> Rapture by Edward Boswell

Brilliant Gimmick & Awesome Effect - BUT!... Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 18th, 2013
Every time I watch the demo of this effect, I think this is hands down one of the coolest effects I've ever seen with cards. Unfortunately, the deck is collecting dust on my shelf because of all its flaws. For starters, when anyone buys a magic trick, the first thing you can't wait to do is unpack it and try it out. So I hate... did I mention HATE? ... any trick where you have to spend the next hour creating your own gimmick after seeking out arts & crafts utensils to do so. Geez, at least give us the option to spend a little more money for the effect with the gimmick included. I would gladly pay more for a working routine. It's like buying a new car and then finding an instruction manual upon receipt on how to build a key so you can drive it! Ok, enough about this gripe.

The more legitimate downside to this trick is in its flaws. It is very angle sensitive, obviously can't be examined before or afterwards, and requires tons of practice to get it right. They say practice makes perfect. Well if this is true and you're willing to put in the time to build the gimmick and perfect the routine, you will admittedly have a incredible gem in your act because I can assure you that there won't be many other magicians out there doing this for all the reasons I already mentioned.

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