Luck of the Draw is an excellent prediction effect that uses a simple and fooling three way force bag and multi colored raffle tickets (100 random tickets, 100 force tickets with one number and another set of 100 force tickets with a different number). It is simple to learn, to perform and packs a knockout punch to your spectators. This trick packs small. It transports easily in your jacket pocket. It is brought to you by Liam Montier and Big Blind Media so you know it is a well thought out and a quality product.
Wait, did I just expose the trick? A three way force bag, force tickets?!! Hold on a second… check of the following link from Murphy’s Magic…
http://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=57104
As you can see, BBM reveals the information discussed above so you know what you are getting… Phew!
What you get is access to a password protected site from Murphy’s Magic where you can either stream or download two short videos taught by Montier. As always, the teaching is top-notch. The first video, which is about four and a half minutes long is the promotional video which you can see on the link above. The second video is a bit longer than nine minutes and it explains how to perform Pyrite, the trick that Montier performs to the camera in the first video. Since you can check it out yourself, it does not need to be described, except to say that it is a great prediction effect with a deck of cards. Pyrite will require that you mark up the backs of an entire deck of cards with random numbers to perform it.
You also get the very simple three was force back that looks like a normal bag. With the clever way that Montier instructs the spectator how to pick a raffle ticket, the spectator can hold the bag and detection is almost entirely unlikely. In fact, the raffle tickets and the booklet that comes with this trick are delivered in the bag. I almost ripped the bag open because I did not realize it is the force bag. It looks that good! You are taught how to make additional force bags as well. It should take about 5 seconds if you have the right bags.
The raffle tickets are very thin paper and are all multi colored which makes the trick more fooling to the spectator since the force numbers on the force tickets are not all the same color. That is a very nice touch. When first dropping the raffle tickets into the bag, I would separate then, individually since they tend to stick to once another due to the texture of the paper. That takes about 20 seconds to do.
The small booklet that comes with the trick (that contains 7 pages of text) provides written explanations of the trick and necessary set up. It is clear and easy to follow. It also describes a quasi impromptu Book test routine, Pyrite (which is shown in the promo video) and some other mentalism routines. There is room to develop many other routines with the materials provided. The ad copy to the trick is accurate.
There is a one time set up which takes about 30 seconds and reset takes about one second. You can perform this to the same group, more than once, because of the second set of force tickets provided. There are no real angle issues to be concerned about, but the bag obviously cannot be handed out for inspection.
Luck of the Draw gets astounding reactions and the highest rating.