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== Notable Routines== | == Notable Routines== | ||
* Out of Sight Out of Mind by [[Dai Vernon]] | |||
* ''Think of a Card'' by Paul Harris in [[The Magic of Paul Harris]] (1976) and Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996). | * ''Think of a Card'' by Paul Harris in [[The Magic of Paul Harris]] (1976) and Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996). | ||
* Ray Kosby's ''Deep Thought'' also in Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] | * Ray Kosby's ''Deep Thought'' also in Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] | ||
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* Kolossal Killer by Knepper | * Kolossal Killer by Knepper | ||
* [[Milt Kort]]'s All Outs Think of a Card | * [[Milt Kort]]'s All Outs Think of a Card | ||
* Bob Hummer's "Mind Readers Dream" | |||
* Ed Marlo's "Mental Topper" in MINT | |||
* "Topping Mental Topper" in Racherbaumer's Cardfixes | |||
* Bob Farmer's Tsunami | |||
* Derek Dingle has some work on it in The Compete Works of Derek Dingle. | |||
== Gimmicked Decks == | == Gimmicked Decks == | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 30 December 2009
The Think of a Card is a mentalism effect in which a spectator merely thinks of a card and the performer locates it.
The magician allows the spectator to think of a card by:
- Displaying the faces of a small packet of cards
- Dispalying all the cards in the deck or apparently all the cards
- Allowing the spectator to just think of the value and suit of any card in the deck.
The magician reveals the thought of card in one of two ways:
- A card is identified (i.e. placed down on the table or sticking up out of a fan) and then displayed after the spectator announces the thought of card.
- The spectator announces the card and then the card is revealed in a unique way. For example, it's the only red backed card in the blue deck.
See also Any Card At Any Number.
Notable Routines
- Out of Sight Out of Mind by Dai Vernon
- Think of a Card by Paul Harris in The Magic of Paul Harris (1976) and Book 1 of Art of Astonishment (1996).
- Ray Kosby's Deep Thought also in Book 1 of Art of Astonishment
- Invisible Rising Card by Paul Harris in Las Vegas Close Up (1978) and Book 1 of Art of Astonishment
- Think A Card by Roger Crosthwaite.
- Kolossal Killer by Knepper
- Milt Kort's All Outs Think of a Card
- Bob Hummer's "Mind Readers Dream"
- Ed Marlo's "Mental Topper" in MINT
- "Topping Mental Topper" in Racherbaumer's Cardfixes
- Bob Farmer's Tsunami
- Derek Dingle has some work on it in The Compete Works of Derek Dingle.
Gimmicked Decks
- Invisible Deck
- Brainwave Deck
- Force of thought
- Mind Power Deck
- Blizzard
- Mind's Eye Deck by David Harkey
Books
- Roger Crosthwaite's book Roger's Thesaraus has an entire chapter on think a card.
- "A Card Merely Thought of" ebook by Tom Baxter.
References
- From Witchcraft to Warlock: The Evolution of Think-a-Card (A lecture given by Fr. Roger Crosthwaite at the Magic Circle Collector's Day (May 25, 1996) [Reprinted in Arcadia by Crosthwaite (1999) ]