This is a simple, but rather effective, method of ending a trick, when it is desired to display the particular card chosen by one of the company. It is to be used at pleasure for this purpose, irrespective of the method in which the trick otherwise is performed.
For example, let us suppose that you have noted the ace of hearts on the bottom of the pack. You use a false shuffle, and then make the pass, so that the ace of hearts is in the middle of the pack after the manner described in connection with forcing a card. You next force some one to draw this particular card, and allow him, after looking at it, to replace it wherever he chooses in the pack, and then to shuffle the cards himself.
Taking back the deck, you run over it until you locate the ace of hearts, after which you cut the cards so that the ace is on the top of the pack. This operation should be followed by a false shuffle that leaves the ace still the top card. With the pack held in both hands, you raise it a distance of about two feet above the table, and at the same time you slide the top card secretly about a half-inch to the left, so that this edge of it projects beyond the remainder of the deck.
You now take away the left hand, and then, using care to hold the cards quite level, suddenly let them fall to the table. If properly executed, the pack as a whole falls and lies face downward on the table, but the top card is affected by the rush of air against its projecting side during the fall, and the force of this is sufficient to turn the card over. Thus, at the end of the trick, the ace of hearts drawn by the spectator suddenly appears lying face upward on the pack in distinction from all the other cards.
Any known card may be revealed to the company in this manner. A simple combination would be to use “The Indicated Card” trick just described, with the variation of not naming the card after showing it to the company. Then permit the cards to be shuffled, and afterward run through them yourself to locate the card, which you already know. Bring it to the top of the deck, and by way of concluding the trick display it face upward on the pack by dropping to the table according to the directions.