Unnamed Magician – The Gift 2 (official PDF) Access Instantly!

Description

In this PDF, I am publishing one of my most treasured secrets. Like The Exception and The Gift, this effect was originally released as a competition here, where the first person to figure out the method (within a one-month time frame) was to be rewarded prize money. However, no one who entered the competition managed to figure it out.

I call this effect The Gift 2.0 because effect-wise it’s very similar to The Gift, even though the method is different.

I won’t expose the method of The Gift here but I will speak in ‘code’ and say this: for those of you who own The Gift, you will know that it can’t be performed by a blind person. But The Gift 2.0 can be performed by a genuinely blind person, as eyesight isn’t needed to be able to perform it. You can teach the method to a blind magician – such as Richard Turner – and they will be able to perform it.

Below, there is a full performance video by my friend, but here are some conditions to keep in mind before you watch it:

• The deck doesn’t contain any tactile markings whatsoever. So there are no short cards, no crimped/bent cards, no punched cards, etc. Each and every single card physically feels the same – you can’t differentiate one card from another based on touch. There are also no back markings or edge markings. That said, the deck may (or may not) be gaffed or gimmicked in some other way – so perhaps it’s a regular deck, but perhaps it isn’t. That is left open for the purposes of the puzzle.
• The most important condition is that, at the end of the effect, when the magician brings the deck out from behind his back and places it on the table, the spectator can immediately examine the deck at that point. They won’t find anything.
• There are no electronic devices (cameras, etc.) of any kind; there are no reflective surfaces (mirrors, etc.) of any kind; and there are no secret assistants.
• Lastly, as mentioned above, this effect can be performed by a blind person, whereas The Gift can’t be performed by a blind person.

1st edition 2025, PDF 15 pages.
word count: 3934 which is equivalent to 15 standard pages of text