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What some of the pros in the industry are saying…
"'The Exception' totally fooled me. The method is diabolical. All the avenues to explanation are blocked. That's what an impossible location is supposed to do. And this trick does it." - Mike Powers
"'The Exception' is composed of several known and reliable methods arranged in a way that will make them unrecognizable to most students of card magic methodology. If you are looking for something quick and easy to add to your existing strolling set, this is probably not for you. However, if you're a fan of impossible locations that employ an ordinary deck that can be given away after your performance, this is a sound investment." - Michael Weber
"This shows why Unnamed Magician is the master of impossible locations. I don't see anyone standing a chance with layers upon layers to the method." - Tomas Blomberg
"A fooling mystery with a satisfying solution." - Ollie Mealing
"This trick fooled me and it will fool you, there are so many layers of deception that your spectator will have no chance. The combination of methods makes this the most fooling card location (done with a deck the spectator can examine to their heart's content) I have seen." - Kevin Aust
"If I was the creator of this method I would take it to my grave. Consider yourself lucky that a secret this good is being sold." - Tommaso Guglielmi
"Once in a while an unknown magician will surface with new and fresh ideas, creating astounding routines that baffle and surprise me. This card trick is no exception." - Darren Purshall
"This is an invaluable lesson in out-of-the-box thinking and any serious performer or hobbyist should learn from this. Things this fooling come out maybe once a decade." - Tony Bianco
The Unnamed Magician has used this trick to fool some of the most well-known and most knowledgeable card magicians in the world.
From a genuinely regular deck that the spectator examines to their heart’s content, a card is fairly selected and lost. The spectator then thoroughly shuffles the deck in order to lose the selected card - they can shuffle in any way that they want (overhand, riffle, wash, etc.). The magician never touches the selection - in fact, he never even comes near it. Despite that, the magician finds the selection from the shuffled deck without looking at the face of a single card. (There is a full uncut performance video attached above.)
Some conditions to keep in mind as you watch the video:
-The spectator can fully examine the deck (front and back) at the beginning of the effect to ensure that it's a regular deck. When performing this for magicians, at the start of the effect, I would ask them to riffle along the short and long sides of the deck to ensure that the deck is not a marked deck (because, if the deck was marked, the effect would be trivial). They can also examine the deck at the start of the effect to check for other things: to make sure there aren't any pencil dots, any crimps, any nicks, etc. Once they're done verifying that the deck is ungimmicked / ungaffed, then the effect can begin.
-The magician does not peek at the faces during the deal.
-The method is 100% reliable - the effect will never fail. So, as you watch the video, if you think of a method that is iffy / could potentially fail, then you've got the wrong method in mind.
Note: In addition to learning the effect in the performance video, you will learn another similar effect that can be accomplished using the same method - so there are two effects taught that use this method. In fact, the strongest effect possible with this method isn't the one in the video (it is the other one). You will also learn a separate bonus effect.
You will receive both video instructions and written instructions (PDF).
