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2010-05-02T17:19:00.002+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: Brian Reaves (manna@quicklink.net)

Original Author: Unknown

Effect: The magician lets the spectator choose a card, which is memorized and put back into the deck. The magician then puts the deck back into the card box and slips it into his pocket. He then claps his hands and points to a nearby table where an orange is sitting. He tells the spectator to pick up the orange and peel it.

When the spectator peels the orange, they suddenly find a lemon inside! When they peel the lemon, they find their card rolled up in the middle of it. When the magician pulls out the deck and hands it to the spectator, their card is indeed missing from the deck.

Card Trick:

This trick is a double-whammy. First, purchase two decks that are alike. Cut the top (where the green thing is) off the lemon VERY CAREFULLY. Then insert a pencil into the middle of the lemon. When you pull out the pencil, it should leave enough room for a rolled up playing card (provided you roll it up on it's side instead of lengthwise). Now glue the pap back onto the top of the lemon, doing your best to match the grain.

Now take a larger orange and cut four slits into the bottom of it about halfway up. Carefully take a knife or spoon and seperate the meat from the orange peel, doing your best not to tear the peel. When you have the meat out, you should still be able to keep the basic shape of the orange with the peel. Now stick the lemon in and glue the bottom slits of the orange together. In about two hours, the slits won't be quite as noticeable, but you can't wait much longer than that to do the trick or it will turn black around the glue.

Now simply force the card on the spectator and put the deck into your pocket. The extra deck should be in the same pocket (an inside coat pocket is ideal). When the spectator pulls out the card, you pull out the extra deck and let them look for the card. Of course, the card will not be there.

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The Four Ace Trick

2010-05-02T17:18:00.001+07:00

Original Author: Unknown

Card Trick:

1. First of all you will need to cut the long side of your cards with a pair of scissors. But do not cut the aces.

2. So now every card, except the aces, are narrowed down by about 2 millimeters on both sides.

3. Either you can shuffle the cards or have the victim shuffle them. But it does not matter who shuffles them.

4. Then you say that you will find the four aces in no time at all, What you can to do to make a big deal about it, is have them time you while you find the aces.

5. Pick the deck up, either with your left hand or right hand, it doesn't matter which hand, and square all four sides of the deck.

6. Either drop the cards, throw them, or whatever, and the narrow cards will fall out of your hand, with the aces still in your hand.

7. As you see it, the aces were the only cards you had a hold of securely. The other cards fell out because you did not have a hold of them. And that is the trick.

Find-A-Card

2010-05-02T17:17:00.000+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: Jesse Jastram (tmexp@sturgis.com)

Original Author: Unknown

Card Trick:

You need a deck of cards from Las Vegas that have a hole punched through the deck. The hole is usually in the center off to the left a little bit. Make sure all the holes in the cards are lined up so that you can see through the deck. Then tell your spectator to pick a card and memorize it. You then take the card and put in the deck(make sure that the hole is on the right side of the deck) You then can go through the deck and find the card that the hole is off to the side. When you get better at this you can start shuffling the cards but make sure that the holes are lined up when you shuffle. This trick can also be done if you have a deck of cards that the back of them are not symetrical in other words if you lined them all up and one was put in the deck the wrong way.

Egg A la Card

2010-05-02T17:16:00.000+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: SCARNE (CliffToy@juno.com)

Original Author: Unknown
Effect: You ask a spectator to think of a number from 10-20. They pick one. Such as 15. You say to the specator. that you will count of 15 cards from the deck. So you do so. Then you say I will add the two digits together. 1+5=6. Then you say. I will subtract that from original number. You subtract 6 cards frome the pile of 15. You end up at a card. You take the card and say this card neither you have seen nor I have seen. You place the card aside. The performer takes an egg and rolls over the card a couple of times. The egg says "shell me". The performer cracks open the egg and finds that the card is printed on the egg. the egg never lies.
Card Trick:
The performer cooses a card before he/she starts the trick. Such as the Ace of Spades. You place the ACE as the 9th card from the top of the deck. Then ask the spectator to choose a number from 10-20. When he chooses a number , the performer adds the two digits then subtracts the it from the original number. The original being 15. 5+1=6. 15-6=9
The 9th card from the top of the pile. You deal off 6 cards from the 15 cards dealt. At the 9th card. The performer knows it but says niether I or you have seen the card.
The trick to getting the egg have the card appear is simple. You have to go to a pharmacy and buy ALUM. This is ammonia aluminum sulfate. You combine 1 once of ALUM with 1 pint of vinegar. This is your solution. This will make enough for 100 eggs sor so . You get a brush and write the card on the egg. PRINT THE LETTERS ON EGG SHELL. Do this and let egg dry until there is no more writing seen on the egg. Then after this, you shall boil the egg for about 10-16 minutes. Preferably 16, take out of boil and cool. You are done with the trick. Have fun.

