The twist on this version of Triumph is the final reveal, in which the deck is shown to be in new
deck order. In my opinion, this is not a well thought-out addition to the effect, because as soon
as you show the deck in perfect order, you've basically just announced to the spectator that every
shuffle they saw was a false shuffle. Why would you want to do this?
Now, it's possible
that a spectator may assume "false shuffle" anyway, but the illusion of the changing orientation of
the cards is an extra layer of confusion. The final reveal weakens the entire effect by confirming
to the spectator that the handling they'd been watching clearly wasn't "real".
You could
just do this effect without this reveal, but there are so many versions and variations of Triumph
out there, you can find plenty that are less technically demanding than this one. This isn't a
knuckle-buster, but clearly not at all suitable for beginners.
Not a good addition
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