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How To: Perform the "whispers" card trick

In this video, viewers will be watching the performance of the "whispers" card trick. The magician begins by shuffling the deck and asks the spectator to select 3 cards. Then they are laid face down and the magician takes all 4 of the queens out of the deck. He uses the queens as a guide and is able to tell the spectator the 3 faced down cards. Then he waves a queen over the 3 cards and places it down. The cards in his hands become the selection and the face down cards become the 4 aces. This...

How To: Perform the 'Name It' Card Trick

In this video Andy shows you how to perform the "Name it" card trick. The presenter suggests introducing yourself quickly and then ask someone in the audience for a name. Count up the number of letters in the persons name (for instance David is five letters). You then split and reverse five cards. You then ask the audience member to cut the deck in half. Then double under break the remaining cards. Then place the selected card under the reversed card. Then ask the audience member his name aga...

How To: Do a "mentalism" card trick

The magician starts off by saying he will not complete the trick on camera because it is not for up-close viewing. There is a link to go watch the trick being performed. This is a mind reading-prediction trick. There are two decks of cards, red and blue. The viewer is asked to choose one deck. The magician takes the cards of out that deck and pulls a card from the middle. This is the prediction card. Then he puts the rest of the cards back in the box and removes those cards. He takes the card...

How To: Spin a magic card trick

Place the card in the center tip of your middle finger. The card should balance on your finger and you can test this by wobbling the card on your finger left and right without it falling off of your finger. Try to spin the card with your other hand. If it falls off your finger it may have been off center. Next, use your thumb, placed on top of the card to stabilize the card. Raise your thumb above the card. With your index finger, lightly pull the card toward your palm and generate a spinning...

How To: Perform the ultimate professional jazz aces card trick

This video shows the viewer Andy Fields ‘Ultimate Professional Jazz Aces’. The trick starts with 4 queens’ face down on the table. Next 4 black cards are selected. Seemingly these cards are made to change places with the queens’ one at a time. This is supposedly done simply with a flick of the wrist. After all of the queens have been swapped the viewer is led to believe that the queen must be lying face down in a pile and that the black cards must be in the magicians hands. However on closer ...

How To: Perform the Ascanio spread and Elmsley sleight tricks

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform the Ascanio spread and Elmsley sleight tricks. The Ascanio spread makes 5 cards look like there is 4 cards. Begin by hold the pack with a biddle grip. You are going to peel off the top card with your thumb, fifth card with your index and fourth card with your middle finger. The Elmsey count is a shuffle that hides a card. Square the cards and peel them off. When it comes to the hidden card, peel off the two cards at once. This video will be...

How To: Levitate in the air

Learn two different methods of meditation, as used by David Blaine and Chris Angel. In the first method, you will push up on your toes of one foot, while lifting the other in the air. Keep your audience behind you at a 45 degree angle for optimum levitation illusion. In the second method, cut a slit up the front of a pair of pants to your waist. Tape the very bottom of your pants together. Next, take the shoelace out of one of your shoes (this should be the same side as the pants leg with the...

How To: Amaze your friends with a great wallet card trick

Andy Field shows us a trick that has little set up and carries a high reaction. This trick is called the wrong prediction trick. You will need a deck of playing cards a wallet and a black magic marker. Take out the queen of hearts and write "9 of clubs" on the back of it. Stick the card in the wallet face side up this will be called the "force card". Find the 9 of clubs in the deck and slightly bend it to give a slight concave effect. Do the same to the queen of hearts. Fan out the deck face ...

How To: Perform the "tell the truth" card trick

This video shows you a mind-reading card trick. This particular trick requires 8 cards: 4 kings and 4 queens. First, the subject is asked to memorize one of the 8 cards as they are laid out before the subject, face-side up. The cards are picked up and sorted in various ways and the subject is asked a series of questions. The questions are always asking whether the card the subject memorized is in a certain group that the trick performer presents. The card in question always is in the group th...

How To: Perform a great and simple effect with the gun trick

Here Andy Field explains the Gun card Trick. It can be performed anytime and has no setup required. Remove the Ace of Spades before you start and select any card and return it onto the pack. Now use the table cut control so as to ensure the selected card remains on the top in spite of the shuffling. The next part if strangled sparrow shuffle by taking a third of the pack in the right hand and the others in the left. Form a gun shape using the index fingers to control the two packs that you wi...

How To: Use the double undercut to control the bottom card

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform the double undercut using a deck of cards. This shuffle controls the bottom card. The trick begins with the magician asking the spectator to choose a card. Return the card on top of the deck. Then it will be shuffle and end up at the bottom. To do this trick, create a break between the card and the deck. Now cut the deck in half. The right hand packet is placed under the left hand packet. The card is now transferred to the right hand. The l...

