One more from the talented Kent Bergmann! Before Kent became the king of 3D printing he created quite a stir with his Z-Wood (Zebrawood) line of magic. This is a rare beauty from those times. Anything from his Z-Wood Magic line is highly sought after by collectors.
Betcha looks really pretty, but the effects that come with it are a little disappointing compared with the quality of the props. In essence there is a magician’s choice, a mathematical game, a corny joke, and a surprising magical transposition to end. Luckily all is not lost … if I was to perform Betcha I would incorporate one or two other effects:
- Free Will using the props that come with Betcha (die, chess piece, domino, and prediction)
- And for a real optional kicker the new Anverdi Mental Dice.
This is the order I would run them in:
- Play the game of NIM
- Free Will (play this last if you don’t do the Anverdi Mental Dice)
- Domino transposition
- Anverdi Mental Dice (Extra Optional Bonus)
If you don’t have either Free Will or the new Anverdi Mental Dice I would strongly advise that you get them …
Of course you can stick with the original routine and you might decide to tweak it a little. It is not bad, but just felt a little light for the beautiful props. If it was a cheaper item it would probably be fine. But who are we kidding, if you are a collector you’ll probably never perform this anyway, so it will look great on the shelf regardless 🙂
I would give this 5 stars if Free Will had been incorporated into the original effect.
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