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My friend keeps showing me this trick, that I cannot figure out how it's being done. Any advice or if anyone knows the name of the trick, it would be appreciated.

Firstly he shuffles the cards, then fans the cards out and asks me to pick any card. I pick a card and place it back anywhere in the deck, he then cuts the deck multiple times.

He then goes through the deck and picks out a card, showing it to me, it is never my card. He places it to the side, finally he flips the next card over to reveal my card.

Any ideas how this one is done? Thanks in advance.

Hi Ben,

I'm afraid you have come to the wrong place to ask such a question. No magician will tell you what you want to know, and many will be openly hostile towards you for your post.

Instead, you really have two options. 1) Enjoy your friends trick and be grateful of the time and practise he put into perfecting it in order to entertain with it. 2) If you are genuinly interested in magic you can pick up some of the classic texts quite cheaply. If you really like card magic, then check out Royal Road to Card Magic, or for a more general introduction to the art, then Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic is the bible.

Regards
Doyler

Hi Ben

I know the sleight involved but unfortunately we're not into revealing secrets on this site as to how things are done - sorry.

As people have already mentioned, we don't give away secrets here, but there are a million and one ways to do what you described and if you're really interested you should buy yourself some decent magic books.

However, I'm intrigued by your description here:

ben.crowe wrote:He then goes through the deck and picks out a card, showing it to me, it is never my card. He places it to the side, finally he flips the next card over to reveal my card.

That, to me, sounds unnecessary? Why would one mis-reveal and then place aside an indifferent card, only to return to the deck and flip over the correct selection? It seems pointless. Why not just reveal the selection, or have an indifferent card become the selection? The placing aside of an X card is confusing me...

queen of clubs wrote:That, to me, sounds unnecessary? Why would one mis-reveal and then place aside an indifferent card, only to return to the deck and flip over the correct selection? It seems pointless. Why not just reveal the selection, or have an indifferent card become the selection? The placing aside of an X card is confusing me...

yeh, haha. I was thinking that

The sleight that's being referred to is Sha**shi**er I believe.

There are a number of effects that first use a mis-reveal to then emphasise the final card change. Personally, I don't see an issue with this and I've used similar myslelf with good effect.

dat8962 wrote:The sleight that's being referred to is Sha**shi**er I believe.

There are a number of effects that first use a mis-reveal to then emphasise the final card change. Personally, I don't see an issue with this and I've used similar myslelf with good effect.

But this is exactly my point. The way he describes it, it's not any kind of colour change. He says an X card is shown and placed to the side, and then the next card is flipped over and shown to be the selection. He doesn't say that he reveals an X card which is then transformed. That's why I'm confused.

dat8962 wrote:The sleight that's being referred to is Sha**shi**er I believe.

There are a number of effects that first use a mis-reveal to then emphasise the final card change. Personally, I don't see an issue with this and I've used similar myslelf with good effect.

'the next card he says'. With what you say it is you'd think it woz a transformation. Not 'put to the side then the next card turned over'.

And if the guy is referring to the ***pe***ft** (see what I did there?!) by saying "he flips the card over" then the magician is performing the move appallingly. It shouldn't look like a card turning over!

i don't wan't to offend this ben but I'm pretty sure wev'e had a few bens popping on here asking similar questions only to disapear just as quickly.

but in fairness to this ben though we can't tell you how its done we can point you in the direction of a lovely tome called the royal road to card magic avalable from most bookstores to order or you could invest in a wizard deck both of which will include this very trick in one form or another. (add thumbs up icon here)

I checked the IP address and this Ben is the only one here using it.

Lol im a bit confused with that discription

YOUTUBE IT ... jokes

you could invest in a wizard deck

I'm sorry, I've never heard of a wizard deck. What is it?


Also, I think ben means that the X card doe turn into his card.

http://www.amazingmagickit.com/cart/magic-tricks-ages-9-12/wizard-deck/prod_9.html check thease babies.

Oh, so its just like a stripper deck?