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captainsmiffy Special user UK, resident UAE 598 Posts 
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Whilst I saw the method immediately, I think that it is a wonderful presentation and I particularly like the 3rd phase. Nice thinking! If you don’t know the methodology then this would be, imho, a great buy.
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CartoucheNL New user Liessel, The Netherlands 47 Posts
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I love the principle behind this (and some other interesting effects). If you do not know this principle (I have yet to come across the first layman who does) you do not stand a chance of discovering the method.
The suggestion of forgetting about the wallets and set the cards up in a deck, taking first cards with the (blue) deck face down and later from the deck face up, is a very good suggestion. For the third phase, I think, it requires a small adaptation of mixing the red and black face cards to create the red and black face up stack on the spot. To those in the know this will make sense. Great trick, Liam!! |
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ejohn Special user Atlanta 744 Posts
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Back in stock. $34 at Alakazam.
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MagicNull New user 4 Posts
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Just picked this up from BigBlindMedia, waiting for it to arrive. Would have been great as a download, but looks like a great effect.
Cheers! |
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Bruce T New user 70 Posts
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Have used this successfully at the bar.
Bewildering reactions. |
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aheller5 Loyal user 202 Posts
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This could be the trick of year based on the principle
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gibby357 Veteran user The Woodlands, TX 351 Posts
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I truly believe that Liam goes into his attic or basement, opens a trunk, pulls out something he bought when he was 10 years old and breathes new life into it. The man is always reminding us that we stand on the shoulders of Giants!
Leo |
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Harley Remington New user 68 Posts
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On Mar 26, 2026, gibby357 wrote: "'Breathes' new life..." Indeed!! |
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spudster85 Loyal user Northern Kentucky 265 Posts
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I'd be happy if Alakazam would just ship my order containing this. Not sure why it takes them so long to ship orders in the US.
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dman11 Inner circle USA 1200 Posts
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On Mar 26, 2026, spudster85 wrote: It takes longer now than it ever did shipping from the UK to the US. It usually take 5-6-7 days for US orders to ship. I think they only ship once a week (possibly Mondays - gets orders ready over the weekend and then ships) so if you order right after that day - you're waiting a while for the next batch of orders to get shipped. Then if you are on the east coast, it now takes the post office another week to get mail across the country. All of my orders take about 2 weeks now. From the UK it took 7-8 days total. |
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Dave the Knave Regular user Cochise County, Arizona 173 Posts
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On Mar 26, 2026, spudster85 wrote: I've never ordered from Alakazam, but I understand they have a California warehouse that has product. When you order something from the U.K. website does it state if the thing ordered is in stock in the U.S.? |
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Paul Rathbun Inner circle Michigan 2663 Posts
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On Mar 26, 2026, Dave the Knave wrote: Good question. I have contacted Alakazam twice through their website asking if this is in stock in the U.S. and didn’t receive a response either time.
Check out my downloads on Penguin by searching my name on their website.
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Picard Elite user 455 Posts
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Guys, what kind of reactions are you getting from spectators with this one?
I really like the trick and the underlying principle, but I can’t help wondering whether, for at least some people, it might come across more like a math trick or a puzzle rather than something truly amazing. I actually bought it a while ago because it looked fun, but I still haven’t performed it yet. Also, a small nitpick: you don’t get the same phases/predictions as shown in the trailer. For example, I was unlucky—my Phase 2 and Phase 3 ended up having identical predictions (both were 4 red and 3 black), which makes it more likely that spectators will interpret it as some kind of mathematical principle. I much prefer the structure in Liam’s trailer, where all three phases/predictions are different. Yes, once you understand the principle you can adjust things by adding the necessary cards, but that meant I had to make my own handwritten predictions. Honestly, that felt a bit disappointing—I would have preferred to use the fancy, printed ones that come with the trick. |
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3250 Posts
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On Mar 26, 2026, spudster85 wrote: I’ve had the same issue. I’m in California and it takes them at least a week to ship an item. I get orders from Vanishing Inc., which are coming from the same area of the state as Alakazam’s warehouse, in as little as two days. If Alakazam is only going to ship on certain days of the week, I wish they would state than when ordering. I don’t love the idea of a business that operates this inefficiently and it’s happened on multiple orders from them.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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samdan Special user 620 Posts
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Agreed Andrew.
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3250 Posts
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That said this is a fantastic release! I love the way it builds.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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influentialist Special user 502 Posts
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Here in CT, my orders from Penguin, Vanishing Inc and Alakazam are all much the same delivery time of around 1 week.
For some reason, when I order from Don's Magic & Books in MN, those orders are sent via Media Mail and arrive in around 3 days - not that I'm complaining! Really like this effect, but plan to change it up a little and maybe write my predictions between phases once I "start to understand how the particpant's mind works" |
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Smudgey New user 50 Posts
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On Mar 27, 2026, Picard wrote: My predictions were all different, but I still made my own handwritten ones. In Liam's lecture he actually said he preferred the handwritten route as it feels to the spectator that the outcome could be different each performance (which technically it can) rather than the same each time, which the printed cards suggest. |
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Picard Elite user 455 Posts
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On Mar 28, 2026, Smudgey wrote: Well, if you got the pre-written handwritten ones then it also feels that the outcome will be the same no matter what. Clearly you’ve prepared them in advance. In that case I’d rather use fancy printed ones than my own poor handwriting lol. I did like the idea suggested here of writing predictions before each phase, as if you’re deciding based on the spectator you’re performing to. However, having paid over 40 dollars for this trick I was certainly expecting varied predictions. For a trick that I have to remake myself I would not have paid 40+ dollars. |
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spudster85 Loyal user Northern Kentucky 265 Posts
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FINALLY got my package from Alakazam. This is such a cool principle that I had never known before. Love the effect! I've had it just a few hours and it is ready to go. I am adding it to the top and bottom of a "regular" deck I pull out. From there, I'm using double blank cards to write my predictions of what the spec will pick. I don’t think I'll write "tests" on the cards, but rather just write my prediction as it arises with each round. Overall, really happy with this purchase!
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