[Just as planned. He begins to shuffle the deck easily]

The point of stage magic-- and sleight-of-hand, too-- is to deceive and trick, but only to entertain. It's a test of one's dexterity, their ability to prove that the hand is quicker than the eye.

[He flicks a card off of the top of the deck and twirls it in between his finge-- wait where did the card go??]