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On Apr 12, 2024, psychod wrote:
I performed this for members of my local SAM group the other night and I thought of a couple of things that may be helpful (or not!!). Anyway, when I introduced the effect, I explained that we would get down to one value and one suit but if at any time, there were none of one of them left, they were to put all of the pieces from that 'drop' into the cup and shake it up again (As I was playing with this, I thought that this might be a logical question for someone to ask so I wanted to address it, even though it was not something that could realistically happen). The second thing I did was to 'break' the card in half and given half to two different people and explain that we would have a race to see who could break their pieces up first and get them in the cup (I did this to remove the slight possibility that someone might notice something fishy if they were especially observant). I had a lot of fun performing this and really could focus on having a lot of fun as I did not have to worry about anything not working the way it should. I'm guessing that Plainsight will wind up getting a few more orders from my group! Just wanted to share a couple of ideas.

Dave


How do you like to do your reveal after you've gone through the card selection process?
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I generally have a prediction card in an envelope that I had to a spectator before I introduce the effect. I just tell them to hold on to it and we'll get to it later.

Dave
Just adding my 3 cents worth because anybody can add their 2 cents worth...
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Jeff showed this to me & my wife, as I was deliberating another purchase. My wife loved it that much she bought it straight away. She’s not even a magician but she fooled everyone with it in the Spanish bar then later in the Ruskin. She’s performed it that much she now needs a refill
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Like others here, I have performed this on family members (separately) to great effect. They loved it and were mystified. I place the prediction card in a separate sealed envelope before beginning the procedure.
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Just finished posting about what an making method Angelo Carbone came up with for his Out of Order effect, then I see this topic about one of Jeff Prace’s latest releases.

Another incredibly ingenious method here as well. I have even performed this and I’m honestly still not entirely sure how it works myself. Again, same thing as with Angelo’s Out of Order effect. It works but I don’t really know how!

I’ve been using it in conjunction with Craig Petty’s Quantum Deck.

Jeff did an amazing job with this and I predict he will sell these for as long as he feels like producing them. I would love to see these eventually produced with every card in the deck and you are able to select your particular force card.

Everyone should have this. Fantastic job Jeff!!!
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Add me to the list of happy customers! It is superb!

Many thanks,

Alfie
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On Apr 16, 2024, R3000 wrote:
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On Apr 15, 2024, Gary Fisher wrote:
I absolute love this, as a magician I can see how it works.
Anyway I have just ordered 150 more with Jeff 5 sets of 30 that’s how good this is.
It will fool any layman on the planet, but as I have used the principle with coins and a Tenyo picture trick I knew what to expect.
The way Jeff has achieved this though is genius.
I also bought out of order years ago from Angelo at a lecture and that’s also genius but I can certainly see how it works but a layman and obviously many magicians don’t even know once they have bought it.
It must make the reset hard for you guys.
Jeff and Angelo great creators full stop…


Hi Gary, where and when did you order these sets?


You can try emailing Jeff... I purchased directly from him that way, even though it said sold out on the website.
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Pre-order is up.
I wish international shipping to Canada was more reasonable. I can’t imagine these are bulky so probably defaulting without reference to size/weight.
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I guess you’re right, it’s the first one or two that are relatively expensive, which is what I looked at; adding more after that is the same price to ship.
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Hello Jeff
The Card generator is AWESOME. Great workmanship of the cards and the secret is wonderfully hidden. Simply great. Is recommended to everyone. This is a trick that you can always have with you and perform at any time. It would be nice if there were different card values, because that would make the card generator for table hopping even richer in illusions. I will definitely order replacement cards as soon as they become available again.
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On Mar 31, 2024, Michael Misko wrote:
I'm so thrilled with this. I've already put it into my bar set. I'm able to get the whole bar involved. It's an EASY EDC, and you don't even have to have a deck of cards. A written prediction will work great, too. I've already ordered a second set of cards because I know this will get use. Well done.


How exactly are you presenting this to your bar audience? What’s the premise, and what’s the overall effect?
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I'm frankly amazed at the fantastic reactions I get from this. I mean, it's a good trick and I like it alot. But still you never know, some things are amazing to you, but get lukewarm reactions. And some are like, this will never fool most people and it blows them away.
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This looks great, however is there a chance they will see 2 of the force card near the end and 2 of the forced suit before both are eliminated from the real ones?
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On Apr 26, 2024, Haribopeep wrote:
This looks great, however is there a chance they will see 2 of the force card near the end and 2 of the forced suit before both are eliminated from the real ones?


No, there are not two of the force card and two of the suits. Only one of each. So, it would be impossible to see this.
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Nope. The only options for the force card and suit will be the ones that remain. There are no duplicates
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I picked this up at Blackpool and it's my favourite trick at the moment, absolutely love it. I've been getting amazing reactions by introducing a deck of cards, performing a cross cut force. Then using one of these and asking what card they cut to. I think it works so well because it's all done by them.
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I picked this up at Blackpool and it's my favourite trick at the moment, absolutely love it. I've been getting amazing reactions by introducing a deck of cards, performing a cross cut force. Then using one of these and asking what card they cut to. I think it works so well because it's all done by them.


Nice idea!
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On Apr 26, 2024, mmbob wrote:
I picked this up at Blackpool and it's my favourite trick at the moment, absolutely love it. I've been getting amazing reactions by introducing a deck of cards, performing a cross cut force. Then using one of these and asking what card they cut to. I think it works so well because it's all done by them.


Do you have them do the ripping and tossing, or do you do it? When do you reveal the forced card?
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On Apr 26, 2024, mmbob wrote:
I picked this up at Blackpool and it's my favourite trick at the moment, absolutely love it. I've been getting amazing reactions by introducing a deck of cards, performing a cross cut force. Then using one of these and asking what card they cut to. I think it works so well because it's all done by them.


Do you have them do the ripping and tossing, or do you do it? When do you reveal the forced card?


Yep, I let them do everything. Works really well and everyone seems to find the process really intriguing because it’s a bit unusual and something they haven’t seen before. I also say the random card generator is a real thing that is used by casinos/card games and is said to be the fairest way to generate a playing card.

I really like the hands off approach, it’s self working and you can just focus on presentation.
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I think this is a fantastic effect and a great idea using the casino patter.
Just do not see the point in doing a card force with the deck as well.
Surely it’s stronger to have it written on the back of a business card that’s been in full view from the start.
Why are you forcing a card when the gimmick has already done that for you?