The Excelsior Change This undetectable change is, no doubt, the best of all changes that have been invented up to the present day. The beauty of the sleight lies in the deliberateness and apparent fairness with which it is executed. In performing it, the selected card is secretly brought to the top of the pack, being easily retained there by means of a False Shuffle. The performer with the right hand now takes off the two top cards, placing the pack on the table and keeping the two cards well and closely together, holding them lengthwise between the thumb and middle finger. Exhibiting them as one card, the performer asks the persons whether this is the selected card. The answer of course being in the negative &endash; the person only seeing the face of the bottom card, behind which the selected one is hidden. Fig 15 The conjurer now pretends to transfer the card to the left hand, but this is what really happens: The conjurer moves the right hand over towards the left, the thumb of this hand being placed on the top card and the fingers on the bottom one. Now, by means of the thumb, the top card, (the selected one), is drawn into the left hand. Under cover of this, the lower card is pushed into the right hand and palmed there (Fig. 15). The palming of this card is assisted by the middle finger of the left hand, which pushes the card into the palm of the right. To conceal the palmed card, the wand is picked up or the pack is seized with the right hand, the palmed card being thereby left on its top. These movements are not nearly as complicated as they appear to be. If they are executed in a natural and deliberate manner, the deception will be as perfect as the performer desires. Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.