Two chosen cards, seemingly impossible to track, are miraculously found by the magician.
From a shuffled deck, two spectators each select a card. While they look at their card, the magician divides the deck into two piles and turns away from the audience.
Each spectator places their card on top of a pile and thinks of a number between 1 and 10. To lose their card, they move that number of cards from the top to the bottom of their pile. Then, they assemble the deck by placing one pile on the other and may cut as much as they like.
Only now does the magician face the audience again.
He deals the cards one at a time onto the table, turning each face up as he goes, concentrating all the while. After dealing a few cards, he pauses at a face-down card and hands it to one spectator. He continues dealing, then pauses again to hand another card to the other spectator.
Finally, the spectators name their cards and turn over the card they were given - revealing their selections!
Not only the magician is able to find each chosen card, he can immediately hand it to the right spectator. The deck is regular and can be displayed face up at any moment. The magician is never made aware of the thought-of numbers. No peeking. No marking system. No sleight. Effortless.
1st edition 2025, PDF 5 pages.
word count: 1213 which is equivalent to 4 standard pages of text
