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EI8HT 2WO

A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

01: A deck of cards is introduced, shuffled and shown to the spectators as a mixed up deck of cards

02: The deck is spread face up on the surface and the performer quickly scans through the cards from one end to
the other before closing the deck

03: After a few moments in thought, the performer explains his ability to simulate a photographic memory and
begins to offer a demonstration

04: The deck is randomly cut into two piles and a spectator is invited to freely choose whichever pile they want

05: The performer writes down a 2-digit-number as a prediction at the top of his pad of paper for all to see

06: The spectator then selects a card from their chosen pile; this card is seen by all and written on the pad of
paper and left aside (face down)

07: The performer states how many cards he

thinks

are held by the spectator and writes this number down…

08: The cards are counted and the performers guess is correct

09: The performer then writes down how many of each coloured card he thinks are held by the spectator and
writes down the numbers

10: The cards are separated by colour and counted, the performers guess is once again correct

11: The performer then predicts how many cards from each suit is held by the spectator, he is correct again

12: The performer then, one-by-one correctly names every card held by the spectator other than one card which
is named last… The spectators selected card.

13: All the numbers written on the pad are then added together by the spectator; the final number matches the
two-digit prediction written down at the beginning of the demonstration

EI8HT 2WO

A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

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Perfect memory is a curse, it’s very rare that good things happen in life, so 80% of my memories are bad; I’d gladly accept the ability to forget as a blessing

Samuel Jenkins - Savant

Welcome  and  thank  you  for  investing  in  EI8HT  2WO,  an  effect  that  will  offer  you  the  image  of  a  mathematical
genius with the ability to exercise the closest thing to a photographic memory.  As a young man I was keen for
the quick fix of a perfect memory, I knew it wouldn’t be an easy challenge so I set about building a range of tricks
that would ultimately post me as a memory freak.  Over the years I reached an overwhelming ability to memorise
a brick of 6 shuffled decks, with no trickery, but at that time I hid behind technique and subterfuge and at the
time I didn’t realise that these methods were actually preparing my mind to be used as a vacuum for memory.

Now,  11  years  after  all  of  my  shenanigans  in  the  deceptive  world  I  carry  a  mindful  of  naturally  selected
techniques, although I can no longer memorise 6 decks, I can manage 1, this is merely due to lack of interest in
trying or ever needing a stack of 6 decks, and after my early retirement from the casino it was very rare that I
needed to even memorise a stack of 6 cards.

Memory is a muscle, exercise allows it to grow, lack thereof will see a decrease in size, yet the shape will retain,
and  the  methods  for  remembering  retain  and  eventually  become  a  natural  process.    My  advantage  was  an
accident I had as a 6-year-old, falling from a 6-foot wall to land on my head.  When waking in the hospital I could
see  things  amazingly  clear  in  my  mind,  and  it  wasn’t  a  good  thing,  for  at  such  a  young  age  one  is  under  easy
influence  from  surroundings;  if  I  saw  a  monster  on  TV,  I  saw  it  for  real  in  my  mind.    Delusions,  hallucinations,
complete madness.  It took a while to recover and after that I struggled in school and was diagnosed as dyslexic,
but  since  then,  my  visual  memory  has  been  my  best  kept  secret  and  the  only  thing  about  me  (other  than  my
ability to burp the alphabet) that fascinates me.

This  effect  won’t  be  for  all  and  it  certainly  isn’t  an  instant  10-seccond  miracle;  you  won’t  have  to  master  any
advanced memory systems as after a few key points are learnt you will be able to consider the effect as a self-
working  card  trick.    82  is  the  first  fake  memory  effect  I  used  to  fool  the  world  into  thinking  I  was  a  memory
savant, and it’s this effect that donned me the nick-name ‘Rain Man.’

You’ll need a pen, a pad of paper and a calculator. You may also want to get a deck of playing cards.

