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I agree, sometimes it's hard to find some killer effects but this is one of those that seems to have passed by. 20 bucks for a simple but powerful effect is what mentalists should be searching for, well here it is.

Blindsight by Devin Knight Effect: Performer patters that Blindsight is the apparent ability to see colors and shapes which cannot be seen. You offer a simple experiment. You introduce 4 ungimmicked colored cards: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. These in turn are sealed into 4 opaque envelopes...

I agree, when I first got into mentalism it took me so long to figure out what I was doing. Got Corinda and took off from there, and many subtleties are written in there. Super Sharpie is best secret writer out there btw.

I completely agree with Dee on this one. I use this before I perform the swami gimmick and people have never noticed. I have performed it roughly 300 times now to maybe 700 people, and nobody said anything about the sharpie or asked to inspect it. I am curious however how he was able to write...

I think it's funny some of these comments on audience management and where he performed. True it is a place of learning, but don't be a hypocrite because I know that even if you never performed magic in school you talked during teachers lectures, or in the middle of class. If this was during...

If you really give thought to this question then you will understand how many answers one could give. I really would like to stay away from generic answers and stay towards more realistic goals that actually could advance this thing we call magic. Advancing the art means developing...

I honestly would've threw him down to the ground on his face. Not really a fight necessarily but it would show him the point that you **** with my stuff then I do the same to you. God, I really wish I would have been there man, I would've taught the boy some respect.

How can one advance without proper teaching? If you took myself for example when I first started magic around 13 years old, I just went online and bought gimmicks and effects. I never got a core understanding of magic and what it should bring to the spectators eyes, instead I wasted roughly $500...

Hmmm... tough decision. I have no set style of magic effects, however I do take into considertaion praetoritevong's answer of the ultragaff having more visual gags than effects. I am leaning towards the regular gaff, but I might change my mind at the last second. Best of luck and thanks to...

If you read Reality is Plastic and take everything into consideration then you should be fine for the most part. Ant talks about calming people down and when you bring them out to tell them they will feel relaxed, calm, and completely full of energy. I have no idea about these abreactions...

I was never really interested in gaffed cards used in this way with a full deck and making the cards change. However I used a friends reg gaffed deck from E and did the zipper effect and got some great reactions, then went on later to perform the Eight of hearts inscription. I thought of the...

Hmmm... I do gambling demonstrations and it does take you quite a while to actually get the cards in order, part of the reason is a simple one. You try to get the cards in order doing that overhand shuffle when you shouldn't, it makes it way to obvious that somethnig is wrong. Pick up The...

I don't use the word sex because many upon many times people go back and choose a different card so I use Kiss instead and it goes by with people much better. Powerful effect if you can incorporate all three phases, however I usually just stick to the first and third.

Why would you try to pick apart his show and illusions? I know he's bad but if you keep tuning in to see what he does then you're just helping continuing his fame. I think people who have a problem with Criss Angel and have not worked with him and do magic are hypocrites. It's all about what...

I don't like to use the classic force just because there isn't any substance with the cards. I use it for forcing cards on other tricks but for a mind reading trick GPS is definitely something I like to use now. However the best of them all for me is my Boris Wild's marked deck and I use it when...

You could do a force but there are those spectators who try to catch your every movement and make up so many explanations. There isn't any changing their mind sometimes and when they do so much for the effect it can really make a difference. This is my performance for the effect. Do the...

I saw this effect and it was cheap and thought if I could put my spin on it then it would be a great mentalism effect. You don't have to actually GPS by Chris Kenner 1 on 1 at theory11.com Price $4.95 Description: You cut a deck and ask the spectator to take either pack and shuffle...

I won't say anything that has been said. I agree with everything that DICE R said and I will add one more thing on top of it, when "reading minds" make the spectator focus on the card and put forth effort instead of just "it's a black card......it's the blah blah of spades." Good job overall

Yeah, I checked it out and it appears because of the different I.P address that I will have some problems. Oh well, I submitted a ticket and it should be filled soon enough. Thanks for the help penguin

I was on my mothers laptop in Destin for vacation. Apparently there is no 3G over there so the download time and internet was horrible, so I did a smart thing and bought GPS. I tried to download it just once and it was taking forever and then I got disconnected. I am on my laptop and I...