Magic Tricks

You would think that if someone had the capability to put together an instructional DVD for their trick that they would do it until they came up with a PERFECT, error free copy for distribution, right?! Well, they almost never do and it is really disturbing. Because unlike a written set of instructions you have to skip all around, using trial and error and gobs of time, trying to find what you are looking for: IF it even exists!! This DVD falls into that group. My trick came with 7 gimmicked cards. It was not until the very end of the DVD that it was casually mentioned that 2 of the cards were extra, just in case. Only 5 are to be used performing the trick!! Gads! Also, you need to supply 5 additional cards in order to do this illusion!! For $20, why couldn't they do that for us? Even though the process is useful it is not a new discovery as I have seen it used before. My trouble with this illusion was that there are two steps involved that were glossed over that I felt needed a more detailed explanation. The first was fanning the cards. Eric could do it very well, BUT, if you cannot do it well the entire illusion is blown. He just assumed we could all do that. Second, a card has to be moved from the bottom to the top of your stack of cards at one point to cap off the final illusion. As far as I was concerned, how to do this properly was not explained well at all. Another funny thing. A modified illusion using the gimmick was presented at the very end of the DVD. For some reason they opted NOT to show you how to do it, but instead mentioned that you could figure it out for yourself if you felt so inclined!! With proper editing and a more concise DVD with more attention given to the details this could have been a 5 star illusion.