There is a certain easy “52 to 1” trick in which a spectator is asked to secretly pick a number from 10 to 49 (I changed it to up to 52), deal that number of cards silently down to the table while the magician’s back is turned, then pick up the resulting pile, add its digits and remove that number of cards from the resulting pile then take the top card. The magician uses amazing mental powers, of course, to name the exact card which has been randomly chosen through this secret choosing of a number. I performed this one for the first time today and nailed the card with lots of mentalism but zero fishing, which was fun. I'm not sure why, but I wish I knew who deserves credit for inventing it (and other tricks, as I learn them one by one).
I learn some tricks like this from online videos, but find it a bit disappointing that often no credit is given to the inventor of the trick, there’s no information about its history and alternate names or who they learned it from (whether a purchased book or video, or what have you). It seems to me that we should credit the originators, at least if they're known.
It’s not a very important question, but I’m just curious whether anyone knows this trick, its originator and perhaps an original name, and so on. There seem to be some history of magic trick buffs here.
I learn some tricks like this from online videos, but find it a bit disappointing that often no credit is given to the inventor of the trick, there’s no information about its history and alternate names or who they learned it from (whether a purchased book or video, or what have you). It seems to me that we should credit the originators, at least if they're known.
It’s not a very important question, but I’m just curious whether anyone knows this trick, its originator and perhaps an original name, and so on. There seem to be some history of magic trick buffs here.