Hi,

Does anyone have any experience with this trick? It really seems too good to be true. It's a $10 download, which isn't too expensive but I've been burned before (not by these guys) and want to be careful. Thank you!

http://www.mjmmagic.com/pages-productinf......ver.html

Effect: The magician takes out two decks of cards, a red backed deck and a blue backed deck. He then picks up one of the decks and asks the spectator to name ANY card that he sees. That's right, ANY CARD!

The magician then picks up the other deck, and miraculously, the chosen card has VANISHED from the deck! You can show the spectator every single card if you like, they will see that the only card missing is their own which they FREELY CHOSE!

Going back to the original deck, they are SHOCKED to see that the one missing card has now travelled into that deck, because it's the only card that has a different colored back.

This trick is AMAZING! The first time we saw it, we knew that we had to carry it!

* Can be done with ANY TWO DECKS
* ANY CARD can be named - totally free choice, no forces
* Card really disappears from the other deck

Sounds a little like Jay Sankey's Astral Projection...

Eddie Joseph's "Premonition"?

From the video, it's really nothing like Premonition, which I own. The decks are in full view the entire time. And according to the description, there's no force at all, so it's not like Astral Projection. Mental Crossover looks pretty good. I guess I might have to buy it to check out the secret. If I do, I'll post a review.

My mistake, Astral Projection does not involve a force either. But the difference between AP and MC is that MC claims it can be done with any two decks.

I bought Mental Crossover and it is different than Astral Projection. It is a nice effect.

I also purchased a download on the site called 'psychometry'. I REALLY like this one. You can actually use more than five cards. It is totally impromptu.

There is a demo clip at the site:

http://www.mjmmagic.com/pages-productinf......try.html

It's a decent effect, but only the named card is examinable, and one phase has such a dead giveaway in it that this seems unusable. At least I can't imagine ever using it. I admire the ingenuity that went into creating this, but the result is not, in my opinion, a professional effect, and I cannot recommend it. A dud.

What is examinable and what is not?

Regards,
Mike