#227 A great deal of magic
Set by Brian Hobbs
“Can I have a volunteer?” Max the Magnificent asks his handful of onlookers.
A hand goes up. “Good!” he exclaims. “You there, madam. I will now blindfold myself and hand you this ordinary deck of 52 cards. I would like you to flip over exactly 26 of the cards and return them to the deck, then shuffle thoroughly.”
When the deck is returned, Max appears to feel, tap and listen to the cards, then cuts them into three piles before restacking them. “And now, miss,” he says. “Would you please …