TO BEGIN have the short card on the bottom, have a card
selected, noted, placed on the top of the pack and make a complete cut. Secretly find the short card and cut, or make the pass, including the short card, bringing it again to the bottom and the chosen card to the top. Ask the spectator to call a number, suppose he says 'Five'. Count off five cards at one time on to the table and drop the pack on top of them. Lift off the top card, then stop and say, 'Oh, my mistake, this is the sixth card and you said five. We will start all over again.' Riffle to the short and cut bringing that card to the bottom. The chosen card is now fifth from the top.
Jan 3, 2009
Another Force
WITH the short card on the top of the pack, shuffle several
times leaving the card in position on the top. Ask a spectator to call any number from one to twenty. Suppose ten is chosen. Count off nine cards keeping them in the same order and put them on the bottom of the pack. Have the spectator look at the top card, note what it is and replace it. Let him then cut the cards burying his card in the middle.
As you go to a second person, find the short by riffling and make the pass at that point, or openly cut the cards. Tell him you will count down ten cards and have him look at and remember whatever card is at that position now. Go through the same routine and he naturally gets the same card as the first man.
Go through exactly the same procedure with a third spectator and you have forced the same card on all three. Finish the effect in any way you wish.
times leaving the card in position on the top. Ask a spectator to call any number from one to twenty. Suppose ten is chosen. Count off nine cards keeping them in the same order and put them on the bottom of the pack. Have the spectator look at the top card, note what it is and replace it. Let him then cut the cards burying his card in the middle.
As you go to a second person, find the short by riffling and make the pass at that point, or openly cut the cards. Tell him you will count down ten cards and have him look at and remember whatever card is at that position now. Go through the same routine and he naturally gets the same card as the first man.
Go through exactly the same procedure with a third spectator and you have forced the same card on all three. Finish the effect in any way you wish.
Cut Card Force
HAVE two or three cards cut short and put them in the middle of the pack. Square the cards and place the pack on the table.
Invite a spectator to cut about the middle and the cut will always be made right above the topmost of the short cards, the card that is to be forced. In using this force always place, or better still hold, the pack so that the cut is made naturally at the ends.
Invite a spectator to cut about the middle and the cut will always be made right above the topmost of the short cards, the card that is to be forced. In using this force always place, or better still hold, the pack so that the cut is made naturally at the ends.
A Color Change
USE a blue-backed pack and on the bottom place a red-backed
short card. Fan the pack for the free selection of a card being careful not to expose the red-backed card at the bottom. Have the chosen card noted, put on the top of the pack and bury it in the middle with a complete cut. Square the cards very openly, tapping the ends and sides on the table to obviate any suspicion that you night keep the location.
Put the pack behind your back saying that you will try to pick out the selected cards under impossible conditions. Riffle to the short, take off that card and the next, the selected card, as one card and bring them forward showing the face. The spectator admits that the card is his and you ask him if he knows how you could possibly know it was his card. He says 'No'. 'Because it has a red back' you say, turning the card and showing the back. Drop the two on the pack and take off one only. Snap it to show it is a single card but don't show the face again.
short card. Fan the pack for the free selection of a card being careful not to expose the red-backed card at the bottom. Have the chosen card noted, put on the top of the pack and bury it in the middle with a complete cut. Square the cards very openly, tapping the ends and sides on the table to obviate any suspicion that you night keep the location.
Put the pack behind your back saying that you will try to pick out the selected cards under impossible conditions. Riffle to the short, take off that card and the next, the selected card, as one card and bring them forward showing the face. The spectator admits that the card is his and you ask him if he knows how you could possibly know it was his card. He says 'No'. 'Because it has a red back' you say, turning the card and showing the back. Drop the two on the pack and take off one only. Snap it to show it is a single card but don't show the face again.
X-Ray Eyes
PLACE the short card ninth from the bottom. Have a spectator
select a card from anywhere above these nine. Lay the pack on the table and instruct the spectator to put his card, after noting it, on top of the pack and cut the cards burying his card in the middle.
Pick up the pack, quietly riffle to the short card and cut at that point bringing it to the top. State that you have X-ray eyes that can pierce through the thickness of the cards and detect at what number the chosen card lies. Put the pack on the table and have the card named. Gaze intently at the back of the pack and finally announce that the card is the tenth card from the top. Let the spectator deal nine cards and turn up the tenth, his card.
It must be remembered that the chosen card is always one card farther down than the number at which you place the short card from the bottom.
select a card from anywhere above these nine. Lay the pack on the table and instruct the spectator to put his card, after noting it, on top of the pack and cut the cards burying his card in the middle.
Pick up the pack, quietly riffle to the short card and cut at that point bringing it to the top. State that you have X-ray eyes that can pierce through the thickness of the cards and detect at what number the chosen card lies. Put the pack on the table and have the card named. Gaze intently at the back of the pack and finally announce that the card is the tenth card from the top. Let the spectator deal nine cards and turn up the tenth, his card.
It must be remembered that the chosen card is always one card farther down than the number at which you place the short card from the bottom.
On The Top
FORCE the short card by the riffle, or any other way you have at
your disposal, have it replaced and the pack shuffled by a spectator. Take the pack and bring the short to the top secretly, if you can, if not then by simply cutting at the short.
Lift the two top cards as one, the top card being short makes this an easy matter. Replace the two cards as one, order the chosen card to mount to the top and show it.
your disposal, have it replaced and the pack shuffled by a spectator. Take the pack and bring the short to the top secretly, if you can, if not then by simply cutting at the short.
Lift the two top cards as one, the top card being short makes this an easy matter. Replace the two cards as one, order the chosen card to mount to the top and show it.
Card From Nowhere
YOU may have a duplicate of the short card planted in one of
your pockets or in any other place you please. Having forced the short card by the riffle force simply order it to leave the pack and go. . . to wherever you have the duplicate hidden. Riffle again and show that the card has vanished, then produce the duplicate.
your pockets or in any other place you please. Having forced the short card by the riffle force simply order it to leave the pack and go. . . to wherever you have the duplicate hidden. Riffle again and show that the card has vanished, then produce the duplicate.
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