That is a good'un!
There's the other great one in the Faro section where the spectator deals cards in three piles and you add up the total and count down to the card.
You know the one.
What Cray said...
Magic is used to entertain and give, what the spectators give back to you is up to them.
You are not magic 24/7 so why would anyone be interested in just your magic? It is YOU they are interested in...
That's why new controls are created. Things like the pass where the deck is simply squared up rather than cut of shuffled improve the whole trick due to the "he didn't even do anything" factor. This is the point why every ambitious routine works. The card goes into the middle without a single...
Yeah i think there are plenty of random decks around. There are also plenty of Basics coin dvds around and i doubt CK would bother to make something thats already on the market.
I've been caught with my Elmsleys before due to doing a trick like Jazz Aces, which as you know requires a few of them. I don't care about my dls getting caught in an ACR. In fact i once worked out a whole routine without a single double.
What to do if you're caught out doing Elmseys? Perform...
Twisting the Aces, Twisting Reset, Ace Assemblies/Masquerade/Royal Assembly, No Jokers Allowed, Tailspin, A Logical Lesson...there is a whole DVD full of 'em by Aldo Colombini
Why the hell would you be sick of pickacard tricks anyway? There are a million of tremendous tricks based on picking cards so why not simply pick the best or create your own.
It doesn't have to be cliche just because they pick a card.