Effect: Show for example the Jack Queen King and the Reaper card, turn the Reaper card over in the pile and it vanishes one court card making it blank. Flip the pile remove the blank card. Repeat this until all court cards have turned blank. Finally vanish the Reaper turning him blank too.
Effect: Show eight cards and one envelope to the audience. Fan out the cards and ask someone to select one. You now show that they could have chosen any other but they are all the same. They have selected a different card to the rest and the envelope is opened to show you guessed their card too.