Quinta By Phill Smith is a way of forcing a single item from five. The method allows a spectator to select any number (literally any number) but the problem is that if then number is too big, the procedure takes a long time and gets really, really boring. I had an idea to increase the apparent fairness while breaking up the tedium by repeating the procedure multiple times but each repetition would be limited to 6 via dice roll. I remembered the concept of a “poisoned card” from the 10 card poker deal and conviniently, five perfectly divides ten so combining the two felt logical. The spectator would take the force card first and then alternate with the magician taking other cards until all ten cards were gone.
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