EI8HT 2WO

A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

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works using a stacked deck, although there is no definitive order to the stack, the deck

divided into

two halves; these halves can be shuffled freely as long as they are not shuffled together.  As the deck is merely
divided  by  condition  and  not  in  a  set  order  there  is  no  definite  stack  to  memorise,  offering  a  short-cut  to  the
ability to memorise the entire order of a deck of shuffled cards.  As with all the best illusions, the real method
hides behind the explanation of a fake ‘diversion-method’ whereas a process of the journey from A – B is offered
not  only  answering  could-be  questions  but  completely  coving  the  deception  at  hand,  therefore  any  sleighs  or
subterfuge will never be considered by the spectators.

You  will  need  two  jokers  to  use  as  key  cards.    Take  one  of  the  jokers  and  shorten  the  top-left  and  lower-right
corners using scissors, when placed in the deck, this card can be found by simply riffling up/down the top outer
edge or lower inner edge of the cards.  Make sure that the cornered card is smooth with no definite cut marks on
it and don’t cut too much off.

Here’s how to set up the deck…

The Top Half
All of the Clubs
The Jack of Spades
Hearts: 2,4,6,8,10,Q (All even Hearts)
Diamonds: A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K (All odd diamonds + Q)
One Joker

The order of the top half does not matter as long as you have force-card 1 as the top card, which is the Jack of
Clubs. The top half consists of 29 cards.

And so, to know the stack of the top half, we only need to remember 4 things…
1: All of the Clubs
2: only 1 Spade… the Jack
3: All of the

even

Hearts

4: All of

odd

diamonds + the Queen

The Bottom Half
Every other card…
No Clubs
Every spade other than the Jack
Hearts: A,3,5,7,9,J,K (All odd Hearts)
Diamonds: 2,4,6,8,10 (All even Diamonds)
One Joker

The order of the bottom half also does not matter as long as you have the key-card (cut down joker) at the top of
the packet and force card 2 as the bottom card of the deck, which is the Ace of Spade.
The bottom half will consist of 25 cards.

Now, for memory’s sake, you needn’t memorise the bottom half of the deck, for as long as you remember the top
half you can work by elimination.  For example, in the top half there is only one Spade, the Jack, so by elimination
we know that all other Spades are in the bottom half.

We know that all of the Hearts in the top half are even; so all in the bottom half have to be odd and the same
with the Diamonds (minus the Queen.)

However, there are only 4 things to remember should you not be able to work by elimination…
1: No Clubs
2: Every spade other than the Jack
3: All of the odd Hearts
4: All of the even Diamonds

Once  set  up,  place  the  top  packet  on  top  of  the  bottom  packet,  place  the  deck  into  the  box  and  get  ready  to
perform.  As the cut-down Joker is the top card of the lower packet, a riffle up the corner of the deck will cause
an automatic break, right at the cutting point.

EI8HT 2WO

A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

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01: A deck of cards is introduced, shuffled and shown to the spectators as a mixed up deck of cards

When shuffling the cards, because of the key card (cut Joker,) you can riffle to this point and maintain a pinky
break above the joker
You can then shuffle the top half of the deck over the gripped lower half in an overhand shuffle fashion
By performing a full overhand shuffle twice with the top packet, you can allow the top card (Jack of Clubs) to be
shuffled to the bottom of the packet and then shuffled back to the top.

02: The deck is spread face up on the surface and the performer quickly scans through the cards from one end to
the other before closing the deck

When you spread the cards face up you are offering two things, firstly you’re indirectly allowing the spectators to
inspect the deck to check for any patterns or orders, as well as offering an image of you learning the random
order of the cards.

03: After a few moments in thought, the performer explains his ability to simulate a photographic memory and
begins to offer a demonstration

I’ve always been fascinated by those who have the ability to memorise things on a photographic level, how

somebody can just take a glimpse at something and instantly remember every last detail, and it wasn’t

until I tried it, that I realised that my memory isn’t that bad… For a while now I’ve been using

mathematical techniques to help exercise and develop my memory, and I’d like to show you a

demonstration of something that utilises both memory and mathematics…

04: The deck is randomly cut into two piles and a spectator is invited to freely choose whichever pile they want

Riffle up the side of the deck until the natural break made by the shortened Joker and cut the deck in two piles at
this point.

By only using a half of the deck it’s actually a harder task for me in terms of memory, because in order to

remember what’s in one half, I have to eliminate the cards that are in the other half, so my challenge now

is for you to select a pile and me to tell you not only how many of each type of card you have in that pile,

but I’ll also name each and every card, and to add a little fun to the task, I’ll ask you to chose a KEY card

from the pile, so please… chose a pile.

