Cards with personal signature. Spectacular “card restoration” trick for the best magicians Trick with a signed card
There are a number of card tricks for real magicians and wizards, which require special preparation, which is carried out in advance. For example, “Card Levitation”, tricks with the Svengali deck and the trick that we will consider in this article – “Card Restoration”.
In fact, this trick can be classified as moderately difficult to perform. Certain skills will be needed to successfully complete it. The main talents you need to have to implement it are:
- the ability to discreetly hold a piece of material in your hand;
- the ability to quickly and deftly replace pieces of cards in your pocket and hand;
- the skill of attracting and distracting the public from one’s hands.
What is the effect of this trick?
The main attraction of this trick is that in front of the audience you heal a card torn into four parts, without using any handy means other than almighty magic.
Specifically, the focus looks like this. The magician asks the spectator to choose any picture from a deck shuffled right in front of the audience. At this moment it would be appropriate to use some beautiful shuffling to arouse the admiration of the audience. The person chooses, the magician takes it, shows it to all the other spectators. Then he hands it back to the person who chose it, along with a marker, and asks him to write something on it. This is done so that the audience has no doubt that there was no substitution.
Then the trickster once again shows the already signed card to all spectators and, in front of all the people, slowly tears it into four pieces. Next, one by one, he begins to connect the pieces together into a whole card, without using any gluing or fastening materials. Only the magic of hands. The result is an absolutely complete picture, chosen by a person from those present. You can recognize it by the signature that the viewer left on it. 
When performing a trick, you need to give the audience the opportunity to review and look through the deck themselves before choosing a card and after, so that any final doubts about the duality of some of them or substitution will disappear.
We reveal the secret of a beautiful trick
The "card restoration" trick, despite its apparent brightness and effectiveness, is actually quite simple. The whole secret lies in preparing a card folded in four (horizontally and vertically) in advance, which the magician must hold in his hand in advance. Naturally, so that it is completely invisible to the viewer. The rest is a matter of technique and training.
The viewer selects a picture, signs it, and the trickster folds it four times in the same way as the prepared one. Then he quietly puts the spectator’s card into the dummy card, and in front of the spectator’s eyes begins to carefully tear it into 4 parts. Only he tears up not the marked card, but the dummy one.
Then magical movements begin, allowing the map to be put together. However, in fact, the whole trick is to gradually unwrap the spectator's card, which has remained intact the entire time, without the public noticing. The main thing here is the ability to distract the attention of the public and cleverly and subtly hide the presence of a second folded card in your hand.
You can see in detail what the trick looks like from the outside here:
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Almost everyone knows at least one card trick, but thanks to this deck of magic Svengali cards, you can quickly become a master of card tricks.
Magic cards are the most amazing magic cards ever invented. The instructions will teach you to amaze, amaze and amaze your friends with the help of amazing tricks.
You'll learn how to properly handle cards, shuffle them, remove the deck and show the cards to the audience, and learn about entire performances that are guaranteed to entertain and amaze the audience. With just a little practice, you will learn how to penetrate glass, restore torn cards, and even read minds!
The cards, supposedly invented in 1909 by Burling Hill, are undoubtedly considered one of the very best "specialty" decks. By spending very little time practicing with these cards, you can perform hundreds of tricks that with a regular deck would have to be rehearsed for many years or would not be possible to perform at all.
With these special cards you can perform many incredible tricks that, although simple to perform, seem simply amazing!
What's the secret?
The Svengali deck consists of 46 cards - 23 regular cards (all different) and 23 identical shortened cards. These short cards are called “key cards”. This can be any card, depending on the deck from which company you purchased. To make it easier for you to follow these instructions, we will always refer to the key cards as the Three of Clubs (3♣).
Preparing the Deck
To prepare the deck, remove the joker and advertising card from it (if there are any) and arrange the cards so that throughout the entire deck, key cards alternate with regular ones (Fig. 1).
The top card in the deck must be a key card, and the bottom (face card) must be any of the regular cards. If there are no other instructions, then at the beginning of each trick, the Magic deck should always be prepared this way. Thanks to this preparation, long cards will alternate with “short” ones, this is called the Svengali principle and will allow you to show incredible card tricks!
Swipe
You'll need to flip in almost every trick with these cards, so be sure to learn how to do it. Hold the deck in your right hand, with your thumb at the top edge and the rest on the bottom edge of the deck. By pressing the index finger of your right hand on the back of the deck, you can gently “flip” the cards from your right hand to your left, as you would through a book, showing each card individually as it falls into left hand(fig2)
Don't worry if this movement seems difficult at first, it will soon become automatic.
Remember that when you show that all cards are different, the bottom (“face”) card must always be a common card.
Show that all cards are the same.
Repeat the “flicking” motion explained above, but keep the cards face down. Press the index finger of your right hand on front side decks, and flip the cards from your right hand to your left. It will seem to the audience that the entire deck consists only of threes of clubs. (Fig. 3)
When showing this movement, remember that the bottom card should be the key. This will complete the illusion that all cards are the same.
Forcing.
“To force a card” means to force the spectator to take a certain card in such a way that he and the spectators believe that the spectator himself chooses any card. The magic deck is great for forcing, and many of the tricks described in this section rely on forcing a key card.
You flip through the cards as described in the “show that all the cards are different” section and ask the spectator to say “Stop” at any time. Whenever a spectator stops you, the top, face-down card in your left hand will always be 3♣. Ask the spectator to look at the face-down card (3♣) and return it to the deck in the same place. When this is done, continue flipping through the cards until you show that all the cards are different, and the spectator believes that the chosen card is “lost” in the middle of the deck.
Most quick focus in the world.
After you force the spectator to 3♣, ask him to return the card to the deck and place the deck on the table. Look the spectator in the eye and say, “During my last performance, the spectator forgot which card he chose, so don’t forget that you chose the three of clubs!”
Look very carefully
Ask the spectator to select a card, look at it, and place it in the middle of the deck. Carefully place the deck on the table and show that you have nothing in your hands. Ask the spectator to watch you carefully to make sure you are not cheating.
Gently tap the deck three times and ask the spectator to turn over the top card in the deck. This will be the chosen card!
Knock on the door
A witty variation of the previous trick, ideal for very young children and guaranteed to bring smiles to the audience. Show the key card protruding from the deck.
Ask the youngest child to “push” a card into the deck and knock on the deck as if knocking on a door. Say: “Look who stopped by to say hello.” Turn over the top card in the deck to show that the key card has moved to the top of the deck.
How to remove the Magic Deck?
