumbersome for a gimmick that is meant to be manipulated in the open. All together, I just really do not like the handling necessitated by this method. I have some extremely fair forces that I can draw from for use with the more limited gimmicks that live in your pocket. No one questions a hand in your pocket these days anyway, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Blistering by James Anthony is my preferred gimmick for this effect cause it lives permanently on my keychain.

All that being said, even thought I won’t be using this gimmick, I absolutely WILL be using the presentation idea that Caleb uses with a cell phone. It’s quite lovely and prevents me from having to carry yet another thing around (a lighter) to preform the blister effect. Since quitting smoking, I don’t really want to carry a lighter around all the time cause that tempts a bad habit that was difficult to kick. So for the presentation idea, I am happy with this purchase even thought I won’t ever use the gimmick.