An exciting mentalism effect in which the spectators themselves, after naming any card in the deck, imagine in their mind that they can find it as the only one still in its 'right' place in a shuffled deck, giving rise to an amazing "A.C.A.A.N."!
This is an original new "Any Card At Any Number" type effect, which will most likely be different from anything you have ever seen before!
"... Kudos for coming up with this stack that lets you find any card in its place... And congratulations also for the method you used... Everything is explained very well and in an understandable way! Great!!! ... When you showed me my card... I only saw shuffled cards... You really fooled me! You did it... Well done, bravo!" - Laura Chips
The mentalist places a deck of cards in its case on the table and explains that it contains all the cards, from Ace to King, for each of the four suits, but that no one can know in which of the many possible arrangements they were placed before being closed in their box.
Then, he invites a spectator, chosen at random, to say any card aloud. Immediately afterwards, the same spectator indicates which number (from 1 to 52) could, in his imagination, represent its precise position in the deck.
The illusionist takes it out of the case, keeping it face down, spread the cards from the top, counting them, and turns over only the card with the chosen number for a moment, demonstrating how extremely difficult it is for a spectator to guess the order of the cards in a deck simply by relying on his imagination.
After putting that card back in the deck, the mentalist explains that everything would have been much simpler if only they had realized that he had taken care not to mess up the original order of the cards... Or that, in any case, before putting them back in their case, he had rearranged them in the order in which he had found them: the typical order of a new deck, i.e., arranged in sequential order, from Ace to King, for each of the four suits...
He therefore identifies the position that the chosen card would occupy in that case and, keeping the cards face down, draw only that one card, setting it aside (still face down), then immediately squares the rest of the deck.
However, he insists that at the beginning he deliberately let them imagine a normally shuffled deck; hence, he immediately picks it up again and opens it in his hands, spreading the cards, but this time showing them face up, to demonstrate how they are actually perfectly shuffled!
"But wouldn't it be incredible if I could have predicted which card would be chosen, removed it before shuffling the rest of the deck, and only then put it back in the exact same position, so that the card you chose would be the only one in the case to still be in its original place in the deck, amidst the total chaos of all the other 51 cards?"
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Once the card is turned over, everyone will be amazed and astonished by such a magical and incredible event!
Strengths:
- The effect can also be performed remotely (in a video call using Zoom, WhatsApp, etc.), with the deck of cards placed under the watchful eye of the camera from the start and throughout all the experiment.
- The case and deck of cards are not cheated in any way whatsoever.
- Inside the case there are all the cards, and there are no duplicates.
- No deck switch is allowed.
- The magician must not manipulate the cards in any way.
- No complex mathematical calculations or particular memory efforts are required.
- The deck is on the table from the beginning (before any selection is made) and will remain visible at all times.
At the end, a second presentation model (and related performance) is also proposed, which is even more engaging and capable of arousing amazement. Two or more spectators actively participate in this model, and a second deck of cards is brought into play, which can be borrowed and shuffled!
1st edition 2025, PDF 11 pages.
word count: 5647 which is equivalent to 22 standard pages of text