“Cut deck” means taking approximately half of the cards from the top of the deck and placing them at the bottom of the deck, thus changing the order of the cards in the deck. If you remove the Magic Deck, this will not disrupt the alternating (short/long) order of the cards in the deck.
Place the entire deck on the table. Using your index finger to press down on the back of the deck and keeping your thumb on one side of the deck and your other fingers on the opposite side, pick up about half the cards. (Fig.4)
Place the top half of the cards on the table next to the bottom half of the cards. To complete the draw, take the remaining cards and place them on the top half of the deck. By holding the deck by the “short” edges, you will always remove it to the short card. Remove the deck and look at the top card. If you did everything correctly, the 3♣ will automatically be on top.
Remove several parts
You can also cut the deck, thus dividing it into several piles, with the 3♣ always on top.
Hold the deck by the short edges and release a small portion of the cards from below so that they fall onto the table. Move your hand a little to the side of this stack of cards and again release some more cards so that they fall on the table. (Fig.5)
Repeat this process until you have as many stacks of cards as you need. Look at the top card in each of the piles, and everywhere it turns out to be 3♣. (Fig. 6)
Shuffle the Magic Deck
Although the Magic Deck only “works” when the cards are in an alternating order, you can pretend that you are shuffling the deck. Remove the deck to create two stacks, using the short edges as described above. Get ready to shuffle two piles together while flipping through them.
Before shuffling, tap the two halves of the cards on your fingers or on the table to align them. Now carefully flip through both halves of the deck together as you would through a regular deck.
As you flip through the deck, the cards will be separated into pairs, and the principle of alternating cards will continue.
What's in a name?
After the spectator has chosen a card and returned it to the deck, shuffle the cards by flipping. Now ask the spectator to say it full name spell out loud. When the spectator begins to name the letters, set aside one card for each letter, placing them in a pile face down on the table. If the spectator's name has an odd number of letters, then the last card placed on the table will be 3♣, that is, the selected card. If the spectator's name has an even number of letters, then the card at the top of the deck (i.e. the next card) will be 3♣.
This trick is based on the same method as the previous one, but instead of asking the spectator's name, you ask the spectator's “lucky number”. If the number is odd, then the last card laid out on the table will be 3♣, that is, the selected card. If the spectator's number is even, then the card at the top of the deck (that is, the next card) will be 3♣.
Is this the date?
Another trick based on the same principle. The spectator selects a card and returns it to the deck. You ask the spectator to take some coin out of his pocket and ask the spectator to add up the 4 digits of the year on the coin and tell you that number. Whatever the number, place that number of cards on the table and show the card previously chosen by the spectator.
Map Expert
This trick works on the same principle, but it is much more effective since you name the number yourself. The spectator selects a card, remembers it and returns it to the deck.
Shuffle the cards by flipping and place the deck on the table. Explain that you are a card expert, so even though the cards have been carefully shuffled, you still know what order they are in. Ask the spectator to name the card he has chosen. Close your eyes, pretending to concentrate, then name any odd number. Place as many cards as you called on the table. The last card, of course, will be the 3♣, the chosen card.
Missing card
Tell the audience that you know all the cards in the deck so well that if one is missing, you will immediately tell which card is missing. To prove this, ask the spectator to choose a card and put it in his pocket.
Now look through the deck, pretending that you are looking to see which card is missing. After a few seconds, call out the three of clubs. Everyone will applaud you when it turns out that this is the selected card.
Double lift
““Double lift” is what professional magicians call a technique that involves removing two cards from the top of the deck under the guise of one. Make sure the key card is on top of the deck. Place the deck face down on the palm of your left hand.
Using your right thumb, pry two cards from the top of the deck from the edge of the deck closest to you. This should be easy since the second card is longer than the top card, so the thumb automatically picks up the two cards. With your right hand, hold the top two cards firmly. Turn over both cards and show a regular card (Fig. 7)
Transforming card
Using a “double lift,” pick up two cards as one, place them back on top of the deck, and take thumb left hand only one card on top. Hold this card face down in your right hand. Spectators will assume that you have simply shown the top card and are now holding it face down in your right hand. Look carefully at the card and slowly turn it over.
If you do this movement naturally and without drawing attention to the two cards, the audience will be amazed that the regular card has now turned into a 3♣! (Fig. 8)
I will try again
In this trick, the audience will think that you made a mistake, but it is an intentional mistake. Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Say that you are so confident in your abilities that you will bet money on finding the spectator's card the first time! Quickly shuffle the cards and say that the chosen card is now on top of the deck. Do a “double lift” and show the regular card that is actually second from the top. Say that you always succeed in this trick. The spectator will say that you found the wrong card.
Place the two cards (as one) on top of the deck and pick up only the top card, holding it face down in your right hand. Ask which card the spectator chose. When he says it was the three of clubs, act surprised. Slowly turn over the card in your right hand and say: “But this is the card I just showed.”
I'll try again (option 2)
This is a variation of the previous trick. After showing the “wrong” card, take the bill out of your wallet and give it to the spectator, but with the key card wrapped in it. “I told you I’d put my money on her.”
Coincidence?
Ask three spectators to choose one card each and return them to the deck. Show that all cards are different and explain that finding one spectator's card is difficult, finding two cards is very difficult, and finding three cards is almost impossible. So you ask these three spectators to name their cards on the count of three. They will all name the same card at the same time.
Reversed card
Before presentation, turn over one of the key cards near the top of the deck so that it is the only turned over card in the deck, where all cards are face down.
Ask the spectator to select a card and return it to the deck, without allowing the spectators to see the upside down card. Move your hand over the deck and tell the spectator that the chosen card will mysteriously turn over. Place the deck on the table and remove the cards so that the flipped card is closer to the middle of the card. Fan the cards to reveal the single card that is face up.
Find with a knife
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flipping and wrap the entire deck in a napkin. Take out a small knife and ask the spectator to carefully insert the knife into the side of the deck and leave it there.
When you remove the napkin, the knife will, of course, be above or below the key card. Remove the deck where the knife was inserted and show the selected card. (Fig. 9)
What's on your mind?
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flicking and ask the spectator to close their eyes for a moment and focus on the selected card.
When the spectator closes his eyes, take the top card in the deck (3♣), lick it and apply it to your forehead.
Ask the viewer to open their eyes and look into your eyes. The viewer will be amazed that the chosen card is on your forehead.
Forcing with a fan
This is another great way to force a card using a Magic Deck.
Hold the cards in your right hand as if you were about to remove them, pressing down on the deck with your index finger and holding it by the short edges with your thumb and other fingers.
