Bruce Cervon’s Dirty Deal is one of my all-time favourite tricks and I am grateful to Marty Grams for allowing me to sell it.   This great classic has stood the test of time.  So great a trick that Ken Brooke secured British distribution rights immediately and called it, “one of the world’s great tricks.  It has action throughout, a knock out climax and, so important to the working pro, it is ALWAYS READY.”                           

About twenty years ago I paid a visit to Ken Brooke’s studio.  I was clutching a ten pound note almost as my entry fee to the studio.  Ken showed me Dirty Deal and purchased the trick together with lessons from Ken.  I am very proud to offer this effect, courtesy of Marty Grams in the USA to my distinguished clientele. 

Five cards are shown, four are of like value, the fifth different, a poker hand. These cards are counted showing all blue backs. One card is placed on the table face down. A red backed card is removed from the wallet and placed on top, now all the cards change to red backs, one is placed on the table next to the first and a multi-colored back is removed from the wallet and placed on top of the packet. All of the cards change to multi-colored backs. One is removed and placed next to the other two on the table and a third patterned back card is removed from the wallet and added to the packet, all of the cards change once again  to match this third patterned back. One of these cards is placed on the table where four different colored backed cards are seen. Turning the cards over that remain in his hand, the performer lays them out on the table and each has a completely different color and design back altogether. Each of the nine cards on the table has a different back.