Much like John Scarne's Card Trick book from years ago, Giobbi has developed an entire book of
effects that require no sleight of hand. He also takes it a step further by putting this into
sections of openers, mid-routines, and closers so you can put together your own routine if you'd
like. So how are the effects? Up and down.
Some are pretty good. "The Card Sharp's Triumph"
is one that takes a few minutes to learn but makes people think you have way more ability than you
actually do as long as you build it up right. There are also a couple of poker routines and one
routine that involves choosing a movie star from a list of 150 of them, counting down cards, and
finding your chosen card matches the one held by the star in a photo that's been sitting in a sealed
envelope the whole time. Unfortunately, making a decent photocopy of the picture or the list is next
to impossible thanks to the way it's laid out in the book, so you can plan to do a little bit of
doctoring on another photograph later if you have the skills (or know someone with a baby you can
photograph).
Will you use every routine in this book? No. But they are all explained in
detail with great illustrations so it's easy to follow along. Even if you don't use the routine as
written you can probably find a few things to change here and there to make it your own.
I've been doing card work for a while, and I still found a few things in this book that I loved
and added to my repetoire immediately.
Another great collection of
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