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Cards across
Cards Across 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.
In J.N. Ponsin's Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée (1853) there is a version called "The Multiplication of Cards while in a Spectator's Hands".
In Robert-Houdin The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (1868) there is an effect called "Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" that describes how to pass (and prove) a number of cards from one spectator's packet into that of another.
Performers known for this effect:Leipzig, Paul Le Paul, Al Baker, Howie Schwarzman and Derek Dingle.
- See also Thirty Card Trick
