Easy Card Force -1

Easy Card Force Number One:

Making the spectator pick the card YOU want,
while they think they’re picking the card THEY want.

Once again, secretly remember the top card of deck. You will also need a scarf that you cannot see through. Hold the deck in your hand, and drape the scarf over it.

Here comes the important move. Under cover of the scarf, turn the deck upside-down in your hand. The photos are shown without the scarf. The spectator can not see it, since the hanky is covering it up, so s/he will think it is normal.

Now have the spectator lift up the top half of the deck.

Before the scarf uncovers your hand, turn the bottom half of the deck right-side up. When the spectator takes the top card off the deck in your hand, s/he will think it is the chosen card.

Flats and Rounds

Effect: The magician splits a deck of cards in half and gives each half to 2 different spectators. The Magician then asks the spectators to take any card(free choice)from their half of cards and to memorize it. Then he/she tells them to place their card into the other spectators deck. They take the halves and spread them face up on a flat surface. Then they mysteriously know which cards the spectators picked, without there being a specific pattern or order.


Secret: The secret to this trick is that there is a special order to the cards, but it isn't exactly and order. Before performing the trick, the magician seperates the deck into two seperate piles, flats, and rounds. The way to tell wich are rounds, and which are flats is that the flats(or sharps)are pointed or flat on top of the number or letter(not the pip). Rounds are rounded. Scroll all of the way down to see a reference list at the bottom if you are confused. When you place the two seperate halves together, (eg. rounds on top, flats on bottom) remember the last round before the first of the flats. For example, if your last round is the 2 of hearts, make sure to remember it!

Method: Tell your two spectators that you are going to split the deck what you think is about half way. What you are really doing is splitting to your last round so that you have your orignal piles of flats and rounds. Then give one pack to one person, and the second to the other. Tell them to pick any card from their pack and to memorize it. Once they have done that, let them swap decks(not cards!)and to place their chosen cards into the others deck. Take the decks from them and spread them face up on a flat surface. Make sure that they can see there is no special order. After only a moment, it will be pretty obvious to you whose card is whose becuase there will be only one flat in the rounds, and one round in the flats. Say some sort of patter(nothing cheesy!) and reveal that you have found their cards. They will be amazed, and you can even repeat the trick, as long as the cards are never shuffled as one whole deck.

FLATS: Ace, 3's, 4's, 5's, 7's, jack's, king's

ROUNDS: 2's, 6's, 8's, 9's, 10's, Queen's
can you see the pattern?

Note: Depending on your pack, 3's might be round

Ur Card is...

You produce a normal deck of playing cards and ask a spectator to cut the deck anywhere they like. They remove the card they’ve cut to without letting you see it and concentrate on its design. After a few moments concentration, you announce the exact card they’ve chosen. You have read their mind! You’ll need a normal deck of cards but you need to arrange them in a special order. Mentalists refer to this as a stacked deck. One of the easiest methods of stacking a deck is the Si Stebbins system. In this system, each card has a value; a jack is valued 11, a queen 12 and a king 13. All the other cards take their respective value, with an ace valued 1. The suits are also arranged in the order clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds. The easiest way to remember this is by the word 'chased': C lubs Hearts Spades Diamonds. Start with any club, then for the next card in the stack add 3 to its value and make it a heart. For the next card, add 3 again and make it a spade. For the next card, add 3 again and make it a diamond. When you’re adding 3 to 11, 12 or 13, subtract 13 to get the value of the next card. The system repeats like this until the whole deck is stacked. For instance, if you started with the 3 of clubs (3C), the stacked order would be: 3C, 6H, 9S, QD, 2C, 5H, 8S and so on. Place the cards face up as you stack them. When displaying the deck to your spectator, make sure you fan them and let them see the faces. Don't make a point of this – just fan them as you say "normal deck of cards". Whatever you do, don't say "As you can see, they're in no particular order!" Statements like this should be implied non-verbally. This is important later on, if the spectator tries to 'reconstruct' the trick and work out how it was done. If they can remember you casually spreading the cards, they'll discount any theories about the deck being in a special order or perhaps all the same card. Put the stacked deck face down on the table and invite a spectator to cut the deck anywhere they like. Get them to place the top half of the deck face down next to the bottom half. Invite them to take the top card from the bottom deck and keep it secret. Pickup up the bottom half of the deck, place it on the top half and then pick up the whole deck. You now need to glance at the bottom card on the deck and there are a couple of ways of doing this. You can either put the cards back into their box, casually glancing at the bottom card as you do so. Better still, hold the deck in front of you, as if demonstrating to the spectator how to hold their card. Either method will need a simple verbal misdirection such has "Now hold your card up, still keeping it secret and concentrate on the design." As they concentrate, ask them to look into your eyes. Pretend you are looking for subtle psychological clues as to the value of their card. Look at micro-movements in their facial muscles also. All you need to do to name their card is work out the next one in the sequence. So if the bottom card was the ace of hearts, their card is the four of spades. Rather than just simply naming their card, increase the drama and effect of mind-reading by revealing it bit by bit. The color first, then whether it is a low, high or picture card. Then name the card in full. To really play with the system, you can subtly suggest that you are about to read the wrong card. For instance, if the spectator's card is the nine of clubs, you might reveal it in the following way: "OK, its a black card, yes?" Look for visual confirmation. "I'm getting an 'i' ... 'i' ... five ... a five? No, sounds like five – its a nine, yes?" "Definitely not a spade so it must be the nine of clubs!" Another method of revealing the chosen card is to draw it on a notepad. Keep your drawing hidden, then invite the spectator to turn around their card and announce the design. You can then flip over your notepad, revealing the same design. This is a terrific routine and with a little thought, the Si Stebbins stack can be used for many other mind reading effects. What’s more, the stack is instantly ready to use again simply by putting the spectator’s chosen card on top of the deck face down. After revealing these first two effects, I want to address something you might be feeling. Disappointment. If you're disappointed to discover you're not divining the chosen card by reading body language or subtle facial expressions, get used to it! This is the way all mind reading illusions work. If it were genuinely possible to read a person's innermost thoughts, feelings or memories in that way, then the performer would be decades ahead of the greatest psychologists in the field. It is all an illusion. You need to sell the idea to your audience and volunteers through your performance. This is something we'll come back to throughout the book.

