This card trick is very impromptu and can be done with a borrowed deck. There is no need to practice and no sleights needed.

Trick:

You predict a card without even touching the deck.

Method:

You hand a whole deck to your spectator and tell him to shuffle it. You then tell him to count 26 cards which is half of the deck. As he/she is counting, you remember the seventh card. Then tell him/her to set aside the 26 cards counted. You then write your prediction to a piece of paper. Next, tell him/her to pick any three cards from the other half. After that tell him to put the other half on top of the counted 26 cards. Put the three cards in a row order face up. Tell him for each card how many will he add to make it 10. For example the three cards are a six, seven, and a king. You will add four cards to six, three cards to seven and zero to king as it is considered 10 together with jack or queen. You then add the three cards: six + seven + 10 (king) = 27. You then tell the spectator to get the remaining cards face down and count until the 27th card is reached. The 27th card is the card you predicted.

Here is a another free card trick that requires a bit of preparation and practice. It can be done with a borrowed deck with a little misdirection to perform the flip.

Effect:

The spectator s chosen card appeared to be different from the rest.

Explanation:

You setup the deck with all face down except for one card at the bottom. You spread the card asking your spectator to choose one card. Be careful not to reveal the face up card at the bottom. You tell your spectator to pick the card, look at it, and remember the card but as he does, you flip the cards over. So you have one card face down and the rest face up. You tell your spectator to put the cards somewhere in the middle of the deck. Be careful not to reveal all face up cards. Then tell your spectator that you will put all cards behind you and reveal your card within a split second. What will you do here is you just get the top card and reveal it. This is obviously not his card. You then spread the cards face up to reveal one card that is face down. This is your spectator s card.

Copyright Enrico Lorenzo

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In this article, I’d like to make a few short comments about the performance of magic in clowning where it’s appropriate, and where it’s not. For instance, it would be out of character for a bumbling clown to suddenly put on a serious demeanor, and with the aid of a beautiful assistant, saw a woman in half, or levitate her, or cause her to mysteriously vanish & reappear. Any of these would be totally out of character for virtually any clown.

However, it would be perfectly in character for a clown to attempt to be the suave magician, and be revealed for the charlatan he is, either by his own bungling or that of his assistant (likely an auguste or tramp clown). Since the clown is, by definition, a bungler, this would be fine, and totally in character. In fact, once having been exposed/failed, it would be fine for the clown to successfully complete the magic (with the help of the audience, a volunteer from the audience, or perhaps with a clown assistant).

There is another way for the clown to perform magically, however. Something that we forget too often is that the clown is, himself, a magical character, a ‘toon come to life. Whereas the clown cannot perform magic in character (most of the time; if it’s in character for your clown to successfully perform magically, do so! No one complains that a clown juggler can successfully juggle, or that a clown balloon artist can twist latex into wonderful shapes without them popping), magic can (and perhaps should) happen to the clown, without his even being aware of it. For instance, it is perfectly in character for a clown assistant to a magician to be handed three rings, only to have them magically link in his hands with the clown having a befuddled expression as to how this could have happened!

Likewise, why not have the clown pull out a handkerchief to hand to someone (or blow his own nose), only to give it away/leave it lying and pull out a second from the same pocket (followed by a third, fourth, etc.)? Why not have things magically multiple, change color, disappear with the clown acting nonchalant, as though this is an everyday occurrence?

Now, if your clown doesn’t perform magic, that’s fine not every clown should, any more than every clown should twist balloons, use puppets, or have the same make-up as every other clown. But if your clown does perform magically, why not broaden our horizons a little, and truly portray a magical clown.

About the Author

Tom Raymond, aka Raynbow the Magic Clown, is a professional children’s entertainer in the central Wisconsin area, and is available for parties, conferences, conventions and ministry events. Interested in clowns and clowning? Check out Clown Ministry, the largest clowning site on the web!

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Have you ever wondered what the real ‘secret’ behind all magicians is? How come they are so attractive and keep making us ‘envy’ with they’re awesome skill?

Some magician can make helicopter disappear, some can cut women into two pieces and make it back together, others can escape from coffin and etc…

What are their secrets?

Actually, the secret isn’t so hard to find, but it doesn’t mean it’s easy too. Ready for the answer?

The secret of Magician are:

1. Practice. All of them are working so hard to practice they’re magic skill. Without any practice you won’t able to learn any magic. That’s the first priority.

2. Good Trickier. All of them are a good trickier. To become a magician means that you must good in tricking people. Magic doesn’t have any thing to do with witch or etc. Magic is really a trick. Every body can learn it and do it. ☺

3. Acting. All of them are a good actor and actress. The biggest secret in magic is misdirection. And to be good in misdirection, you must good in acting. It doesn’t mean you have to be actor but having a skill to acting is quite useful when you want to become a magician.

4. Never Do your Magic Tricks more than 2 times with the same person in the same time. This is based on my own experience. If you keep showing them your Magic Tricks they will found out your secret just by keep watching. So don’t do it more than 2 times. The best is just showing them once and that’s all.

To become a good magician you need to have all of those four skills because those skills are very important to ‘trick’ people.

Keep practicing, that’s the key to your success.