The video demo for the trick is honest. It shows you how the trick looks like from beginning to end.
The method is clever.
This trick, unfortunately, is not as strong as the real invisible
deck (as you can see from the demo). But it is still very powerful. After the spectator names the
thought-of-card, you spread out the cards and their card is reversed. Just like the original
invisible deck, there are no funny moves.
One can change the handling of this effect to
make it look like the original invisible deck. But at the cost of the trick not working 100%. Though
one can get very close to 100%.
It does use sleight-of-hand. I suggest to learn the
turnover pass, it eliminates one extra move. I am a big believer in the concept that "simplicity is
powerful", the less moves, the more powerful the effect. Unbound does look better with the turnover
pass, but it is not necessary.
You do not need to do a perfect faro, however, it does make
the handling much smoother if you learn how to do a perfect faro.
The best part about this
trick is that it truly is impromptu and can be done with a borrowed deck of cards.
I
prefer Unbound to "Singularity by Alvo Stockman". Singularity is a stronger impromptu invisible deck
effect, however, it has angle problems, and cannot be done for large groups. Also Singularity is
pretty sloppy in how you spread the cards (though it does look natural). Visually Unbound looks
better than Singularity.
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You could mess up without months practice this is not instant you cant just buy this then just
magically be able to perform it is very easy once you get it done practicing its worth it
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I dislike using gimmick cards so I'm glad I bought this 2hours-DVD! It not just includes all you
need to pull out what is shown at the demonstration, it also include other variations, half cooked
ideas that you can potentially develop and a kick-a** opener routine by Allan Ackerman! The Faro
shuffle is an important sleight you need learn and it is also well explained in here. I'm sure you
won't be disappointed! Thanks Darryl.
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