控牌的至高境界
效果
一位观众选择两张牌。然后，观众自己拿着牌叠，将两张牌插到牌叠中间，随意洗乱牌后将牌交还给表演者。表演者能够立即找出这两张选中的牌。
手法
表演
Secretly place Five of Diamonds and Four of Hearts, at top or bottom of deck, and Four of Diamonds and Five of Hearts, in middle. Force the two middle cards on spectator, palm the other two when closing deck, and immediately hand the pack to spectator, telling him to insert the drawn cards and shuffle. Give him as little time as possible to meditate on his selection, as the trick is based on the similarity of the forced cards and the palmed ones. When the deck is returned, finish the trick as desired, and when producing the two palmed cards, boldly proclaim them as the ones drawn. If the trick be performed properly, not one in fifty will discover the imposition unless in the secret. The difference between the cards forced, and the cards produced is so little remarkable that it is seldom or never detected. The Sevens and Eights, or the Deuces and Trays, or any two pairs of the spot cards of the same color, would probably answer as well.
The performer may engage to cause the selected cards to appear together at top, or bottom, or middle of deck, at the option of the company, and shift the palmed cards to such position as decided upon; or he may "Pass"the cards under some object on the table, or to the pocket of a spectator, in which latter events he will have secretly placed the cards there beforehand instead of on top or bottom of deck.
暗中将方片五和红桃四放在牌顶或牌底，将方块五和红心四放在牌堆的中间。强迫观众选择中间的两张牌，当合拢牌堆时掌握另外两张牌，然后立即将牌堆交给观众，告诉他将选中的牌插入并洗牌。尽量减少观众思考所选牌的时间，因为这个魔术的关键在于强迫的牌和掌握的牌之间的相似性。当牌堆交还给表演者时，按照自己的方式完成魔术，当展示两张掌握的牌时，大胆地宣称它们就是观众选中的牌。如果表演得当，除非有人知道秘密，否则五十个人中也难得有一人能发现其中的玄机。强迫的牌和展示的牌之间的差异如此微小，几乎不会被察觉。七点和八点、两点和三点，或者任何一对相同颜色的点数牌，也可能同样适用。 表演者可以承诺让选中的牌出现在牌堆的顶部、底部或中间，具体位置由观众决定，并将掌握的牌移动到相应的位置；或者他可以让牌在桌上的某个物体下或观众的口袋中“消失”，在这种情况下，表演者事先已经将牌秘密地放在这些地方，而不是牌堆的顶部或底部。