Just Imagine

THE BLURB:
Effect

The mentalist places an envelope on the table. A spectator
chooses any card from the pack. Then she chooses any one of
six different colored "invisible" markers. Finally, she
merely THINKS of any of four common shapes. She is
instructed to JUST IMAGINE herself drawing the shape she has
in mind on the face of the card she is thinking of with the
invisible magic marker. (You may want to read that last
sentence again.) Then, when the tabled envelope is opened,
inside is found the matching card and on its face, drawn in
the same freely chosen color, is the shape she had in mind!
This one is completely crazy! Comes complete with Bicycle
cards, envelope and an instructional DVD featuring ADDED
INFORMATION and NEW BONUS HANDLINGS!

Along with the classic handling, the amazing bonus
information on the instructional dvd includes two
super-clean alternative envelope handlings plus two killer
ideas where the spectator can think of ANY number between
1-20 or even the first letter of ANYBODY they know. And
again, both are 100% free choices! Truly incredible!

MY COMMENTS:
This is an extremely powerful effect, despite having playing
cards used. The methodology does require some basic card
sleights, but it does not work the way some may think. It's
not a Mental Epic variation at all. The choice of marker
color, shape, and playing cards are free choices, though
there is a subtle control of one of those which I can't
detail in this review, of course. It does involve having a
special deck of cards. Unfortunately, the cards are the one
element that can't be altered. Jay does discuss how to use
initials or numbers instead of the colors and shapes,
although I think colors and shapes are stronger.

The package comes with a DVD that has Jay demonstrating and
explaining the effect and variations. You also get some
extra cards which are necessary for the effect and an
envelope. There is a one-time preparation involved and you
do need to obtain a matching deck of cards. The cards I got
were blue-backed Bicycle. If you don't mind using playing
cards, then this is an extremely powerful effect and highly
recommended.