I think only about five to six tricks are really good, but that's personal preference and it does
not need to be more than that for me to give 5 stars in this case, because those 5 are VERY strong.
Personally, I don't like tricks that involve pad-locks, manilla envelopes and I also don't
understand Jay's enthusiasm about predicting the date on a coin all the time, which he does on
different products of his. Also "Mona Lisa" which everybody seems to like I don't, because there is
a 1 in 4 chance of this happening anyway, and that's not strong enough. Especially for a trick that
takes so much preperation for the performer. And is also nothing special to watch. (the spec. moves
around the 4 pieces of the ML - computer-printout - and no matter how many times he does that when
they are unfolded they will basically all be where they belong. It would be more fun with the real
Mona Lisa.)
Ok, let's say 6 tricks are not only good but kick-xxxx and 6 times 5 bucks is
30, there you go.
Projection: Jay and a spectator have on deck of card each and turn over
a card behind their backs. The cards match. No ex-change of the deck, magician always acts first
(shows the card first etc.). Fantastic.
Lottery: right. Already explained in a different
review, absoulely mind-boggeling. Especially since the spec can change the order of the cards and
still the prediction turns out to be right. Best trick? I agree.
Perfect timing: forgot
the name of the trick: behind his back the spectator will mark any one out of 3600 possible minutes
the face of a watch made of paper. Boris predicted this beforehand. Will need quite a bit of
preparation, though.
Speechless: A prediction is written on a playing card and placed
face-down on the table before the spectator names "any object". Sounds trivial but is like "dropping
an anvil on a child's head on a hot day". (Sorry about that, but Boris says so. And he's right.)
Impulse Control: Loved this one, and it's so easy to do. On top of the deck Boris puts a
card of another deck (different color) which has a question mark on it. He claims that he will
control the spectators choice. The spectator selects a card from the deck and it turns out, as Boris
turns over the ?-card, it is that very card.
Unconscious knowledge: Jay's version of the
stop trick. Spectator thinks of a card and names a number between 1 and 52, it's his card.
Distant relations: Spec writes whatever name on a piece of paper. Jay puts it in a paper-clip
and burns it without opening the folded piece of paper. He writes the name on a second piece of
paper. That's because he's mental.
Facsimile is also strong, he guesses what's written on
your business-card and makes a drawing of it, though it's more fun when there is someting special
printed on it, and that might not occur all the time.
So, 5 very strong effects, three
strong ones and just a very funny Jay Sankey. Also, everything is very well explained. I also think
this one is a lot better than 22 blows to the head which I found average.
