How to Perform Magic

Published on October 7, 2009 by Tommyhawkz in Card Games

Here’s a magic trick guaranteed to fool everyone.

Before you perform the trick, you need to make a trick card. Cut a black king in half and glue it to the front of the 10 of diamonds. Position it half way across the 10 and slightly tilted to the right.
Next, take three cards from the pack – your trick card, the 5 of hearts and the jack of clubs.
Fan out the cards. Make sure the jack is completely hidden behind the 5 of hearts, so only the 10 of diamonds, the king of spades and the 5 of hearts are showing.

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Show the fan of cards to your audience. Then close the fan. Turn your hand over and fan out the cards again, holding them face down.
Ask someone to pick out the king. They will probably pick the middle card thinking it is the king. It won’t be the king; it will be the jack.

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