Trace

Trace

£12.00
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Trace

Trace

The ultimate tool for everyday mentalism.

£12.00

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  • Instant access to digital instructions

Benji’s take

I put an unhealthy amount of work into creating this effect, and I'm very proud of that. Just buy it...you'll see.

— Benji

Why we like it

This was our first major non card magic release, and helped establish us as legit magic creators. It's a great product and will always have a special place in our hearts.

The honest bit

We honestly think, if this trick had been released a few years ago, it would have been a nearly perfect trick. Now, unfortunately, a spectator might suspect AI is involved. It's not, but that's beside the point if it muddies the impact. Also, it's iPhone only.

Watch it performed

What you get

Instant Tutorial

Practical details

Difficulty
3/10
Reset
Instant
Angles
240
Props required
An iPhone
Format
Download
Teaching time
91 minutes

If it isn’t for you

Send us an email and we'll refund you. There's no time limit on it — next week or in five years — and you don't have to explain yourself. We'd rather you spent your money on something you'll actually use.

What people said

From reviews left on our previous store.

  • "This is an absolute steal for the price! As others have mentioned, it does take some effort to get everything up and running, but trust me—it’s well worth it. I’ve managed to set up about 130 countries so far, which I think will more than cover all my needs. Highly recommend this if you’re looking for great value."
    — Michael Paterson
  • "Amazing trick ! The flag effect star with me all long day …"
    — Damien
  • "Trace is a great idea and has a lot of potential. I come from the German-speaking area. That's why it's not easy to implement it from the videos alone, but it's possible..."
    — Klaus
  • "A devious method, well outlined and demonstrated. The work already done and shared makes the price tag very attractive for an impromptu EDC."
    — Craig Schweiger
  • "I have an Android. This makes Trace very difficult to pull off. The idea and set-up for this trick is awesome, but for someone on Android, it doesn't work. Of course this is not the fault of the product, and I am working to find a solution because the result is so amazing."
    — Jimin Son
  • "Yet another example of why the Daily Magician team is among, if not the, top of magic producers around today. Trace wasn't for me. I bought it because I jump at ANYTHING produced by TDM team. Love it but phone magic is not my thing. I didn't realize that it wouldn't work for me until I started watching the tutorial. Totally my fault, bought it without looking into what I was purchasing. Yet, the Daily Magician team refunded my purchase 100%. Within an hour. No questions asked. What company would dream of having a 100% money back guarantee like these folks? No one. They are the best of the best."
    — Jim Taone
  • "I liked it but not compatible with my android. I thought maybe i could use it with my work iphone but the relevant features were disableid.i knew it was a risk but took a chance."
    — Derek Ettinger
  • "BEST ten pounds I ever spent on magic! (actually only ten pounds) This is truly amazing stuff. Clearly explain the fundamentals of using iPhone for predictions. Provide almost two hours of video and a huge data base of shortcuts and images."
    — Richard
  • "This is one of the best effects I have seen in a very long time. I would highly recommend TRACE to anyone that owns an iPhone. The after sales customer service is also excellent 👌"
    — Bob Hand
  • "This is going to take some time. As a 30 year veteran magician (read: 30 years of experience practicing stupid shit) I am no stranger to spending inordinate quantities of time on mundane skills. I was surprised, after learning the method, how clever it is (as in: I would never have come up with this) but also how much time this will take to prepare. Good stuff, boys!"
    — Chris Heys
  • "The effects included in this package is really worth more than 10$. Also considering this is not an app and has 100% customization / modification makes it even better. After watching the tutorial and setting it up, I managed to amaze my friends and even magician friends. I'd recommend this for a go-to effect, a REAL EDC in my opinion. Thanks again !"
    — Jiroh Magic
  • "Due to my lack of technological skills, I have had some problems with the set up. I am really anxious to use this innovative method, as soon as I can. It is a great trick!"
    — John Johnson
  • "I’m really loving trace. Been using the flag prediction and it gets great reactions. Set up did take a while, but complaining about that would be like complaining about having to learn how to do an elmesley when you buy a card routine. 100% worth it"
    — Alfie
  • "I've tried it on a couple of friends and they were impressed with the results; I think most people are unaware of the iPhone features that Trace uses so they can't even imagine the mechanism behind the trick. A word of warning: it is a significant investment of time and effort getting your phone set up for even the most basic version of the trick, so be prepared to spend a lot of time on it especially if you want more than the basic effect. In summary, a great trick with good effect and easy to perform but requires a lot of setup."
    — Mike C.
  • "I can commend the team who worked on this project, but it is way too complex, complicated & the instructions were too “fast showing” & out of sync.I gave up trying to install as my knowledge was limited, but not a failure of the product but one of my own."
    — Philip Blyden
  • "I feel that the tutorial should’ve worked more on how to actually present it instead of just teaching us how the mechanics step behind the scenes worked"
    — Joe Piscopo
  • "Easy to do. Super simple. Perform it anytime, anywhrere, even with no internet. Just unbelievable. If you haven't picked it up, what are you doing?"
    — Pigcake
  • "I hate technology magic but this does a wonderful job of making it feel spontaneous and natural. Solid effect."
    — Danny Goldsmith
  • "SO good. I don't perform much at the moment but when I saw this I immediately thought of all the cool stuff I could do with it. And it's so customisable too. You can do so much more with this principle than even the trailer suggests."
    — Steven Bridges
Dear friend,

