The Guidance of Fate

Effect

The performer introduces two decks of cards, one of which he hands to a spectator. Both shuffle their own decks. The performer now covers his deck with a handkerchief, and the spectator cuts off a portion by lifting the portion through the cloth. The card below this cut, i. e., the one on top of the lower half being held by the performer, is laid aside.

The spectator now is asked to cover his deck with the handkerchief. The performer cuts off a portion, and the spectator removes the card on top of the portion he retains and lays it on the table with the first card. The two freely chosen cards are now shown and are found to be alike!

This effect is clean cut, and very practical for club audiences. Both shuffles are genuine, the decks are not confusingly exchanged, and the spectator's shuffled deck is never touched by the performer, excepting when he cuts it through the handkerchief.