{"product_id":"the-adjustment-bureau-a-c-a-a-n-by-brad-ballew","title":"The Adjustment Bureau A.C.A.A.N. by Brad Ballew - Video Download","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c!-- mmlvidopen --\u003e\u003cvideo class=\"mmlink-embedded-video\" controls disablepictureinpicture width=\"100% !important\" id=\"vid0\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.murphysmagicsupplies.com\/images_trailerStartup\/77798-video1-preview.png\"\u003e\u003csource src=\"https:\/\/www.murphysmagicsupplies.com\/video\/clips_mp4fs\/77798-video1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\u003e\u003csource src=\"https:\/\/www.murphysmagicsupplies.com\/video\/clips_mp4fs\/77798-video1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\u003e\u003c\/source\u003e\u003c\/video\u003e\u003c!-- mmlvidclose --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eAdjustment Bureau \u003c\/b\u003e is an ACAAN effect inspired by Philip K. Dick's story The Adjustment Team and its film adaptation, \u003cb\u003eThe Adjustment Bureau. \u003c\/b\u003e The performer tells the spectator about a shadowy organization that manipulates the course of the world with strategic adjustments, predicting people's decisions and using this information to alter their life paths. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe performer then attempts to do something similar with the spectator, presenting a normal deck of cards placed on the table, which the performer never touches throughout the performance. The spectator chooses a random card and a random number-both of which are completely open and fair choices, with the possibility of selecting any card and any number between 1 and 52. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe performer explains that the odds of the spectator's random number leading to their chosen card are unlikely-it won't happen unless a necessary \"adjustment\" is made. Before the spectator makes their choices or reveals them, the performer writes down a prediction: an adjustment number that, when combined with the spectator's number, leads directly to the position of their selected card. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtremely easy to do. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe performer never touches the deck, ever. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo sleights. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo peeks. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo mental math. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompletely normal deck; can be used for other tricks afterward. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe card is a completely free choice. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe number is derived from truly random choices made by the spectator, with no influence from the performer. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are no outs; the trick plays out the same way every time. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe spectator's card can genuinely be anywhere in the deck-whether it's the bottom card, the top card, the 5th, the 29th, the 41st, etc. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe performer truly doesn't know the spectator's card or number until the end. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Murphy's Magic Supplies, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47349266350336,"sku":"DVADJUSTMENT","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/1268\/8755\/files\/77798-full.png?v=1764373264","url":"https:\/\/fantasmamagic.com\/products\/the-adjustment-bureau-a-c-a-a-n-by-brad-ballew","provider":"Fantasma Magic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}