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On that note, this thread gave me a bit of a deja vu, so I did a search. This guy made this exact same thread back in April, trying to claim that this is his original effect and declaring his intention to submit it to the Wire. He keeps cribbing other people's effects, putting one cosmetic...

Two things. Pretty sure Sean Fields already did this, and why are you attempting to do market research to sell this when you haven't even been using it that long? Oh, let's not beat around the bush here, there is no way you've been utilizing this in the crucible of live performance long enough...

YouTube tutorials usually look like they were filmed by a neanderthal with an extra chromosome. And the majority are made by dudes with no performing experience who show their face less than the Man in the Iron Mask. Stick with the library. At least the books there come with more...

Yeah, hand your props over to someone and challenge them to try and best you. There is literally absolutely no way on earth that could possibly backfire or blow up in your face!

Well, I don't know a whole lot about you, so that makes it difficult to answer. Hmmm.... Are you absolutely married to the 4 aces? Or will any 4 cards with an obvious theme work?

Right there, you just said the exact reason why magician foolers are on the market at all: because magicians think they must be the best effects in existence. I mentioned Derek Dingle before. Lots of magician foolers. That was his best-selling material. But do you know what stuff he actually...

Like I said, there are mentalism effects that involve numbers and, to a lesser extent, math. Docc Hilford has a trilogy of booklets about this sort of thing imaginatively titled the Books of Numbers. But they're never portrayed as a quirky coincidence of arithmetic. Even the most barebones...

Question: Did the guy who butted in have kind of an imperious attitude? Bit of a know-it-all vibe? I ask because some people do it because they don't know the etiquette for dealing with performers (this is the type of person who gets drunk at a comedy club and voices their thoughts like...

Why? Why are the four aces significant to that? The same plot has at least a dozen methods that are more economical than having to vanish 4 cards from someone's hand to reveal a single card. This is one of the problems with most card magic: there's no internal logic or motivation. So that's...

The lack of a marketing plan isn't helping. Finish the games, develop your marketing strategy. There are only so many times I can repeat this. The philosophy of, "If you build it, they will come," made for a nice movie, but it doesn't actually help you sell anything.

If you don't mind my asking, why? Magician foolers are only for showing off. Exception being Derek Dingle who made a respectable sum selling magician foolers that he never performed in a paid show to other magicians.

I needed an example of how easy it is to come up with ideas. Although ever since I typed that, it's all my brain wants to think about now so it may have backfired. Inspirational quotes are nice, but... You know Andrew Mayne? He wrote a book about no-budget filmmaking once. In it, he had a...

Basically, yeah. A lot of businesses and products die on the vine because the dude running the operation never thought about the marketing. So let's break this down. You're looking at collectors and gamblers. Gamblers are a long shot because this deck will in all likelihood never make it to...

Considering mine is only 2.5", it sounds like the problem is that you're not used to the feeling of holding cards like that. It will come with time. A handicap is only an obstacle you work around rather than smashing through. I'm so dominantly left-handed that I literally cannot do any...

Couple of reasons for that. One, mentalism isn't technically magic. It's a cousin to magic. They're both mystery entertainment with some overlap, but they require completely different frames of mind. Think of it as the relationship between theater and film. They require similar skill...

Thanks for the offer for a beer and the history lesson is novel and all, but I still need an answer to my last two questions. Who is the target market for this? Are you absolutely certain that there is a demand for this? I can't really do anything for you unless you explain a few things. And...

This really should be performed with an audience in the video. You know, you actually performing for live people? Instead, you just perform with the bulge in your shorts visible just above your disembodied hands handling the cards bereft of any compelling presentation. I'm going to keep...

There is a version called Behold the Scarabeus, though I understand it has its drawbacks. Question: Why do you want this and under what circumstances would you perform it? Because I can tell you right now that this is not impromptu by any stretch of imagination.

I don't, and I'm also not Texan. It sounds to me like you have a solution that's looking for a problem. How do you know there's any demand for this? Who is the target market? You say that it's the simplest and best solution, but to what problem? I have never heard a living soul say that...

No, I'm not. That's a problem that people have? That their box is too big for the deck? I repeat, what problem does a 64-card deck solve? Why would I want this?