This is the most covert and DIABOLICAL gimmick I have ever seen in over 45 years. The teaching is
superb, the effects created are miracles. One of the finest principle's ever used with cards. a must
buy!
6 of 6 magicians found this helpful.
The gimmick can easily be made at home. He states the thickness but I don’t see how that aids in the
effects at all. It also has two sides that have to be hidden if performing close up overhand
shuffling but only one method requires it to be hidden. In all honestly this works really well and
looks totally fair. You can easily do a real overhand shuffle and keep a stack of up tonthirteen
cards imperfect order and place that stack anywhere you want easily. This won’t keep an entire deck
in order but a small stack, yes. Mark is a great teacher and explains everything clearly. This
should be fine for beginners who do tricks with small stacks. Shuffling then finding the aces would
be good for them. Not too impressed with the gimmick but the possibilities are endless so I am not
disappointed. It is way overpriced though.
4 of 4 magicians found this helpful.
I'm still practicing with this wonderful utility and my hands have not yet memorized enough to
perform. Therefore I will comment on the instructional vid only. Mark's instructions and
demonstrations are through, straightforward and filmed clearly. One of the most useful tutorials
I've watched since the start of home video. I'm going out on a limb here but, along the lines of the
Anti-Sales Pitch, Mark seemingly shares some results of his own jazz genius which the SSSytem
affords. I like how that sense of improv is conveyed.
5 of 7 magicians found this helpful.
Simple, but clever gimmick. When I first got it, I thought "Meh!". But what intrigued me was the
casual, devil-may-care, throw the cards all over the place, have the spectator shuffle into chaos
that appealed to me.
Pros:
1. I was able to improve an existing routine I was
doing with a stacked deck. While I performed it well as is, I felt I needed a way to eliminate any
suspicion I was using sleights. This kicked up the trick a notch for me.
2. Mark's
tutorial, was, uh, a bit offbeat, but really laid out the potential of the gimmick (Nice shout out
to Nick Locapo, btw!) and got my creative juices going.
Cons:
1. Price, but maybe
not. Several reviews have indicated that the price is too high. True, if you only price the
product. IMO, not high enough if you calculate the IP (intellectual property) that Mark provides.
To me, it was a bargain.
3 of 3 magicians found this helpful.
Mark Calabrese is a serious thinker about the work he releases. He battle-tested this for years and
completely schooled a room of serious workers. The ad copy is 100% accurate. Spend time working on
your presentation: Calabrese has done all the heavy lifting for you regarding method.
6 of 10 magicians found this helpful.
I *love* this! Fits my style perfectly. When I got it and first opened it, I dropped the gimmick and
spent way longer than I thought I would trying to find it - that's how inconspicuous it is. Super
simple, super direct, Super Shuffle System!
5 of 8 magicians found this helpful.
I think relative to other products of this caliber, the price is too high. In fact, this could have
been a download.
1 of 1 magicians found this helpful.
I’m another in a long line of full time pros that Mark totally nailed with this. Great tool, easy
to use, practical...worth the money if you want to do miracles. Period.
1 of 1 magicians found this helpful.
Great card trick still learning the hand moves.
Great card trick still learning the hand moves.