Illusion Library

Effect

Card Appearance at Selected Number

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
4 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
2 sleights, in the library

Spectator selects a card and remembers it. Card is replaced in deck and thoroughly shuffled into it. Deck is then placed on the floor or on a table. Another spectator is asked to name any number between five and ten.

Assume that seven is chosen. Spectator counts the cards from the top of the deck, and when the seventh card is turned over, it is found to be the selected card.

How it is done

The method and all it needs, inside the library.

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