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This is the closest I can think of. It’s been published on the Perverse Magic thread of the Genii Forum on July 1, 2008.

“I Just Bought A New Card Trick”

Effect

“I just bought a new card trick. It’s so complicated. I don’t really understand it. Here, select a card.”

The spectator selects a card.

“Okay, here’s a pen. Put a big ‘X’ on the face of the card but don’t’ let me see it. Good. Now put the card back into the deck. Now I’m going to shuffle the deck as fairly as I can. Okay. Now I’m going to find your card.”

The magician looks through the cards with the faces towards him and pulls out the selected card with the big “X”.

The spectator’s look at him as if he was an idiot.

“This is easy to understand,” says the magician. “But why they had all the cards marked with an ‘X’ doesn’t make any sense to me.”

The magician shows all the cards have an “X”

sjrw Special user 566 Posts	Posted: Sep 19, 2016 05:27 pm 0 Hey, I'm looking to learn how to do this amazing trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_x1xku39nQ Any idea if it is published anywhere? Cheers! Sam
Gerald Deutsch Special user 526 Posts	Posted: Sep 19, 2016 05:42 pm 1 This is the closest I can think of. It’s been published on the Perverse Magic thread of the Genii Forum on July 1, 2008. “I Just Bought A New Card Trick” Effect “I just bought a new card trick. It’s so complicated. I don’t really understand it. Here, select a card.” The spectator selects a card. “Okay, here’s a pen. Put a big ‘X’ on the face of the card but don’t’ let me see it. Good. Now put the card back into the deck. Now I’m going to shuffle the deck as fairly as I can. Okay. Now I’m going to find your card.” The magician looks through the cards with the faces towards him and pulls out the selected card with the big “X”. The spectator’s look at him as if he was an idiot. “This is easy to understand,” says the magician. “But why they had all the cards marked with an ‘X’ doesn’t make any sense to me.” The magician shows all the cards have an “X”
sjrw Special user 566 Posts	Posted: Sep 19, 2016 06:10 pm 0 Gerald - what a great answer! I love that idea. Thanks for sharing.
MarcoLostSomething Regular user 144 Posts	Posted: Sep 20, 2016 06:32 am 0 With a duplicate and a force you can create a easy but funny effect!
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