Performer shows a pack of cards in its case. He withdraws the deck and announces he will magically make
a card leave the deck invisibly. He requests that five cards be drawn. These cards are placed face down on
the table so no one can see them. Performer now picks them up and asks someone in the audience to write
down their names as he calls them off. After the cards are listed, he puts them back in the deck. Someone
now looks through the deck trying to find the five selections. Only four are found in the deck! The
performer opens the case the cards came in... the missing card is found to have left the pack and gone back
into the case.
Explanation: When performer withdrew pack from the case, all he did was to leave one card in it, secretly
learning its suit and number. When performer reads the names of the five cards, he says the name of this
card instead of one of the drawn cards.
Editor's note: This is known as "Miscalling" a card. Read more about it on the Terminology Page.
Effect: A person from the audience picks a card and sets it aside. After a little hocus-pocus, you flip over
three cards of the same rank as the selected card.
Preparation:
1) Take all four cards of two suits from the deck (for this we will say Aces and Kings.)
2) Put all four Aces on top of the deck, and all the Kings on top of them. Now you are ready.
Card Trick:
1) Deal the cards into two face down rows of four: Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace; King, King, King, King.
2) Ask a spectator to point at one row of cards. Remove this row and place it on the bottom of the deck (It
is no longer needed. For this, we will say that the Kings remain.)
3) Have the spectator touch, but not look at, a single card in the row.
4) Place this card aside, and put the remaining three cards on top of the deck. (That gives you one King on
the table and the other three Kings on top of the deck.)
5) Deal the cards out into three piles (one King will be on the bottom of each.) Continue to deal out the
cards until your spectator tells you to stop.
6) Now you can use any elimination process to bring each of the piles down to one card (which will be the
King that was on the bottom.)
7) The only cards that should be left on the table are the one King that was set aside and the three Kings
that were dealt into the piles. Flip the single card face up, reminding everyone that the spectator selected it.
Now flip the other three cards face up, revealing that they all match.
Take an ordinary deck of cards and memorize the bottom card. Before you start the trick turn the bottom
card upside down and place it back on the bottom of the deck. Give the top half of the deck to a spectator
and keep the bottom half for yourself. Tell them you will remove one card from the deck you are holding
and do so. Look at the card but do not memorize it, the card you need to remember the bottom one. Place it
on the table in front of you. Tell them to remove one card from their deck but do not let you see. When
they do this put the hand with the deck in down to your side and when no one looking just let flip the deck
over. When the spectator has removed one card and looked at it. Tell him to place it on the table face down
next to yours. Now tell him to put your card face down in his deck without looking, that way it is lost and
no one knows what it was. Now take his card and place it in your deck face down so that it is the only
card, except for your card, that is face down. Now take half of his deck and turn it face up and lace it on
the top of you deck. Take the other half of his deck and place it face up on the bottom of your deck. Now
tell him that the deck should be face up, face down, face up. He will naturally agree. Show him that all the
cards are face up except two. Turn over your card and ask him what he had. He will tell you and then turn
over his card.
Put one of the RED Aces on the bottom of the deck, so that the audience does not see. Gather the other
three Aces and show them. Then ask a spectator to put one on the top, of the deck, one on the bottom, and
one in the middle. Have her cut the deck, putting the bottom half onto the top half. Ask her to hand the
deck back to you. Tell her you will find the three Aces, now magically together. Go through the deck and
find the three Aces next to each other.
Hint: They will be near the middle.
Effect: The performer places eight cards face up on the table and then turns his back. He tells the spectator
to turn one card around. When the performer turns back around he points at the card which was turned.
Trick:
Place eight cards on top of the deck in this order: Three of Clubs, Six of Spades, Five of Clubs, Nine of
Spades, Seven of Clubs, Six of Hearts, Three of Hearts, and the Seven of Hearts.
Deal the eight cards off the top of the deck, face up. You must be sure that the center of the cards are all
facing the same direction (that is, the spots in the center of the cards all face one way.)
When the spectator turns one card around, the center spot will be facing the opposite direction. (eh: Try it;
you'll see what he means.)
This trick works really well with children or at parties.
Effect: The magician takes a packet of ten cards from the top of a shuffled deck. A spectator thinks of one
of those cards and memorizes it. The magician tells the spectator to also memorize the position of the card
from the top of the (face-down) packet. That done, the magician squares the packet up.
