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.
Finally a review!! Thank you!!
Watching the trailer, this reminds me of a Ray Kosby effect Deep Thought. Ray's DVD is awesome, but not easy. Is Unbound a knuckle buster?
@barmstr4 I am not familiar with "Deep Thought" so I cannot comment. Unbound should not be very difficult for somebody who is does card-sleights on a regular basis. I finally got it down smoothly in two days, but I been working with cards for many years. As I said, I strongly suggest if you learn how to do the pass, it only makes the effect seem even stronger (but not necessary).
The real power of Unbound is that it is more of a utility move that opens up a whole door of possibilities to do new tricks. Over the last two weeks I came up with new tricks. I wish there was a place for magicians to discuss their own applications.
I think I improved on Darryl's wonderful idea and created an "invisible triumph" routine. Where cards are shuffled face-up and face-down, and all restore themselves except for what the spectator is thinking. It is very smooth and clean. I know it is hard to believe this. But I think this "invisible triumph" variation actually looks even better than the gimmick invisible deck. I hope to someday discuss it with Darryl and see what he says on it.
Another utility move is that you can perform the smoothest triumph trick. Imagine asking a spectator to take out his own deck of cards. You never touch the cards. Ask him to shuffle them, choose a card without showing you, return it back to the deck, and shuffle the cards again. All of this is done outside your hands, i.e. the spectator chooses and returns the card with a shuffle in his own hands! Then you take the cards, do a bunch of sloppy rifle shuffles, and then finish it off with the classic triumph effect using Unbound method.
@grothendieck hey! Glad to hear you're exploring all the possibilities with unbound! I'd love to talk more about the effect and what you're working on. I have a few new ideas as well I'd love to share! Shoot me an email! Darryljosedavis@gmail.com
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