Anyone here know a card trick you care to share?

Ill share one. This one is awesome when done correctly with a little show_man_ship. Simple take a deck of cards and hand it to someone. Have them shuffle and mix until they are satisfied. Take the cards from them and take a peak at the bottom card and you place the pack on the table in front of you. Dont let them see you peaking of course. Now explain that youll give them a chance to make some money by betting against you. Pretend, real or a truck title will do ;-) Spread the cards wildly all over the table in random order NEVER losing sight of that bottom card. Lets say it is that 6 hearts. Tell them to use their finger and point to any card in the messed up deck that they think is the 6 of hearts. One of two things can happen. Either they get it the first time and you can bet them that it is correct or you can continue the trick. Without looking if they pick it the first time most people would bet their whole paycheck against you that it is not the right card. Let them bet pretend or real and then flip it over to show that out of all the cards on the table they got the one you named without looking. If they do not pick the 6 hearts.. dont let them touch the card just let them point to it. Give them a chance to change their mind. When they are convinced they have the card.. take it and look at it.. place it face down on the table in front of you, let them pretend bet against you. Now explain its your turn. The card they just picked is the 2 diamond. They dont know that yet. Now you think for a second and say that youll give them one more chance to make a bet. You say youll try to pick the 2 of diamond. Point around in the pile and pull the 6 hearts out and lay it on the 2 without looking. Let them bet that you are BOTH correct. You of course match their bet. Take the 2 crads and flip them over spreading them so that they are in no order and poof.. you have both picked the named cards without looking.

Sorry for the poor explaination.. its early. lol

Thanks for the trick, eventhough I've heard about it already hehehe.

If you're interested in card trick explanations I'd suggest you to look on youtube, plenty of tricks get revealed there. (although some are obviously explained wrong, but that's okey )

I could post all those links here, but that would take a bit too much of my time, lol.

Cheers

kinji, if i remember correctly you were the owner of a magic shop?

so how do these levitation tricks work? where people float in the air? a while ago i googled around but i only found sites where you can buy the needed gear for $3000 but it isn't explained how it works there.

Which kind of levitation do you mean ventilator? If you mean the 'look I can float 10 inches above the floor' levitation, you don't need anything for that. Basically it's an 'angle of view' trick, what they really do is lift their entire body with one foot.

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http://www.levitation.org/levitation/balducci-levitation.htm
http://media.putfile.com/Criss-Angel-Levitation-Revealed-20

yes, i know them. they are kind of funny but they only work if you show them to small children.

i mean the tricks where a woman lies on a table and then she floats up a meter or something like that. i didn't find the pages anymore where they sell this trick. i guess it works with very thin cables and/or some metal construction.

By the way, I had not seen that explanation of that second link you've posted, that one works awesome!!! Kinda weird that he explained that trick.

Yeah, I do know there are super strong nylon cables that are thinner than 1mm and can hold about 100kg. David Copperfield uses them to fly around in his show too, he even carries a lady while in the air, so he'll probably uses 2 wires (100kg + 100kg each, so 2 persons would be no problem I think).

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Angel does his levitation a little differently than others. Totally unique. He still has to worry about angles. Notice you only get a back shot of his? The pants have a cut down the front of one side. Small magnets hold the cut together. Magnets in the sides of his shoes also. The pants leg is attached to the shoe. Now slipping the leg out and to the front.. the shoes stay together looking like two legs in the air. Really the front leg is just hidden as it supports the other leg and hollow pant leg. There is a round insert in the calf section of the hollow pant also to keep the proper form. :-) Very awesome because he can float "up" to higher positions like to a chair. I have about 12 unopened copies of this dvd if anyone is interested.

For stage magic its a bit different to make another person float. The device that keeps the person floating is not at all attached above the person.(in most modern examples) Notice most magicians show that there is nothing above or below the person? The device is attached usually from the magicians hip area straight out and to the mid section of the person. There are several ways of doing this some more expensive of course. And keep in mind that some cheaper shows do still use cables. lol Most examples of "street magic" levitation use camera trickery or the cooperation of those standing around watching. You can choose Blaine or Angel for a example. First thig to notice when they are doing any levitation is the part that is unbelievable. When it gets beyond the angles and you just know that the magic is real.. look for things such as the clothes and size of each spectator. Blaines editors took three of his tv specials and combined them into one dvd. Go rent it and watch his levitation example. When the levitation gets unreal notice that the spectators look almost the same except you can clearly tell that they are different people dressed to match the spectators he originally had.

For a levitation that is easy yet more effective than some of the others look up "king rising" performed by Brad Christian. This shows a method that allows the spectator to actually see both feet rise in the air. Effective when done right.

I would like to know how this one is done though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuG5Xjm_ZL4

... or perhaps rather not, since it's such an awesome illusion. I've seen this guy actually perform this trick, there are no things that give it away, at least not that I've noticed,

Cheers

It looked really amazing, I was kinda shocked actually. They haven't cut anything, but I do not know if the girl that was floating was in on it or not.

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Check the position of the leg of that woman kneeling on 2:16, and then check it again at 2:19, it 'moved' out of the circle, which means at some point they cut it to attach the wires or whatever, and everyone there was an actor.. kinda lame..

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Those are not actors, trust me. I've seen this guy do this trick in Berlin actually and there were german people helping, two of which I know. So no actors. The 2 seconds is enough time for the woman to change her position without doing something in secret,

Cheers