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How To: Spread a deck of cards

In this magic card trick tutorial, learn how to spread a deck of cards and impress your spectators. Magicians use this trick to show off their skills, but it's deceivingly simple to perform. This magic trick is also known as a table spread or a flourish.

How To: Perform the Four Bandits magic card trick

Learn how to perform the magic card trick 'the four bandits'. This magic trick brings all four bandits (jacks) to the top of your deck when it looks like they should be spaced throughout the card deck. The trick only requires a single deck of cards. It is a magic card trick suitable for all ages to perform! Become the next David Blaine!

How To: Find the chosen card in a card deck magic trick

Here’s a nifty little trick that will have you wowing the crowd not once but twice in the very same routine. You will need a deck of red-backed cards, one blue-backed card, the ability to perform the Hindu Shuffle, and double lift skills. Watch this video magic tutorial shows how to perform a great card finding and color change card trick.

How To: Perform David Blaine's card magic trick

Learn how to perform David Blaine's card trick in this instructional video by a fellow magician who figured out this magic trick and breaks it down step by step. In this trick, a chosen card seems to switch places with the one on the table. All it takes is a duplicate card, and the ability to perform a double lift. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perfrom David Blaine's card change trick.

How To: Perform a double lift card sleight

The double-lift — taking two cards off the top of a deck while pretending you're just removing one — is a fundamental card sleight that is the basis for hundreds of card tricks. It may take some practice, but will be useful in lots of card tricks. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perform a double lift card sleight in a car trick.

How To: Cut a paper woman in half with an envelope trick

This may be a simple paper trick, but on a grand scale, this trick is done on real woman with real saws. This is just the miniaturized (and safer) alternative to the "saw a woman in half" magic trick. Okay, it's not the same exact principle. It's just a sneak paper trick with a little sleight of hand. You'll need a paper drawing of a woman, and envelope and a pair of scissors.

How To: Do three card tricks

You can learn three magic tricks that use cards. In the first trick, you push the front card forward and the card behind it backwards. In the second trick, you spread the deck and flip one card, but then pull it away. Be aware that the video ends abruptly before you can learn how to do the third trick.