Quarantine by Craig Petty

This effect is the closer of Craig's competition act and it's a really nice Paul Harris-esque idea. At the end of an Ambitious Card routine, you show a piece of cellophane and make it shrink-wrap itself around the entire deck of cards. The shrink-wrapped cards can then be handed out for examination. You then take them back and visibly pull the signed card from within the cellophane.

As a final kicker the spectator is asked to put the deck away and finds that the box that has been in full view the entire time is now shrink-wrapped as well and there is no way to open it.

The thing I like about it the most is the structure of "here's a climax ... and if that wasn't enough ... here's another ... hold on tight folks, here's another climax etc etc!"

As there's no real reset, it would make for a nice walkaround effect. You could even give someone the card box to hold onto and then have the biggest climax happen in their hands.

This is an inexpensive effect , It's a clever idea and an innovative plot.