A Novel Reverse Discovery
Nate Leipzig

The following trick, for which I am indebted to that master card artiste, Mr. Nate Leipzig, is a fine addition to the most desirable class of card feats, those that can be done at any time with any deck of cards.

The pack having been shuffled by a spectator you allow him free choice of a card by having him simply lift the outer corner of the deck at any point and note the index of a card. Holding the break side, slip the card to the top and thoroughly shuffle the pack, finishing by running the card to the bottom.

Then ask the spectator to hold out his left hand fiat and palm upwards and, as he does this, palm the card from the bottom in the left hand. Holding this hand as fiat as possible, place it over his left hand, palm downwards, of course, and about half an inch away. Place the deck face down lengthwise on the back of your left hand.

The spectator then names his card and you pat the back of the deck with your right hand, at the same moment relaxing your grip of the palmed card which falls face up on the spectator's hand, being so revealed as you remove your left hand and the pack.

The effect of the chosen card apparently passing through the deck and your hand, turning face up in so doing, is quite startling to the uninitiated.

The Erdnase Diagonal Shift Palm could be used effectively in this trick. In this case the card would be drawn from the pack by the spectator, replaced by him and palmed in the left hand in the act of handing the pack to him to be shuffled.