Hold the deck approximately 1cm above the table. Carefully drop the cards onto the table and move your hand to the right, fanning them out. (Fig. 10 and Fig. 11)
Thanks to the principle of alternation, all cards will be placed in pairs. Each pair will have a key card (3♣) on top. Ask the spectator to touch the back of any card - this will prevent the spectator from taking the bottom card. After the spectator touches the key card, ask him to take it and remember it.
When the spectator takes a card, take all the cards and line them up into a deck. This way the order of the cards will not be disrupted.
Cards with fingerprints
This simple trick makes an impression, so perform it with a straight face and you'll be amazed that many onlookers believe you can actually do what you say you can do.
Perform a fan force and ask the spectator to look at the chosen card without anyone else seeing it.
Now ask the spectator to place his thumb on the back of the card so that his fingerprint remains there, and return the card to the deck. Level the deck and shuffle the cards by flipping.
Lay out the cards again as if you were going to force a cross-cut, and pretend to study the backs of the cards. When you are ready, take any key card and say that this is the chosen card. The viewer will see that this is the right card and will assume that you understand it from his fingerprint.
Identification
Although this trick is almost the same as the previous one, it will puzzle your viewers for a long time. Instead of one spectator, do it with three!
Fan out the force cards and ask three spectators to choose a card. It is important that the three spectators do not know that they have all chosen identical cards, so they should not show each other and others the chosen cards.
Ask spectators to “mark the cards” and return them to the deck. Shuffle the cards by swiping. Place the cards face down again and pretend that you are looking for prints. To discover the selected cards, look at the first spectator's thumb and then at the card backs. Take one of the key cards and show it only to the spectator, asking if it is the right card.
After the spectator answers in the affirmative, place the card face down to the side and repeat the same with the other two spectators. If you construct the trick correctly, no one will suspect that all three spectators chose the same cards. Then everyone will still wonder for a long time how you managed to understand who chose which cards.
Player's dream
This is a quick trick, similar to the “What’s in your name?” tricks. and “Lucky number.” It will also be an excellent introduction to the next trick - “Mystical Three Cards”.
Explain to the audience that real players not only use cards, but also dice.
Show the Magic Deck, demonstrating that all the cards in it are different, as well as the dice. Let spectators examine the dice. While they are studying them, ask the spectator to select a card (3♣), memorize it and return it to the deck. Quickly flick the card and ask the spectator to roll the dice.
If the two numbers drawn add up to an odd number, place that number of cards on the table. The last card played will be the chosen one. If the two numbers drawn add up to an even number, place that number of cards on the table. The next card in the deck will be chosen. Place the 3♣ on the cards laid out on the table and then place those cards on top of the deck. Now the deck is ready for the next trick.
Mystical three cards
This card trick is not only super fun, but also deceptively simple. Hold the deck as if you were going to reveal the cards by flipping through them. Transfer about half the cards to your left hand. Draw the spectators' attention to the normal card that is facing them, and then allow it to fall into your left hand. In fact, two cards will fall into the left hand, since there will be a short key card behind the regular card. With your left thumb, place this key card on the table.
The spectators will think that the regular card you showed is on the table. Repeat the same thing again - show the spectators a regular card, let it fall into your left hand along with the key card behind it, and place the key card on the table. Repeat the same thing one more time so that there are three key cards lying in a row on the table. Place the cards in your left hand on top of the cards in your right hand. So the three regular cards you showed to the audience will end up at the top of the deck.
Ask the spectator to remember the last card you put on the table. It's a 3♣, but viewers will think it's a regular card. Let's say it was the ace of spades. Swap three cards as if you were trying to confuse the spectators, and then ask them which card is the Ace of Spades. It doesn't matter which card the spectators point to, since when you turn the cards over they will all be 3♣.
Show that all three regular cards are back in the deck by placing each one on the table on a key card.
When you now place the cards on top of the deck in pairs, they will lie in in the right order, and the deck will be ready for the next trick.
We thank Simon Detan for this clever trick!
Name this card
This trick will require two spectator volunteers. Show that all the cards in the deck are different. Ask the first volunteer to select a card, remember it, and return it to the deck without the second volunteer seeing the selected card.
Now show the cards to the second volunteer, but flip through them so that they are only threes of clubs. Ask the second volunteer which card he thinks the first volunteer chose.
Of course, he will answer that it is the three of clubs. The first volunteer will be amazed that the second one “guessed” his card.
Sensitive fingers
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flipping, then put the entire deck in your pocket. Explain to the audience that you do not know which card the spectator chose (it is a lie, but it is “white”), and that you do not know where it is now in the deck because the deck has been shuffled.
Ask the spectator to name the chosen card. Show that you have nothing in your hand and place your hand in the pocket with the cards. After a few seconds, effectively hit the 3♣.
It's a question of time
This trick will be a good continuation of the Sensitive Fingers trick, and can be performed immediately after it without fear of revealing the secret.
Show that all the cards are different, then ask the spectator to select a card and return it to the deck. If you perform this trick immediately after the previous one, simply say that you will use the same card and place it in the middle of the deck. Place the deck in your pocket.
Tell the spectator that you will remove cards from your pocket one at a time, and that the spectator can stop you at any time. The card that a spectator stops you on will be the one chosen! With your right hand, take out the top card (3♣) and, without showing its face to the spectators, transfer it to your left hand.
Now in your pocket, quietly move the next top card to the bottom of the deck, and then take out the next top card. Without showing her face to the audience, transfer her to your left hand. Repeat the same steps (one card down the deck, the next one into your left hand) until the spectator asks you to stop.
Since you only draw key cards, you will be stopped at the three of clubs.
Smart box
After taking the cards from the box, discreetly leave one key card in it. Close the box and place it on the table. Ask the spectator to select a card and return it to the middle of the deck. Hold the deck over the box and pause for a few seconds before dramatically throwing the deck onto the box.
Take the cards and ask the spectator to look into the box. The chosen card incredibly ended up in the box!
Rising card
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flicking and ask the spectator to focus on the selected card. Hold the deck in your left hand with the front of the deck facing the spectator and the backs of the cards facing you. With your right hand, point at the deck and lightly rub your index finger against the top edge of the deck. The selected card will begin to mysteriously rise from the deck, as if drawn to your finger. In fact, you imperceptibly push the top card up with your little finger. (Fig. 12)
Rising card (another option)
It's the same trick, but it uses a completely different method. In this version, the deck is placed in a box, but the chosen card still rises!
Before presentation, cut a hole in the back of the box. Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck.
