The effect — what they see
You ask a spectator to merely think of any card and write its name down to help them concentrate, then fold the paper and keep it safely in their pocket. They focus on their card while you run through the deck. You place one card face down on their palm, they read aloud what they wrote, and the two match perfectly.
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