Aldo Colombini – Pre Deck Ability

Experience a captivating performance with Aldo Colombini’s “Pre Deck Ability.” In this routine, three distinct predictions are drawn from a notepad and handed to three audience members. A deck of cards is shuffled and split into two halves. One spectator selects a portion from one half, flips it face up, and mixes it with the other half, creating a chaotic arrangement. This spectator continues to cut and shuffle the cards, turning them over as they please, until they feel satisfied with the process.

Once complete, the first prediction is revealed: “There will be 23 face down cards.” The spectator counts and confirms exactly 23 face down cards! The second prediction states, “There will be 15 red cards.” The spectator separates the red cards from the black ones and counts 15 red cards! Finally, the last prediction claims, “All the black cards are Clubs.” However, amidst the black cards, a lone Spade, the Six of Spades, is discovered. It seems the magician made a mistake! But as a twist, he opens the notepad to reveal a Jumbo duplicate of the Six of Spades on the last page, with the note, “Except the…”