Place the deck in the box with the cards facing the hole. Do not close the box lid. By hiding the hole from spectators, you can easily push the top card up through the hole with your thumb. Spectators will remember this mysterious trick for a long time! (Fig. 13)
I have already mentioned
This trick can become just a joke or a whole hilariously funny performance. Ask the spectator to select a card (3♣) and return it to the deck. Find the card in any way you like, and then say that you will repeat the trick again. Ask the spectator to choose any other card (it must be different than the first).
Of course, the spectator will choose the same card. Pretend that you are annoyed that the spectator was unable to comply with your request, and ask him to choose another card. This will again be the three of clubs. This can be repeated as many times as you like, and each time your reaction can be more and more violent.
Your choice
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards and cut the deck into three piles. Hold the deck by the short edges as you remove it, so that the key card is on top of each stack.
Ask the spectator to choose a pile. Whatever pile the spectator chooses, simply show that the top card in that pile is the chosen one. You can show that other cards are on top of other piles by using a “double lift”.
Map through glass
This is an amazing trick. Use it wisely. Before the performance, attach the key card to the window of the room in which you will perform the tricks. The card should face the spectators. If you don't draw viewers' attention to the map, they won't notice it. You can stand facing the spectators and with your back to the card, thereby blocking the card from the spectators.
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Say that you don't know exactly which card was chosen, but you will try to make it easier for yourself by eliminating some cards. Lay out the entire deck in two packs, with the cards in them face down. You should end up with one pack of regular cards and one pack of key cards. Take a packet of key cards and say, “I don’t think the card is in this packet, so I’ll remove it.” Place the pack of key cards in your pocket. Take the remaining stack of cards and show that the cards in it are different. Say that you think the card is somewhere in this pack of cards.
Now dramatically (but carefully) throw this stack of cards towards the window where the key card is attached. It will appear to the spectators that one card was stuck to the window when you threw the cards. No one will guess that this card was there all along. Now the most incredible thing begins - the attached card is not only selected, but it also went through the glass!
Your stack of cards or mine?
Before presentation, separate the key cards from the regular cards and place the key cards on top of the deck. Now you're ready for a fun trick. Casually display the cards, holding them face up and fanning out half the deck. All the cards in this part will be different, and the deck will seem completely ordinary. Turn the cards face down and cut the deck exactly in half. This will be easy as the cards vary in size. Give a spectator a piece of regular cards and ask him to shuffle them. As you say this, show off your pack. Do not show the faces of the cards in your part of the deck to spectators. Now place both packs next to each other on the table. Ask the spectator to choose one of the stacks of cards, saying that this is the part that will then be used in the experiment. Now everything depends on the choice of the viewer. If the spectator selects a pile of key cards, fan the stack face down and ask the spectator to select a card. Now you can perform an amazing mind reading trick since you know the spectator has chosen the three of clubs. If the spectator selects a pile of regular cards, fan the pile face down on the table and ask the spectator to select one of the cards. After the spectator has memorized the card, have him return it to another pile (with the key cards). Despite this pile, put it in your pocket and show that you have nothing in your hands. Place your hand in your pocket and take out the selected card. This will be easy since only this map will be long.
Signed card by hand This trick has already become a classic for cards from the Magic Deck, so it is worth rehearsing carefully.
Ask the spectator to select a card (3♣) and return it to the deck, leaving half the card outside.
Perform a “double lift” to reveal the top card. In fact, you will be showing the second card from the top. Place the two cards (as one) face up on the deck. Holding the cards firmly in your left hand, ask the spectator to sign the face-up card.
Take the top two cards (as one) and turn them face down, then place the cards in the deck. Take the top card (one) and place it on the table. Spectators will think that there is a signed card on the table. Ask the spectator to place his hand on this card. Reveal the key card protruding from the deck again.
In a spectacular move, place the deck on the spectator's hand so that the 3♣ is completely in the deck.
Now turn over the top card in the deck to reveal the signed card. This will create the illusion that the two cards have swapped places. The spectator now only has to look at the card in his hand to confirm that the three of clubs and the signed card have swapped places. (Fig. 14)
Mysterious mind reading
This trick will puzzle even magicians, as it uses the Magic Deck in a very unusual way.
Before presentation, separate the key cards from the regular cards and place the key cards on top of the deck.
Now you can turn the deck face up and casually fan out the top of the cards to show that they are all different. Turn the deck face down and ask the spectator to choose any card. You're actually only fanning out the top half of the cards, so the spectator gets the three of clubs.
Now lay out just the regular cards and ask another spectator to choose a card. This time it will be a regular card.
Ask the audience to remember their cards and return them to the deck. Both cards must be returned to the top of the deck (with the key cards).
During this you must show that you have not seen any of the cards. Spectators will assume that the two cards were chosen completely at random and returned to the deck without any “suspicious movements” on your part. Now you are ready to start mind reading.
You already know that the first spectator chose 3♣, and the second spectator chose the only “long” card in the “short” part. Ask spectators to focus on the selected cards. Tell the second spectator: “I think you chose a card of black suit.”
If the viewer agrees, then everything is fine. If he does not agree, immediately turn to the first spectator and say: “Oh, that means I see your card. You are the one who chose the black card.” In any case, you will receive an affirmative answer. Then tell the first spectator: “Your card has an odd number.”
Here the spectator will definitely agree, since his card is 3♣. Having said that, feel around the edges of the cards to find the single long card in the key card section. Carefully remove the deck at this point so that the long card is on the bottom.
Your movement should be as if random, as if you were simply playing with cards, while doing “mind reading”. You should feel the long card by touch so as not to look at the deck. Place the deck in the box and at this time quietly peek at the bottom card. This is the second spectator's card. At this time, tell the first spectator: “I think your card is without pictures.”
Now turn to the second spectator and say something about his card. For example, say: “Here is a card with a picture.” Place the box of cards on the table and close your eyes for a few seconds, as if you are trying to concentrate.
Now you can name the cards of both spectators and bow. This trick can be a real sensation in your show. His secret is to convince the audience that you really read their minds. If you succeed, this trick will become one of your favorites.
Stamped
Before presentation, write the name of the key card (three of clubs) on the front of a postage stamp.
During the performance, give the stamp to one of the spectators and ask him to remember the name of the card written on it. Using flipping, show that all the cards in the deck are different. Now do the “fan boost”. When a spectator chooses one of the face-down cards, place a stamp on the back of it.
Gather the cards together so that no one can see the face of the selected card. Again, show that all the cards are different by flipping through them, then turn the cards face down to find the stamped card. Flip this card over to reveal that it is indeed a 3♣.
