Editing Cut (cards) (section)

== Types of cut ==
=== Scarne's cut ===
When the contiguous section is taken from the middle of the deck this is called "Scarne's cut," named after the American magician  [[John Scarne]] who developed it during World War II to help protect servicemen against cheating by unscrupulous dealers.{{cn|date=November 2024}} This style of cut is against the rules or considered poor etiquette in some settings.

=== Multiple cuts ===
Multiple consecutive standard cuts are equivalent to a single cut the size of the sum of the cut sizes [[modulo]] the size of the deck.

For example, in a 10 card deck, if a 7 card cut is made, followed by a 4 card cut, these two consecutive cuts are equivalent to a single cut the size of ((7 + 4) mod 10) = 1.

* The deck begins in the order, bottom to top, of (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,T).
* Placing the top seven cards on the deck's bottom puts the deck in the order (4,5,6,7,8,9,T,1,2,3).
* The second cut of four cards puts the deck in the order (T,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9). This is the equivalent of a one card cut.

=== False cut ===
A '''false cut''' is a [[sleight of hand]] used in [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] or for cheating at [[card games]]. It appears to be a real cut, but leaves the [[Deck (cards)|deck]] in the same order as when it began, or another order known to the cutter.

=== Joke ===
The command to "cut the cards", followed by someone literally chopping the deck in half with an axe, is a gag that has been used many times in popular media, going back to at least the vaudeville days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marxology.marx-brothers.org/court.htm|title=The Court Room (The Marx Brothers Marxology)|website=marxology.marx-brothers.org}}</ref> Examples include [[Harpo Marx]] in ''[[Horse Feathers]]'', [[Curly Howard]] in ''[[Ants in the Pantry]]'', and [[Bugs Bunny]] in ''[[Bugs Bunny Rides Again]]''.