The spectator determines five cards under extreme laboratory conditions, after shuffling the cards by himself. He adds up the values of the cards. For example, if he has a 10, a 6, a 3, a 5 and an 8, the total is 32. However, the magician had emptied his pockets at the beginning of the trick, and had therefore placed some coins aside on the table. We add up the values of the coins, there are 32 cents... the same total as for the cards!  

An impromptu card trick, quick, easy to do, but still baffling! Several variations of this classic trick are explained on this platform. This version is the basic one. The spectator thinks of one card among 21. The magician makes 3 piles of 7 cards face up, and the spectator indicates which packet his card is in. The process is repeated twice. Without asking any more questions, the card thought of is revealed by the magician.  

An impromptu card trick, quick, easy to do, but still baffling! Several variations of this classic trick are explained on this platform. This version is David Solomon’s one. To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click on the following link: https://mayette.com/en/cartes/850-jeu-bicycle-rider-rouge-standard  

Four signed cards magically find their way into four different pockets of the magician! Success guaranteed! - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - some single ordinary cards click here.  

Four cards taken at random from the deck ALL change one by one into the card previously chosen by the spectator, and then instantly, these four cards change into four kings! For the climax, you show that what you just did is impossible... since all the other cards in the deck are identical, but different from the kings and the chosen card! To buy an deck with 52 identical cards click here.  

Thanks to this move you will have in your bag of techniques another possibility to control a chosen card, while you give the illusion of losing it in the deck by squaring it from all sides! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The spectator chooses a card under extreme laboratory conditions. The magician takes out of his wallet, which has been on the table from the beginning, all the bills that were in it: there are €85. On one of the bills, there is written in black felt pen the name of a card: it is the name of the card that has been chosen! To buy: - a Pocket Wallet click here. - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - single cards click here.  

The "Memorized Deck" is one of the most powerful weapons in card magic. You will discover the basics of mnemonics, which form a necessary entry to learn a memorized deck, the latter allowing you to perform fabulous card magic and mentalism effects with cards. To buy : - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - The book in French « Claude Rix et ses 52 Partenaires » click here.  

The four kings are set aside. A chosen card (for example, the 5 of Hearts), placed among the four kings, changes into one of the kings: the King of Spades. Then all the cards in the packet become identical: they are all Kings of Spades. In the end, the magician ends up with only one King of Spades... and the other four cards turn into a four fives! Success guaranteed!To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

In his personal version of the "Disunited Trios" trick, Olivier Bridard offers us a multi-phase routine where the three of a kind in Jack, Queen and King unite and disunite again and again ! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The Walker-through-Walls is a short story written by Marcel Aymé, about a man who could walk through walls. The story is illustrated here with playing cards. The Walker-through-Walls, represented by the Jack of Clubs, is enclosed between the two Jokers representing the walls. On several occasions, he walks through these walls, sometimes instantly, sometimes gradually! The effect is extremely visual. To buy some normal cards click here.  

The magician shows the 8 of Spades, and puts it down on the table: it's the card that finds selected cards! Three cards are chosen, and are clearly lost in the deck. Thanks to the 8 of Spades, the magician will find the three chosen cards in an unusual and astonishing way! To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - only one ordinary card click here.  

From a deck, the magician takes out the four aces. A succession of breathtaking effects then occurs: - The aces are separated by color: two red, two black. The aces change position! - They turn into kings! - The aces reappear, then the packets of kings and aces are transposed. - After some card travels, the four queens appear, then the four jacks. - Finally, the deck splits into two separate packets: the red cards are on one side, and the black cards on the other! A crazy routine! A guaranteed success! To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

The magician shows two decks of cards in their cases: one red and one blue. The blue deck is taken out, the cards are shuffled, a card is chosen and lost in the deck by a spectator in extreme laboratory conditions. The red case is opened, it contains only a piece of paper folded in four, which is unfolded: it has "12" written on it. The spectator counts the cards from the top of the deck: the 12th card is his! To buy: - a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here. - one “Tool” click here.  

A very different prediction effect! Cards are rolled, up like little tubes and placed into a bottle... You shake the bottle to shuffle them well, then you have a number freely chosen. The cards are then taken out of the bottle one by one until you get to the chosen number and the card matches your prediction! Only one card comes out, no duplicate and an intriguing object: this magic bottle can rest on a shelf in the living room for example, ready to use. You'll tell me about it!  

An easy to master technique that will allow you to move a card to the top of the deck when it is underneath. This technique is one of the basics you must know to evolve in card magic!