Magician divides the packet in half. He takes the top five cards and places them under the bottom five. He
asks the spectator for the position of the remembered card. Magician takes a card from the top of the
packet and puts it on the bottom. Do this the same number of times as the number the spectator gave you.
The magician finds the card, using the Elimination Shuffle.
The Elimination Shuffle: Take the top card off the packet and put on the bottom. Take the new top card
and put it on the table. Keep doing this, one card to the bottom, next card to the table, until you hold only
one card. It will be the card the spectator chose.
Effect: A spectator picks two cards from the top of the deck. The spectator then puts the two cards into the
middle of the deck. Without shuffling or arranging of the cards, the cards magically teleport into your
hands!
Preperation:
For this trick, you have to have two pairs of cards that are EXACT matches. That means same color, same
number, same suit. Take two cards from another deck to get these. (Editor's note: these are called
"Stranger Cards"; see the Terminology Page.) Let's say you're using the Ace of Hearts and Ace of
Diamonds. Arrange the deck like this; take the two cards that belong to the original deck and place one on
the top and one on the bottom. Take the two duplicate cards and place both on the top. Now you're ready
for the trick. (Note: do not let them see the bottom card)
Card Trick:
Tell the spectator to take the top two cards (Ace of Hearts and Ace of Diamonds). Flip through the deck
till you reach the middle (do not expose the bottom card). Tell him to place the two cards in the middle.
With the back of the deck facing the spectator, use your thumb and pointer finger to gently hold the deck
with your right hand; use your left hand to catch the deck. Swiftly push down, letting the whole deck, (but
not the top and bottom cards) fall into your left hand. And there they are: the Ace of Hearts and Ace of
Diamonds magically teleported right into your fingertips.
EFFECT: The Magician spreads the cards in his hands and asks a spectator to select a card. Spectator
memorizes the card, and gives it back to Magician, who puts it in the deck at a random place. The
Magician counts off cards from the bottom and then stops. Magician holds up a card: the spectator's!
PREPERATION: You can count any number. I always use nine, ten, or thirteen. When you spread the
cards in your hands, you have already counted the number you need. Push the rest of the deck up a bit so
the counted cards stick out lower (so you recognize them) from the rest. When the spectator gives you the
card, put it on top of the counted cards, and the rest of the deck on top of them. Then count out the number
you already counted (e.g. thirteen.) The fourteenth card will be the spectator's.
You can also count cards from the top of the deck, if you like. In this case, have them return their card
onto the other (larger) part of the deck, then set the smaller pile onto these. Count down from the top, and
reveal their card.
Setup: Before you start the card trick, find the two black 6's and the two black 9's. (The 6 of Spades, the 6 of Clubs, the 9 of Spades, and the 9 of Clubs.) Take the 6 of Spades and the 9 of Clubs, and place one of them on the top of the deck and the other on the bottom. Keep the 6 of clubs and the 9 of spades separate.
Trick: Show the deck of cards to your victim. (The person you are showing the card trick to.) Hold the 6 of clubs and the 9 of spades in front of the person. Ask them to tell you what cards they are. They will say the 6 of clubs and the 9 of spades, of course. Ask them if the are sure. They will say they are sure. Hold up either of the cards and ask them what card it is. After they respond, place that card in the middle of the deck. Now do the same with the other card.
Once both cards are inside the deck, place it down on the table, and tell the person to tap the deck three times. After that ask them if they have any magic card trick dust. If they say, no say you will loan them some and reach into your pocket and pretend to sprinkle dust on the cards. If they say yes, tell them there's no such thing as magic card trick dust. Now rub your hands together and blow on them so your fingers are slightly moist. (This is important.)
Pick up the deck by putting your thumb on top and your other fingers on bottom. Hold the deck very lightly. Swing the deck back and forth, and on the third swing throw the deck to your other hand, but make sure you hold onto the top and bottom card. Your moistened fingers will help.
Ending: After all that, your victim will still remember the cards, but only vaguely. When you show them the 6 of spades and 9 of clubs that you "pre-placed" they will be astounded, unless they have an awesome memory.
Effect: The magician shuffles the deck and takes the top thirteen cards. Holding the cards face down, he proceeds to spell the first card name, Ace. "A-C-E," and for each letter, he puts one card under the packet of thirteen cards. He then flips over the next card (the fourth,) and it is an Ace. He repeats this process for each card number, Ace through King. At the end, he has all thirteen cards face up on the table, in sequential order.
