My Secret Coding for a Thought-of Card by Biagio Fasano (B.Magic)

This is an original type of secret verbal two-way coding, which, to my knowledge so far, is unprecedented, and inexplicable even to experts. I think it enables incredible Mentalism effects, such as the one reported in this text (and others to follow shortly!). …

Imagine that the medium’s helper, after having her blindfolded and her back turned, hands a spectator a very ordinary deck of poker cards (it might even have been borrowed from a person in the audience), which he can safely check and shuffle at will. The same spectator will then be asked to draw three cards of his choice, taking them from three different places in the deck, held face down.
Before he turns them face up and, of these, he chooses, and retains, only one for himself, the assistant declares that from now on, he will not utter a single other word, except by merely announcing aloud the two “discarded” cards to try in the meantime to mentally convey to the medium the name of the one chosen. A few moments later, incredibly, she will succeed in guessing with absolute accuracy the card chosen by the spectator, announcing its name aloud, and the spectator will immediately confirm this, as he shows his card to the applause of the entire audience in the room!

Strengths

⦁ No stooges
⦁ No pre-show
⦁ No use of hidden earphones of any kind or electronic devices of any kind!
⦁ The cards are not marked nor crimped in any way.
⦁ Any deck can be borrowed.
⦁ The deck is shuffled and cut freely by the viewer.
⦁ The spectator’s choice of the three cards is absolutely free.
⦁ Both the final choice of card and the order in which the assistant may announce the two discarded cards are at the total discretion of the spectator.
⦁ The medium never sees or touches the cards.

“Biagio, I find it very interesting.
Definitely an additional weapon for those who do this kind of performance.”
– Luca Volpe

“This is really great, a fantastic idea for coding card information…”
– Chris Wasshuber

“Biagio, congratulations on this eBook.
I like your approach here very much…”
– Michael Daniels