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DEAL OR NOT DEAL Red (Gimmick and Online Instructions) by Mickael Chatelain


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A perfect close-up routine! An effect with multiple twists and turns!

DEAL OR NO DEAL will surprise your audience every time!

Effect:

Take a deck of cards from your pocket and take the cards from the case.

You now propose a little game to your spectator!

Explain that you have a prediction card in your pocket and that this prediction will match the card you will choose from the deck on the table!

You are so sure of this that you offer your spectator the banknote if you are wrong! Interesting, isn't it?

The spectator immediately accepts this DEAL because he has nothing to lose!

Take the deck in hand and deal the cards face down on the table one by one face down...

Invite your spectator to say STOP whenever he likes, no force! At STOP, take the banknote, and place it on the freely selected card.

Everything is CLEAN and therefore no manipulation is possible!

Will your spectator win the money? Will your prediction be correct?

Then take the prediction card out of your pocket and show it to everyone.

Let's say it's the 10 of hearts.

Slowly take the card that is under the banknote... turn it over...

It's also the 10 of hearts! That's the first effect!

Your spectators are wondering if have several predictions in your pocket...

Reassure them by explaining that you were so sure that the spectator would on the 10 of hearts, that you had marked it on the back of the banknote!

Then invite your spectator to return the banknote himself... Written on it in black marker is the 10 of hearts! That's the 2nd effect!

This time your spectators wonder if your deck is made up of only of 10's of hearts. That's the only possible explanation!

Look at them and tell them that indeed, the deck is indeed composed of identical cards... but they are all blank!

IMPOSSIBLE you say!

Take the whole deck and show each card one by one... BLANK... BLANK... BLANK AND MORE BLANKS...

The whole deck is composed of NOTHING BUT BLANK cards!

Only one card is printed, the 10 OF HEARTS! The card chosen by your spectator! This is the 3rd effect!

THE DEAL has been incredible for your spectator and yet...

You now proudly take back you banknote because you had everything right from the beginning!

Remember the strong points:

  • Only one prediction card!
  • The prediction is different every time!
  • No manipulation!
  • The ticket is ORDINARY! Nothing to hide!
  • Use any banknote AND any currency!
  • Reset in 5 seconds!
You can hand them the blank cards, they are simply blank cards!

The gimmick takes care of everything for you 100%.

Delivered complete: deck, gimmick and video instructions in English/French

DEAL OR NO DEAL created by Mickael Chatelain.

Distributed by GiMickMagic and Murphy's Magic Supplies.

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DEAL or NOT DEAL by Mickael Chatelain Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 13th, 2020
I was intrigued by this trick because it looks so clean.I had some questions about the video.

Mickael Chatelein is a French magician and I speak French so I contacted him to know more about the video used for the promotion of this trick. Mr Chatelein is not a friend of mine and I do not know him apart from the web .

I had access to the explanation of this trick and I can say that it is very clever .
I will not expose the method obviously but try to help to make a better decision as I did.
It will not stop speculation for sure but only clarify some questions arising from the add and the video.

Mr Chatelain shows 2 variations to present the routine . You can pick the variation that suits you considering some very easy audience management involved in the process.
The blank deck is normal and the deck in fact could have been a normal deck .The blank deck is used for the kicker and very justified in the context of the trick.
The money bill is also normal.You do not have to use the bill prediction as a kicker if you think it is overdoing.

In fact you get a clever gimmick which is a well known principle in magic applied diabolically to get the result you see in the video.
There is NO best case scenario involved whatsoever.

The video is not cut and I confirm that it is not a video montage.The spectator could really have said stop further down. There is some audience management involved though to get the prediction right.But so easy to manage.You can not miss the target.
This is not a force in the classic way but a prediction you will match every time .
You can change the prediction card if you want for the next performance if you do table magic .You must change the prediction card obviously unseen.Very quick reset .

So I bought it right away and I will use this one for sure.
Hope it helps some of you to make a better decision about this trick.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 3rd, 2020
I was hesitant on buying this because I didn’t want any math to have to deal with or anything difficult. I’m glad I bought this. It is a wonderful effect and super easy!.

I hope people will review more effect ! It helps support magic and it’s creators
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 25th, 2020
really good and hard hitting....as stated in another review his english is hard to understand - you likely will have to watch it couple times.....it would be a five star but you have to provide your own card...not a big deal but for the price i shouldnt have to search my stash or ruin another deck
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I took a leap of faith and hallelujah! Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 22nd, 2020
Most of the time these gaffed tricks end up in the bottom drawer, but not today.

First is the gaff worth $40. The secret alone is worth that. It really is. That is really what I paid for gaff or not. The gaff is well made and its not something the average person is going to be able to fabricate from the contents of the utility drawer or even after a visit the the craft store.

Its a professional gaff and its well made. I consider myself well stocked in the arts and crafts department, and I am not entirely sure I could make one. And if I can its only because I invested a lot more than the price of the gaff for the stock I have that may work.

