An unusual and inexplicable version of "ACAAN" using a borrowed deck shuffled by any spectator.
Impromptu "Any random Card At Any Number" Mystery is an ACAAN themed effect that can always be performed impromptu, also if you borrow a deck of cards (perhaps even an incomplete one) and let any spectator shuffles it freely! The magician asks the spectator to rise a small pack of cards, count them in secret, and remember that number. Before losing those cards into the rest of the deck, he asks the spectator to shuffle them and then choose one. He puts everything back into the deck, which he cuts and has the spectator cut into several packets, asking him to try to form other small piles using that same secret number of cards that he will try to guess. At the end, since it seems the spectator hasn't been of much help, he's asked to say "Stop" as the magician runs his thumb along the edge of the cards, as soon as he thinks the number of cards passed is closest to his original number. Whether it matches or not, the surprise will be that, counting from that exact point, the chosen card will magically be found right at the number he had in mind!
Strengths:
- The effect is truly magical and is sure to amaze.
- The techniques used are within the reach of any magician, though they do require a minimum of practice and study.
1st edition 2026, PDF 8 pages.
word count: 3363 which is equivalent to 13 standard pages of text