1. There are no apps used in the trailer below.

2. Sometimes, when you watch magic trailers, 5 minutes of process have been cut so that the effect seems to go straight to the reveal. That is not the case here. This effect takes exactly as long as portrayed in the trailer. Nothing extra is written down, spoken, or highlighted by the spectator. Everything is performed exactly as it is pictured.

UPDATE: Trace just got even easier—four new easy effects you can pick up immediately


We’ve developed four more effects that use the Trace system that can all be set up very quickly and easily but still produce incredible outcomes.

Here’s what they look like…

1. Would You Rather?

You ask your spectator to play a game of ‘Would you rather?’ with you. You give them four options and they make four decisions. Yet as soon as the game is over you open your locked phone to a notes page where you've drawn a picture predicting their answer for each question.

2. Star Sign Test

You draw a prediction of the spectator’s star sign in your notes without them saying anything and lock your phone. Next, they give you their date of birth and you open your now locked phone to show you guessed the correct star sign. Note that neither you nor the spectator need to verbally say the name of the star sign at any point before the reveal.

3. Heads or Tails

You flip a borrowed coin four times in a row and note the outcome. You then open your locked phone to show that you perfectly predicted the outcome before you began.

4. The Imaginary Loaded Dice

You hand your spectator a pair of imaginary dice and explain that they’re loaded to always roll the same thing. You ask them to roll them one at a time and call out what number they see to prove it. When they name their two numbers, you open your phone to show that you previously drew a couple of dice in your notes app, and the numbers on those dice match the numbers rolled by the spectator.

All of these are now included in Trace. 

As a result of these additions, we will be slightly increasing the price of Trace - but we'll wait a few days to do that. If you're interested in this product, we'd recommend buying now to secure the lower price.  

What is Trace?

This is our favourite product yet, at the lowest price we could imagine (less than the price of a pizza), protected by an ironclad lifetime refund guarantee.

But before we both get too carried away, no product is perfect and we wanted to warn you about a couple of things…

“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” - Teller

As Teller points out in the above quote, oftentimes magic requires us to spend more time doing things than anyone would ever expect.

The Trace system, once mastered, will give you near limitless possibilities for incredibly powerful and easy impromptu magic. Zero exaggeration, this is the best EDC (every day carry) we’ve ever used.

But we don’t want to hide that the trade-off for having such clean and direct magic at your fingertips is that it will take some upfront work to set up.

When you buy this product, you will get access to a video tutorial where we walk you through exactly how this works and how you can do this on your phone. As this isn’t an app or software you can instantly download, it will require you to do some work to set it up on your end. 

You'll also be provided with a Google sheet with all the relevant information and resources you need to quickly set the Trace system up on your phone. (This should enable you to set this up at least 5x quicker than us.)

Even with that said, we think you can buy this download and get more than your money's worth just by learning how this principle works and all the ways you could use it yourself, even without the tricks we've offered as starting points. 

But we've also taught you the 9 effects we're currently performing with Trace, exactly how we set them up, and how you can do the same in far less time than it took us.  

(And some of the effects could be ready to perform in as little as 20 minutes.)

Final disclaimer…Trace will also require some familiarity and ability with a modern phone, so again please don’t purchase if you’re not comfortable with that—or at least, if you do purchase make sure you know that in advance so as not to be disappointed or frustrated. We will respond to any customer queries and do what we can, but unless we’re in the room with you, you’ll have to be the one to set this up.

The good news is that you just have to put that time in once, and the effects will be pretty much self-working in performance.

The second disclaimer is that Trace is primarily designed for Apple users. That’s what we use and that’s what we’ve catered to in designing these effects.

We think it might be possible to use this same principle on Android—but we want you to know that we can’t guarantee it and won't be addressing it in this tutorial.

This product is priced cheaply enough that if Android users are just curious about the method, want to see how it works on Apple and are happy to take the rest into their own hands, it won’t cost them an arm and a leg to do so.

Those are the two big disclaimers.

The other important things to point out are that:

- Trace uses no third-party apps.
- Trace uses no forces.
- Trace pretty much instantly resets.

Ultimately what you’re getting with Trace is our thoughts on an incredible principle that can be used to perform many different effects (maybe even above and beyond what you will see on this page.)

This system allows you to perform incredibly direct, powerful and easy versions of classic plots using just your phone. It’s the perfect EDC. Many of us love magic but might not always have gimmicks, cards or other 'EDC' on us...but we'll always have our phone.