Prediction in the newspaper
This trick will require some preparation on your part, but the explosive reaction from the audience will be worth it.
Local small newspapers often have a “free classifieds” column. A week before the performance, place the following advertisement in the newspaper: “Today you will choose a playing card of your choice. This card will turn out to be the three of clubs.”
Now you need to prepare for the classic trick. During the performance, ask the spectator to select a card (3♣) and return it to the deck. Give the viewer a copy of this newspaper and explain to him that you read a very strange article in it this morning. Show the viewer a column of advertisements and ask him to read the advertisements out loud. This incredible prediction will amaze your viewers.
Try to perform this trick on the day the newspaper came out. Then the date the focus was completed will be at the top of the page. This will make the trick even more amazing and turn the newspaper into a wonderful souvenir for the viewer to take with them.
Hole puncher
In this trick, you literally put a hole in the chosen card. You can show this trick as a joke or make it mysterious. Before the performance, use a hole punch to make a hole in one of the key cards and place that card close to the top of the deck. Ask the spectator to select a card (3♣), look at it and return it to the deck.
Shuffle the cards by flipping and wrap the entire deck in a scarf. Give the package to a spectator and ask him to hold the deck at arm's length, as if you are about to do something dangerous. Make a pistol with your fingers, point it at the deck and “shoot”.
The handkerchief is then unrolled and the cards are fanned out face down on the table. One card has a “bullet hole” right in the middle!
The Great Escape
For this trick you will need a Magic Deck, some rubber bands and a scarf. Before the performance, place the three of clubs under the scarf so that it is hidden under it.
You can keep the card wrapped in a handkerchief in your breast pocket, and you will be ready to perform this trick at any time. Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flipping, give the deck to a spectator and ask him to tighten the deck with rubber bands.
Don't be afraid to give the deck to the spectator. If you handle the cards correctly, no one will know that you are using a special deck, and when the deck is tied with rubber bands, no one will be able to look at the deck at all. Take the handkerchief along with the key card underneath it. Place it on the deck so that the hidden card is now on the deck. Show that you have nothing in your hands and take the deck through the handkerchief.
Count to three and at the count of three, release the deck so that it falls onto the table, but continue to keep the key card in the handkerchief. Now you can show that the selected card has disappeared from the rubber banded deck.
Lie detector
If you perform this trick correctly, it will truly amaze the audience. Explain that you can tell whether the person is telling the truth or lying. To prove this, ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and put it in his pocket so that no one else can see it.
Hold the spectator's wrist as if you were taking the spectator's pulse and explain that you will say the names of the cards, and after each name the spectator should say that this is not the card they chose. When you name the card chosen by the spectator, the spectator must lie that it is not his card.
Call the cards and listen carefully to each response from the spectator. Name the key card. When the spectator says that this is not his card, say: “I'm afraid you are not telling the truth. The three of clubs is your card.” When the spectator takes the card out of his pocket and reveals that it is indeed the three of clubs, you will earn loud applause from the audience.
You can't fool me
This is a great variation of the previous trick. Invite a married couple to help you demonstrate the trick and force the husband to the Three of Clubs.
Now you will name the cards, and the husband must look his wife in the eyes and say every time that this is not his card. When you call the three of clubs, and the husband tells his wife that this is not his card, she will shout: “Deceiver!” You just have to tell your wife before the show to shout it when you call the three of clubs. You will find that most wives will be happy to help you.
Map on the ceiling
Before presentation, lick the front of the key card and stick it to one side of the card box. Make a small loop of tape on the back of the card (Fig. 15)
Now you are ready to perform one of the most spectacular magic tricks of all time. Ask the spectator to select a card (3♣) and return it to the deck. Explain to the audience that you will find the chosen card in a very unusual way. Place the deck in the box without showing the card attached to the box. Close the box and hold it in the palm of your hand, with the attached card on top. Throw the box up in a “twirling” motion so that it hits the ceiling.
The box will fall down (you need to catch it if possible), and the key card will attach to the ceiling. This trick will amaze the audience.
Map on the ceiling (other option)
Once you show the “Card on the Ceiling” trick, you will always be ready to show it again, since the card is already attached to the ceiling. Force the spectator to see the three of clubs, ask him to return the card to the deck, and then pretend that you are taking the card from the deck and throwing it into the air. Viewers will be amazed that the card ended up on the ceiling, even though they didn't see you attach it there.
Your time is up
For this trick you will need a small timer (1 minute). You can buy it in the store.
Place a timer on the table and start it, explaining that this trick will last exactly one minute. Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flipping and give the deck to the spectator. If you practice, you can do all of this in about 40 seconds, leaving you with another 20 seconds for the next part of the trick. Ask the spectator to slowly place cards, one at a time, face down on the table until the timer sounds.
The viewer will stop at the selected card. If this is not the case, then tell the spectator: “Time is up. I don’t know which card is next, look for yourself at the next card at the top of the deck.”
Torn and repaired playing card
This truly classic trick deserves your time to prepare and rehearse thoroughly.
Before the performance, tear off a corner of the key card and put it in your pants pocket.
Place the card without the corner in the envelope and seal it. When this is done, place the envelope in your breast pocket. For this trick you will need another envelope, identical to the first one.
Use swipe to force a key card. Ask the spectator to rip their chosen card in half. This will greatly amaze the audience, since magicians usually do not ask to tear cards. When the spectator follows your instructions, remove the corner of the card from your pocket and hide it in your right hand. Now ask the spectator to tear the card into four pieces. When he does this, take the pieces of the torn card from him with your left hand and place them on your right hand on the corner of the card torn off in advance.
Remind the spectator that you did not know which card he would choose, and that because he tore his card, it is now completely unique.
Give the spectator a corner of the card that has been torn off in advance and ask him to watch it carefully, as it will turn out to be very important later. The viewer will think that this is a piece of the card he just tore.
Place the remaining card pieces into an empty envelope and seal it. Place this envelope deep in your breast pocket and with the same movement, take out another envelope so that it sticks out of your pocket. The audience will think that this is the same envelope.
Ask the spectator to place the corner of the card face up on the table so that everyone can see it so that you do not “cheat” the spectators. Of course, you changed the corner of the card a long time ago, but no one knows about it!
Very slowly remove an envelope from your breast pocket and ask the spectator to open it. It will contain a “restored” map, to which the viewer’s corner will accurately match.
Out of the bag
Magicians often neglect this trick because on paper its description is not very impressive, while in reality this trick is very effective.
Find a paper bag and before the presentation, make sure that there is a fold along the bottom. Fold the bag and put it in your pocket (Fig. 16).
