The Twenty-One Magic Card Trick

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Hi! I’m Malick the magic guy for expertvillage.com. Now we are going to talk about some cool tricks using mathematical principles. Don’t worry this isn’t going to be a math lesson because I’m lousy at math. Let me show you one of the most famous. This is called the 21 card trick and for this, you need Mr. Hand. We have 3 piles of 7 cards. Now Mr. Hand point to a pile that you would like to use; this one here. Now I am going to look away and I want you to think of one of the cards in this pile. Alright, you have it? Good! Now we are going to deal out the cards again. Now Mr. Hand, do you see your card in this pile. No you don’t. Okay. Do you see your card in this pile? Yes you do. Going to go through that process one more time. Alright, let’s try it again. Do you see your card in this pile? No you don’t. Okay. How about in this pile? Yes, you do. Now I am going to very carefully deal through the cards. I’m not sure. I think this one might be the right one. I’m going to commit myself to that one. Mr. Hand was this your card? It was. That is the 21 card trick and in just a minute I am going to teach you how to do that.

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