DECK CHANGES
When in evening dress and with the necessary small pocket on back of trousers, and the large profonde pocket on inside of coat tail, shuffled pack is dropped into profonde and the one in pocket removed under cover of turn to left. If turning to right, use the opposite side in same manner.
Pack to be changed to is on table behind a box or object. Returning to rear of table, performer picks up object with both hands, and placing it aside drops shuffled pack behind it, leaving exposed on table the prepared one which appears to be original left there when picking up the object.
The chair servante, on the back of any chair, has a clip holding the prepared pack over a metal ring provided with a net. In the act of moving the chair aside, deck in right hand which takes hold of chair back drops shuffled deck in net and comes away with the other.
Prepared deck is in right breast pocket. Shuffled pack in right hand. Turning to left to return to front, right hand drops pack in left breast pocket and left hand takes pack from right pocket. To spectators it appears if deck merely changed hands.
Have prepared pack in left tail pocket with a handkerchief. Takes shuffled deck in left hand, place behind back, followed by right hand which takes and places it in pocket, at the same time removing prepared pack and handkerchief. Left hand then takes prepared pack, both hands brought to front, handkerchief used and then replaced in pocket. Actions are perfectly natural under these conditions.
Making use of the standard card tray, it is held with prepared deck underneath while ordinary deck is mixed. Performer states that he will not handle the cards. Return to tray, he turns around and walks to spectator nearer front. In doing so the tray changes hands and is turned over, bringing the other deck into play.
Another subtle change for deck to a stacked or force pack is to have same in pocket in case. From ordinary deck take two or three cards, place deck in case and in pocket. Now perform a stunt with these cards, such as 3 card monte, etc., then take out other deck in case and proceed. Case not necessary but a little point.
To cleanly change a deck for a force or stacked deck is to use one of the large size mirror glasses which will hold a deck on either side. Have the force deck with an outstanding different card on face of same, in the back compartment with the face side out. Now force this card from an ordinary deck in use and have returned to the pack and shuffled by spectator. Take deck in fingertips not allowing face of same to be seen and put it with back towards audience in front part of glass so that it cannot be manipulated or changed (?). Ask that the chosen card be named, tap top of glass, command card to come out of deck, and then turn glass around showing the chosen card now at face of deck. Take this deck from glass and proceed with either stacked or force deck effects.