How to do the trick:

The method of working this effect is as follows: After the deck is mixed up, the performer gets a glance at the bottom card of the deck, which is placed on the table. A spectator is then told to cut the cards, and take any card from the deck and replace it on top of the first cut (or what was at first the top card), and then place the other half on top of this. This move brings the known bottom card on top of the card selected. A number of cuts may then be made without any chance of losing the card selected.

Now the entertainer runs through the deck, "to show that the card is still there," and when he sees the card he noted on the bottom he knows that the next card to the bottom of the deck is the one selected, and then he runs eight more cards on top of the selected one, which will make that card the ninth, and the others he removes to the bottom of the deck. The card selected is now the ninth card from the top.

The performer then picks out four cards apparently in a haphazard manner, but taking care that one of them is a nine. These four cards are thrown on the table so they form two rows with the nine in the right-hand lower corner.

The spectator is then told to touch either the top or bottom row of the four cards. If he touches the row that does not contain the nine, just move that row to one side. If he does touch the one with the nine, move the other row to one side. Then have him select one of the two remaining cards. If he does not take the nine, move that card away and leave the nine. If he takes the nine, keep it and move the other away. In any case the nine will still be on the table.

After impressing upon the minds of the spectators that no one has seen the card on the table and no one but the person choosing same knows what the card selected is, the performer states that he will cause the selected card to appear at the same number from the top as the number of spots on the card show.

As the selected card is already ninth from the top, the trick is already done, but due dramatic actions must be gone into before showing that your commands have been obeyed.

IT'S INCREDIBLE!

Practice it a couple of times yourself before doing it for your friends. Practice noticing the bottom card of the deck with a real casual glance. You can be creative and build a cool patter that will enhance the trick with your OWN magic!

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