Spell-o-matic – Liam Montier and Big Blind Media
25.00
http://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=58743

The Hype:

Based on an original idea by Hen Fetsch, the SPELL-O-MATIC is an astonishing piece of card magic. 

Imagine having a spectator name ANY card, and you spell straight to it! Then, another spectator does the same, and you spell to that too! 

Then you have both spectators 'create a card', one naming a suit at random, and another naming a value! BOOM! It turns up when you spell! 

Finally, both spectators create a card again, but they don't even tell you their choices! One chooses a suit, one a value, and you drop the deck to the table. For the first time, both choices are named, and you spell it, from the table top, with no moves or sneaky stuff! AND THEIR CARD TURNS UP WHEN YOU SPELL IT! 

Works with any number of freely thought-of cards! 
Easy to do - no sleight of hand! 
Perform it entirely in the hands! 
Perfect for walk around! 
No reset required! 
No Forces! 
A specially prepared Bicycle Deck packaged with full color pamphlet instructions, plus downloadable HD video instructions!

My Take:

Several companies have reissued effects by Hen Fetsch. Notably, Elmwood Magic with Wallet Wallop, Symbologic and Quadroplets. And there is a good reason. Hen Fetsch was an incredibly gifted and clever magician whose effects still play very well today.

When I heard that Liam Montier’s latest effect was based on a Hen Fetsch effect, I wanted to check out the original write-up to see what Liam has changed or added. So, many thanks to Dan Tong for lending me his copy of Fetsching Magic. Liam’s set-up is the same as the original but , of course, he has added his own touches to the trick. His small changes make the trick easier to do. You no longer have to look at the deck to accomplish the result. I must say when I first read about Spell-o-Matic, I looked forward to seeing it. Dan has been killing us with spelling tricks for years and I thought that finally I would be able to get him. No such luck but it did get me the loan of the Fetsch book

 In Big Blind’s ad, everything is exactly as listed. No reset and very easy to do. I have been showing this one to everyone I know over the last couple of days and it has not failed once to get a big response. It is a hard and fast rule for most magic that you do not repeat a trick. One of the selling points on this is that you actually perform the same trick three times and it absolutely fries your audience. And (although you should become comfortable with the deck before taking it out to the street) this is actually a killer trick that you can do with very little practice.

One of the things I have grown to like about Liam Montier is his talent for taking an older trick then adding his touches to it and effectively turning it into a new trick. He finds great material that we have either forgotten or never had the opportunity to observe before. He simplifies material and makes it infinitely more accessible to those of us without great chops. So, thank you Liam. I love this and look forward to anything you might release in the future.

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