Magic Tricks

I love Dani and I normally love his tricks. He's clever, and a genius at hiding simple things in plain sight. I also love the way he explains not only the trick but the psychology behind them.

But I don't love this one, and I think the psychology behind it is very lacking. You might love it, and that's cool. But this my my review. You can write your own. :)

For me, there are two very weak spots, which I'll mention at a high level so I don't give away anything. If you know, you know.

First, the way you get the card's value. This would never work on me because of the way I go through a deck when I look for a card. Again, not giving anything away, but it's not an uncommon way for someone to hold cards. I just don't see there's a high enough percentage that this would work to ever give it a try.

But even if it did, there's the bigger problem.

The way you learn the suit is just absurd. Maybe my audiences are just more jaded (or not drunk enough) but if I said, "I know your card is red," a pretty common answer I'd get is, "Do you?" (That's not giving anything away - it's clearly asked in the trailer) And... then what? There's not an out unless you just press them, at which point the trick becomes obvious.

And suppose they do say Yes/No. Great! Unfortunately, the follow-up is so obviously a fishing line I couldn't bring myself to try it. I've seen anvils fall on cartoon characters' heads with more subtlety. And even if you did want to try it, remember, you're not asking a question. You're stating nonsense. The audience member has no reason to confirm anything because they weren't asked to. Dani might be able to get away with it, but it's too hokey for me.

I'm bumping the trick up a star because I really liked Dani's set-up version, with the si stebbins. It's very clever, and useful for other many other situations. That was worth the price of admission. But for the trick as presented in the trailer? I'll pass.