
The Greatest One-Man Psychic Effect of All-Time by Mark Strivings
There are a variety of reasons why certain effects attain the status of 'classic.' In some cases, it is because of a revolutionary plot. One that hasn't happened before and sets the magic and mentalism world on fire. In other cases, it's a concept. While this may or may not be in terms of effect, it inevitably has something to do with the method. Sometimes it's an effect wherein the effect-to-method ratio is so beyond all reason that its popularity among performers is almost automatic. In still other cases, it can be as simple as a premise that grabs the magic world's imagination and just won't let go. There are numerous other reasons to go with these. I won't speculate specifically why the subject of today's announcement has both met and exceeded all of the above scenarios. Still, there's no question that, if ever there was a 'classic' in the world of mentalism, this is it. In fact, if every mentalist were to put out a 'top ten' effects list - from literally every effect in all of men