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Shuffle the cards by flicking them so that the card is “really” lost. Take out a paper bag, unfold it and show that there is nothing inside. Place the deck of cards in the bag. Spectators don't know that you place the entire deck of cards on one side of the fold and the key top card on the other.
Hold the packet on top with your left hand and ask the spectator which card he chose. He will answer that he chose the three of clubs.
With your right hand, hit the bottom of the bag on the key card side and the card will jump out of the bag.
Viewer Mind Reading
Before presenting, find a square piece of cardboard, approximately 38cm on a side, blank on both sides. Using a marker, write on one side of the cardboard the name of the card that you can force using the Magic Deck. Place the cardboard face down on the table.
Ask a spectator to help you perform the trick. Using the Magic Deck, force the three of clubs for your assistant. Ask the assistant to face the spectators and give him a piece of cardboard in his hand so that the name of the card is visible to the spectators, but he himself does not see it.
Give your assistant a marker and ask him to write the name of the chosen card on the cardboard. The viewer does not know that the audience sees the same name on the other side of the cardboard. Ask the assistant to hold the cardboard closer to him so that the audience does not see the name of the card he has written.
Ask the audience if they can read your assistant's mind. They will laugh and answer “Yes.” Ask the audience to shout out the name of the card on the count of three. The assistant will be amazed, and the audience will be delighted that they were able to participate in the performance.
Forcing for luck
We don't recommend using this type of force if you need the spectator to be sure to choose a key card, but if you want to take a chance, it works just fine. Simply lay out the cards and ask the spectator to take one of them. The chances of a spectator choosing a key card are “fifty-fifty.”
If the spectator doesn't pick a key card, don't worry, as you can always say, "That's weird—you picked the only NOT three of clubs in the deck." After this, flip through the cards so that they all seem the same.
Unusual places for the map
Many people remember tricks where the magician finds the chosen card in a lemon or other similar fruit. Usually this trick takes years of rehearsal, but you can perform it now! With the Magic Deck and Key Cards, you can find your chosen card almost anywhere! Below you can find some impressive examples. We are talking about the moment when you have already forced 3♣, the spectator remembers it and returns it to the deck. You then flick the deck to reveal that the 3♣ has disappeared. Where could she be? By the way, the 3♣ located in an unusual place could be from another deck.
In orange
Remove the core from the orange and push a pencil into it until it rests on the inside of the peel on the other side.
Roll into a 3♣ tube and carefully place it into the orange. Re-glue the top of the orange in place with rubber cement. Now you can show this classic trick, which your viewers will tell their grandchildren about. (Fig. 17)
In a banana
Make a small cut in the bottom of the banana peel and push the rolled card into it. By holding the banana by the bottom, you can hide the cut and peel the banana without the audience suspecting anything (Fig. 18)
Under the tablecloth
Place the 3♣ under the tablecloth on the table where you will perform the tricks. Now you can show it at any time by simply pouring a little water on the place where the card lies. The tablecloth will become translucent, and a map will mysteriously become visible underneath it.
In your wallet
The appearance of the selected card in your wallet is classic magic. A great way to do this is to have a spectator select a card, look at it and return it to the deck, then make the card disappear (simply flip the deck to reveal the 3♣ has disappeared). Ask which card the spectator chose. When you hear the answer, act surprised and say: “That’s strange, I usually carry this card in my wallet.” Now you can simply take the same card out of your wallet.
Under the spectator's chair
Before the show, tape the card under one of the chairs. Now you are ready to show a real miracle.
Have the spectator choose a card, place it on their chair, and sit on it. Tell the spectators that by looking into the spectator's mouth you can tell which card he is sitting on. Look into the spectator's mouth and tell him that you cannot tell what the card is because it is face down.
This will greatly amuse the spectators, since you have no way of knowing how the spectator placed the card. Of course, you know how the spectator placed the card, because almost anyone will place it face down. After the spectator turns the card face up and sits down again, you look into his mouth again. Say that now you can’t see her because you have double vision. Ask a spectator to look under the seat, and the same card will be attached to it, which will greatly surprise the spectators.
In a bottle
Carefully roll it into a 3♣ tube and push it into a clean, dry soda bottle.
Use a pencil to straighten the card inside so that the audience will not understand how it ended up in the bottle. Place the cap on the bottle and you will have an amazing item! You will be surprised at how many viewers will ask you how the card ended up in the bottle. (Fig. 19)
In chocolate
Before the show, hide the 3♣ under the package of chocolate. Force the key card to the spectator and ask him to return it to the deck. Invite the spectator to bet a chocolate bar that you can find his card without any problems. Pretend that you are diligently looking for it in the deck, but you just can’t find it, “I give up, I just can’t find it,” give the chocolate bar to the spectator. He is very surprised when he opens it.
On your back
Before the performance, attach the three of clubs to the back of your jacket.
During the performance, no one in the audience will be able to see the card until you turn to show it. You can pretend that you can't find the chosen card, so you need to bring something from the next room that will help you find it. When you turn your back, the audience will laugh.
In a balloon
Carefully roll the three of clubs into a tube and push it into the balloon. Before inflating the balloon, straighten the card inside so that the audience cannot later understand how it got there. Just before the performance, inflate the balloon and tie it by a string. If the ball is opaque, then the card will not be visible at all.
During the performance, give the ball to a spectator and ask him to keep an eye on it. The viewer may hear something making noise inside the ball and ask about it. Tell the viewer that this is a surprise. Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Flip the deck to show that the selected card has disappeared, then ask the spectator to pop the ball. It's incredible, but the chosen card will end up inside the ball.
Behind the painting
Place the key card behind the picture in the room where you will perform the tricks.
When the spectator selects a card and returns it to the deck, tell the spectators that you think they chose the “picture” card. Of course, the viewer will say that you were mistaken. Imagine the surprise of the audience when you say that this is a card “with a picture”, since it was hidden behind the picture.
In a magic box
Hide the Three of Clubs in the Magic Box from the Complete Set. During the show, you can show that the box is empty and then ask the spectator to choose a card (3♣). You look into the box and the chosen card is there!
What does the joker know?
( this trick can only be done with a deck Marvin ’ s magic )
In addition to regular cards, Marvin's Magic Deck also has a joker, with which you can perform even more tricks.
Show the joker back without showing the miniature card on it to the audience. To do this, close the card with your thumb.
Tell the audience that this is a “fortune card” and you don’t want to show her face yet. Place the joker face down under the card box so that the miniature card is not visible.
