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Https://ellusionist.com/products/my-opener

As this is a prediction effect, you need to buy the opposite color to the deck you intend to use in performance.
If you use a red bicycle rider back deck, buy the BLUE gimmick.
If you use a blue bicycle rider back deck, buy the RED gimmick.

IT'S REPEATABLE

The ingenious method allows for you to perform this effect multiple times in a row - and have a different outcome each time. They see the box empty, they see you put one prediction card in - but time after time you can have it match their selection. A worker's dream.

FREE & LOOSE

Be free with your performance and let your audience call stop whenever they like. It's not a one-way force, which means you can show all the cards are different before and after the performance. The deck can even be inspected.

ALL IN ONE

Everything fits into one deck box, including the deck you're about to perform with. So you don't need to carry 5 pockets full of gaffs. It's just one deck box - and that deck could be used for your other effects too.

BECOME THE LEGEND

J.P. Vallarino is a legend within magic. His book release last year was one of the most popular ever. Everyone raves about this guy's creations & taste when it comes to magic. Now YOU can perform his opener.
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Although this probably doesn't have much to do with this new effect by J.P. Vallrino, I would still like to say that for me J. P.Vallarino is also a legend in card magic, a card poet when it comes to card handling.
His card handling is incredible.
I have never seen a magician who can handle cards as beautifully as J.P. Vallarino.
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On May 8, 2024, dj wrote:
Although this probably doesn't have much to do with this new effect by J.P. Vallrino, I would still like to say that for me J. P.Vallarino is also a legend in card magic, a card poet when it comes to card handling.
His card handling is incredible.
I have never seen a magician who can handle cards as beautifully as J.P. Vallarino.


I think there's always time and space to pay respect to someone, especially when it's in such a kind and loving way.
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You could just show a regular deck & Force a card from the red deck & the blue back prediction card is in the envelope !
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You could just show a regular deck & Force a card from the red deck & the blue back prediction card is in the envelope !


Guess the advantage with this is the immediate repeatability?
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Doesn’t look natural the way he takes the card from the pack he’s covering the opposite corner, miss index ??Forcing a picture card?
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Doesn’t look natural the way he takes the card from the pack he’s covering the opposite corner, miss index ??Forcing a picture card?


100% agree the prediction card is misindexed and it’s obvious on the display and picture card force.
There is nothing original about this at all.
Where is magic going it’s so obvious the regurgitation of everything I have seen before.
Quite embarrassing really and yes JP is a legend but while spoil that legacy??
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Repeat It again with a different Force card ! I don't understand tricks like this when you can accomplish the same effect with a force card ! That's how I have done
it for the last 25 years .
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On May 8, 2024, cardbiker wrote:
Doesn’t look natural the way he takes the card from the pack he’s covering the opposite corner, miss index ??Forcing a picture card?


100% agree the prediction card is misindexed and it’s obvious on the display and picture card force.
There is nothing original about this at all.
Where is magic going it’s so obvious the regurgitation of everything I have seen before.
Quite embarrassing really and yes JP is a legend but while spoil that legacy??


Trailer says "normal deck" and "100% free choice"
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The deck is normal, it’s the prediction card that’s gimmicked. And as far as it saying “100% Free Choice” in the trailer, I think the wording is such that it can mean that the participant has a 100% free choice over a bank of cards, but not a free choice from 100% of the deck! I think it’s their way of saying there’s no equivoque used - but like others have pointed out, from the trailer, it looks like only court cards end up being the prediction, so I’d be super impressed if the participant had a 100% free choice of 100% of all cards!!
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Pffffff… I hate it when they word the ad so they are technically right but it underdelivers. Luckily the best creators don’t do that anymore. They don’t need to, because if you sell a quality product it will sell itself. And for a long-term relationship with your customers it’s also crucial to create trust. I’ve reached the point where I boycot tricks that use this tactic.
Please check regularly if you are becoming the type of magician Jerry Seinfeld jokes about. (This applies to mentalists as well.)
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Doesn't it also say "new method"? I don't understand how they're able to make that claim
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I agree. It’s such a shame when they try to make more of it than it is. There’s no need. The only effect it had is make us suspicious. “Hmm… that’s not true. Are they lying about the other stuff as well?”
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Yeah,even if there's more to the method than just mis-indexed cards it's not a "100% New Method" as claimed. I guess "7% new method" or whatever didn't sound as good
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Please check regularly if you are becoming the type of magician Jerry Seinfeld jokes about. (This applies to mentalists as well.)