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by **TakWah** » Jul 7th, '09, 17:20

Lenoir wrote:I do an effect, it's so far without a name but it would have something suitably cheesy if it did like "The Impossible Divination." ...

Sounds intriguing, especially the I never touched it once part

by **Lenoir** » Jul 7th, '09, 17:23

It is one of those things...I'm absolutely in love with it, and the fact that I came up with it independantly, but somewhere, deep within me, I reckon someone else has come up with it and probably published it.

by **Demitri** » Jul 7th, '09, 20:56

Edit - Just realized - is this a public space?

I took down my explanation, just in case. It borrows from old methods, so I don't want to post it publicly.

If anyone's interested - I have a possible solution to this, that might be to someone's liking.

Sorry - nothing to see here, move along!

by **Contrabass101** » Jul 7th, '09, 21:29

Lenoir wrote:I do an effect, it's so far without a name but it would have something suitably cheesy if it did like "The Impossible Divination."

A deck is shuffled by several members of the audience, any number they want, spread face down on the table by a spectator, a different spec takes a card, takes a look and puts it in her pocket, envelop, or at least anything to hide the card from me so there is no form of marking, and after some hard thought, I name it.

Did I mention that I am facing the other way the whole time and don't touch the deck once?

Everything is examinable after as well!

Ah, that's easy. You just think very, very hard about it... right?

by **Lenoir** » Jul 7th, '09, 23:35

Much simpler than that! :lol:

by **Contrabass101** » Jul 7th, '09, 23:38

If it wasn't for the last sentence, I would say you use a o** w** d***

by **Lenoir** » Jul 7th, '09, 23:44

It's shuffled by many different specs, all of whom can look at the faces of the cards as they shuffle.

by **Contrabass101** » Jul 7th, '09, 23:53

Confederate?

by **Lenoir** » Jul 8th, '09, 00:01

Not in the way you're thinking.

by **TakWah** » Jul 8th, '09, 00:13

Contrabass101 wrote:If it wasn't for the last sentence, I would say you use a o** w** d***

That has an intriguing point to it

by **Contrabass101** » Jul 8th, '09, 00:13

You're quite a mindreader to say that, Black One

by **TakWah** » Jul 8th, '09, 00:15

Spoilerwise censored by author :!:

by **Lenoir** » Jul 8th, '09, 00:16

I have no idea what you are talking about. There is no one way deck.

by **Serendipity** » Jul 9th, '09, 13:57

Why do you want it to be so fair? You've got to remember that audiences don't think like magicians. We cheat, that's half of the beauty of magic, the elegance of the deception...

by **Le Petit Bateleur** » Jul 9th, '09, 15:04

What about Out of this World, or a variation thereof? Isn't it even more magical if your spec separates him/herself all the reds from the black?

I think there are some impromptu methods to do that. Michael Ammar has a method in one of his DVDs which can be used with a borrowed deck.

Do a search on OOTW on this forum you'll find loads of ideas.

LP.

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