In this article, I will show you a simple magic card trick. To do this trick, you will have to use your logic, your attention and memorize the card situated at the bottom of the deck.
Let's see now how to practically do this magic trick. Somebody from the audience chooses a card from the deck and then returns it back to the deck. The magician will then reveal the chosen card. The magician has to move quickly so that the glimpsing of the card at the bottom of the deck should not be noticed by the audience.
- While preparing the cards, glimpse swiftly (to prevent the audience from noticing this move), the card situated at the bottom of the deck, in this case, the King of Diamonds. Remember this card, because it will be the key card.
2. Spread the cards and let somebody from the audience choose one card.
3. Tell the spectator to remember what card he has chosen. In this case, the chosen card is the Three of Diamonds.
4. Swing-cut the top half of the card deck into the right hand.
5. The top half of the deck (from the right hand) should be placed under the bottom half of the deck (the one you have in the left hand, and at the bottom of which the key card is situated) The chosen card should be placed in between the two half decks so that the key card is right above the chosen card.
6. Spread the cards on the table. If you want to impress the audience, you can simply name the chosen card, without touching it, the Three of Diamonds. The chosen card will be the one right above the key card.
7. Alternatively you can pick the chosen card out of the deck.
8. Remove it from the deck and show it to the audience. Ask the spectator to confirm that it was the card he had chosen.