Caught Red Handed

2010-05-02T17:15:00.000+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: Magic Man (magician_man@hotmail.com)

Original Author: Unknown

Effect: A spectator chooses a card from a blue deck and memorizes it. He then places it back into the deck and the deck is shuffled. The performer goes through the deck and explains that the spectator was "caught red handed". The performer comes to a card with a RED back, it is flipped over and it is found to be the spectator's card, with fingerprints all over it!

Card Trick:

First, you need to make a trick card by taking a red deck and pulling out a card. Put ink on your fingers and make finger prints on the face side of the card. Find a blue deck with the same back as the red card. Place the red card second from the bottom in the deck. And put the maching blue card on the top. Now you're ready.

Go through the deck making sure not to show the red back and explain that a crime has been commited. Once the audience is satisfied that all the backs are blue, force the top card by having the spectator cut shallow into the deck, flipping it over, placing it back on the deck, then cut further down and flip it, and once again place it back on top. Now have the spectator take the first face down card you come to in the deck.

Once the spectator has the card and memorizes it, have them place it back in the deck. cut it and place the bottom half on the top one.

Go through the deck and explain; "a crime has been commited here, and "say the name of the spectator " you are the commitie. Place the red back card on the table and have the spectator pick it up. Once they see it's their card, they'll be baffled!

Card Through The Window

2010-05-02T17:14:00.000+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: Brian Reaves (manna@quicklink.net)

Original Author: Unknown

Effect: The magician allows the spectator to choose a card. Once they see it, they slip it back into the deck. The magician then shuffles the deck and without warning tosses it against a nearby window. After all the cards settle, one is left sticking to the window. When the spectator goes to peel it off, he finds that it's actually stuck on the OUTSIDE of the window. As the cards are gathered up, the spectator's card is found missing and indeed stuck.

Card Trick:

A real baffler, but a little preparation is necessary. Get an exact duplicate of the card you want to force by buying two alike decks. Put double-sided tape (the clear kind) on the face of the card and stick it to the outside of a window near where you will be presenting the trick.

Now, get your spectator - making sure that their back is to the window AT ALL TIMES. Now force the card on them (using your method) and let them slip it back into the deck. Shuffle the cards, but keep a lookout for the card they chose. When you see it, make it the top card of the deck.

Now, WITHOUT WARNING toss the deck past the spectator to the window. Make sure that you palm the top card before you let go. As the spectator turns to watch the cards fly, slip the palmed card into your pocket.

This one is great, but angles are everything. If they see the card before you toss the deck, the trick is a bust.

Card Mutilation

2010-05-02T17:08:00.000+07:00

Trick Courtesy of: The Jester (jester@lewiston.com)

Original Author: Unknown

Effect: This is a Card trick that involves mutilating two cards but it's worth it. With this card that is created you can do tons of tricks with

1. Take to cards any two cards that are in your regular deck that you use

2. Take one of the cards and trim the top down a few milimeters(Smaller the better)

3. Now take the other card and put glue halfways up the card Really good, So It won't be noticable but still stick well

4. Now take the trimed card and Place it on top of the glue card

5. Make the bottom of the card even

6. Place the new card between to heavy books or something

7. Pull it out later and VOILA

Card Trick:

