When you said you were 1st introduced to the trick by a pitch man at the county fair, I had to laugh, because that’s exactly how I was introduced to card magic almost 60 years ago! I was so taken by the illusion and the smooth presentation by this pitchman that I wasn’t going to leave without my mom coughing up the couple bucks he was selling it for!!! I was totally convinced that this deck could do any and all things magical for real and though it didn’t exactly do it all, it was still an awesome gag and I still use it today!!!
So I’ll say this…to anyone who doesn’t have this one in your arsenal…add it now!!! Even though it doesn’t do everything an 8 year old might believe it can, used properly, it’s still quite amazing and you’ll definitely have fun with it!!!
Cheers…