Best friends card trick
Effect:
Two
cards are freely selected and inserted face up in the deck in two
different places. The cards are then cut as many times as wished.
Magician runs through the deck and drops the face-up selected card and
the face-down card next to it, on the table.
When
the face-down cards are turned face up, they are seen to be the mates
of the selected cards in colour and value.
Set-up: Put deck in “Best Friends” order.
See below.
Performance:
Spread the deck and have a card selected. Cut all cards above selected
card to the bottom.
Have
card removed and replaced on the top of the deck, face up. Undercut
half the deck and peek at the bottom card.
If
it is a mate to the selected card, remember that the selected card is
a before card. If it is not a mate, the
selected card is an after card.
Drop
the cards in your right hand on top of the face up card. Repeat this 2
or 3 times; if you do it more times than that, it can be hard to
remember what cards are what.
Now
run through the deck. When you hit an after card,
drop it and the card after it on the table.
When
you hit a before card, drop it and the
card before it on the table.
Flip
over the cards, and they match. Be sure to explain the mate concept
before you flip over the cards.
Features:
Cards cut as often as you like. Cards are freely chosen, no forces of
any kind.
Best Friends Order:
The deck is simply set up
in pairs by value and colour. Put the two red kings together, the two
black twos, the two red jacks, etc.
You
can cut this deck all you want. The Best Friends effect wont be
affected if a pair is separated, one on top and one on bottom. With
another cut the order will right itself.
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