Magic Tricks

Let's clarify that the spectator will name a card and it's in your hand. That being said, you will give a little instruction along the way to help the spectator in their choices. The gimmick, to me, is very unconvincing close up. Blake gives some ideas on handling, but they involve your hands at a slightly odd configuration. In the stage or single-person version, you are supposed to handle the gimmick a little more casually, but unless you do this on stage it's going to be obvious there's something going on.

The concept is sound, it's just easier to do this with a slight adjustment of your guidance and actually end with one card you can hand out and walk away rather than use the gimmick. You will end dirty here and have to clean up rather quickly in a close up situation. I understand you can repeat this and have a slightly different outcome, yet how often does a magician repeat an effect for the same crowd?

The gimmick is well-made and should last a good while. Credit goes to Blake for giving you something that should hold up to use.

Joshua Jay's "Inferno" uses a similar method and ends a whole lot cleaner. Or you can just use common sense if you have a little knowledge and end clean with a regular card. If you do it right, to the spectator the end result is ultimately the same and they'll never know the difference in how many cards they got to actually choose from.