David Blaine, the magician who invented unthinkable methods for his tricks that
left the audience wanting more. Today, we uncover the secrets behind his most famous card tricks,
let's begin. First
Trick: Card Through Glass The magician shows a spectator a
deck of cards and asks him to choose only one. The guy picks 8 of spades, and shows it to the
camera only - making sure the magician does not see it. The magician asks the same person to
put the card back to the deck. The magician then throws the cards at a nearby restaurant window,
and the spectators are amazed to see the guy’s card that he secretly selected, stick to the
other side of the window as other cards fall. How did the magician do it? And how did the card
move to the other side of the glass? The secret of this trick lies in the
following elements: First: Card Selection
It was never the guy’s choice. The magician manipulated the guy into choosing the 8 of spades
using the ‘illusion of choice’ technique. Notice at the beginning the magician looked at the cards,
stopped when he reached the 8 of spades and put it in the middle of the deck. With good sleight
of hand, he shuffles the cards and flips them, knowing exactly where the 8 of spades is. He,
like most card tricksters, is very good at doing the illusion of choice; so he stuck out the 8 of
spades with his finger making the guy choose it. It does not matter where the guy puts the
card in the deck afterwards, because the magician already knows which one he was going to choose.
Second: Magician’s Assistant There is always someone assisting the magician.
In this trick, this person’s job is to hide in the restaurant and stick the 8 of spades card on the
window from inside, while the magician distracts the spectators so they do not look behind. The
card never went through the glass nor did it stick there, simply because someone else put it there.
The proof is the dark-grey stain in the center of the card on the window. This stain is actually
glue, that the magician’s assistant had used to stick the card on the glass from inside.
Third: The Camera Angle Notice that throughout the trick, the camera did
not show the restaurant window. The one filming the trick is also involved because he did not
film the glass the moment the deck was thrown at it. Otherwise, he would have exposed the magician,
and the card would have appeared on camera. You can also see the reaction of the woman
sitting behind the glass; she is looking as though something had gone wrong. If it were real magic,
her reaction would have been different. All of this proves how this smart trick
was done! Second
Trick: Card-Scrap Teleports to Girl’s Cell Phone
Amazing trick by the world famous magician David Blaine that dazzles the audience!
At first, the magician asks the girl to choose a card, and she chooses the 9 of spades.
The magician takes the card and tears a small part, puts it in his hand,
returns the card to the girl and opens his hand – and surprisingly the scrap is gone.
The trick does not end here. The magician tells the girl that the scrap is in her
cell phone which is on the table. The scrap is actually found there. The girl
checks if the scrap matches the card, and she finds that it does. How did the trick happen?
Let me first try it out with you! These are a group of cards which have been
well shuffled. I will randomly choose a card, and it is the one you are seeing right now.
I will rip a small part,
notice that the card has become torn. With a quick move, the scrap disappears
from my hand and moves to the cover of the cell phone that is in front of me.
It is an exact match for the card that was just ripped. How did this happen?
The secret, my friend, is that the magician never rips the card. All you see is merely an illusion.
The magician tore the card and put the scrap inside the girl’s phone
before doing the trick. Then the magician used the ‘illusion of choice’ technique
to make the girl choose the torn card. The magician shows the card to everyone,
but he hides the ripped part with his hand so that the viewer does not see
it. He pretends to rip the card, and tells the girl that the scrap is inside her cell phone.
And that’s how the trick is done! Third Trick: Card Appears In Orange
This is one of the cool tricks done by most world famous magicians such as David Blaine.
The magician asks the guest, here the famous actor Harrison Ford, to choose a card and
keep it in his mind. The magician tells the actor that the card he picked was no longer in the deck
and teleported to the orange. The magician takes the orange, asks the actor to check
it well and make sure it is unopened – and yes it appears untouched. The magician takes the orange,
cuts it into half and shows the card that the actor had chosen. How did that happen?
The secret to the trick is as follows: At first, the magician brings an orange and
removes the top part and makes a small hole. He then folds the card into a small size and
tucks it inside the hole into the orange. He then closes the hole and attaches the upper part again
with glue. The orange appears to the viewers as never touched without any indication of a
hole. The magician cuts the orange when the right time comes and extracts the card from inside.
You might wonder how the magician knew which card the actor was going to choose.
The truth is illusionists and card tricksters use multiple techniques in knowing which card
their victim would choose. They may limit the numbers of a particular type, use body language,
or use the illusion of choice to make the guest choose the card they want without him feeling it.
How the magician made the actor choose 9 of hearts card is not clear in the trick.
At the end of this video, David Blaine is a genius magician
who is able to trick the smartest minds, so let us know which trick you have enjoyed the most.
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