How To: Perform the mind blowing trick "card text"

First of all you need to a set up deck. You need to learn about two things. First you need to learn about calculating the numerical value of the card and also work out the suit the card. First take out a card and lay it face up. This is 4 of clubs. The rule here is that next card shall be 3 more in numerical value because this deck is a set up. So pick the next card that is 7(4+3) of hearts then 10 of spade (10+3) and then king of diamonds (10+3). Now remember the phrase "chsd", c for club, h...

How To: Perform the "dyslexic queens" card trick

In this Magic & Parlor Tricks video tutorial you will see the "dyslexic queens" card trick. The 4 queens are laid out on the table face down; three in one line and the 4th below the top line. To each queen 3 red cards are added. These cards are between 1 to 10; no jacks or kings. Now the top 3 stacks are picked up one by one shuffled and when turned over, the queen has vanished. All the 4 queens are found in the 4th stack. Then the 4 stacks are put face down with 4 queens in the 4th stack. On...

How To: Perform the "four queens" card trick

In this video, you can see the magician Andy Field giving an Excellent tutorial on how to do the "Four Queens" card trick. He gives an in depth guide on several small tricks you will need to do this successfully, such as pinky breaks and double-under cuts, as well as numerous other little tips. This trick involves showing your spectators four queens and two cards of their choosing, then leaving them speechless when they magically manage to switch places. He explains everything extremely well,...

How To: Do the slip cut sandwich card trick

If you've ever wanted to do card magic tricks or just want to know how a certain magic card trick is done then watch and learn how to perform the slip cut sandwich card trick. This is a simple card trick can be done by anyone regardless of experience, you want to being by stating that the two jacks are going to assist you in finding the card. Then have a spectator tell you when to stop when your riffling through the deck. When told to stop just pull two cards out as one and place at the top o...

How To: Control cut a selected card to the top of the deck

This video shows how to perform a simple magic card trick where you will be able to control cut a card to the top of the deck. After determining which card will be the one which is used, the trick may be done in one of two ways, one in which the spectator places the card back into the deck, and the other where the magician does it. Certain grips must be used on the deck, which are demonstrated in the video. You should make sure in both cases to have your pinky discreetly hold the place where ...

How To: Do the "my favorite ace" card trick

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do the "my favorite ace" trick. The trick begins with all 4 aces. Then the magician flips them over and goes through them. As he goes through them, each ace changes the color of the back. All the aces change to a red back except for the ace of spades. Users will need 3 aces with the red back, the ace of spades with a blue back and a double back card. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy magic tricks and would like to learn how to perform...

How To: Use the siva count card sleight for many card tricks

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform the Siva count sleight card trick. This sleight card trick is very similar to the Elmsley, except it is a reversal. It reveals the cards instead of facing them down. This sleight uses 5 cards, but only reveal 4 of them. It hides the target card. The card that you want to hide needs to be in he middle (3rd card). When going through each card, users have to double drop the card and not allow the spectator to see the hidden card. This video wi...

How To: Easily levitate like David Blaine

This video tutorial explains How to Levitate Like David Blaine. You do not actually levitate but create an illusion that your feet are off the ground. This effect is based on the point of view of the spectator (what can be seen and what cannot be seen). When you perform the effect, do not tell the spectator what you will be doing, this prevents them from looking for things. To perform the effect, you need to stand at a 45 degree angle so that the spectator can see your left foot and only the ...

How To: Make a levitating card

To levitate a playing card you will need an ordinary playing card, scotch or clear tape, a pair of scissors, white paper and some string or yarn. First, measure the yarn by holding it up to your ear and cut the yarn at the desired level. Then, place the yarn to the white paper and separate it until you pull one thin thread from the yarn. Set the thread on the white piece of paper. Tape both ends of the thread. Tape the thread to the card. Tape the other end of the thread to your ear. You can ...

How To: Perform the Christ Ace card trick

kammagic shows you the Christ Ace card trick. You start off with a regular deck of cards and choose 4 cards, these should be signed, and split the deck into 4 piles. Place each card into a pile then put all the piles on top of each other. After the first two cards are revealed, you can ask the member of the audience what their card was and using letters as cards, spell that out. You will get to their card. For the final card simply turn the deck and reveal that there's only one card facing do...

How To: Levitate a card easily

MYQUICKTRICKS Shuffle the cards and ask the audience to pick a card. Once they pick a card cut the deck and have them place their card in on the top of the bottom stack. Place the top half on top of the bottom half but stick your pinky in the back so to hold the place of the card they picked. Cut the deck so their card is now on the top and begin to shuffle making sure their card stays at the top of the deck. Cut the deck with one hand and place the rubber band on the card they picked. Squeez...

