Mathieu Bich's Spreadwave

Michael Kras · Mathieu Bich's Spreadwave

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ODIoInDyo5s

This effect looks spectacular, and any card named can be produced with this single deck. It won best invention of 2006 at FISM as well. I will definitely be purchasing this very soon.

What are your thoughts on it? Do you consider it magic or a puzzle? If the latter is your option, what way would you take that puzzle and make it magic?

BrianMillerMagic

I think its a great concept, but ultimately it just looks like a trick deck. Too much going on to end with the final result. It's a puzzle to me, and puzzles are not magic. Could it be performed as magic? I don't own it, so I can't answer that for sure.

Ethan the Emazing

Nice. One way could be to say "oh, oops. I'm sure it was supposed to say '...'" then change it to the whatever. "There we go, I knew thats what it was supposed to say."

Michael Kras

I personally think that, although the method itself could be considered a puzzle, that this could be presented as a magic effect... I mean think about it, he shows the entire deck as being blank at the very beginning of the effect, no printing in sight... so the appearance itself is magical in my opinion.

Also, a presentation to suit the effect could also add a magical factor to it. An example would be one of my favourite presentations, relating magic to photography (although I'm sure you already knew that). Smile

Liam

i agree with brian, it just looks like a trick deck.
and it woul be obvious to your audience to.
and when there is an obvious trick decks, magicians will wonder how they work. But laymen will accept "trick deck" as a method. Nothing more needs explaining for them, the deck can just do that

Michael Kras

I now own Spreadwave, and perform it a lot to great success. With a good justification for the blank deck and an intriguing presentation, the thought of a trick deck isn't really in the spectator's mind. The blank deck is shown pretty convincingly during the effect. While they may believe there is some trickery going on, they have no chance when they think about how the card they freely named has been printed all the way across the deck.

Ben Train

With all due respect, you're nuts.

Michael Kras

There aren't that many noticable packet flips, there are only two packet flips in the whole effect... most of it is spreading, breaking, and placing. In my opinion, it looks fair enough for such a surprising climax.

It's also very unexpected. Most spectators, after the effect, say they just expected their card to appear in the deck.