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Easy Tricks

These are the tricks I’d hand to a friend who has never done a card trick in their life. None of them need sleight of hand. Most work with any borrowed deck, and the hardest part is usually remembering a card or keeping a straight face.

What makes them tick is almost always one of a few simple ideas: a card you peeked at on the bottom of the deck, a few cards secretly placed before you start, or a count that always ends in the same spot. The magic comes from the way you present it. A trick like The 3 Thieves or Kings Robbery is really a little story with cards as the actors, and the story does most of the fooling.

To practice, read a trick through once, then do it slowly at the table with the page open. Do it three or four times on your own before you show anyone. Say your lines out loud, too. It feels silly, but it’s how you find the bits where you stumble.

Good ones to start with are The Bottom Card, which teaches you the most useful secret in card magic, and Magic 21, a classic that works itself. Once these feel easy, the Self-Working Tricks and Impromptu Tricks are the natural next step.


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