Magic Tricks

I'm not sure what the other reviewer is talking about. He keeps referring to Joker's Heist as a single "effect" but it's actually a project with seven effects. I'll break down my thoughts on each one.

Joker's Heist Impromptu- This is the reason I bought Joker's Heist. I saw it mentioned that this was an impromptu way of performing Monkey In The Middle by Bill Goldman and I can confirm that this is a superior version of it. No gimmicks or set up are needed at all for this handling. The Joker cards can be fully examinable like in MitM only this time the cards don't touch the deck again. The freely selected card "appears" in between the two Joker's after they are placed in the spectator's hands. This effect alone was worth the price in my opinion.

Joker's Heist Variation #1- This is the main effect as he explains in the tutorial. It does use gimmicks but more than likely they are gimmicks you already have. The weakness of this routine is the the cards are not examinable since gimmicks are used.

Joker's Heist Variation #2- I liked this variation a lot better. It's actually the version that is shown in the second trailer and works just like shown. I think this one is strong with it's only weakness being the two Joker's are not examinable because gimmicks are used.

Joker's Heist Variation #3- I don't really ever see myself using this specific handling. I would much rather use Variation #2.

Joker's Heist Triumph- This takes the Joker's Heist principle taught from the previous three methods and basically allows a spectator to perform a single card reversal of their card behind their back. Not so much the traditional Triumph plot but so the name feels a bit off. But I can definitely see this as workable and used for a different plot.

Joker's Heist Forgery- This effect uses a different gimmick than the other effects taught. A card is selected and then the signature on the card can be wiped off and then magically appear back on. Since it uses a gimmick, I would only use this sparingly since you can't perform this with regular cards.

Joker's Heist Clairvoyance- It reminded me a lot of the in the hands triumph that Asi Wind has only this version uses a gimmick. The difference between this and Asi Wind's effect besides the gimmick is the presentation of using claivoyance through the use of a cell phone to find a card. This effect I wouldn't mind using since a signature isn't needed on the gimmick card.

The production quality and audio quality are all very solid. It's not on the caliber of a Theory11 release or a P3 release but it's not bad either for independent release. The teaching is pretty in depth and goes for over an hour. For about ten dollars you get seven effects which makes each effect taught less than two dollars which isn't too bad.

Overall, I recommend this if you are looking for an impromptu handling of Monkey in the Middle that doesn't utilize gimmicks. The other six effects taught are in my opinion just a nice appetizer to the main course which would be the impromptu handling. Best part is it's half the price of Monkey in the Middle with other effects taught I might save for a rainy day to use.