The Color Changing Deck
The Effect: You shuffle through the deck, showing various cards with Red (or Blue) Backs. Have a spectator say stop whenever they want. With a snap of your fingers, turn their selected card over. The spectator’s selected card is the only card in the deck with a Blue (or Red) Back! Even more amazing than that, the whole deck has magically been changed to Blue (or Red) Backs!
The Performance: You will need the double backed card with a Red (or Blue) Back on one side and a Blue (or Red) Back on the other side. Hold the deck with the faces down and place the double back on the top of the deck so that the Red (or Blue) Back is showing. To perform the Hindu Shuffle, hold the deck in your right hand. Grab the sides of the deck towards the bottom between your index finger and thumb, faces up. You are going to be pulling sections of a few clumps of cards at a time off the top of the deck. Let the cards you pull off the top of the deck rest in your left hand. Stop every once in a while and give a little flash of the bot- tom card, the double backer. This gives you a chance to show that the deck has Red (or Blue) Backs. While shuffling, have a spectator call stop whenever they would like, let’s say the King of Diamonds. Place the cards in your right hand under the cards in your left hand. This keeps the double backer on the bottom of the deck, and the King of Diamonds on the top. Place the King of Diamonds down on the table face up. Place the deck of cards face down on the table, with the Red (or Blue) Back (double backer) on top. Snap your fingers over the King, and turn their card over. The spectator selected the only card in the deck with a Blue (or Red) Back!
To make the rest of the deck match, pick up the deck with the faces down, and turn the King of Diamonds face up. Get a break under your top card, the double backer, by holding it with your pinky finger. Place the King of Diamonds on the top of the deck. In one fast motion, grab the King of Diamonds and the double backer together as one, drag them down to the edge of the deck, let your fingers grasp the double backer and revolve it up against the deck. Give a snap with the King of Diamonds. This is a sneaky way to get the double backer turned over. Place the King of Diamonds on the table and set the deck face down, and ribbon spread the cards to show that they now all have Blue (or Red) Backs.