82 revolves around the top half deck being selected by the spectator, and although there are many ways to force
this pile on your spectator I offer you an ‘out’ that allows 83 to become 73. For now, we shall play as though the
top half has been selected. Following 82 I will explain 73.

The Top Half:
All of the Clubs
The Jack of Spades
Hearts: 2,4,6,8,10,Q (All even Hearts)
Diamonds: A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K (All odd diamonds + Q)
One Joker
= 29 Cards

05: The performer writes down a 2-digit-number as a prediction at the top of his pad of paper for all to see

As the top half has been selected, the prediction number is 82 (73 for the bottom half – as described later)

Write down 82 at the top of your pad and circle it.

06: The spectator then selects a card from their chosen pile; this card is seen by all and written on the pad of
paper

Take the selected packet (top half) and give it a quick shuffle. The Jack of Clubs will be at the top of the packet as
per the setup earlier and needs to be controlled to the bottom of the pile ready to force on the spectator. A
simple overhand shuffle will reposition this.

Spread the cards from one hand to the other and push the Jack of Clubs under the spread
Invite the spectator to

touch

any card

Separate the cards at the touched card and square up the spread half pushing all cards in front of the Jack
You can now hold this packet up to show the Jack as the touched KEY card

Take out the selected Jack and leave it on the surface face down, this card will now stay out of the count.

07: The performer states how many cards he

thinks

are held by the spectator and writes this number down…

Referring to the deck overview, we know that the packet they hold consists of 28 cards but for the final sum we
must class the Joker as an individual card, accounted separately from the rest.

Now, as a trick of muscle memory, I can feel that there are 26 cards in this pile, which means that you

have 28 cards, now I know that that adds up to 54 and there are only 52 cards in the deck but I left the

Jokers in there, and if memory serves me there was one Joker in the top half and one in the bottom, so

you actually have 27 playing cards and 1 joker…

Place the bottom packet down – face down and continue to write on the pad…

27 CARDS
1 JOKER

I don’t think it’s fair that I touch he remaining cards, I’ll leave them right there in everybody’s view.

Can you count the cards out face down so that I don’t see them, count them all out loud

08: The cards are counted and the performers guess is correct

Once counted ask them to separate the Joker, this will also confirm that there is in fact only one joker in their
pile

09: The performer then writes down how many of each coloured card he thinks are held by the spectator and
writes down the numbers

Okay, let me think for a moment…

After a few moments of thought in silence, write the following to your list…

RED

BLACK

Can you separate the cards by colour and tell me how many are red and how many are black… Don’t let

me see the faces of the cards.

10: The cards are separated by colour and counted, the performers guess is once again correct

11: The performer then predicts how many cards from each suit is held by the spectator, he is correct again

A few more moments in thought before writing the following…

SPADES

HEARTS

DIAMONDS

CLUBS

Make sure that you ask for the count of the Clubs cards to come last

12: The performer then, one-by-one correctly names every card held by the spectator

Referring to the deck overview we know that they only hold one Spade… The Jack

We know that they hold all 6 of the even Hearts but it’s important that you misguide them from this so make
sure you don’t name them in consecutive order, so name them randomly and ask the spectator to turn each card
face up on the surface as you name them correctly, this way you can recollect which cards you have named and
which are left to name.

We know that they hold all of the odd diamonds plus the Queen, so in a similar format name them randomly

As you name the cards, make sure you take a few moments in between cards, as if struggling to remember

We know that they have every club other than the force card, which is on the surface…

So now in your hand you have 12 cards, and they’re all Clubs, so that means that the card you chose in

the beginning is also a club. This is going to be quite difficult, because it could have been any Club card.

I’m sure you went for a face card, am I right?

So place down all of the number cards from Ace to 10 and keep hold of the two remaining face cards

At this point it’s you’re call how you play it, you can read the spectators mind or talk statistics, I usually stare at
them for a moment before naming the King and Queen without explanation.

