A brief review of the promo video : I agree with Jay's take on "beginners magic." I was searching for a simplified version of a billet in a lemon and stumbled upon just what I wanted in the most remedial book imaginable.

I missed the dvd in the cool box so I'll wait and pay the full price. I have a copy edit; the dictionary lists several correct spellings, but the magazine I read is named "Genii." Maybe the video editor got too close to the magic lantern? If you've never seen it order a back issue from Penguin. It's been around for 75 years and is all about the love of magic. The entire library is available online for subscribers and every magician I've ever known refers to it constantly.

Very easy to perform with many impromtu effects that leave people dumbstruck. Some tricks involve just borrowing any paper or pen and tearing the paper into three pieces. As simple as that... and it leaves people dumbstruck. many of this tricks are used in my routine due to the ease and little preparation of some of the tricks. When used with the electric touch sold on penguin (which I also highly recommend), you will get screams from your spectators.

The simplicity of these effects are what gives this effects their magic.

A great value! You get 14 tricks and 2 bonus tricks for a total of 16 tricks and most of them are top notch. "Penny Ante" uses 10 borrowed pennies placed date side down and you predict the year of the penny selected by a participant. "Stop Sign" is where you go through business cards and when you are told to stop, only that card has on the bottom "Stop Me Here."
"10,000 Words" is a new way to perform a mental book effect using 3 selected cards and a dice by the participant to go to a page and word in a book and you know the word.... JUST FANASTIC! "Invisible Coins" actually uses invisible coins and your participant chooses the coin and if it is heads or tails up, and you pull out your slip of paper from an envelope with the correct prediction. These are just a couple of the mental miracles that Jay performs. If you want to get into mentalism... then I would suggest you BUY!

This DVD is really pretty good, even though it is mostly for beginners. "Stop Sign", "Penny Ante", and "Heartbeat" are some of my favorites. If you combine this DVD with 22 Blows to the Head, your specs will begin to cower in the corner and suck their thumbs after a few of these Psychic tricks...

most of these effects are very, VERY basic; sure anyone can do them, but many laymen also know them already. If you are a 12-year old performing for your friends you'll astound them with all of the tricks in the dvd; if you have an adult audience, you'll want to select your effects carefully, or will want to add layers to disguise the original method. However, there's a lot of value here in the recommendations Sankey gives about the handling and the psychology behind the tricks; that is valuable material even if you already know the tricks.

In any case, the dvd is worth more than its cost for just ONE of the tricks - which is not exactly a trick by a utility device, Omnilope. Omnilope is a fantastic device you'll use in a huge variety of situations. And, yes, Omnilope is also published sold separately for $25, while here it is one of the TWELVE effects included in this $20 dvd. You do the math...

Sankey is known for producing some really weird and cool stuff. He goes into pretty good detail when explaining the material which is a bonus. I found for myself that there were only a few things that I actually used from this DVD, but I guess that is to be expected. We all have our own preferences. This DVD is better for beginners as apposed to more experience magicians so keep that in mind before buying.

I have been into magic for awhile, but only recently have I started getting into mentalism. I am happy I bought this DVD. Its is filled with stuff that's perfect for the beginning mentalist. Add to Cart

This is a nice DVD, not the best Jay has made, but certainly up there. I give it a four, because the only reason I wanted it is in the Demo Video, it shows him running through a phone booth. I thought you would learn it, but you don't.

This is a pretty good DVD. Jay Sankey introduces the beginner to the world of mentalism. Don't let the fact that these effects are easy fool you. They may be easy, but they are strong effects. Some of my favorites are Stop Sign, Psychic's Choice, Penny Ante, The Yogi's Secret, Uprising and Spirit Writing. I recommend this if you are a beginner.

This is a pretty good DVD. Like the last review said if you combine this with "22 Blows", you'll be set. There are some good effects on this DVD. My favorites are Psychic's Choice, Uprising, Yogi's Secret, Spirit Writing and Stop Sign. If you are starting out in mentalism, pick up this DVD. You won't be disappointed!