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THIS IS THE CARD TRICKS PAGE FOR MAGICIANS. ALL MAGICIANS CAN SUBMIT A CARD TRICK AND IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE PAGE.
Aces High
**EFFECT: The spectator cuts and deals a deck, only to find the aces have made their way to the tops of the four piles.
**SETUP: Place the four aces on top of the deck, with a fifth (indifferent) card on top of those. The order should be X, A, A, A, A, deck
**WORKING: Use whatever false cuts and shuffles you wish, then have the spectator divide the deck into four equal piles. Make sure the aces and indifferent card are on top of pile #4. Have the spectator pick up pile #1. He will put one card from the top to the bottom of the pile, then deal one card to each other pile. Continue with piles 2-4. Whatever the number of the pile, that is how many cards they will put from the top to the bottom. They always deal one to each other pile. If done correctly, this will set the four aces on top of the four piles when everything is done. Show them with a flourish!
Target Shot:
Here's my most requested trick. Anytime I'm around someone who's seen me do this one, they ask for me to do it to their friend. It's quick and easy but very entertaining. The spectator picks a card. After looking at it and replacing it in the deck, the magician puts the whole deck in the case and asks the spectator to make a gun with their fingers and shoot the deck. Once they do, the magician pulls out the deck and asks them to name their card. Fanning through the deck the spectator pulls out the card - which now has a bullet hole through the middle of it. The rest of the cards can be examined and they are all seen as normal! All you do is get a duplicate of the card you want to force. Cut a hole in the middle of it and then burn around the edges of it with a lighter (It works best if you set the lighter on low flame, ignite it, and then lower the card onto the flame. This makes a uniform burn around the hole and blackens the edges.) Force the card on them, and make sure they replace the card toward the top of the deck (about 15-20 cards down). Put the burnt card about 10-15 cards from the bottom. When you pull out the deck after the shot, turn it face up and fan. They will see their card and not think twice about another one being in there. Let the spectator pull the card out so they won't think you switched them in mid stride. This is one that everyone seems to like. I have two cards burned and ready so that nobody sees me force the same card on a different person. One more thing, if possible, use a red number card. This makes the black around the hole stand out much better.
Back to normal
Submitted by Chris Stockton, a Magic Master
How it looks:
You show the spectator a deck of cards in wich you cut the deck, flip the top half over, and put the flipped over half on bottom. The magician puts the top card reversed in the middle of the deck. The magician rifles the deck and then fans them out to show the faces of the cards which have turned back to normal.
How it's done:
Take the cards out of the box. With the cards face down flip over the bottom card without the spectator knowing it. Cut off about half off the top. Now drop your hand with the bottom half to your side and flip it over. Now it should look like the deck is the same. With the top half in your other hand flip it over so that all the cards are face up and put it underneath the other half of the deck. Turn the deck sideways so that the top and bottom can't be seen. Say that you're going to reverse the top card as well and take off the top card, reverse it and stick it in the middle. Riffle the deck a little and fan the cards face up to show that all the cards are Back To Normal.

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