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REVIEWS
‘There is some GREAT material, that is simple but hard hitting. All of them are workers, things that you WILL perform, and the Ebook is nicely presented.
Collared is a great effect! Highly Recommended!- Kyle MacNeill
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‘I’ve been doing card magic for almost 50 years and know good commercial effects when I read them. That’s exactly what these are. They are workers that don’t require knuckle busting sleeight of hand but pack a very powerful punch through subtlety and boldness. Noone would ever say that these are just another bunch of boring card tricks. With a deck of 52 cards and little else you have some very high impact card magic.’ – Steve Suss
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‘You are not buying just an effect,Rus is giving you a method/technique or principe that will allow you to meld it in a new effect or already existing effects.
And bold ? mwah It’s not sneaky and sneaky things will trigger people to watch for something!  Rus, Great work ! You make me think….’ – Bietfriek
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‘A very good collection of tricks. Fortunately, I don’t think any of the effects are technically difficult. However, it does require good showmanship. For example, ‘Breathe For Thought’ is a great trick, and the kind of trick that’ll look great on TV . The secret is simple, but the entire thing requires good showmanship. Pip my ride is amazing as well.’ – Octave
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‘This is exactly the kind of thinking that I have come to expect from Russels devious mind. If you like simple, direct, bold effects that pack a punch then this is seriously worth your consideration.’ – Jamie Adams

CONTENT

 

PIP MY RIDE – A clean and visual trick, plays very strongly – it brilliantly makes use of what is usually used as a visual colour change but as a quick card switch that to the spectator’s mind never happens, the reveal is slow, visual and powerful.

BREATHE FOR THOUGHT – The simplest trick to perform in the ebook by far but that does not mean it doesn’t play strong – in the right situation this effect kills!

CONTAC – Beautifully constructed torn corner trick, it is set up very sneakily such that spectator is thoroughly unimpressed one second and tearing their hair out with confusion and denial the next.

BOXCHANGE – One of the few tricks that requires set-up but hardly any at all and it’s worth it to do this killer slow motion change that finishes clean.

JITTERBOX – Terrific application of the above change.

ADMISSION –  It’s absolutely brilliant, a really beautiful card switch but if you can’t back palm well then you’ll struggle but the back palm is worth learning well just for this switch!

DUMP – One of our favourite new card switches, very commercial, very usable – will fall into most working magicians working routines straight away.

VISUAL GLITCH – This will fry laypeople, kind of like a visual ambitious card routine with sandwich! Will be going into your repertoire.

COLLARED – A real selection of bold magic wouldn’t be complete without a signature bold effect, I can tell you that although it takes a nice big pair of balls it is 100% worth the risk – a stunning effect!

MENTALISM : Food for thought

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Distorted-thoughts-FNTLarge-001I always try to implement at least one of the following subtleties to make my performances that little bit more interesting:

1- Don’t call it a prediction.

It was Paul Brook that first planted this seed in my head, he said rather than explicitly referring to a prediction as a “prediction” call it “an idea”.

I really like this because it creates an air of mystery without spelling out that the contents are supposedly going to come true. Another effective alternative wording includes “In this envelope is an idea / observation / calculation / belief”

2- Fail

Use a prediction as a red herring. For most audiences, totally messing up is actually more surprising than if you were to get a prediction right! Why is this so? Because, as I mentioned earlier, by coming to watch you perform, they expect you to get it right. Although it may be more surprising, it certainly isn’t impressive, so you must proceed to floor them either immediately after, or turn the failure on its head later down the timeline of your performance.

3- Don’t make it evident there was a prediction in the first place

This is a re-occurring phenomenon with multiple-out routines where the (appropriate) prediction is shown after the event has taken place. So long as the prediction is revealed in a justifiable manner, this is a nice way of showing that you knew how the participant would behave without them second guessing what’s coming.

The above subtleties are certainly not always necessary, sometimes it’s great when a spectator strongly suspects you are going to be correct only to turn over a prediction to have their suspicions confirmed.

Like I say, it’s food for thought.

Until next time,

Jack Curtis

Check out Jacks new book  Distorted Thoughts