Scott Kahn - In-The-Hands Open Prediction (Ihop)

The magician introduces two packs of playing cards, one blue and the other red.Both decks are shuffled and a spectator selects a card from the blue backed deck.This mystery card is placed sight unseen somewhere in the face down red deck.

The red pack is then shuffled so that no one knows where the blue backed mystery card is located.Holding the deck face up, the cards are dealt face down into a pile in the spectator’s hands.At any point, the audience member instructs the magician to deal a card face up onto the pile.This is a free choice and they can change their mind as often as they wish.

Once a card is decided upon, the remainder of the cards are turned face down onto the pile and the pack is spread from hand to hand.The spectator’s odd backed selection is not seen.When the face up card that the spectator nominated is turned over, it is seen to be their blue backed selection.Amazing!

As a kicker, the magician then proceeds to show that he knew the spectator would choose the card in question.The blue deck is spread and is seen to contain only one red backed card, placed there from the other deck prior to the beginning of the effect.It matches the spectators selection.An inexplicable miracle!

“Your In-The-Hands Open Prediction is a wonderful way of turning the plot upside down.I was severely fooled!