I was disappointed with this effect. The idea is sound enough but the method involves what struck me
as a glaring illogicality. What happens is that a spectator genuinely chooses a card and puts it
back in the deck. The magician shuffles and then the spectator is handed the deck to himself
shuffle and thoroughly lose his card. Then without any real justification he is asked to find and
remove his chosen card (that he has just shuffled into the deck)and place it face down on the table.
There is a short distraction where a second spectator is handed a prediction but this, to my mind,
is not sufficient for them to forget they are asked to search for a card that they have just had in
their hand, and been asked to lose in the deck.
But the trick works, and the denoument is
puzzling. The method strikes me as messy.
There is a difference between what happens and what (real, non-magician) people recall as having happened. In this case the likely recollection is that the spectator picked a card and shuffled it into the deck, all without the magician ever touching the deck.
The name to card bit serves several purposes. It adds a bit of time and cuteness to the effect and also allows you to perform "Fred" without having to make up or buy a special deck.
Disappointing
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