subject: Simple Magic Trick Anyone Can Perform With Cards [print this page] If you are looking for a simple magic trick that even children can do, try magic card tricks. This is the perfect trick for children. The only thing they need to do is to know some maths. This can be done with fantastic results so long as it is practiced over and over again.
The first thing to do:
Grab yourself a standard 52 card deck and explain that you will be making some separate piles of cards, proceed to shuffle the cards. Holding the cards face up in your hand, the top card which is the first card of each pile is where you begin. For each pile you will count up to thirteen with the ace counting as one. How many cards it takes to reach thirteen will depend on the number of the starting card. Lets say your first card is an ace, now you can take the next card as being two and count all the way up to thirteen making it a pile. Your initial card is a two, so we will take the next card as number three, then the next as number four and so on until we have counted thirteen cards, it wont matter what the suits are. When the initial card is a ten then the next card will be eleven, then twelve followed by thirteen to complete the pile. Unlike the other piles this one will only have four cards. Count silently to yourself so you do not give it away. Sort the piles on the table with them facing up so that everyone can see them then once used flip them back over so that the bottom cards become the top ones.
Here is the finesse:
While you are counting, try to make it look like you are NOT counting the cards but merely making some random piles. Face cards cannot be used to begin a pile. If your first card is a face card just say, "I don't like face cards" and put it on the bottom of the deck or slide in the deck anywhere. While counting the cards and setting up your piles be sure you are keeping track of the cards faced up you are shuffling. When you come to the end of the deck the remaining cards in your hand will probably not be enough cards to make a full pile. so just You must be able to count to thirteen for each pile so you say, "I think that is enough" and put the remaining cards aside so they do not get mixed up with the piles you have made. Math is what it is about so be sure you keep track of your counting.
The next phase:
You will usually end up with seven piles more or less. The number of piles will not matter. Now you tell your audience that you would like them to remove piles and hand them to you. With the cards you had set aside put them into your hand face down while they make their choices. Add the piles they hand to you to the cards in your hand. If you had ended with six piles you would have them remove three or if you ended with seven piles you would have them remove four piles. The object is to leave three piles. You might tell them they are to leave three piles.
This part is fun:
Watch as you tell the person to flip the top cards of only two piles, just the top cards one off each pile. Now you will have two piles with the top card turned face up. What you want to do is find the number that is on top of the pile so search the deck. You will not know the suit, just the number of the card so do not forget to tell them this. More showmanship is here. Pretend to be searching for the right number even though you are secretly counting the cards. You are in fact counting the cards. To start with count ten cards. Next read out the number on the starting card that is facing up on one of the piles of cards. Look at the second card faced up and count to that number. Let us say you pick up a two and three on two of the piles then you must count out ten of the cards, again count two and three more from those that are turned over.
The grand finale:
You are still holding some cards that are left in your hand. You could have ten or one card left it does not matter. Do not get caught placing down the left over cards, pretend to count them and state, "This must be your card." The number of the top card on the last pile is "." After counting out all of the other cards be sure to say what the remaining cards are. When there is just the one card left you will say it is an Ace. You will say the card is a two if there are two cards left and so on. Rather than flip over the last card yourself, let the audience member turn it over.
In closing:
Correct counting will guarantee the trick always works.
The piles must remain intact, when the piles are turned over make sure the top card remains on top.
You have to start with 52 cards for it to work.
When counting cards try your best to be cool and confident that way it will be more effective on the people watching. You will definitely impress people with this trick.