Now your thinking "Ok I have now thoroughly screwed up two cards from my deck now, What The heck can I do with them". Well here is your answer, Once dry place the card in the middle of the deck or so (ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD IS), Now Rifle through....... WOW You Notice it stops momentarily at that card, "Ok That was kewl". IT GETS BETTER!. Take a card off the top this time and Then when you rifle through... Place the card inside of the cards. When you push up on the bottom card *GASP* The Card rises out of the Deck

magic card trick revealed: Opnick's Dozen

2010-01-15T00:32:00.000+07:00

Opnick's Dozen Trick Courtesy of: Opnick (opnick@accel.net) Original Author: Unknown You will need twelve cards, with no more than three of the same value. Arrange them into three piles of four each (make sure there are no doubles in each pile.) Each pile needs to be put into numerical order, from lowest to highest, so when face down the lowest card is on top. Show a spectator the three face down piles, then move the piles around, so there is no way for you to remember what card is where. Get spectator to pick a pile. Fan that pile for spectator to see, and ask them to remember one card from that pile. Ask them to also remember a number from 1-4, depending on the position of the card in its pile -- 1 being the top-most card, 4 being the bottom card. Put the piles on top of each other, with the selected pile on the very top. Deal the cards, from left to right, into three piles (1234, 1234, 1234.) When done, put the pile on the left side on top of the middle pile, and put those on top of the pile on the right. Do the above action (deal the cards, then stack them,) three times total. You can do it fast, and say you are mixing the cards up. When you are finished for the third time, ask the spectator for the 1-4 position of their selected card. Deal that number from the bottom of the pile. The last card you deal is the selected card. Alternate Version: after you stack them for the third time, reverse the order of the cards. Ask spectator for the 1-4 value of the selected card. Deal that number off the TOP of the pile. The last card you deal is their selected card. Present the card in any fashion.

magic card trick revealed: On Tap

2010-01-15T00:31:00.000+07:00

On Tap Trick Courtesy of: Matt Sterling (mattwin@hsonline.net) Original Author: Unknown Effect: You lay nine cards onto the table, in a three by three pattern. You ask an accomplice to leave the room, then have a spectator choose one of the cards. When your accomplice returns you will have him identify the exact card chosen by the spectators! Preperation: Get an accomplice, and tell them the trick. 1. Ask your accomplice to leave the room or area. 2. Turn nine cards face down, three by three. 3. Have the spectator(s) pick a card. 4. Once they have chosen a card, have someone tell your accomplice to return. 5. Now you make a series of taps on the cards, anywhere from five to twenty. (You can always change the amount to fool your spectators.) The signal you give your accomplice is where you tap the first card. This tells him/her which is the chosen card. If you tap the first card in the middle, that signifies the middle card in the three by three setup; if you tap the first card in the upper right corner, it signifies the card in the upper right of the setup, and so on. 6. Now all that is left is for your accomplice to amaze the spectators by choosing the exact card. Editor's note: since you are the magician, you might want to perform this as a test of your "mental powers." You say that you will cause someone else to find the correct card.

magic card trick revealed: O'Henry Trick

2010-01-15T00:30:00.000+07:00

O'Henry Trick Trick Courtesy of: Alan Coutts (alan.coutts@paisley.ac.uk) Original Author: Unknown Preperation: Before the trick make up a packet containing 20 black cards and one red (we'll say the Queen of Hearts.) Put the red card 10th from the top. Place this packet on top of the rest of the pack. Presentation: In performing the trick say to the audience you will remove a random number of cards from the top of the pack, but remove the top 21 cards placed there earlier and disregard the rest of the pack (you no longer require them). Give the packet of 21 cards to the spectator and turn your back. Tell the spectator to remove between one and ten cards from the top of the packet, count the number to themselves and put these cards into their pocket. You tell the spectator you will predict which card they will choose and write it on a piece of paper. Write down the Queen of Hearts (or whatever the red card was), fold the paper and give it to a member of the audience to hold. Turn back to face the spectator. Deal out from right to left ten cards from the remainder of the packet. Ask the spectator how many cards they have in their pocket and remind them that they had a free choice of between one and ten. Count from left to right the number they tell you. The next card to the right is theirs (it's the Queen.) Open the piece of paper and show your prediction to be correct. To top off the trick ask them to return the cards from their pocket and tell them that not only did they pick the card on the slip of paper, but they chose the only red card in the pack. Show that all the other cards were black.

