Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Long Live By Taylor Swift

My understanding of the word 'Genius' must be slightly off. I've always associated that word with positive things. Well a 10 minute instructional video for an effect with a transparent method for $35.00 is not exactly my idea of Genius. And oh the irony of this phrase: It doesn't take a genius to figure out the method. I'll do my best not to expose anything here, but let me give you the basic idea.

Spectator picks a card. You see what it is. Then you show a video on your phone that shows an animated video file of a stick figure (ala Card Toon) pulling the selected card out of a hat. Remember, the magician saw the card, then showed the video. If you were a spectator, what would your guess be? Hmmm . . . navigate to the correct video? That would be my guess. But I don't want to spoil anything.

You are shown 2 'effects' plus a 'bonus' effect. Each performance was not a performance. It was the magician having a spectator pick a card; then the magician proceeded to tell us, the viewers, how he would . . . ahem . . . show the video. Same thing with version two which requires a Center T*** or a P**k. His method . . . go read a book or learn it from somewhere else. He doesn't even do us the service of performing it beyond having a spectator write something on a piece of paper. Finally, the Andrew Girard method that was the 'bonus' effect. This version, at least, allows you to perform the effect without seeming to have prior knowledge of the card by using a Marked Deck. Again, however, the revealing of the card is just too obviously the very method that a spectator would suspect.

Finally, the DVD has some 'Final Thoughts' where we are 'treated' to very generic advice about making the trick into a story. It was very much surface advice with basically no meaning, and it certainly wasn't what we were shown during the 'performances' shown on the video . . . oh by the way, did I mention that it's not a DVD . . . it's a Windows Media File. While the authors seems like a nice guy, and is maybe even a good magician, this product is no reflection of that. Save your money folks. If you want the 52 video files needed to make any card picked be able to displayed for a prediction on your phone, then go for it. My opinion, however, is that there are much better things to spend your money on than this.

Final Verdict:
1 star with a Stone Status of Rubble