A Case for Cards by Ken De Courcy - Book

From the FOREWORD In this short thesis I'm going to discuss a fairly well-known plot ... "The Card in the Card-case". If you think about it, there's more 'logic' in this effect than in, for example, "The Card in Matchbox"; the card-case is already there because the cards were in it. Unless you smoke while performing, there is little reason for introducing a matchbox into the equation. "The Card in Wallet" is a good, well-tried effect, but I submit the "Card in Card-case" is more "impossible" because it's in view all the time. This last point, obviously, creates difficulties which I'll try to overcome, but the great strength of this trick lies in its (apparent) impromptu nature. In this very interesting manuscript Ken de Courcy details several methods (and different effects) for "The card in the card case" plot. What you will find: The Card In The Card-Case The Miscall Principle The Duplicate Only A Little Trick Sole Survivors Cut-Up (A card is selected and returned to the pack which