Unnamed Magician – The Perfect Force (official PDF) Access Instantly!

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“Fantastic force, the combination of methods is very fooling.” – Kevin Aust

“The best card force I have ever seen.” – Alexander Javier

“Beyond perfect, not just perfect.” – Tony Bianco

There are many card forces out there. Too many, actually. But, in my opinion, none of them are ‘perfect’ from an effect standpoint. Some come close – however, I have yet to see one that fully gets there.

From an effect standpoint, what ingredients must a force have in order for it to be considered ‘perfect’? I think these 6 ingredients are the answer:

• The magician must never touch the cards during the selection procedure. So, everything should be hands-off.
• The selection procedure itself must be as fair as possible. So, the spectator shouldn’t cut to a card or riffle to one. Rather, they should reach into the deck and pull out any card they want – that’s the fairest and most direct way of selecting a card.
• The very moment the selection is made, the spectator should be allowed to look at the card they selected (without the magician coming into physical contact with the card).
• None of the cards should ever be switched – the same deck must be in play throughout the entire effect.
• At the end of the effect, the spectator should be allowed to see the full face of each and every single card – that way, they can be sure that the entire deck isn’t made up of the same card.
• The force must work 100% of the time.

I have yet to see a force that meets all of these points. Some come close (for example, they meet 5 of these 6 points), but I haven’t seen a force in the published literature that meets all 6 of these points. I’m sure you’ll agree, if you think about all the forces that you know and compare them to these 6 points.

In this PDF, I would like to share a force of mine that does indeed meet all 6 of these points. I call it “The Perfect Force,” and it looks exactly like this in performance (this is a divination effect, though obviously this force can also be used in a prediction effect):

The magician hands the spectator a deck of cards to hold face-down, as he says, “In a moment, I want you to select a card. But you will do so underneath the table because I don’t want to be accused of somehow peeking at your selection.” So, the spectator brings the deck under the table.

The magician continues, “Hold the deck face-down in one hand, and use your other hand to reach into the deck anywhere you want and pull out a card. This is a free choice and there is no restriction whatsoever. You can take a card from near the top, the middle or near the bottom. Once you’ve taken out a card, turn it face-up and then bring it out from underneath the table towards your lap so that you (and only you) can see it. After that, take the card back under the table and slide it into the deck, keeping it face-up. So that way your card would be the only face-up card in an otherwise face-down deck. You can then even cut the deck a few times.”

After the spectator has carried out these instructions, the magician introduces an empty card box. The spectator can see inside it (it genuinely is empty). The magician says, “Using your free hand, bring this box under the table and then place all the cards inside it and seal them.”

The spectator does that. Once they’re done, they themselves bring the box back out on the table. (If the magician had brought the box back out, maybe he could have switched it with another box containing another deck. So, to rule this out, the spectator brings the box back out.) They place the sealed box in the middle of the table. The magician says, “I am now going to attempt to figure out what your card is by simply waving my hand over the deck. I had you place the deck in the box so that I can’t possibly peek at your card.” After a few moments of waving his hand over the box, he writes down his impression on a piece of paper and places it face-down in front of the spectator, committing himself.

Next, the magician opens the box at his fingertips and removes the cards without any funny moves. (The cards are never taken out of sight, so there is no switch.) He spreads the deck face-up across the table, revealing one and only one face-down card. He asks the spectator to name their card. Once they’ve done that, they are invited to turn over the piece of paper in front of them, which is seen to contain the name of the same card. Finally, either the spectator or the magician can turn over the sole face-down card to conclude. (Also, it goes without saying, but obviously the spectator can see all the cards as the deck is spread face-up across the table. So, they can look through to make sure that there aren’t any duplicates. If they want, they can actually move the cards in the spread to see the full face of each and every single card.)

This is a card divination effect using this force. The magician is able to divine the selected card because he already knows what it is, as it is forced. As you can see based on the description above, the force meets all 6 points from above, rendering it ‘perfect’ according to my criteria.

This force will sound very similar to some other forces out there, but the main difference between this force and those forces is that, in this force, the spectator can actually look at the card they reverse under the table. In those other forces, they can’t look at the card they reverse – they have to blindly reverse a card, and it is only revealed at the very end of the routine. So, this force satisfies point #3 from above, whereas those other forces don’t satisfy point #3 (even if they satisfy the other 5 points).

Note: For full disclosure, to be able to execute this force you will need to get your hands on a gimmicked deck. This isn’t a deck that’s currently being sold, though. To my knowledge, you can’t find it anywhere online – so you can’t go to a magic retailer to buy it. You will have to go to makeplayingcards.com (MPC) and have it specially made. You can place a custom order for any deck on that website and have it directly sent to you. In the PDF, a step-by-step guide is given on how to design this deck at MPC. It will cost around $30 USD total to have the deck made and shipped. Keep this in mind before you buy this PDF – that is why I have set the price of this PDF to $10 (rather than my usual $20), since you will need to spend more money to have the deck made. Only you can ultimately decide if this PDF is for you. There are many forces out there that can create the illusion of a free choice in the spectator’s mind. This force here is only for “purists” (like me) who want to be able to perform the perfect force that satisfies all 6 points from above. For others, any other basic force will do.

1st edition 2025, PDF 16 pages.
word count: 5259 which is equivalent to 21 standard pages of text