At first, I really liked Chris Mayhew’s CAANDY. Then, after a second watch, I really liked one part of it- the create-a-card card. What a great idea. But it doesn’t completely justify creating a card from two cards and having someone think of a number. Also, it uses a stack, which is fine, but it also requires you to cut the deck. So, I started thinking; the only thing that would justify having that create-a-card-card would be if it is used to generate a number, too. And, as long as the deck is being cut, why not have it cut using the prophesy move and force four cards that can be used to determine a card as well as a number. This way, the cut is completely invisible and the action of turning over the create-a-card card justifies it. Now, comes the interesting part; by having four cards selected, you would then give the spectators a choice of positioning those cards around the create-a-card card (along the four sides) face down
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1st Digit
←Value Suit→
2nd Digit
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Then only thing is to make sure that each of the possible outcomes is covered position wise in the deck.
Notes on position coverage:
1) Make sure one of the four cards is higher than a 5, thereby reducing the number of actual outcomes.
2) Make sure there is a face card for variety.
3) Use the one-way principle with the card backs to determine which cards are which, and using that decide whether to ask if they want to change the orientation of the chosen cards.
Notes on outs:
1) Also set up from the face, this will come into play if they end up choosing a card that needs to be dealt from the face. Make sure when you hand them the deck in the box at the beginning that the cards are face up; at the end you would tell them that you don’t want to change the conditions of the cards at all, even if its face up, etc.
2) Hm… keep thinking.
In case I forget, BLACAAN stands for Blind ACAAN: the presentational hook is that they are making blind choices, choices that they do not know the outcome of until after they make the choice. So, the spectator does not know that it is an ACAAN routine until right before the cards are dealt.
More on this later.
