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Chapter III

You-Do-as-I-Do Card Mysteries

Two packs, two people, one impossible coincidence.

The principle: The Dual Principle ('You Do As I Do')

In this chapter

24 tricks
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You Do As I Do

Two shuffled packs, you and a spectator each pick a card, and the two cards astonishingly match.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
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You Do As I Do

A streamlined two-pack coincidence where your card and the spectator's freely chosen card turn out identical.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
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Identical Thought

Two packs, a buried freely-chosen card in each, and both selections prove to be the same card.

Discovery15mNo setup
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Two Souls with a Single

An early two-pack coincidence in which your card and the spectator's selection turn out to be the same.

Discovery15mNo setup
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Follow Me

Two people each pick a card from their own shuffled deck, and the two chosen cards turn out to be identical.

Coincidence15mNo setup
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A Close Work Discovery

Two people each pick a card from separate shuffled packs, and the two chosen cards turn out to be identical.

Discovery25mNo setup
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A Follow-Up Effect

After two matching cards appear, both packs are cut and the new top cards also turn out to be a perfect pair.

Discovery15mNo setup
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Coincidence

Two spectators freely cut two shuffled packs, and each happens to cut to the very same named card.

Coincidence15mNo setup
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Lloyd's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

A card the spectator chooses and a card you choose, each lost in the other's pack, prove to be the same card.

Coincidence25mNo setup
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A Variation Of The Above

Two spectators cut red and blue packs, and the cards they cut to turn out to be the very same card.

Discovery15mNo setup
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Another Do As I Do

A spectator merely thinks of one card among several, yet your card and theirs turn out to be twins.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
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Do As I Do In The Dark

In total darkness two people each draw a card from the other's pack, and the lights reveal a perfect match.

Coincidence15mNo setup
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Domination of Thought

Framed as an experiment in mental influence, your chosen card and the spectator's turn out to be the same.

Prediction25m
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A Strange Coincidence

Working in unison, you and a spectator each reverse cards in your own packs, and the reversed cards match.

Reversal15mNo setup
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Coincidence Again

A spectator merely thinks of a card, hides it in their pack, and you instantly produce its twin from yours.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
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Sympathetic Sympathy

From two shuffled packs, a spectator's freely pushed-out card matches a card you have set aside, again and again.

Coincidence40mNo setup
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Synthetic Sympathy

Two borrowed packs of different colors each give up a card, and the two cards prove to be a perfect match.

Coincidence15m
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Backs Up

A court card is freely reversed in one deck while a second deck sits sealed in a pocket, yet the matching card turns up reversed there too.

Coincidence15m
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Mental Coincidence

Two cards are sealed in pockets unseen, and when finally revealed they prove to be an exact match.

Mind Reading15m
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Coincidence

A spectator and the performer each end up with a card, and the two cards match perfectly, even on a repeat.

Discovery15mNo setup
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Another Marvelous

A spectator silently picks a number and deals down to it in one deck, noting the card there. From the second deck, you deal as he calls stop, and your stopping card matches his exactly. Two freely han

Coincidence15mNo setup
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A Card Sympathy

A card chosen from one shuffled deck is matched by a card freely drawn from a second deck, in perfect agreement.

Discovery15m
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Paradox Of Pairs

You and a spectator each shuffle half a deck, deal together, and your turned-up cards match in perfect pairs.

Coincidence25mNo setup
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Follow Me

Two spectators each shuffle a deck, both pick cards, and your two chosen cards perfectly match theirs.

Coincidence15mNo setup
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