Magic Tricks

For a long time, I have used a "mental think of a card" routine by Stephen Tucker out of one of Mark Elsdon's Conversation as Mentalism books. It uses absolutely nothing. The spectator thinks of any card. You ask a few fishing questions and get it right. I really like the ingenuity behind the process, but the routine itself gets mixed reactions. A lot of spectators like it, but others, who have a more logical bent and while not quite sure how it's done, know that the routine must use some sort of m**** process. Along comes a "mental think of a card" by E.E. that layers three different methods. I think that it's far superior to Tucker's routine, and I'm going to start using it immediately. It's not a standing-ovation showstopper--and there is some contrivance--but if you are standing on the subway, holding on for dear life, and someone asks you to do some mentalism, you've good a solid little routine.