Nemesis Deck by Nick Locapo

This is the trick Nick Locapo used to fool magicians.

For years, Nemesis was his secret weapon—reserved for wrecking the minds of pros who came to Penguin Magic to film. Now, he’s finally sharing it.

And it’s devastating.

The deck is examined, shuffled, and cut into two piles. Each spectator freely selects a card. The names of those cards are written down so there’s no doubt what they chose. The cards are lost back into their piles and the piles are fairly shuffled.

Under these impossible conditions…

You cut straight to their card.

A spectator cuts anywhere they want.

The card they find is the exact card you wrote down at the very beginning.

It feels like real mind-reading.
And it leaves nothing to explain.

Nemesis uses a streamlined, modern method—no marks, no crimps, no special printing, no treated cards. It’s clean, direct, and shockingly easy to do. Even better, the Nemesis Deck works like a normal deck, so you can perform your favorite card tricks before and after—no awkward deck switches, no dead time.

This is real-world magic, built for real performers.

Inside, Nick teaches:

• The core Nemesis routine
• Multiple alternative handlings
• A bonus Card at Number that hits just as hard
• Performance psychology and structure that make it bulletproof

Practical. Deceptive. Professionally refined.

Nick Locapo has finally opened the vault—and he didn’t just give you one trick. He gave you the workhorse he’s relied on for years.

If you want a card effect that feels impossible even to magicians,
Nemesis is your new closer.

"I was fooled when I saw it. Blown away when I learned it." - Brent Braun

"The best Do as I Do I have ever witnessed." - Erick Olson

"Not many times I've been this fooled behind the camera." - Dalton Wayne

"Nick shouldn't release this. He should compete at FISM with it." - Erik Tait

"The method is as ingenious as the effect is astonishing!" - Nikolas Mavresis

"I can't remember the last time I was fooled so badly with a card trick! This has got to be the greatest 'Do As I Do" card trick EVER!" - Cody S. Fisher

"A truly memorable piece of well-thought out Magic." - Paul Green

“Nick’s fantastic new angle on the Do as I Do plot, will fry you” - Gordon Bean

"Clever construction of a classic plot leaving anyone who sees it with no answers. You will be fooled!" - Tim Trono

"As far as I can tell, there is no method. Pure Magic!" - Luis Olmedo

"I'm completely, thoroughly fooled." - Julio Montoro

"A devious method that fooled me badly." - Lonnie Chevrie

"With zero math, bluffs, or fake writing, Nick has concocted a very believable and achievable "Double Thought/Do As I Do" that can now put this effect quite cleanly in the hands of anyone's performance." - Paul Vigil