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The Trick That Cannot Be Explained

Giobbi, ROberto

Magic Apple

(Based on 1 review)
The performer shows an envelope he says contains a prediction. This envelope is left on the table the ENTIRE time. The spectator shuffles and cuts his own deck and with obvious freedom selects a card.

Upon looking in the envelope, you show a picture of a '52 on 1' card and point to their card. Then you turn the single '52 on 1' card over and it is exactly the same - a perfect prediction!

Includes all the gimmicks, card envelope , Complete full color instructions.
  • Any Deck can be used
  • No Sleight of Hand
  • No Palming
  • Instant Reset
  • Perfect trick to hand out your business card.
    • From Roberto Giobbi:
      "This is my handling of Dai Vernon's famous piece, "The Trick That Cannot be Explained", published in Lewis Ganson's Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic. It is by no means meant as an improvement on an already sensational piece - you can't improve on a genius - but simply as an additional idea that you might occasionally want to use, and maybe even fool those in the know, let alone those who are not."

Reviews

Stephan Sloan

Official Reviewer

Oct 21, 2022

Overview

The Trick That Cannot Be Explained by Dai Vernon was published in Lewis Ganson’s Dai Vernon’s More Inner Secrets of Card Magic. TTTCBE is Roberto Giobbi’s version of the same trick. What Giobbi has added was the ability to have multiple outs and have the multiple outs in a single envelope. I like Giobbi’s work and admire most of what he does. What I don’t admire is when people release a trick and have you go to other sources for original and additional handlings that should have been included with what you purchased.

Effect

The Trick That Cannot Be Explained falls under the category of Jazz card magic. There are some skilled performers in this subset of card magic such as Henry Evans of Argentina. When it comes to Jazz card magic, the trick only comes to a finish when the opportunity presents itself. In other words, after some shuffles and cuts, if the arrangement of cards presents the prospect for you to finish the trick, then you do so. However, if it does not then you must continue until the chance arises. This is not a trick that one brings step by step to a conclusion as in most card magic we see.

Method

The method presented by Giobbi isn’t any different than what has been written about in other publications. It is the card man’s version of the baby gag used by mentalists. What Giobbi added was a multiple out and an envelope to present such. The envelope is nothing but a slightly modified pay envelope. Multiple shuffles, cuts, fans are the methods used until the target card is within sight. At that point the performer has to convincingly claim this was his intent all the while.

Product Quality

On a six-page instruction sheet, you get the basic handling of TTTCBE. It covers the concept of how to make the trick progress through it stages until you can find a point to conclude. The instructions also cover the ways to handle the envelope and reveal the “prediction”. You will receive along with the instructions 4 "special" cards, and a gimmicked envelope.
The instructions run you through a fictitious scenario. Statements such as “use one of Ganson’s spelling procedures or refer to Vernon’s suggestions if that doesn’t work” is not fully explaining the effect as far as I’m concerned.

Ad Copy Integrity

Although the ad copy is not incorrect, I think they are guilty of omission. This is not a defined card trick. I wonder if the hope was, that someone reading the ad copy was unfamiliar with Vernon’s The Trick That Cannot Be Explained and purchased the trick not knowing there is no trick. Or possibly, the person reading the copy would not be motivated to research what the Vernon trick was. Either way, I wonder if it would be sold if everyone knew that you would have to shuffle, cut, spread, shuffle, cut, spread ad infinitum until your prediction landed in the spot you wanted to. I cannot recommend this one to even ones who call themselves “card men”.
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