Magician And Presenter Nick Reade

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Free Magic Trick - The Next Card

This is very simple but effective free magic trick.

The effect of this free magic trick is as follows: -

The spectator chooses any card and agrees to bet and they think they are sure to win! You say that you will turn over each card and find their selected card. You turn over a number of cards going past their chosen selection and then reiterate the bet. Since you have gone past their card they believe you have done the trick wrong. You place one card down and tell them that the next card you turn over will be theirs. They accept the bet but you manage to turn over their card as the next card much to their surprise and your enjoyment.

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Secret of this FREE Magic Trick :

Ask the spectator to cut the cards anywhere and hand the other half to you. (At this point you take a look at the bottom card on that pile you have.) You can avoid the spectator handing you half the deck by getting a glimpse of the bottom card as you take them out of the card box or as you just play with them. If you use one of the last two methods you will now have two halves cut side by side on the table.

Ask the spectator to take a look at and remember the card on top of the pile that they cut too. Tell them to put their card back on the top of their pile and you put your half (the other half) with the card you remembered still on the bottom and set it on top of that pile. Now take the deck face down in your hand and give the cards one straight cut.

Start to turn over cards face up onto the table one by one. Once you see your card, the next card will be theirs. Don't do anything. Just keep on dealing about 3-4 cards on top of that one. Now stop, put the next card face down on the table and say, 'The next card I turnover will be yours, will you accept the bet? They think you have gone wrong, as they have already seen their card go by. Now what you do is simply reach into the pile and turn their card face down and say 'I told you the next card I turned over would be your'

Sneaky but great fun to their face at this point!