Card tricks are cool. They're a great way add interest. Cards are also conveniently small and inexpensive to buy so you can liven things up almost anywhere you go. More that likely there will be a deck of cards available at the next party you go to. I've assembled some resources and links to help you learn a few tricks to amaze your spectators.

Card tricks take practice on your part but you can do some really cool tricks with minimal effort. If you need some inspiration check out this amazing card trick video. Unbelievably cool huh? Man, how I love to see cool magic tricks. They're so fun!

After you check the video out get start learning a trick or two from the resources you'll find on this page.

Introduction

If you want to impress your friends with some magic, you're going to love this cool card trick and it's soooo easy to do. Seriously, walk through each step three or four times and you'll be a card trick master. The next thing you know you'll be performing to a full house (nice pun, eh?)!

The Trick

Someone in the audience takes a card from you (the magician). After the spectator places the card face up on the table, the magician notes the value of the card and deals the remaining cards into piles equal to the value of the chosen card. Then the top card of each pile is revealed. The audience is amazed to see that they all match.

The Magic

1. Stack the deck so that the fours are on top and put the threes above the fours.

2. Now deal the first eight cards on the top of the deck so that they are face down and in a row. Ask someone to choose a card from the row. When the card is selected push it forward. The card should still be face down.

3. Start from the left and pick up the remaining seven cards in the row. As you pick up each card, place it underneath the previous. Place all of the collected cards from the row on the top of your card deck. You should end up with a deck of cards that has threes on top followed fours regardless of the card that was chosen by the spectator.

4. Now start placing cards face down on to the table from the top of your card deck. You should put these cards into one pile. After you have dealt a minimum of seven cards into the pile on the table, ask a member of your audience to tell you stop when they want you to stop dealing the cards. Put the cards you are dealing on the table and off to the side when your spectator tells you to stop.

5. Now explain to your spectators that you will deal the number of piles represented by the value of the card chosen in step 2. For example, if the chosen card was a three then you will put the cards, face down, into three stacks on the table. If the chosen card was a four then you will make four stacks.

6. Show the top card of each stack. Magically, the top card of each stack will be a three when they are revealed to the spectators.

If a four is chosen, the first four cards on the top of your deck will be threes.

I hope you have tons of fun with this! I do!

Blogs are a great resource for tons of information. I've found a few blogs that focus on beginning card tricks that you might find useful:

Cool Card Tricks 101 on Blogger

This blog has an article that shows you how to do a card trick called "Two of a Kind".

Cool Card Tricks 101 on Tumblr

This blog features a fantastically way cool video of a guy doing an amazing card trick. You've go to see this. There's also some information about how to get started mastering some tricks of your own.

Cool Card Tricks 101 on Wordpress

There's a video on this blog that shows how to do a cool card trick. There's also an inspirational story about a 13-year old boy that earns money doing card tricks to wet your appetite.

You can find lots of free information about doing card tricks on the web. It often saves time to buy the information you're looking for. That way everyting that you need is in one place. No need to waste valuable time scouring the web for the latest cool card tricks. Here are some links that will make your search easier:

Card Tricks and Magic on Squidoo

I hope that you find these links useful and that you come back for more!