While this trick is not wholly original, the method of handling makes it a self-contained mystery, and does away with the older way of dealing the cards into table piles, a procedure that is quite boring and mechanical appearing.
From any deck the performer deals 20 cards and the Joker. While a spectator shuffles the 20, the performer runs through the rest of the deck and removes two cards which he places face down in front of, or representing two of his watchers. He now hands the Joker to a spectator who inserts it anywhere in his packet. The spectator is told to fan through the pack and note the card in back of, or to the left of the Joker. He closes the cards and hands them to a second spectator who fans through and notes the card in front, or to the right of the Joker. He closes the cards and cuts them a time or two.
Taking the bunch, the performer holds them with faces towards the first person and says he will run through, putting one up and one down, the spectator noting whether or not his card goes in the up bunch or the down bunch. Cards are held in left hand backs to performer. Right hand takes first card from back, calling it up. Second card is now taken in front of first card, but down about half way. The next card goes in front also but is an up card and thus squares with the first. The fourth card is down, squaring with the 2nd. Continue this for the packet, and at finish, just pull out the bottom interlacing bunch and drop them on top of the face down upper group. Regardless of whether spectator sees his card or not, or where, that part is just a blind. Now repeat the same thing with second person. This idea does away with all dealing on a table.
At the finish of second time through, fan the deck face to someone and have him remove the Joker from wherever it is. All through the effect you emphasize that you never see the faces of the cards. When the Joker is taken out, cut the deck at that very spot. Count the top ten cards off (don’t disarrange them) saying you will divide the packet in half, and put them face down for the first person. Put the remaining ten in front of second person. Now state that before any selecting was done you placed two single cards face down for each and they are supposed to be a prophecy of where selected cards can be found. Turn over the first. It is a 5 spot. Openly count down in first man’s packet and hold fifth card. He names his, and it is correct. Turn over the second man’s prophecy. It is a 6 spot. Count down and hold the sixth card in packet. It is correct.
You should like this feat because it’s clean and neat, working automatically. Just put down a 5 and 6 for the two prophecies. Follow through as described, and everything is bound to work.
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