HOSTILE Gregory Wilson ttc: The maa send sack of is ies cd emores a oie per eas amie cad ted and a gael ar re eld bye man sh pe ne he cue end of te sok, The sapien sien ee idan se rfing cr He ten with Fa ibe gnats oped seven hom ‘When the spectator examines the cards he finds thatthe signed. ‘Gard stapled beeen the other cards Requirements: (1) A stack of business ‘ards (2) A hand-tapler; (3) A Sharpie smarking pen ‘Method and Presentation: Place the ‘Sharpie pen on the table near the spect toc Spread the business cards withthe bank side up beeween your hands and invite @ spectator to select one, saying: "Tf you were to reach in and take card." Have card rermoved, shown t0 ‘thes and returned ro its place of origin, {you finish the pater lines “nnd replace it and then I found your card Ieowld that be impresivet” Before anyone repis, quickly ad "No, that would be sly, because the cards ere not marked yet.” lp the packer of bina cds ve and spread he hee cards Flip ovr the top two 0 that thee blank sides show: Take ‘them in your right hand and say, “T'm going to tell you abeod of time what I'm going to do, To ofthese cards are going to grab ‘your card, In other words, your card ts going to be sandurched Ietucen these two cards.” As you ter this pate, pul the third card flash with the rest of the cards with your left thumb and retain a Tet pinky break below it ‘Momentary replace tes two cards onto the athers, then pick ‘up all the carde (he) above the break ina righthand Biddle ip. Casually pec ofthe uppermost card wich your et ehumb fo that i ress oajogged on the lefehand packet. Momentaily place the righthand cards) fish with dhe deck, then slide the cop TAKEOVER cor acs i aed wi he ound cd. The Casual acon places the extra catd (printing-side uppermost) Detveen the two outosged cards ‘Explain that you are going to staple these wo outjogged busi ness cards together Pick up the stapler with your right hand and Tike eh packet of eacds upwards wth your lft hand. This some “hat conceals he exact nature ofthe stapling ation, The sapling nd of the stapler moves inwards deep enough 50 that all three Seg esate: Pa it and separate the outjogged cards with your right forefin ger by bending back the uppermost ard (Fig. 2) Say “These to (ards are now welded together" Turn the entre packet end-over ‘ed so that the oujogged cards are ow injonged. Spread the top few cards and ask the spectator € touch one. Outjog the touched ard and lose the spread. You ae noe going to secretly sich the Tose, outjogged card for the card already stapled between the 0 Snwich cards. This is done by momentary raising both hands ‘asyou ask the spectator to pickup the marking pen. ‘As you lower your hands, push the outjogged sletion lush with your night forefinger a8 your right thumb at the back end pushes the outjogged carde outward and flush (Fig. 3 2 sop: ction view), This automatically outogs the card already stapled ‘Derween the “sindwich” cards. The audience chinks isthe same cad just selected Extend the packet toward the spectator and point to the Blank section Of the outioged exed with your right forefinger. ayy "Please mark your card Aer it is signed on the Avalabe or exposed tite pace, add: "You would be i cen om od again if you sai right?” Push the seleton flush as you raise both hands again nd alt back the packet.‘This action auromaically pushes the wo “sandwich” cards to an injogged postion again. Say, "It goes in the middle of the test ofthese cards. I know its approximate position, but nobody Inows exactly where itis.” f you keep your left hand tilted back slighty, the injogged cards cannot be seen Keep talking and looking at the spectaor a5 you grasp the frontend ofthe packet with your palm-down right hand. Again turn the packet end-overend and into. your left hand, Tnmmediately lip the packet sideways and ito a lefchand deal ing postion. Tle the packet backwards and lift all the cards ‘cept the bottom tues in a righthand Biddle Grip (Fie. 4). ‘Table the right-hand packet with the blank-side uppermost in front ofthe spectatoc Keep your left hand rurned sigh inward to conceal the injogaed,siged selection from views then turn it palm down and rest your Knuckles against the table op (Fig. S) ‘Explain that you want the spectator to rifle che front end of the packet of business cards. (If you are confident that the spectator knows how to “dribble” cards, use this approach; hhoweves, if he is not a brother magician, this approach i not advisable) The next action requites precise ting. Say, "Rifle the cards and Tm git each with tee oy ped "AS soon as the spectator begins to riflerelease cards, rasp the exposed end of the “sandwich” cards with you palm-down fight hand — thumb on top, fingers underneath, Immediately flaten and extend your let fingers, then swing the righthand elongated cards in clockwise outward arc to the tight (Fg. 6, 4 stop action view). The selection must stop and end up imide the accommodating space afforded by the specators cifing action. In other words it ends up perfectly aligned with the rest (ofthe packets cards. This “stabbing” action must be very swift, Properly execut ed, the audience cannot se thatthe selection is already beoween the “sandwich” cards. Say, "Notice thatthe two cards went it ‘about midioay®” Pick up and clearly show that the “sandwich ‘atds protrude from the cee ofthe packet, Savor the moment and slowly withdraw the “sandwich” cards from the packet and dd, “Look! A card is trapped between these two cards.” Let this inital effect register. “Turn the elongated packer ove to show the signed surface of the tapped card. Ask, "Is that your signed card?” When the Spectator afims, extend the elongated cards so that he can rasp the protruding end of his signed card. Say, “Fee! that ‘Does it fel like your card is securely sandwiched between the ‘neo stapled cards?” Permit him to check, then quickly add, “Does i fel lite may be stapled? Regacdles of what he s4ys, says "Know what the compincer i?” "Asthe spectator considers your question, let goof the “sand: wich” cards so that he hod all the cards (Fig, 7). Say “Letting {g0!" Now let him closely examine everything to discover that his signed cardis actualy stapled berween the two other cards Roots: This is 2 version of “The Stapled Card” published in Scarne On Card Tricks (1950). The book was ghose-writen by De Ben Braude, who collated most of the material. Inthe intro ‘duction to this effect is writen, “Created bythe author based on 4 suggestion fom Joseph Prieto, the very clever New Jersey magician.” This suggests that Prcto devised the plot and the published handling was created by Scare. In any case, there ate ‘ow several versions in prine by Sankey, Mario, Binal and others 6. 7.