A made-up card at a made-up number effect where the spectator does (almost) all the work.
While the performer's back is turned, a spectator cuts the deck twice to two different cards. He adds their values together, then adds 10 to obtain a random number - let's say, 23.
He deals that many cards into a pile and divides the pile into two packets. He freely chooses one of the packets, looks at its top card and remembers its value. He repeats the same procedure with the second packet, this time remembering the suit of the top card. By combining the chosen value and suit, he mentally creates a random playing card - let's say, the 9 of Hearts.
The spectator reassembles the deck before the performer faces him again. The latter has no knowledge of the chosen card or number. He asks the spectator to think of his card, concentrates, and cuts the deck once. He then asks him to think of his number, concentrates, and cuts the deck again.
Only at that point does the spectator reveal his number, to which the performer deals. The 23rd card proves to be the 9 of Hearts.
Easy to do. Regular deck. No gimmick. No duplicate. No crimp.
1st edition, PDF 6 pages.
word count: 1462 which is equivalent to 5 standard pages of text