magic card trick revealed: Obedient Colors

2010-01-15T00:29:00.001+07:00

Obedient Colors Trick Courtesy of: Phil Lorenzon (plorenzo@vt.edu) Original Author: Unknown Effect: Two columns are created, a black one and a red one. Cards are drawn one at a time from the bottom of the deck and an audience member chooses whether to put it face down on the red or black column. The column colors are then switched and more cards are placed by the audience. At the conclusion of the trick, all the cards are flipped over and all the colors in each pile are together. Step 1: Place two random cards, one black, one red, face up next to each other. Step 2:Have the bottom of the deck facing you and draw the first red card, ask the spectator if they want it to go on the "Black" or "Red" pile. Place it face down on the pile they choose. Step 3: If the bottom card is black, just tell the spectator you don't like that one, and place it on the top of the pile. Step 4: Continue this practice with as many red cards as you wish. I usually stop when I run into a big section of black cards. Step 5: Take out another red and another black card and place the black card face up on the "Red" pile and the red card on the "Black" pile. The "Red" pile is now the "Black" pile and vice versa. Step 6: Take a few cards off the bottom of the deck making sure they are all black and ask the spectator which column to put it on. Remember to now move the red cards to the top of the pile in your hand. Step 7: When you feel you have enough cards on the table (I usually strive for a total of around 12 - 15) take the very top face-up black card and flip it face down to the bottom of its pile. This puts it with all the other black cards. Step 8: Square up the piles making sure not to mess up the order, and flip the the cards over in order showing the audience that they are all in color order. If you so choose you can have the spectator flip over the second pile. When flipping over the piles, just leave the face up cards face up, they will match the colors.

magic card trick revealed: Number's Game

2010-01-15T00:28:00.001+07:00

Number's Game Trick Courtesy of: Oren Krinsky Original Author: Unknown Effect: Through math, you can find out two cards that a person has chosen. Preparation: Make sure all Tens, Jacks , Queens, and Kings have been removed from the deck. (Aces serve as one.) Trick: Have the person you are showing the trick shuffle the cards. Take a group of cards and hold them in your hand, spread out in a fan shape. Ask him/her to pick a card from among them. Tell the person to remember it and to put it back in the deck. Ask them to double the value of the card they picked, then to add 5. Now have them multiply that number by 5. Tell them not to forget this number. Instruct them to look at another card in the deck, and to add its value to the total that they had computed before. They are to tell you the final total of everything. In your head, subtract 25 from the total. The two digits you get are the same as the two cards they chose. Example: they choose a Five, then a Three. 5(doubled) = 10 plus 5 = 15. Multiply times 5 = 75. Three added to total = 78. You subtract 25 = 53. They picked a Five and a Three! Editor's note: try this a few times to get the feel...

magic card trick revealed: Nice and Easy

2010-01-15T00:26:00.000+07:00

Nice and Easy Trick Courtesy of: fazboy flai@mail.usyd.edu.au Original Author: Unknown Shuffle deck. Let someone choose any card, memorise it and place on TOP of deck. Behind your back, flip THAT first card over and bring out the whole deck. Hold deck upright, so they see bottom card - don't let them see theirs. With the bottom of the deck showing, ask if that's their card, to which they say no. At the same time you can see what THEIR card is, because you've flipped it over and it's now facing you! Put deck behind your back (be careful they don't see.) Flip their card over again and put it anywhere in deck. Bring out the deck, shuffle it or get them to shuffle, and now you can find their card!

magic card trick revealed: Mystery Ten

2010-01-15T00:25:00.000+07:00

Mystery Ten Trick Courtesy of: Erik H. (erich@empnet.com) Original Author: anonyomous Effect: This is a whole story of Seven detectives chasing a murderer (the selected card). Procedure: 1) Take any four of the same face cards out of the deck, usually kings. 2) Shuffle the deck and memorize the bottom card. 3) Fan the cards out and ask the spectator to select one. 4) Tell the spectator to place it on the top of the deck. 5) Ask the spectator to cut the deck. 6) Explain that the card they selected was a murderer and the four face cards you took out were detectives to find him. 7) Look through the deck, the selected card will be after what the bottom card was. 8) Place the four face cards so that they're sticking out of the deck about half way and in the order of: Face Card-Bottom Card-Face Card-Selected Card-Face Card-Card after Selected-Face Card. Explain that the detectives are searching in those places. 9) Fold the deck back up and leave the four cards sticking out. Turn it up side down and hit the four cards against a table. The three alternate cards should all pop up with the selected one in the middle. Say the detectives called on these three guys to help them and show them to the spectator. 10) Take those three cards sticking up and hit them against the table and two face cards should pop up. Hit those against the table and the selected card should pop up. Note: When hitting the cards against a table, hold the deck on the sides, not the face and back. Also, don't hold it too tight or your cards will bend and not work.

