Magic Tricks

I think this deck has a lot of potential. You can do so much with the Lego deck theme, and it can be much more personal than using playing cards for mentalism routines. I do have some criticisms of the deck, the biggest is which is the marking system, which is actually much clearer in my experience to spectators than others have said. I have tried to limit the amount of time spectators look at the deck and am mindful of not making it clear that I am glancing at it, but two different times I have used it, the spectator figured out the markings. Also, I was disappointed in Craig Petty's tutorial, which felt rushed at times and, in my opinion, over-relied on the use of it as a Svengali deck. He also used the phrase "You can see that all the cards are different" many times, which only invites the question of whether that is, in fact, the case. I also felt like Craig could have reflected on how the predictions of which card was chosen could be based more on personal or psychological characteristics of the spectator (much like Spidey did in the tutorial for the A.B.See deck). I would have also liked to see more live performances in the tutorial versus using the camera person to mimic a spectator. Overall, I think this is closer to a 3.5 rating but there certainly is a lot of potential here.