> Australian Chaos by Dani Daortiz (Borrowed Deck Project Chapter 5)

"Australian Chaos": Memorable Magic You Will Love Report this review
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What a great trick. Dani built an experience with this one.

First off, let's get to the meat of it. The primary reveal? Excellent. It's clean, it's direct, it hits the mark. But then, just when you think you've seen the whole show, Dani delivers an unbelievable kicker ending that'll leave your audience staring, slack-jawed and silent, trying to figure out how the hell that just happened. They won't see it coming, even for a moment.

Even better, Dani teaches you two versions in this course. You got your longer cut, the director's edition, with more involvement from your spectators – they're shuffling, they're dealing, they're basically digging their own delightful, impossible hole out of which you'll spring your wondrous closing.

Then there's the more direct, punchy version, which asks for a little bit of memorization on your part.

Both are deceptively easy to do. That's the beauty of it. But for my money, I'll lean on that first, longer version. Why? Because the more your audience feels like they're doing the trick, the more their hands are on the cards, the more truly miraculous the whole thing seems when the impossible happens. And like I said, this will really seem like a miracle.

And for all the purists out there, the sweet cream in your coffee: this is not only a trick with a borrowed deck, but is ALSO an impromptu effect with zero gimmicks, nothing you could call sleight of hand, and no quirky business with fishing for information or trusting the audience will reply exactly as you need them to. This is rock solid. You take a deck that's been in their pocket all night, they mash it up, and you still pull off something truly baffling.

If you're looking for something that hits hard, leaves a lasting impression, and makes folks wonder if you've got some kind of pact with the unseen forces of the universe, this is it. It's magic that lingers.

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