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Card-a-Pick

By Jonathan Friedman -

Anybody can pick a card. Only a select few can actually card-a-pick. This is demonstrated by attempting to write the identity of a secretly chosen card on the surface of a guitar pick. Unfortunately, guess turns out to be wrong. The magician makes good by smudging the ink into the correct identity in full view. A true Card-a-Pick moment that is completely examinable!

Anybody can pick a card. Only a select few can actually card-a-pick. This is demonstrated by attempting to write the identity of a secretly chosen card on the surface of a guitar pick. Unfortunately, guess turns out to be wrong. The magician makes good by smudging the ink into the correct identity in full view. A true Card-a-Pick moment that is completely examinable!

Anybody can pick a card. Only a select few can actually card-a-pick. This is demonstrated by attempting to write the identity of a secretly chosen card on the surface of a guitar pick. Unfortunately, guess turns out to be wrong. The magician makes good by smudging the ink into the correct identity in full view. A true Card-a-Pick moment that is completely examinable!

Anybody can pick a card. Only a select few can actually card-a-pick. This is demonstrated by attempting to write the identity of a secretly chosen card on the surface of a guitar pick. Unfortunately, guess turns out to be wrong. The magician makes good by smudging the ink into the correct identity in full view. A true Card-a-Pick moment that is completely examinable!


In this series of posts, Jonathan Friedman shares performances of his effects from his book: The Magic of Jonathan Friedman: The Musical.

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