Coin Pen Key

Simply Copy and Paste these instructions onto Word and print, or memorize them

Coin, Pen, Key

1. Arrange the items in any way you want.

2. Exchange the coin for the item nearest to the right of the coin. If no item is in the right, leave the coin where it is.

3. Exchange the key for the nearest item to the left of the key. If no item is in the left, leave the key where it is.

4. Exchange the pen for the nearest item to the right of the pen. If no item on the right, leave the pen where it is.

5. Pick up the item on the far left and put it in your left pocket

6. Pick up the smaller of the two items and put it in your right pocket

7. Pick up the remaining item and put it in your shirt pocket


This is where they will end up

Key in left pocket
Coin in right pocket
Pen in shirt pocket

Heart Stop

Effect: A spectator feels your pulse on your arm. Suddenly your pulse drops and then stops completely.

Secret: A tennis ball (You need this. If not experiment with different things untill you get the effect)

1. Take the tennis ball and put it under your shirt in your armpit. (Make sure that the spectator doesn't see it)

2. Make the Spectator feel your pulse on your arm like this:

Im not sure that you can do the bottom one, but you can try it if your want.

3. Squeze the tennis ball (Thats under your armpit), when you want your heart to stop and release when you want your heart to start again.

Enjoy!!!

Going, Going, Gone!

Today's trick will teach you how to make small objects disappear. Flat objects, like coins, work the best...don't try this trick with anything round like a ball.

EFFECT: You ask your friend to guess 'heads or tails', but before they can even guess, the whole coin disappears!

SECRET: The coin actually hides on top of your head!

METHOD: Here's how to get it there. First of all, make sure that you are standing NEXT to your spectator. You should both be facing either the same way, or perpendicular to each other. This positioning is very important for keeping the secret.

Watch the demo video, when I actually perform the vanish, all you see is my hands. Your hands and arms should be the only thing in the field of vision of your spectator. If they can see your head...they may figure the trick out.

Hold your left hand out palm up (as if you were asking for money!) and hold a coin with the thumb and fingertips of your right hand. (Feel free to switch hands if you're more comfortable the other way.)

Tap the coin on your palm up hand, but not just little taps. No way, to do this trick you need big swooping taps. In fact, tap the top of your head with the coin after every time that you tap your left hand. Make it all one smooth motion in a big arc.

Your friend will probably wonder what the heck you are doing, so before you do this trick, distract them by telling them that they are going to have to guess heads or tails.

If you say that, then the audience (your friend) is more likely to look at your left hand. The left hand is where you want your friend to look because the right hand is going to do the 'dirty work' and hide the coin. Don't let anybody see the 'dirty work' or they'll figure out the trick.

So after you've tapped your left hand (and your head) with the coin about 3 or 4 times, you're ready for the secret move. All you have to do is instead of tapping your head with the coin, leave the coin on top of your head. Don't even pause a beat...keep your motion smooth.

When you come back down to tap your left hand, close your left hand pretending like the coin is inside. Now ask your friend: 'Heads or tails'. No matter what he says, open both hands to show that the coin is completely gone!

If your friend is sitting down then he/she will not be able to see the coin sitting neatly on top of your head!

Psycho Kinetic Time

This trick does not require any gimmicks.

Props: Someone wearing an analogue watch (a watch with an long stem that's easy to manipulate quickly. i.e.: SEIKO watches)

Preparation: You need to wear a watch of your own with the wrong time.

Method: Ask your victim for his watch with an excuse like, "I think my time is wrong can I see yours for a second?" Borrow the watch for a minute and examine it look at it, state what time it has, and say, "is this the right time, I need to know." Now glance at the time on YOUR watch, and draw attention to it by setting its time. While they looking at you, set the time on YOUR watch. Your other hand is moving their stem so THEIR time moved forward 25 minutes. Now have them sandwich their watch between their hands, and ask them to pick a number from 10 through 30. Most people will pick 25 if they pick 20, they won't notice it's off by five minutes when you reveal that the hands of their watch have moved forward in time.... If they pick something below that number, tell them to make it harder, and pick a higher number. It gets them everytime... just remember to give a great patter when doing this trick. TIPS: I recommend trying to do this on nervous or shy people so they don't know what you're doing. The key to this trick is misdirection , but it's very easy to get caught.