Every now and then we come across a trick with a method that is just as inspiring and bizarre as the effect it creates. The Amazbox is the best example of us ever (think of the WoW factor of the best Tenyo articles ... but this can be used on stage before hundreds of people).

It is simple and elegant: a box that can be switched and acted without ever touching it. No electronics. In fact, the method is most likely to be related to origami.

Imagine the following: You ask everyone in the audience, their favorite song (or his first kiss or a three -digit number or whatever you want) to write on a piece of paper and throw it into the box at the foot of the stage. The cardboard is never left out of sight and (really) nobody touches it.

During your show, you ask a viewer to approach the box and open it, then to be in and to remove any note.

When opening the box, the viewer unknowingly exchanges all the notes of the audience for a completely different stack of notes, which you prepared in advance. Use this to force a favorite song, a favorite number or the name of a celebrity. Then you can use the information written by the viewers later on the show.

Mentalists will immediately recognize the many, many options that this small box offers. It is light like air, can be decorated or converted at will and is probably the only effect we have developed that is easier than easy. The viewer exchanges the papers. You don't even touch the box.

We are absolutely enthusiastic about the ingenuity of this incredible little box, and the way the box is designed and folded makes the change automatically. It is impossible to fail and, as we think, also impossible to find out.

The fun and toy factor is undeniable, but for real professionals this part is invaluable. We are grateful to the creative Mark Shortland for working with Vanishing Inc. Magic on this exciting new publication.