I couldn't disagree more with the previous post. I have learned a lot from this DVD. I'm a huge fan of Mr. Maven, I have read a lot of his work and know his Videomind series. Although I think that Videomind is just a tad better, this DVD is full of baffling, interesting and contrasting effects. I really enjoy Max's way of performing and his explanations are superb. A little warning: The effect you see in the trailer, the one with the brick and the feather is NOT explained on the DVD. And it's not over two dozen routines. This number includes the so called "tour de force", which is more or less one effect in slight variations. This Tour de Force - along with the mentioned Verbal Control pamphlet - is the perfect guide to master Equivoque. Max is very well-read and also tells you a lot of things about this technique.
The effects are all really good and keep the limited world of mentalism interesting and I think I'm gonna perform all of them at some point. So that's a two thumbs up from me! Greetings from Germany, I'm a huge fan!

Max Maven is one of the best thinkers in modern mentalism. All of the routines are well constructed and very strong. His notes on the subtleties of using magician's choice and multiple outs are very good and helpful. The problem is, some of the routines are very similar to each other, and so were largely unnecessary to be included. Eugene Burger provides a wonderful "foil" for Max. Overall, this is a useful work, but all of the really good information could probably have been covered in a much shorter, and less expensive, DVD.

This DVD goes into exceptional depth on magician’s choice and multiple outcomes. Some have said that there are too many similar routines and that that weakened the DVD. I disagree. Magician’s choice and multiple outcomes are the life’s blood of mentalism and this DVD is the master course. Many times people have a difficult time extrapolating the information they have learned into new areas allowing them to create their own routines. This DVD shatters that by demonstrating precisely how a given principle can be used in so many “different” ways. I have already used these principles at home. I put the name of the restaurant that each member of the family wants to have dinner at on different pieces of paper and then, through a “random selection process” we go where I want. ;) Had I learned a single routine, I would have had a harder time seeing the potential for other options.

Pretty good DVD that covers the whole topic of multiple choice maybe too much actually! The DVD is about 3 hours long and some of the content seems to be filling. Personally i got 4 good and practical routines out of this DVD, thus is a bit expensive!

I first met Max in the 70's when he was Phil Goldstein and working at Hank Lee's Magic Factory in Boston. He did the greatest close-up work and seemed to know everything in the world about magic, yet he was only 4 years older than me - it seemed like light years! I was right because this DVD shows his brilliance, as previous material has already. I won't say a lot as many reviewers have already given him kudos with this knowledge and presentation of equivocal effects. Max points you in the perfect direction with this material that enables you the power you need to label your own miracles in everyday situations that can make you look like you are a God or from another planet, or close... I think the DVD is worth ten times the price and if you do any mentalism you have to have this... period :)

When I buy a DVD or a book, I sometimes get one or two tricks to integrate into my shows. This DVD opened a new world for me.

The Equivoque is a powerful tool, but more often than not it's done very, very poorly. Max goes in-depth on how to make even a choice of two objects quite engaging for your spectator. He gives many, many examples so you can see how to apply it. I think the key to the Magician's Choice is to think very quickly when your spectator responds so it doesn't seem contrived. Max is also a very funny, witty, and such a cad!

I think every magician should own this DVD!

great dvd worth 10x the money, the big let down is that he doesnt not reveal the out if eugene berger would of selected the other bag (with the brick), so if you are buying this to find out the out for that, you will be upset, for me thou the dvd has tons of value so many good ideas.

If you're getting into mentalism, you have to have this DVD. Max takes equivoque to a whole new level. Max is an odd character, but he definitely knows how to make an off-the-cuff situation flow like a pre-determined method.

I heard a saying when I started getting interested in magic that said, "If you know a hundred ways to force a card, and only one way to reveal it, you have essentially one effect. However, if you know one way to force a card, and a hundred ways to reveal it, then you know essentially a hundred effects." I believe that theory to apply directly to the information in this DVD set. Max gives you new and amazing ways to apply the equivoque that come across as natural, planned, and stunning.

There's no sense in passing this up, as you're going to have to learn this information one way or another if you expect to be good at what you do. You can learn it through personal trial and error over the course of years, or you can learn it in a few hours. I chose the shorter route, and I'm very happy I did.

Great stuff in this video...not only the effects but each one of them is fodder for additional material you can create on your own.

If you are a mentalist and don't have this classic work on multiple outs; you are mentally out of it