A Card Trick That Is Easy Enough For Anyone To Perform
If you are looking for a simple magic trick that even children can do, try magic card tricks. This is the perfect trick for children. The only thing they need to do is to know some maths. This can be done with fantastic results so long as it is practiced over and over again.
The first thing to do:
First you will need a 52 card deck of cards which is the proper poker deck then you will turn to those who are watching the trick and tell them you are going to split the deck into various bundles, now shuffle the deck. The card at the top of each pile is the card that you begin with it is important to hold the decks facing upwards so you keep track of everything that is going on. There will be thirteen cards in each pile, ace is the first then count up from there. It will take a different amount of cards to reach thirteen because it depends on what the starting card is. Make a pile of cards starting with an ace and be sure there are thirteen cards in the pile. Your initial card is a two, so we will take the next card as number three, then the next as number four and so on until we have counted thirteen cards, it wont matter what the suits are. If the first card is a ten then count the following one as eleven, the next as twelve and finally thirteen to finish the pile off. Unlike the other piles this one will only have four cards. Count silently to yourself so you do not give it away. Sort the piles on the table with them facing up so that everyone can see them then once used flip them back over so that the bottom cards become the top ones.
Here is the finesse:
Make it look like you are just placing down random piles of cards when you are actually counting the cards. Do not put a face card in the beginning of a pile. On the chance that you select a face card as your first card then put in back in the deck saying, “I hate face cards so much” and continue on with the magic. While counting the cards and setting up your piles be sure you are keeping track of the cards faced up you are shuffling. There will be remaining cards at the end of deck which will not add up to enough cards to form a pile with. Because the remaining cards will not make a pile of thirteen they have to be put aside and not mixed in with the rest. Just say, “I have enough cards already’ and place the rest safely aside. Count without making mistakes because that is what the real trick is about.
The next phase:
Seven piles will be left in front of you, give or take a few. Do not stress about your number of piles. After removing them get the people to hand you the piles one at a time. With the cards you had set aside put them into your hand face down while they make their choices. Put the cards they give you together with those cards you have in your hand. You end up with six piles and that means they have to choose three to be taken away, if it were seven piles in front of you they would have to remove 4 of them. Be sure there are always three piles left. Even if you tell them to leave three piles on the table it will still work.
This part is fun:
Let the people flip over the card on the top of any two piles to reveal what is there. Two of the piles now have up facing cards on the top. What you want to do is find the number that is on top of the pile so search the deck. Remember to tell them you will only know the number of the card not the suit. The magic continues. Pretend to be searching for the right number even though you are secretly counting the cards. You are in fact counting the cards. To start with count ten cards. Next read out the number on the starting card that is facing up on one of the piles of cards. Now count up to what the second card facing up had as its number. Count out the ten cards if you had a two and three facing up on the piles, next two and three more from the cards turned over.
The grand finale:
Now you have some cards left in your hand. It could be one card or you might have ten cards left. Count the last cards without being obvious and then put them down and say, “Okay, I have found the right card. The number of the top card on the last pile is a…” You will say whatever the number of remaining cards is after you have counted out all the other cards. So, if there is just one card left you will say the card is an Ace. Or, if there were two cards left you will say the card is a two, and so on. Let your audience turn the top card of the last pile to reveal the correct number.
Final thoughts:
It wont fail as long as you have counted everything correctly. When turning the piles over keep an eye on the first cards on the top of each pile, do not let them be misplaced. You have to start with 52 cards for it to work. When counting cards try your best to be cool and confident that way it will be more effective on the people watching. You will definitely impress people with this trick.
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