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There is a trick that i think dai vernon performs, when he writes a prediction on a piece of paper then lets the spectator shuffle cards etc and then pick one and that card matches the prediction. Does anyone know what it is called and where i can learn it.

Thanks in Advance

I have one that does this called pre deck ability (I wrote a review on it I think)

goes along the lines of half deck up one way, half deck up other way, spectator shuffles first prediction is something like 14 of the cards will be face up, you take those out shuffle some more and next prediction is 12 of the cards will be red, take them out next prediction is all cards are clubs, you find one spade and then the last predicition is "apart from the ace of spades"

Is that the one?

Alex

No that is now it but i, i think it was a dai vernon trick i read about it on here somewhere??

Sorry then can't help at the moment but I will look through a couple of books I have and see if I can find it.

Any Luck ?????

not yet have been through a couple of books, just a couple more to go.

Hopefull I will find it

Alex

cordenadam wrote:There is a trick that i think dai vernon performs, when he writes a prediction on a piece of paper then lets the spectator shuffle cards etc and then pick one and that card matches the prediction. Does anyone know what it is called and where i can learn it.

Um. This is almost certainly done with one of the most basic moves in card magic. If the spectator shuffles it uses a more advanced move or a gimmick. Mods: can I use the word f****?

No, not that word. The other f-word. Ahem. Shut UP. :p

The effect your thinking of is almost certainly The Trick That Cannot Be Explained by Dai Vernon. You can find a (meta-)explanation in More Inner Secrets of Card Magic by Lewis Ganson. Warning this effect is not for the beginner, or the intermediate card worker for that matter.

funny. i was thinking that it might be stewart James's miraskill.

daleshrimpton wrote:funny. i was thinking that it might be stewart James's miraskill.

Really? In miraskill the spectator doesn't select a card, you don't predict the selected card, and as far as I know Vernons name has never been attached to the effect. Good of you to point out where to learn it too.