its so weird to actually see you
anyways
i knew about this exact handling for a long time
i know how to do it
so when i read Michales description
it came to mind for a second
but i dismissed it
lets see why
A deck of cards in it's case is in full view. A spectator MERELY THINKS of any card they want. They never name it, not once. They think of it. The cards are fairly removed and spread, each and every card visible. The spectator is asked to remove their thought-of card from the spread. This card is tabled, and immediately upon doing so, the deck is turned over and it is reveal that on the back of every single card, there is a different name written boldly across. David, Megan, Sarah, Brian, and more. Their thought of card is fairly turned over. The spectator's own name is written across the back.
saying the card is tabled right after saying the spectator pulls it out is very misleading
you must always ask for the card back
so that you can place it on top of the deck...
before placing it back on the table
this action is _absolutely_ necessary
and is very visible
so it should have been in the description
i guess this is the problem i had with it
this is how a layman would describe the effect after seeing it
there is nothing wrong with that
but if you are going to talk to magicians
and have a tone which is purposed towards impressing them
ie
you have to do a better job at describing what it is that the method entails
since that is the juicy part to us
and which is what we will be thinking about