Easy Tricks (I to M)
Keith's Trick
Preparation: Find a volunteer (One who won't mess up the trick).
Teach him about the trick. Inform him not to tell anyone about your secret code
(see below.)
Trick:
Split the deck into several piles. Leave the room.
While you are out of the room your assistant will tell a person to pick a card
from one of the piles. They call you back into the room. The assistant will have
spread out the pile, face down, on the table.
Next have the assistant point to various cards. When the assistant points to the
chosen card he will point to the middle of the card, while on every other card
he will point to its corner. When you see him point to the middle of a card,
you'll know it is the selection. Wait until he points to a couple more cards,
then tell him to stop. Flip the correct card face up. Listen for applause.
Kings Robbery
Start out by telling a story of four king thieves (have the
Kings separated from the rest of the deck). One day the kings decide to rob
their local Famous Store. The four kings fly their helicopter to the roof and
begin to devise their plans. (As you say this, place the four Kings on the top
of the deck.)
The first king says, "I'll take the clothes from the first floor" (Place the
King on the bottom of the deck). The next king says, "Okay, I'll rob the second
floor (Place the King somewhere in the middle, but near the bottom." The third
king says, "Then I'll rob the third floor (Place the King somewhere above the
second, but not on top.) The fourth king says, "I'll be the lookout. If I see
some police coming, I'll whistle and you should all come up to the roof."
The kings begin to rob the store. However, the king on the roof sees the cops
are starting to surround the store. So he gives the whistle (whistle - or scream
or something, if you can't whistle) and the four kings all run up to the roof
and fly away in their helicopter to safety (take the four cards off the top, one
by one, revealing the four Kings!)
How it's done:
The whole trick is done right at the very beginning. Along with the four Kings
you place on the top of the deck, you also place three other cards on top of
those. When you show the Kings, keep the others hidden behind them, so it looks
like there's only four Kings. When you put these together and put them on the
"roof," and then move the three Kings to the various parts of the building,
you're actually moving those three cards
Lazy Magician
Effect: The spectator is given the cards, which they may shuffle as much as they
want. While the magician's back is turned, the spectator looks at the top card,
and replaces it back on the top. The spectator is asked to place as many cards
as the top card (King is 13, Queen is 12 and so on..) from the bottom to the top
(still behind the magician's back). The magician turns around and takes the deck
and finds the card!
Card Trick:
This works based on a mathematical principle. All the magician does is start
with the second card from the top, and counts mentally as one, two, and so on,
going down through the deck. The spectator's card will be at the same number as
the card value that matches the magician's count! There are better methods of
revealing the result, however.
To the Reader: For this trick to work you have to know the number that the
spectator has counted. To do this you can simply tell them to count out loud
Lucky 13
Effect: The magician takes a fresh deck of cards out of the
box and shuffles them to demonstrate that they are in no particular order. He
deals the cards into a bunch of piles, until the deck is cleared. There are 13
piles, and when he is done each of them contains all four cards of each suit!
Card Trick:
The cards must be a fresh deck with the Jokers removed. Make sure the deck is in
order like A,2,3... of each suit.
When you shuffle, you do it end over end. Actually, you are just cutting the
deck every time. You must do it thirteen times. (Make sure you count it to
yourself, not out loud.) Deal out thirteen cards. Once you are at thirteen go
back to one and repeat. Do this until the deck is done, and you have thirteen
piles of four cards each. Tap the cards, or make some other magical gesture, and
flip over each pile. They are all together!
Magical Cut
Effect: Begin the trick by what I call riffling the deck. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, see below.) Tell the spectator to say stop. Where you stop you cut the deck. The card on top of the bottom pile is the spectator's card. Tell the spectator to look at the card and put it back where it was. You put the top half of the deck back on top of their card. Now you lay the cards face up so you can see them all. You pick a card and that is the spectator's.
