Sorry, but this is just terrible. I agree that the principle being used here can be somewhat
deceptive, but the application of it is just terrible, and I can't see this fooling anyone but the
most naive of spectators.
And really, given the routine, why even use this principle? If
you're going to set up the deck in this way, why not just use actual duplicates of the cards in
play? That would make a whole lot more sense... the effect still won't be the least bit deceptive
in my mind, but at least you won't have observant spectators noticing the incongruities of your
displays.
There's really nothing of value here. You probably already do know this
principle via a very popular Internet card trick, and this routine is completely transparent.
