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The Amazing Ace Of Diamonds
Written by Miles Sunkest   
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 07:28
Here is a great card trick that is based largely in misdirection. It requires a little bit of set up, but with only a few minutes practice you should be able to effectively perform this successfully in front of any audience. This is a big hit with kids, as it doesn't require any special sleight of hand moves, and it's pretty simple once you figure it out.
by MilesSunkest


Here is a great card trick that is based largely in misdirection. It requires a little bit of set up, but with only a few minutes practice you should be able to effectively perform this successfully in front of any audience. This is a big hit with kids, as it doesn't require any special sleight of hand moves, and it's pretty simple once you figure it out.

This is how the hoax will look to your staggered audience. You take three Aces: Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds. You spread them out, holding them to the audience. Then you lay them on top of the deck, and mix up and cut the deck a number of times, ensuring that they have been consistently dispersed.

You then ask a volunteer to come up and search for the Ace of Diamonds. They will search in vain, as they won't be able to locate it. If you like, you can get an additional audience member to come up and look, but they too will be unproductive. Then you pull the Ace of Diamonds out of your shirt pocket. (Or your back pocket, or shoe, or wherever.)

Here's how to set the ruse up. First unearth all the Aces. Then put the Ace of Diamonds in your pocket (or shoe or wherever) beforehand. Then place the other Aces on top of the deck. When you draw the three Aces off the top, and fan them out, make sure to hold the Ace of Hearts in the midpoint. If you position both other cards on either side of the Ace of Hearts, it will look like the Ace of Diamonds to the audience.

How you statement this is important. If you mention beforehand that you are going to make the Ace of Diamonds disappear, they will be looking much more strongly. But if you just start of by describing what you are doing, and then name the three cards (Ace of Clubs, Spades, and Diamonds) they will likely believe you, and not gaze too closely at the three cards.

One way that can exceptionally help is as you are shuffling and cutting the deck, is to divulge some long winded story about how diamonds have some kind of magical power, and in the old days when they were choosing the shapes for cards, they nearly didn't choose diamonds because people were always stealing them, or they were always disappearing or something. That way, when they start thinking about the Ace of Diamonds, it will already be secreted someplace in the deck, or so they believe. Have fun with this trick.

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