An absolute hot favourite with Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Faucett Ross, Al Koran, Jean Hugard, Cy Endfield and a host of others, Matching The Cards is right up at the top of the ladder for sheer popularity and always has been. This is not some careless overstatement: Matching The Cards is one of the most highly prized card mysteries - ever!
Lewis Ganson wrote a best-selling booklet devoted to just this one effect, Matching the Cards Teach-In. MTC has been making the rounds for years and you will most likely recognize it. The effect is, as you might guess, memorable.
Three cards of like value are located by the performer by cutting the deck three times, but when the fourth card is turned face up, it doesn't match the other three. A disappointed performer suddenly turns the tables, magically changing the three cards to match the misfire.
Jaw-dropping stuff, thanks to the kicker ending. It is an absolute cracker!
And now here we are well into the 21st century with a completely revised handling making its first appearance. Australian card man Ian Baxter is responsible for this carefully written manuscript; every skerrick of the routine has been carefully detailed. Nothing has been omitted or left to chance.
Difficulties? None! The average card trickster will absolutely breeze through this straightforward mystery. There is not one difficult sleight or tricky move.
1st edition 2026, PDF 3 pages.
word count: 936 which is equivalent to 3 standard pages of text
