Melvin's digital garden

self-working magic

does not depend on hidden moves

Baby Hummer by Charles Hudson

  • put chosen as third, first card face up
  • turn over two and cut as many times
  • turn over both odd cards
  • chosen is odd one out

Gemini Twins by Karl Fulves

  • note the top and bottom card
  • pick out their twins as predictions
  • deal from the top, put bottom twin, put the rest
  • deal from the top, put top twin, put the rest
  • show the twin next to the predictions

Fitch Cheney’s Five Card Trick

Cunning Card Trick

Lazy Man’s Card Trick by Harry Lorayne

  • setup ace to k of spades from bottom to top, face down
  • spectator pick a card put on top
  • cut the deck, now ace to k is ontop of the chosen card
  • cut a few more times until spade is on the bottom
  • say n of spades, count n cards from the top to get to the chosen

21 card trick

  • first question reduces from 21 -> 7
  • second question reduces from 7 -> 2/3
  • third question reduces from 3 -> 1
  • fourth deal put it into the middle of the deck (11th card)
  • also works with 27 cards since 3^3 = 27

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