Since the completion of my book and some projects for my company, I've sat down to work out a new effect (not new to me as I have been performing it for about 7 years) called "Counterpart." I'm looking for some feedback on the concept of the effect, to determine if it's worth completing and sharing with others or if it's something I should keep for my own use...not to mention to determine if anyone has heard of an effect like this. I know there are quite a few sealed deck routines but I haven't heard of one that is as fair as this.
EFFECT:
You walk a spectator into a store and purchase a new, sealed pack of cards (this is more for presentation. You could also simply carry a sealed deck of cards on you. We will use red for this explanation but it can be any color). You hand the spectator the sealed red deck of cards and you never touch it after the purchase. They can even sign the sealed deck to make sure you haven't switched it out. You then pull out an opened blue deck of cards and have them freely select a card. The card is shown front and back and placed immediately in their other hand. They see that the card has a blue back and that there is nothing out of the ordinary with the card. With the snap of your fingers, not only does their selected card change to red (in their hand), but it actually switches places with it's counterpart in the sealed red deck that you just purchased and handed to them and literally never touched. They are asked to open the sealed deck and begin spreading through the cards until they reach the only blue card in the red deck. This card is turned over to reveal that it is indeed their card.
This can be done with a selected card from a deck or it can be done with a card the spectator thinks of. I've performed multiple variations of this (selected card/thought of card/deck purchased with the spectator/me simply giving them the new deck to use, etc). The most powerful response I have gotten was purchasing the deck with them and using another deck of the opposite color for them to select a card...because this allows their card to change colors in their hand and adds the first of 2 "wows"
EFFECT:
You walk a spectator into a store and purchase a new, sealed pack of cards (this is more for presentation. You could also simply carry a sealed deck of cards on you. We will use red for this explanation but it can be any color). You hand the spectator the sealed red deck of cards and you never touch it after the purchase. They can even sign the sealed deck to make sure you haven't switched it out. You then pull out an opened blue deck of cards and have them freely select a card. The card is shown front and back and placed immediately in their other hand. They see that the card has a blue back and that there is nothing out of the ordinary with the card. With the snap of your fingers, not only does their selected card change to red (in their hand), but it actually switches places with it's counterpart in the sealed red deck that you just purchased and handed to them and literally never touched. They are asked to open the sealed deck and begin spreading through the cards until they reach the only blue card in the red deck. This card is turned over to reveal that it is indeed their card.
This can be done with a selected card from a deck or it can be done with a card the spectator thinks of. I've performed multiple variations of this (selected card/thought of card/deck purchased with the spectator/me simply giving them the new deck to use, etc). The most powerful response I have gotten was purchasing the deck with them and using another deck of the opposite color for them to select a card...because this allows their card to change colors in their hand and adds the first of 2 "wows"