Review: Pierced and Punctured

Pierced & Punctured

I recently recieved a review copy of this effect so thank you to Kip for letting me review this product!

The basic effect is that a signed, selected card is stapled onto the card box. Then a second selection is made and signed as well. Then, visually the card that was stapled onto box is now in your hands, with holes to prove it! And the second selected card that was on your hand is now stapled onto the card box!

That really is how the effect plays out. This is a stunner for sure and I think a lot of people will really like this. The method is very devious and the spectators the card stapled to the box up until the last moment! There are some fantastic convincers in this effect, especially with the addition of using signatures on both of the cards.

You do have to make a gimmick to perform Pierced & Punctured and will have to make it again after about every two or three performances. Oh, and most likely you will have to buy a few items from the office supply store, and don't worry, they're not very expensive.

Now obviously you are going to have to destroy several cards every performance and a card case about every two or three performances because of the use of staples. Needless to say, this is one of those effects that you might save for those "special" performances.

Pros:
Will fry spectators
Graps attention quickly with use of stapler
Cards can be signed
No angle problems
Awesome convincers
"Magician fooler"

Cons:
Destroys several cards and the card box (of course if you're worried about that, you shouldn't be buying a card trick involving staples)
Will have to remake the gimmick often
Possibly not as clean as some people would like it to be

Overall: I really think this is a great effect and it's only problem is the remaking of the gimmick, which as mentioned before, since you are using staples that should be obvious and there's nothing you can do to prevent that! So, I give Pierced & Punctured a...

Score: 7/10

UPDATE: In the original review I forgot to include where to buy the trick! Here is a link Pierced and Punctured