Birds of a Feather

A deck of cards is thoroughly shuffled. Spectator then cuts deck into two portions, gives one to the performer and retains one himself. Spectator is then asked to remove a card from those he holds and place it on the table. Performer also removes a card from his packet, shows it, and places it on the table. Assume that it is the Ten of Diamonds 10. Magician then places spectator's packet on top of his and shuffles them together.

Spectator then cuts deck in half again and places his selected card - say, the Jack of Spades J - on one half of the deck. About half of the remaining packet of cards is placed on top of his card and then performer places his selected card on top of that. The rest of the deck is placed on his card. Though the two cards are widely separated in the deck, the Magician causes them to come together and in a moment shows them to be side by side.