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Cards across

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Cards Across (or Thirty Card Trick, The Flying Cards, The Ten-and-Ten Card Trick, Passe Passe Cards) is a classic plot in card magic wherein an amount of cards disappears from one pile (of cards) and reappears in a second pile. Typically, this is performed with 2 volunteers, each of which holds a pile.

Performers known for this effect:Leipzig, Paul Le Paul, Al Baker, Howie Schwarzman and Derek Dingle.

Publications

History

  • "Some Aspects of the 'Flying Cards'" by Peter Warlock, Supplement to the Magic Circular, June, 1953