Phantom Rising Card

Description

This is a novel rising card effect. Performer displays an ordinary deck of cards, which can be examined and shuffled. A card is freely selected from the deck, and may be signed if you wish.

Performer now explains that the normal routine involves placing the deck in a glass tumbler, and commanding the selected card to rise. Unfortunately, glass tumblers are extremely fragile, and he is fed up with the dozens of broken tumblers in his bag of props. He has therefore made a few minor modifications to the original trick.

Performer now displays a jumbo card, with a picture of a glass tumbler, stating he now uses a tumbler which is easier to pack, and guaranteed not to break.  Then the deck of cards is placed on the jumbo card. When the face of the jumbo card is displayed, the performer has magically captured the image of the deck of cards! There is now an image of the deck of cards inside the tumbler!

The performer now asks the spectator to name his selected card, and command it to rise from the deck. As the spectator does this, a card is seen to rise from the picture of the deck in the tumbler! As it rises, it is clearly seen to be the selected card, complete with signature.