Eliminate the Negative
1. Take two decks of cards. Each deck will have the same top card and bottom card set up before the trick. Ask the spectator which deck they want to use for this card trick. Set the other deck aside.
2. Cut the chosen deck into two piles and ask the spectator which pile they would like to use for the trick. If the spectator chooses the bottom portion, you will need to keep track of the bottom card (key card) of that pile. If the spectator chooses the top portion, you will need to keep track of the top card (key card) of that pile.
3. Tell the spectator to cut the pile he chose into two piles. You will eliminate the pile that doesn't contain the key card.
4. Deal the remaining cards into five piles, keeping track of which pile the key card is in and where it is in that pile (top or bottom). Hold your hands over two piles that don't contain the key card and ask the spectator which one he/she would like to eliminate.
5. After removing that pile, have the spectator place his/her hands over two piles. You remove a pile making sure it a pile that doesn't contain the key card.
6. With three piles left, you hold your hands over two of the piles that don't contain the key card and ask the spectator to eliminate one of them.
7. Two piles are left and you get to remove the last pile that doesn't contain the key card.
8. Deal out the remaining pile. If there are an even number of cards, you must pick (so have the spectator hold their hands over two piles). If there are an odd number, the spectator must choose. With the one key card left, face down on the table, you pull out the deck not used for the trick and quickly pull out the card identical to the one left by taking the top card if he originally chose the top portion, or pulling out the bottom card if they originally chose the bottom portion.
2. Cut the chosen deck into two piles and ask the spectator which pile they would like to use for the trick. If the spectator chooses the bottom portion, you will need to keep track of the bottom card (key card) of that pile. If the spectator chooses the top portion, you will need to keep track of the top card (key card) of that pile.
3. Tell the spectator to cut the pile he chose into two piles. You will eliminate the pile that doesn't contain the key card.
4. Deal the remaining cards into five piles, keeping track of which pile the key card is in and where it is in that pile (top or bottom). Hold your hands over two piles that don't contain the key card and ask the spectator which one he/she would like to eliminate.
5. After removing that pile, have the spectator place his/her hands over two piles. You remove a pile making sure it a pile that doesn't contain the key card.
6. With three piles left, you hold your hands over two of the piles that don't contain the key card and ask the spectator to eliminate one of them.
7. Two piles are left and you get to remove the last pile that doesn't contain the key card.
8. Deal out the remaining pile. If there are an even number of cards, you must pick (so have the spectator hold their hands over two piles). If there are an odd number, the spectator must choose. With the one key card left, face down on the table, you pull out the deck not used for the trick and quickly pull out the card identical to the one left by taking the top card if he originally chose the top portion, or pulling out the bottom card if they originally chose the bottom portion.
