The Sympathetic Ten  (Jorg Alexander)

 
Effect: You open a new deck of cards and remove the Ace through Ten of Clubs. These ten cards are clearly shown and put into a wine glass. You continue by removing the Ace through Ten of Hearts, which are given to a spectator. She is asked to shuffle these cards thoroughly. Fan the ten Heart cards and ask another spectator to chose one of them and this card is turned around and put back into the fan. The shuffled packet of Heart cards is put into a second glass.

The face card is now, for example, the Five of Hearts. Ask the spectators to watch the Club packet, which is still in numerical order. Pick up the first glass to cover it for a split-second with a silk. In the blink of an eye the face card has changed: Instead of the Ace of Clubs is seen the Five of Clubs. Subsequently you show each card of the Club packet, revealing that its order has mysteriously changed to exactly match the order of the Heart packeteven down to the reversed card.

 


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