Abiator's MAGIC LESSONS

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Effect: The magician takes out 2 decks of cards.
He/She gives one to a volunteer, and keeps the other for him/herself.
The volunteer must do what the magician does.
The magician tells the volunteer to go through the deck, and select any card, because that is what the magician will do.
After going through the deck, and selecting a card, the magician and the volunteer replace their cards in their deck, and switch decks.
After they switch decks, they find their card in the new deck.
When both cards are put on the table and flipped over, they are the same card.

Setup: Other than two decks of cards, this trick is 100% impromptu.

Performance:

  1. Tell the spectator to "do as I do."
  2. Shuffle your deck, and tell the spectator to do the same.
  3. As you square up the deck, note the bottom card.
  4. Swap decks with the spectator now.
  5. Take a card from the deck you have. Have the spectator do the same.
  6. Put your card on top of the deck, and have the spectator do the same.
  7. Cut the deck, and put the bottom half on the top then have the spectator do the same.
  8. Switch decks again.
  9. Tell the spectator to find their card because that is what you will do.
  10. Do not find your card, find the card that you noted before that was on the bottom of the deck.
  11. The card to the right of (or below) the noted card will be the spectators card. Just put it on the table, and you're home free.
Tips: This, like all card tricks, requires that you actually practise it beforehand to see how it works, what can be improved, etc.