Miko (Harold Sterling)

Description

Effect: Six Bridge-size cards are placed face down on the table, in a row. The magician then designates the cards by numbering them from one end to the other; one, two, three, four, five, and six.

A die is then handed to the spectator and they are requested to make sure it is ordinary and then to roll it out. Whatever number comes up is the card that will be used. Let’s say the number is three. The magician then puts a match box, coin, or any simple object on this card.

The rest of the cards are then gathered up and put into the magician’s pocket. Never at any time has the spectator seen the faces of any of the cards.

The spectator is then requested to roll out the die and remember the top number. They are then to look at the number on the bottom of the die and add the two numbers. Let’s say the number on top is five, then the number on the bottom is two. So the total is seven. The spectator is told to divide that number by two. You ask them the result of their division and they say three and a half.

Magician then appears to be stumped and that something has gone wrong as the result was supposed to indicate the chosen card. Anyway, the spectator is asked to turn over the card and they find that it worked after all, as the card is the three and a half of clubs!