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How to Perform the Key Card Trick

This card trick is a classic. The key card makes it work.

Things You'll Need

  • Playing Cards
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Instructions

    • 1

      Note the card at the bottom of a deck of cards and memorize it. This is the key card.

    • 2

      Have a volunteer pick a card at random from the deck.

    • 3

      Have the volunteer memorize the card and show it to the audience, and tell him or her not to show it to you or tell you what it is.

    • 4

      Have the volunteer place the card on top of the deck once he or she has memorized it.

    • 5

      Allow the volunteer to cut the cards as many times as he or she wishes.

    • 6

      Look through the deck, starting with the top card, until you find the key card. The one after it is the volunteer's card.

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