Prediction effects are the most powerful in mentalism. You write something down before the show, and it comes true. Here's how.
Write "1089" on a prediction card before performing.
Have someone pick a 3-digit number (first and last digits different). Reverse it, subtract smaller from larger, reverse that result, add together.
1089 is mathematically guaranteed every single time.
Write a phone number on paper before - use your own or a fake one.
Do the phone number trick (first 3 digits + formula). Reveal your prediction matches their number.
Works because you're guiding them to the number you already wrote.
Write a birthday on paper. Use the formula: (Month × 2 + 5) × 50 + Day - 250
Ask them to do the math. Their result encodes their birthday. You "read" their birth date from the number.
Before meeting someone, look at their social media. Pick a word they might use.
Write it on a prediction. Ask them to think of a word. Reveal your prediction.
Works best when you've researched ahead of time.
Don't just show the prediction. Build drama: "Before you arrived, I wrote something. I didn't know who would be here. But I wrote this..." Then reveal it at the climax.
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