The Biddle Trick (by Biddle?)

First of all, I would like to say that if I mentioned that I'm only gonna review magic equipments... I lied...

Second of all, I seriously couldn't find out who invented this trick. I just know that it's called this after the name of the move, the Biddle Count (or maybe it's the other way around... either way, I can't find much of a history on  this trick)

Last of all, I'm uploading this entry today since I didn't do shit yesterday.

So before all you trolls out there start showing off your affection towards me in your special ways, allow me to start my review on this trick.

Effect: Well... it's really quite simple. A spectator chooses a card, puts it back in the deck. After shuffling, the magician tells the spectator that he managed to shuffle the card to the top HALF of the deck so he gives the the bottom half to check and keep. He then chooses 5 random cards from the top half he still has remaining and asks the audience to see whether or not one of the cards is theirs. One of them is (SUR-FUCKING-PRISE!!!)! He then gives the rest of the deck t the audience. He then counts the cards in his hand, still 5 cards. But after some magical shit happens, a card disappears (again... surprise!!!)

and then finally..... the card appears in middle of the audience's pile of cards that HE HAD BEEN HOLDING ONTO THE WHOLE TIME!

well... they say that a picture is worth a thousand words... and at 24 frames per second, my video is certainly gonna be worth a lot more.

Enjoy!

So there we have it, the Biddle Trick! :D


Spectator's View: ZOMG!!!! That was probably gonna be my first reaction when I first saw the trick if only it wasn't done so poorly.  However, I had been a magician for a while by then and could see through most misdirections. so yeah... However, to laymen, this trick is fantastic!!!


Design (in this case, Routine): I use it as an opener. I don't really use a strong patter with it unless it's for some festival but even then, I like the pureness of this effect. I think that a strong patter would ruin it.


Care: I would like to state that 'care' for tricks and 'care' for equipments is different. Anyways, this trick is not really angle sensitive. I have performed this trick surrounded countless times. In fact, I think that it's a better trick than the ambitious card in terms of angle sensitivity.


Overall: A VERY strong opener. I personally use it as a opener almost every single time I perform street magic. It can get the crowd warmed up enough so that even if you start rambling random crap, they'll think that it's pure gold. I give it a solid 90/100 for this trick. The cons of this trick is that despite the pure and strong effect, some audiences can be lost while you are performing. So just watch out for that :)



that's all for today!


Next Review: French Kiss (In my opinion, the ULTIMATE trick for picking up girls) (HOWEVER, my video will be in Chinese so yeah... I'll try to sub it before I post it up)