13: All the numbers written on the pad are then added together by the spectator; the final number matches the
two-digit prediction written down at the beginning of the demonstration

The selected Jack is turned over and the initial prediction (82) is brought to attention…

Now, I wrote this number right at the beginning, before anything else took place, right?

Wrong,  the  number  was  written  after  a  half  deck  was  selected,  but  no  spectator  will  care  to  remember  or
question that you may be slightly bending the memory of the series of events.  This will allow the effect to seem
more impossible.

Allow  any  or  many  spectators  to  add  up  all  of  the  numbers  that  you  have  written  on  the  paper  (excluding  the
initial prediction (82))

JOKERS

TOTAL CARDS (- Joker)

RED

BLACK

SPADES

HEARTS

CLUBS

DIAMONDS

TOTAL CALCULATION

14: The spectators selected card is then written down and translated to numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3 etc) and all
of these numbers are added together to equal the same two-digit number

After an inevitable applause…

Oh, there is one more thing I’d like to add… now, the Jack of Clubs was a free choice, and you could have

gone for any card in the pile you chose… Let me show you this…

Write down…

J A C K of C L U B S

You see, I’ve also studied numerology for many years now and have discovered a way to almost bend the

laws of possibility. Now, in numerology, you can give each letter of the alphabet a numerical value…

Now, discluding the word OF, we can offer each letter a numerical value, eg A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 etc…

And so…

Write this down as you figure out the values with your spectators… Allow them to get involved…

J = 10

A = 1

C = 3

K = 11

C = 3

L = 12

U = 21

B = 2

S = 19

Allow the spectators to add up the numbers to reveal the final sum once again… 82.

Just  for  the  sceptics  out  there,  you  can  offer  the  sum  of  every  other  card  in  the  deck  in  this  same  way  to
confirm that the Jack of Clubs is the only card in the deck that has a numerical equal of 82.  Now, the beauty of
the  effect  is  that  it  can  be  done  instantly  again.    All  you  need  to  do,  is  gather  up  the  cards  used  already  and
shuffle them all above the stack left aside, then cut the deck in the exact same way, then perform a magicians-
choice-force, whereas you invite the spectator to TOUCH one of the piles, if they touch the half you are bout to
use, simply push the other pile aside and continue.  If they touch the pile you don’t want to use, simply ask them
to  turn  it  face  up,  spread  it  on  the  surface  face  up  as  you  memorise  it,  then  ask  them  to  close  the  spread
instantly,  this  way  you  are  offering  an  early  elimination  process  and  can  jump  right  into  the  revelations  of  the
other deck – following the force of the 73 card of course…

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A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

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73 is the ‘out’ should your spectators chose the bottom half of the cut deck…

04: The deck is randomly cut into two piles and a spectator is invited to freely choose whichever pile they want

The Bottom Half
No Clubs
Every spade other than the Jack
Hearts: A,3,5,7,9,J,K (All odd Hearts)
Diamonds: 2,4,6,8,10 (All even Diamonds)
One Joker
= 25 Cards

05: The performer begins by writing down a 2-digit-number as a prediction at the top of his pad of paper for all to
see

As the bottom half has been selected, the prediction number is 73

06: The spectator then selects a card from their chosen pile; this card is seen by all and written on the pad of
paper

Take the selected packet and give it a quick shuffle, note that the force card for 73 is the Ace of Spades, which
will be the bottom card as set up earlier.

Shuffle the cards so that you retain the Ace as the bottom card.
You will now need to force the Ace of Spades on the spectator as described earlier in 82 - section 06.

Once selected, remove the Ace from the packet and leave it on the surface face down

07: The performer states how many cards he

thinks

are held by the spectator and writes this number down…

Referring to the deck overview, we know that the packet they hold consists of 25 cards – including the Joker.

Now, as a trick of muscle memory, I can feel that there are 27 cards in this pile, which means that you

have 25 cards …

Write down…

25 CARDS

Can you count the cards out face down so that I don’t see them, count them all out loud

08: The cards are counted and the performers guess is correct

09: The performer then writes down how many of each coloured card he thinks are held by the spectator and
writes down the numbers

Okay, let me think for a moment…

After a few moments of thought in silence, write the following to your list…

RED

BLACK

You must point out that the Joker is classed as a Black card.

