Secret of the Fantastic Five Magic Trick : Magic Tricks Revealed

Part of the Video Series Free Magic Tricks for Parties : Simple Magic Tricks Revealed

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awsome trick dude u rock

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Very nice for table hopping, little audience participation, very visual, and of course impressive.

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Secret of the Fantastic Five Magic Trick : Magic Tricks Revealed
Hi, Tim Mannix on behalf of Expert Village. You just saw Fantastic Five. Now you are going to learn how it is done. Here is the setup alright? You are going to pick a 5. It does not matter what 5. I like to use a red 5 and then you are going to remove the 4 aces from the deck. There is only going to be one card that is turned over. Alright, that is going to be the 5. It is going to go on the bottom of the card deck. Okay, it is upside down facing up. Everything else facing down and the 4 aces are also on the bottom. They are not facing down. They are facing the same way as the rest of the deck. So I will spread it out and you can see there is the entire deck and there is the 5 face up right on top of the 4 aces there on the bottom. I will set this up when people go into the other room or something and I will lay it on the table. Especially if it is their deck and you have been playing poker or something, it is perfect. Mind if I use your deck? Yaya Previously set up. Don’t shuffle it because no one questions it. We say in the magic world don’t run if you are not being chased. See remember you are the magician. You are in control. Please select a card. Someone will step forward. Look there is one now. He will actually come forward and take a card, pick a card, any card. He takes the card. Always, always, always have that person that selects the card show it to other people. I can’t tell you how many times I have done a card trick and the person will say. I forgot the card. Here is what you do. Come back and make sure you don’t catch a glimpse of the card. All you do. Remember your aces are on the bottom. You cut the deck in half. Put the top half on the table. Indicate to them. They will put the chosen card right there and you just casually mention I am going to complete the cut. That is the technical expert phrase. I am going to complete the cut. Now do something magical. Remember you are a magician. Remember your card will be the only card that turns opposite. It will be face up. All the other cards will be faced down. Be as serious as you can and just casually go through the cards. People will generally jump up on you like a duck on a June bug. That’s not it. So this is when I really try to sell it like isn’t that great. Isn’t that incredible. What a great card trick. Then they reluctantly say that’s not my card. What do you mean this is not your card. Oh, that is a magical indicator card. Let me note the number. They don’t know this card always comes up. It’s always a 5. Okay. Well I will note the number. I count down that many. Now count down. These are your aces. 1,2,3,4,5 because unbeknownst to them you have placed the aces on top of their chosen card. When you turn the card over it really will be the chosen card and as a kicker that is another professional magician’s term. A kicker is one more thing on a end of a trick. When you turn the 4 middle cards over, the 4 aces will be revealed. And that is Fantastic 5. Hope you enjoy it.

About the Expert

Expert: Tim Mannix is a professional humorist and magician with over 17 years experience. Read More


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