Magic Tricks

The most important thing here is to understand what you're getting before you pay full price for this. If you haven't seen the basic trick, do a Google search for "fool us found the love" to see the YouTube clip of P&T performing this at the end of an episode of "Fool Us".

It's a self-working trick, and you can probably figure out the full workings yourself in under 10 minutes.

Also know that it's the same trick as "How To Find Your Other Half" from the Woody Aragon Live lecture, and it's also featured (with only a basic explanation - but sufficient) in the Penguin Live Super Sampler.

So if you're buying this trick individually, you're really doing it to get Aragon's alternative handlings and presentations, or perhaps for the detailed explanation if you don't want to take the time to work it out yourself.

With all that in mind, I do love the routine.

What I like best is that it's actually a math trick, with all of the misdirection aimed at making it fun and drawing attention away from anything related to its mathematical nature. That aspect of it is absolutely brilliant. It's a night vs day difference from other self-working "math tricks" (such as Gray Elephant In Denmark). The audience will leave thinking that it was simply a really fun card trick.

Other thoughts... you'll have to sacrifice a full deck for each 13 participants, so make sure you bring plenty of extra cards in case you end up with a larger audience than expected.

And more importantly, think about the clean up. Not the disposing of a gimmick kind, as you have nothing hidden. But if each participant throws away seven card pieces, you're making a mess that will have to be cleaned up before the room can be used for anything else. You need to be aware of what problems that might cause before you plan to perform this routine.

Still, it's a GREAT routine that can be performed even by an absolute beginner, is lots of fun, and the bigger the group, the better.