How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick

  • November 9, 2009
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Learn to engage audiences through the artful maneuvering of card choices while participants make mental pictures of cards.

You Will Need

  • A deck of cards
  • A table
  • A participant
How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Shuffle the cards

Step 1: Shuffle the cards

Glimpse at the bottom card, and then shuffle the deck several times, keeping the same card at the bottom. Remember the bottom card – this is your pick, but don’t tell the audience.

How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Ask participant to name two suits

Step 2: Ask participant to name two suits

Ask the participant to name two of the four suits, and eliminate suits until the suit of the bottom card is chosen.

Make the participant believe they are in control while you lead them to their choices. If they say Spades and your card is Clubs, eliminate Spades and continue until your suit is selected.

How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Ask the participant to select a low, middle, or high card

Step 3: Ask the participant to select a low, middle, or high card

Have the participant select a low, middle, or high card. Eliminate groups and numbers until the bottom card’s rank is arrived at, giving the participant no choice but to select it.

How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Divide cards into six piles

Step 4: Divide cards into six piles

Tell the participant to remember their card, which is the bottom card. Arrange the cards into six piles on the table. Remember where your card is, and eliminate all of the other piles.

How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Have the participant select two piles

Step 5: Have the participant select two piles

Have the participant select two card piles, and begin the elimination process – eliminate piles that do not contain the selected card. If that pile is selected, eliminate the others.

Continue to remind the participant to picture their card.

How To Do the Mental Photo Card Trick: Remind the participant that you did not manipulate the cards

Step 6: Remind the participant that you did not manipulate the cards

Turn over the last card after the rest of the deck has been eliminated and remind them that this was their choice with no card manipulation or interference from you.

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