> Thetalia by Ian Rowland

Just a great "trick" that is really fun to perform Report this review
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I was very skeptical when I saw this because I knew basically what he was doing. But I wanted to see what I was missing. Well I am so glad I did. When he says ANYONE can do this, he is wrong. If you don't have a personality or creativity and a sense of confidence, you won't be able to do this, at least you won't do it well. The moves are simple, if you call them moves. But what makes this is YOU. If you can think on the fly and have personality, YOU can do this. I played around with it for about a half hour and just like he says, and It's fun to just do it for yourself. So after another half hour, without any expectations, I tried it out on someone who I try new effects out on and don't worry if I screw up. Basically a training partner, but one who is not into magic but knows the basics. Even though he knew what I was doing, he was impressed. He said it is one of his favorite things I have done!!!! Unreal. You practice a pass for years or a color change and people say "cool", you do something like this which is so organic, something I thought he'd say, "that's ok, but no big deal" and he is just the opposite....he's blown away! I then tried it on somebody else...and again, this is with about an hour of doing it for by my self and one performance and again, sheer amazement. I can see Magicians who like an effect to be set in stone, the exact outcome that they want and know to occur every time, to not like this. I can also see people saying that it's not a big deal. To you I say spend an hour playing around with your cards and then go perform it for someone you trust who you feel comfortable performing for and you may be surprised how THEY see the "trick".

I LOVE this and with an hour of practice to get the reactions I got and the results....I can't wait until I have done this for weeks and months. In fact, this is a wonderful way to just start your practice sessions out. Just run thru it once for yourself before you start practicing your other card tricks.

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