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Was There Now
It's Here
Original Author: David
Blaine
Effect: You trick the
person into believing that the card you gave him (or her) is a
different card.
Card Trick:
Show a deck of 52 cards (not
trick cards) and ask someone to verify that it is not a trick
deck. Fan the cards and ask a person (who won't mess it up) to
take a card and show it to everyone but you. Put the card
second from the bottom of the deck, making sure that nobody
can see the bottom card, and shuffle the cards. BE CAREFUL NOT
TO SHUFFLE THE LAST TWO CARDS! Then ask the person if the
bottom card is her card. Naturally she will say no. Act like
"Oops, I messed it up." While you are saying or acting that,
slide the bottom card toward you a little bit so that you can
grab the card above it, and say "You're sure that that was not
your card?" She will say yes. Then say, "OK, hold out your
hand flat, palm up," and hand her her card face down. Tell her
to place her other hand on top of it tightly so that the card
doesn't fall. There are two ways of finishing this trick.
Finish Number 1: Tell
the person to hold her hands out in front of you, and while
she is doing that, quickly slip the bottom card (the one that
is supposed to be in her hands) to the top of the deck. Say
"OK, now that you have that card in your hands [showing her
the bottom of the deck], I'm going to shuffle these cards."
While you are shuffling, keep the top card on top! When you
finish shuffling, take the top card and give it a little rub
(face down) on the person's hand and say something like "Your
card has now appeared in your hands." Then show her that the
card she thought she was holding is now in your hand.
Finish Number 2: This
is a little bit harder because it's embarrassing if you mess
it up. It's a bit like Finish 1 except that you spin a card.
Slip the bottom card to the top, and keep the tip of your
little finger under it. Remove any other card from your deck
and lay it face up on top of the deck. Then pick up both
cards, pretending that they are one, put down the rest of the
pack, and hold the two cards together with your second finger
at 11:00 o'clock and your thumb at 5:00. (Your hand is above
the cards.) With your right hand beneath the cards, take hold
of the other two corners so that your thumb is at 1:00 and
your second finger is at 7:00. With your right hand, bend the
corners down a little. Bend the card back and forth a couple
of times, and when you feel ready to make their heart skip a
beat flip the cards over fast. Now they see that the card that
is supposed to be in their hands is actually in yours.
My right hand is the
trickster. When I'm bending the cards, I pull a bit downward
which makes the cards spin so that it looks like it just
magically appeared!
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