Card Magic

40 Pages·2012·3.297 MB·English

by  Mike Lane

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Miraculous Magic Tricks
by Mike Lane
Illustrations by David Mostyn
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Published in 2012 by Windmill Books, an Imprint of Rosen Publishing
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First Edition
Author; Mike Lane
Editors: Patience Coster and Joe Harris
Illustrations; David Mostyn
Design: Tokiko Morishima
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lane, Mike.
Card magic / by Mike Lane.
p. cm.— (Miraculous magic tricks)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-L61533-512-1 (library binding) — ISBN 978-1-
4488-6731-8 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-4488-6732-5 (6-pack)
1. Card tricks. 1.Title.
GV1549.L36 2012
793.85—dc23
2011025936
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CONTENTS
Introduction 4
The Magician’s Pledge 5
Magic Plate Prediction 6
JumpingJacks 9
Pickpocket 12
Tap to Top 15
Balancing Act 18
A Rising Card 21
Pick a Card, Find a Card 24
An Even Odder Card Trick 26
Playing Card Line-Up 29
Further Reading, Web Sites,
Glossary, and Index 32
introduction
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To be a successful in front of an
tricks in private before you Per ^ ^^irror,
When performing,you must ^peakcl^^^
enough for everyone to hear, a
what’s going to happen.
1 ” T'ViiQ means being careful
Remember to “watch your qj. sitting when
Never tell the secret of how the trick is done.
asks,iust say. “It’s magic.
the magician s pledge
I promise not to reveal the secrets of
. Magic to those
1
'vho are not magicians.
I promise to practice these mae-ic r ■ i
over again before attempting to perZlThe^-"
Mont of an audience.
I promise to respect
My art, the art
of mag
1C.
MAGIC PLATE PREDICTION
ILLUSION
The spectator picks
a card from the
deck. The value of
the card appears in
a plate of soil held
1
by the magician.
Before performing the trick, the
magician chooses a card and places
it in the deck second from the top.
Using the corner of
a bar of soap, the
magician writes
the card value on
a paper plate. For
example, if the card
is the four of hearts,
he writes 4H.
The magician pours a little
soil onto the plate, just
enough to cover the base.