Everyone that is learning how to do magic tricks would love to WOW their audience right? Well the best way to do that is by doing great tricks while putting on an entertaining performance at the same time. Let me tell you how to do this one cool little card trick I know.

Take out two decks of cards and get a member of your audience to take one of the decks in their hands. While you have the other deck, tell your volunteer… “do everything that I do”. You want the spectator to do exactly what you do (shuffle, mix and cut). Honestly, it doesn’t really matter what you get them to do because this part is done purely for entertainment purposes. Acting and distracting are very important to a magician.

Now, exchange decks with your volunteer and say that the reason you are doing this is to show everyone that you are not tampering with the cards. Shuffle your new deck a few times again but this time take a peek at the bottom card of your deck once you are done shuffling. Now memorize this card (don’t let anyone see you do this. This is the secret behind the trick). Use your imagination to help you come up with a way that will allow you to take a peek without anyone noticing.

Once you memorize the bottom card, you are ready to go to the next step.

Put your deck on the table in front of you. Now cut the deck and place the top half on the right side. Take the top card from the pile on your left and ask your volunteer to remember it. (you don’t have to know what this card is, all you need to know is that bottom card that you memorized from before). You don’t need to see your volunteers card, and make sure neither your volunteer or the audience sees your card.

Take your volunteers card and place it on top of the pile on the right. Now take the left pile and put it on top of the right pile. The card that you memorized is now on top of your volunteers card. Cut the deck one more time.

Now you will tell your volunteer to look through their deck for the card that they had picked and hold it face down. Tell everyone that you are going to do the same thing.

Look through the deck for the card that you memorized. The card underneath it is your volunteers card. (If by chance the card that you memorized happens to be at the very bottom of the deck, your volunteers card will be the top card)

With both your card and your volunteers card face down, do something like counting to three to build suspense.

Then flip the cards over and show everyone that you picked the same card as your volunteer!

Now I know that this may be too basic for some of you, but for beginners, it’s a good start.

So go practice it until you have it down perfect and then go show your friends that you know how to do magic tricks.