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The Five Card Mental Force

Credited to Vernon

Apprentice ~15 min to learn

The effect — what they see

Five cards lie face up; a spectator merely thinks of one, and you hand them the very card they pictured.

Can I learn this now?

A little rehearsal will do it; nothing difficult to handle. It works with a borrowed, shuffled deck.

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