--- title: Card trick date: "2004-04-14T12:00:00Z" categories: - links wp_id: 853 description: I found an intriguing card trick that uses the Kruskal Count. This mathematical principle allows different starting positions in a shuffled deck to eventually converge on the same final card through a simple counting procedure. keywords: [kruskal count, card trick, probability, mathematical magic, convergence] --- Interesting card trick using the [Kruskal Count](http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/puzzlezone/muse/muse1003.asp).