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Free Magic: Card Tricks
"This
is a Scream"
Effect:
This is an amazing magical effect,
which will blow the socks off your
spectators. While your back is turned,
the spectator selects a card, places
it on the deck and cuts the cards as
many times as he wishes. The deck can
also be cut by other spectators.
Eventually, you turn round and start
dealing the cards face up onto the
table. You eventually say to the
spectators that the next card you turn
over will be the selected card. At
this point you have already dealt the
selected card to the table, so they
will probably offer to bet that you're
wrong. You then put the pack down,
pick up the selected card which is
already dealt onto the table, and turn
it face down, to thunderous
applause!!!
Method: You secretly note the BOTTOM
card of the deck. This is known in
magical parlance as a KEYCARD. For
this explanation we shall say that the
keycard is the Ace of Spades (AS), and
the selected card is the King of
Hearts (KH). Whilst your back is
turned, you ask the spectator to
remove a card from the middle of the
deck. Ask him to remember the card and
show it to the rest of the audience
(this is important as the trick is
useless if the spectator forgets the
name of the card and no-one else has
seen it!). Ask him to put the card on
TOP of the deck. The situation now is
that the spectator's card (KH) is on
top and the keycard (AS) is on the
bottom. Ask him to cut the deck. This
places the selected card (KH) below
the keycard (AS). When all the cutting
is done, ask the spectator to place
the pack of cards face UP on the
table. All you have to do now is deal
the cards face up until you turn over
the keycard (AS), the next card will
be the selected card (KH). In order to
add a bit of entertainment, I usually
deal three or four cards past the
selected card and then say the next
card I turn over will be your card.
They'll then think you've got it
wrong, which adds to the excitement
when you actually turn over the
correct card!!
Extra bonus (if you're lucky!!): If
when you turn around you find the
keycard is showing on the face of the
cards, take full advantage of this
fact and simply waggle your fingers
over the cards (in a magical
fashion!!). Tell the spectators that
you are causing the chosen card to
rise to the top of the deck! Have the
spectator turn the deck over and sure
enough, the chosen card will be on the
top of the deck!
We hope you like this card trick, if
so may we suggest that the Blank Deck is an excellent entry level
trick that will blow their socks off,
with no sleight of hand! Also if you
like the magic of David
Blaine (who doesn't) the Invisible
Deck is probably one of the most
baffling card tricks of all time,
again with no sleight of hand.
Remember that magic is an illusion
that you can do something out of the
ordinary, so never reveal your secret
and you'll be surprised at the
reaction!!!
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