Magic Tricks

When I saw the trailer video for the ad for this, I smacked myself in the head. Just from the trailer, I saw a brilliant touch that Docc had added to this effect.

I like the idea, it is so simple, but in over 40 years of working with this plot, I never thought of it, and I never read of anyone else doing it; so I purchased it. I had noticed that one touch, there were bound to be more. Docc is brilliant at finding these little things that make all the difference.

What do you know, I was right. The effect has been routine to near perfection, the plot makes sense, it is nearly self working, so you can concentrate on presenting it. The handling eliminates their thinking of multiple cards and identifying a potential telltale in the method, poof, all gone. There are no questions asked, which was the one part of the previous incarnations of the plot (even John Mendoza’s, which I had been using since 1978) that I dreaded doing. And Docc even improved the ending by allowing for different types of reveals.

In short, this is a streamlined, no questions asked, and interesting version of a classic, with all weaknesses removed, made interesting and relevant, and far from boring and drawn out. This is the cleanest version I’ve ever come across.