SPADES

HEARTS

CLUBS

DIAMONDS

At this point the spectator will state that they only hold 11 Spade cards, at which point you state…

Do you have 12 Spade cards but you only hold 11, that means that the card you chose must be a spade,

am I right?

12: The performer then, one-by-one correctly names every card held by the spectator

Referring to the deck overview and by elimination of the top half, we know that they hold no Club cards

We know that they hold all of the odd Heart’s as all of the even hearts are in the top half and that all of the odd
Diamonds are also in the top half, leaving them with the even Diamonds – minus the Queen

We know that the top half only holds one Spade – the Jack, so they hold all Spades – other than the Ace which is
on the surface.

So now in your hand you have every Spade card other than the Jack and the selected card on the table

Slowly name all of the spades held in a random order, other than the Ace of course. This is in no way a miracle
but it will appear impressive, as on each name, there is that chance that you will name the selected card thus
failing the demonstration, so as each card is named the effect will become more and more intense until finally
they hold one random card, simply name it and name the Ace as the selected card.

13: All the numbers written on the pad are then added together by the spectator, the final number matches the
two-digit prediction written down at the beginning of the demonstration

The Ace of Spades is turned face up and the prediction number (73) is brought to attention.

Now, I wrote this number right at the beginning, before anything else took place, right?

TOTAL CARDS (+ Joker)

RED

BLACK (+ Joker)

SPADES

HEARTS

CLUBS

DIAMONDS

TOTAL CALCULATION

15: The spectators selected card is then written down and translated to numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3 etc) and all
of these numbers are added together to equal the same two-digit number

After an inevitable applause…

Oh, there is one more thing I’d like to add… now, the Ace of Spades was a free choice, you could have

gone for any card in the pile you chose… Let me show you this…

Write down…

A C E o f S P A D E S

You see, I’ve also studied numerology for many years now and have discovered a way to almost bend the

laws of possibility. Now, in numerology, you can give each letter of the alphabet a numerical value…

Discluding the word OF, we offer each letter a numerical value, eg A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 etc…
And so…

Write this down as you figure out the values with your spectators… Allow them to get involved…

A = 1

C = 3

E = 5

S = 19

P = 16

A = 1

D = 4

E = 5

S = 19

Allow the spectators to add up the numbers to reveal the final sum once again… 73.

Just for the sceptics out there, you can offer the sum of every other card in the deck in this same way to
confirm that the Ace of Spades is the only card in the deck that has a numerical equal of 73. Once again the
effect can be done instantly again as explained before.

EI8HT 2WO

A D3MONS7RATION OF PERF3C7 MEMORY AND MA7H3MATICAL GENIUS

by Daniel Madison

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The design of this effect allows for quite a strong finishing stage effect.  A friend of mine is a teacher and often
performs this in his class using the white board to jot down the numbers; he picks on one student to set at the
table  as  his  participating  spectator.    Should  you  wish  to  push  the  boat,  you  can  use  this  effect  throughout  a
stage show, by offering subliminal numbers, written and mentioned in random places on the stage then ultimately
ending in a huge jack/Ace with the number written on it which was on display the entire time. Etc etc etc etc and
so forth.

Initially my intentions were to offer the spectators a sealed envelope at the beginning of the effect, this is where
the prediction number 82/73 would be written on the face of the force card  – Jack of Clubs/Ace of Spades, but
this  was  something  that  only  offered  unwanted  speculation  that  ultimately  took  a  lot  away  from  the
mentalism/demonstration aspect and would leave spectators in the thought that it was all a sham, and not really
a display of advanced memory.  Should you wish to take this route, all you need is two envelopes, one in your right
pocket with the Jack of Clubs inside with 82 written on it, then the Ace of Spades with 73 written on it in an
envelope  in  the  other  pocket,  then  once  a  pile  has  been  selected,  all  you  have  to  do  is  take  out  the  relevant
envelope and say…

I almost forgot, before we begin I’d like somebody to hold this…

You can dismiss any spectator who follows that with,

that’s what she said.

I hope EI8HT 2WO helps to offer you a status of expert memory and more importantly opens up a new section of
effect-type for your repertoire.

Never forget that you are more than a magician
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