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How to Glide Force a Card

Forcing cards on your spectator refers to when a magician makes someone choose a card, seemingly at random, all the while making her pick exactly what he wants. This type of force, known as a glide force, is an easier one to do and looks very real.

Things You'll Need

  • Deck of cards
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Instructions

    • 1

      Shuffle the deck. You can shuffle or cut any way with a glide force.

    • 2

      Looking through the deck, memorize the top card.

    • 3

      Shuffle again in a way that gets the memorized top card all the way to the bottom.

    • 4

      Holding the deck, face down, carefully glide the bottom card towards you about an inch.

    • 5

      Now, no matter what happens, you have the chosen card of a spectator at the bottom, but can deal from the bottom without removing that card.

    • 6

      Use this force during tricks where you want to do a simple reveal that you placed a card randomly into a shuffled deck but knew where it was all along.

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