Rick Lax has set himself an impossible task: to have a participant name a random card, and for that card to be the only one face-up in a poker hand. The result is groundbreaking: The Card That Matters.

Here’s how it works:

1. You hold a small envelope containing a poker hand (5 cards)
2. You tell your participant that one card is face-up in this poker hand, and that person gets to guess which card.
3. When you spread the cards out, it’s 100% correct.
4. That’s not all: the face-up card is the only colored card; the other cards all have black backs!

The Card that Matters is amazing and simple to perform thanks to the special cards you receive. Rick collaborated with a designer to hide the secret effectively—something that normally requires a full deck!