Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25150955-20180528154430/@comment-1650307-20180601003423

Here is my thing with magicians who primarily use one thing in their magic (be it Steven Brundage with Rubik's Cube for Shin with cards). It severely limits what they can do to the audience. I mean, how many times can you see a card disappear/reappear at the top of the deck (or a variation of that trick) before it starts getting stale. I am fairly confident that Shin has enough tricks up his sleeve to do well in this contest, but he won't win. It's only the first audition episode. Someone could come on and just knock it out of the park in a way that nobody is expecting and be the new clear frontrunner. I say wait until the live shows before we start making claims on [so-and-so] is going to win. I myself will just use the term "frontrunner" or "so-and-so will go far".