Rabbits' Magic Pocket

Theorem of squares

with setup

52 cards

Setup

For this trick, you need a complete deck of 52 cards in a Si Stebbins stack. This means that the value of a card is the value of the previous card plus 3, in addition of the deck being in CHaSeD order.

Note

This relation in the Si Stebbins stack was actually found by a nuclear physicist. You could mention that in your performance.

Start by allowing the spectator to cut the deck.

Next deal one (1²) card on the table.

Then take 4 cards (2²) and put them on the table. Do not deal them one by one ! Do the same thing with 9 cards (3²).

Turn over the 4-cards and 3-cards piles. The 4-cards pile shows the suit of the one card and the 9-cards pile its value.

You can finally reveal the one card.

To put the deck again in Si Stebbins stack, and re-do the trick, simply put first the 9-cards pile on top of the deck, then the 4 cards, and finally the one last card.