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Bring the circus into your home with this famed acrobatic cards trick. Watch magician Ryan Oakes teach you how to make your old deck of cards do a little dance.

deck of cards

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  1. Preparation: Remove two pairs of cards. Preferably, they will be number cards in black suits. I usually use 6 of clubs / 6 of spades and 8 of clubs / 8 of spades. Place the 6 of clubs on top of the deck and the 8 of spades on the bottom.
  2. Start with the 6 of spades and 8 of clubs face down on the table.
  3. Keep the deck face down so the spectator does not see the 8.
  4. Turn over the pair and casually show them in one hand. Mention that you have a 'pair of cards… just a 6 and an 8.' Do not mention the suits.
  5. Place the cards into the middle of the pack, in separate locations. Be sure the audience sees that they are fairly placed into the deck in the middle.
  6. Hold the deck with your thumb on top and fingers on the bottom. Toss the deck from the right hand into the left hand. As you do, maintain a bit of pressure on the deck. This pressure will cause the top card (the 6) and the bottom card (the 8) to be left behind in your fingers. No one will notice that the cards are opposites from the original cards!


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that was so a.[awesome]

Samantha, 10, San Pedro CA

I love your magic!! =) i did not see that coming. it all makes sense a...

McCall, 12, Annapolis MD

Very nice. Keep up the good work!

Zack, 11, Tulsa OK

wow! That was so cool! I did not see that coming!

Noyb, 0, Jackson MI

this trick was so easy but my family is freaked

Julio, 10, Jersey City NJ

Five stars! My mom still doesn't know how I did it!

A, 11, Manchester NH

Ryan Oakes you are so awsome and your so good at magic

Ryan, 9, Chicago IL

THAT`S A COOL TRICK HOW DID YOU DO THAT I DID NOT DO THAT BEFORE.

Jasmine, 12, Leesburg FL


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