A masterpiece in ESP flavored card magic!

The effect is colossal. You'll work it on yourself and you won't believe it.

It uses two decks, one Red and one Blue, and at no time do you touch or handle the decks. The cards do not follow in any known sequence.

Decks are placed face down on table. You announce that the Red deck is incomplete, and you give spectator a sealed envelope to place in his pocket. You also place a business card on the table. Spectator is requested to remove a card from the Blue deck and place it face up on table. He then deals from both decks simultaneously.

Now suppose the Blue card removed is the 6D, then when he comes to the 6D in the Red deck, he stops and pairs the Red 6D with the Blue 6D. Now ask him to pick up the card that fell the Blue deck at the same time. Suppose this is the QS — he lays this on table and you ask him to remove envelope from his pocket and pull out the card therein — it will be the Red QS.

But that's not all. He squares up the decks again and removes a Blue-backed card without looking at it and places it in his pocket. Again he deals from both decks face up until you say "Stop," and point to the Blue-backed card saying: "It matches the missing Red card." This is verified by referring to the business card. When he removes the Blue-backed card from his pocket, it matches the Red-backed card that fell at that particular point in the deal. It's unbelievable!

And remember, the Magician does not touch the cards — or the sealed envelope; there are no moves; it's purely automatic! Use two ordinary decks of 52 cards — there are no duplicates.

Easy to do once you have the secret, STAGGERED will fool the smartest of card experts.

Includes ten different presentations, plus an additional version for use in connection with a two-person mental act. Use your own cards (none supplied).

Originally sold for the equivalent of $21.50.

"Any card man would willingly pay 100 times the price to have the routines for his own exclusive use. It's really a card miracle. " (Ed Dart)

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