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Your participant writes down the name of any card. The performer proceeds to ask a series of questions about the thought of card but the participant is told that he may either lie or tell the truth when answering. The performer then runs through the deck and removes a single card which is placed on the table. The participants thought of card is read aloud and it is revealed that the card on the table is a perfect match.
Your participant thinks of any card other than the aces as these will be needed later. As you turn away, you ask the spectator to write their thought of card on an advertising card. You explain that you will be using the four aces. You push them off the deck, turn them over and leave them face up on the deck. You pick up their advertising card and place it in the middle of the deck, stuck out so it remains visible. You put the deck down, then remove the four aces from the top of the deck again, and explain that you will use the four pips as visual aids to help you determine the thought of card. You hold each ace aloft in turn asking the spectator if the suit matches their thought of card; they can lie or tell the truth at this point. Having run through the four aces, you get the spectator to recite the ranks ace to king. You now claim to know what their thought of card is.
You remove the advertising card from the deck and table it. Then you place the packet of aces on top of the advertising card at an angle. You remove a single card from the deck and table it face down. You lift the packet of aces and the adveritising card and read the name of the card written on the advertising card. You count the aces off one at a time into your left hand, ending with the advertising card which is tabled next to the facedown card. You reveal that the facedown card matches the spectator's selection.
I size up the participant, and ask him a few questions. I remove the spare joker from the deck, write something on its back and leave it in plain view. I ribbon spread the deck, and ask them to look through the cards. One of these, I tell them, will seem more significant to them than the others. I ask them to name this card. It is pushed out of the spread and left with the prediction. The rest of the spread is collected and tabled. The prediction is turned over and is shown to match the chosen card.
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