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For this classic magic trick all you need is a deck of cards and a little magic help from Ryan Oakes.

deck of cards

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  1. Shuffle the cards.
  2. Secretly look at the bottom card as you place the cards on the table, face down. This will be your secret 'key card'.
  3. Ask a spectator to cut the cards and look at the card they've cut to.
  4. Ask her to replace the card back onto the top of the deck (this is the section they cut off before).
  5. Ask her to then place the other packet on top of her card to bury it.
  6. Ask her to cut the cards two or three more times to further 'mix' the cards.
  7. Explain that you will now find her card. Hold the cards face down in your hand as you begin to turn the cards face up onto the table. Look for the card you remembered, the key card.
  8. When you spot the key card, the spectator's card will be the next one. Note which card is theirs.
  9. Continue to deal a few more cards then announce, 'the next card I turn over will be your card.'
  10. The spectator, who already seen her card pass by, will think you're about to mess up.
  11. To her surprise, you then reach into the pile and turn her card face down!


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it's brilliant I LOVE IT

Lucy, 11, Potter Bar HAERTFORDSHIRE

That is so incredible!

Joelle, 11, Lethbridge AB

That was sooooo easy

Phillip, 10, Jacksonville NC

simple but few will guess

Bex, 14,

WOW ITS WICKED

Estelle, 9,

Wicked

Zack, 9, Nollensville TN

OMG this is awesome! I love this trick! No one I know gets it

3lisha, 13, Brampton ON

I showed my mom this magic trick and she had no clue how I did it. I h...

Anna, 8, West Chester US


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