 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a magic review Hey today, we're gonna look at volition from Steve Cook and Alec Zam. What is volition? This is Steve Cook's Version of the bank note routine. You have four colored envelopes Your spectator can shuffle them up and deal them out as he chooses and even though these envelopes are dealt from the spectator's hands The magician will always receive the envelope that they desire. You want to see the trailer? This is it Guys, my wife Jenny believes that she's a psychic and she gave me four envelopes today a yellow, green, red and blue Didn't you think we'd just give those a mix-up and can you deal them out as if you were dealing the game of poker? Steve Cook's volition is more than just an effect. It's a system Volition allows you to perform a bank night-style effect in a close-up or walk-around setting But you gave yourself the blue envelope and she knew You would not have the green envelope. It's uncanny Her skills are amazing. If we open up the green envelope you'll see inside here There's a message that says you will have the green envelope I don't know how she knows but over here the one female in the group she wrote a message that says You wear women's clothing But the one she gave for me and remember you shoveled a new down actually says Don't forget to pick up the shopping on the way home Volition is ultra clean super fair and get this everything and I mean everything is totally examinable My name is Peter Nardi Welcome to volition Okay, so that was volition from a Steve Cook and Alex Sam a couple questions We always ask about all of our magic reviews and the first question is what's in the box? What's in the box? It's not really a box. It's more like a paper envelope be cardboard sleeve You're gonna get your DVD DVDs 29 point 15 minutes long and then you're gonna get two sets of envelopes You're gonna get a larger set of envelopes that will hold You know maybe like a postcard and then you'll get smaller Envelopes that would hold you know only a playing card and you'll get some blank cards that you can use to write your own Predictions on is it what I thought you know I was actually expecting gimmicks I was really expecting some sort of gaff or gimmick or something that would it be inspectable But the reality is you're getting a routine and you're getting plain ordinary envelopes. How are the angles on this? The angles are totally clean. This is a great great trick perfect for any type of Staging area where you have people surrounding you. It's a great clean effect. Can it be inspected? Like I said, there's no gas or gimmick. So everything you use can be completely Inspected in fact if you want to in the future you could do this with envelopes that you make or purchase yourself What's the overall quality and production value of the DVD? Hey, Alakazam makes great videos Peter Nardi is your teacher and he teaches you through this Everything's well-miked well shot good locations non-destructing music great DVD. Is it well made? You know at the end of the day like I said really what you're getting are just paper envelopes getting paper envelopes They're non-gaft non-gimmicked. I've kind of wished they had been those plastic Envelopes that you can you know don't have to worry about bending or creasing But you know well like I said you can do this with anything So if you wanted to go out and later purchase your own envelopes you definitely can how much practice does this require not much It's pretty much just you memorizing the routine and you're out. So there's really not any sleight of hand It's very easy to do. It's definitely all skill levels in my book And and I've actually been going through the routine of my head like just playing it out in different scenarios And then going through it there and kind of just remastering and retooling it there in my head because it is that simple I think you'll be surprised by the outcome. How much setup and reset is there? It's it's only you just putting objects and envelopes that's it. Okay Any setup would be How you're crafting your routine together. I'm gonna do my Routine with the center cards and I just liked the idea of using the the center cards, you know the psychic cards Instead and so that's what I'll do with mine But really it's just you showing the objects to the spectator and then putting the objects in envelopes So it couldn't be any more simpler than that positives one of the positives to volition Steve Cook has taken the classic Bank night plot and streamlined it down for every skill level if you've got three spectators and a table Volition is the perfect recipe for a miracle negatives. All right. So what are the negatives to volition? I think the negative would be you're gonna watch this and you're gonna think it's too simple You're gonna watch the explanation and then go oh, okay And then you're gonna think it's too simple and that it's not good magic Hold off on that criticism and actually perform this first. I think you'll be surprised. Is it worth your money? It's only 25 bucks 25 bucks and you get a half an hour DVD two sets of envelopes and blank cards a wonderful routine that is customizable to Not only your skill level, but also to just your routine So I definitely think this is worth your money who would like this the people I think who would like this the most with the restaurant magicians and party magicians people that do walk around I think they would definitely get a big kick out of volition from Steve cook All right So that is my review for volition from Steve cook and Alec as they have as always I want to thank Murphy's magic for allowing me to have this trick so that I could do the review for you And if you would like to purchase this trick for yourself You can find it from your very favorite Murphy's magic retailer. Thanks. Bye