Price$22.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJun 10, 2003
Mastermind
(Based on 2 reviews)
$24.80
Just imagine...A normal pack of cards is displayed and a spectator freely chooses any card, looks at it and replaces it in the deck. The spectator then calls out any number between 1 and 52 and the magician deals down to that position in the deck to find the spectator's card.
Or...The magician displays a normal pack of red-backed cards. He then sets one blue-backed card on the table, sight unseen, which is his prediction. The pack is spread on the table face down and a spectator simply slides any of the cards out of the spread. When the prediction is turned over along with the spectator's selection, they match exactly.
Comes complete with the specially-printed plastic coated pack of cards that make these self-working effects possible
Reviews
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The previous reviewer took away half a star because he said you could only do the effects included. There are many other ways to use this deck. Read a description of a trick called "Sharky". The same effect is possible with the Matermind deck. They are not the same method. This deck allows many imaginative uses if you just stop and play with it and think.
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This deck can be shown almost as cleanly as handing it out would accomplish. A clean, wide spread show that every card in the deck is different (they really are). They are then turned facedown and honestly riffle shuffled. ANY card can be chosen, and proves to match your ONE prediction laying on the table the entire time.
The only reason I held back 1/2 of a star is that this deck, though it has many purposes, can only be used once for each group of people, without them getting suspicious. However, the manufacturer released 3 different versions, and just recently released 2 MORE versions. I think that some folks may feel that the cleanliness that this deck can be shown & used will be minimized by it's ability to only do the tricks it was created for.
I really think it is the cleanest answer to the OPEN PREDICTION plot, as well as ACAAN routines.
The only reason I held back 1/2 of a star is that this deck, though it has many purposes, can only be used once for each group of people, without them getting suspicious. However, the manufacturer released 3 different versions, and just recently released 2 MORE versions. I think that some folks may feel that the cleanliness that this deck can be shown & used will be minimized by it's ability to only do the tricks it was created for.
I really think it is the cleanest answer to the OPEN PREDICTION plot, as well as ACAAN routines.