How To: Perform the cut and restored string trick

1. This video describes how to perform the cut and restored string trick. For performing this you need One "Scissor", "about 4 inch length of string", "one Straw" which you can get any restaurant or juice shop and "one X-acto Knife". Now actually prepare the straw, and the secret is in the straw in this case.

How To: Easily perform the levitation trick

This video shows the method to easily perform the levitation trick. In the trick, the person is seen levitating above the ground when viewed from the side. The trick behind this is that you are wearing only one shoe. The other shoe is kept between the feet. The second leg is kept on the ground. Here we use the toe of the foot to create the levitation effect. The foot with the shoe is slowly moved up. Simultaneously, the other foot is moved up squeezing the shoe which is not worn. The other sh...

How To: Perform the "color changing popsicle stick" trick

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform the color changing Popsicle stick trick. Users will need to color one side of the stick with six colors and the other side with one color. The color should be the third color on the Popsicle stick. When asking the person to pick a number, it will force them to choose your color. When flipping the Popsicle stick, keep it at the same side and create the illusion of flipping. Make it seem like your flipping over the stick. This video will bene...

How To: Perform the tear and repair magic trick

This is a video tutorial on how to perform the torn and restored trick. The effect is that a napkin is torn into several pieces and magically restored to the state it was before. To perform the trick, you need not one, but two napkins and a pen or a straw. Keep the pen in your back pocket. Keep one napkin hidden in your hand in the shape of a ball. While tearing up the other napkin, be careful not to flash the napkin ball in your hand. After you tear up the napkin, roll it into a ball and put...

How To: Do the multiplying chalk trick

This video is a tutorial on how to perform the multiplying chalk trick. The magician uses two pieces of chalk to perform this trick, although he also suggests using anything chalk-shaped. First, the magician performs the illusion of hiding one piece of chalk in his right hand. The other chalk is visible to the audience in his left hand. He switches the chalk and pretends to put it in his pocket, but in reality he is hiding the piece of chalk. He continues to repeat this action over and over. ...

How To: Perform the "auto-reversal" trick

1.This video describes how to perform the auto reversal trick. Take a seat on the rocking chair of magic. To do this magic you are going to need regular deck of cards of 52 and you can have the joker, also it doesn't matter. Before you keep the cards in hands you have to do little setup that is turn down the bottom most card to face up.

How To: Change a penny into a quarter trick

This is a short video that shows you how to do a magic trick. This trick involves changing a penny to a quarter. The kid is holding a penny between the thumb and the index finger of one hand and nothing in the other hand. He then does a trick with both his hands and two quarters pop up. He then goes on to explain the trick. You need two quarters and a penny for this trick. Put both the quarters behind the penny, hold them tightly together and first show the penny. Then turn your hand inwards ...

How To: Perform the cell phone mentalism card trick

This video teaches us how to perform a magic trick with a deck of cards and a cell phone. The presenter starts by talking about a man named Eddie Carrol, who apparently hates the presenter for revealing these card tricks on YouTube. The presenter leaves his cell phone and a deck of cards and leaves the room. A spectator is chosen to pick one card out of the deck. When the card has been picked the magician's assistant calls the magician and says that the card has been picked. The trick is how ...

How To: Pull off the tablecloth trick

At some point in time on TV or in a movie we’ve all witnessed a person pull a tablecloth clear off of a table without spilling the items on top. This is not an illusion, it can be done. Don’t choose your mother’s fine china to start with but do try it out.

How To: Levitate a card like David Blaine

This a video tutorial on how to levitate a card. This is basically a card trick. The effect created is that the spectator's selected card is magically revealed by rising out of the pack. The secret to the effect is your little finger. Shuffle the cards and then let the spectator select one card. Show the card to the spectator and tell him/her to put the card back anywhere they want. As the card is placed back, get a pinky break with your little finger above the card. Use multiple cuts to get ...

How To: Levitate like a magician

Ram98872 demonstrates how to levitate like a magician. Levitating is a popular trick for street magicians like David Blaine. To perform the levitating trick you need balance, baggy pants and a lot of practice. First stand with your feet close together and have the viewers observe you from the side. Next, life one foot straight up in the air while simultaneously balancing on the other foot and lifting the heel of that foot only. When your audience faces you at a right angle, it will seem like ...

How To: Do an easy ball vase trick

Magic tricks are a fun way to pass the time or entertain a group of friends. The ball and vase trick is easy to learn using the basic principles of magic trick deception. Pick one up and start spreading joy and wonder to people near you.

How To: Perform the jumping rubberband trick

Show off your cool skills to your friends by learning how to make a rubber band or hair band jump. This trick is easy and sure to throw people off. The first step is to put the rubber band (or hair band if you life) on your pinkie and ring finger. Now, close your hand and get the band onto all four of your fingers. All you have to do now is open your hand and the rubber band will have jumped.