Card manipulation

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Card magic is the branch of conjuring that deals with creating magical effects using a deck of playing cards. Card magic is commonplace in magical performances, especially in close up magic or parlor magic and street magic.[1]

Playing cards became popular with magicians in the last century or so as they were props which were inexpensive, versatile, and easily available. Although magicians have created and presented myriad illusions with cards (sometimes referred to as card tricks), most of these illusions are generally considered to be built upon perhaps one hundred or so basic principles and techniques. Presentation and context (including patter, the conjurer's misleading account of what he is doing) account for many of the variations.

Card magic, in one form or another, likely dates from the time playing cards became commonly known — towards the second half of the fourteenth century — but its history in this period is largely undocumented. However, compared to sleight of hand magic in general and to cups and balls, it is a relatively new form of magic.[2]

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[edit] Example

As an example of an elaborate card trick, Derek Dingle created the following effect, later modified by Michael Ammar and performed on television: Without any conspicuous magical moves, he inserts the four aces into different parts of the deck. He then proceeds to shuffle the cards face-up into face-down multiple times. At the end he finds the aces from within the shuffled deck and straightens out the face up and face down deck of cards. As a kicker ending, the magician reveals that he has not only found the four aces, but also the four royal flushes (in the four suits).

[edit] Clairvoyant (card trick)

Illusionist spreads cards on a table face down. Then he asks one of the spectators to hand him the ace of hearts. When he gets the card he asks for another card – Queen of spades. Next, he says: “And now I’m going to take the Jack of diamonds”. Then he shows the three cards, that he’s holding and they are exactly those, that he was talking about.

How it’s done: Before the show the illusionist must know one of the cards that are lying on the table. In the example above it was the Ace of Hearts. This is the one that he asks at first. Of course he will receive another card. When he receives the Queen of Spades first, he says: “Now give me the Queen of Spades ”, but the spectator doesn’t know that the illusionist has got it already. And then he proceeds the same way, always asking for the card that was just handed to him. In the and he takes the card, that he was asking for at the beginning, of the one that he knows where it is in the deck. If the spectator gives him the card that he was supposed to give, the illusionist doesn’t need to take another card by himself and ends the trick by showing the cards that he’s holding.

[edit] Notable card magicians

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Wilson, Mark (1988) [1975]. Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic. Courage Books. ISBN 0894716239. Card Magic, pp. 17-171.
  2. ^ Randi, James. Conjuring. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312097714. Conjuring in early Europe, pp. 17-27.
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