Effect:

You fan the cards and the spectator takes the one card that you already know the identity of. The possibilities are endless for what you can do with this.

Secret:

First, a little history on this trick...

Many beginner magicians do not try this because they think it takes too much practice. That is the secret to this trick. Every time you are having someone pick a card, you should try to force a card to them.

If you miss and they pick another card, have a different trick ready so that it doesn't look like you messed up. If they take the card, great! You are ready to perform a miracle.

Read their mind, locate the card, pull a prediction out of your shoe with that card on it, etc...

Here's how to do the classic card force...

Start with the card you want to force on top of the deck. Cut the deck in your hands so that the top card(force card) is now near the middle of the deck and fan the cards. As you do this, keep an eye on where this top card is. Naturally it is spaced out a little more than the rest of the cards. Fan the cards with two hands. It's okay if there is a natural gap, that will help you keep your eye on the force card. If you want, you can even put a light pencil mark on the card as you are starting to learn this trick.


Start to move the cards from the left into your right hand by pulling them over with your right thumb.

Timing is the key to this. Ask the person to pick a card, as they reach up to pick a card, time it so that at about this time you get to the card you want them to take and make it easy for them to take this card. Nonchalantly spread the cards a little more and guide this card right into their outstretched finger tips.

Practice this and you can do it anwhere, with any deck of cards, under all kinds of conditions. I love it! You will too.

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Hold a coin at the tips of your fingers in one of your hands.

Bring your other hand over to grab the coin.

Before your hand grabs the coin, release the coin from the tips of your fingers and let it fall into the base of your fingers.




Continue with the motion of the “grabbing” hand and act as if you have actually taken the coin with it. In reality, the coin remains in the original hand.


Take the hand away as if it holds the coin. From this point, you can blow on the empty hand and seemingly make the coin disappear-just open your hand. And then you can make the coin reappear by reaching into your pocket with your coin-laden hand and “pulling” out the coin.