Preperation: Remove and arrange 13 cards in the following setup, top card down: Three, Eight, Seven, Ace, Queen, Six, Four, Two, Jack, King, Ten, Nine, and Five. Put these on top of the deck.
Presentation:
The trick almost works itself. To start, pretend to shuffle the cards, leaving the top thirteen untouched. Remove the top thirteen cards as a group and arrange them like a fan, so that your audience can see their faces. Square up the cards, and hold them face down.
When you spell out each card, do it as follows: let's say you're spelling the word ACE. Spell A, remove the top card and place it on the bottom. Then spell C, and remove the top card and place that on the bottom. Next spell E, remove this top card and place it on the bottom. Flip the new top card and show that it's an Ace, and place it on the table.
Continue in this manner until all the cards are face up on the table. (eh: You spell the cards in order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K) Your audience may realize that the cards must have been set up beforehand, but this only adds to the mystery - and you can treat it as a puzzle for them to try to figure out.
Editor's note: to add to the mystery, don't use cards all of the same suit. A mixed group of suits makes it seem less like a "stacked" deck.
Start by putting one red Queen on top of a regular poker deck, and the other red Queen at the bottom, both face down.
Next, give the two black Queens to a spectator. Start dealing cards off the top of the deck, laying them in a face down pile on the table, until the spectator tells you to stop.
Have the spectator put the first black Queen, face up, onto the pile (opposite to all the cards you have been laying down.) Drop the remainder of the deck in your hand face down onto the black Queen. (So the only card facing up is the black Queen.)
Next, repeat the process above, having the spectator put in the other black Queen, face up, and drop the remainder of the deck on top of the black Queen, again face down. Have the spectator cut the deck, and complete the cut.
Now announce that without any help from you the spectator was able to find the black Queens' sisters. Simply go to the black Queens, take them out, and the cards immediately above each will, of course, be the red Queens.
You have shown the spectator the Sisters Trick.
Editor's note: it is easy to put the red Queens in place, while you find the black Queens. This can be done right in front of the spectator, as long as you don't tell them what you are doing. Just do it - don't make a big deal of it.
Effect: This is a story of seven detectives chasing a murderer (the selected card).
Procedure:
1) Take any four of the same face cards out of the deck, (Kings make good detectives.)
2) Shuffle the deck and memorize the bottom card.
3) Spread the cards like a fan, and ask the spectator to take one.
4) Tell the spectator to look at the card, remember it, then place it on the top of the deck.
5) Ask the spectator to cut the deck.
6) Explain that the card they selected is a murderer and the four face cards you took out are detectives to find him.
7) Look through the deck, the selected card will be the next card after the bottom card you peeked at.
8) Place the four face cards so that they're sticking out of the deck about half way and in the order of: face card, original bottom card, face card, selected card, face card, card after selection, face card. Explain that the detectives are searching in those places.
9) Fold the deck back up and leave the four cards sticking out. Turn it on edge and hit the four cards against a table. The three alternate cards should pop up, with the selected one in the middle. Say the detectives called on these three guys to help them and show them to the spectator.
10) Take those three cards sticking up and hit them against the table; two face cards should pop up. Hit those against the table and the selected card should pop up.
Note: When hitting the cards against a table, hold the deck on the sides, not the face and back. Also, don't hold it too tight or your cards will bend and not work.
First, separate all the cards by suit. Line up each suit in this order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K.
Next stack the packets on top of each other. Starting with the top card, deal off 21 cards, making sure that when you lay them down they stay in the same EXACT order. (Normally when you deal, you pile the cards one by one onto each other. This reverses their order. You cannot do that this time.) Put the 21 cards on the bottom of the pile that's left over.
Now have somebody cut the deck at any spot, 9 times. Make sure all of them are complete cuts or the trick won't work. After they have finished, deal the cards into thirteen piles. Start at one side, left or right, and deal thirteen cards across. Deal the next thirteen onto those. Repeat this two more times, until all 52 cards have been dealt.
After you are done have someone turn over all thirteen piles. Each pile will have the same card denomination in it.
Effect: Very easy, basic card trick.
