User Manual
ADDITIONAL TRICKS
IS THIS YOUR CARD??
EFFECT: A card is selected and placed back into the
deck. The magician then magically nds it!
SUPPLIES: A deck of playing cards.*
SECRET: To begin, shue the cards. Remember
the bottom card of the deck and place the deck face
down on the table. Ask a spectator to cut the cards
in half and select the card h/she cut to. Have the
card remembered. Now, have the spectator place the
selected card on top of the OTHER pile. Complete the
cut, placing the half that the card was taken from on
top of the other half. This now places the bottom card
of the deck (the one you remembered earlier) on TOP
of the spectator’s selection. Give the cards a couple
more cuts. Now, tell the spectator that you will nd
their card, but that they shouldn’t let you know if
he/she sees their card. Take the deck and hold it
face down. Start dealing the cards o the top into
a face up pile, and as you do, look for the card you
remembered. When you see the remembered card
the NEXT card will be the spectator’s card. But don’t
let on that you know this; just keep dealing o a few
more cards. Stop and tell the spectator that you think
that the next card you turn over will be their card.
The spectator will think you messed up! But, you
didn’t …instead of turning over the next card of the
deck in your hand, reach into the face up pile and turn
their card face down! See? The next card your turned
over WAS their card!
THE FLOATING BREAD ROLL
EFFECT: A bread roll mysteriously oats behind a
napkin!
SUPPLIES: A soft bread roll*, a dark colored cloth
napkin* and a fork.*
SECRET: To prepare this trick at the dinner table, take
a bread roll and place a fork into it. Now, hold the
fork with your right hand and hold the napkin in front
of the fork. You can press the fork against the napkin
behind your ngers. Now, bring the napkin up out
of your lap and show it to your audience (the bread
and fork should be hidden behind!) It’ll take some
practice, but you can now use your right hand
to make the bread roll peak up over the top edge of
the napkin. Keep the fork hidden! It will look like the
bread roll is mysteriously oating behind the napkin!
Have fun making the roll oat up and down or into
the center of the napkin!
THE VANISHING PENCIL
EFFECT: The magician shows a quarter and says he/
she will make it disappear by waving a pencil over it
like a magic wand. But when the magic happens, the
pencil disappears instead!
SUPPLIES: A pen* or a pencil* and a quarter.*
SECRET: Hold the pen in your right hand, with your
thumb and rst two ngers. Place the quarter in your
left palm. Have your spectators stand on your left
side. Hold your left hand out in front of you and use
your right hand to tap the pen against the quarter.
Raise your right hand high up each time you tap
the quarter. Tell your audience that the quarter will
vanish on the count of three. Bring your right hand
up towards your head and bring it down to tap on
the quarter as you say “1”, Do it again on “2”. On “3”
raise your right hand up again but leave the pen
behind your right ear before you bring it down to
tap the quarter! It should all happen in one smooth
movement, just like the other movements you made
before. As you count “3,” come down with your empty
hand and act surprised when you notice that the
quarter is still there but the pen is gone! Tell your
audience you’ll make it re-appear…snap your ngers
and point to your right ear. It’s back!
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