The Magic Square

November 6, 2009

This is properly a puzzle, rather than a trick, but it will be found an excellent source of entertainment.
The requirement is to place sixteen cards, the four aces and the twelve court cards, in four rows of four each, in such a manner that no one row, whether horizontal or vertical, shall contain two cards [...]

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The Turned Card

November 4, 2009

This is a very old and simple trick, but it is none the less very effective oftentimes. It consists merely in arranging the twelve court cards in a horizontal row on the table, and then telling the company to reverse anyone of the cards while your back is turned, after which you will touch the [...]

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Magic Pairs

November 2, 2009

THIS is a trick that depends on the use of a formula, or set of words,
memorized by the performer.
You deal twenty cards from the deck, laying them face upward on the table in a series of pairs, arranged vertically. You then ask any number of the persons present to choose each a pair from the [...]

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Naming the Pack

October 31, 2009

This is a feat of memory. As a matter of fact, however, the amount of memory involved is not so prodigious as it may seem to the company.
You announce that you will name all the cards of the deck in their order. Before attempting the trick, two measures of preparation must be taken – the [...]

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Gathering the Kings

October 29, 2009

You prepare for this trick by placing the four kings together, along with two jacks, which are set between the first and second kings. In performing the trick, the presence of the two jacks must not be revealed. The four kings, however, are shown to the spectators. In order to hide the jacks while this [...]

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Discovery of a Card

October 27, 2009

For this trick, a certain number of the cards are dealt from the pack, and laid face upward on the table in three separate piles. Before beginning the distribution of the cards, one of the company is asked to select mentally a particular card.
If twenty-one is the number of cards, there will necessarily be seven [...]

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