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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on February 3rd, 2014
This is a great effect. It's simple to perform and hits really hard. It's versatile enough for strolling or stage and everything in between and can be done seated or standing. It's best performed with a jacket, but it's not impossible without. On to the bad, the teaching is quick paced and the explanation is intended for an experienced audience. This doesn't mean a beginner can't learn from this, it just means it will be harder and you'll be stuck to the pause/rewind button. It also requires you to know two sleights already: the Elmsley Count and the Ascanio Spread. Both are easy to learn and can be found everywhere from books to YouTube, but I did find that to be a bit of an oversight. A third, sleight is taught but very quickly and you're expected to pick out the nuances for yourself. This is also not extremely difficult, but it bears mentioning. For an experienced magician, this is a killer effect on the cheap. All in all, I would still recommend this given the price point, but I would have also paid more for a more thorough explanation.

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