This double coincidence effect is a second cousin to that popular Annemann effect, Remote Control, as improved by Orville Meyer. Because of the current wave of rough-smooth deck tricks it even fools magicians. The performer borrows a deck and takes from his pocket a single card of contrasting back design and color. Behind his back he puts it into the deck without having shown its face. Anyone in the audience names a number and the performer counts off that many. The last card is seen to be the one with the odd back. THE SPECTATOR HAS NAMED ITS POSITION IN…
:: EFFECT :: (1) The magus has any person freely select a card from a shuffled red deck, and another select any card from a freely shuffled blue deck. When selected cards are named, it is found that both persons have selected the same cards. (2) The red deck is shuffled by the spectator and placed in the magician's inside pocket. The other spectator shuffles his blue deck and places it in his own inside coat pocket. This person then reaches in the magician's pocket and removes any card. The magus also removes one card from the deck in spectator's…