Card Trick:
Keep the cards in a single pile. Be sure to find some way to gain knowledge of the bottom card (shuffling, dropping a card, etc.) Hold the deck in your left hand, in a normal dealing position. Put your right hand on the deck so that your right fingers are on top, thumb on bottom, as if you were going to pull the whole deck back out of your left hand.
Your right fingers begin to slide cards back, one by one, and you tell the spectator to say 'stop' at any time. When they say 'stop', use your right hand to pull off the cards that were moved. At the same time, your left thumb presses on the bottom card. As you slide the top cards away from the deck, the bottom card will come with them. (This works best if you pull the bottom card out, little by little while you go through the top cards.) Hold your right hand up so the spectator can see the bottom card of the group, but you can't.
Now announce the card that was on the bottom. To make it more mystical say something about how you can tell it isn't a black card by the expression on their face, or that you can tell it's a Heart by the way their fingers wiggle. Or come up with something better. (That shouldn't be too hard.)
Editor's note: finding out the bottom card isn't hard, especially if you are performing more than one card trick. Handling the cards, both during and between the tricks, gives you lots of chances to see the bottom card without making it obvious.
Start by putting one card face up on the bottom of a face down deck. Spread the cards like a fan, and have a card chosen and memorized by a spectator. Make sure they don't see the face up card at the bottom.
While they are looking at their card, turn the entire deck over. This will show a face down card on top of a face up deck, which will look as if the cards are all face down. Square up the deck and have the spectator put their card, face down, anywhere in the middle of the deck. Be careful not to move the top card and expose the face up cards underneath. Put the cards behind your back and turn the top card back over. Bring the deck out again. Show the spectator that their card has magically turned face up in the center of a face down deck.
If you practice, you can find other ways of turning the card over, besides putting the deck behind your back. One way is to start the trick standing up. After the card has been put back into the deck, drop your left hand (with the deck in it) to the side of your body. With your thumb, push the top upside-down card to the right as if you were going to deal it. Brush the deck downward against your leg. The top card will hit your leg and flip over. Practice this until you can do it quickly. You will need to do some mis-direction to take attention away from this move. (Have someone spill a drink, sneeze, etc.) Or you may prefer to do the behind the back move. Either way the trick is very confusing to the spectator.
Effect: You show the audience four Aces, which you put on top of the deck. Then you pick up the four Aces and give a spectator the four cards underneath. When you show the audience your cards they will not be the four Aces; the four Aces will be in the spectator's hand.
Card Trick:
1) Before you start your trick, gather the four Aces. Behind the first Ace put four other cards.
2) Show the audience your four Aces, spread out in your hand, like a fan. (Remember to hide the four cards behind the first Ace.)
3) Place all eight cards on top of the deck.
4) Take the first four non-Ace cards, but do not show them to anybody.
5) Give the spectator the next four cards (which are the Aces.) Ask him not to look at them, just yet.
6) While the audience thinks you have the four Aces, turn your cards over revealing that they are four other cards. Tell the spectator to turn over their cards, revealing that they have the Aces.
The trick itself is very simple, but believe me it gets the audience's brains tingling.
Editor's note: You need to put the cards onto the deck before you give some to the spectator. So that this isn't too suspicious, you can pretend that you "just remembered" that you wanted to give them to the audience member.
Effect: You tell a person to pick the top card of the pile and to memorize it, then to put the card back into the pile. Taking the deck, you act like you are trying to get "psychic" messages from it. While they concentrate on their card, you name it.
1. Take an ordinary deck, and ask the spectator to shuffle it.
2. Spread the cards like a fan, face up, telling the spectators that the deck is in no particular order. While doing this, look at and remember the top card.
3. Have the spectator cut the deck into three piles. Be sure you keep an eye on the card that was on top of the deck. Arrange the piles so the first cut pile (the top of the deck) is in-between the other piles.
4. Ask them to look at the card on top of the middle pile, and to memorize it. Then they are to put it inside one of the piles. (You already know what this card is.)
5. Put the deck back together and shuffle the cards.
6. Have the spectator concentrate on the color of the card they picked, you tell them the color. Have them concentrate on the suit, you tell them the suit. Then the number, you tell them the number.
The trick is done; you should have them stunned at your psychic abilities.
Pick-up 52:
1) Ask member of audience if (s)he wants to play Pick-up 52. If (s)he says yes, throw a pack of cards on the ground, being sure to make a big mess. Say: "Pick-up 52." Editor's note: Card Trick Central accepts no responsibility if you actually try this!)
