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The Think of a Card is a mentalism effect in which a spectator merely thinks of a card and the performer locates it.   
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'''Think of a Card''' is a mentalism effect in which a spectator merely thinks of a card and the performer locates it.   
  
 
The magician allows the spectator to think of a card by:
 
The magician allows the spectator to think of a card by:
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See also [[Any Card At Any Number]].
 
See also [[Any Card At Any Number]].
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== Early publications ==
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Early examples of this plot are:
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* "To tell one without confederacie what card he thinketh" in [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] by Reginald Scot (1584) which was most likely contributed by [[John Cautares]].
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* "The Card Thought on per Force" from Volume 4 of [[Rational Recreations]] by W. Hooper (1774)
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* "The Card Thought Of" in [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1877). Translated by Professor Hoffmann from the French edition (1868)
  
 
== Notable Routines==
 
== Notable Routines==
* ''Think of a Card'' by Paul Harris in [[The Magic of Paul Harris]] (1976) and Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996).
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* Bob Hummer's "Mind Reader's Dream" (1952)
* Ray Kosby's ''Deep Thought'' also in  Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]]
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* Out of Sight - Out of Mind by [[Dai Vernon]] in [[Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic]] (1960)
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* [[Ed Marlo]]'s "Mental Topper" in New Tops, Vol. 6, no. 4, April 1966.
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* [[PH Think of a Card|Think of a Card]] by Paul Harris in [[The Magic of Paul Harris]] (1976) and Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996).
 
* ''Invisible Rising Card'' by Paul Harris in [[Las Vegas Close Up]] (1978) and  Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]]
 
* ''Invisible Rising Card'' by Paul Harris in [[Las Vegas Close Up]] (1978) and  Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]]
* ''Think A Card'' by [[Roger Crosthwaite]].
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* Derek Dingle has some work on it in [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle ]](1982).
* Kolossal Killer by Knepper  
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* [[Bob Farmer]]'s "Tsunami" (1987)
* [[Milt Kort]]'s All Outs Think of a Card
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* "Topping Mental Topper" in [[Jon Racherbaumer]]'s [[Cardfixes]] (1990) 
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* Ray Kosby's ''Deep Thought'' also in  Book 1 of [[Art of Astonishment]] (1996)
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* ''[[Milt Kort's All-Outs Think-of-a-Card]]'' ([[Milt Kort]], No. 19 in the ''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]]'' (2005). First published as "Sure-Fire Think of a Card" in [[The Linking Ring]], Vol. 77, No. 10, October 1997, pp. 113-115.
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* ''Think A Card'' by [[Roger Crosthwaite]] in Arcadia (1999) (Anthony Brahams' Cairn Press.)
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* Kolossal Killer by [[Kenton Knepper]] (2004)
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* "Double Duty" in MonkeyShines, Vol. One by [[Doc Dixon]] (2009).
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* [[Armando Lucero]]'s "Empanada" routine (2009)
  
 
== Gimmicked Decks ==
 
== Gimmicked Decks ==
 
*[[Invisible Deck]]
 
*[[Invisible Deck]]
 
*[[Brainwave Deck]]
 
*[[Brainwave Deck]]
*Force of thought
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* Force of thought
*Mind Power Deck
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* Mind Power Deck
*Blizzard
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* Blizzard
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* Mind's Eye Deck by [[David Harkey]]
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== Books ==
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* [[Roger Crosthwaite]]'s book [[Roger's Thesaurus]] has an entire chapter on think a card.
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* "A Card Merely Thought of"  ebook by Tom Baxter.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* From Witchcraft to Warlock: The Evolution of Think-a-Card (A lecture given by Fr. [[Roger Crosthwaite]] at the Magic Circle Collector's Day (May 25, 1996) [Reprinted in Arcadia by Crosthwaite (1999) ]
 
* From Witchcraft to Warlock: The Evolution of Think-a-Card (A lecture given by Fr. [[Roger Crosthwaite]] at the Magic Circle Collector's Day (May 25, 1996) [Reprinted in Arcadia by Crosthwaite (1999) ]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
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* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~roy/magictalk-wisdom/discussions/think_a_card.html The Collected Wisdom of Magictalk - Think of a Card]

Latest revision as of 03:50, 28 January 2015

Think of a Card is a mentalism effect in which a spectator merely thinks of a card and the performer locates it.

The magician allows the spectator to think of a card by:

  • Displaying the faces of a small packet of cards
  • Dispalying all the cards in the deck or apparently all the cards
  • Allowing the spectator to just think of the value and suit of any card in the deck.

The magician reveals the thought of card in one of two ways:

  • A card is identified (i.e. placed down on the table or sticking up out of a fan) and then displayed after the spectator announces the thought of card.
  • The spectator announces the card and then the card is revealed in a unique way. For example, it's the only red backed card in the blue deck.

See also Any Card At Any Number.

Early publications

Early examples of this plot are:

Notable Routines

Gimmicked Decks

Books

References