Effect: A spectator’s freely selected card is signed and returned to the deck. The magician says that he will use fire to find the spectator’s card.
As he says this, he removes one match from a matchbook and lights it.
The spectator is asked to hold the match. The magician tries to find the spectator’s card before the match burns out, but he fails to do so.
With the matchbook at his fingertips, the magician waves his hand over the deck. The matchbook is opened slowly, and one card appears folded up inside. Cleanly and fairly the folded card is removed from the matchbook, folded open, only to reveal the spectator’s signed selection!
A truly devastating routine, which uses a very clever method that even fools professional magicians!
