Abiator's MAGIC LESSONS
Effect: The magician allows a spectator to take a card.
The card is replaced in the deck.
When the magician spreads the deck out, the
spectator's card is upside down.
Setup: This trick requires you to flip over the bottom card
of the deck before you start so that it's face is facing the faces of all the
other cards.
Performance:
- Fan the cards out, and let the spectator
take one. Tell them to show everyone but you their card.
- While they are doing that, you just flip
the deck over in you hand. This will make it look like you're holding a normal
deck, but in actuality, you're holding a deck upside down, just the card on
top is reversed.
- Tell them to put their card back into
the deck, and once they do, it will be upside down.
- Here's the tricky part. Flip the deck
over without being seen. A good way to do this can be seen in the next step.
- Have the spectator write what the card
is, and while they do that, flip the deck. If you have time, take the
bottom card (it'll be face up, too) off the deck.
- If you fail to get the bottom card off,
here's a cool way to go on with the trick.
Make sure you look at and
remember the bottom card before you flip it over while setting up the trick.
Then say that you have a spy that was following the spectator's card (say what
the bottom card was) and that you're spy will reveal to you the spectator's
card.
Shuffle the deck and both cards will appear face up. Your spy has done
their job.
Tips:
This, like all card tricks, requires
that you actually practise it beforehand to see how it works, what can be
improved, etc.
Also, make sure you're not seen flipping the deck; that's the
most critical part of this trick.