Price$1.75
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJul 03, 2010
Vampire Card Trick
Vincenzo DiFatta
Vincenzo Di Fatta (V)
(Based on 2 reviews)
Reviews
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Overview
WOW…The Vampire card trick by Vincenzo Di Fatta just blew my mind. It didn’t blow me away because the trick was amazing, the trick was good for sure, but I was blown away by the incredible value you will get with this trick. Normally when you buy a cheap trick, you get a cheap trick. Not so with The Vampire card trick. The packaging, cards and instructions all display a true understanding on how to deliver a quality product despite its low cost. If you are tired of paying high prices for “name” creators and elaborate packaging to raise the perceived value of most overpriced tricks, purchase The Vampire card trick and give your pocketbook a break.Effect
The performer displays four cards, a black court card for the vampire and three red spot cards for his victims. One by one the vampire sucks the blood of its victims leaving blank cards in his wake. After all the victims were drained dry, the vampire disappears into the night leaving the performer with four blank cards in the end.Method
The method requires some novice sleight of hand and the ability to tell a good story. Since the plot is simple, the ability to keep the audiences’ attention with a well told story is key to this effect being entertaining.Product Quality
The individual components of this effect are all well designed and executed. The box the trick comes in, is nicely designed and printed. The graphics on the front of the box are well done and the back shows highlights of the actual effect. The cards provided are Bicycle brand cards, so there are no quality issues there. The most impressive part is the printed instructions. On double sided poster sized glossy paper which measures 11.5” high x 16’25” wide, are some of the most explicit, clear and well photographed instructions I have ever seen. Even the distracting background was Photoshopped out showing nothing but most necessary components. The written instructions were thorough and detailed. If someone did not like learning card magic through reading, instructions like this might change their mind. There was one confusing part in the instructions you may spot. They used the word FACE when describing the card when they should have said BACK.Ad Copy Integrity
The ad copy is accurate and actually does not extol the incredible value you receive with this trick. I highly recommend it.(Top ▲)
For a trick that has been around for some years, I'm surprised that I only learned about it through you-tube. It's very visual, kind of like mental photography deck meets packet trick. A man I showed this to ('vampire' being one of my staple packet tricks) said: "So...is there like a little button that you push on the sides of the cards to make the red ink dissapear?!"-an absurd, yet natural explanation to the effect. It's strong.
Some packet effects, for that matter, many effects in general, need additional WORDS to justify the 'why', to the effect. This trick has built in visuals, and story as well. Using three spot/HEART cards, PLUS all RED bicycle backs, easily equates color and image to blood. I use the King of Clubs as the vampire, who could be likened to Vlad the Impaler-if, the audience member has done any homework on vampires! Playing cards behaving like people is a favorite theme with me-court cards and jokers more easily humanized than spot cards. Playing cards as supernatural being, takes it even further. This trick makes sense, plotwise, and it's one of a small group of 'spooky' tricks I pull out from time to time. Another favorite along these lines is "the Devil's Elevator' a Dai Vernon 8 card classic. Same thing: HOW the cards behave, justifies the concept/title-four Kings rising up through 4 red spot cards.
If you get this trick, you'll see that you can make your own versions when the cards wear down-assuming you have access to two types of special bicycle decks. Highly visual, logical story, a touch of the gothic/supernatural, and pretty easy to perform. For me it never fails to earn a strong audience response. I sometimes start off with, 'so-I've got this vampire in my wallet...'
and lo and behold, I prove that a playing card can take on the attributes of a blood sucker...who vanishes after he's had his little snack. I definately recommend this.
Some packet effects, for that matter, many effects in general, need additional WORDS to justify the 'why', to the effect. This trick has built in visuals, and story as well. Using three spot/HEART cards, PLUS all RED bicycle backs, easily equates color and image to blood. I use the King of Clubs as the vampire, who could be likened to Vlad the Impaler-if, the audience member has done any homework on vampires! Playing cards behaving like people is a favorite theme with me-court cards and jokers more easily humanized than spot cards. Playing cards as supernatural being, takes it even further. This trick makes sense, plotwise, and it's one of a small group of 'spooky' tricks I pull out from time to time. Another favorite along these lines is "the Devil's Elevator' a Dai Vernon 8 card classic. Same thing: HOW the cards behave, justifies the concept/title-four Kings rising up through 4 red spot cards.
If you get this trick, you'll see that you can make your own versions when the cards wear down-assuming you have access to two types of special bicycle decks. Highly visual, logical story, a touch of the gothic/supernatural, and pretty easy to perform. For me it never fails to earn a strong audience response. I sometimes start off with, 'so-I've got this vampire in my wallet...'
and lo and behold, I prove that a playing card can take on the attributes of a blood sucker...who vanishes after he's had his little snack. I definately recommend this.