21 Card Trick Streamlined by Ed Marlo - PDF Download

This download teaches Ed Marlo's 21 Card Trick Streamlined from his iconic book The Cardician. This download contains the full explanation as written by Marlo himself. From the download: "Effect: This is the same old chestnut wherein a spectator mentally selects a card and the cardician, or supposed mentalist, finds it after the usual preliminary deals. Frankly, we have never particularly liked the trick, let alone the old method where numerous deals are necessary to arrive at the thought-of card. The version which is about to be described was devised in self-defense against those individuals who, after seeing some one do card tricks, invariably say: "Have you ever seen this one?" and then without fail deal out the familiar three rows of cards. Even among magicians this particular trick has at one time or another been performed in exactly the same manner and method. Probably the reason for this is because they, like the layman, have no idea why it works. Therefore, they continue to do