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The $100 Deck That was Kept Secret for Four Years!

Cassandra Deck

The Cassandra Deck™ is revolutionary. It was designed from Gene

Grant's Psvchorama in his wonderful book, Phantini's Mental Key (circa

1951). After developing this deck. Jack Dean informed me that although she

contains some elements of the Koran Deck and the Himber Deck. The Cassan-

dra Deck'™ is quite original. The pumping deck — although addressed by

Phantini. as well as Waters, Chelman. Corinda and others — dates back to the

late Nineteenth century. You have a utility deck that will fool both magicians

and you. Guard its secret carefully.

How it works: The Cassandra Deck™ consists of 52 cards plus a

Joker. There are 10 force cards. 5 red and 5 black. These cards are repeated

2.6 times to make a half deck of 26 force cards. Twenty-six mixed indifferent

cards separate the 26 force cards.

The Set-up: The force cards are all regulation size. The pump is based

on a ‘stranger’ card formula. The suits in your deck may vary, but the force

cards in this example are JH-2H-3C-QC-5H-6C-7C-8H-9S-IOD and remain in

a fixed order for dealing tricks. From the top (back) of the deck down is a

group of 10, another group of 10 identical force cards in the same order, a

Joker, and an incomplete group of slightly more than half (6) of the force cards

group; combined with six indifferent cards known as the "Bottom Twelve".

Your deck must be assembled in this order: JH-x-2H-x-3C-x-QC-x-5H-x-6C-x-

7C-X-8H-X-9S-X-IOD-X-JH-X-2H-X-3C-X-QC-X-5H-X-6C-X-7C-X-8H-X-9S-X-

10D-Joker-JH-x-2H-x-3C-x-QC-x-5H-x-6C-The black ace (on the bottom).

The Joker (which can be trimmed to be a short card) appears before the

bottom twelve cards. This helps you when handling the deck, and by breaking

the pattern, helps deceive the eye when the cards are ribbon spread. It is not a

necessity after you become comfortable with The Cassandra Deck™.

The indifferent cards arc all trimmed short and none of them are re-

peated anywhere in the deck. They arc specially selected to resemble, but not

duplicate, the force cards. When spread face-up, the force cards become invisi-

ble because of I he randomness of the indifferent cards between them. A small

crib sheet to queue you on the order of the force cards [Fig 1], is stuck on the

inside flap of the card box.

A tip is to secretly mark each indifferent card with a pencil dot on the

back corner. This allows YOU to at least see that all is in order when you fan

the deck. The black ace is at the bottom. If the deck is cut, you can re-cut it to

starting position at any time by cutting at the black ace. This keeps the

"Bottom Twelve' at the bottom. You may switch the black ace with the Joker if

you prefer to have the Joker at the bottom face of the deck.

How to display: Hold The Cassandra Deck™ face-down on your left

palm. Pick up the deck with your right hand; fingers on one narrow end and

your right thumb on the opposite narrow end. Place the nail of your right in-

dex finger against the back of the deck and apply some pressure. Allow cards

to slide off under your thumb and back into your left palm.

This is the same display as done with a Svengali Deck and allows the

spectators to see only force cards, plus the indifferent bottom card (the black

ace). Tell the spectator not to select the bottom card, as it is too obvious.

If you repeal the above procedure with the cards oriented face-up in

your left hand, only the indifferent cards will be seen as they fall face-up into

your left palm. When displaying the cards, go slow enough for the spectator to

mentally select a card. However, don't go so slow as to reveal the fact that any

cards are repeated.

How to cut: The indifferent cards being trimmed short assures that the

spectator must cut to a force card on the bottom of the portion cut.

Hold the deck face-down in your left palm. Keep your left fingers and

thumb along the wide sides of the deck. This forces the spectator to grab the

deck by its narrow ends. He will be able to only touch the edges of the force

cards. The spectator lifts up a group of cards and looks at the bottom card of

that group. That is a force card.

How to shuffle: The same principle allows you to dovetail shuffle The

Cassandra Deck™. Cut the deck and tap the far ends on the table to expose all

the long edges of the force cards. Shuffle with your thumbs touching the nar-

row, inside, ends of the cards. The cards will fall in pairs of one force card and

one indifferent card. This jumbles the order of the force cards, but doesn't

disrupt the working of the deck. A single shuffle wilt not put duplicate force

cards together, but repeated shuffles may.

How to re-set the deck: If your deck gets jumbled — either by acci-

dent or design during a shuffle — it is an easy matter to re-set it. Separate the

long and short cards and simply re-assemble the deck using the crib on the

flap of the card box.

Four Tricks with The Cassandra Deck™

What follows arc only six of the 64 different tricks possible with The

Cassandra Deck™. If you like; these tricks, it is highly suggested you

obtain a copy of Fem Fatal- 64 Sinful Secrets of The Cassandra Deck.

Think-a-Card

A spectator is told to think of any card in a regular deck. So she can

pick one at random, and not one that most people pick, you offer a visual aid.

She remembers one she sees in a deck. The deck is quickly shown to the spec-

tator and put away. You make a series of correct statements about her card.

Finally, you name the thought of card.

Method: Each set of ten force cards can be divided by the fact that they

are either red suits or blacks. Each set of five (either all red or all black) has a

series of "stranger" cards. Four are the same suit: one is a "stranger". Of the

four, three are not face cards, one is a "stranger"' (a face card). Of the remain-

ing three, two are odd if black (or even if red) and one is a “stranger”. Of the

two cards left, one is a high card (above seven) and one is low valued.

By a series of positive statements, you are able to reveal the mentally

chosen card while appearing as if you are not asking any questions. And you

are never wrong!

Yon will make statements about:

1. The color

2- The suit

3. The court card

4. A low value

How to make correct statements:

On the inside of the card box flap is your crib. The top row of five is all the red

force cards. The row below is all the black force cards. The number above or

below the card's initials indicates the order in the group stack. [Fig. 1] The

value of the force card also indicates its position in the group. Please note that

the jack is 1 and the queen is 4. This helps break any visual pattern.

The cards arc listed in the order of the statements you will make. Al-

ways make a statement based on the majority cards. NOT the "stranger" card,

(with the exception of the court card — as explained later)

When making your state-

9 4 6 3 7 ments aim to get a response from the

9S QC 6C 3C 7C spectator's facial expressions only

and not a verbal answer The force

10D JH 5H 2H 8H cards are specifically selected to help

10 1

in this. Your statements are timed

FIG 1

with a pause so that you can correct

yourself if needed after seeing the

spectator's facial response.

For example: The first statement you will make is. "Your card’s not be

red, is it?" This is an ambiguous statement. You seem to be correct no matter

what the spectator's answer.

If the response (either facial or verbal) is "Yes' you know to make your

statements about the red force cards on the bottom row of your queue list. You

add. "I thought so."

If the response is "No" you know to make statements based on the top

row of black cards. You say. "I didn’t think so." With either response you

affirm that you knew what the response would be.

We will assume she smiles or nods her head, which tells you the re-

sponse is 'Yes', her card is red. You secretly look at the crib list. The first red

card on the list is the first "stranger" card of the red set, the Ten of Diamonds

(10D). The remaining majority of force cards on the bottom list are hearts.

Continue your statements about the majority cards. Say, "Your card is

a heart..." leaving your voice hanging. There is a 4 to 1 chance you are cor-

rect.

If she frowns or looks blank, the response is 'No' and you immediately

know her card is the Ten of Diamonds. You finish your statement with, "...or a

diamond. Yes, it is a diamond The Ten of Diamonds." You have correctly

identified her card quickly and directly.

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