The Mystic Card Clock Dial

This is similar in principle to the effect just described, but has a slightly different effect.

Twelve cards are placed on the table, backs up, to represent the numbers on a clock dial. A spectator is asked to think of any hour on the dial, and while performer turns away, to look at the card at that hour.

Magician then gathers up the twelve cards and places them on the deck. He holds deck behind his back, removes a card, and places it in his pocket. He asks spectator to name the hour selected. He then places eleven cards in dial form on table again, leaving a space at the chosen hour. He removes the card he just placed in his pocket and shows it to be the selected card.