Anyone own this product? How good is it?

it's similar to invisible deck
but i personally prefer the invisible deck more because it is more versatile

It's just the opposite of an Invisible Deck, the selected card is the only face up card on the entire deck, and its the only card with the a different back.

Personally I prefer the Invisible Deck, easy to handle and always get perfect reactions. ^_^

You can read the details about it on murphysmagic.com :) penguin may have a video up... if you're looking for a deck, i've got a spare lying in my bedroom... name me a reasonable price and it's yours ;)

Use an invisible deck instead of the brainwave. It's more logical. Although the impact as the add says seems to get a better raection , you gotta have good eyesight to do this . I don't, and work in a restaurant whose lighting is dim . Trust me on this ,you '' squint and your lips will move when you're doing this is dim lighting with bad eyesight .=)

yeah...david's right..Brainwave requires a little more careful "eye power" to perform it.

Again, use the ID, good effect when used alone. Can always depend on it as an out also :lol: (this show how frequent I fails on a card trick :lol: :( )

Brainwave survived the test of time. Just get it. Don't think too much, its bad for your brains.

I never liked using stuff that cannot be examined.. People nowadays are so itchy handed and creative minded. Got to really slap them hard by letting them handle and examine stuff and shuffle themselves so hard that they cry.

i prefer ID somehow. Anyway for ID, straight after you finish the effect put the deck in your pocket so if they wanna check can just do a switch in ur pocket but you got to remember which deck is on top of which. If not u give them back the ID deck. lol

Anyway, is there a kind of brainwave deck where the chosen card is showed to be the only red card among the blue, but NOT reversed?
I'm sure we can make our own version, but was wondering if there is a marketed one out there

Don't you feel it's weird if i put the deck in my pocket then take it out again for inspection? I do.

Hmm.. I think the brainwave deck can be used that way.. If i'm not wrong..

BrainWave also cant do many times to the same person but ID can. ^_^

A couple thoughts:

• The ID is more certain, "Right here, next to the three of spades..."
• It's even more certain if you hold the deck facing out, in front of your face. Then you only have to remember the card you want. Hard to describe without one in hand and you may want to give this a try.
• Some people don't perform the ID, they only carry it as an out for when the spectator's card is *really* lost.

Regards,

Bob

P.S. Yes, I realize that was more than a couple.

P.P.S. I hope I don't get in trouble for the "..." :(

The effect of ID is simpler and clearer.

Just think, to the audience, as they watch the effect, they are amazed that you knew before hand what card they were going to think of. To them, you showed this predictive ability by reversing that card prior to the effect.

So why should the BD be any more amazing? You apparently just put a red card, reversed into a blue deck, prior to the effect, to show the card they are going to think of. Effect-wise, this is an unnecessary thing to do （多此一举）, and hence, probably unnatural (afterall, if you could really predict their decisions, you would most naturally rather just opt for reversing a card instead of going to the extent of using different backed cards).

Handling-wise, the ID is also easier to perform. It is easy, just take out the cards and spread. While on the other hand, for the BD, you have to take out the cards, spread, remove the reversed card, flip the deck to show the back, flip it back and reset.

Just share an experience about Brainwave..

A friend of mine performed it at a pub before, and at the end of the trick, the spectators (girls we just got to know there) screamed, and tried to snatch the cards to have a look. Luckily, my friend was quick enough to protect the secret.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a psychological thing but I never had a problem with spectators wanting to snatch my cards while using an ID. I thought it might have something to do with spreading the cards faced-up intead of down, which make everything looked more open. Also, with the thought-of card being faced down, all attention usually goes to that card instead of the deck.

So in my opinion, the ID is better.

Anyway, I know there are a few impromptu ways to actually duplicate the effects of the Brainwave. But of course, with certain limitations.

I own the brainwave deck. Just that if you are scared people might wanna check it, do a few card tricks before performing this, and they would think it should be the same deck as just now.
Thats what i do, my uncle freak out when i did the effect, i simply love it..

I would give it a 3 out of 5. It's not examinable and yea... invisible deck is slightly better... but still... I don't use this as part of my normal routine. you can do a deck switch to that it becomes examinable again though.

Or maybe I just need to put more thought and practise into giving this product a proper presentation. As of now, I can't carry too many packs of cards around with me. I assume that if you do this trick, you would also carry with you normal packs of playing cards at the same time. Too many packs can be a little heavy to walk around with. :blink: