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Price$29.95
Media TypeTrick, Online Instructions, Gimmick(s)
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedMay 20, 2023

POKE A DOT RED

Sirus Magic

(Based on 1 review)
An unusual and incredible color changing deck OPENER, with multi phased powerful hits of strong magic, before you even get to the color change.
Once changed you can then go straight into the rest of your working set.
Thanks to the 'reset as you go' way of performing, you are ready to show it again immediately.

With a wave, a painted Dot becomes a hole and then returns to its solid form.
Once a selection has then been made, a mismatched coloured dot, impossibly fuses to the spectators selection, before the whole deck itself changes colour, either from red to blue or blue to red.

"This is just a great trick, it makes a fantastic opening routine. Strong visuals, it's quick.. And not just about picking a card. And then you finish with the colour changing deck finale. And you are left with a regular deck of cards plus the reset is almost instantaneous, this is a real working routine 4 phases and each is an eye candy moment.
Super practical.
No angle issues.
Easy to do.
No table needed.
Lots of audience interaction.
I love this.
Absolutely without a shadow of a doubt it's going into my act, and that's why it's my trick of the week.I give it 100%"
- Craig Petty - Creator of .....well lots....too much to list here.....c'mon, you know who he is!

"What do you get if you cross the fake hole/real hole plot, with a colour changing deck? You get one of the most workable and commercial card routines to be released in the past 10 years! Sirus is a genius, I will be using this a lot, I only wish he hadn't finally released it to everyone else!!"
- Kev Mark - Creator of Bullseye

"Creative , fun, and hits the spectator with multiple beats of magic. I love it. An incredible opener."
- Lord Harri - Creator of Minify and Harris Little Helper

Reviews

Stephan Sloan

Official Reviewer

Jul 13, 2023

Overview

The moving hole plot has been explored by several well-known magic creators, Jay Sankey and Daryl being two of them. Poke A Dot by Sirus Magic is another foray into this genre. Dai Vernon said “A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence” and I’ll add that the explanation to said trick should be able to be explained simply as well. Unfortunately, Poke A Dot suffers from three severe drawbacks. The first is that the explanation is incredibly long, slow and confusing. The second is that presentation is also slow and confusing, finally even though the set I received was a sealed packet, the cards did not match the explanation which made it impossible to follow along.

Effect

A misprinted card is shown to the spectators, a card with just a printed circle on it. The card supposedly came from the factory in error. However, the magician makes use of this anomaly and the circle is transferred from the defective card to a chosen card and ultimately becomes a hole in the card. All this and the deck changes color as well.

Method

The trick utilizes 8 specially printed cards. Some sleight of hand is involved as well. With the 8 printed cards there is a lot of turnover moves and double lifts which rings the cards in an out of play.

Product Quality

The cards are Bicycle playing cards so there are no quality issues there. The video instructions are poorly edited, poorly presented, and convoluted at best. The incredibly complicated instructions are presented by Sirus in an achingly slow pace as if he was talking to three year olds. Instead of showing a performance (live or studio) the video opens up with the explanation which makes it very difficult to follow along when you don’t know what the trick is supposed to look like to begin with. In the explanation he states he normally wears a jacket with a pocket to place cards in but films the explanation in a T-shirt which makes the explanation even more difficult to follow because now you have to imagine his pocket is on the table with the rest of the cards. Why didn’t he wear a jacket to make it clearer? In the explanation he does a move in which he turns a cards over under his hand. It looks incredibly telling and does nothing for the trick. Finally, if the video isn’t bad enough, the sealed packet of cards I received did not match his instructions. Someone, messed up somewhere.

Ad Copy Integrity

The ad copy extolls the virtues of this trick but unfortunately due to poor quality control, I don’t think it can ever live up to the hype.

Final Thoughts

My final thoughts are if you want a clear, entertaining and easy to follow moving hole trick stick to Target Practice by Jay Sankey or The Whole Thing by Daryl. They are proven winners.
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