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Royal Scam - John Bannon The Hype: THE ROYAL SCAM - You display a small packet of cards that are all Ace Of Spades. Through six increasingly staggering phases this packet of cards keeps reversing it’s orientation, first all face down, then impossibly all face up. Now most tricks would end there… but The Royal Scam has yet to unleash the truly impossible, because next four of the discarded Aces are revealed to have different back designs - each one from a totally different deck! While your spectator is reeling at this utter impossibility you’ll be gearing up to unveil your REAL coup de grāce, because the remaining five cards are then flipped faceup to reveal that they are not the generic Aces Of Spades they expected. Nope - those five cards are a fully examinable ROYAL FLUSH IN SPADES! The Royal Scam is classic John Bannon - brilliant economical handling, easy to master method, fully examinable cards, multiple phases - a huge amount of magic from just the nine provided cards! Where most routines come to an end, Bannon is just getting started. * A self contained pocket miracle. Uses just the nine provided cards (no deck required). * The 9 specially printed cards (on beautiful USPCC stock) are supplied in a wallet for easy transport. * Easy to do. No hard sleights. * No extra cards or sticky stuff * Totally examinable. End 100% clean with nothing to hide. * Impossibly fooling. * Packaged in a beautiful faux-hardback book - just right to slip onto your shelf and protect your set of gaff cards!
My Take: Once again John has showed us that he is the Babe Ruth of packet tricks. Fans of Sizzle will love this one. The smooth handling, the color changes all blend into a feast for the eyes. You get a set of nine colorful ungaffed cards which come in a very nice hard cover packaging.I think Big Blind will be using this packaging more in the future putting a whole new style onto the packet trick trade. I first saw it used on OMG Super Morigami. These cases are designed not only to be attractive but functional protecting your cards and giving you a case that can be put on your bookshelf. This is a trick that can be done very slowly making it all the more deceptive. The construction of the procedure flows smoothly from one phase into the next. Your audience is convinced that they have seen the front and back of each of the cards, but they are wrong. John's clever handling hides everything you are not supposed to see. This is not one of John's self workers but it is a powerful piece of magic. Sizzle has been one of my favorite tricks to perform for a long time. This has a similar outcome with cards changing color and changing to a royal flush at the end. I wouldn't do both pieces at a single performance but they are both strong enough merit an inclusion to any set you might be performing. I do have to than John for this routine because it has forced me to expand my knowledge of card counts. He does the Vallarino's Rumba Count and Ed Marlo's OPEC count. I had never had need for either one before and frankly I thought that the OPEC looked a little suspicious when I saw it. John has disabused me of that thinking. After sitting down and playing with the cards, the Rumba count now rolls naturally off my fingers and while OPEC might not slip by eagle-eyed magicians, it certainly will fool your standard audience. I always look forward to John's new release and at the rate he turns these gems out, I won't have to wait that long. Recommended. |
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