what is your favorite effect

easiest and most powerfull----scotch and soda..i use it to sucker people in.. They are skeptical and i use it as an ice breaker and once i perform it on someone they always ask for more. Greatest card effect that i know and bought is deep astonishment.....has a great effective and surprise ending that blows people away.

I'm going to sound really unskilled but my favorite card effect is still 2-Card monte. It's one of the easiest card effects I know but audiences still eat it up. I like YDAID and Torn/Torched and restored effects. As for coins, I like my Raven, or a no-gaff S&S. I like the gaffed too, but the reset time isn't good for some occasions. I rarely do hankerchief and other prop-style magic so nothing for those really. If you are asking for this site alone I would say Scotch and Soda, The Raven, Snowstorm, or Ultimate 3 card Monte.

coin deception is simple and completely examinable

My favorite tricks for coins are probrably Mr. Clean coins Across by Jay Sankey and Found money by him too. My favorite card tricks are probrbly the invisible deck and paperclipped. i also love the melting rubberbands.