Trick Review: Deep-Rising Card Unlimited

Another card effect where a selected card mysteriously rises out of the deck, Deep-Rising is clumsy and over-priced. The deck and card box are cleverly gimmicked and can withstand a good amount of examination, but the rising is hard to perform while holding your hand in a natural position. I’ve seen stronger methods.

You show a deck and can allow a spectator to examine it, and with some precautions, allow a spectator to freely shuffle it. The spectator selects any card (it’s a completely free choice) and can even sign it if he wishes. The card is then returned to the deck by the spectator.

You show the outside and inside of a card case and place the deck inside. You hold the card case on its side with all of your fingers in view and the spectator’s card begins to rise out of the box. After the rise, the spectator can immediately examine the chosen card and can even take it directly from the box.

As the ads state, there are no threads, weights or magnets. Something the publishers forgot, I’ll also add that there’s no sticky stuff. You can also turn the case as the rise occurs.

The method, which relies on a gimmicked deck and card box, will be hard for spectators to detect. Perhaps equally hard is making the rise look smooth. I had a difficult time getting the rise to start, which caused my hand to contort into an awkward position.

Once the rise started, I could, as the ads state, fully control the movement. But even after I had control, it was challenging to make the card rise smoothly. By the way, the card rises until about a third of it protrudes from the deck.

You’ll be able to use the cards for a long time (it’s a standard gimmicked deck). But the box will probably wear out after some use. Because of this, the publishers allow you to remove a key object from the box that they provide and attach it to a new box when you need to. The modifications to a regular card box shouldn’t be hard to do.

Perhaps with some work this card rise can be performed smoothly. However, I know of another method that I feel is stronger and can withstand equal or more inspection. I don’t think this one is worth 75 bucks.

-Wayne N. Kawamoto

MSRP: (US) $75 (blue or red deck)

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