What are the best Coin in soda can effects out there that are clean, impromptu, and not too dificult on the market. Also what are your favorite impromptu coin tricks to perform?
For the coin in soda can plot, it's hard to beat the gold standard: Sinful by Wayne Houchin. Powerful, impromptu, signed coin, borrowed can. Diabolical and a proven, powerful effect. I haven't stopped performing it since the day I learned it.
Sinful is easier, can be done with a sealed can, and has a bigger "impossibility factor" to it.
However breakthrough (will take more practice) and with an unsealed can is less flashy
Honestly this is now the battle of Sinful vs Breakthrough in my opinion. Both of these effects are beyond amazing it's really up to your personal preference, I would go for both but Sinful is my go to effect and has always been, since it's the love child of magic Either one is best.
If I was going to learn a coin in can routine, I'd certainly go for Sinful, but I think I'd have Breakthrough ready to go in case it felt like a good opportunity to repeat the effect.
Sinful, hands down. I've seen it performed by some of my magician friends for lay people and it kills every single time and I've heard it is a bit easier than Breakthrough. To be fair to the Mengel bros though I do not know their handling, so it is just based on hearsay through the magic grapevine...ha ha.
Knowing both methods I would say they are about equal in skill demand, honestly.
It really comes down to what you want to do. If you want to use a sealed can, use Sinful. If you want to use an empty can, use Breakthrough. I would also recommend both - they compliment each other nicely and can even be used to cancel each other out (ie: if they have an explanation for one method, it won't work for the other method and they seem like the same trick.)