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The spectator chooses a card from the face-down fan deck, memorizes it, and places it back on top of the deck, which he removes to return the card to the middle.

The magician says he will find the map. He takes about a third of the deck, unfolds it like a fan and cannot find a card. He takes half of the remaining deck, unfolds it like a fan and again cannot find the card. And in the rest of the deck, the card is not found. Apologizing, the magician says that he will try to use another method. Dividing the deck into two parts, he asks the spectator to choose one.

The magician takes it in his left hand and strikes it with his right. All cards fall to the floor, except for one, which is chosen.

Focus secret:

This is my take on a very old trick that is rarely shown these days, but still worth watching for its shocking ending.

1. Ask a spectator, say Anna, to shuffle the deck and give it to you. Try to take a quick look at the bottom card as it finishes the shuffle - if you can't, take a look when you collect the cards. Turn the deck face down and ask Anna to take a card from any part of the deck, look at it and memorize it. When she does this, straighten the deck and place it on the table. Ask Anna to put the chosen card on top of the deck. Place your fingers, without pressing, on the top card of the deck and tell Anna that you feel her card. Ask her to remove the cards so that her card is lost in the middle of the deck.

2. Tell Anna that your feelings are telling you which card she has chosen and you are now going to discover it. Take about a third of the deck and fan it face up, as if looking for a specific card. Say, "I don't think it's in this pile," and place the pile on the table. Take a little more than half of the remaining stack and do the same.

Double fan. We hold the second row between the index and middle fingers. The extreme cards of the fan are the ace of hearts (a card chosen by the spectator) and the five of spades (marker card)

3. If Anna's card was near the middle of the deck, it should be in this pile. You will recognize it as it will be on top, i.e. the first card to the right of the one you originally spotted.

When you get to it, you must manage to place it on the left side of the fan. The best way to do it is as follows. When you see Anna's card, split the fan as if you thought there were too many cards. Start making the second fan by placing it in front of the first one (see picture). When you have two unfolded fans in front of you, look puzzled and say, "Strange, I thought she was among those cards, but now I'm not sure. Let's take a look at the rest."

4. Place the two fans together and place the stack face down on top of the stack you have already viewed. You put Anna's card on top of the pile. Take the remaining cards you haven't checked yet, say, "Well, there must be Anna's card here."

5. Fan out the cards and say disappointedly: "And there is nothing similar here. Very strange - I usually succeed in this trick." While saying this, fold the fan and, holding the cards face down in your left hand, take the stand from the table. Add it to the stoic in your left hand and you now have the entire deck with Anna on top.

6. Having said: "Well, you should not despair anyway. I'll try another way," put the deck on the table and remove it, dividing it into two parts. Tell Anna to choose any half.

7. If Anna chooses the half with her card on top, say "OK" and put it in your hand. If she chooses another, say, "OK, I'll take this one then," and take the pile that's left. Either way, you will have a pile with Anna's card on top.

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This is how you should hold the cards before hitting them, dropping all the cards to the floor, but holding the card chosen by the spectator.

This way of letting the spectator choose and then take the stack you want is called "magician's choice".

8. Take the cards in your left hand and hold them at right angles to the floor, face down. Push the top card towards you with your thumb as if you were shifting. Make sure the audience doesn't notice the shift. They should not suspect anything, as they do not know what you will do next.

9. Say, "There's a desperate way out of a desperate situation. I'm going to use brute force. Are you ready?" When you have finished speaking, strike with your right hand, holding it with your little finger down, with an uncertain gesture on the protruding part of the deck. All cards will fall to the floor, except for Anna's card, which will be automatically pinched between thumb and fingers. Practice and you will see that this will happen. It will be easier if the thumb is moistened before the impact, but I think that licking the finger before the trick will inevitably devalue it. The trick will work without it, practice will show you how to place your thumb, how hard to hold the cards and how hard to hit them.

You can make this trick more spectacular by hitting the cards from below by cascading them into the air, but then you'll have to collect them. No matter how you hit the cards, top or bottom, you still have to pick them up from the floor. But at the same time, in this way, you will have the opportunity to prepare the cards for the next trick. For example, you can easily build a deck for the "By the clock" trick. The audience is unlikely to suspect that you have prepared the deck by simply collecting cards from the floor.

10. When all the cards have been scattered, turn your left hand palm up, removing your thumb and, without looking at the card, hold it face down to Anna, saying "Your card, I presume?"

Author: Arnold Peter

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