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Hello everyone.
In this video I'm going to be teaching
you an easy card magic trick that I used to perform
a lot back in my
office days before I became a magician.
In fact, it wasn't
unusual for somebody to stop by my my
workspace
and say "Hey Wayne, can you show Joe here
that magic card trick?"
This easy card magic trick is one of them. So i'm going to
teach you the magic card trick. And stay tuned
to the end because I will be offering
tips and insights into how you can be
successful with this magic card trick. Let's get
started.
I have a little theory that a like
process should come up with a like
conclusion or outcome.
So we're going to try a little experiment
here. Two decks of cards.
They are just ordinary decks of cards here
but different backs. So I would like you to
choose one of the decks.
Whichever one you choose is the one you're
going to use.
Okay, you chose the green one and I'll take
the red one. Go ahead, take them
and go ahead, and just mix the playing cards any
way you like.
It's okay if
you want to mix them. It's all up
to you.
Cut the playing cards. Shuffle the playing cards.
So we're creating a like process, correct?
Happy the cards are mixed up. They're probably as
mixed up as my brother-in-law.
So anyway go ahead and look. Make
sure it's a good distribution of cards. You happy
with it?
Okay. Great. Put your cards on the table
and what we're going to do is, we're
going to switch cards
to randomize things a little more.
All right, now here's where you're going
to mirror me.
So you're going to pick up half the cards
just the way I am and put it
to this side. Go ahead. And
what I want you to do is look at the
card you cut to and memorize it.
Okay you got it? All right. Now place the
card over here.
Now complete the cut. Perfect. And let's
give the cards one more cut
however you like. Excellent. And we're
going to switch decks of cards
again to make it even more random. Now
that now that you have the deck of cards, go ahead
and give it another cut.
Now we have kind of mirrored each other.
We've actually
done a series of processes that were
almost identical
and we're going to try and see if we
have similar results. What I'd like you
to do is just go through the deck and
try and find
your card. Don't show it to me yet but
just find
your card and hold it
just like this.
So like methodology
should result in a like conclusion. I
don't know. What was the card?
Nine of diamonds? Good. Turn yours over
and you picked the nine of diamonds. Well
I think I did the exact same thing
because I also came up with the nine of
diamonds
as well.
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This is a great magic card trick that's completely
impromptu which is why I like it. All you
need are two decks of cards
and if you follow my instructions you'll
be able to do this easy card trick.
Just two ordinary decks of cards.
What I like to do is have the spectators
select one of the
decks of cards and tell them that whichever deck
they select is one they'll work with.
So I think in this case we'll have
the spectator select the green deck
and I will be working with the red deck.
And I like to
set up the premise that that if you do a
a similar kind of procedure that you
should have a similar
outcome. It's kind of like the
scientific method, I guess. The scientific
method wherea if you
do similar techniques you will have
a similar outcome.
Anyway, you just have had them mix up
the cards any way that they like
and you just kind of make sure
that
you're both mixing the cards. It really
doesn't matter now.
Once you go through the mixing process
you turn over the cards. I like to say
make sure it looks pretty random
and you have them look at their cards.
Now what you're doing is, you're looking
at your cards
saying that you're looking for a random...
randomness in the deck of cards.
But all you're doing is remembering the
bottom card.
And in my case it happens to be the
three of hearts. The card could be any card
because we've actually mixed up the deck of cards.
But it is the three of hearts.
And they're going to, obviously,
they're not thinking of anything at this
point. They're just looking at the cards.
So I'm remembering three of hearts.
Whatever the card is on the bottom.
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Now at this juncture you trade decks of cards.
Now it's important here because this is
the crucial part. I always tell the
spectator
to mirror what I'm doing, act like it's a
mirror.
So when I say I want you to cut the
cards I want to make sure that they cut the
cards
in same direction I'm cutting. See? I'm
cutting the cards this way
and I want them to cut the cards this way.
So far everything's random. Just
remember the three of hearts.
Now and just to refresh your memory.
Three of hearts is over here on the
bottom.
Now once they cut these cards
here, you look at this playing card as the
spectator is looking at this card.
And you're looking at this card now.
Spectators think you're memorizing this
card here.
You're not because you don't care. All
you have to remember is the three of
hearts right here.
Now the spectator is memorizing this
card which happens to be the three of
spades.
Completely random so both of us are
looking at our cards.
They're memorizing the playing card over here
and you're just looking at this playing card and not
caring about it. Don't memorize it. Don't
get mixed up.
Then you tell them to mirror you and put
the cards
over here and now complete the cut.
Now on this end we don't care what
happens but over here we still have the
three hearts on the bottom.
So the three hearts goes over their card.
Now you can cut the deck, it doesn't matter
if you cut the deck at this point
because it doesn't change the order.
now switch the cards
and you can keep cutting the decks if
you like.
It doesn't really matter now.
After some mixing you tell the spectator
"we're going to
find our cards because we've done a
similar procedure which
should have a similar outcome. So what
you do is
they're going to just look for their
card. What you're doing is looking
through the deck and looking for that
three of hearts. And once you find
the three of hearts
which is right there, three of hearts,
I know the card that is underneath is
their card which is the
three of spades. Now you take out th
card and of course they're going to take
out the three of spades.
And then at the end you conclude we did
a
similar procedure and we want a similar
outcome. You turn your cards over
and you will both have the same card.
This is a well-known magic card trick known as "Do
As I Do."
The key thing here is that you need to
really control
the spectator and suggest what they do
which is why you notice I
make a big deal out of mirroring. I tell
the spectator to mirror me because what
happens is
it's important that the spectator cuts
the cards in a certain way.
If you tell a person just cut the cards,
they're going to cut it in a random way
and then you won't be able to follow
and see where that key (bottom) card is. So that's
the reason why
I came up with this idea of having them
mirror me. In
this magic card trick, it's all about you doing what I
do
and we come out with the same outcome. So
by mirroring, after you swap decks of cards,
you can move the deck from side to side and
then you know exactly where that key (bottom)
card is at all times.
The other thing is when a person looks
at their card, oftentimes, their
tendency is to put the card back where
it was and then close it. And of course,
you need that
bottom card to go on top of their card
in order for this trick to work.
So that's why the mirroring idea is
very important for the success of this
magic card trick.
I like the idea at the beginning to
offer a free choice of
the decks of cards and by the way,
it's good to have, I think,
different color cards so you have
a contrast in the cards. And then the person can
select one of them. it just introduces
one
randomizing factor before you get into
this whole notion
of creating a like procedure and a like
outcome. Feel free to play along in this
magic card trick
and use your personality. Because when
people are following you,
now in the demo part of this trick when
I was performing
I didn't make a big deal out of it,
but I remember in the old days when I
used to do this magic card trick,
I used to make the person do everything
I did. I would sit there and shuffle and
they would shuffle. I'd cut it and they'd
cut it.
And it offered a lot of fun interaction and
humor. So I think as you perform this card trick for
more and more people, you'll find
gradually that these little elements will
come in. These little bits that'll
make the magic card trick even more entertaining. So
anyway, I hope you have fun with this
magic card trick.
Thanks so much for watching. Please give
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and I'll see you next time.
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