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"Outs" Precautions and Challenges

Overall customer rating: ★★★★★

reviewed by Gregg Webb (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Tuesday 12 May, 2026)

While this may seem like a way to protect yourself from a spectator who gives the wrong information, at the end of a trick, as a way of screwing up the magician just to be mean, I noticed something else. Especially useful to young magicians wanting to get into mentalism, the many ploys and procedures outlined here are useful to someone other than just card guys, and girls. I can remember Ricky Jay once did the Signed Bill in Lemon, and the spectator said at the end "That's not my signature" just to be mean. Imagine if Ricky had a nail writer handy, or some impression device. He knew how to forge signatures. He could have come up with an ending that didn't seem like a failure. I highly recommend this book, especially to young mentalists out there.