Here's my review:

Method: Great! I am an advanced beginner I guess you could call it. The only part I found difficult was the f!@#$ s%^&&*(.

Teaching: Oz does a great job teaching this effect.

Ease of Perfromance: With the misderection that Oz gives you, it's almost impossible to screw up if you practice.


FAQ:

Q: Does it get good reactions?
A: Yup.

Q: Any gimmicks?
A: No, but there is a set up.

Q: How long does set up take?
A: The set up takes about a minute. I actually have a seperate deck of cards for this so I don't need to set up.

Q: Is it the best triumph?
A: If it is performed right.


Final Score: 7/10

brucelee2

Really? What about a colour triumph? Or one where they shuffle the cards face-up into face-down themselves?

It's an opinion thing.

What kind of magician would rather end in new deck order, strongly hinting at the method, than change the colour of the deck? It's not an opinion thing, it's a matter of not knowing about other variants.

Exactly.

I don't have the instructional video but I can tell from the demo that it's an intermediate/advanced trick. Not for beginners. Just a warning for people new to card sleights thinking about buying the download.

I certainly wouldn't call it the "best triumph" -- in fact the triumph aspect of the trick is sort of lame, but the kicker is great.

What other Triumph effects do you own?And where did you learn them?

-YNWA

What other triumphs do you know or know of?

What exactly is the definition of a triumph?

Spectator freely selects a card, it's returned to the deck. Then half of the deck of inverted (so it's face up) and shuffled into the other face-down pack. Now the deck is a mess with face up and face down cards all jumbled up. The magician "makes a magic moment" and voila, suddenly all of the cards are face-up except for one single card which is face down... that card is flipped over, and it is the selected card.

There are a ton of variations on the theme, with the backs of the deck changing color, something written on the back of the spectator's selection, the deck returning to factory-order, etc.

oh, in that case, i really like renegade. i use it all the time. i just didn't know that was a triumph

Personally I don't like the new deck kicker, as it hints at the method. I do like the colour-changing deck kicker found in 'colour triumphs'. I think the 'best triumph if performed well' would be one in which the spectator shuffles the cards. This is possible with a bit of thought and preparation.

I used to do a version like that with a stripper deck, but I dropped it from my repertoire because (a) it takes enormous spectator control and I couldn't figure out a decent "out" if the spectator ruins the effect, and (b) it uses a stripper deck, which is kind of cheesy for various reasons.

I posted a "spectator shuffles the cards" version of triump that is done with pure sleights recently, you can see it here --> http://www.penguinmagic.com/discuss/vie ... highlight= (I'm not the guy in the video.)

There's a gaffed version of this trick which could allow you to let the spectator shuffle the cards, I forgot what name it goes by, but it's pretty poor overall because the deck is pretty much useless of anything other than that one effect. And it's not a good enough effect to warrant ringing-in a gaff deck for.

Not worth a deck switch?

I think if you do a few card effects beforehand that involves the spec. shuffling and looking at the deck, then do a deck switch and do this for a finale is a good idea. I really like the concept of new deck order triumph, and it's the most convicing b/c it's an in-the-hands riffle shuffle where they can clearly see them interlacing, whereas the other triumphs just hint to you that they are being interlaced. Think about that.