An extremely cute method of handling a one-way deck makes this secret of importance to those who favor such effects, and it will throw off the few who may know of the principle and possibly suspect it. There is an older subtlety invoked in many cases – that of reversing half the deck. A card is now selected and replaced after noting but it isn’t necessary to reverse either the card or the deck. Simply have the card drawn from one half and replaced in the other. The deck is now cut at the center of the two sections and dovetailed together so as to leave all cards pointing one way. Regardless of the half into which the card was replaced, it will be the only one now turned around in the deck.

In this much simpler and yet as practical version, the bottom card of the deck is reversed and remembered. A card is now selected from the fanned deck and in closing the fan, the pack is turned as of yore. However – it is now given an overhand shuffle and the bottom card brought to the top.

The deck may be fanned now or kept squared for the return of the card – but the direction of the top card jibes with that of the returned card and all seems well to those who may know of the principle. As the performer knows the identity of the reversed ‘herring’ it is no trouble to find the other reversed and selected pasteboard.

I consider this as good as the first above mentioned twist simply because if a spectator is at all ‘in the know’, this method of disguising the turn will throw him off just as much and with less effort and subsequent handling by the performer.