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Focus Description:

The magician shows four cards, and then they become different.

Focus secret:

For this trick you must have your cards ready. The edge of these cards should not differ from other cards. The front side of the cards is shown in Figure 19.

Focus Four cards change
Fig. 19

These cards are placed at the bottom of the deck. You tell the audience that you are ready to show them a trick with four eights and a two of diamonds. If you have a deck of 32 cards, then you should have another two of diamonds, similar to the card from the deck.

You take the deck and look for four regular eights. While the audience is looking at them, you use the little finger of your left hand to separate the three lower prepared cards from the steel deck. When the spectators return the eights to you, you place them on top of the deck, but the eight of clubs must be on top. You give the two of diamonds to the audience to look at.

While the audience is looking at the two of diamonds, you make a volt so that the prepared cards are on top of the deck. When the two of diamonds is returned to you, you place the cards on the table and, taking the top four cards, fan them out, as shown in Figure 20. As you can see, only the eight of clubs is clearly visible, and half of the remaining cards are covered by others. It seems to the audience that these are the same eights that you just put on top of the deck.

Focus Four cards change
Fig. 20

Now you place the two of diamonds behind the eight of clubs and place this card, upside down, on the table. Fold and unfold the cards as in Figure 21, i.e., unfold the cards from the other end. The audience sees four deuces.

Focus Four cards change
Fig. 21

Again we replace the eight of clubs with the two of diamonds and turn over the false two of hearts. This can be done with the words: I have to touch something black. I'll use the sleeve of my jacket. I will run each card down the sleeve and return it to its place. This makes all the cards black." And you unfold the cards. The spectators really only see cards of black suit.

Focus Four cards change
Fig. 22

Again, put the two of diamonds instead of the eight of clubs, touch something red and turn over the cards, as in Figure 22. Putting the eight of clubs again in place of the two of diamonds, you put four cards back into the deck, make a volt so that all the prepared cards are at the bottom, and the usual eights went on top.

You can prepare a variety of special cards for such tricks. For example, one card can have different suits and figures. But we think this makes the trick somewhat worse, because more incredible transformations increase the suspicion that special cards are being used.

During the trick, we talked several times about the need to turn over the cards without arousing suspicion among the audience. To do this, you need to hold the cards in a fan in your left hand. The thumb of this hand should be on the front side of the cards, and the rest on the back. After showing the cards, you turn them over to face you, and with the thumb and index finger of your right hand, form a fan. After that, taking them by the upper end, place them face down on the table. Now their lower ends are further away from you and you just have to take the cards by the ends that are closer to you. This simple technique must be well practiced because it is the basis of this trick.

Author: Louis Hoffmann

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