A calculated stack for mind readers.
A new deck order built for mentalists, not card magicians. Black cards count up in fours, each black card is followed by its red partner, and partners always add to fourteen. One rule lets you name the card above or below any card you glimpse, and the stack survives any number of cuts. It has built-in mind-reading features: alternating colors, suits that separate when dealt into four piles, twin "mates" exactly half a deck apart, and controlled survival of a spectator's riffle shuffle. There are five routines: First Impression, The Polygraph, Fourteen, Kindred and Night Letter. It also covers the history of Si Stebbins, Eight Kings, the Nikola system and the Gilbreath principle, and includes a printable chart. Every property is computer-verified.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About Diesel Vance
- At a Glance
- Where Stacks Come From PART ONE
- The Fourteen Stack PART TWO
- Learning It in an Evening
- The Printable Chart
- The Glimpse
- First Impression ROUTINE ONE
- The Polygraph ROUTINE TWO
- Fourteen ROUTINE THREE
- Kindred ROUTINE FOUR
- Night Letter ROUTINE FIVE
- Letting Them Shuffle
- Performance Notes
- Ethics
- Verification
- Credits and Bibliography
- Night Writer
1st edition 2026, PDF 35 pages.
word count: 9120 which is equivalent to 36 standard pages of text
