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AlxRosekoski
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Hey guys!
I was wondering what everyone’s favorite self working prediction card tricks were.
Thanks for the input!
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Prophet Motive III- Bannon
Vicinity- Bannon
Predixion- Maven
Quadraplex- Trost

Just a few...
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Harry Lorayne has a great one in The Magic Book which I believe is called "Prediction." Check out the presentation in the Afterthoughts section. If you have good audience management skills, you can have your spectator handle the cards the majority of the time.

The best one I have read in a L O N G time is "Emotional Reaction" in Inner Secrets of Card Magic. It is almost ridiculously simple; but do not judge it by its simplicity. This will rock someone's life if you present it properly.

Bill Simon's "Business Card Prophecy" is not strictly speaking a self-worker, but it is pretty darn close. It can play equally well on a stage with over-sized cards or in an intimate close-up setting.
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I don't think there is a prediction in Emotional Reaction.
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It depends how strict you are about your definition of a prediction (and self-working). The following spring to mind...
Invisible Deck
Brainwave
Bwave
Twisted Sisters
Kollosal Killer
Heirloom
Pre-prefiguration
3 of Clubs trick (and variations thereof)
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Thanks for all of your feedback!
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On Apr 1, 2024, Nikodemus wrote:
It depends how strict you are about your definition of a prediction (and self-working). The following spring to mind...
Invisible Deck
Brainwave
Bwave
Twisted Sisters
Kollosal Killer
Heirloom
Pre-prefiguration
3 of Clubs trick (and variations thereof)


Self working for me just means I don’t have to do any sleights and it is preferable for me to minimally touch the deck. Prediction I just mean that I make a prediction before the trick or before the spectator selects a card.
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99%: found in Magic With Cards by Garcia and Schindler
Destiny: found in Prism by Max Maven
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Sum Hummer Explored- Harry Lorayne.
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Prediction TOAC- Harry Lorayne
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Pre-pre-figuartion by Mark Elsdon from his Penguin lecture.

They shuffle, then you find the one card that will work for the trick. They make all the decisions yet the prediction builds to a great four-of-a-kind climax. It is great trick that went right into my "working set".
Highly recommended!
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.
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Aldo Colombini - Pre-deckability
Aldo Colombini - Add Acadabra

Wave Stunner (Cameron Francis)
NEW E-BOOK! Sneak: 12 card tricks based on the same principle.

https://www.lybrary.com/rapha%c3%83%c2%abl-czaja-m-534.html?affid=3322
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A Potent Presage.
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Great choice magicfish. I did that one on my you tube channel if any of you want to check it out.


https://youtu.be/Eu4R5GScTqo?si=U26vKq1CKRINbA9P
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On Apr 4, 2024, Wravyn wrote:
99%: found in Magic With Cards by Garcia and Schindler


I just tried that. Thoroughly shuffled the deck and chose 4 and 9 and they came out immediately on the 2nd and 3rd cards. Imagine if that happened with an actual spectator in front of you. You'd be carried aloft on shoulders and hailed as one of magic's greats.
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On Apr 4, 2024, Wravyn wrote:
99%: found in Magic With Cards by Garcia and Schindler


I just tried that. Thoroughly shuffled the deck and chose 4 and 9 and they came out immediately on the 2nd and 3rd cards. Imagine if that happened with an actual spectator in front of you. You'd be carried aloft on shoulders and hailed as one of magic's greats.

It is fun, isn't it?