Stunning Card Effect Performed Completely By The Spectator
Effect: The
magician asks the spectator whether he knows any card tricks.
Whatever the spectator answers, the magician says "Well,
heres a great trick, only YOU'RE going
to perform it."
The
spectator is handed a deck of cards and asked to hold them
with the cards facing the magician, the backs towards himself.
The magician picks a card, which the spectator removes
and places on the table, never looking at it.
value
of the selected card while the other reveals
the suit.
Performance: This
trick is actually not too difficult, but the effect is astonishing
because the magician never actually handles the deck. The
only real skills necessary are good verbal communications
and misdirection.
After the spectator
shuffles the deck, have him fan them in front of his face
with the backs of the cards towards himself. Tell him to
start fanning at the top of the deck and continue to the
bottom. Meanwhile, you watch for the card that has the same
value as the top card and the same suit as the card second
from top
Note:
If these two cards have the same value or the same suit,
the trick won't work. In this case, ask the spectator whether
he cut the cards. When he says no, tell him to cut the deck
and start over again.
When you find
that particular card, touch it and have him pull it out and
place it on the table face down. Then tell him to think of
a number and to count that many of into a neat pile on the
table. (This
puts the two pointer cards on the bottom of the pile.)
Have him discard
the rest of the cards in his hands, pick up the pile on the
table, and deal the cards alternately into two piles. (The
two pointer cards are now on top of each of the new piles.)
Remember that the last card he deals will show the value
(ace, 2, 3, etc) of the selected card while the next-to-last
card (the top one on the other pile) will show the suit.
Explain to the
spectator that if he has been concentrating on the card on
the table, he will have subconsciously picked two cards that
will respectively reveal the value and suit of the card that
you the magician have randomly selected. Flip the three cards
to reveal that this is so.
