Price$39.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedDec 05, 2008
Cesaral Card Finale
Cesar Alonso
(Based on 1 review)
Why special? Because:
Cesaral Card Finale includes:
What miracles can you get with it?
Basic effect 1:
The magician performs his favorite trick with cards for Linda, one of the audience members. The chosen and signed card by Linda then travels, for example, to the magicians wallet. The magician gets the first applause, but wait... there is something more! The magician peals the card apart in front of everybody, and between the two inner faces of the card layers reads "THANKS Linda". The magician's business card information is also hidden in that place, and finally everything can be given out as a gift.
Basic effect 2:
One spectator signs a coin and suddenly vanishes…another spectator, for example Cindy picks a card. Cindy takes the card and feels something strange within it. The magician asks Cindy to tear open the card and the signed coin is found inside. Written in the inner layers or the broken card can be read "THANKS Cindy".
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Reviews
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What an interesting idea. Basically what you're getting are two decks of special cards (one red-backed and the other blue-backed). The cards have two special features useful for magicians.
First, they're marked. The markings are very easy to see , which has always been important to me. They don't pass the "flip test," but unless you make it apparent that you might be using a marked deck, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
The more interesting feature is that the cards are very easy to split, with layers that can be glued back together over and over. If you've ever tried splitting cards, you'll know it takes a lot of patience to get it right.
Most of the effects included in the instructional videos focus on this splitting capability. There's a Fire Trap-esque coin effect where the vanished coin ends up sealed inside a card. The name "Card Finale" refers to the ending of a card routine in which someone's name (and/or a message) is found written on the inside layers of the card.
The videos and documentation include lots more ideas for these cards. One involves a few drops of perfume placed inside the card. Others include embedding other bits of card (extra pips or court card faces) inside of the cards.
The instructions are provided via downloadable videos and Word documents. If you're on a dialup connection, you'll want to take note of this.
The cards are well-made and resemble standard Bicycle backs. One of the instructional videos suggests they can be mixed in with a Bicycle deck. I'm not sure I buy this, but I haven't tried it.
Really, I think this boils down to the owner's creativity. You're really buying a utility device, not a trick. If putting words or other objects in the middle of cards sparks some ideas for you, then you'll be very happy with the Cesaral Card Finale.
First, they're marked. The markings are very easy to see , which has always been important to me. They don't pass the "flip test," but unless you make it apparent that you might be using a marked deck, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
The more interesting feature is that the cards are very easy to split, with layers that can be glued back together over and over. If you've ever tried splitting cards, you'll know it takes a lot of patience to get it right.
Most of the effects included in the instructional videos focus on this splitting capability. There's a Fire Trap-esque coin effect where the vanished coin ends up sealed inside a card. The name "Card Finale" refers to the ending of a card routine in which someone's name (and/or a message) is found written on the inside layers of the card.
The videos and documentation include lots more ideas for these cards. One involves a few drops of perfume placed inside the card. Others include embedding other bits of card (extra pips or court card faces) inside of the cards.
The instructions are provided via downloadable videos and Word documents. If you're on a dialup connection, you'll want to take note of this.
The cards are well-made and resemble standard Bicycle backs. One of the instructional videos suggests they can be mixed in with a Bicycle deck. I'm not sure I buy this, but I haven't tried it.
Really, I think this boils down to the owner's creativity. You're really buying a utility device, not a trick. If putting words or other objects in the middle of cards sparks some ideas for you, then you'll be very happy with the Cesaral Card Finale.