Price$29.95
Media TypeTrick
CategoryGeneral
Date AddedJan 08, 2008
Toasted
Rodger Lovins
(Based on 1 review)
View ClipThis effect is startling and unexpected. The method is ingenious. Yet it is easy to perform, can be repeated and your spectators will be blown away! This is not just another rising card trick. This is magic!
Effect
The Magician has a card selected and signed. The spectator places their card into the center of the deck. The Magician then holds the deck up toward the spectator and tells them to concentrate on their selection. Suddenly the selected signed card Pops up from the deck!
"The card doesn't appear to "rise" from the deck; it seems to just appear out of the deck."
"It just seems to be there, in a snap. WOW! "
"I don't know where it came from, it was just there with my name on it!...How did you do that?...That's crazy!"
- EASY TO DO
- NOTHING TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY
- CAN BE REPEATED
- NO FORCED CARDS
- NO BULKY GIMMICKS
- NO THREADS TO BREAK
"I love your new Toasted trick! It is simple and practical, a great effect that can be used by working pros!"
- Lance Burton
Reviews
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I judge all rising card effects using Jeff McBride's Kundalini Rising as the top-of-the-line. Jeff's has the following things going for it, amongst others:
Toasted uses a method that is new to me, but not completely unlike others I've seen. It's basically self-contained within two gaffed cards. These cards could easily be added to a matching, borrowed, shuffled deck. The selection is completely free and the handling is very easy.
The gaffed cards are fairly well-made. One of the ones supplied with our review copy is having some issues, but nothing that a bit of glue wouldn't fix.
My only real issue is with the rise, itself. To me, one of the selling points for the rising card effect is the inherent drama in waiting for and then watching the card rise. When the performer has control over the speed of the rise, he or she can make decisions in real-time based on the attention and focus of the audience.
With Toasted, the card just pops up, like it's coming out a toaster (thus the name, I suspect). It's certainly unexpected, but there's no dramatic build. I guess someone could really build a routine around the idea of a toaster, like so many magi (myself included) who have done the ambitious card with an elevator theme.
I guess if you're looking for the "quickie" version, then this is for you. If you want the drama, stick with some of the existing versions.
- Borrowed, shuffled deck
- Completely free selection
- Basically impromptu
- Card rise happens in an audience member's hand
- Cards can be immediately handed out after the rise
Toasted uses a method that is new to me, but not completely unlike others I've seen. It's basically self-contained within two gaffed cards. These cards could easily be added to a matching, borrowed, shuffled deck. The selection is completely free and the handling is very easy.
The gaffed cards are fairly well-made. One of the ones supplied with our review copy is having some issues, but nothing that a bit of glue wouldn't fix.
My only real issue is with the rise, itself. To me, one of the selling points for the rising card effect is the inherent drama in waiting for and then watching the card rise. When the performer has control over the speed of the rise, he or she can make decisions in real-time based on the attention and focus of the audience.
With Toasted, the card just pops up, like it's coming out a toaster (thus the name, I suspect). It's certainly unexpected, but there's no dramatic build. I guess someone could really build a routine around the idea of a toaster, like so many magi (myself included) who have done the ambitious card with an elevator theme.
I guess if you're looking for the "quickie" version, then this is for you. If you want the drama, stick with some of the existing versions.