With just some practice everyone can pull off this card trick. Want to leave your friends scratching their temples amazed at how you pulled off a trick? Then practice and it will become second nature to you and do not stress it is always awkward when a trick is new.
To successfully perform the color change trick you will need the following things:
You will need two different decks of cards that are the same size, one with a blue back and one with a red back. Pick out five cards from each deck it will not matter which cards you pull out.
To begin:
What you do is group together different cards until you have one red then one blue and so on making five pairs of opposite cards. Without showing the backs of the cards, fan out the face up cards and show your audience. An audience member now has to select one of the cards in your hand by pointing to it. Take out the card they chose and with a little magic place it on display with it facing up so that everyone can see. Separate the cards in your hand by putting those that came in front of the selected card into your left hand and the rest in your right. Now place the cards from your left hand on top of the cards in your right hand, do it secretly when the people are looking at you drop the card on the table. Be sure not to show the backs of the cards.
Prepare to be dazzled:
Now comes the artful part of the trick. Convincing your spectators that all the cards have the same color on their backs is what you must do. To create this illusion, after you have moved the right hand cards behind the left hand cards, make sure all the cards are tightly stacked. All the cards are still up facing. Turn the card at the top of the pile over revealing the back of it. Once this is done mention, “The same color is on the back of each card.” As you say this you can casually turn the stack in your left hand over showing it also has a blue back. Now as you carefully place the top card and the stack of cards in your left hand in a separate pile on the table face up as you explain that the card they chose has magically changed color and it is now red on the back.
If the cards you showed were red on the back when you turned them over, then you can tell the audience the chosen card has changed color and is now blue on the back. Flip it over to uncover the secret. Miraculously the chosen card has changed color. Astonishing!
Closing thoughts:
Not giving away the color at the back of the cards is the key to making this trick work, do it right and with practice your friends will be amazed. The color of the back of the chosen card will depend on the card the audience chooses. It wont make a difference if they choose either colored card. The cards are all in sequence so when you placed the right hand cards behind the left hand cards you restored the sequence.
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