Price$30.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedMay 12, 2010
Annihilation Deck
Francis, Cameron
Big Blind Media
(Based on 1 review)
ANNIHILATION
The magician shows a deck of cards and states that it contains two predictions. A card is freely chosen (really!) and hidden. Nobody sees the face of the card (magician or spectator). The magician then runs through the deck and removes his two prediction cards, which he says will reveal the value and suit of the selection.
Let's say the two cards are the Five of Spades and the Queen of Diamonds. The selected card is turned face up. It is the Eight of Clubs - no relation to EITHER prediction. The experiment appears to have failed... until the Five and the Queen are turned face down.
One has an Eight drawn on its back and the other has a Club drawn on its back!
- Self working!
- Repeatable with ANY selected card!
- Instant reset!
- No duplicates!
- No forcing!
- No calculations!
- No peeks!
- No memory work!
- No secret marks on the back of the cards!
- No gimmicks!
- No rough & smooth!
PRAISE FOR THE ANNIHILATION DECK
"BRILLIANT!!!! - After watching the demo, I had to get my hands on the e-book to see how it was done!"
- Stephen Tucker
"... this is a great effect that is powerful enough to be a closer... Two thumb tips way up!"
- Jordan Johnson
"Annihilation is great!"
- Steve Haynes
"Highly recommended."
- Scott F. Guinn
DVD ALSO features:
DO AS I PREDICT
RED LITE
TOTAL ANNIHILATION
RED HOT ANNIHILATION
And the incredible Card At Any Number effect CONVERGENCE. The magician proposes an experiment in fate as he introduces two decks of card; one red & one blue. The blue deck is placed in front of a spectator and the magician never touches it again. The red deck is removed from its case and shown to have a different number written on the back of each card. A second spectator then names ANY card (Really!). We'll say it's the Two of Diamonds. This card is removed from the red deck. Another card is randomly selected, and the number on it's back is noted (let's say the number is 29).
The spectator now uncases the blue deck. He counts down 29 cards... The 29th card is the Two of Diamonds!
NO gimmicks or duplicates. Both decks and card cases may be completely examined. There is nothing to find!
NO crib sheets or complex charts
NO extra props. Just two decks and that's it!
NO complicated calculations
NO memorization
NO sleight of hand
NO estimation
The cards from the blue deck are dealt FACE UP
Instant reset
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Yet another winner from Cameron Francis!
This DVD has more than just one use for the deck that is used for the main effect, or at least more than one way of setting it up. You get the DVD and a brand-new, sealed deck of Red Bicycle back playing cards.
The menu is laid out very nicely and is easy to use. The video and audio quality are typical of Big Blind Media - clear, crisp and just fantastic overall. Cameron is joined by Liam Montier and he explains everything very clearly in a way that is easy to understand. Liam does ask a few questions here and there that may help some viewers understand things better if for some reason they have any trouble.
The ad copy is mostly true but not quite 100%. The things I contest are as follows: No secret markings on the back. This is not 100% true but in its defense, it is only on one card and it is more of a helpful 'marker' and has nothing to do with the method, so much so that if you were so inclined, you 'could' leave that one card unmarked so it is really a non-issue. The other point I have an issue with is the instant reset claim. It is not instant reset but it is close. As a matter of fact you can casually reset it right in front of the audience if you like without issue, but it is not instant. The rest of the ad copy is absolutely accurate.
There are three performances of the main effect at the Illusions Magic Bar in Bristol, UK. What follows is Cameron showing you how to set up the deck for the main effect and its variations which include Do As I Predict, Red Lite, Total Annihilation and Red Hot Annihilation, all of which are very clean. Red Hot Annihilation is a nice take on the Red Hot Mamma plot that does lend a nice touch to the prediction aspect of the effect. I am not the type of person that would use gimmicks very much or carry around a deck for a single effect, but this is one I would do it for. Another nice thing about this is that once you prepare the deck you never have to do it again until the ink wears off or the deck is trashed.
