A sheet of paper having sixteen playing cards printed on it is folded into sixteenths by a spectator. The duplicates of these sixteen cards are removed from a regular deck. The spectator selects two cards from the packet. The folded sheet is cut along the edges and - surprise. The red cards and the black cards are separated. Among the red cards there is one black card and among the black cards there is one red, and - they are the duplicates of the two previously selected cards. Easy to do with no reset. Can be used for close-up, parlor, and stand-up.