The Best NO SETUP Self Working Card Trick To Perform In 2021!

Almost forgot, this is TWO tricks in ONE! Don't forget to watch the bonus at the end!

I’ve noticed people that try to make me botch a trick never succeed, but they end up seeing an entirely different trick(a save). It’s usually less impressive but still works

Fun fact: Lennart Green was disqualified from FISM (the Olympics of magic) because they thought he used to stooges to "shuffle" a deck of cards. They could not believe they actually shuffled the cards. He came back, and this time had the judges shuffle the cards, and won 1st place in card magic! He was so good the judges couldnt believe it was possible!

Just a thought - after the spectator has removed the 13 cards, have him shuffle them while you look at the bottom of the remaining cards in your hand. NOW you make the prediction - he has already moved the 13 cards, so your prediction card is safe at the bottom of the cards in your hand. Then continue with him choosing 3 of the 13 cards, etc - and spectator can still do the rest of the work. In this situation the spectator can never take the bottom card, and you're good to go.

Whenever you hear the name Lennart Green, you know it's going to be killer.

This is also one of my favorite self working card tricks. Just something to note when performing. Whenever I have spectators shuffle, 99.9% of laypeople have this habit of flashing the bottom card during a riffle shuffle completion (they have an unconscious habit of squaring up a ruffle shuffle on the table with the faces towards you). If they don’t, all you need to do is notice how they shuffle. Even if they have a decent or good riffle shuffle, you will notice the bottom card of both halves. The first one to fall is your prediction. Another way, even if they manage to hide it, cut the cards, or shuffle like a magician for that matter - is to tell them to hand you the deck. At the right angle (which takes real world performance practice), you will glimpse/peak the bottom card every time. On the off chance you run into the latter, as soon as you have the peak, I usually say “Actually, I don’t want to touch the cards. Put them on the table instead.” Imo, prediction style effects are much more magical when you can genuinely say you never touched the deck until your prediction was written down. It adds an extra layer to prediction style effects that laymen and magicians alike will not be able to reverse engineer (bc there are MANY forces like the red herring force as just one example of one of my favorite forces for a magicians that many professional magicians don’t know). Anywho. Sorry for the book lol. I just thought I’d share the way I perform prediction style effects. Bc if we genuinely do not touch the deck, we can always start by saying “I’m going to write a prediction down after you shuffled, and before I touch the deck.” Then at the end of any prediction style effect, you can recap the honest fact that you didn’t touch the deck until AFTER they shuffled, AND after you wrote your prediction. Happy practicing and performing fellow magicians. Lennart Green, Juan Tamariz, and Dani Daortiz are the greatest card magicians of all time in my humble opinion…including Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings, Ed Marlo, Brother John Hamman, and all the other grandfathers of this wonderful art that’s allowed me to make a living doing what I love. 32 years after learning my first ever sleight of hand effect, my passion has only grown. Never stop learning! There are so many books, VHS/DVD/now instant downloads from old and new masters, that no magician can learn even a minutia of what is out there

This is one of my favorite tricks Michael! I use to perform this all the time in high school as this helped me get over my fear of performing in front of people. I use to have them take the top 13 cards to avoid the bottom card being selected, but now I will give them a free choice because of the second out. Thank you for posting this video as I had forgotten this trick and I didn't know about the second out. Keep up the amazing work! #Roadto2K!

Hey this is super cool man! Thank you for teaching us this!! I love it!

Always looking forward to See you performing.

Great trick and even better tutorial!

Oh I love this one. Self working and sort of self-setupping... And an alternate version too. Love it. Thank you. 👍😊

Thank you very much! and thanks for the bonus at the end.

Fascinating! The bonus effect is excellent, as well - still very strong and has the advantage of much less dealing

This is one of the best by far 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

What a great trick and so easy. Really grateful,especially for the back up trick, what a saver. Please keep em coming. TOB

I love card tricks like this thanks

Terrific, thanks!

Great video and a mind blowing trick..yet so simple...many thanks. A great new 1st trick, epec for a begiiner! :-)

Great performance and super trick !