Available from http://www.world-of-magic.co.uk<br />Hand out a two foot ribbon for examination.<br />Invite your spectators to pull on it and to verify that the ribbon is absolutely ordinary.<br />Now show a deck of cards with a hole through the upper left corner. 52 cards 52 holes.<br />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.<br />Have a spectator select a card and show it to the others.<br />The card is shuffled back into the deck.<br />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.<br />It is now totally impossible to change the order of the cards - a fact your spectators will willingly acknowledge.<br />Show everything from all sides to the spectators and hold the deck face up in front of them.<br />The deck is still there The knot is securely tied The chosen card is still in the deck<br />During these three questions pass your hand rapidly in front of the deck and believe it or not the spectators card is now the face card of the deck.<br />Your spectators can immediate examine the whole setup<br />How is this possible<br />How can the chosen card escape from the center and arrive at the face of the deck while the ribbon secures the cards<br />The most scrupulous examination will reveal nothing - the mystery will only deepen.<br />Imagine the following...<br />As soon as the spectator has finished his examination of the deck you pass your hand once again over the spectators card.<br />And once again the impossible happens.<br />The spectators card is now free Yes the spectators card is the only card to have escaped the knotted ribbon.<br />Give the card for examination. Theres nothing to see - the hole remains intact.<br />A passage of solid through solid - an unfathomable mystery<br />No manipulation <br />A completely impossible appearance and escape. <br />The DVD explains different routines and different methods for presenting this i
