Magic Video - Visualise by Liam Montier (Digital Download)

Visualise: The Definitive Evolution of the Triumph

Prepare to revolutionize your card magic with Liam Montier's 'Visualise,' a masterclass in modern magical ingenuity. This isn't just another card trick; it's a breathtaking reinvention of the classic 'Triumph' plot, elevated to a level of impossible cleanliness and visual impact that truly defies explanation. Liam has taken a foundational principle and infused it with killer handling, creating a routine so hands-off and devastatingly clean, your audience will genuinely believe they've witnessed real magic.

An Impossible Spectator Experience

'Visualise' unfolds as a seamless, baffling miracle. Imagine this: a deck of cards is openly and honestly shuffled face-up into face-down, creating a chaotic mess. A spectator is then asked to simply think of any card buried within this jumbled chaos. There are no forces, no ambiguous questions, and no fishing. The magician, without hesitation, names their freely thought-of selection. But the magic doesn't stop there. With an almost imperceptible gesture, the entire deck visually rights itself, cards flowing into perfect alignment, leaving only one card – the spectator's freely thought-of selection – dramatically reversed. It's a double-layered impossibility that leaves audiences stunned.

Liam Montier's Pursuit of Perfection

Liam Montier's journey to create 'Visualise' was a quest for the 'perfect' Triumph. He meticulously experimented, stripping away difficult moves, awkward displays, and any hint of artifice. Inspired by Tommy Wonder, his focus was on envisioning the trick as it would appear if genuinely real. The result is a routine combining two classic ideas innovatively, delivering a truly sleight-free, moveless, and pure mentalism wonder. Every detail has been refined for maximum impact and minimum effort.

Why 'Visualise' Stands Alone

What sets 'Visualise' apart is its uncompromising commitment to simplicity and effect. Forget complicated shuffles, subtle forces, or years of practice. This routine is designed to look like a true miracle, even to those with a keen eye. It's self-contained, incredibly direct, and builds to a stunning, visual climax that will etch itself into your audience's memory. 'Visualise' is more than a trick; it's an experience, allowing you to perform profound magic with confidence and grace.

Original Specs

Liam Montier has taken a classic principle and mashed it up with some killer handling to create a monster of a routine. It's so hands off and clean that it really does look like real magic.

Visualise is the classic ‘Triumph’ - but turbocharged to the nines.  A deck is genuinely shuffled face-up into face-down, and a spectator THINKS of a card in the deck.  You reveal their selection with NO questions… and then the deck straightens itself out, apart from the freely named card!  No forces, no sleight of hand, no kidding - this is the cleanest triumph you’ve ever seen!

Here’s what Liam has to say about ‘Visualise’:

“A couple of years ago, I myself the task of trying to create the perfect version of Triumph.  It's a plot that has so many variations and approaches, and yet none stuck in my set.

So I followed the late and great Tommy Wonder approach, and set about imagining how the perfect trick would look.  I came up with this - a deck is HONESTLY mixed face up and face down - no cutting displays or nonsense.  A card is thought of.  The card, with no questions or fishing, is named by the magician.  Then the deck is all face down except one card... the freely named card.

It took a long time - chopping and changing pieces, removing difficult moves or funny looking displays, experimenting with forces, unorthodox techniques and even deck switches.

Eventually though, as always, simplicity rules, and I ended up cutting out all the fluff, combining two classic ideas in a new way to give a sleight free, moveless, mentalism wonder. This is the result.”