21 PLUS

Here's the good old "Twenty-One" trick really streamlined,

as you'll learn when you try it. From a shuffled pack deal 3 batches of 7 cards each, faces down.
Have a spectator pick up any heap, note a card in it and place the heap between the
other 2. Now deal 3 rows of cards, still faces down. Have the person guess which heap his card is in
and then look to see if he's right. If he says it's there, you compliment him. If it isn't, give him another
try. This byplay enables you to learn which heap the card is in and again it goes between the other
two heaps.
Another deal of 3 rows. Let him guess if he wants, but it doesn't matter. The idea is that he is to give
you whatever heap his card is in, so you can show something better than guesswork.
You receive the heap face down. You haven't seen the face of any card.
Now the pay-off. Simply spell the cards in the heap, shifting one from top to bottom with each letter:
"T-H-I-S I-S T-H-E C-A-R-D Y-O-U T-O-O-K." At the end of each word, pronounce
the word and toss away the top card. After "took" you have just one card left. So you say, "This is the
card you took," and you
turn it face up. It is!
DISCARD
This is a real lazy man's stunt. The directions are clear, and it can be done both in person and over the
telephone.
The spectator is directed to lay out two even rows of cards.
The performer has no idea how many cards there are because if you do it in person you have your
back turned and, if on the telephone, obviously you don't know. By even rows is meant that if 4 cards
are placed in the top row, 4 are placed in the second row. If 5 go on top, 5 go on the bottom. The
numbers matter not at all, as long as both rows are equal.
Direct the spectator to discard one card from the bottom row.
Next, ask—and it's your only question—how many he wants to discard from the top row. Remember
whatever number is given. Let's say it is 3.
Next, tell the spectator to take from the bottom row as many as are left on the top row and discard
this bunch.
That is, the bunch from the bottom row.
Finally, they are to discard the remainder of the top row. The answer, and it is an eye-popper, is that
you tell them how many cards are left. There does not seem to be any way you can know that there
are, in this instance, 2 cards left. The answer must always be one less that the number called out. In
this case it was 3—so 2 is the eye-popper. Try this on the phone; it's worth the dime!

Enjoy ! From The Magic Man

SELF WORKING CARD MAGIC SERIES # 1
EFFECT s # 2 & 3