Card Trick 1

Effect:

The magician has three rows of cards. An audience volunteer picks a card in his/her head and tells the magician what row it's in. The magician does that three times and on the third time tells the volunteer what their card was. (or have the magic puppet whisper to you what the card was and then you tell the audience what the puppet said.)

Supplies:

21 cards, all different

Secret: First lay out the cards, 3 across and 7 down. Have someone think of a card and tell you what row its in. Pick up all the rows, row by row, making sure to pick up the row that the card is in 2nd. EXAMPLE: Let's assume the volunteer secretly chose PINK-6 and then told us their card was in the second row. We would pick up the rows and we would make sure the pink row was picked up second so that it was in the middle of the deck.
Then lay out the cards again (the exact same way, 3 across & 7 down). Put down one card per row. Ex: First do this *** (let's pretend the stars are cards). Then this: *** and so on (7 times). In our example, we'd put down BLUE-1, BLUE-2, BLUE-3 then go down to the next row and place BLUE-4, BLUE-5, BLUE-6 and so on. Then ask the volunteer where the card is in now. Pick up the rows again, like before -- still making sure that you pick up the row that the card is in 2nd. In our example, the volunteer would say their card was in the first row. You would make sure that row was in the middle of the deck
Lay them out again, the same way. Then ask the volunteer which row the card is in now. (You can get dramatic and tell them to think really hard about it... pretend to be reading their mind) Then count four cards down in that row. (It appears more magical if you count to yourself... people won't realize you're counting four cards down). The fourth card is their card!! In our example, the volunteer would have said their card was in the last row. Four cards down is PINK-6! MAGIC!

Anti Gravity Beer Bar Trick

Effect: An annoying person returns from the toilet to find that their bottle of beer has been turned upside down wthout any beer falling out. The bottle is then handed to them, when the beer spills all over the place. Preparation: You need A packet of cigarettes. A full bottle of beer. A beer mat. Scissors. A fast pair of running shoes. Method: Take the plastic wrapper off the cigarette packet and cut a circle just big enough to cover the rim of the bottle. Wet the rim and stick the plastic circle on top of the bottle. Place a beer mat on top of the bottle and holding the beer mat in place, turn the bottle upside down. Carefully remove the beer mat and the plastic should keep the beer inside the bottle. When your friend returns, it will look like the beer is defying gravity. While they are still amazed, ask them to take a seat and hand them the inverted bottle. Tap the bottom of the beer bottle gently and run as fast as you can as your friend gets soaked with beer.

The Spelling Card Trick

A very clever self working trick secret which is guaranteed to baffle your audience Effect: The magician shuffles the deck and takes the top thirteen cards. Holding the cards face down, he proceeds to spell the first card name, Ace. "A C E," and for each letter, he puts one card under the packet of thirteen cards. He then flips over the next card (the fourth,) and it is an Ace. He repeats this process for each card number, Ace through King. At the end, he has all thirteen cards face up on the table, in sequential order. Preparation: First, take out 13 cards from a deck, the cards do not have to be the same suit, but you need the thirteen cards from Ace to King. After you have them out, place them in this order, begin by placing the three face-up on the table. On top of that, place the eight. Then, place the Seven, Ace, Queen, Six, Four, Two, Jack, King, Ten, Nine, and last of all Five. And then put these on top of the deck face down. Performance: The trick almost works itself. To start, pretend to shuffle the cards, leaving the top thirteen untouched. You can do some false shuffles, or you can do real shuffles but keep the top 13 cards on top. After you shuffle, you can fan through the deck, and show every card, for the pre-arranged 13 cards don't look like they are arranged at all. Remove the top thirteen cards as a group and arrange them like a fan, so that your audience can see their faces. Square up the cards, and hold them face down. When you spell out each card, do it as follows: let's say you're spelling the word . Spell A, remove the top card and place it on the bottom. Then spell C, and remove the top card and place that on the bottom. Next spell E, remove this top card and place it on the bottom. Flip the new top card and show that it's an Ace, and place it on the table. Continue in this manner until all the cards are face up on the table. (You spell the cards in order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K) Your audience may realize that the cards must have been set up beforehand, but this only adds to the mystery and you can treat it as a puzzle for them to try to figure out to add to the mystery, don't use cards all of the same suit. A mixed group of suits makes it seem less like a "stacked" deck.