The Card That Matters by Rick LaxRick Lax set himself a challenge to do the impossible: To let a spectator name any card, and have it be the only one face up in a poker hand that fits inside a tiny envelope. The result is a monumental breakthrough, The Card That Matters. Heres what it looks like: 1. You hold a tiny envelope with a poker hand inside it (5 cards). 2. You tell your spectator there is one card face up in this poker hand, and you invite them to guess what it is. 3. When

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The stylish tuck box comes complete with inside printing and is topped off with a custom sticker seal

and then fuse them together into an impossible object your audience will remember forever

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is his trailblazing work with the memorized deck—a tool with extraordinary potential for creating utterly baffling magic

Not only will you learn the methods for several card effects that have never before been published

"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast

● Access to an instructional video

Perfect for mentalists

Along the way you will also learn performance tips and techniques that will make all of your magic and mentalism stronger

Giobbi explains his masterly opening sequence for the Cups and Balls

You will also receive instructions on the basic routine by Roddy McGhie