A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.

How are you coming into the effect? How are you getting out?

What the eyes see, the heart must believe.

A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.