Shocking Coloured Card at Number by Biagio Fasano (B. Magic)

A series of cards, taken from four piles decided at the “Stop,” are progressively eliminated, until only one pair remains to decide both a card and a number. Not only will that card be found in the deck at the number, but all the cards stacked under that pair will result magically divided by color!

Shocking Coloured Card at Number is a semi-automatic effect with cards, in which the magician shuffles the deck, then deals the cards into four separate piles, alternating between a spectator’s “STOPS” and his own. Having collected the piles, he will gradually eliminate their cards until he is left with only two of them. This pair will indicate both a new card and a number. Not only will that card be found in the deck at precisely the indicated number, but also, in a surprise finale, all the cards stacked under the first pair will magically turn out to be the only ones sorted by color between read and black!

Two different methods are explained, the second of which will require a stack that will be familiar to most magicians.

Strengths:

– The deck can be given to control at the end of the performance.

– The spectator freely pronounces his own “Stop”.

– The effect is virtually automatic.

– All cards are present in the deck and there are no duplicates of any cards