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This is another, way didn´t I think of it effect. I could kick myself the first time I saw this. It´s wonderful, easy to perform and easy to follow. Almost another holy grail...

Recently started using iContact & i really enjoy it...very strong if played correctly

I really enjoy this effect and i wanted to share a little refinement of my own:

I really hated the method for the thought of card choice. There was a 1/3 chance that you have to do a weak equivoque.
Instead I have set up my deck differently so that instead of asking the spectator to think of a different suit to the freely chosen card I ask them to think of a card which is a different colour to the freely chosen card.
This way there is no risk of the ugly equivoque.

I hope this helps someone who uses this effect.

Sam

Sam, I have my deck set up the same way for the same reason. And the effect is great! It's the only gimmicked deck is use right now... Always gets great reactions! If possible, I'll get the most cynical/sceptical looking member of the group I'm performing the trick for to name the card...

Hi guys, that is the way I do it too, I don't like the equivoce method either, but Russ Stevens preferred it that way. (I think he has come around to this way of thinking now).

Another refinement is if you reverse the set up of the deck you never have to necktie the deck.

Great tip, i hadn't thought of that. I set up a deck like that today and tried it out this evening - I love it!
Thanks Chris.

FTHO wrote:instead of asking the spectator to think of a different suit to the freely chosen card I ask them to think of a card which is a different colour to the freely chosen card

That's an enormous improvement upon the trick "as standard". I received my iContact last week, but the DVD was broken (however, I was quickly able to reverse-engineer the trick once I saw the gimmick, and got started on setting it up) - thankfully RSVP Magic were kind enough to post me a fresh one (and a bonus deck, by way of apology), and I thought back to your comment and immediately saw how much better it was.

I performed it a couple of times this week and jaws were dropped. Played carefully, iContact has an incredible impact (and I'm now in the lucky position that I can repeat the trick with a different card selected, thanks to the order mess-up described above). Here's the approximate wording I use when I'm asking the second participant to select a card:

"Okay; now I'm going to ask you to pick a card, too - but your card isn't going to come from this deck: it's going to come from the deck... in your mind! Can you see it, in your imagination? Great - now look through the deck and select any card you want... just don't make it the same card as [participant A] chose - you saw [participant A]'s card, right? In fact, can you choose a card that's completely different to [participant A]'s card: different colour, different suit, different value, everything's different? Have you got it? Okay - what's your card?"

An important thing to bear in mind for anybody considering buying iContact but who wants to do the "different colour" direction rather than the standard equivoque approach is that you'll either need to tweak the contents of your deck a little more... OR you'll need to memorise a slightly more-complicated pattern (no more-complicated than an ID, though) to make it work: you're welcome to PM me if you want to know how I've set my deck up for iContact.