Escape

“Escape” turns a simple signed card into a miniature escape act.

Here’s what happens:

You show a deck of cards with a hole cleanly punched from top to bottom of the pack. A participant freely selects a card, signs it, and returns it to the deck. The cards are placed back inside the box, and a lock is threaded directly through both the card box and the deck itself, trapping every card in place. You hand the key to a participant, so there is no question that the lock cannot be opened. You cover the locked deck with a cloth. Then, you reach beneath the cloth and slowly pull out the participant’s signed card.

The lock is still fastened through the box and deck.

It’s a simple, easy-to-understand premise with a strong visual ending.

“Escape” gives you a memorable signed-card routine that feels different from the usual card-to-impossible-location plot.

At the end, the signed card can be given to the participant as a souvenir of the impossible escape.

Here’s what you get: