Magic Tricks

Quick warning there is adult language and swearing so be warned.

Overall a great lecture by Carisa Hendrix, Eric Tait, and Craig Petty. The tricks and jokes were all a great site to be had, my favorite parts though were the ads, the trophies, and light hearted roasts.

Tricks (Names I came up with since Craig didn't name them):

Queen Prediction
Performance 5/5
Thoughts: A great new way to make a old trick new. Craig added a great touch to this open prediction style trick and teaches it very well. He left out many uses that you can discover on your own but can get this product and make it performance ready at penguin magic.

Mental Triumph
Performance 5/5
Thoughts: A great way to let the spectator shuffle half the deck and mentally pick a playing card and secretly know their selection. It is defiantly a good trick and you can get this deck from Easy Aces at Penguin Magic and perform this trick.

Greatest Card Trick of all time
Performance 3.5/5
Thoughts: The trick is a good take on making use of a invisible card, though I will say the way Craig talked to Dale just seemed in poor taste. Also the way he moves to get the note cards to come out for the final reveal also revealed a bit too much so make sure to practice before performing this because even great magicians can mess up.

In The Hand Card Across
Performance 4/5
Thoughts: The trick and technique to perform this packet trick of making a single card that the spectator thinks of jump from their packet to the magicians is really good. This would be a great phase as a cards across routine or even just on its own as Craig does it parts I find flaw in is the setup for the packets by Craig looked to struggle to get the setup for the performance as well as the fact Craig asked someone to shuffle the entire deck before saying I’m pulling out the court cards. Seemed like a step that added no value

4X4 Transpo
Performance 5/5
Thoughts: Seemed like another trick using the same techniques, adding a count or two. Another great variation as In The Hand Card Across but as a 4x4 packet switch.

Endless Wallets
Performance 2/5
Thoughts: The idea for this trick is a brilliant idea of using power of choice, a trick where audiences pick between two options and slowly choose to create a card while looking as fair as can be. The problem for me is I could not see anyone having 10 separate envelopes to get this down and create a card, as well as consistently showing what could've been chosen. I believe there are more convenient and more pocket-managed ways to get what you need but still a new take from Craig.

Coins & Sharpie
Performance 5/5
Thoughts: Good routine for using three coins and a sharpie, relying on good moves that a lot of coin magicians would already know as well as a tough move to hide sound that is worth this price on its own. My only complaint is the finishing routine looks like the sharpie vanishes and drops a coin from his hand, not as out of nowhere however everything up until that point is a routine that will impress the audience and magicians alike.