How to Perform a Card Trick Without Touching the Deck

Hand a whole deck of cards (all 52) to an audience member and tell them to shuffle it. , Ask the volunteer to count out 26 cards, which is half of the deck. , As they are counting, remember the seventh card. , Ask the volunteer to set the counted...

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Step 1: Hand a whole deck of cards (all 52) to an audience member and tell them to shuffle it.

In other words, add the number of cards that would make the card a ten.

For example, if the three cards are a six, a seven, and a king you add four cards to six, three cards to seven and zero to king, as it is considered 10 together with a jack or queen.

Aces are considered ones. ,,,,,,, It doesn't matter how they do this, so long as there are 3 stacks with 8 cards each.

Step 2: Ask the volunteer to count out 26 cards

Remember the top card from this stack. ,,,,, This could also be done with two decks, you using one and the volunteer using one.

Step 3: which is half of the deck.

Step 4: As they are counting

Step 5: remember the seventh card.

Step 6: Ask the volunteer to set the counted cards aside.

Step 7: You must remember that seventh card all throughout the trick (it'll come in handy)

Step 8: Ask the volunteer to pick any three cards from the other half of the deck

Step 9: pull them out and set them aside

Step 10: in a row

Step 11: face up

Step 12: Have the volunteer place the 26 counted cards back below of the full deck.

Step 13: Tell your volunteer to add to the three cards up to the value of 10.

Step 14: Add the numbers

Step 15: in our case: 6 + 7 + 10 (king) = 23.

Step 16: Then subtract 1.

Step 17: Ask the volunteer to count out 21 cards (in this case) face down.

Step 18: The next will be the card you remembered.

Step 19: Tell the volunteer "The next card will be the _ of _'s" (that's the card you remembered).

Step 20: Watch them be amazed!

Step 21: After the first step

Step 22: ask the volunteer to count out 3 stacks of 8 cards each.

Step 23: Ask the volunteer to pick one of the stacks.

Step 24: Ask the volunteer to place the other two stacks on top of theirs

Step 25: then place this stack underneath the remaining cards.

Step 26: Have the volunteer remove the top two cards

Step 27: then flip over the next three cards.

Step 28: As above

Step 29: have the volunteer add up these three cards (A is one

Step 30: face cards are 10) and direct them to remove that many cards from the top of the deck and replace them to the bottom of the deck.

Step 31: As above

Step 32: have the volunteer flip cards face-up onto each card to bring the value up to 10.

Step 33: The card the volunteer picked is now on top of the deck.

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