Ask the spectator to select a card using any forcing method you wish, then place the chosen card face up on the table. The audience will laugh when you try to explain to them that the card in the joker hand is the chosen card. Slowly flip the joker over and show that the miniature card on the back actually matches the chosen card.
catch me
Cut out a miniature card on the joker and glue it to the coin (this card is only available in the deckMarvin’ s magic(if you have a different deck of cards, you can simply cut out a small card from paper and draw your key card on it). Put the coin in your pocket and you are ready to perform the trick. (Fig. 20)
Perform a “double lift” and show the spectators the regular card. Place the two cards back on top of the deck (as one), take the top key card and place it face down on the table. Ask the spectator to press the “magic button” on the shirt playing card. When he does this, flip the card over to reveal that it has turned into a 3♣!
Explain to the audience that you will perform the trick one more time and you can bet they won't catch you cheating.
This time, all the spectators will be watching you very carefully. Take the top card (the same regular card you showed the first time) and let the spectators examine it. When the spectator is convinced that this is a regular card, ask him to place it face down on the table.
Take the prepared coin out of your pocket and, without showing the card glued to it, place the coin on the card. Say that the card under the coin is definitely the three of clubs. To prove that the card underneath the coin is 3♣, simply flip the coin over and viewers will see a miniature card.
If you don't want to cut up the joker card, you can make a photocopier of the miniature card and glue it onto the coin.
In an ice cube
Cut a miniature three of clubs from the joker card and place it in an ice cube tray. Pour water into the mold and freeze it.
When it's time to perform the trick, you can place an ice cube in the spectator's drink.
No time
Cut out a miniature joker card and glue it to the inside of your wristwatch.
Ask a spectator to select a card, look at it, and return it to the deck. Ask spectators to look at the clock and calculate how long it takes you to find the chosen card.
When the spectators start timing, say that you have found the card. Everyone will laugh because you didn't even move. Ask a member of the audience to turn your wrist watch to show him the map.
Card in a hat.
For this trick you will need a hat, baseball cap or any other headdress. Before the trick begins, hide the top (key) card in the hat. Force the spectator to 3♣ by flipping, then ask the spectator to return the card to the deck. Slap the deck from below and say: “With this slap I moved your card to the top” show the top card (this, of course, does not wake up 3♣) feign surprise and say “Hmm... I guess I slapped the deck so hard that the card flew much higher” take off your hat and show everyone that the card is there.
Moving
For this trick you will need an envelope. Before the trick begins, place one 3♣ in the envelope. Force the spectator 3♣ and ask him to return the card to the deck. Once the spectator has returned the card to the deck, drop it onto the envelope. Set the deck aside and remove the 3♣ from the envelope.
Movement + Suggestion
For this trick you will need three identical envelopes. Before the trick begins, draw three key cards from the deck and place one card in each of the envelopes. Force the spectator to 3♣, ask him to return the card to the deck, then place three envelopes on the table. Make magical passes over the envelopes while holding the deck in your hands, and then invite the viewer to choose one of the envelopes. Mention at the same time that by making your magical passes you inspired him with the required envelope. Naturally, no matter which envelope the viewer chooses, it will show 3♣.
The escape
For this trick you will need a scarf. Before the trick begins, hide one 3♣, wrapped in a scarf, in your pocket. Force the spectator to 3♣, ask him to return the card to the deck, then place the deck in the box. Invite the viewer to check how tightly the box is closed. Place the box on the table and take the handkerchief out of your pocket. Keep the khata under the scarf so that it is not visible. Make a couple of waves of the handkerchief over the deck, and then cover it, the card will lie on the box or next to it. When you lift the handkerchief, spectators will be amazed to see that the chosen card has escaped from the box.
Blind map search
For this trick you will need a scarf. Force the spectator 3♣ and ask him to return the card to the deck. Tell the spectator that you can find the card blindly and remove the deck through the handkerchief. Pick up the handkerchief and turn over the card where you cut the deck, of course this brings up the 3♣.
Keen vision + Phenomenal memory
Force the spectator 3♣ and ask him to put the card in his pocket. Then tell the viewer that you have a phenomenal memory and sharp eyesight, very quickly flip through the cards in front of your eyes and with a smart look make a conclusion that it is the 3♣ that is missing.
A prediction that came true
Ask the viewer to think of any pure number from 2 to 9. Then ask him to multiply the chosen number by 9. He will get a two-digit number, ask him to add the two digits that make up this number. Whatever number the viewer initially guesses, the result will be 9. For example: 2x9=18, 1+8= 9 or 5x9=45, 4+5= 9 . Ask the spectator to divide the resulting number by 3, the result is 3. Say that the resulting number is the value of the card that remains to predict the suit. Say that the suit must correspond to one of the letters of the resulting number, that is, if the word has the letter “b” it wakes up diamonds, “h” hearts, “t” clubs and “p” spades. In any case (unless he made a mistake in the calculations), the viewer will get the number “three”, corresponding to the suit of clubs. Ask the spectator to think about his card, all you have left is to force the 3♣ with ease.
Incredible movement
If, during or before your performance, you manage to slip 3♣ into your spectator's personal belongings, you can perform an incredible trick. For example, you sneak a key card into a spectator's pocket, force him 3♣ then put the cards in the box, say any magic words you know and invite the spectator to look in his pocket.
SMS prediction
Before the trick starts, send an SMS to the viewer’s phone with the text “you will choose 3 clubs”, usually the SMS lasts for at least half a minute, this is enough to force the viewer to 3♣.
Ten Tips for Magic Cards
An ordinary deck of cards.
Many novice magicians always begin each trick with the phrase “Here I have an ordinary deck of cards.” Never say this! If you tell the audience that you are using a regular deck of cards, it will raise suspicions that you may be using a special deck. Try saying something like, “Here is a well-shuffled deck of cards.”
2. Don't put on a show.
Many magicians confuse magic with skill. If you show many ingenious ways of shuffling and displaying cards, the audience will think that you are also using sleight of hand in your magic tricks. True sleight of hand should be invisible, like any “mechanics” of a magic trick. If you want to deceive the audience, then they must believe that you are using magic, not clever tricks.
3. Not too much.
It's very, very difficult not to overstay your welcome when you're performing card tricks. With just one Magic Deck, you can perform dozens of tricks one after another. The real secret of magic is knowing when to stop. Stop when the audience wants more, not when they start looking at the clock.
4. Exercise.
Magic Cards is a great deck that will allow you to perform incredible card tricks almost immediately. This doesn't mean you don't need to practice. You want the audience to think that you can perform these tricks with a real deck. To do this, you must be relaxed and confident in what you do and say.
