Price$40.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedSep 17, 2009
Peter Nardi's iChange Project
Peter Nardi
Alakazam
(Based on 1 review)
From the ingenious mind of Peter Nardi comes a routine that makes the interchange plot cleaner and simpler than any other version previously released.
Four Aces and four kings are shown and the four aces placed into four different pockets about the magicians' person. Each card really is fairly placed into the pocket and nothing is stolen back out.
The four kings are now fanned to display the faces and the backs may also be shown if you wish. Now with no sudden moves, the cards are turned face up again and spread wide to show the four aces!
Now without any false moves, the first card is removed from the first pocket to show it is now a king! Then the second, third and fourth cards are each removed to show that all four kings have changed places with each of the four aces!
The cards are now placed on your spectator's outstretched palm and she is asked to place her other hand on top. Your spectator is now asked to name kings or aces and in this case, we assume she chooses aces. She now lifts her hands apart to discover that the aces have totally vanished and just the four kings remain in her hands!
The magician now reaches back into each pocket, totally empty hands each time and one by one, removes the four aces from the four separate pockets once again!
All cards can be examined and you end totally clean!
As well as the iChange cards, specially printed by the USPCC, you also receive a detailed instructional DVD that takes you through every stage of the handling to the effect.
As well as the interchange routine, the DVD also covers additional ideas, routines and handling tips that use the iChange gimmicks including:
- Peter's signed card version of the interchange routine
- iChange Kickback
- Mark Elsdon's iChange Daley
- And many more in a bonus section where Peter explains many more ideas and routine concepts using these versatile gimmicks
Please note that the gimmicks are currently ONLY available in RED backed Bicycle design. Just add your own regular deck and you are ready to perform.
Reviews
(Top ▲)
This is another Magician fooler from Alakazam Magic. The gaffs are well made, and the sequence of moves for the main effect is fairly natural, and will really mess with you when you watch the trailer.
The effect is a pretty standard four pocket transposition of four aces and four kings. There is a surprising moment that allows for a second effect that caught me off guard, and allows you to end clean. There a few angle issues, however.
That’s the good news. The bad news is the other bonus effects are not so great. For example, the version of Doc Daley’s Last Trick looks really unnatural, and adds a confusing kicker ending. Sure, there are some good ideas in this section, but on the whole, they are pretty rough and unfinished. The bonus effects all look like they were just come up with to find more uses for the gimmicks. In my opinion, this is not always a good approach for creating magic for laypeople or magicians.
The other bad news is that these are one of a kind gimmicks you are paying forty dollars for, and you still have to execute a very angle sensitive sleight in the main routine. I thought it had been established that a gaffed card is meant to eliminate moves to create an effect not possible with normal cards. If I’m going to pay forty dollars for a packet trick, there had better not be a sleight in sight.
Peter Nardi is an ok teacher, but not a great one on this project. I’ve seen him do better, so I guess I was expecting better, and my expectations were too high.
All in all, I wish I could have liked this more. With the forty dollar price tag, I really wanted more than one pretty good packet that should only be performed for magicians. For ten dollars less, you can get dozens of DVDs each that are loaded with several effects that are better suited for real world situations.
Two Stars
The effect is a pretty standard four pocket transposition of four aces and four kings. There is a surprising moment that allows for a second effect that caught me off guard, and allows you to end clean. There a few angle issues, however.
That’s the good news. The bad news is the other bonus effects are not so great. For example, the version of Doc Daley’s Last Trick looks really unnatural, and adds a confusing kicker ending. Sure, there are some good ideas in this section, but on the whole, they are pretty rough and unfinished. The bonus effects all look like they were just come up with to find more uses for the gimmicks. In my opinion, this is not always a good approach for creating magic for laypeople or magicians.
The other bad news is that these are one of a kind gimmicks you are paying forty dollars for, and you still have to execute a very angle sensitive sleight in the main routine. I thought it had been established that a gaffed card is meant to eliminate moves to create an effect not possible with normal cards. If I’m going to pay forty dollars for a packet trick, there had better not be a sleight in sight.
Peter Nardi is an ok teacher, but not a great one on this project. I’ve seen him do better, so I guess I was expecting better, and my expectations were too high.
All in all, I wish I could have liked this more. With the forty dollar price tag, I really wanted more than one pretty good packet that should only be performed for magicians. For ten dollars less, you can get dozens of DVDs each that are loaded with several effects that are better suited for real world situations.
Two Stars