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Price$25.00
Media TypeTrick, Online Instructions, Gimmick(s)
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Date AddedSep 08, 2020

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Mark Elsdon

Vanishing Inc.

(Based on 1 review)
Mark Elsdon is a diabolical inventor of great magic, and has consulted for all of the big names in our industry. Here, he has put together three of his very favorite, original effects into one download bundle. Every single one is easy to perform and will elicit GASPS from the audience. The best news? Each one can be performed within minutes of watching.

Limelight: This is Mark's very favorite effect that he's ever created You make any spectator the hero, by allowing HER to reveal chosen and thought-of cards from a shuffled deck. SHE becomes the magician and is able to predict any card at any number, and she does so across three phases, each more impossible than the last.

NYC Opener: A lovely way to open any performance. A card cleanly vanishes from the deck and appears in the card box, all under test conditions.

Strange Oblique: This is Mark's handling of the "Which hand" plot. Here, you designate one spectator as "the liar" and all the others as truthtellers. By asking a series of nonsensical, absurd, hilarious questions--like "Would you go on a cycling holiday with her?" or "Would you eat a free taco if a stranger gave it to you?" you're able to perfectly discern who is the liar among all the spectators. No electronics or stooges or pre-show or gaffs are used. It's all encompassed in the delightful presentation.

Includes gimmicks and almost two hours of video instruction.

Reviews

Elliott Smith

Official Reviewer

Jul 15, 2023

Overview

You are really getting a lot here, not just three amazing effects but a complete mini-show routine one right after the other. Two of them involve cards and one with coins but it is not a coin effect, you can use anything as long as all the items are the same except for one. If you know of or have heard of Mark Elsdon, you already know that this will be awesome!

Effect

Mark Elsdon is an inventor of great magic and has consulted for all of the big names in our industry. He has put together three of his very favorite and original effects into one download bundle. Every single one is easy to perform and will elicit GASPS from the audience. The best news?

Limelight: This is Mark's very favorite effect that he's ever created You make any Spectator the hero, by allowing them to reveal chosen and thought-of cards from a shuffled deck. The Spectator becomes the Magician and is able to predict any card at any number and does so across three phases, each more impossible than the last.

NYC Opener: A lovely way to open any performance. A card cleanly vanishes from the deck and appears in the card box, all under test conditions.

Strange Oblique: This is Mark's handling of the "Which hand" plot. Here, you designate one Spectator as "the liar" and all the others as truthtellers. By asking a series of nonsensical, absurd, hilarious questions like "Would you go on a cycling holiday with her?" or "Would you eat a free taco if a stranger gave it to you?” you are able to perfectly discern who is the liar among all the spectators. No electronics or stooges, pre-show or gaffs are used. It's all encompassed in the delightful presentation.

Method

All three effects are diabolically brilliant, powerful and very easy to learn. With Strange Oblique you use your own or the Spectators coins or anything else like colored stones, paperclips, small balls of colored paper, etc. There are no gimmicks and no sleights needed and this can be done anywhere, anytime. For NYC Opener you will receive two gimmicks that you will add to your own deck. This one is very easy to do and learn, all that is required is a very simple sleigh that pretty well everyone knows how to do. Even if you don’t, Mark will teach you a way around that. Lastly, Limelight is an incredible effect is which your Spectator seems to be doing everything and you are just there facilitating the whole thing. A regular deck of cards is used, a small crimp (not really giving anything away here) and a few minor sleights. Again Mark will also teach you how to do this with no sleights that will be just as effective and astounding.

Product Quality

Your purchase includes two gimmicks and almost two hours of online downloadable video tutorials. You will also receive a .pdf file clearly explaining Strange Oblique. Mark is am amazing teacher and will leave no stone unturned with his teachings. All is very clear and concise and great videography.

Ad Copy Integrity

All is accurate however the ad does claim that “each one can be performed within minutes of watching”. I really don’t think so, NYC Opener will be the fastest one to learn but not minutes. I am not saying that each of the three will be hard to learn but each one in a very acceptable amount of time. You will not be doing it immediately like other ‘out of the box’ effects just to be clear but it will not be hours and days. Practice and some memorization will certainly be needed.

Final Thoughts

Each of these three effects are worth their weight is gold which involve mystery, mentalism and really great interactive entertainment value. Mark provide you with all the scripting you will need but feel free to customize it to your own liking and personality. The price of $25 is very small for what you will be learning, it’s a very good investment and value even if you only perform one of the three but you won’t. Once you learn them, you will want to perform all of them all the time. I highly recommend this.
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