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I think Mark Elsdon is my long lost British doppelganger. We're both over-weight magic nerds who love the Rubik's Cube. So I thought it only fitting that I must own his Rubik Prediction. Most of the products I review are sent to me for free from either the creator or through a third party. This one, however, I paid for with my own hard-earned cash, and it was worth every penny.

First of all, thank you Mr. Elsdon for such a great price and high value package. The $32 dollar and fifty cent package comes with a thorough instructional DVD, a set of super high quality Rubik's cards that will last forever, a prediction photo and the envelope to hold it.

Seriously, when you see the quality of the props, you'll feel guilty for only paying $32.50. The effect itself is killer. Plus Elsdon gives a couple of excellent alternate handling/performance ideas that are very smart and powerful.

There is only one photo prediction. There's no switch. The spectator genuinely shuffles a stack of Rubik photos and freely chooses (yes freely) a card. Other cards above and below the free selection are shown to be completely different. Yet the spectator's card matches the prediction in the envelope.

It's that good, and it went right into my repertoire. I've performed it over a dozen times now, never strolling, only in a set performance. It absolutely rocks, and it even fools magicians . . . not a requirement but definitely a fun bonus.

Finally, the DVD menu navigation is simple. Just be careful because it's full of ads for other products, and for a minute, I got stuck in that menu and couldn't find the main menu to get into the trick. Finally, one point to be aware of: the presentation has the potential to be very boring and dry, and frankly, Elsdon's was a bit on the long-winded-dry side. Regardless, put your own personality in it and you'll be able to spice it up enough and shorten it enough.

Because the props are a little unique and interesting, they require some explanation as to what they are, so that (if not done properly) can slow things down. Other than that, this is Solid!

Final Verdict:
4.5 Stars with a Stone Status of Absolute and total GEM!

2 Comments

  • Zach says:

    I do find showing all 16 to be different quite long and boring for the spectators because after the first 4 or 5 I feel pressure to speed up but I don’t want to rob them of the chance to see that they are all different, Catch 22. I use it after some other Rubik’s tricks as an excuse to show them how I practice. I’ve also started using a cube as well as the photo. So as I’m going through the cards I pick one at random and then match one side of the cube to its pattern using the Rubik’s Nightmare method. KILLS, such a unique show of skill. Then I carry on with the photo reveal. I’ll be reviewing this against Rubik Rmemembered on my channel soon.

    • Jeff Stone says:

      @Zach – Thanks for the post. I do a similar thing in my close up show. I do a full cube solve (about 35 seconds). Then I move into Rubik Predicted. I show a couple cards one at a time, then I spread through them in kind of a fanning action and just show a little bit of each card . . . enough to show that they’re all different. Also, the show at the end where you show a card or two that they did not select goes a long way to prove how free their choice is.

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