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Who’s Who In The Bible – Gospel Magic


This is one of those Gospel magic lessons that is simply astonishing!

George Sprague must have spent weeks or months creating this remarkable trick! Ten card with ten different names of people from the Bible are spread out in front of your volunteer. That is a total of 100 different names written in red! Your volunteer chooses one of the 100 names to remember. After a quick point to the card which the name is on, the cards are shuffled and placed back onto the table, this time with their opposite side upward which has the names written in yellow. As your volunteer points to the card the name is on you instantly say the name your volunteer has chosen!

That alone is an amazing feat, but there is more!

If you choose to do so, you may offer to disprove that you are using any kind of secret code.

Without ever touching the cards, turn your back as your volunteer shuffles and places the cards on the table, red-side up. He once again chooses a name from the 100 possible choices. With your back still turned your volunteer turns the card over so you never even see the front of the card. Once this is done you turn back toward your volunteer and ask him to once again turn all the cards over (yellow side up) and mix them up. As your volunteer points to the card on which the name he chose is located, you once again instantly state which name was chosen.

The effect is done with no sleight-of-hand! It is very easy-to-do with minimal preparation!

You will need 4 pieces of cardstock and glue to prepare this effect.