Magic Tricks

When I watched the trailer I really thought that I have figured it out …. wrong. I was close but Yvan has made this effect much more simpler that you could imagine. When performing Sortable not only do your spectators have an active role in picking a card (any card not a force), shuffling the cards and actually seeing the cards ‘all messed up, face-up and face-down but they are treated to a visual minor miracle having the deck reassemble all one way with the exception of their chosen or signed card.

Can you do this with a borrowed deck, start clean, not add anything to the deck or have to employ any arts and crafts? Yes, yes, yes and yes. In the tutorial, I really liked the way Yvan did an overview of the effect so you get a basic taste of what actually happens followed by the teaching and detailed explanation of what you need to do. Whether you are a novice or a pro, if you can control a card, that is really the only ‘move’ you will need to know. Once you watch the tutorial a few times you will learn it very quickly. At the end of the video he demonstrates a walk-through along with another Magician performing it (never seen this before) to again show everything that needs to be done. For some reason the background music gets a little loud at times but not to worry, a little distracting but you can still clearly hear all the instructions.

There is some very minor clean-up to do at the end but not needed if you save this for your finale trick and move on. Great for parlor or strolling in any environment as a table or surface is not needed.

I really like this one as many times when performing parlor magic at a private party, I normally include cards and ask the host to supply their deck if available. What a great effect to perform to prove that you are not using a ‘trick’ deck and just look like an expert and accomplished Wizard. This is a good buy!