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General Card (also known as Everybody's Card) is a classic plot in card magic where the deck becomes composed entirely of the same card (suit and value).  
'''General Card''' (also known as '''Everybody's Card''') is a classic plot in card magic where after a number of spectators have drawn a card and returned them to the pack. They are asked to call out the names of the card selected and they are all the same card. Also known in French as "La Carte Generale".


First described by Girolamo Cardano in his Piazza Universale (1582) describing a trick he saw performed by Francisco Soma.


Also known in French as "La Carte Générale".
Tomaso Garzoni describing a trick he saw performed by Francisco Soma in his book [[Piazza Universale|''Piazza Universale'']] ([[1585]]) .  


== Universal Card ==
Described in [[Robert-Houdin]]'s [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] (page 245) under the title ''The Metamorphoses''. Translate by Professor Hoffmann in 1878.
A classic card plot similar to [[General Card]] in which a single card (like the joker) transforms to match selected cards.


See also [[Everywhere and Nowhere]] and [[Universal Card]].
=== Variations ===
=== Variations ===
* Karl Fulves in Pallbearers Review, first folio, winter 1967, page 135.
* ''La Carte changeante'' in Nouvelles Récréations mathématiques et physiques by Gilles-Edme Guyot (1769)
* Derek Dingle's  
* ''To Allow Several Persons Each To Draw...'' in [[Modern Magic]] by Professor Hoffmann (page 87) (1876)
* Brother Hamman's (in his book)
* ''La Carte Generale'' in [[Sleight of Hand]] by [[Edwin T. Sachs]] (page 119) (1877)
* Max Maven's (in Focus)  
* ''Everybody's Card'' in [[Tricks with Cards]] by [[Professor Hoffmann]] (page 120) (1889)
* '' Everybody's Card'' in Card Tricks Without Apparatus by Professor Hoffmann (1892)
* ''The New General Card'' in [[New Era Card Tricks]] by [[August Roterberg]] (page 162) (1897)
* ''The General Card'' in [[The Art of Magic]] By [[T. Nelson Downs]] (page 71) (1909)
* ''Everybody's Card'' in [[Royal Road to Card Magic]] by [[Jean Hugard]] and [[Fred Braue]] (1948)
*  '' Everybody's Card'' in Amateur Magician's Handbook by Henry Hay (1950)  
 


[[Category:Card Plots]]
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 16:32, 3 November 2012

General Card (also known as Everybody's Card) is a classic plot in card magic where after a number of spectators have drawn a card and returned them to the pack. They are asked to call out the names of the card selected and they are all the same card. Also known in French as "La Carte Generale".


Tomaso Garzoni describing a trick he saw performed by Francisco Soma in his book Piazza Universale (1585) .

Described in Robert-Houdin's The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (page 245) under the title The Metamorphoses. Translate by Professor Hoffmann in 1878.

See also Everywhere and Nowhere and Universal Card.

Variations

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