Cool playing card magic. Card tricks of various difficulty levels.
When it comes to table magic, card magic is so popular that it’s the first thing that comes to mind.
There’s a wide variety of tricks using playing cards, and the fact that the props are easy to carry is part of the appeal.
In this article, we’ve compiled a selection of cool card tricks that look difficult, regardless of their actual difficulty.
Card magic can make for a very dazzling performance once you get the hang of how to present it.
It’s pretty slick if you can remember a few and casually perform them somewhere.
Feel free to use this as inspiration for a show or a party piece.
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Cool playing card magic. Card tricks of various difficulty levels (21–30)
Snap change
Do you know the snap change? The snap change is a move where a card instantly changes when you flick it with your fingers.
The trick is quite simple.
First, take two cards.
Make the audience think it’s only one card.
Hold the cards about a quarter of the way from the edge with your thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
Then slide your fingers as if pulling inward.
The face-up card will slip into your hand, and the second card should become the new face-up card.
A magic trick where a card passes through (something)
Let me introduce a magic trick with such a strong impact that you’ll want to shout, “That looks painful!” In short, it’s a trick where a playing card appears to pierce through your arm.
The key is to use a gimmicked card with a hidden mechanism.
First, cut the card you want to ‘penetrate’ so it matches the curve of your arm.
Next, take a normal card, put a crease in it, and glue it to the prepared piece.
Finally, attach the cut-off strip back onto the card, and the setup is complete.
During the performance, press the card against your arm and simultaneously open the slit inward—the card will look like it has passed straight through your arm!
Giant-Growing Card
There are many intriguing magic tricks involving the suits and numbers of playing cards, but this one makes the size of the cards themselves change in an instant.
First, prepare a mini-sized deck with a matching design and a deck twice its size, four magnetic discs, paper adhesive, and a black art sheet.
Then cut the label from the mini deck and attach it to the larger cards.
Separate the cards into face and back layers and peel them apart.
The setup is demanding, but it’s guaranteed to amaze.
Mastery of handling gimmick cards is also important, so take your time and work carefully!
Just as the other person says, all the red and black pieces come together.
This is a magic trick where you have the spectator guess whether a card is red or black.
It takes a bit of time, but it requires no sleight of hand at all.
Instead, it’s a somewhat forceful trick that exploits gaps in human perception, so you need to perform it confidently to avoid creating any sense of incongruity.
The torn card is back to normal.
It’s a high-impact magic trick where a torn card is restored.
Performance skill is also key in this trick.
First, take a playing card and have the spectator sign it.
Then, give some reason why that card can’t be used and tear it up.
After putting it in your pocket, you produce an intact card with the spectator’s signature.
Many of you may have guessed it: it’s a simple trick where you switch the card before tearing it.
Still, with good acting and technique, you can really amaze your audience.
A magic trick where the color of the back of a card changes.
I’m going to introduce a magic trick that’s going viral on YouTube, where the back color of a card changes.
In this trick, after the spectator chooses a card, it’s returned to the deck and shuffled, and then only that card’s back changes color.
The secret is surprisingly simple: there’s a card printed with different-colored backs on each side, and by showing it at the right moments, it creates the illusion that the color has changed.
To perform it convincingly, you’ll need various techniques, so practice repeatedly.
Trump Prophecy
It’s a slightly elaborate but simple magic trick.
You predict the card your spectator will draw.
That said, it’s still a magic trick—if you were truly trying to get it right every time, the odds would be extremely low, so it would be impossible without being a real psychic.
Please refer to the linked video for the detailed method.