Coincido

I didn't touch your card but I still found it.

This time, I'm doing  trick called Coincido. A lot of tricks that have the magician not touch the card involve counting. This trick isn't different, but this time, the Spectator sets up the cards for me.

The trick with this performance was how the deck was before the trick started. A 7, 9, 6, and  a 10 are placed on the top of the deck. This makes the 4 lucky cards before the reveal always add up to 32 (fulves 40).  "Numbers are destiny" (fulves 40) is what the author says you should explain in this trick. I used an example of using numbers to illustrate that sentence. This trick was easy to learn, Only took me about 30 minutes to  figure it out. Shooting it was a whole other story.

For my second to last trick, this was another No-Clue discovery trick.

What is my last magic trick you ask?

Boom, Now all my shirts and jackets in my magic blogs are black. 

Now that my blogs are over, will you miss the magic in your life? I do recommend Karl Fulves to you guys, it has a wide range of tricks in it although sometimes a little hard to understand. Thank you guys for watching, reading, and commenting on my blogs!

Do you thing working as a magician would be hard? Should I definitely not give up on my education to do magic tricks around the world?

Citation: Fulves, Karl. Self-Working Close-up Card Magic: 56 Foolproof Tricks. Dover Publications, 1995.

A Card is Found

I Must Really Like Finding Cards

Guys, I found your card again. I'm sorry, I don't try to, I just can't stop myself.

This is the Trick called A Card is Found. It's another trick that uses counting to figure out a card. Much like my last trick, knowing the numbers helps the trick go smoothly. But it's not that hard. 

Since this is such a baffling trick, the book says, "Do it once and don't repeat it, because it is a beautifully concealed swindle" (Fulves 46). The counting is secret. while making sure the cards are shuffled, note the top nd bottom cards (fulves 46). Then you add both those cards together. that's most of the counting.

Once again, the magician finds your card. Thanks For watching!

would you rather do card tricks or other kinds of magic tricks?

Citation: Fulves, Karl. Self-Working Close-up Card Magic: 56 Foolproof Tricks. Dover Publications, 1995.

This Is Not The Card

How Do I find Your Card This Time?

It's me again, the wannabe magician.  I bring another hopefully amazing magic trick from Karl Fulves'  Self-working Close Up Card Magic. This trick is called This Is Not The Card. In this trick the card is put into the deck at random

I apologize immensely for all the sniffing in the video, I am currently a little sick.

The wording in the magic book was a little hard for me to understand, so  had to ask for help from my brother when learning the trick. Since he helped me, I invited him to be in my video. He's the hands helping me. The author of the book describes this trick, as "The seemingly random nature of the way the card is chosen. The magician never touches the card, yet it is under his direct control." (Fulves 38)

True, the magician never touches the card. But for this trick, he doesn't need to. The reason they don't need to touch the card, it's because of the way the cards are counted. During the trick the author says to count 29 cards in.

This trick was a bit more complex that the others, but it works really well.
If you were making a routine, would you rather have a few more complex tricks or more short but amazing tricks?

Citation: Fulves, Karl. Self-Working Close-up Card Magic: 56 Foolproof Tricks. Dover Publications, 1995.