Based on a clever gambler’s sleight is this effect wherein a chosen card appears at any number in the pack selected by spectator. Have one chosen freely, returned, and bring it to the top. Now ask the spectator how far down in the pack he would like to have his card appear. Let us say it is eighteen. Hold the pack in left hand and draw off the cards one at a time with the right, counting out loud as you do so until you reach seventeen and transfer these to the bottom of the deck. This leaves the eighteenth card on top and the selected card on bottom. Moisten the right forefinger and draw off the eighteenth card between the first and second fingers, immediately placing the deck between thumb and forefinger of the right hand and tossing it onto the table. With the deck you let go of the card you have clipped between the fingers. The weight of the deck causes the bottom card to remain on the index finger where it is immediately clipped by thumb. Ask the spectator to name his card and turn it over.
Of course, you can get the same effect with a Svengali deck, but that would be cheating !
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