The bonus effect is called Convergence and is another take on the CAAN plot. Personally I am an ACAAN and CAAN geek and I rather like this addition to the plot. It is similar to something I came up with a while ago and I really like the way he does this one. This one does use two decks and in my opinion, this one is worth it. Instead of showing you on camera how to set each deck up, there are three charts in the 'Extras' section that show you exactly what you need to do to set up both decks. The one drawback to this as with any other effect or routine like it is the dealing procedure. This is better suited to more formal situations or to those performances where you have more time and maybe even some space. If you can do something during the dealing procedure to make everything more entertaining, all the better.
The ad copy for Convergence says there are 'no complicated calculations.' This is true - there are calculations but they are not complicated if you are familiar with the system in use. If you are not, it is easy to learn and is taught on the DVD anyway. Many magicians may already know it, some will be familiar with it and at the very least, I think the majority will have at least heard of this system at some point or other. Convergence is indeed instantly reset after each performance.
This product is one of the rare occasions that I would recommend carrying around a deck for just one effect. Not every magician will like the effect, but those that do like what they see will get a lot of mileage out of it. I have tried both Convergence and the main effect in casual residency performances already and they were very well received.
For all of the things you are getting on the DVD, $30/USD is a very good price, and you get a brand-new deck of cards on top of it!
Highly recommended!
This DVD has more than just one use for the deck that is used for the main effect, or at least more than one way of setting it up. You get the DVD and a brand-new, sealed deck of Red Bicycle back playing cards.
The menu is laid out very nicely and is easy to use. The video and audio quality are typical of Big Blind Media - clear, crisp and just fantastic overall. Cameron is joined by Liam Montier and he explains everything very clearly in a way that is easy to understand. Liam does ask a few questions here and there that may help some viewers understand things better if for some reason they have any trouble.
The ad copy is mostly true but not quite 100%. The things I contest are as follows: No secret markings on the back. This is not 100% true but in its defense, it is only on one card and it is more of a helpful 'marker' and has nothing to do with the method, so much so that if you were so inclined, you 'could' leave that one card unmarked so it is really a non-issue. The other point I have an issue with is the instant reset claim. It is not instant reset but it is close. As a matter of fact you can casually reset it right in front of the audience if you like without issue, but it is not instant. The rest of the ad copy is absolutely accurate.
There are three performances of the main effect at the Illusions Magic Bar in Bristol, UK. What follows is Cameron showing you how to set up the deck for the main effect and its variations which include Do As I Predict, Red Lite, Total Annihilation and Red Hot Annihilation, all of which are very clean. Red Hot Annihilation is a nice take on the Red Hot Mamma plot that does lend a nice touch to the prediction aspect of the effect. I am not the type of person that would use gimmicks very much or carry around a deck for a single effect, but this is one I would do it for. Another nice thing about this is that once you prepare the deck you never have to do it again until the ink wears off or the deck is trashed.
The bonus effect is called Convergence and is another take on the CAAN plot. Personally I am an ACAAN and CAAN geek and I rather like this addition to the plot. It is similar to something I came up with a while ago and I really like the way he does this one. This one does use two decks and in my opinion, this one is worth it. Instead of showing you on camera how to set each deck up, there are three charts in the 'Extras' section that show you exactly what you need to do to set up both decks. The one drawback to this as with any other effect or routine like it is the dealing procedure. This is better suited to more formal situations or to those performances where you have more time and maybe even some space. If you can do something during the dealing procedure to make everything more entertaining, all the better.
The ad copy for Convergence says there are 'no complicated calculations.' This is true - there are calculations but they are not complicated if you are familiar with the system in use. If you are not, it is easy to learn and is taught on the DVD anyway. Many magicians may already know it, some will be familiar with it and at the very least, I think the majority will have at least heard of this system at some point or other. Convergence is indeed instantly reset after each performance.
This product is one of the rare occasions that I would recommend carrying around a deck for just one effect. Not every magician will like the effect, but those that do like what they see will get a lot of mileage out of it. I have tried both Convergence and the main effect in casual residency performances already and they were very well received.
For all of the things you are getting on the DVD, $30/USD is a very good price, and you get a brand-new deck of cards on top of it!
Highly recommended!