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Magic with an ESP Deck
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Javier De La Hera (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 08 January, 2025)
Instant classic! Good effects and all of them very easy to do. What I liked most is that the methods can be adapted to make my own effects not using ESP cards. No fluff, no wasted pages here. Recommended!
Phantini's Contact
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Javier De La Hera (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 02 January, 2025)
Gene Grant never disappoints! An excellent two-person routine that doesn't require tedious training. The effects are practical and the skill required for the card effects is very basic. Good source of ideas for the mindreading couple.
How To Perform Sensational Memory Feats
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Javier De La Hera (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 02 January, 2025)
Buyer beware! Most effects here aren't suitable for the performer who likes to work alone. Many of them are suitable only for stage presentation with all the help a stage gives the performer. Parlor or close-up workers will have difficulty using some methods (if they even manage to adapt them). The card memory test and the giant memory demonstration can be worked by the solo perfomer and are indeed good effects. The magazine test requires a prop no longer easy to find. The serial number memory test assumes you'll know how to make a key move without offering detailed instructions on how to hide it.
If you perform on a theater stage, don't mind some typos and have assistants to help you, well and good. If you like solo work and perform mainly close-up or parlor, you'll find just 2 or 3 effects here that are workable. I'm giving it 2 stars because I expected more material for the solo performer.
Del-Ardo's Private Sealed Envelope Reading Method
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Javier De La Hera (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 04 December, 2024)
Magicians that enjoy classical methods will recognize the two principles used here. It's an excellent methodology for those of us with limited or no sleight of hand abilities. I bought this along with Nelson's Mind Divination and I think they complement each other well. I feel I now have practical ways to handle private readings and Q&A acts. Assuming you can give passably good readings and answers to questions these methods allow us to concentrate on presentation instead of finger acrobatics. I'm mostly an armchair mentalist/magician but sometimes I do perform. I can see myself using these techniques. Good price and good product.
Mind Divination
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Javier De La Hera (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 04 December, 2024)
This is one of the best Nelson booklets available here. The blurb is correct. This method is simplicity itself and very practical. You probably already know the principle involved but it doesn't matter, you'll still like the handling and tips. Nelson gives you a workable Q&A act with no fluff for $8. Very satisfied with this product.