Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Appearing Card
Effect: A spectator picks a card out of a shuffled deck. You put it with three random cards, palce the cards at the bottom of the deck, and shuffle. You take three cards from the bottom of the deck and ask the spectator if any of those are his. None are. These are laid on the table, one of the cards is flipped over, and the selection appears on the table.
Method:
Ask a person to shuffle the cards and then choose one card. Have them give you the deck. Take three cards from the bottom. Tell the spectator to put their on top of those three, then to place the four cards at the bottom of the deck.
shuffle the deck, but be sure to keep the four bottom cards in the same spot. Shuffle the cards a couple of times. Now take the first bottom card and place it face down on the table. Take the new bottom card and put it at the top of the deck. Place the other two bottom cards face down on the table. The last card you put down is the spectator's card. Be sure you have that card at the top of the tabled pile. Set the rest of the deck aside.
Pick up the tabled cards. Square them up, and hold them so the spectator can see the face of just the bottom card. Ask if this is their card. They will say no. Lower the cards so they so they are in dealing position and quickly deal the top card (actually their card) onto the table. If you do this naturally, without comment, they will think you dealt the card you just showed them.
Show them the top card from those in your hand, and ask if it is theirs.Again they will say no. Lay this card on the table. Finally, show them the last card in your hand and ask if it's the selection. When they say no, put this card onto the other two. Ask them what their card was. When they tell you, use the other two cards (like spatula) to flip their card face up on the table. You have made their card appear!
Method:
Ask a person to shuffle the cards and then choose one card. Have them give you the deck. Take three cards from the bottom. Tell the spectator to put their on top of those three, then to place the four cards at the bottom of the deck.
shuffle the deck, but be sure to keep the four bottom cards in the same spot. Shuffle the cards a couple of times. Now take the first bottom card and place it face down on the table. Take the new bottom card and put it at the top of the deck. Place the other two bottom cards face down on the table. The last card you put down is the spectator's card. Be sure you have that card at the top of the tabled pile. Set the rest of the deck aside.
Pick up the tabled cards. Square them up, and hold them so the spectator can see the face of just the bottom card. Ask if this is their card. They will say no. Lower the cards so they so they are in dealing position and quickly deal the top card (actually their card) onto the table. If you do this naturally, without comment, they will think you dealt the card you just showed them.
Show them the top card from those in your hand, and ask if it is theirs.Again they will say no. Lay this card on the table. Finally, show them the last card in your hand and ask if it's the selection. When they say no, put this card onto the other two. Ask them what their card was. When they tell you, use the other two cards (like spatula) to flip their card face up on the table. You have made their card appear!
Any Way You Count 'Em
Shuffle the cards well. Holding them face down, turn over the top card and place it face up on the table. Think of its as a stack. Starting with its face value, deal face up on top of it as many more cards as needed to reach 10. For instance if it's a 3,deal seven cards on top of it; if it's a 5, deal five cards. Face cards count as 10, so no more cards are needed. An ace count as 1 and needs nine more cards.
Continue making stacks as above, keeping them separate, until the deck is exhausted. If there are not enough cards to complete a final stack, keep that incomplete stack in your hand. Now choose at random any three stacks that contain at least four cards each, and turn these stacks face down.
Gather all the remaining cards in any order and add them to the cards (if any) in your hand. Pick any two of the three face-down stacks on the table, and turn up the top card on each of those two piles. Add their values together. Discard that many cards from those in your hand, and then discard 19 additional cards.
Count the remaining cards in your hand. Now turn up the top card of third stack. Its value will equal the number of cards in your hand.
Continue making stacks as above, keeping them separate, until the deck is exhausted. If there are not enough cards to complete a final stack, keep that incomplete stack in your hand. Now choose at random any three stacks that contain at least four cards each, and turn these stacks face down.
Gather all the remaining cards in any order and add them to the cards (if any) in your hand. Pick any two of the three face-down stacks on the table, and turn up the top card on each of those two piles. Add their values together. Discard that many cards from those in your hand, and then discard 19 additional cards.
Count the remaining cards in your hand. Now turn up the top card of third stack. Its value will equal the number of cards in your hand.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Amazing Ace Stopper: Ultimate Card Trick
Effect: The magician riffles down through a borrowed deck and tells a spectator to say stop at any point. The magician cuts off the cards above that point, turns them face up, and replaces them on the deck. Then he spreads the deck from the top until he reaches the first face down card. The magician puts this card face down on the table. He repeats this process three times. When the four card are flipped over, they are found to be all four aces!!!!
Method:
Before the trick starts, remove the four aces and any two other cards. Make two face-up pile of two aces each. Lay one odd card on each pile. Pick up one pile of three cards, turn it face down, and lay it on the other pile. Pick up all six cards and lay them on top of the face-down deck. You're ready to present the trick.
Starting below the top 6 cards, riffle you finger down the edge of the deck and ask the spectator to say stop. Keep the deck squared up so he or she won't see the 3 face-up cards. At the point where he says stop, and replace them on the deck. Then look through the deck from the top down. When you get to the first face-down card, put it face down on the table. (it will be an ace). Turn the face-up cards face face down and put them on the bottom of bthe deck. Repeat this 3 times, being careful not to reveal the secret face-up cards, and the spectator will always stop on the 4 aces. Don't repeat it to the same crowd!
