Effect: Paul Vigil takes the Sympathetic Cards plot to a whole new level with a gimmickless and super-fair version that has an incredible kicker ending.
“Another winner from Paul Vigil!
When Paul showed me this my mind filled with thoughts of possibilities. Thank you Paul!”
- Eugene Burger
“I think this is one of the best constructed matching routines in the history of card magic.”
- Allan Ackerman
“Paul’s magic is a beautiful blend of poetry, dexterous manipulation and psychology. Sympathetic Cards utterly destroyed me the first time I saw it performed. I didn’t know what was coming and when I got there it was already too late to even try to backtrack. Then there’s the surprise ending…
I don’t do a lot of card tricks, but this is something I will perform.”
- Patrick G. Redford
“Brilliant. Elegant. Diabolical.
Once again, Paul Vigil has proven why he is simply one of my favorite magicians in the world.”
- Rick Maue
“The bad part of progressing in magic is that you don’t get fooled very often. This trick fooled me. Paul has obviously put in a lot of thoughtful work on this one. Magic is replete with tricks that sound good or look good on video, but aren’t practical when applied in the real world. This one is entertaining, will work in the real world and will fool your spectators.”
- Darren Hart
“Fantastic! That was amazing!”
- John Born
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Subject line: Sympathy
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Ps. Also contains bits,tips and thoughts from Luke Jermay, Joey Burton, John Born, Patrick Redford, Dan Harlan, Raj Madhok and Rick Maue.
Now for a review...
What you receive...an incredibly well written and detailed pdf which is 29 pages long! For a start, Paul continues to prove a point to me...when some of the less inexperienced or younger Magicians try and releases a manuscript on something, it can sometimes be about 1-3 pages long...but with Paul...this one effect is detailed in 29 pages! Big difference, and it is the same with all his releases, very well and deatiled writing, makes for ease of learning...
Now, onto the effect, it is the classic Sympathetic cards plot, but with NO gaffs, it uses a regular deck, the spectator cuts the deck where they like, free choice...the spectator chooses a half...free choice, no Magicians force or anything...you demonstrate what they are about to do with their half by mixing your half...some face up, some face down as well...and then they do the same...mix it AS MUCH as they like, really they do! Then the cards are all turned over, and they match the pairs of your pile! (That description really doesn't do the effect justice so far) Now, there are no switches or funny moves here, they really are the two packets which have been on view the entire time, spectators could literally burn your hands and the packets throughout the entire routine so far and not see anything...because there is nothing to see!!!
But there is more!!! A prediction which has also been in view the ENTIRE time, and can even be given out before the effect is opened, and seen to match the order of the cards perfectly! Absolutely incredible!!! All without any gaffs, a normal deck of cards, no switches or ANY sleight of hand!
