Have you ever encountered that awkward moment at a party or other social gathering when the energy in the room fades away? Here is a quick way to add renewed life to the scene – perform a simple, 3-card trick to perk things up.
Everyone should learn at least one card trick. You will amaze your friends with your mind-reading skills and spark some conversation in the crowd.
This trick is a good one to start with – courtesy of Vanishing, Inc. Magic Shop. It takes just three cards (that you could easily place in an envelope and carry in your pocket just in case you need it) and only a couple of minutes to present.
- Remove the Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts, and Ace of Clubs from a deck of cards and place them on the table in that order, left to right.
- Turn your back and tell your spectator to simply think of 1 of the 3 cards.
- Then, they should secretly tell the other audience members what card they mentally selected, instruct them to pick up the 2 cards they DIDN’T select and swap their positions. (i.e. If they chose the Ace of Clubs, they would swap the Queen of Hearts and Ace of Spades).
- Once this is complete, have your spectator turn all three cards face down.
- Turn back around and have them mix all three cards on the table casino style. As they do this, carefully follow the center card.
- Once they’re done shuffling, flip over the card you followed. If this card is the Queen of Hearts (the original center card), then this was their selected card. If it is an Ace of Spades, then their mental selection was the Ace of Clubs. And, if it’s an Ace of Clubs, then they selected the Ace of Spades.
- Flip over the other two cards and tell them to think about their card. After pretending to read their mind, push their selected card forward.
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