Here are just nine uses of Trace we’ve played with over the last few months:

1. The Book Test

You open your notes app and show how you can use your finger to draw anything. You hand your spectator a comic book and ask them to turn to any page, and then visualise the drawing they see on that page. After a few moments you ask them to turn the book around, and at the same time you turn your phone screen around. The drawings match.

2. The Flag Test

You open your notes app and show how you can use your finger to paint different colors on the screen. Next, you ask your spectator to think of any country in the world and visualise their flag. You take a few moments to paint something on your notes, then lock your phone to make sure you can't edit or modify it.

You ask the spectator which flag they’re thinking of. Let’s say they say Portugal. As you ask them to describe that flag you slowly unlock your phone to display that you’ve painted a flag exactly matching their description.

3. The Letter Reveal

You open your notes app and show how you can use your finger to draw anything. Next, you have your spectator think of any word and then any letter within that word. You close your eyes and allow your finger to trace something on your phone, then lock your phone to make sure you can't edit or modify it. You ask the spectator to reveal their letter and when you unlock the phone that’s exactly what you’ve drawn.

4. The Drawing Duplication

You open your notes app and show how you can use your finger to draw anything. You ask your spectator to open their notes app and make sure they can do the same. Next, you both draw an animal without showing it to each other. When you turn your phones around you’ve both drawn exactly the same animal!

5. The Open Prediction

You open your notes app and show how you can use your finger to draw anything. Next, you ask your spectator to simply think of any playing card. You draw something on your phone and then lock it. When your spectator names their card, you unlock your phone to show that you’ve drawn one card—the chosen card.

6. The Morse Code Word Reveal

You ask your spectator to name any three letter object—something short enough that they could spell it using Morse Code. You ask them to focus on that word and repeat the Morse Code sequence over and over. Suddenly, without you touching it, your phone flashlight lights up. Counting the flashes of the light, your spectator is astonished to see it spell their thought of word. 

7. The Holiday Reveal

You ask your spectator to think of any country they'd like to visit. You open your maps app, make a guess, and then close out of the app. You lock the phone so you can't modify it. Your spectator reveals their country of choice, and you open your phone to show that that's the exact destination pulled up in your maps.

8. The Song Prediction

You ask your spectator to think of any Disney song. Next, you open your phone and start playing a song, but turn the volume to zero. Your prediction is locked in but currently can’t be heard. Once your spectator names their song you simply turn up the volume on your phone and the song that has been playing is of course their song.

9. The Phone Swap Text Test

You and your spectator swap phones. With your eyes closed you open a new note and randomly tap on the keyboard to generate a nonsensical word. They do the same on yours. Both of you lock the phones, open your eyes, and swap them back. When you unlock both phones you've both written the same thing.

Final thoughts:

One of our goals is genuinely to get as much good magic into the hands of as many magicians as possible.  

So we decided to sell this for just £12. 

We think there's absolutely no way you could spend £12 on this and not walk away feeling like you got more than £12 of value from the project and everything you'll learn - whether or not you decide to put the work in and make these effects your own.

In fact, even Effect #9 alone (which literally takes less than 5 minutes to set up) is something we'd happily pay £12 for. But Trace is so much more than that.

This is without a doubt the most 'bang for your buck' we've put into a project. 

£12 might be crazy and honestly, we might put the price up in the future as this project continues to expand.

And even at this massively affordable price point, let us remind you of our ironclad refund guarantee.

The 100% Daily Magician LIFETIME Refund Guarantee

If you’ve never bought from us before, you might not know that on every product we release we offer a 100%, no questions asked, money-back guarantee.

If you purchase this product and decide that it’s not for you, all you have to do is drop us an email and we will refund the full payment.

We don’t know of any other magic company that backs their products as strongly as this.

And yes—we’ll let you keep access to the video tutorial for life anyway. The refund process doesn’t even require you to give up access to the product.

It’s very much an honesty based system. We trust our customers and we hope to be repaid in kind.

What do magicians have to say about Trace? 


"SO good. I don't perform much at the moment but when I saw this I immediately thought of all the cool stuff I could do with it. And it's so customisable too. You can do so much more with this principle than even the trailer suggests." - Steven Bridges


"Easy to do. Super simple. Perform it anytime, anywhrere, even with no internet. Just unbelievable. If you haven't picked it up, what are you doing?" - Pigcake


"I hate technology magic but this does a wonderful job of making it feel spontaneous and natural. Solid effect." - Danny Goldsmith

 

"Really good. So straightforward. Wow." - Avi Yap


"A great piece of magic. Both the effects and the technology involved." - Daily Magician Client


"Just bought and I really love it. Already set up another effect that inspired me to create. Thanks!" - Daily Magician Client


There’s not much else to say.

This is, in our opinion, this is one of the best effects we’ve made to date.

It’s also one of the most affordable.

Secure your copy of Trace today for just £12...


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