Alternate Version: (this is actually a trick)
To prepare:
1) Before you do the trick, place the Eight of Hearts on top of the deck and the Seven of Diamonds on the bottom.
2) Now place the Eight of Diamonds on TOP of the Eight of Hearts, and the Seven of Hearts UNDERNEATH the Seven of Diamonds, so that there are two sets of red Sevens and Eights.
To perfrorm:
3) Take the top and bottom cards from the deck (Eight of Diamonds and Seven of Hearts,) and show them quickly enough that the audience remembers red Seven and Eight, but not so quickly that they suspect what you're going to do and memorize the exact cards.
4) Mix the cards into the middle of the deck, in different places.
5) Announce that you will now bring the cards back to the outside of the deck.
6) Lick your left thumb and index finger. (Or, if you have a cold drink nearby, take a sip just before this part. You are trying to get your fingers slightly moistened.) Holding the deck in your left fingers, thumb on top, fingers on bottom. Hold it at one end, very close to the edge, so the length of the deck sticks out in front. Press your thumb and index finger against the deck enough to make the top and bottom cards "stick" to those fingers.
7) With right hand, slap down on the top of the deck to knock out all of the cards EXCEPT the top and bottom ones, which you hold with your left hand. Practice this until you can do it well (i.e., hold on to ONLY the correct cards.)
8) Leave. (Let somebody else clean up the mess.)
Shuffle a deck of cards, getting a look at the bottom card. Don't be obvious. Spread the cards out all over the table, face down. Keep your eye on where the bottom card ends up. Then, you ask the spectator to find for you whatever card the bottom one was. Tell them not to pick it UP, but just to point at the card they think it is. For instance, if the bottom card was a Queen of Hearts, you would say: "Pick for me the Queen of Hearts." (Of course, you don't TELL them you know it was the bottom card!)
The spectator will point to a card, and you pick that one up, not letting the audience see what card it really is. Then, depending on the card you really picked up, tell the spectator to now choose that one. If it was a 9 of Clubs, you would tell them to pick the 9 of clubs. They choose another card, and you pick it up.
Now you say that YOU will choose a card, and say the name of whatever card you just picked up. Pick up the original bottom card (Queen of Hearts, in our example.) Show the audience the cards you are holding, and they will be amazed. Don't tell them how to do it, a magician never reveals her secrets.
Editor's Note: if the spectator accidentally picks your bottom card, it doesn't ruin the trick, it makes it better! If they pick it on the first try, just have them turn the card over. They seem to have found it, all by themselves! If they pick it as their second card, just show both cards, and announce that they found them both. Very impressive!
Trick: A spectator cuts the deck 13 times. You deal the cards into 13 piles (as if you were playing a card game.) You turn the piles over, one by one. The cards in each pile are of the same value.
Preperation:
Be sure you are using a full deck of cards. Before the trick, with no one else there, put all the same cards of the same suit in numerical order. You should have Diamonds in Ace through King order, Clubs in Ace through King, etc. Put the four suits together, just as they are.
Performance:
Tell everyone how mysterious the number 13 is. Have a spectator cut the deck 13 times. Deal the cards into 13 piles, then turn the piles over.
1. Before doing this magic trick you need to separate the cards into red and black. The black cards should all be together and the red cards should be together, making them like two small decks.
2. Separate the decks and lay them face down.
3. Ask a spectator to take one card randomly out of each "deck", making sure he/she doesn't look at the deck.
4. Ask the spectator the memorize the cards, then put each one back in the opposite deck from which they took it.
5. Have the spectator shuffle each deck separately.
6. Take the decks up and tell them you will now find their cards.
7. Simply look through the red deck up and find the only black card in it. Same for the black deck.
You will need twelve cards, with no more than three of the same value.
Arrange them into three piles of four each (make sure there are no doubles in each pile.) Each pile needs to be put into numerical order, from lowest to highest, so when face down the lowest card is on top.
Show a spectator the three face down piles, then move the piles around, so there is no way for you to remember what card is where. Get spectator to pick a pile. Fan that pile for spectator to see, and ask them to remember one card from that pile. Ask them to also remember a number from 1-4, depending on the position of the card in its pile -- 1 being the top-most card, 4 being the bottom card. Put the piles on top of each other, with the selected pile on the very top.
