Magic Tricks

I am a fan of 3 disk monte. I love being able to do disk monte at outdoor venues because you do not have to worry about the wind blowing the disks around like it would standard playing cards, and the disks make a definite "thunk" sound as they hit the mat which is great for drawing attention to your act. When I saw whiteboard monte, I pulled the trigger and purchased the set. The quality of the disks are great. You receive 3 disks that are 3" across the standard size of most disk monte sets. They are made of whiteboard material on both sides. They are encircled by a rubber o-ring. This rubber ring really helps in gripping the disks. My only concern with this is a spectator seeing the black rubber moving across the surface of the botoom disk during the hype, thus tipping the method as a white bordered card would during the hype using regular cards. You also receive a whiteboard marker to use with the disks. This marker is a European brand, and I could not find a source for it here in the US. On the instructional download Smetsers says this marker was chosen because it does not lave much ink residue behind after wiping it off the whiteboard. I found that the marker only left a faint, thin impression on the disk. The routine shown on the instructional download is, to me, merely a demonstration of what the product can do. My routine is based on Jon Armstrong's monte routine using 3 blank cards, which is why I purchased the set.