5. Know what you will say.
Let's be honest, one card trick isn't very different from another. The only entertainment is what you, as a magician performer, focus on in each magic trick. What you say should be entertaining or informative, or at least make the focus more impactful.
6. Know what to say if the trick doesn't work.
If you have practiced, you will not make mistakes. However, sometimes things don't go the way you expected and you find yourself in a stupid position. Or not?! If you come up with some witty phrase in case of a mistake, the audience will believe that you made a mistake on purpose.
7. Check the props.
Why check the deck? After I once tried to show the "Four Robbers" trick to one very famous person and in the midst of the performance I realized that the deck was missing a jack, I can no longer underestimate the importance full deck kart! After each performance, calmly review the cards to make sure everything is in place.
8. Let's look at the hands.
Close-up magic is a spectacular performance for spectators. Everyone will be looking at your hands and fingers very carefully, so your hands and nails must be in impeccable condition. There's nothing worse than performing an incredible magic trick when everyone notices your dirty nails.
9. Only one.
If the trick does not require the use of two or more decks, then you should use only one deck. Some tricks require deck preparation, or you may want to use other magic decks, but the audience should only see one deck. They must believe that you can show all the cards with any deck of cards
10. Have fun with card magic.
Card tricks are great because they can be performed anywhere, anytime. Carry a deck of cards with you at all times and you can put on a show in no time.
Three elements are used to demonstrate this great puzzle: the Double Back Card, the Double Raise, and the finishing touch of a simple, deceptive flip. Each subsequent element complements the effect of the previous one, and all together are carried out against the background of distracting maneuvers that help to complete all three elements.
The magician invites the spectator to choose any card in the deck. The spectator signs the face of the chosen card and hands it to the magician, who places the card face down on the table. The spectator then lays out the deck in his hands, and the magician selects one card from the deck. The magician puts his signature on the face of the card he has chosen and places it face down on the table next to the card signed by the spectator. FROM THIS MOMENT UNTIL THE END OF THE TRICK, THE MAGICAL DOES NOT TOUCH ANY CARD. The magician orders the two cards to switch places. When the spectator turns over the cards, THE MAGICIAN'S SIGNED CARD IS IN THE PLACE OF THE SPECTATOR'S SIGNED CARD, AND HIS CARD IS WHERE THE MAGICIAN'S CARD SHOULD BE!
The secret of the trick:
This trick requires a regular deck of cards and one Double Back Card. To prepare for the performance:
A) remove any card from the deck (we used the Three of Clubs as an example) and put your signature or your initials on the face of the card with your felt-tip pen.
C) Make small pencil marks on each of the four corners of each side of the Double Backed Card. The markings must be dark enough for you to recognize the Double-Faced Card when the cards are laid out in your hands.
C) When stacking the cards, place the initial card, the Three of Clubs, FACE UP on top of the face down deck. Place the Double Back Card on it. Now trim the deck and you're ready to go.
1. Lay out the cards on your hands and ask the spectator to choose a card. Be careful: do not place several cards at the top of the deck so that the audience does not see the second card on top, lying face up.
2. After the viewer chooses a card of his choice (in the pictures - Four of Tambourines), straighten the deck and ask him to put a signature or initials on the face of the selected card, giving him your felt-tip pen.
IMPORTANT NOTE: the following steps 3,4 and 5 are the most important - they contain the secret of this trick. Follow the instructions below exactly.
3. While the spectator is signing the card, you TEAR OFF THE TOP TWO CARDS WITH YOUR LITTLE FINGER (THESE TWO CARDS: THE DOUBLE BACK CARD AND THE FACE UP CARD WITH YOUR INITIALS BELOW IT).
4. When the spectator has signed the card, you place it face up on the deck, adding them to the two cards already torn from the deck, and lining up all three cards together.
5. Almost instantly thereafter, flip the three cards over (as one), placing them face down on the deck again. Flipping three cards as if one were flipping is called a “Triple Raise.” THREE CARDS ARE REVERSED: THE AUDIENCE IS CONFIDENT THAT THEY SEE A CARD SIGNED BY THE SPECTATOR ON THE TOP OF THE DECK, ALTHOUGH IT IS ACTUALLY YOUR CARD (THREE OF CLUBS), SINCE IT WAS FACE UP BEFORE THE Flip.
6. NOTE: spectator's chosen card. The Four of Diamonds has now become the third from the top, the second from the top is a Card with a double back, and at the top is the Three of Clubs - a card with your initials.
7. Deal the top card face down on the table (the card with your initials on it) with the words: “I place your card on the table in front of you so that you keep a close eye on it at all times.”
8. Having done this, remove the deck once - and remove it as close to the middle as possible. This action will hide the double-backed card and the spectator's signed card somewhere in the middle of the deck.
9. PASS THE DECK TO THE SPECTATOR and invite him to lay out the deck in his hands exactly as you did, so that this time you can choose a card FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE DECK.
10. When the spectator lays out the deck, look closely: you need to find a pencil mark on the Double-backed Card. The double-back card is your “key” card, allowing you to find a spectator-signed card in the deck.
11. Noticing a Card with a double back, YOU CHOOSE THE CARD LYING IMMEDIATELY BELOW IT FROM THE DECK. This will be the card that the spectator signed.
12. DO NOT LET THE SPECTATOR SEE THE FACE OF THIS CARD. Take your marker and pretend to write your initials on her face. The viewer is confident that you chose the card at random and you are simply marking it. Once the card is supposedly signed, you place it face down on the table in front of you.
13. Focus completed. The further procedure is just a spectacular ending. State that you can command the cards to change places. Then, as solemnly as possible, turn over your card, demonstrating that it obeyed the order: in front of you lies a card signed by the spectator. Of course, when the spectator turns over the card in front of him, he will find a card with your initials. THE MOVEMENT OF CARDS IS INCREDIBLE AND UNEXPLAINABLE!
Additions:
The secret of this trick is realized very early: even before the audience can suspect anything, at the moment when the spectator signs the card he has chosen. Since the deck is not involved in the procedure at this moment, you have enough time to perform a Tear of two cards with the Little Finger, preparing to replace the card chosen by the spectator. You can then perform a Triple Raise with relative ease by flipping the top three cards AS ONE.
When preparing a double-backed Map, make the pencil marks pale so that you cannot notice them without looking closely. As already mentioned, marks should be made on both sides of this card so that you do not have to worry about which side you put it in the deck. After the performance, you can erase these marks with an eraser. Sometimes a Card with a double back does not exactly match the cards in the deck in color: in this case, you do not need pencil marks - the card in the laid out deck can be identified by its shade.
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