magic card trick revealed: Mirror Image

2010-01-15T00:23:00.000+07:00

Mirror Image Trick Courtesy of: Jeffrey Winterbourne (winterbg@aol.com) Original Author: Unknown First of all: set up the pack by alternating red, black, red, black through the whole pack. Do this before your audience arrives. Now you are ready to start. 1. Tell a spectator to cut the pack as many times as they want. 2. Have them riffle shuffle it, but once only. 3. You cut the pack between two cards of the same colour. 4. Turn over the top card. If it is red, deal it to your left, face up. If it is black deal it to your right, face up. 5. Deal the next card face down underneath it. Repeat step 4, then this step (5) until the pack is gone. 6. The piles you have are mirror images. The cards underneath the red face up pile are black, and the cards underneath the black face up pile are red. Reveal this to everyone. 7. Take your well deserved bow.

magic card trick revealed: Mind Reader

2010-01-15T00:13:00.001+07:00

Mind Reader Trick Courtesy of: James Blackie (lamb4ewe@nbnet.nb.ca) Original Author: Unknown This card trick is very easy but it fools alot of people. 1. Shuffle the deck or get the spectator to shuffle it. 2. Take the card on top of the deck and look at it, without letting the spectator see it, and place it, face-down, in front of him. 3. Ask the spectator to pick a color: red or black. 4. (example: if the card was the Three of Hearts, a RED card.) If the spectator says black, then you say: "Well, that leaves red." If he says red, you say: "Good Choice" 5. Now you ask: "Which suit do you like better, Hearts or Diamonds?" (Remember, the card you looked at is RED.) 6. If the spectator says Hearts, you say: "Good choice." If he says Diamonds, you say: "That just leaves Hearts." Either way, you then say: "Pick five cards in that suit you like the best." 7. If the five cards he picks don't contain your card, say "Okay, now from the remaining cards pick five cards you like the best." 8. If these five cards still don't contain your card, say: "That just leaves three cards." Name the three remaining cards. 9. On the first or second try, five cards will have been selected. On the third try, only three cards. Ask him: "Out of the five (or three) cards which, two do you like the best" 10. (example: out of the five cards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 he picks the 5 and 6.) You say: "That leaves the 2, 3, and 4." 11. Now you ask him which he likes out of those three. If he says the Three of Hearts, you turn over the card and amaze him! 12.If he does not pick the card, you ask him out of the remaining two, which one he likes the best. If he still doesn't pick it, you say, while turning over the card: "Well that just leaves the Three of Hearts," and you amaze him! The trick seems simple, and you think any one will get it. They don't. Try it on a friend. The trick is this: the spectator gets so caught up in picking everything, he doesn't realize that you are making the choices, so he thinks he picked the card. It amazes him!

magic card trick revealed: Magic Riffle

2010-01-15T00:12:00.001+07:00

Magic Riffle Trick Courtesy of: Pjorge@dcci.com Original Author: Unknown Effect: Performer shuffles the deck and then riffles through it (see below.) A spectator is asked to say stop before the end of the deck is reached. The performer separates the deck at that point, shows the card to the audience (without looking) and "guesses" the card. The Riffle: Hold deck horizontally, place thumb on bottom of deck, and middle, ring, and index fingers on top of deck. Place unused hand around deck with thumb on the back of the deck (not the bottom, the back...) Pull top of deck back with top fingers and smoothly lift fingers from top of deck so the cards flip forward one by one. The Trick: The trick is in the initial shuffle. When you shuffle, note the bottom card. As they tell you to stop while riffling, separate the cards, but use your thumb to pull the bottom card out, along with the top half of the deck. Hold the chosen half up, facing the audience. Don't look at the card. Tell them the card that you saw when you shuffled. That is their card. When they ask you to do it again, which they will, do it without looking at the deck. That will amaze them. This trick takes a bit of practice, but once mastered, makes an awesome sleight of hand trick.

