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For $35 bucks you get a medium quality DVD a high quality flip booklet, two prediction envelopes that are not opaque enough, one prediction card, and a decent effect that has one possibly major flaw.

I'll do my best to explain this without exposing the method. As I mentioned, the envelopes are not opaque enough, so you'll likely want to make or get your own envelopes that are more opaque. Otherwise, part of the method is tipped to the audience. That aside, the biggest issue is the book itself. While it is extremely well produced and a legitimate looking and nice looking prop, there is an iffy moment in the routine.

It's true that they get a free choice of stopping on any page they want. However, once they stop, depending on where they stop, you have to interpret their choice in one way or the other. In some scenarios, the interpretation is fine, but in other scenarios it seems a little bit fishy. Half the time, you'll interpret one way, and half the time, the other.

There's really no way know for sure, and the funny thing is that every time I've performed this for someone, they always stop on the better of the two scenarios. Even though it's a 50/50 shot, I've just gotten lucky a bunch of times. I think, possibly with some scripting and proper wording, you can even make the less favorable outcome work. But doing it the way Mason teaches wouldn't quite be the best way to do it.

The effect is pretty much as clean as the ad copy claims and the product quality overall is solid. It packs flat so it's easy to carry around. Reset is instant. So all in all I think it's a win. You'll need to come up with your own presentation to justify the props and the handling. So if you like the props shown in the demo and you like the effect, then I think you'll be happy with your purchase.

Final Verdict:
3.5 stars with a Stone Status of gem.