Zach Powell Why not just buy a box? Cheaper, too.

Very nice. I really like both forces. Although, in spite of what you say, I have been busted for the second force as soon as I used it in the past. Some spectators are just very good at 3D imaging of the situation. But the first method is rock solid. It definitely fooled me completely. I used something like that in the past, but I never thought of it as a force. Love your alternative here, just a wonderful alternative to clever mechanisms. The difference is that you are handling the cards, but then you are not touching the box.

@@LouigiVerona Because the Gift has four possible outcomes which you can control exeternally.. it has 4 billets in it but upon inspection it appears to only have one.. crafted very well. Just requires a very small external slight to select the right billet. I saw an example where someone "randomly" picked a page in a notebook , then selected one of four drawings on that page. That drawing prediction was in the box. IN actuality all four drawings were in that box and the pad used was a SvenPad.

The box in this case is not gimmicked in any way. That through me off at first and was thinking Koran deck, but clearly the box is a red herring. You would not need Angelo Carbone's box at all for this.

I agree completely. The way I settled on it is using those Deck Boxes sold in Walmart or other stores. Can't remember where I bought them at but they are plastic boxes that say Deck-Box on them. This way when you remove the deck from the box it makes total sense. Optionally, you could actually wrap the Deck-Box with gift wrap paper to make it look like a gift or just put a bow on it.