Very nice card trick video tutorial (6:31 minutes long)
December 9, 2008
November 22, 2008
Think About It Card Trick Tutorial
Effect
After shuffling the deck of cards, the performer holds the deck in his left hand and asks a friend to cut the deck and place the top portion of the cards in the performer’s right hand. The friend is then asked to take the top card from the portion in the performer’s left hand. The friend looks at the card without showing the performer. The performer uses his (or her) mind reading capabilities to tell what card has been chosen.
Card Trick
Set up the deck beforehand: Separate the suits into four piles. Sort each pile in order from king on top to ace on the bottom. Lay the piles face up so that from left to right they show the aces of spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. Cut the spade pile so that the king is showing (with the ace beneath it). Cut the hearts so that the 10 is showing. Cut the clubs so that the 7 is showing. Cut the diamonds so that the 4 is showing. Turn the cards face down on top of each other to make one pile, starting with the king of spades, then the ten of hearts, the seven of clubs, and finally the four of diamonds. Continue with the rest of the cards in the same order of suits. The deck is now set. While introducing the trick, cut the deck in half several times to appear to shuffle without actually changing the order.
Now practice your mind reading skills: Hold out the deck and have someone cut it and remove the top card from the left pile. Place the right half of the deck under the left pile. Glance at the bottom card without making it obvious. Add 3 to the value of the bottom card. This tells you the value of the chosen card. For example, if the bottom card is a 9, the chosen card is a queen. If the bottom card is a queen, the chosen card is a 2 (queen, king, ace, two). To determine the suit, remember the sequence CHSD. The letters represent Clubs, Hearts, Spades, Diamonds. (Think of the word “CHaSeD.”) If a spade is showing on the bottom, then the card chosen is a diamond. If the 6 of diamonds is the bottom card, the 9 of clubs is the chosen card. If the 10 of clubs is on the bottom, the king of hearts is the chosen card.
Hints
You can repeat the trick, but always replace the chosen card on top of the deck and cut the deck once or twice before going on to each new card,. If the audience asks to see the cards, flip them over and quickly run through them, as they appear to be in random order, but don’t let the audience shuffle the deck. Once you have performed the trick a couple of times, really shuffle the deck well and hand it back to them. While doing this trick, make a few mistakes to throw the audience off. After all, it’s 80% your game, 20% your trick.
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November 13, 2008
Only Time Will Tell Card Trick Tutorial
This cool card trick goes like this:
A spectator is asked to shuffle a pack of cards – their own if they wish it and whilst doing so, to think of any one of the four suits. The performer, turning his back, instructs the spectator to remove from the pack all the cards of that chosen suit – except the King which stays where it is.
The spectator now lays out the cards in the form of a clock face, using the Queen as twelve (12), the Ace as one o’clock and so on round to the Queen again. The spectator is now asked to stare at the clock and imagine a time (say for example 9 o’clock) which they are not to reveal at this stage.
The performer asks the spectator to pick up the rest of the deck and holding it face downwards in the left hand, gather the cards lying on the table and place them one by one face down on top of the pack, beginning with the Ace, then the Two and so on. He should then finish up with the Queen on top. Now thinking of the chosen time earlier thought of, they are to remove that number of cards from the bottom of the pack and place them on the top. This needs to be done silently giving the performer no clue at all, after which the cards are squared up.
The performer now turns round, finally asks the spectator to deal the whole 52 cards face down on the table in a completely random manner.
Taking the spectator’s hand, the performer asks them to concentrate on both the suit and the time, and moving their hand over the cards the performer at last pushes it down onto one card. The spectator now reveals the suit and time and when the card is turned over it is a perfect match!
As long as you give clear directions to the spectator there is not much to worry about until they begin to deal the cards face down on the table. When they do this start counting and watch where they deal the 13th card – this one will be the suit and time thought of. The rest is just down to presentation.
November 10, 2008
This’n'That Card Trick Tutorial
That’s one of the most known card tricks in the world i think. It’s very sharp, but not-as-hard as it may seem. It’s also known as the “3 card Monte”.
Card trick from learncards.net
November 8, 2008
Royal Hotel – Card Trick Tutorial
Yet another simple card trick that I found:
Preparation:
Locate a 5 card. Arrange in piles the ACEs, KINGs, QUEENs, and JACKs. (these are the only cards you need). Make one pile, in the order shown above, so that the 4 ACEs are on top of the 4 KINGs, QUEENS-> so on…
Method:
1) Place the 5 card onto the table in front of the audience. Tell them that this card is an imaginary Hotel, and the cards in your hands are tavelers..
2) Tell the audience that the travelers need to stay in the hotel for the night…
3) Holding the deck you prepared face down, deal the cards in a CLOCKWISE manor one after another on the 5 card: (When you are done, the cards should be arranged as foll
ows…
It’s such a simple trick, and its great for beginners.
Card trick from learncards.net
November 7, 2008
Elmsley Count – Video card trick tutorial
Very nice tutorial for an almost essential card tricks sleight:
This is a sleight-of-hand manuever that can be done ambidexterously. It is not as hard as a ‘parallel pull’, but it takes much more grace and skill than a Hindu Shuffle, if that puts this sleights difficulty into perspective.
November 5, 2008
First tutorial: “As Many As You”
This mathematical trick can be performed with any pack.
Effect: The magician can reveal the exact number of cards taken by a spectator.
Method: The magician asks a spectator to take a few cards from the top of the pack but to conceal them from the magician to the extent that the neither the performer nor the spectator can tell how many were taken.
The magician then also takes a bunch of cards secretly making sure he takes more than the spectator.
Next, the magician asks the spectator to turn his back and count his cards silently so as to give no clue to the performer.
The magician counts his own at the same time then in a novel albeit roundabout way reveals the exact number of cards held by the spectator.
How the Trick is Done
When the magician counts his cards – say for example he has 17 cards. He takes 3 from the total making a new total of 14 then says to the spectator: “I’ve got as many as you….3 more …..and enough to make your number up to 14″. He then asks the spectator to reveal how many cards he is holding and the prediction is proven true as the magician first deals out the number of cards to match the spectators total (in this case 10) – then three more – then enough to make the spectators total up to 14. (magician deals his remaining 4 cards).
This will work whatever number the spectator or magician is holding.
Another example: if the magician’s total 20 then the he would say: “I’ve got as many as you….3 more …..and enough to make your number up to 17″. He would then ask the spectator how many cards he is holding and on hearing “8″ the magician would first deal out the number of cards to match the spectators total (in this case 8 – then three more – then enough to make the spectators total up to 17. (magician deals his remaining 9 cards).
I took this great card trick from learncards.net
My card tricks blog’s up!
Hi There!
I’m Joe, and this is my new card trick blog.
I’m into card tricks and card magic, and I’ll post here different card trick tutorials, videos, guides, tips and sleights I’ll pick up on the web.
I’ll try to do this weekly and really add new and interesting things.
A recent site I found that’s really worth a visit is called learncards.net. Give it a try.
I’ll keep you posted!
