Instructions / Assembly

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SHOW:
1. Start the trick with the narrow end of the cards furthest from you. Cut the deck into two piles, as close
to equal as possible.
2. Turn the pile on your right face up. When doing this, don’t just turn the cards over but turn them so that
the narrow ends are now closest to you. That way the face up cards will have their wide ends among the
narrow ends of the face down cards.
3. Take the face up pile and riffle shuffle it into the face down pile. (To riffle shuffle, you divide a pack into
two piles, raise the corners of the cards slightly and allow them to fall alternately together.)
4. Holding the deck with the thumb and fingers of one hand, “strip out” the face up cards with the other
hand as if you were cutting the deck. Continue to cut until you have all of the face up cards on top of the
deck.
5. When you have completed the “strip out," cut the deck into two equal piles again. Place the top half
(face up cards) to the right.
6. Snap your fingers and then spread out the piles showing that you have separated the face up and face
down cards!
44. TWO TO SIX CORRECT
Two to six chosen cards placed back in a deck magically reappear from under a handkerchief!
PROPS USED: Mystery Deck
THE SECRET: While the deck is under the handkerchief, you “strip out” the chosen cards and bring them
one by one out from under the handkerchief.
SECRET SETUP: To start, make sure the deck is in proper order with all the narrow edges facing away
from you.
SHOW:
1. You will need between two-six volunteers each to select a card from the deck. Turn the deck so that the
narrow ends are closest to you. Have the volunteers return the cards to the deck. Ask one of the volunteers
to overhand shuffle the cards.
2. Hold the deck face down in one hand and cover it with a handkerchief. Reach under the handkerchief
with your other hand and “strip out” one card. Bring it out from under the handkerchief and show it to the
audience. Ask the volunteer who chose the card to take it.
3. Repeat Step 2 with each chosen card!
45. CALL NUMBER
For any number called out, pull out that number of cards from the deck in your pocket and the last card
will be the chosen card!
PROPS USED: Mystery Deck
THE SECRET: By “stripping out” the chosen card and placing it on top of the deck, you can pull cards out
of your pocket from the bottom of the deck. Then when you reach the number the volunteer called out, you
can pull out the top card (or chosen card).
SHOW:
1. Start with the narrow ends of the deck furthest from you. Have a volunteer select a card and tell the
audience what it is. Turn the deck so that the narrow ends are now closest to you. Have the volunteer
return the card to the deck. Overhand shuffle the deck. Cut the deck and “strip out” the chosen card,
moving it to the top of the deck.
2. Put the deck in your pocket. Say, “I can find the card you chose by having you call out any number
between 1 and 15.” Have the volunteer say a number.
3. Reach into your pocket, take out a card from the bottom of the deck, say “One.”
4. Repeat Step 3 with each number you say until you reach the number the volunteer selected. Then take
the top card off the deck and remove it from your pocket. As you say the number the volunteer called out,
show the chosen card to the audience!