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Old 31-10-2005, 13:33   #1
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Card Trick !
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I saw a card trick on TV which has been done to me before and I just can not understand how it can be done.

You think of a card and then have the chance to change your mind. The person than fans through a pack of cards (showing the backs) and the one chosen is turned the other way !!!!!!

Has anyone else seen this trcik and any ideas on how it is done ???

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Old 31-10-2005, 19:29   #2
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Re: Card Trick !
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You think of a card and then have the chance to change your mind. The person than fans through a pack of cards (showing the backs) and the one chosen is turned the other way !!!!!!
Are you sure you're reporting this correctly?

There's a very basic trick that can be done if they *pick* a card from the deck (you can offer them the chance to change their mind).

They show it to everyone, put it back in the deck, but when you spread the cards, theirs is magically the other way up!

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It's really very simple, you put one card on the bottom of the deck already upside down and when they're showing it around, you turn the deck upside down, but because of the bottom card, nothing appears to have changed.

They put their card in, already upside down(!) and when you spread the cards, of course theirs is the only one the other way around
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Old 31-10-2005, 20:24   #3
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Re: Card Trick !
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Hi all

I saw a card trick on TV which has been done to me before and I just can not understand how it can be done.

You think of a card and then have the chance to change your mind. The person than fans through a pack of cards (showing the backs) and the one chosen is turned the other way !!!!!!

Has anyone else seen this trcik and any ideas on how it is done ???

Thanks

Mike
If you are not even picking a card then somewhere along your journey to the stage/or in the theatre there would have been hints to steer you to a particular card choice. ie. several posters advertising "The King and I" and others advertising "Hearts and flowers".
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Old 31-10-2005, 20:42   #4
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If you are not even picking a card then somewhere along your journey to the stage/or in the theatre there would have been hints to steer you to a particular card choice. ie. several posters advertising "The King and I" and others advertising "Hearts and flowers".
Yes I understand this type of thing but amazed that it can be done ! 1 out of 52 ????
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Yes I understand this type of thing but amazed that it can be done ! 1 out of 52 ????
Once you select a colour or suit it halves the odds. Soon its' only 1:13
Add to that a bit of preparation (as described earlier) and/or some sleight-of-hand and anything is possible.

I have a few tricks (up my sleeve) and one I recently demonstrated is very effective and quite impossible to figure out how it's done.
It consists of someone tossing a pound/10p (not tried it with 50p) coin, catching it and then placing it on the back of their hand - all in full view of everyone (including me, obviously.)
I can then tell them whether it's heads or tails with +90% success. (i.e. much better than 50/50, as should be the case.) And this was over 20+ attempts.
I didn't supply the coin, and no-one is in league with me - standard UK currency.
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My dad does a lot af hand magic (coins, cards etc) and the card they take has been forced on to them.

But in this case you proberly get misdirected while they manipulate the deck
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My dad just said:
"the bottom card is face up, you pick the card, and while you are looking at your card they turn the pack upside down so that the only card facing down is the bottom card (NOW TOP) you put your card into the pack thay then talk to you thus distracting you while they turn the pack the right way. then they fan (but careful not to show the bottom card) the pack and wow you card is face up.
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Hi all

I saw a card trick on TV which has been done to me before and I just can not understand how it can be done.

You think of a card and then have the chance to change your mind. The person than fans through a pack of cards (showing the backs) and the one chosen is turned the other way !!!!!!

Has anyone else seen this trcik and any ideas on how it is done ???

Thanks

Mike
I used to have this card trick its called Brainwave... its a hacked pack! You'll find it performed here... http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=78
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Old 01-11-2005, 13:12   #8
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I used to have this card trick its called Brainwave... its a hacked pack! You'll find it performed here... http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=78
Spot on................thanks for your help

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Spot on................thanks for your help

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No probs, this is a very good site to see some excellent stuff! http://www.magicvideodepot.com/
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