Whew… what a month. We Bought It! Well we’ve got some big news this month. As you may remember, we reviewed Brad Gordon’s manuscript, Clever Eight, in the February 2008 issue of the newsletter. Then last month, it became available for sale. Back in February when the review was done, …
Effect: Magician approaches a table full of onlookers, hands an envelope with a prediction inside to one of the persons involved. A few tricks are performed. Then the magician asks the spectator who is holding the envelope to open it and reveal what is inside. A card is found, say …
Introduction: You gotta love a borrowed shuffled deck effect where most of it happens in the spectator’s hands. The beauty of this one is that many people will read the effect, and assume that the trick is too simple to have an impact on the audience, and they will skip …