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The title of this effect is well-deserved because it will undoubtedly shake your sense of reality and your daily routines profoundly! Many have tried to achieve a similar effect using special gimmicks, tricks, or technologies… but there was always a ‘but’ that led us to continue searching for the ultimate method, the ultimate version that would blow away not only laymen but also magicians… well, esteemed audience: here is SHUFFLED!

 

- Three spectators are invited after the mentalist openly places their prediction, sealed in an envelope, on the table.

 

- The first spectator is handed an envelope and a deck of cards. They are asked to thoroughly examine and shuffle the deck. Then, they can choose any card from the deck, face down. Completely voluntary choice! Their chosen card is placed in the envelope, and they can put the envelope and the deck in their pocket.

 

- The second spectator is also given a deck of cards. They can shuffle and examine their deck very thoroughly (no identical cards!). Then, the deck is placed in the card box, and they can keep it with them.

 

- The third and final spectator receives a number card deck. They are also asked to thoroughly examine and shuffle the deck. Like the first spectator, they can choose any number card, face down, from the deck. Their number card is also placed in an envelope, and they can put the envelope and the number card deck in their pocket.

 

Some may already sense what’s coming, some may have a hunch, some may think they know where this is heading… but under these clinical conditions, this is absolutely impossible! Hold on tight:

 

- A SPECTATOR is invited to take the prediction from the mentalist’s envelope and read it out loud:

 

‘I predict that the randomly chosen playing card will be found at the randomly chosen position in the randomly shuffled (face-down) deck!!!’

 

- The FIRST SPECTATOR takes their chosen playing card from the envelope: 7 of Diamonds

 

- The THIRD SPECTATOR takes their chosen number card from the envelope: 34

 

- The SECOND SPECTATOR takes their deck from the card box and places it face down on the table. They count 34 cards and turn over the exact 34th card…

 

UNBELIEVABLE!!! …. 7 of Diamonds!!!!

 

Let the spectators rack their brains, let them pull out their hair, let them check EVERYTHING afterward… there is NOTHING to discover!

 

Yes BUT…… NOTHING TO BUT!!!

 

The mentalist doesn’t place everything on the table beforehand…. YES THEY DO!

 

The mentalist places everything on the table beforehand! What you see is what you get! The mentalist doesn’t put anything away or take anything out of their pocket at any point!

 

The decks and the number card deck aren’t really normal… YES THEY ARE!

 

The spectators can thoroughly check the decks and the number card deck! They are completely normal! Not a single identical playing card or number card!

 

The choice of the card and position isn’t voluntary… YES IT IS!

 

The mentalist doesn’t influence the spectators in their choice at any point! They choose any card and position they want!

 

The second spectator’s deck isn’t really shuffled… YES IT IS!

 

The spectator can shuffle their deck as much as they want and however they want! The order of the shuffled deck is completely random!

 

Nothing stops you from performing this effect with just one spectator. You can also adapt the routine into a very short and powerful table-hopper effect with the same impact!

 

This is the ultimate in the highly coveted ACAAN, or Any Card At Any Number. Decks are shuffled as they should be, as they can be, as they MUST be: SHUFFLED!

 

You receive everything needed to perform this effect. DVD explanation in English.