Card pyramid. Effective trick and its solution

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Card pyramid. Focus secret

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After shuffling the deck, the performer takes out one card from it and places it vertically on the illusion table. She remains standing. Taking out another, he places it horizontally on the standing card. The third puts on the lying second. Then he takes the fourth, fifth, etc. from the deck and continues to put the cards one on top of the other, alternating positions: standing, lying down. Gradually, a card pyramid is erected on the illusion table (Fig. 66, A). But the performer still has a good half of the cards in his hands, and he builds another pyramid next to the first.

Focus Pyramid of Cards
Fig. 66

Focus secret:

There are ten or twelve cards on the pyramids. And each of them has six cards - with a secret. One deck is enough for this trick.

The secret cards are attached in advance on a stand from the "shirt" side, and they are held vertically in the same way as desktop photo frames. Each stand is made from half a card, and for six "secret" cards, three more spare cards are needed. They are cut from top to bottom in half somewhat obliquely (Fig. 66, B), and each half is glued along one of the sides of the whole card with a piece of "adhesive tape", as indicated in Fig. 66, V. To do this, you need to put one whole card on the table in front of you with the "shirt" up, and the prepared half - "shirt" down, press them tightly against each other with even sides and glue them back to back. Then fold, wrapping the secret half behind the main card (Fig. 66, D).

Having thus prepared the required number of cards, they are put into one deck, alternating secret cards with ordinary ones. In order for the stand to fit snugly against the card, the corners are attached with tiny pellets of plasticine (Fig. 66, E).

For greater effect, it is better to show the trick on a small illusion table covered with glass or plexiglass: the audience sees that there are no secrets in the transparent table.

This trick is demonstrated very easily. The main thing is not to let down the order of the cards, which must be carefully checked before the performance. The first card in the deck is always secret, and it is placed first on the table and will be the bottom in the pyramid. It should be placed very carefully in the center of the table, simultaneously bending back the back half (stand), thanks to which it is very stable standing upright on the table. Then an ordinary card is placed on top of it, which is kept on the standing card also thanks to the stand. This is how a pyramid of cards is built. Then next to it, you can build another.

A somewhat more complicated version of this trick looks even more impressive: 2-3 thin glasses are built into the card pyramid, best of all cognac, made of thin glass on a long stem.

On the illusion table, the performer places glasses next to the desired deck of cards (Fig. 67, A). Having started demonstrating the trick, he takes the first secret card from the deck and puts it on the table. Then he places the next regular card on top of it, which forms a square. On this site, instead of another secret card, the performer puts a glass. He again puts an ordinary card on it, and already puts the next secret card on this card (Fig. 67, B).

Focus Pyramid of Cards
Fig. 67

For this pyramid, the number of secret cards can be reduced, and how many simple ones are needed is easy to calculate. The order of the cards in the deck must match the order in which the pyramid was built. Preparation is done, as always, in advance.

This option of the trick can be demonstrated independently, or it can be done in parallel with the first option, that is, first build a card pyramid on the table, and then next to it another - interspersed with glasses. It will look even more spectacular than two identical card pyramids.

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