A Book of Magic for Young Magicians by Allan Zola Kronzek

Author:Allan Zola Kronzek
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780486157801
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

Basic card magic begins with the selection of a card, and ends with its discovery by the magician. The method of card selection is often unrelated to how the card is later found. Therefore, emphasis on the method of card selection constitutes misdirection.

Repeated use of the same method of card selection is boring. Varied methods of card selection encourage varied presentations. Some methods of card selection are better for some tricks than for others.

Fifteen Methods of Card Selection

1. Fan the deck in your hands and have one card removed.

2. Have the spectator cut the cards and remove the card he has cut to.

3. Have the spectator name a number. Count cards from the top of the deck and give the spectator the card at his number.

4. Have the spectator think of a number. Allow him to count to that number and take the card.

5. Spread the cards in a line or a semicircle and have the spectator remove one.

6. Spread the cards in a line or semicircle and tell the spectator to move his index finger back and forth along the row until he feels “an impulse” to stop. Have him remove the card he’s pointing to.

7. Fan the cards behind your back and have one selected.

8. Tell the spectator to think of a card. Have him form a picture of it in his mind. Hand him the deck and tell him to remove the card he thought of.

9. Drop the cards one by one onto a table and have the spectator stop you whenever he feels the urge.

10. Riffle the edge of the deck with your thumb, and have the spectator stop you by inserting his finger in the deck and taking the card under it.

11. Make any number of piles on the table and have the spectator choose the top or bottom card of any pile.

12. Fan the cards and have the spectator choose a group of ten or twelve cards. Let him shuffle these and choose one.

13. Have the spectator deal cards face down until he feels he has come to a special card. Have him remove and keep that card.

14. Fan the cards so that the spectator can see the faces. Ask him to find one he really likes and remove it.

15. Have the spectator think of black or red. Then have him think of a suit of that color, and finally, a card in that suit. Hand him the deck and let him remove that card.

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