This is a heavily-gimmicked deck, but it's gimmicked in ways that are very familiar to anyone who's
ever done any work with cards. Too familiar, perhaps. Hasn't everyone seen those "trick decks"
where they look like one thing if you riffle it this way, but look like something else if you riffle
it the other way? Laymen may not know what to call it, but plenty of them have seen them.
The biggest problem with this deck is that you're showing an effect (deck transformation) that
practically BEGS the spectator to say, "Hey, let me take a look at those cards!", and naturally you
have to refuse, since this deck is obviously unexaminable.
So why show this effect to
anyone?
That's a bit short sighted anonymous. Don Alan killed with his presentation as do I. Sure it is a gimmicked deck but routine it well and put your own presentation around it - not what it says in the enclosed instructions - and it is a layman killer.
You can't reccomend this? Hmmmm it's only one of the top 5 greatest magic decks EVER created!
When you have great presentation with great story telling ....it mystifies!!!!!!
Try it.
Why show this effect to anyone? Because it looks like magic - that's why! And that should be the reason any effect should be done. Yes, the method(s) involved are known to those who have worked with cards. But the methods are secondary - the effect is what matters.
I will never forget the amazement I felt when I first saw a MP deck demonstrated at the Disneyland Magic Shop many years ago. And that's one of the reasons why I still perform the effect today.
You ain't ready to perform in the REAL world yet, stay in your bedroom.
When you work with some gimmicked decks,you want that to remain a secret. In this case, the audience won't ask to see the deck because it's obvious that the deck is gimmicked from the beginning! Put together a good presentation, and your audience will be smiling the entire time. No one could ever take this for a "regular" deck. You are not looking at this deck in the right perspective. You can have a lot of fun with this deck, give it a second look.
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Can't recommend this
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