'2 Card Prediction'

So I thought for today's post I would do another sweet card trick known as the 2 Card or 2 Deck Prediction. It is a pretty solid card trick that only involves a little bit of set up. As always, this is one of the tricks that David performed in the past.

The effect: The magician asks a spectator to pick a card out of the deck faced down and to put it on top. The magician than takes a different deck of cards and picks a card out of it and places it on top. He than swaps the 2 decks and reveals the card that the spectator chose. He than asks the spectator to flip over the top card that the magician picked and to their surprise, it is the same card that they picked! The magician some how knew exactly what card they were going to pick.

The setup: Have the card you want them to pick on top of their deck; we will say the 8 of Spades.

The performance: So how does the magician know what card the spectator is going to pick? Here is how to do it. Hand the deck of cards to the spectator and ask them to pick a card from it and to place it on top (make sure they do not look at it). Once they pick their card and place it on top, you simply go through your deck of cards and pick out the 8 of Spades and place it on top of your deck. Now you say that you are going to swap decks and reveal each others cards. Once you have their deck, do a double lift revealing the 8 of spades. Than ask them to flip over the card you picked; it will be the 8 of Spades as well.

So imagine that; with a little move like the double lift, you can do a pretty sweet trick.

Note: make sure that the spectator does not look at the card that they pick!

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