Mark Strivings
CHALLENGE NAME A CARD
$30
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THE BLURB:
Practical Mentalism for the next Millennium and Beyond...
From the same person who brought you "Symbol Minded",
"Par-Optic Plus" and "Annemann For The 90's".
Here's the effect - You produce two decks of cards, one red
and one blue. You state that you have removed one card from
the red deck and placed it in the blue deck. You have your
spectator name a card (no force). Upon examining and
counting through the red deck, only 51 cards are found and
the named card is missing. The blue deck is then spread and
a single red backed card is found - the very card named by
the spectator!
Included in this package is everything you need to perform
this little miracle. Easy to do and resets instantly. No
sleight of hand. It practically works itself. The named card
changes with each performance.
Another practical performance piece for the discerning
entertainer!
MY COMMENTS:
All you need to know about this is that you are supplied
with the two decks of cards and that the decks do all the
work. Mark Strivings is a very clever guy and has come up
with some of the most devious "special" deck work for
mentalists. This is one of his more famous creations. My
only criticism is that Strivings includes a die to help with
the selection of a card. I don't think that's necessary at
all. Some good verbal control is all you need. But that's
a minor consideration to an otherwise very strong playing
card effect.
Practical Mentalism for the next Millennium and Beyond...
From the same person who brought you "Symbol Minded",
"Par-Optic Plus" and "Annemann For The 90's".
Here's the effect - You produce two decks of cards, one red
and one blue. You state that you have removed one card from
the red deck and placed it in the blue deck. You have your
spectator name a card (no force). Upon examining and
counting through the red deck, only 51 cards are found and
the named card is missing. The blue deck is then spread and
a single red backed card is found - the very card named by
the spectator!
Included in this package is everything you need to perform
this little miracle. Easy to do and resets instantly. No
sleight of hand. It practically works itself. The named card
changes with each performance.
Another practical performance piece for the discerning
entertainer!
MY COMMENTS:
All you need to know about this is that you are supplied
with the two decks of cards and that the decks do all the
work. Mark Strivings is a very clever guy and has come up
with some of the most devious "special" deck work for
mentalists. This is one of his more famous creations. My
only criticism is that Strivings includes a die to help with
the selection of a card. I don't think that's necessary at
all. Some good verbal control is all you need. But that's
a minor consideration to an otherwise very strong playing
card effect.
