[By Difficulty] Simple Card Magic Tricks Using Playing Cards
In fact, the world of card magic is full of amazing tricks you can do easily without any special props.
In this article, we’ll introduce tricks you can master with just a little practice—like perfectly guessing a spectator’s chosen card or making a card teleport.
We’ll also cover some self-working tricks that you can perform right away just by following the steps.
Learn the tricks featured here and try showing them off at gatherings with friends or at parties!
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Technique-/procedure-focused magic (1–10)
compatibility fortune-telling
A card magic trick called a compatibility fortune-telling: even though the card the other person chose and the card I chose should be separated, they seem to “stick together” because they’re a good match.
The reason the cards stuck is incredibly simple—the chosen card stays as is, while the card I supposedly chose is a fake.
I remember the bottom card, and when I do the initial mix, I simply arrange it so that the spectator’s chosen card ends up next to the bottom card.
It’s simple, but you’d never notice.
All the cards with the same number as the chosen card are turned face down.
It’s a mysterious magic trick where only the cards with the same suit as the one selected end up face down.
First, for preparation, take out four cards of the same suit.
Place those four cards on top of the deck.
Then flip over the 4th, 5th, and 6th cards from the top together—now you’re set! Have the spectator cut the deck roughly in half, flip the packet they took, and place it back on the original pile.
Announce that you’ll use the card at the boundary between face-up and face-down, and show that card.
Then have the spectator make a gesture as if casting a spell over the deck using that card.
When you spread the cards, you’ll find that only the cards of the same suit are face down.
Pay attention to how you display the cards and practice well.
A magic trick where the fronts and backs align if you follow the steps
You insert the four Kings face up into a packet of twenty cards.
Then, through a few more steps, you further mix up which cards are face up and face down.
However…!! After a magic word, only the four Kings are face up, and all the other cards have returned to face down.
It’s hard to grasp logically, but it’s a self-working trick—follow the steps and it will succeed, so anyone can do it!
Triumph Magic
The magic trick where you quickly straighten out a deck that’s been mixed face-up and face-down is called “Triumph.” In this Triumph routine, only the card you selected ends up facing the opposite way and stands out.
The secret is that the bottom two cards are reversed from the start, and at the moment you appear to mix the cards, you secretly turn the deck over and then shuffle the selected card into that orientation.
The randomly chosen card turns face up!?
This is a card trick that seems pretty difficult, but once you try it, it’s not that hard.
You have someone pick a card from the deck and insert it back into the deck face-up.
Amazingly, the cards of the same suit as that card will automatically appear face-up in the deck.
This requires some setup: first, gather all the cards of the same suit and place them at the top of the deck, then turn the 4th, 5th, and 6th cards face-up.
Next, ask the spectator to cut the deck in half, flip over the half that does not contain the setup, and place it on top.
This makes the boundary between the two halves land at the prepared cards.
After that, when the chosen card is inserted reversed, only the cards of that suit will appear reversed in the deck.
Classic sandwich card
Have the spectator choose a card, remember it, and return it to the deck.
After thoroughly shuffling, place the Jokers on the top and bottom of the deck.
In an instant, the originally selected card appears sandwiched between the Jokers.
This is a trick using bottom control: you move the selected card to the bottom of the deck, then shuffle while keeping the bottom card in place.
It takes a bit of practice, but I think it’s a simple trick to perform.
The colors keep matching! Simple Out of This World
This is a magic trick called “Out of This World,” where you distinguish red from black without looking at the faces of the cards.
The rules are very simple: the spectator guesses whether each dealt card is red or black, and you place the cards face down in two rows.
To indicate which row is which, you turn the first card of each row face up.
After several cards have been placed, you turn the piles over and—amazingly—the reds and blacks are neatly separated into their respective rows.
The secret is that during the first pass you deal only black cards, and during the second pass—after you’ve switched which row is called red or black—you deal only red cards.
One of the rows will be misaligned, so you compensate using a card-turning technique.
With practice, it’s surprisingly easy to master this trick.