Card Trick: The trick is really simple. It makes some people laugh at how simple it is. (Editor's note: but DON'T tell them!). All you do is this: while they look at their card, turn the top pile you cut over so that you can see the face of that card. Then you'll know that the card you're looking for is right next to it. It is always best to do this innocently so the spectator doesn't suspect anything. You don't have to lay the cards face up - it is good to customize this effect for yourself. I recommend you pretend to get it wrong the first time, to fool the spectator.
Riffling the deck: Hold the deck in your left hand, in the normal position for dealing. Place your right ring, middle, and index finger on the edge of the cards that is facing outward. Place your right thumb on the middle of the top card. With your right fingers, starting at the bottom of the deck quickly brush your fingers up.
Magic Rifle
Effect: Performer shuffles the deck and then riffles through it (see below.) A spectator is asked to say stop before the end of the deck is reached. The performer separates the deck at that point, shows the card to the audience (without looking) and "guesses" the card.
The Riffle:
Hold deck horizontally, place thumb on bottom of deck, and middle, ring, and
index fingers on top of deck. Place unused hand around deck with thumb on the
back of the deck (not the bottom, the back...) Pull top of deck back with top
fingers and smoothly lift fingers from top of deck so the cards flip forward one
by one.
The Trick:
The trick is in the initial shuffle. When you shuffle, note the bottom card. As
they tell you to stop while riffling, separate the cards, but use your thumb to
pull the bottom card out, along with the top half of the deck. Hold the chosen
half up, facing the audience. Don't look at the card. Tell them the card that
you saw when you shuffled. That is their card. When they ask you to do it again,
which they will, do it without looking at the deck. That will amaze them.
This trick takes a bit of practice, but once mastered, makes an awesome sleight of hand trick.
Mind Reader
This card trick is very easy but it fools alot of people.
1. Shuffle the deck or get the spectator to shuffle it.
2. Take the card on top of the deck and look at it, without letting the
spectator see it, and place it, face-down, in front of him.
3. Ask the spectator to pick a color: red or black.
4. (example: if the card was the Three of Hearts, a RED card.) If the spectator
says black, then you say: "Well, that leaves red." If he says red, you say:
"Good Choice"
5. Now you ask: "Which suit do you like better, Hearts or Diamonds?" (Remember,
the card you looked at is RED.)
6. If the spectator says Hearts, you say: "Good choice." If he says Diamonds,
you say: "That just leaves Hearts." Either way, you then say: "Pick five cards
in that suit you like the best."
7. If the five cards he picks don't contain your card, say "Okay, now from the
remaining cards pick five cards you like the best."
8. If these five cards still don't contain your card, say: "That just leaves
three cards." Name the three remaining cards.
9. On the first or second try, five cards will have been selected. On the third
try, only three cards. Ask him: "Out of the five (or three) cards which, two do
you like the best"
10. (example: out of the five cards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 he picks the 5 and 6.) You
say: "That leaves the 2, 3, and 4."
11. Now you ask him which he likes out of those three. If he says the Three of
Hearts, you turn over the card and amaze him!
12.If he does not pick the card, you ask him out of the remaining two, which one
he likes the best. If he still doesn't pick it, you say, while turning over the
card: "Well that just leaves the Three of Hearts," and you amaze him!
The trick seems simple, and you think any one will get it. They don't. Try it on
a friend. The trick is this: the spectator gets so caught up in picking
everything, he doesn't realize that you are making the choices, so he thinks he
picked the card. It amazes him!
Mirror Image
First of all: set up the pack by alternating red, black, red, black through the whole pack. Do this before your audience arrives. Now you are ready to start.
1. Tell a spectator to cut the pack as many times as they want.
2. Have them riffle shuffle it, but once only.
3. You cut the pack between two cards of the same colour.
4. Turn over the top card. If it is red, deal it to your left, face up. If it is black deal it to your right, face up.
5. Deal the next card face down underneath it. Repeat step 4, then this step (5) until the pack is gone.
6. The piles you have are mirror images. The cards underneath the red face up pile are black, and the cards underneath the black face up pile are red. Reveal this to everyone.
7. Take your well deserved bow.