I definitely like this better than the original, though it is more limited. Watching the video demos
you think any card could be named and you are able to produce it, but that is not true. You can
produce a small number of cards if chosen, but if they are not chosen you have to do a little bit of
spectator management. Magick gives you some great handling for it and it's not something most
spectators would ever notice (though magicians definitely would). In the end, they will feel like
they just named a card and you pulled it out of a blank deck even though that's not exactly what
happened...but the end result is all that matters.
Can it be repeated? Not really. Magick
again gives you some great advice on how to be able to work a party where several spectators name
totally unrelated cards over the period of the night so if they talk later they find nothing in
common to what they selected. It's really great, but it does take a moment of reset between
presentations.
These are minor shortcomings and definitely easy to smooth out with a
little practice. You will have to be solid with your patter on this one so don't rush performance
until you know what you are saying. Take a few minutes to work with this (and the one move you'll
have to do) and you'll have a miracle.
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First of, I wanted to say that penguin customer service is 5/5. I had an "issue" is you can call it
that regarding cards I received. They were a different suit than they talk about in the video.
However, the customer service said that two suits are common to be picked, which clarified the
confusion. I would have chosen the suit that they talk about in the video, had I known, but
nonetheless, still good. Second off, colossal 2.0 includes the original blizzard with oz pearlman.
While it's the same effect, it's totally different presentation and instruction. 2.0 Truly goes
beyond, with the card selection and tips to take this trick further. It gave me ideas that I had not
thought about earlier. It's truly a steal for 24.95 with free shipping and cards and theoretically
2 tricks. And yes, everything is examinable at the end, granted there is one move they might not
show you on the trailer, but the magician does a good job teaching it and covering the basics.
Highly recommend, one of my new favorites.
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I wish I’d spent a little more time thinking about how to perform this trick before spending this
much money on it. You can buy what’s needed for a lot less and come up with your own handling.
Suggest you spend your money elsewhere.
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I liked the Dean Dill version but never did it because I didn't want to deal with the deck switch.
Along came Colossal Blizzard 1.0, let's call it, and I thought it was a significant improvement. No
deck switch. But the cards were not examinable. Then I saw Magick Balay demo his version, which adds
a superb ending to the prior version and leaves the spectators with a blank deck they can examine as
much as they like. Also, Magick is a great teacher. Very clear, and his presentation is superb. I
can't say enough good things about this. Except, maybe, that it will completely fry your audience
big time, and it's surprisingly easy to do. FIVE STARS.
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This is a really cool and fun trick to do. Works just like it is in the demo.
You are
limited in a way, but like he explains after you buy it, he gives you awesome tips that you can use
as additives to change it up, which I thought was cool.
Now, I have a tendency to attract
___ holes. I constantly get those jerks who wait till the very last minute to say "stop" when you
are asking them to pick a card during a riffle or, as relevant to this trick, they want to whine "No
I wanted to use this, not eliminate it" or they want to touch the cards.
Like the top
reviewer said, this requires MAJOR audience management. So if you are doing this for those annoying
people, or drunks, dont bother - they will screw this up for you.
That being said I HIGHLY
recommend you use a table and felt set up where you can control the cards so if some drunk jerk
decides to want to look at stuff after you told him 10 times not too, you can easily stop him "Nope,
dont turn it over yet, Im not done.
So I did this a few times now, and only one guy was
blown away. The others couldnt figure it out, but they were jerks because you cant let them touch
them and all they did was whine, so they kind of ruined the whole fun.
Trick is awesome and
the extra tips really allow you to change it up. Definitely get it if you usually have cool
audiences. If you tend to have audiences like mine, dont bother.
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I got this at the Penguin Expo in Newark, after Magick fooled me with this at Tannen's. It really is
so easy, and so powerful! Buy this NOW!
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the effect itself is amazing,it is very easy to do,basic slight of hand,super practical and there is
no gimmick(you are getting the blanks) it is really perfect, might be the best purchase that i made
so for,some people are complaining that you are getting the diamond cards but in the DVD he says
you'r are supposed to get the hearts is makes no difference because those cards are completely
normal.good job magick balay i love your work keep it up!
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Hello. ! Yes I purchased Blizzard 2.0 in mid September , it's a great trick . I performed this
trick about 16 times all ready ,and it get's the reaction, positively, and explosively from the
people's wondering, ( what happened) ? I say the learning video is well done an clear. The price is
not bad whit a full deck of cards, that comes whit the order . The only point to say is I would
personnely add ( a regular box for the cards ) as they come in a plastic sandwich bag !! Not
very estetic to carry around . A box would be appreciate by buyers . Just my opinion . Glad I have
it ,I am having a BLAST OF TIME. GO. PENGUIN GO. ( Not a Hockey slogan ! ) go go go .
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very clever too bad Magick never went into the Teaching Profession because he explains everything
very well!
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I really liked this one a lot, but personally from a guy who owns every blank deck effect ever made,
I like White Bikes the best. It is so much stronger because they see the cards first and then they
are gone. They are just floored. And its not perfectly clean like this one at the end but it's clean
enough to hand a few cards out so It's pretty awesome. This one is great though for its simplicity
to do, its easy to learn, its concept will be one you can use in other tricks and it plays big by
itself. I only gave it 4 stars because of the reason above and because if you buy it I have
something to ad that will help you. Duh, Think Aces. Ad the Aces to your pack. That's all I can say
without giving anything away. Buy this, you will enjoy it.
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