magic card trick revealed: Magical Cut

2010-01-15T00:11:00.001+07:00

Magical Cut Trick Courtesy of: Richard Sylveste (CuznTybalt@AOL.com) Original Author: Rick Artola Effect: Begin the trick by what I call riffling the deck. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, see below.) Tell the spectator to say stop. Where you stop you cut the deck. The card on top of the bottom pile is the spectator's card. Tell the spectator to look at the card and put it back where it was. You put the top half of the deck back on top of their card. Now you lay the cards face up so you can see them all. You pick a card and that is the spectator's. Card Trick: The trick is really simple. It makes some people laugh at how simple it is. (Editor's note: but DON'T tell them!). All you do is this: while they look at their card, turn the top pile you cut over so that you can see the face of that card. Then you'll know that the card you're looking for is right next to it. It is always best to do this innocently so the spectator doesn't suspect anything. You don't have to lay the cards face up - it is good to customize this effect for yourself. I recommend you pretend to get it wrong the first time, to fool the spectator. Riffling the deck: Hold the deck in your left hand, in the normal position for dealing. Place your right ring, middle, and index finger on the edge of the cards that is facing outward. Place your right thumb on the middle of the top card. With your right fingers, starting at the bottom of the deck quickly brush your fingers up.

magic card trick revealed: Lucky 13

2010-01-15T00:09:00.002+07:00

Lucky 13 Trick Courtesy of: Dennis.Williams@ncx.com Original Author: Unknown Effect: The magician takes a fresh deck of cards out of the box and shuffles them to demonstrate that they are in no particular order. He deals the cards into a bunch of piles, until the deck is cleared. There are 13 piles, and when he is done each of them contains all four cards of each suit! Card Trick: The cards must be a fresh deck with the Jokers removed. Make sure the deck is in order like A,2,3... of each suit. When you shuffle, you do it end over end. Actually, you are just cutting the deck every time. You must do it thirteen times. (Make sure you count it to yourself, not out loud.) Deal out thirteen cards. Once you are at thirteen go back to one and repeat. Do this until the deck is done, and you have thirteen piles of four cards each. Tap the cards, or make some other magical gesture, and flip over each pile. They are all together!

magic card trick revealed:The Lazy Magician

2010-01-15T00:09:00.001+07:00

The Lazy Magician Trick Courtesy of: (schary@vnet.ibm.com) Original Author: Unknown Effect: The spectator is given the cards, which they may shuffle as much as they want. While the magician's back is turned, the spectator looks at the top card, and replaces it back on the top. The spectator is asked to place as many cards as the top card (King is 13, Queen is 12 and so on..) from the bottom to the top (still behind the magician's back). The magician turns around and takes the deck and finds the card! Card Trick: This works based on a mathematical principle. All the magician does is start with the second card from the top, and counts mentally as one, two, and so on, going down through the deck. The spectator's card will be at the same number as the card value that matches the magician's count! There are better methods of revealing the result, however. To the Reader: For this trick to work you have to know the number that the spectator has counted. To do this you can simply tell them to count out loud.

magic card trick revealed:Kings Robbery

2010-01-15T00:08:00.000+07:00

Kings Robbery Trick Courtesy of: Michael Drzakowski (mdrzakow@mail.win.org) Original Author: anonyomous 3 Robbers & a Cop Variation The 3 Theives Variation Start out by telling a story of four king thieves (have the Kings separated from the rest of the deck). One day the kings decide to rob their local Famous Store. The four kings fly their helicopter to the roof and begin to devise their plans. (As you say this, place the four Kings on the top of the deck.) The first king says, "I'll take the clothes from the first floor" (Place the King on the bottom of the deck). The next king says, "Okay, I'll rob the second floor (Place the King somewhere in the middle, but near the bottom." The third king says, "Then I'll rob the third floor (Place the King somewhere above the second, but not on top.) The fourth king says, "I'll be the lookout. If I see some police coming, I'll whistle and you should all come up to the roof." The kings begin to rob the store. However, the king on the roof sees the cops are starting to surround the store. So he gives the whistle (whistle - or scream or something, if you can't whistle) and the four kings all run up to the roof and fly away in their helicopter to safety (take the four cards off the top, one by one, revealing the four Kings!) How it's done: The whole trick is done right at the very beginning. Along with the four Kings you place on the top of the deck, you also place three other cards on top of those. When you show the Kings, keep the others hidden behind them, so it looks like there's only four Kings. When you put these together and put them on the "roof," and then move the three Kings to the various parts of the building, you're actually moving those three cards.

