Hondo
INTUITION
$32
Suggested Retail Price $35

THE BLURB:

"The best (BEEP)ing prediction at any number I have ever
seen!"
- Keith Barry, Professional Magician.

There are many great routine possibilities, this is just one
example!

The Magician lays down a sealed envelope and a pack of
cards.

The Magician asks the spectator to choose a number between 1
and 52. They can change their mind if they like.

The spectator is instructed to pick up the deck of cards and
take the cards out of the box. (The magician doesn't touch
the cards). They are instructed to deal the cards face down
until they get to their chosen number. They take their card
and set it aside. They deal the rest of the cards down
showing it is a complete deck.

The spectator turns over his selected card to see what he
chose. The remaining deck is spread out to show that their
card is not duplicated in the deck and the deck is normal.

The spectator opens the envelope and pours out what is
inside. They will find another card face down. When they
turn over this card it will match their chosen card!

*Free choice of number
*Spectator handles the deck and deals the cards
*Prediction is examinable
*Prediction can be a card, written on paper, a tattoo, etc.
*Easy to do
*No sleight of hand
*This is just one on the many routine options that you can
do with Intuition!

Comes complete with:

- DVD instruction
- Bonus routine options
- PDF written instructions in English and Spanish
- Custom made deck of Bicycle cards

MY COMMENTS:
This is an impressive card prediction at any number, so long
as the conditions meet your needs.  In other words, if you
don't mind using a special deck of cards, then this may be
the card at any number you're looking for. By the way, just
to make this clear, this is NOT an any card at any number.
It's a prediction at any number.  And, though the deck is
special and it does require some participant management, the
participant can handle the deck the entire time. That's one
of the key features in this product.

The blurb contains one line that may be misleading. It says,
"They deal the rest of the cards down showing it is a
complete deck."  The term "complete" refers to the number of
cards in the deck as opposed to 51 different faces shown.
In other words, the cards are dealt face down, not face up.
Now this is mentioned earlier in the blurb, but I reiterate
that just to clarify so that there's no confusion.  One
final note on this that some may not like that this has to
be done.  Unfortunately, for the routine to work as
described, the rest of the cards must be dealt.  This is
definitely a major consideration.

Another consideration is that to re-set the deck you must
re-deal the entire deck back into their original order.
Also, you cannot repeat the effect immediately as the
outcome will remain the same.  This is easily overcome if
you buy additional decks, but then you must carry around
these additional decks.

The package contains a 30-minute DVD instruction video, plus
4-page PDF files of the instructions in both English and
Spanish, along with the special deck.  Honestly, I think
most mentalists probably know many ways to do this routine
without using a special deck, and I'd wager that those ways
are better.  However, this deck does what it claims and has
some features which may well be attractive to the working
mentalist.