Escape (red version) by Mickael Chatelain

Hand out a two foot ribbon for examination. Invite your spectators to pull on it and to verify that the ribbon is absolutely ordinary. Now show a deck of cards with a hole through the upper left corner. 52 cards, 52 holes. Explain to your spectators that they will soon pass the ribbon through the 52 cards and will tie a knot so as to completely imprison the entire deck. Have a spectator select a card and show it to the others. The card is shuffled back into the deck. As mentioned at the beginning of the trick, the spectator now passes the ribbon through the deck and ties a tight knot - even a double knot, if he wishes. It is now totally impossible to change the order of the cards - a fact your spectators will willingly acknowledge. Show everything from all sides to the spectators and hold the deck face up in front of them. The deck is still there The knot is securely tied The chosen card is still in the deck During these three questions pass your hand rapidly in front of the deck and

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