Double Lift Substitute

Do a double turnover on the deck, turning the top two cards face up as one, but let them land in an
outjogged position.
After briefly displaying the double, use the same actions to turn it face down, but again let it settle in an
outjogged position.
Immediately tilt up the front end of the deck to flash the face of the outjogged double card.
The next three movements are synchronized. The left forefinger pushes the double backward and
square with the deck. The left hand lowers, bringing the top of the deck into view. The pads of the right
middle and ring fingers contact the back of the top card, near its inner end, and pull the card toward you
and off the near end of the deck. Your right hand grasps the card and inserts it into the inner end of the
deck.
That's the first phase that conditions the onlookers to the procedure. Turn up the top card, showing that
the buried card has magically returned to the top, and leave it outjogged on the deck, simulating the
same handling used for the double turnovers.
Turn it face down and once more leave it outjogged.
Again tip up the deck to display the face of the outjogged card.
This time, though, just before lowering your left hand to bring the top of the deck into view, place the
pads of your right middle and ring fingers on the inner end of the top card, and your right forefinger on
the back of the exposed portion of the card second from the top. Fig.1

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Fig.1

Then pull both cards back as your left forefinger gently helps to push the outjogged card square with the
deck.
Leave the top card behind on the deck as your “right hand continues back, drawing the second card
from the deck. Fig.2 The actions are coordinated to create an illusion of the right hand taking the
outjogged top card, as it did in the previous sequence. Insert the right hands indifferent card into the
inner end of the deck, push it flush, and then show it back on top, exactly as you did before.