A card at any number! But the number is predicted in advance! Watch the demo video below.
The performer removes a card that has plenty of white space on its face from the deck – say, the Two of Hearts - and writes a prediction on the face of this card with a marker pen. The prediction is left face down on the table. A spectator now selects a card from the deck (say the JS), after which the card is lost back into the deck. The deck is now given to a second spectator who - only now - names ANY number. To keep the routine moving along you suggest he thinks of any number between 1 and 30. He might name 17. He now deals to the 17th card and places this card on the table next to the prediction. Now for the amazing finish.
- The card he dealt to is turned over and proves to be the other spectator’s selection, the JS!
- You remind the audience that the second spectator thought of ANY number – in this case it was 17 - your prediction card is turned over and it bears the number 17!!
Watch the video demo below to see the effect. This is a basic demo/explanation of effect without an audience to let you see what happens.
Performance transcript:
- Hi there. Deck of cards and a marker pen. I've taken the top off the pen for efficiency. The first thing you do is you run through your deck and you take out a card that's got a lot of white space on it.
- The 2 of Hearts is a good example. And on the 2 of Hearts, I'm going to write a prediction. I don't want you to see what I'm writing, but you will see it later.
- So I'll just write something on this card, something.
- And I'll leave this prediction over here where it will remain until the end of this trick.
- We're now going to have a card chosen from the pack, and this spectator won. He takes a card out, say it's this one here. The Jack of Spades.
- Jack of Spades. And he remembers the card. You don't have to see the card.
- You now give the pack directly to a second spectator.
- You never touch the cards again. And only at this point do you ask him or her to think of any number.
- Now let's say up to 30. We don't want to be dealing all night.
- So they can think of any number between 1 and 30.
- Let's say they think of 17.
- Now they can name this number or they can just keep it in their mind. They deal the cards, not you.
- They deal to the 17th card. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. And when they come to the 17th card, their free choice, they deal it onto your prediction, next to your prediction. The deck is not used again.
- Now think of this.
- The spectator chose a card, it was returned to the deck. The deck was given to a second spectator. It's out of your hands. He named any number and dealt the card at that number.
- Now, what was the card that you chose? You asked the first spectator. Jack of Spades. Amazing.
- You give the Jack of Spades to the spectator. But before we started, I wrote a prediction.
- Now, you may think somehow I manipulated that Jack into your hands at the start. And there's no way I could have manipulated a number into your head.
- What was the number you chose? 17. 17. And you can give that to the other spectator. Simple as that.
1st edition 2006; 7 pages
word count: 1576 which is equivalent to 6 standard pages of text
