JB Magic presents Twisted Blizzard, by J. Aaron Delong. It is a solid effect than can be performed by beginners with ease, making them look like a professional. This trick is great for strolling or close-up magic gigs, table-hopping or just a party with friends.
In Twisted Blizzard, you ask one spectator to name any foursome of cards i.e. the Aces, the Kings, the Threes, the Nines or whatever. The performer then fans the deck so that only he can see the cards and places the set face down. After another spectator picks one of the four cards by suit, the four cards are turned over to reveal that they are all blank, except the chosen card. And, as a kicker, the entire deck is then turned over, fanned upright and revealed to be a completely blank deck. The reaction to this trick for your average spectator is amazing.
With this purchase you get a gaffed deck and an instructional DVD. The deck is printed on Bicycle 808 stock, which can never be handed out or inspected by a spectator. The DVD first presents a live demonstration of the trick followed by a table-side explanation. This part of the DVD is less than fourteen minutes. The trick is simple to learn and perform and you might not even need to watch the entire video to start performing. The reset takes about two seconds.
In addition to the Twisted Blizzard effect described above, there is a 21 minute video segment that teaches the bonus effect, White Trash. White Trash is just as astonishing, if not more so, than the product’s namesake effect.
Essentially, White Trash is a take on Out Of This World. In this version, two spectators choose to put face-down cards on either their own pile (one spectator has the black pile and the other the reds) or to “trash” the cards by placing them on a common pile for rejected cards. At the end, both spectators correctly divined all their cards and each pile has only cards with their designated color. And, as a kicker, the “trash” pile has only blank cards. This is revealed when the performer fans the cards, face-up, on the table.
This bonus effect is performed live and then explained. It is also extremely easy to understand and perform, but takes about 30 seconds to set up before performing.
Delong acknowledges that Twisted Blizzard was inspired by Dean Dill’s Blizzard and John Bannon’s Twisted Sister. He combined the two great tricks and out came Twisted Blizzard! He also credits Deland for being the first to print this type of gaffed deck. As to the bonus effect, White Trash, he credits John Kennedy’s Red and Black, which was published by Genii over twenty five years ago, in 1989.
This is a fun one to play around with and is recommended. For $25, you can’t go wrong.