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You produce a normal deck o pla!in" cards and ask a spectator to cut t#e deck an!$#ere
t#e! like. T#e! remo%e t#e card t#e!&%e cut to $it#out lettin" !ou see it and concentrate on
its desi"n.
'ter a e$ moments concentration( !ou announce t#e e)act card t#e!&%e c#osen. You
#a%e read t#eir mind*
You'll need a normal deck of cards but you need to arrange them in a special order. Mentalists refer to
this as a stacked deck.
One of the easiest methods of stacking a deck is the Si Stebbins system. In this system, each card has a
value; a ack is valued !!, a "ueen !# and a king !$. %ll the other cards take their respective value, &ith
an ace valued !.
'he suits are also arranged in the order clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds. 'he easiest &ay to remember
this is by the &ord 'chased'(
Clubs Hearts Spades +iamonds.
Start &ith any club, then for the ne)t card in the stack add $ to its value and make it a heart. *or the
ne)t card, add $ again and make it a spade. *or the ne)t card, add $ again and make it a diamond.
+hen you're adding $ to !!, !# or !$, subtract !$ to get the value of the ne)t card. 'he system repeats
like this until the &hole deck is stacked.
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*or instance, if you started &ith the $ of clubs ,$-., the stacked order &ould be(
$-, /0, 1S, 23, #-, 40, 5S and so on.
6lace the cards face up as you stack them.
+hen displaying the deck to your spectator, make sure you fan them and let them see the faces. 3on't
make a point of this 7 ust fan them as you say 8normal deck of cards8. +hatever you do, don't say 8%s
you can see, they're in no particular order98 Statements like this should be implied non7verbally.
'his is important later on, if the spectator tries to 'reconstruct' the trick and &ork out ho& it &as done.
If they can remember you casually spreading the cards, they'll discount any theories about the
deck being in a special order or perhaps all the same card.
6ut the stacked deck face do&n on the table and invite a spectator to cut the deck any&here they like.
:et them to place the top half of the deck face do&n ne)t to the bottom half. Invite them to take the top
card from the bottom deck and keep it secret.
6ickup up the bottom half of the deck, place it on the top half and then pick up the &hole deck. You
no& need to glance at the bottom card on the deck and there are a couple of &ays of doing this. You
can either put the cards back into their bo), casually glancing at the bottom card as you do so. ;etter
still, hold the deck in front of you, as if demonstrating to the spectator ho& to hold their card. <ither
method &ill need a simple verbal misdirection such has 8=o& hold your card up, still keeping it secret
and concentrate on the design.8
%s they concentrate, ask them to look into your eyes. 6retend you are looking for subtle psychological
clues as to the value of their card. >ook at micro7movements in their facial muscles also.
%ll you need to do to name their card is &ork out the ne)t one in the se"uence. So if the bottom card
&as the ace of hearts, their card is the four of spades. ?ather than ust simply naming their card,
increase the drama and effect of mind7reading by revealing it bit by bit. 'he color first, then &hether it
is a lo&, high or picture card. 'hen name the card in full.
'o really play &ith the system, you can subtly suggest that you are about to read the &rong card. *or
instance, if the spectator's card is the nine of clubs, you might reveal it in the follo&ing &ay(
8O@, its a black card, yesA8 >ook for visual confirmation.
8I'm getting an 'i' ... 'i' ... five ... a fiveA =o, sounds like five 7 its a nine, yesA8
83efinitely not a spade so it must be the nine of clubs98
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%nother method of revealing the chosen card is to dra& it on a notepad. @eep your dra&ing hidden,
then invite the spectator to turn around their card and announce the design. You can then flip over your
notepad, revealing the same design.
'his is a terrific routine and &ith a little thought, the Si Stebbins stack can be used for many other mind
reading effects. +hat's more, the stack is instantly ready to use again simply by putting the spectator's
chosen card on top of the deck face do&n.
'hat's it. I hope you enoyed your free trick9
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