The Best Easy Magic Tricks - Mental Training Lessons Magic tricks are a sure way of entertaining children and livening up any gathering---especially if that gathering is a bit on the dull side. While some tricks require a lot of preparation and more than the above average "sleight of hand" skills, some can easily be performed by an average Joe. All that is needed are simple objects and some acting.
A Basic 'Find a Card' Trick • Ask any spectator to pick any card from an ordinary deck. Bury the card in the middle of the deck, shuffle the cards once, twice or as many times as the spectators want. Then you'll immediately pick the card out of the deck. Here is how it is done: from an ordinary deck, get 10 cards or in one hand. Spread the cards in a fan-fashion and raise them up for everyone to see. It is important that nobody stands behind the performer. The trick is to convince the audience that they are seeing all the cards when in fact the first card is hidden from view. Ask somebody to choose a card without actually naming it. With the rest of the audience standing as witnesses, ask if it's the first, the second, the third or so on. Just so everybody agrees on which card is chosen, point to each card one by one to establish their order to everyone's satisfaction. The hidden first card, of course, does not get counted. Say, the fifth card is chosen and everybody knows what the fifth card is. Return all the shown cards on top of the deck. With everybody watching, get five cards from the top of the deck and insert them in the middle of the deck. At this point, the chosen card should be at the top. Shuffle the cards several times making sure that the top card remains where it is. Knowing where the chosen card actually is, the performer can then present it in an animated way.