Deal the cards, from left to right, into three piles (1234, 1234, 1234.) When done, put the pile on the left side on top of the middle pile, and put those on top of the pile on the right.
Do the above action (deal the cards, then stack them,) three times total. You can do it fast, and say you are mixing the cards up. When you are finished for the third time, ask the spectator for the 1-4 position of their selected card. Deal that number from the bottom of the pile. The last card you deal is the selected card.
Alternate Version: after you stack them for the third time, reverse the order of the cards. Ask spectator for the 1-4 value of the selected card. Deal that number off the TOP of the pile. The last card you deal is their selected card.
Present the card in any fashion.
Effect: You lay nine cards onto the table, in a three by three pattern. You ask an accomplice to leave the room, then have a spectator choose one of the cards. When your accomplice returns you will have him identify the exact card chosen by the spectators!
Preperation: Get an accomplice, and tell them the trick.
1. Ask your accomplice to leave the room or area.
2. Turn nine cards face down, three by three.
3. Have the spectator(s) pick a card.
4. Once they have chosen a card, have someone tell your accomplice to return.
5. Now you make a series of taps on the cards, anywhere from five to twenty. (You can always change the amount to fool your spectators.) The signal you give your accomplice is where you tap the first card. This tells him/her which is the chosen card. If you tap the first card in the middle, that signifies the middle card in the three by three setup; if you tap the first card in the upper right corner, it signifies the card in the upper right of the setup, and so on.
6. Now all that is left is for your accomplice to amaze the spectators by choosing the exact card.
Editor's note: since you are the magician, you might want to perform this as a test of your "mental powers." You say that you will cause someone else to find the correct card.
Preparation:
Before the trick make up a packet containing 20 black cards and one red (we'll say the Queen of Hearts.) Put the red card 10th from the top. Place this packet on top of the rest of the pack.
Presentation:
In performing the trick say to the audience you will remove a random number of cards from the top of the pack, but remove the top 21 cards placed there earlier and disregard the rest of the pack (you no longer require them).
Give the packet of 21 cards to the spectator and turn your back. Tell the spectator to remove between one and ten cards from the top of the packet, count the number to themselves and put these cards into their pocket.
You tell the spectator you will predict which card they will choose and write it on a piece of paper. Write down the Queen of Hearts (or whatever the red card was), fold the paper and give it to a member of the audience to hold.
Turn back to face the spectator. Deal out from right to left ten cards from the remainder of the packet. Ask the spectator how many cards they have in their pocket and remind them that they had a free choice of between one and ten. Count from left to right the number they tell you. The next card to the right is theirs (it's the Queen.) Open the piece of paper and show your prediction to be correct.
To top off the trick ask them to return the cards from their pocket and tell them that not only did they pick the card on the slip of paper, but they chose the only red card in the pack. Show that all the other cards were black.
Effect: Through math, you can find out two cards that a person has chosen.
Preparation: Make sure all Tens, Jacks , Queens, and Kings have been removed from the deck. (Aces serve as one.)
Trick:
Have the person you are showing the trick shuffle the cards. Take a group of cards and hold them in your hand, spread out in a fan shape. Ask him/her to pick a card from among them. Tell the person to remember it and to put it back in the deck.
Ask them to double the value of the card they picked, then to add 5. Now have them multiply that number by 5. Tell them not to forget this number.
Instruct them to look at another card in the deck, and to add its value to the total that they had computed before. They are to tell you the final total of everything.
In your head, subtract 25 from the total. The two digits you get are the same as the two cards they chose. Example: they choose a Five, then a Three.
5(doubled) = 10 plus 5 = 15. Multiply times 5 = 75. Three added to total = 78. You subtract 25 = 53. They picked a Five and a Three!
Editor's note: try this a few times to get the feel...
Shuffle deck. Let someone choose any card, memorise it and place on TOP of deck. Behind your back, flip THAT first card over and bring out the whole deck. Hold deck upright, so they see bottom card - don't let them see theirs. With the bottom of the deck showing, ask if that's their card, to which they say no. At the same time you can see what THEIR card is, because you've flipped it over and it's now facing you! Put deck behind your back (be careful they don't see.) Flip their card over again and put it anywhere in deck. Bring out the deck, shuffle it or get them to shuffle, and now you can find their card!
