Magic Tricks

This is a really fun trick that you can slide into any routine that has an ESP, Psychic, or Borrow-My-Magic-Powers plot. The instruction is fantastic, the plot is great, the script is well-written and well-taught (including multiple branching possibilities), and it's on Bicycle stock.

There are only two sleights required, so it's great for beginners. One sleight is so easy that someone who can't even shuffle a deck of cards could learn to do it right in front of a watchful spectator's face and they will almost never catch on. The other sleight is has so many options that a famous book has been written just for instances of this sleight--but the option taught in the instructional video is incredibly easy, because it happens out-of-view from the spectator, with no misdirection needed.

However, you should know that you need to bring your own stuff to make the whole trick work. First, you must bring your own regulation matching-back deck. This is fairly easy since the deck you receive uses red Bicycle rider back cards. Second, you also need to bring your own pair of Post-It notes (or thick cardstock, or anything else you can write on without bleed-through) plus writing utensil, as the package does not include the target/arrow paper shown in the trailer.

It's also worth noting that the plot weakens if you ever repeat the same trick for the same person, even a week apart. You can avoid this by bringing your own additional gaff cards. Without giving away how the trick works, let's just say that the Post-It shown in the trailer can be kept and reused; you never need to write other card predictions down. (Unless, of course, you bring your own gaff cards). The gaff cards you'd need to customize it are not hard to find. Magicians are likely to have some lying around from another trick, a gaff deck, the penny arcade, etc. Even if you don't already have one, you can buy a deck full of them for cheap, or even a single one, right here on Penguin Magic.