Alakazam Magic and David Loosley'southward Mystique Colour Changing Deck is a great and piece of cake color changing deck routine. In Mystique, the performer shows a ruby constrict and removes a red-backed deck. The faces of the cards are fanned to show that information technology is a normal deck. It is flipped over to show a spread of cherry-red-backed cards. The performer has the spectator choice a bill of fare by saying "stop" as the performer is riffling down the deck. The cards above the selected card are displayed to exist all reddish-backed cards and the 1 called card is signed on its face and and so inserted face down into the middle of the deck. In an instant almost all the cards in the deck turn into blueish-backed cards, with 1 exception… the chosen cerise-backed carte du jour. And, if you so desire, you tin can as well accept the tuck change colors.

Mystique comes with an excellently produced 20 infinitesimal DVD and the necessary gimmicked cards. The DVD consists of the trailer/promotional video, a live and studio operation and the caption by Loosley and Peter Nardi. The top-notch camera work and shut-up shots assist in the instructional stage of the DVD.

First, the promotional video is very fair and shows segments of the routine in a stand-upward (no table) sit-in. To Alakazam's credit, the moves in the off-crush are non edited out of the video and although they can be seen if you lot are looking for them, the moves are so subtle that they are imperceptible. The but issue with the promotional video is that it shows a spectator belongings the tuck in a way that would reveal, at to the lowest degree to that spectator, a part of the method. The ad copy is fair and accurate. The price is off-white for what yous get, what you will exist able to perform and how astonished your audience will be.

Second, the DVD shows the unabridged live performance from the promotional video without any edits and Loosley's entire presentation and patter. Then, Loosley performs the routine, using Nardi equally a spectator, while they are both seated and using the table to spread the cards.

The routine is explained by Loosley in a very clear and easy to follow manner. Loosley explains the set-up and each footstep of this very impressive effect. There is i move that will take a bit of exercise for a beginner, only Loosley and Nardi discuss easier, more novice friendly, ways to attain the trickier movement. Loosley is very adept at demonstrating the timing, misdirection and how to execute moves on the off-shell.

Y'all volition need to supply your own Bike deck of cards and if yous wish to do the colour changing constrict, you lot will also need to practise a fleck of arts-and-crafts, but this is an optional phase of the trick, which also creates some bending issues to be aware of. Although Loosley explains how to construct the color-changing box, he does not demonstrate its construction on the DVD.

The reset volition take about 5 2d and when the play a trick on is over, you cannot manus out the deck for inspection. This is not an issue because you can immediately place the card dorsum into the box with some patter nearly how the cards either do or practise non match the box — depending on whether or not yous end up with a like-colored box. And, besides, your audition is and then flabbergasted that they don't know what just happened.

I highly recommend Mystique.