How to do a Quick Flip Card Trick

This type of trick is actually aimed to create an illusion of flipping a card upside down inside a pack of cards without opening it. Since it needs to be done with a certain speed, therefore, it is also known as “The Fastest Card Trick in the World”. This particular card trick is a type of Impromptu tricks and does not require any planning before doing it. But, as a beginner it is required that you should first try practicing it alone before doing it in front of an audience. It is advised that you should be able to remember the names of cards, and at the same time, you should also be able to identify them by a single glimpse.

Instructions

  • 1

    Hold the deck in your hand and ask the audience or an observer to select a random card. After it has been selected, put it on top of the deck.

  • 2

    Now either do it yourself or ask an observer to shuffle the deck as many times as desired, such that the selected card is lost in the deck.

  • 3

    If the shuffling has been done 7 times, the selected card will be at the 7th position as you start counting the deck from top.

  • 4

    Selecting Queen of Hearts, arrange the cards again in such a way that you have the Diamond at bottom with 11 Jacks, 12 Queens and 13 Kings.

  • 5

    As you start counting the deck from top and reach the 11th card, it will be a surprise to the audience that the card is the one that was initially selected!

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