Devin Knight
OUTTA SIGHT
$18
Suggested Retail Price $20
THE BLURB:
This was one of the most talked about effects from Devin
Knight's recent lecture tour. A different handling for the
tossed-out deck that fooled many magicians.
What makes this version different? The deck is examined and
shuffled by a spectator before the effect begins. The cards
are freely shown to be different(no glued together cards)to
the audience. Once the deck is banded, the performer lifts
up the various parts of the deck showing the audience
DIFFERENT CARDS as he explains how to peek at a card.
The SAME deck is tossed out and three people each peek at a
card. Immediately and with NO FISHING, the performer begins
to divine each person's card, correctly telling that person
something about his or her card. Read that again, you tell
each person something about the card, such as the value or
color. Finally the performer correctly names all three
cards.
Those who saw Devin perform this can attest this method
floored the magicians in attendance, and few had any idea as
to how it was done until the secret was shown.
* ONLY ONE DECK IS USED
* NO SWITCHES!
* DECK IS ACTUALLY SHUFFLED BY A SPECTATOR AT THE BEGINNING
BONUS: UNGIMMICKED TOSSED-OUT. You will also learn how to do
a tossed-out deck using any regular deck. Yes even a
borrowed deck. Toss it out, let three people stand and peek
at cards. You name the cards and they sit down. A
revolutionary method developed by the late Al Mann and Devin
Knight, based on a little known principle created by Ormond
McGill. Do it anytime you need to do a tossed-out deck
routine and forgot to bring yours.
COMPLETE WITH SPECIAL BICYCLE DECK AND DETAILED
INSTRUCTIONS.
MY COMMENTS:
This is very similar to David Regal's IN FLIGHT and a
version that Cody Fisher released. I'm not familiar with
this latter version, but Devin Knight references both of
these in the instructions. In Knight's words, the
differences are that "the cards are really shuffled, shown
to be different, and apparently examined by a spectator."
There is another difference that I feel is a brilliant
improvement. The cards are held face-up by the participant.
This addresses and eliminates the issue of other spectators
seeing the card as the chosen participant is peeking at one.
And another issue addressed and eliminated concerns the
bending of the cards. In most versions, the participant
must bend the cards upwards quite a bit. With this, the
participant does not have to bend the cards up so much to
note the chosen card.
The 14-page instruction manual details the handling of the
special deck (and the blurb reveals that we are dealing with
a special deck), various scripts to cover the specific pack
you'll receive (each deck is different), and a detailed
performance script, complete with pictures.
The final few pages detail a non-gaffed version of the
effect that you can do with any deck, including a borrowed
one. That is the claim, however the instructions do suggest
that you use a brand new deck. It's also a pretty gutsy
version that even Knight doesn't recommend. It is quite
interesting though and well-worth a look to those who
perform the tossed-out deck.
The added touches that Devin Knight made to this version
make this the best tossed-out deck that I've seen. Granted,
I haven't had the opportunity to actually perform it and
tossed-out deck is not something I have ever done on a
regular basis, but if someone asked me now which one I'd do,
this is the one I'd choose. For the price, it's definitely
worth getting if you do a tossed-out deck or are planning on
doing it.
This was one of the most talked about effects from Devin
Knight's recent lecture tour. A different handling for the
tossed-out deck that fooled many magicians.
What makes this version different? The deck is examined and
shuffled by a spectator before the effect begins. The cards
are freely shown to be different(no glued together cards)to
the audience. Once the deck is banded, the performer lifts
up the various parts of the deck showing the audience
DIFFERENT CARDS as he explains how to peek at a card.
The SAME deck is tossed out and three people each peek at a
card. Immediately and with NO FISHING, the performer begins
to divine each person's card, correctly telling that person
something about his or her card. Read that again, you tell
each person something about the card, such as the value or
color. Finally the performer correctly names all three
cards.
Those who saw Devin perform this can attest this method
floored the magicians in attendance, and few had any idea as
to how it was done until the secret was shown.
* ONLY ONE DECK IS USED
* NO SWITCHES!
* DECK IS ACTUALLY SHUFFLED BY A SPECTATOR AT THE BEGINNING
BONUS: UNGIMMICKED TOSSED-OUT. You will also learn how to do
a tossed-out deck using any regular deck. Yes even a
borrowed deck. Toss it out, let three people stand and peek
at cards. You name the cards and they sit down. A
revolutionary method developed by the late Al Mann and Devin
Knight, based on a little known principle created by Ormond
McGill. Do it anytime you need to do a tossed-out deck
routine and forgot to bring yours.
COMPLETE WITH SPECIAL BICYCLE DECK AND DETAILED
INSTRUCTIONS.
MY COMMENTS:
This is very similar to David Regal's IN FLIGHT and a
version that Cody Fisher released. I'm not familiar with
this latter version, but Devin Knight references both of
these in the instructions. In Knight's words, the
differences are that "the cards are really shuffled, shown
to be different, and apparently examined by a spectator."
There is another difference that I feel is a brilliant
improvement. The cards are held face-up by the participant.
This addresses and eliminates the issue of other spectators
seeing the card as the chosen participant is peeking at one.
And another issue addressed and eliminated concerns the
bending of the cards. In most versions, the participant
must bend the cards upwards quite a bit. With this, the
participant does not have to bend the cards up so much to
note the chosen card.
The 14-page instruction manual details the handling of the
special deck (and the blurb reveals that we are dealing with
a special deck), various scripts to cover the specific pack
you'll receive (each deck is different), and a detailed
performance script, complete with pictures.
The final few pages detail a non-gaffed version of the
effect that you can do with any deck, including a borrowed
one. That is the claim, however the instructions do suggest
that you use a brand new deck. It's also a pretty gutsy
version that even Knight doesn't recommend. It is quite
interesting though and well-worth a look to those who
perform the tossed-out deck.
The added touches that Devin Knight made to this version
make this the best tossed-out deck that I've seen. Granted,
I haven't had the opportunity to actually perform it and
tossed-out deck is not something I have ever done on a
regular basis, but if someone asked me now which one I'd do,
this is the one I'd choose. For the price, it's definitely
worth getting if you do a tossed-out deck or are planning on
doing it.