I am thinking there was some custom sourcing done to construct it. So yes the gaff is worth $40.

I'll order another copy verses attempting to make one myself, but I don't think that is necessary. This thing will last the remainder of my lifetime.

Is it what you see is what you get, or was some frame cutting done on the camera angles to make it look as good as it does on the promotional video.

It is exactly as shown. There is a minor extremely minor angle issue, but nothing anyone will notice if performed properly.

Are the instructions easy to follow and are there any complex or hidden moves. The instructions are not hard to follow, but can be a little tedious since English is not Mickael Chatelain's first language, and he apologizes in advance, and at times changes course to compensate for something misstated. All in all he is very informative and provides multiple methods of performing the illusion.

I Really did not have any use for another blank deck routine in my arsenal. And my Alpha Deck, darn!

I am going to have fun with this!


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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 5th, 2020
I received this a few days ago -well worth the price! It is a genuine fooler, it is not difficult, it allows you to perform, the gimmicks are well made, and the structure is well thought out.

I used it on an online talk show this morning to promote a virtual show I'm doing Saturday - and it left the talk show host speechless.

It's that good.

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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 3rd, 2020
Great trick. After performing it a few times, I've adjusted two things.

The double prediction makes little sense. If I predict with a card, why do I make a second, identical prediction with the bill? And yet the card prediction is necessary, because it provides time misdirection. (I.e., it would make no sense to mark the selection with the bill and then immediately remove the portion of the deck above the bill. "What is that all about?")

So I put the prediction card in my pocket and produce it only after the card has been selected. It's a weak prediction. ("How many cards did he have in that pocket?") Perhaps sensing audience dissatisfaction, I show the prediction on the bill. That prediction has real punch, a punch somehow enhanced by the previous lame one. Two predictions now make sense. It's a sort of "magician in trouble" reveal.

As someone else mentioned, there is a slight angle problem. It may be slight, but it was noticed the first time I performed it. (We were all seated at a table and the participating spectator took her time before calling stop. Both of these things enhance the problem.) Now, if all are seated, as I'm moving the bill and cards to the side, I rotate them about 90 decrees and, still touching only the bill, I raise the near end of it slightly so that the deck bevels slightly toward the spectators. This does away with 95% of the angle problem, and it looks natural enough -- it's natural that if you handle bill and cards in this fashion, the cards are not going to arrive on the table all squared up.
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angles, misleading trailer Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 25th, 2023
This is not a good trick. Here is why: The effect is nothing more than a prediction of a card. There are absolutely endless ways to make this happen (an extremely simple version great for laymen would be some form of Gemini twins). So this trick takes a very common effect with many sure-fire ways to do it that are even cleaner, and adds a somewhat convoluted method to make it happen. Now -- here's the kicker. In the demo, the gimmick is not even used! There is one ending which is completely clean and the gimmick doesn't even come into play. That is the ending included in the demo! On top of that, there are some angle issues (there's a reason why it's oddly filmed from the top). The problem can be obviated with some audience management in terms of where spectator says stop. But otherwise, if spectators are seated, rather than standing above the cards, you will have an issue.
The reason this trick caused excitement (even promoted with the tagline-- "can you figure it out") is that, as noted above, what is demonstrated is the best case scenario which does not even use the gimmick. So, obviously you can't figure out the gimmick if the gimmick isn't used. If you end up buying the trick, it's not a total waste of money as the gimmick you receive is very will made and can have lots of different uses with some creativity (though it's a bit expensive for what you get). Bottom line, terrible method for a common effect that can be done so many better ways, and very misleading trailer. M. Chatelain has some terrific effects but this is not one of them.
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Great trainer for the s#+& f@#$& Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 13th, 2023
The worst case scenario is people waiting a long time to stop. Most of the time though it seems that if I draw out the presentation until the moment I tell them to say stop they are more impatient and likely to stop sooner than later. Basically I get a desire in them to stop sooner than later but I need to be sure that I've put enough cards down for my method to work. If they wait too long, it creates a possible angle problem when lifting up the upper portion, as well as a discrepancy that maybe visible but can be easily taken care of with time misdirection. A little time is direction and they forget how many cards are where. Especially if you were talking the entire time you were dealing the cards down. So it's not perfect but if you get it down right you won't need the Gimmicks at all...
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KILLER EFFECT Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 21st, 2022
It's simply a 3 phase "wammer" effect. The audience doesn't see this one coming and is blown away. I've shown this so many times and the responses are GREAT! It's simple and easy to do! You look like a pro and it will take you literally 10 min to learn it. A winner hands down. No sleight of hand needed.
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It's worth the money Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on February 16th, 2022
This effect is amazing performing it live. The outcome will always work! The trailer is 100% accurate with what you see! And you can decide what card you want revealed every time you perform it! It absolutely blows everyone away. And you can literally hand blank cards out to be examined! Never have I had the gimmick noticed. If you want a powerful EASY TO DO no sleight of hand card effect (with a little money wager to entice the spectator) if you 'fail' this is it. The cards do the work for you.
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