Nick Trost's Classic Packet Tricks - Mississippi Monte - Trick

Turn a familiar sucker-game challenge into a baffling close-up card trick with Mississippi Monte from Nick Trost’s Classic Packet Tricks. A spectator tries to paper-clip the Ace among four cards, but the Ace keeps evading the clip.

After a card is set aside, the spectator gets another chance. The cards are fanned, a card is clipped, and the remaining two are shown—making the clipped card seem certain to be the Ace. Then the Ace vanishes from the clipped card and appears on the card laid aside.

• Four-card plot: The routine centers on four cards, including one Ace.
• Spectator participation: A spectator chooses where to place the paper clip.
• Unexpected ending: The clipped card is not the Ace; the missing Ace appears on the card set aside.

Mississippi Monte gives you a compact card routine built around a clear challenge and a surprising reveal, ready to add a moment of close-up mystery to your packet-trick repertoire.