
From the mind that brought you A.A.C.A.A.N and Double Exposure comes the next evolution in a classic of magic.
Asi Wind, one of the greatest modern conjurors, shares with us Triumph and Triumph Again, a brilliant addendum to John Bannon’s Play it Straight Triumph. Triumph and Triumph Again enters the magic community offering a fresh approach to the original effect, while also providing a baffling finale.
Two spectators are asked to make separate selections- one to be placed immediately face down, the other remembered. The pack is then shuffled face-up and face-down, only to be spread moments later to show the cards have returned to normal face-down position, except for twelve like-suited cards in order! It’s discovered that the card needed to complete the sequence is the one that’s been on the table since the start of the effect.
A spectator is then invited to shuffle the pack themselves, and the trick is repeated to reveal the second selection of an entirely different suit. Finally, the first selection transforms into the second for a startling conclusion.
Learn in intricate detail directly from the master himself. Also as an added bonus you’ll enjoy a second version (and our personal favorite), in which a failed performance turns in favor of the magician.
Customer reviews for Triumph and Triumph Again
However I'm not happy with the trailer.
If you could see the whole Performance you easily could figure out how he done the trick because ist based on an other really common Triumph. So basically they are cheating on the Trailer. I don't like that.
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His effects requires skills and dedication and cannot be mastered in a matter of hours. So, if you're looking for a triumph effect that will surprise your audience you're better off with one the many alternatives (the original one probably being your best option). But if you want to truly astonish your audience, well you've come to the right place.
Asi Wind doesn't hold anything back and as always will explain any step in great and many details with some bonus alternatives to the performance. If you're willing to put effort into your magic and spend many hours on this effect, you'll love it.
Wind has two versions of the trick: either two spectators pick cards of different suits--say one spades and the other hearts. As in the Bannon triumph, the first card is found when the magician shuffles the deck upside up to upside down, fairly, and, miraculously, all cards are face down, except for the one of the first selections suit and those cards are in order. The only spade missing in the sequence is the spectators card. After collecting the cards and reshuffling in an upside down to upside up fashion, the second spectator's card is found in the same way. Impossibly, now all the cards are face down except for the hearts which are now in sequence, the only card missing is the second spectator's card. In the second version, the spectator chooses a card, say a spade. When spread, all the cards in hearts are face up in sequence, except for the value of the missing card. After the miscall, the magician shuffles once and corrects--now when spread, the cards magically 'correct' themselves and now the sequence is in spades with the spectator's exact card missing.
Wind's Triumph, is well, a true Triumph. It is a knock-the-ball-out-of-the-park fooler and represents an order of magnitude augmentation of Bannon's effect. Wind's instruction is crystal clear and he takes the time to explain everything thoroughly.
The upside to this trick is that it layers a more impossible effect on top of and already impossible effect, using almost zero sleight of hand and really only in the second effect. The key is in the set up and some very devious structure and thinking. In the trailer, he presents the effect at the Magic Castle for John Lovick and Jason Alexander (among others) and you can see in their faces that they are completely blown away.
The downside to this trick is that you will have to double the set up of the Bannon trick. I could see how you could set up Bannon's version pretty easily from a shuffled deck. It would be very difficult to do that with this version, and Wind even suggests setting up the deck before you start. So you are either looking at a great opener or doing a deck switch. There will also be those that feel that the 'too perfect' principle applies here--the Bannon triumph is already an amazingly implausible trick--does it really need a second phase? Doing it twice with the same deck may just be way too good.... (Actually, if there is a criticism for a trick, 'too good' would probably be a complement.)
Then again, I bought this because I just had to know how he did it. And not only is the result elegant it relies on some incredibly devious, out-of-the-box thinking. You can know the Bannon triumph and still be totally blown away by the second phase. I mean, how does he do that? That in and of itself is worth the price of admission, I think. (The fact that it stymied Lovick and Alexander made me feel at least a little better!)
I haven't gotten to the point where I would perform this except for my family. Not only because of the set up but because you really need to get the procedure down cold so it looks as casual as it is magical. This will clearly come with practice.
I have to say, though, Wind is simply the man. Recommended.
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I will be adding this to my table work.
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Everything Asi Wind creates is amazing!


