The rising card trick is done when an audience member selects a random card from the deck. The card is then inserted into the deck and shuffled. The magician, with the deck squared, makes the card levitate out of the deck. The secret to this trick is that the when the card is shuffled back into the deck, it is actually always held by the magician and other cards are shuffled in front of it. The magician then inserts the card into the middle of the deck and drops all the cards below the selected card down about an inch; the audience can't see this. The magician places the other hand above the deck and commands the card up. The thumb of the hand holding the deck slowly pushes that card up.
The illusion is that the magician makes the card vanish out of thin air. This is very simple to do, and the effect is quite astounding. The magician places a card on a table, then moves her hands over the card three times; on the third time, the card has vanished. The trick is that one hand covers the other hand during the final sweep. For the brief moment the hand is covered, the bottom hand's index finger flicks the card away. Angles and timing are important on this trick.
A random card is selected by an audience member. The card is then put on top of the deck, which is cut and shuffled. The magician is then handed the pack and reveals the card. Before the deck is given to the spectator, the magician crimps the card on the bottom of the deck. When the deck is cut, the spectator's card is the one underneath the crimped card. Even though the deck is shuffled, the two cards should remain next to each other. The magician can then feel for the crimped card and locate the selected card.
The spectator shuffles a deck of cards and is asked to name any two cards (without naming suits for them.) The spectator then fans out the deck, and the magician says that the spectator's two cards will be right next to each other. The trick works on probability. The probability of two random cards (without suits being defined) being next to each other in a fanned-out deck is extremely high, about 90 percent.