INSIDER by Marc Oberon - Trick

There are many fantastic effects when it comes to mentalism. But if I could only choose one, it would be insider. I don’t think it could look and appear to be any fairer. A stack of index cards and a rubber band and a pen or pencil. That’s it. No switch, no force, no envelopes or wallets. Nothing wrong with any of that. Use them all the time. But this is as clean and as powerful as it’s going to get, short of actually reading someone’s mind. This is so good and so strong I feel compelled to make a suggestion when performing it. I ask my spectator four questions that no one could possible know. Always about their childhood. Their favorite toy, their first crush on someone. Things of that nature. Any questions you want. But it is so amazing to get one wrong. Not even incorrect, but rather, “I’m so sorry, I just can’t see it, I’m not getting any image.” Getting the others correct means in the audiences mind that you really can read minds. Or stick with 3 questions. A four or three digit number. Be unable to see one number, but getting everything else right will floor them. Don’t do it for the first or last call. Right in the middle. Try it once with an audience with 100% accuracy. Then try it with a miss. You will see the difference between amazing and the latter, amazing and them saying, “Can this really be happing?” Insider is that good! Steve R.

There are many fantastic effects when it comes to mentalism. But if I could only choose one, it would be insider. I don’t think it could look and appear to be any fairer. A stack of index cards and a rubber band and a pen or pencil. That’s it. No switch, no force, no envelopes or wallets. Nothing wrong with any of that. Use them all the time. But this is as clean and as powerful as it’s going to get, short of actually reading someone’s mind. This is so good and so strong I feel compelled to make a suggestion when performing it. I ask my spectator four questions that no one could possible know. Always about their childhood. Their favorite toy, their first crush on someone. Things of that nature. Any questions you want. But it is so amazing to get one wrong. Not even incorrect, but rather, “I’m so sorry, I just can’t see it, I’m not getting any image.” Getting the others correct means in the audiences mind that you really can read minds. Or stick with 3 questions. A four or three digit number. Be unable to see one number, but getting everything else right will floor them. Don’t do it for the first or last call. Right in the middle. Try it once with an audience with 100% accuracy. Then try it with a miss. You will see the difference between amazing and the latter, amazing and them saying, “Can this really be happing?” Insider is that good! Steve R.