magic card trick revealed: Keith's Trick

2010-01-15T00:07:00.000+07:00

Keith's Trick Trick Courtesy of: Keith Johnston Original Author: Unknown Prepration: Find a volunteer (One who won't mess up the trick). Teach him about the trick. Inform him not to tell anyone about your secret code (see below.) Trick: Split the deck into several piles. Leave the room. While you are out of the room your assistant will tell a person to pick a card from one of the piles. They call you back into the room. The assistant will have spread out the pile, face down, on the table. Next have the assistant point to various cards. When the assistant points to the chosen card he will point to the middle of the card, while on every other card he will point to its corner. When you see him point to the middle of a card, you'll know it is the selection. Wait until he points to a couple more cards, then tell him to stop. Flip the correct card face up. Listen for applause.

magic card trick revealed:Kathy's Prediction

2010-01-15T00:00:00.000+07:00

Kathy's Prediction Trick Courtesy of: Melissa Smith (msmith1@students.miami.edu) Original Author: anonyomous Shuffle a deck of cards. Place the top card face up on the table and look at its number (Jacks, Queens, and Kings all equal 10.) Put enough cards on top of the card to make the total 10. For example if a 4 is showing, then you would put 6 more cards on top of it. Put the cards on so that all are face up. Keep making piles like this, until the deck is used up. If there are remaining cards that do not exactly equal 10, hold onto them. Ask someone in the audience to choose three piles, each with three or more cards in it, and flip them face down. Pick up the rest of the piles. Count 19 cards from those in your hand, and place them to the side, as they are unnecessary for the rest of the trick. Ask the volunteer to flip the top card of any of the three piles over, so that it is face up. From the cards in your hand, take the number of cards that corresponds to the number of the card flipped over. For example if a 5 is flipped over, count five cards from your hand and place them aside. Repeat this for one of the other piles. Now count out how many cards are in your hand, and tell the audience that this is the number of the top card of the final pile. Have the volunteer flip that card over. The number always matches. (Editor's note: to make this trick seem less "mathematical," don't just count the final cards and say that is the number. Instead, have your volunteer put the cards from your hand onto the last pile. While they do this, you can quickly count the cards in your hand. Now make a production of how you announce the final number.)

magic card trick revealed: The Hotel

2010-01-14T23:59:00.000+07:00

The Hotel Trick Courtesy of: Robert Collier (lalalalalala@Juno.com) Original Author: Unknown The Motel & Royal Hotel Description: A story is acted out with the cards. 1. You must have the four Queens on the top of the deck, four Jacks below the Queens, four Kings below the Jacks, and four Aces below the Kings. 2.)Deal out the Queens, face up, in four different piles, while saying, "Four girls went to a hotel. Each stayed in a different room." 3.) Deal out the Jacks onto the same four piles, while saying, "They needed their baggage, so they called up four bellboys." 4.) Deal the four Kings onto the piles, while saying, "Four desk clerks came in." 5.) Finally, deal the four Aces, while saying, "The girls panicked because they thought the clerks were burglars, so they called the police." 6.) Set the rest of the deck aside. Put the piles together. Tell one of the audience members to cut the cards. 7.) Deal the cards into four face up piles, again. Viola! They have returned to their proper places!

magic card trick revealed:Haphazard Cards

2010-01-14T23:55:00.000+07:00

Haphazard Cards Trick Courtesy of: Frankus (frankus@juno.com ) Original Author: Unknown Holding a deck of cards face down in your left hand, take a small bunch of cards with your right. Turn the cards in your right hand face up, and put them on top of the cards in your left. Square up the deck. Grab all of the face up cards and a bunch more from your left hand. Take this new stack of cards, turn it over and place it back on those in your left hand. Continue this process until you've exhausted the entire deck. The cards now appear to be hopelessly mixed, face up and face down. The cards are really just divided into two halves, facing each other. (But don't tell the spectators this.) Find the place where the two piles come together, and separate them. Put the piles on the table and give them one quick riffle shuffle. (The kind where you flip the edges of the cards so they interlace.) Now spread the cards out, to show they have been magically restored to order!