|
|
StraightTalkMagicReviews Loyal user 235 Posts |
REVIEW: The Princess Card Trick by Daryl
RATING: 10 OUT OF 10! LINK TO REVIEW: http://straighttalkmagicreviews.com/the-......y-daryl/ PRICE: $9.95 This is a classic of magic. You show your spectator a handful of cards and they select one in their mind, but never touch it or say what it is. Then the performer removes the card that guesses was selected and puts it in his packet. When the spectator reveals the name of their mentally selected card, the performer shows the remaining cards and their selected card is not there. Immediately the thought of card is removed from the performer’s pocket. This is such a beauty. It is an age old trick and it really blows laymen away. Rumor has it that David Blaine clinched one of his early network shows by performing this trick – don’t know if it is true but that is what I have heard since forever. The Princess Card Trick is very easy to perform and there is really nothing to learn. After watching the 9 minute instructional video presented by Marc Lavelle, you are ready to go. No practice is necessary. You may need to pull a few cards from a regular deck to complete the effect, but that is not necessary in my opinion if you don’t mind shortening the routine a smidge. The cards cannot be handed out – although the one that is taken from the pocket (if you do the full routine) can be. In case it is not clear, the selected car is freely chosen and there is no force. This can be performed live in a virtual setting, but if it is recorded, it can be exposed by watching the trick a second time. Interestingly, this trick could be repeated to the same spectator twice, but I would not recommend it. It is a great walk around trick for any environment. The ad copy states “A mindreading trick that will blow your audiences away! A packet of cards is fanned before a spectator's eyes. The spectator is asked to merely think of ANY ONE of the cards (NO FORCING). At no time does the spectator tell anyone, write down or indicate his mental selection to anyone. The Magician removes one of the cards from the pack to commit himself to a specific card! The magician shows the remaining cards and the thought of card WAS the selection removed from the pack. This SELF-WORKING miracle is extremely easy to perform and instantly resets. Princess Card Trick cards are printed by the United States Playing Card Company on red, Bicycle Rider back cards. Note: written instructions no longer included” The instructional video says that the original written instructions are included, but that has been discontinued. You just get the very good and clear 9 minute instruction video. Lavelle’s instruction is very easy to follow and he does a studio performance to the video camera man. For less than 10 bucks, this is really a must have for any budding magician. It is easy to carry this in your wallet everyday!
At Straight Talk Magic Reviews we tell it to you straight and do not sell any product. Visit us for magic product reviews only at www.straighttalkmagicreviews.com or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/StraightTalkMagicReviews/
|
KevinWisch Regular user 193 Posts |
Good review, StraightTalkMagicReviews and I agree, this is an excellent effect.
I'd like to offer some background on this effect, as it is not mentioned in the review and was not mentioned by Daryl or Murphy's in the advertising upon initial release of the effect. I cannot comment on the cards themselves or the instructional DVD by Marc Lavelle, but this effect should be credited to Henry Hardin in the early 20th century. Shortly thereafter Theodore DeLand thought of using double-ended cards for the effect. DeLand's method used spot cards, but Henry Hardin's then put out a method using court cards. The most popular version has an ingenious touch by Nate Leipzig, and it was published in "Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig". That said, my father was really the first to bring the Princess Card trick to the magic masses beginning in 1977. Dai Vernon sat in the front row the first time my Dad performed and lectured at the Magic Castle in 1977. He remembers performing the effect while Vernon looked directly at him and had this huge impish smile on his face. Vernon clearly knew what he was presenting was at the time a little known effect "The Princess Card Trick." Vernon had published the trick in his book where my father had discovered it. According to him, he fooled everyone with it at that lecture (except Dai!). He went on to create his own method of producing the cards; Nate's were penned on with ink, his were split and made from two cards. Over the years, he hand-made and sold more than 25,000 sets of Princess Cards to the magic community world-wide. The Princess Card Trick performance video above was taken by my Dad's friend Pete Petrashek on his Slydini Lecture tour on February 28, 1978. An interesting fact: At his stop in Cincinnati on the Slydini tour, my Dad went to the US Playing Card Co headquarters and asked if they would print out a "special print" for the Princess Cards. They politely declined as they weren't doing special orders for anyone. Kind of ironic how now playing cards are collectibles and printed in hundreds if not thousands of different versions and gaffed cards! As a result, he continued to perfect his hand-made version until his introduction of his "Royal Redo" published by Elmwood Magic in 2009. If anyone is interested, my father still hand-makes The Princess Card-trick aka "Royal Redo" (now named "Image") as part of his Wisch-Craft Wonder Deck. It includes a full instructional DVD and printed instructions on this effect as well as three others; my father's original "Double-Take Monte" (shown in the video below being performed at the Magic Castle in 2009) "Match-Ic" and a Peter Kane effect entitled "In-Half". All hand-crafted. They are available only from him at https://www.billwisch.com/products Happy New Year to all and please everyone stay safe! - Kevin |
The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » Tricks & Effects » » REVIEW: The Princess Card Trick by Daryl (0 Likes) |
[ Top of Page ] |
All content & postings Copyright © 2001-2024 Steve Brooks. All Rights Reserved. This page was created in 0.04 seconds requiring 5 database queries. |
The views and comments expressed on The Magic Café are not necessarily those of The Magic Café, Steve Brooks, or Steve Brooks Magic. > Privacy Statement < |