Magic
This is a trick I learned a while back when I was first starting with card tricks. It’s very simple and you only need to know 2 tricks which are also quite simple. You are essentially showing someone their card once, shuffling, and showing their card twice. Classic as it is simple.
Instructions
Do a double lift (grab the top 2 cards on the deck and show the second from the top).
Show person the second from the top card.
Tell spectator you will now shuffle the card (which is the top card not the second which is their card.
As you take the top card do not show it and place it randomly in the deck.
Shuffle the cards and make sure to keep the second from the top card always at the top of the deck.
Next when you finished shuffling riffle through the cards and make the spectator say when to stop.
When they say to stop get ready to do a slip of the top card. As you remove the top half of the deck from the spot the spectator said slip the top card to the top of the bottom half of the deck.
Simply show the spectator their card and you are done.
The trick is quite simple and doesn’t take much practice as long as you keep in mind the 2 tricks you need to know. Slipping the top of the card and double lift. You should be amazing people in no time.
Xavier Arenas
Magic