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Effect: The performer asks the spectator to pick a card without him seeing the face and replace it in the pack. The pack is then shuffled and the performer is apparently unsuccesful in locating the card. After a few attempts, the cards are thrown against a window in a fit of rage, on looking at the window, the chosen card is seen to be sticking to it, even more suprising is the fact that the card is on the inside of the window. Preparation: You will need two identical packs of cards and a willing helper. Method: This trick should be performed in an area with a large window nearby and with the spectator facing away from the window. The spectator is asked to choose a card from a pack, memorise it and without showing you, replace the card in the pack. The pack is then shuffled and a couple of attempts at is this your card tried followed by a look of disbelief when the spectator tells you that it is not their card ( this is al part of the act as you dont even ...

Howd he do that? It must be a trick deck! If you are a novice magician you may of asked yourself this a few times. I put together this list which I believe is the top 5 trick decks used in magic tricks. 1. Svengali Deck 2. Stripper Deck 3. Invisible Deck 4. Rising Card Deck 5. Gaff Deck What is a Svengali Deck ? A Svengali Deck alternates between normal cards and shortened cards, and the shortened cards are all of the same card. When you riffle the deck front to back, only the regular cards are visible; when the deck is riffled back to front, only the shortened cards are visible. A Svengali Magic Deck should not be allowed to be examined closely. A Svengali deck can aslo be detected by its characteristic faster riffle and sound. Svengali Deck Card Tricks An example of a trick that could be performed with a Svengali Magic Deck the spectator or you cut the deck and picks the first card. This would be a shortened card. After the card is placed back in...

Transporting Card Trick Effect: Tell the spectator youre going to do a memory test. Show him a card, flip it back over and hand it to him tell him to try to remember the card. You then show him what your card is and ask him to remember that card also, flip it back over and hold the card in your other hand. Ask him what his card was, you then reveal that you are holding the card he thought he was holding and hes holding the card he thought you was holding. Preparation : To perform the Transporting Card Trick you will need a duplicate card. You place the cards in the following order. 5 of Clubs, 6 of clubs, 5 of Clubs, Rest of Deck (Obviously you can use any cards you want) Method : Do a double lift and show the 6 of clubs to the spectator. Place the card back over on top of the deckand have the spectator hold it in his hand. Perform another double lift to show the 5 of clubs, ask the spectator to remember that card. Put it back on top of the deck and do...

Effect: Magician rips a piece of a card and reveals that the rest of the card magically went inside a sealed Snapple drink. Preparation: To perform the Snapple drink card trick you will need to do the following. (Note: any other bottle that has a pop up safety button will work) First you need 3 Duplicate cards to perform this trick. Take 2 cards holding them very tightly; rip off a corner of the card. Holding the card tightly will make you make exactly even rips to both cards. Next you will need 1. A Snapple Drink ( I perfer a Snapple Mint Ice Tea, In Bottle, 16 fl oz because of the color of the drink works better with hiding the card) 2. Microwave 3. Refrigerator Take the Snapple drink or other bottle with the pop up button cap and take the cap off. Next take the Snapple bottle and put it in the microwave without the cap on for about one or two minutes. You want to get the Snapple drink very hot to the point where its getting close to boil. Next you would pu...

Recently I brought a few tricks back into action that have gotten tremendous results and “Wow’s” from the spectators at several of the restaurants that I perform at weekly.  Sometimes those “old” tricks really impress people a lot. When I say “old” I mean, tricks that I used to do.  I typically bring back those same tricks after six months to a year or so, sometimes, and do again with the people that have become “regulars” at my restaurants. They loved them the first time, and they really love seeing them again. I normally change what I carry with me, as far as pocket magic, about every other week or so and alternate in and out a few of my favorites, because I don’t have the pocket space to carry them all at once. One of the absolute favorites is: Eye Exam. Eye Exam Trick In this trick, I use a regular pack of cards and force one which I can’t seem to find.  After getting it wrong a few times, I ask them if they are sure they actually saw the c...