Product description : Out of this world is a very famous plot in magic, with many variations around on the market but Jean Pierre Vallarino has now released his version of it. In this one, what’s very cool is that people can see the result of what they predict directly. Basically, you show a deck face up and you ask people what do they think is the color of the next card. They answer and you prove that they’re right ! You can do this as many times as you want and they will always be correct ! You’ll have several routines included in the explanations. But is it worth your hard earned money ? Let’s find out together.
Price and where to buy it : This is sold at $39.95 and you can find it in nearly every Murphy's magic partner !
What you get : The packaging you receive is very good, a red cardboard box with gold metallic ink on it, it doesn’t do much to the trick but it’s always good to have a nice packaging. Inside, you’ll find a link for an online video, and it is very good because it has live performances, several routines included and the best of the best: Greg Wilson is teaching the routine so it couldn’t be better ! I really liked the video. You also get a gimmicked deck which is not setup but takes minutes to setup (you can also modify it a bit before setting it up so it will make the reset easier if you mess up the cards but it’s not mandatory). Once setup, the deck is very easy to use and allows you to perform multiple routines but my favorite one is the first one taught by Greg. It’s complete and very interesting in the way it’s made. Overall, for the price, I’m quite happy, I like this way more than I thought I would be.
The pros and the cons : Here is the core of my review, let's begin with the cons, as I will usually be doing, I prefer to keep the good things for the end.
THE CONS :
This is a fully gimmicked deck, so you won’t be able to use it for anything else than an out of this world type routine. This is important because it’s another gimmicked deck to carry around.
Since the deck is gimmicked, you won’t be able to hand it out, which is not the case with a OOTW routine with a regular deck.
THE PROS :
What I like with this routine is that you get to show the outcome of their prediction directly after they call it, which is not an usual thing with OOTW routine. Usually, you have all the cards face down and you reveal the outcome at the end, here, you show it after they call it.
The deck is very ingenious in the way it’s gimmicked so it will allow you to do several things with it, I’m sure you will come up with your own ideas with it once you find the secret.
The way the routines are structured allows you to be instantly reset for the next table. This is very interesting meaning you won’t have to do dirty work and it’s a nice thing because you don’t want to handle the deck too much in order to not screw up the stack.
When you find out the secret, you will be able to create your gimmicked deck out of any back design you want so you can adapt it to the cards you’re using.
Overall rating : This is a very good Out of this World, I really like the gimmick and they way the routine were constructed, I just can’t see myself carrying this special deck only for this effect, 3/4 hearts.
As for the difficulty level, if you can push a card on a deck, you can do this, 1/5 stars.
Similar products : There are many Out of this World routines out there, I pretty much like the basic routine with a regular deck created by Paul Curry.