Think of a card

[This is Daniel]

What is your favorite "think of a card" ? Direct mindreading, No deck involved. Just you and the spectator's mind ?

I do silent running but a lot of people has told me there are better methods.

[Joe Mckay]

I did a review of this ebook - and feel it has some excellent 'no deck' think-a-card effects:

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=41593&p=282277

My favourite trick in the ebook above is a simplified version of 'Invisible Deal' by Derren Brown. The Derren Brown trick is quite tricky to do - and the method above provides a clever shortcut.

I mention the Derren Brown trick since this is usually considered the best of the 'no cards' think-a-card effects.

Also - Paul Harris has a great trick in which any word is written on a piece of paper and it is divined in a very sneaky way.

I forget the name of the trick but it is in one the 'Art of Astonishment' books.

Since any word can be used - you could change it into a 'think-a-card' effect.

[Brad Henderson]

I just have them think of a card and I tell them what it is. Though I learned through a combination of studying Garrett and Dingle, the first source you should look to today is the Berglas book.

[Joe Mckay]

I found the trick from the 'Art of Astonishment' books.

Check out 'Million-Dollar Mind Reader' from AoA Vol.2 - page 215.

[Ben Blau]

Even though this uses a physical deck, it's one of my favorites:


https://youtu.be/6Q7xUyy1HD0

-Ben

[Q. Kumber]

This article from Scientific American should be of interest

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... book-Share

[performer]

How odd. I actually thought of the six of clubs even before reading the article.

[Doomo]

I love to do this. but needless to say, I use a wallet. I place the wallet on a spectators upturned palm. I have someone simply name a card. Then I flip the wallet open and inside is the freely named card. My fave bit of walkaround as it resets almost instantly. If ya see me at a convention ask and I will show yaz.

Tony

[magicfish]

Roger Crosthwaite

[Leonard Hevia]

Derek Dingle's from The Complete Works is my standby. You have two Outs and can cull the card if your back is to the wall to remove it from the empty card case or pocket/wallet. Dingle's version is basically Crosthwaite's following of the gaze and narrowing it down.

Sid Lorraine's method is also interesting and dates back to the 1940s. It possibly predates him and utilizes a duplicate card in the deck that is laid on the table face down. It's a pure Think a Card where the spectator thinks of any card in the deck. If wrong the second duplicate functions as the Out to reveal the thought of card.

Jack Avis has a nice version from Ahead of the Pack that borrows from Out of Sight Out of Mind but narrows the scope of cards to 5 instead of 9.

[Richard Kaufman]

Go read Berglas
Do not waste your time with Dingle's inferior method


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[Leonard Hevia]

Go read Berglas
Do not waste your time with Dingle's inferior method

Could this be one reason for our continually growing magic libraries? The never ending search to find a superior method to the effects we perform?