2010-06 Product Review - Amazing Card Changing Sleeve

Over the Memorial Day weekend I took a trip back to my home town of Cleveland, OH. While I was there I stopped to visit the place where magic found its way into my heart, Whip’s Magic Emporium, Geneva-On-The-Lake, OH.

I was saddened to learn that my mentor and friend Jonathan Whipple had passed away. His brother Bill and sister Pat are still running the shop, one of Geneva-On-The-Lake’s landmarks. While I was there, Bill demonstrated the Amazing Card Changing Sleeve by Fun, Inc. and needless to say I came home with one.

From the manufacturer: “This is one of the most amazing close up "illusions" to have appeared in recent times. In effect a playing card in a clear plastic sleeve instantly changes into a completely different card without any cover. The change is visual and takes place in an instant under the audience's nose. You can hand over the changed card for examination, and show the clear sleeve completely empty at the finish.”



The operation is quick and simple. Within a minute I was changing cards. The sleeve can be kept in a jacket pocket with a deck of cards for those quick “Do a trick” moments. After choosing a card and “mixing” it back in the deck, a “random” card is drawn face down. The sleeve is shown and the audience can see thru the clear plastic. The “random” card is inserted into the sleeve and when turned over is (of course) not the chosen card. But I can fix that in the shake of a hand. A simple shake of the card and it changes to the chosen card, which can be removed for inspection and the sleeve can be shown as clear I give this a thumbs-tip up.

by Doug Kalcik


(click on title above for a video - Ed.)