Easy Card Tricks – The Highschool Party Card Trick
Welcome to the next installment of my easy card trick series – soon to be available by email for convenience (daily, twice weekly or weekly – your choice). Today I have for you a card trick that easy card tricks enthusiasts will clamor for, simply because it requires no skill – it is simply a function of math. However, as I demonstrate in this brilliantly crafted introduction, it does require copious amounts of: “Showmanship”.
So, in the sounds of thundering bagpipes and unvisualizable college level word juggling, I give TO YOU:
Card Trick
The High School Party Card Trick:
!!! follow along with the instructions, don’t read the trick beforehand as you’ll be robbing yourself of its enjoyment.
1. Grab a pack of cards and take out the jacks, the queens (doesn’t THE queens sound gay?) , the kings and the aces.
2. Put the jacks in a row, side by side, with their pretty faces showing. Theatrically inform your audience that four high school boys decided to have a party.
3. Say: “they didn’t have any booze so they each called their older brother out to help out”. Don’t say the stuff out loud if you’re alone, you’ll just feel silly. While you’re saying this place one king on top of each jack.
4. Say: “but of course, a party ain’t a party without the girls”. Put a queen on top of each of the kings. You know have 4 piles, each with a jack at the bottom, a king on top of that and then a queen.
5. Say: “like any good party they had too much to drink and it got out of hand” – it’s no wonder though, the poor saps didn’t know any easy card tricks to keeps themselves amused while drinking. “so the cops came …” (while saying this place an ace on each pile) “and picked them all up” (you now take all the piles and place them on top of each other) NOTE: as a result of this you will have a sequence of J, K, Q, A, J, K, Q, A, J, …. you get it, in the pile.
6 Say: “in the car they got into a bit of a scuffle” and cut the deck. Ask your audience to also cut your deck, as many times as you want, really build the moment. BUT, make sure they don’t shuffle the cards.
7. Say: ”despite all of this, the drinking, the police, the fighting…” – while saying this you deal the cards into four piles with their faces down – “the highschoolers, the college boys, the girls and the cops” – flip each pile to reveal that the kings are in the same pile, the aces are in the same pile etc. “all got to their homes alright”.
8. Pause for applause.
Now, if this isn’t a worthy member of the easy card tricks series I think you just might be a zombie.
In fact, it’s so easy I’m going to include it in the kids magic tricks category as well.
I hold for applause and I’m out.
Damian
PS: as always … (well, not really – this is the first time I ever said this) great suggestions and grand showmanship examples will be promoted to the top of the comments. Not sure how I am going to do this, but you just comment and let me figure this stuff out.
TIPS: shuffle the jacks, queens, kings but not the aces before starting the trick – this doesn’t do anything, it’s just a distraction.
PS2: Make sure you check out this trick too: The Telepathy Card Trick – Easy Card Tricks
Tags: easy card tricks, HighSchool Party Card Trick, kids magic tricks, learn magic card tricks
March 4th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Showmanship and distraction are the keys to great magic tricks. The best way is, as you pointed out, just talk to them. Control the tempo and conversation. Make eye contact and say – “How’s your drink?” You don’t want people watching your hands and thinking only about the cards. Not only does it allow you to control where their attention is – it makes the whole thing more fun for everyone when you make them feel like part of the game. Bring their attention back to the cards when you want them to cut, count, or whatever. The rest of the time they should be thinking about how cool you are
March 19th, 2010 at 3:49 am
I agree about the showmanship. Anyone can learn a few tricks, bot only some can perform them well. It’s those extra tips, what makes this blog so great.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Showmanship is the seller of any trick and distraction can be silly and fun. Don’t forget that distraction is easier with children than adults, unless adults are drinking.
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