You're about to learn an amazing card trick where a spectator freely names any card.
In this easy card trick you're going to have a spectator freely name any card - it's a
completely free choice. And in the end, you show them that you knew exactly which card
they would choose. I'm going to demo the trick and then iIll show you how to do it. Let's go.
A
deck of cards here and what I'd like you to do is to please name any card. Ummm..."six
of hearts." Six of hearts. Now, do you want to change your mind? You want to stay with,
now stay with? All right. We're going to go through here and we're looking for the six
hearts. I think I see a six of hearts right there. Now I do have a deck of cards here - all
kinds of cards here. But there is something I think is special about the six of hearts.
It's the only one there that had an "X" marked on it's back.
And that is...
something.
This is a trick that's going to require a gimmicked deck. You're going to have to dedicate a
deck of cards for this trick. Now you can do what I did for the demo and just use a deck of cards
that I purchased from my local dollar store. Or you can just use an old deck of cards from around
the house or even dedicate a brand new deck. But in any event, you'll have a powerful,
easy magic trick that you can perform for your friends and family. So first, I'm going to teach
you how to gaff or gimmick the deck, and then I'll show you how to perform the trick. You want a deck
that has kind of a light back because that way it'll show the marking on the back for the trick.
And you want to keep the two jokers. Ahead of time, to gimmick the deck, divide the deck into
two sections. What Iike to do is have the all the odd cards over here so that would be sevens,
fives, threes and it also includes the jacks and the kings. Jacks and kings are odd because you'd
have ten and then jack would be eleven, queen would be twelve and then king would be thirteen.
So these are all the odd cards over here. In this pile over here are all the even numbered cards.
And then you have to prepare the deck. Take your even cards
and make a tiny "x" on the back of the deck - each card for the evens.
Odd cards you leave blank on the backs, but the difference is the fronts have an "x."
Then what I do is I like to put the jokers in between and that warns me where I am in the deck.
You bring out the deck. Now here's what's really cool about this deck. Any card that they name can
show a marking. If they happen to name an even card, you're going to show an "x" on the back. If
they select a an odd card, you're going to show an "x" on the front. Spectators don't know and that's
what makes you ahead of the game. You come out and show that you have all kinds of cards. Now
these are the front cards that don't have the x's - they have the x's on the back. So you can
openly and freely show them. Just don't go past the jokers because once you go past the jokers,
then you start getting into the odd numbers and you'll start seeing the markings. Same if you turn
the deck over. You show the backs. These are the odd cards. You can show these freely and show that
there are no markings. Now be careful here because your jokers are here somewhere and once you pass
the jokers, you'll see an "x "and you don't have any way of knowing where the jokers are.
So just kind of spread the top cards but you can openly spread these cards. Now if they say
an even number, this is actually the best solution because i think this is the better
outcome. So let's say they pick one of the even cards, you just slowly go through the even cards
and you can openly show these things as you go through. So let's say it was the "ten of clubs"-
it's a free choice.. If they select an even card, you put on the table. At this point, there is an
"x" on the back but you don't show that yet. You just pull the card out and put it on the table,
face up. If they chose the ten of clubs as a free choice, then you turn the deck over and you show
that it is an ordinary deck. Or you say it is but obviously it isn't. You can show these backs
nice and freely and then, after they've seen these backs - they're clean, you turn this over
and it has an x on it and that's the outcome for an even card. Now if they name an odd
card, the procedure is a little different. So what you're going to do is, you're going to show these
cards very openly but once you get to the jokers then you know you're into the odd cards. Now here,
you have to be really careful. You have to spread these cards very tightly as you look for their
cards because you don't want to open the cards, otherwise they're going to see that all the x's
that are written on the card. So go down to the jokers - show these openly. Get to the jokers
and then just kind of edge your way through the deck and show the cards. Now let's say they
chose the "ace of hearts." Now don't pull this out all the way. If you pull it too far you're
going to show the "x."So what I like to do is just pull it out enough. So then you say "you
chose the ace of hearts," then what you do is don't show the "x" but just pull it out enough.
Then you turn it over and you place it on the table like this.
They don't know it but it has the "x" already on it. You turn this over and then you say "we
had here a deck" and here, because these are the even cards that have the markings on the back,
you can show them to be completely clean on the faces until you get to the jokers.
It's a ery clean display .And then when you turn the odd card over it has the "x."