Price$5.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedMar 16, 2003
Shattered
Daryl
(Based on 1 review)
The detailed instructions include two methods for performing this effect. The Easy Way is for beginners and those who like a simple life. The Hard Way is more visual and it’s designed for magicians who are more advanced in their sleight of hand skills or for those who like a challenge.
To bring you the very best quality magic, we have had these special Shattered cards printed exclusively for us by the United States Playing Card Company on red, Bicycle Rider back cards.
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I just went through organizing my collection of props and effects. This includes a small group of red bicycle gaffs, that may be easily slipped into my normal deck. As it is, people will often speculate that I'm using trick cards-until they see the deck. Spending years practicing, has earned me the rewards I had in mind as a younger man. So, even though I own 'trick cards'-I get great responses from what I do with normal ones.
Shattered, isn't a trick card per se--and it's something that only the magic of printing-and mind of it's inventor-could produce. Seeing the card again, I recall the first time I showed this to anyone: shock, followed by much laughter. This is just such an usual effect-that NOONE could possibly see it coming. Daryl's instructions, often include ' the easy way'-and then, more sleight heavy approaches to the same effect. Here, he includes a change from John Cornelius. It does take practice, and will be worth the effort. But even if one were to use this as a finish to an ambitious card sequence-or, simply, a 'choice' that gets shattered-the element of SURPRISE, is unquestionable. Cards can be made to do many things-but 'shatter', truly steps outside of people's visual conditioning. And then, there's lasting impact. My only gripe about this gaff-despite the fact that it is printed by U.S. Playing Card Co.-is that, the RED on the back, did not match the standard bicycle red. I literally poured through a box at my dealer to find one card, that wasn't this pinkish red. Daryl's 'telepathic joker' gaff, had the opposite problem: the red was darker than standard bike red. A discrepancy like this, if it's too great, telegraphs something odd. It can't, if it's supposed to blend in with it's siblings. So, that's my only suggestion with this wonderful effect: don't buy it online--have a deck in hand and get it from a dealer/shop where you can make the visual comparison.
Shattered, isn't a trick card per se--and it's something that only the magic of printing-and mind of it's inventor-could produce. Seeing the card again, I recall the first time I showed this to anyone: shock, followed by much laughter. This is just such an usual effect-that NOONE could possibly see it coming. Daryl's instructions, often include ' the easy way'-and then, more sleight heavy approaches to the same effect. Here, he includes a change from John Cornelius. It does take practice, and will be worth the effort. But even if one were to use this as a finish to an ambitious card sequence-or, simply, a 'choice' that gets shattered-the element of SURPRISE, is unquestionable. Cards can be made to do many things-but 'shatter', truly steps outside of people's visual conditioning. And then, there's lasting impact. My only gripe about this gaff-despite the fact that it is printed by U.S. Playing Card Co.-is that, the RED on the back, did not match the standard bicycle red. I literally poured through a box at my dealer to find one card, that wasn't this pinkish red. Daryl's 'telepathic joker' gaff, had the opposite problem: the red was darker than standard bike red. A discrepancy like this, if it's too great, telegraphs something odd. It can't, if it's supposed to blend in with it's siblings. So, that's my only suggestion with this wonderful effect: don't buy it online--have a deck in hand and get it from a dealer/shop where you can make the visual comparison.