It does NOT involve the Emsley Count. It does, however, use a count that you can find in "ounts, Cuts, Moves and Subtleties"
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S4837
The move is also taught in the video.
Now I need to ask... You've watched the demo video and you're seriously still thinking about ordering this?
If you don't already own Card College 1, please buy that instead.