Suggestion: It's hard to keep the audience from glimpsing one of the secret face-up cards when you're fanning down through the deck. I've found that you need not give the audience a full view of the fan until you've found the first face-down card. You can hold the fan horizontally and look down at it so that it's edgewise to the audience. When you find the first face-down card, you can make sure that no secret cards are showing before you tip down the fan and show it to the spectators. You can also increase your safety margin by putting two odd cards on each stack of aces rather than one. This give you more leeway when you're fanning down through the cards. Note that if you do this, the first face-up card will appear 8 cards above the point where you cut the deck.
Method:
Before the trick starts, remove the four aces and any two other cards. Make two face-up pile of two aces each. Lay one odd card on each pile. Pick up one pile of three cards, turn it face down, and lay it on the other pile. Pick up all six cards and lay them on top of the face-down deck. You're ready to present the trick.
Starting below the top 6 cards, riffle you finger down the edge of the deck and ask the spectator to say stop. Keep the deck squared up so he or she won't see the 3 face-up cards. At the point where he says stop, and replace them on the deck. Then look through the deck from the top down. When you get to the first face-down card, put it face down on the table. (it will be an ace). Turn the face-up cards face face down and put them on the bottom of bthe deck. Repeat this 3 times, being careful not to reveal the secret face-up cards, and the spectator will always stop on the 4 aces. Don't repeat it to the same crowd!
Suggestion: It's hard to keep the audience from glimpsing one of the secret face-up cards when you're fanning down through the deck. I've found that you need not give the audience a full view of the fan until you've found the first face-down card. You can hold the fan horizontally and look down at it so that it's edgewise to the audience. When you find the first face-down card, you can make sure that no secret cards are showing before you tip down the fan and show it to the spectators. You can also increase your safety margin by putting two odd cards on each stack of aces rather than one. This give you more leeway when you're fanning down through the cards. Note that if you do this, the first face-up card will appear 8 cards above the point where you cut the deck.
Friday, March 7, 2008
After Drinks
Effect: The audience is given two random cards. They look at them, but the magician doesn't see them. The audience inserts the cards into the deck, and without shuffling; the magician throw the deck into a chair, but somehow manages to pick up the two cards, holding them in front of the gaping audience members.
How IT'S Done: This is a trick of the mind.
You prepare the deck this way: pick two cards of different suits, but the same color, such as the Eight of Spades, and Three of Clubs. These are the cards you are going to give to the audience. Next, pick the "opposites" of the cards: the Eight of Clubs, and the Three of spades. Put the opposite cards at the top and bottom of the deck- Eight of Clubs on top, Three of Spades on bottom. And the "real" cards both go on top.
Without too much explanation, deal the two top cards out, face down, and let the audience look at them. Next, let them insert the cards back into the deck.
Make sure they can see that you're not doing ANYTHING to the deck. Hold the deck between your thumb on top, and your fingers on the bottom. Swing the deck back and forth a few times (make sure they can't see the bottom card, though!) Perhaps you count 1,2,3 and then throw the deck into a chair ( or couch, or something, where it'll be easy to pick up.) As you throw the deck, hold onto the top and bottom card with your thumb and middle finger. IMMEDIATELY hold the cards up for all to see.
It helps if you position yourself so that the audience doesn't turn their heads around to watch where you threw the cards. You should be close to th chair you throw the deck into, so you can draw their attention back to the two cards you held onto.
They picked the Eight of Spades, Three of Clubs- but you are holding the Eight of Clubs, Three of Spades. It's VERY rare that anybody notices.
How IT'S Done: This is a trick of the mind.
You prepare the deck this way: pick two cards of different suits, but the same color, such as the Eight of Spades, and Three of Clubs. These are the cards you are going to give to the audience. Next, pick the "opposites" of the cards: the Eight of Clubs, and the Three of spades. Put the opposite cards at the top and bottom of the deck- Eight of Clubs on top, Three of Spades on bottom. And the "real" cards both go on top.
Without too much explanation, deal the two top cards out, face down, and let the audience look at them. Next, let them insert the cards back into the deck.
Make sure they can see that you're not doing ANYTHING to the deck. Hold the deck between your thumb on top, and your fingers on the bottom. Swing the deck back and forth a few times (make sure they can't see the bottom card, though!) Perhaps you count 1,2,3 and then throw the deck into a chair ( or couch, or something, where it'll be easy to pick up.) As you throw the deck, hold onto the top and bottom card with your thumb and middle finger. IMMEDIATELY hold the cards up for all to see.
It helps if you position yourself so that the audience doesn't turn their heads around to watch where you threw the cards. You should be close to th chair you throw the deck into, so you can draw their attention back to the two cards you held onto.
They picked the Eight of Spades, Three of Clubs- but you are holding the Eight of Clubs, Three of Spades. It's VERY rare that anybody notices.
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