This simple card trick will amaze your audience and leave them wondering how you managed to do it.
But before we begin, it’s important to remember one thing – Although it’s an easy trick to explain, it’s vital that you take time to practice the performance of the trick until it’s well polished and look magic.
As a general rule of magic, never underestimate the difficulty of any trick. If you perform the trick in public before you’re ready, people will see through it and the magical effect will be destroyed.
The Performance: You start by picking up the pack of cards, shuffling it well and searching through it until you find a jack. Once you find a jack, place it face up on the center of the table. Lay the rest of the pack face down beside the jack.
At this point, ask someone from the audience to cut the pack of cards into two piles on the table. Then ask them to count the bottom half of the pile of cards face down onto the table one by one. Once they’ve done this, ask them to announce the number and place the stack of cards that they’ve just counted onto the other half of the pack.
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