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Ricochet: the ultimate reset
By R. Paul Wilson

Here is the actual review of Ricochet by Michael Close from MAGIC Magazine, July 2001.

'Ricochet' is one of the most eye-popping tricks you'll ever see. Unfortunately, words really don't do justice to how amazing this trick is. Here's what happens. The magician brings out an opaque handkerchief and asks two spectators to hold it by the corners, forming an impromptu platform. The magician removes the Aces and the Kings from a deck of cards. Only these eight cards are used. The Kings are placed face down onto the handkerchief. The magician holds the Aces face up. One at a time each Ace turns into the King of the corresponding suit. This continues until the magician holds four face-up Kings. The magician reaches for the four face-down cards that rest on the handkerchief and says, "If these are now the Kings, then these must be the..." He flips over the face-down cards with his right hand. They are the Kings! By the time the spectator looks back at the cards in the magician's left hand they have changed back into the Aces. The cards are tossed to the spectators. They can be examined.

'Ricochet' is a variation of Paul Harris' very popular trick 'Reset.' Paul Wilson offers two different handlings. One handling requires the Asher Twist. The second handling is sleight free. Curiously, both handlings play equally well for a lay audience. This means that regardless of your skill level you can perform this very strong piece of magic. In addition, the clean up is very simple and very deceptive. The spectators have eight genuine cards in their hands at the end, leaving no possibility that the method will be discovered.

'Ricochet' is a really fine trick. It is a 'fooler' for both laymen and magicians. It will require some planning to incorporate it into a series of tricks, but this is always the case when you perform a trick that uses gaffed cards. I had the opportunity to watch Paul Wilson perform this on several occasions, and the reaction left nothing to be desired.