Price$32.50
Media TypeTrick
CategoryMentalism
Date AddedMar 11, 2010
Rubik Predicted
Mark Elsdon
Alakazam Magic, UK
(Based on 2 reviews)
This new effect from Rubik's Cube expert Mark Elsdon allows you to tap into the fun, mystery and impossibility of solving the Cube - without even needing to carry one! A spectator freely chooses a random mixed-up Cube design and without any sleights, gaffs or 'outs' the performer reveals a photo that predicts the design exactly!
Comes complete with Rubik's Cube: Expert Practice Cards and the photo prediction.
Everything is examinable.
Only one photo used.
No sleights or moves required whatsoever.
No memory work.
"It's a brilliant prediction trick, it's visual and colourful, dead easy to do, spectator proof and nastily deceptive. I love it, so will you and your audiences. Ten out of ten to Mark Elsdon for devising this elegant gem."
- Ian Rowland.
If you already perform Rubik Remembered then Rubik Predicted is the idea companion effect to perform either before or directly after!
If you do not already own Rubik Rememebred - then take advantage of the bundle deal when ordering and get both!
Reviews
(Top ▲)
What can I say?! Alakazam and Eldson deliver a wonderful piece of magic. Elsdon is a master creator and this trick proves it. If I could only use a string of adjective to describe this trick, it would be: brilliant, fooling, intelligent, baffling and worth-every-penny!
With this trick you get a DVD, a prediction photo, a prediction envelope and a set of cards. In Rubik Predicted, you show a stack of random card all printed with images of one side of a Rubik's cube. You go through the cards and show that they are different and have different permutations of a mixed-up cube. The spectator then either cuts or shuffles the cards and one is selected.
Then, in a moment of splendor, the prediction card is poured out of the envelope and it matches the card that the spectator randomly selected. Because everyone sort of knows that there are billions of combinations for a Rubik's cube (a whole one), this trick is even more impressive.
The DVD instruction by Elsdon is clear and good and includes a live performance. He suggest various handlings and the entire DVD is a bit more than 30 minutes.
This trick is easy to learn and easy to perform. The reset can take a split second and the quality of the included cards is top-notch.
I have no reservations about recommending this excellent trick.
With this trick you get a DVD, a prediction photo, a prediction envelope and a set of cards. In Rubik Predicted, you show a stack of random card all printed with images of one side of a Rubik's cube. You go through the cards and show that they are different and have different permutations of a mixed-up cube. The spectator then either cuts or shuffles the cards and one is selected.
Then, in a moment of splendor, the prediction card is poured out of the envelope and it matches the card that the spectator randomly selected. Because everyone sort of knows that there are billions of combinations for a Rubik's cube (a whole one), this trick is even more impressive.
The DVD instruction by Elsdon is clear and good and includes a live performance. He suggest various handlings and the entire DVD is a bit more than 30 minutes.
This trick is easy to learn and easy to perform. The reset can take a split second and the quality of the included cards is top-notch.
I have no reservations about recommending this excellent trick.
(Top ▲)
First of all, thank you Mr. Elsdon for such a great price and high value package. The $32 dollar and fifty cent package comes with a thorough instructional DVD, a set of super high quality Rubik's cards that will last forever, a prediction photo and the envelope to hold it.
Seriously, when you see the quality of the props, you'll feel guilty for only paying $32.50. The effect itself is killer. Plus Elsdon gives a couple of excellent alternate handling/performance ideas that are very smart and powerful.
There is only one photo prediction. There's no switch. The spectator genuinely shuffles a stack of Rubik photos and freely chooses (yes freely) a card. Other cards above and below the free selection are shown to be completely different. Yet the spectator's card matches the prediction in the envelope.
It's that good, and it went right into my repertoire. I've performed it over a dozen times now, never strolling, only in a set performance. It absolutely rocks, and it even fools magicians . . . not a requirement but definitely a fun bonus.
Finally, the DVD menu navigation is simple. Just be careful because it's full of ads for other products, and for a minute, I got stuck in that menu and couldn't find the main menu to get into the trick. Finally, one point to be aware of: the presentation has the potential to be very boring and dry, and frankly, Elsdon's was a bit on the long-winded-dry side. Regardless, put your own personality in it and you'll be able to spice it up enough and shorten it enough.
Because the props are a little unique and interesting, they require some explanation as to what they are, so that (if not done properly) can slow things down. Other than that, this is Solid!
4.5 Stars with a Stone Rating of Absolute and total GEM!