The Penetrating Card.

Effect: - The magician asks the spectator to select a card. The card is placed back in the pack. The pack is placed face down on the table. Now the magician shows an empty card box and places it on the top of the cards on the table saying that this will be a protection for the cards not to fly off. In the meantime he takes a handkerchief from his pocket and shows it empty. He then takes the card box on the top of the cards and places in the centre of the handkerchief and places the whole set up, hanky and the cards together, on the top of the cards on the table. Thus the order will be as follows. First the cards on the table, then the hanky, then the cards pack. The magician says that the selected card is now going to penetrate the hanky and go inside the cards box. Saying so he opens the card box and removes a card from the card pack. That happens to be the selected card.

Preparation:-Place glue at the back of the card box. This has to be placed in such a way that if the box is placed on the top of the cards pack on the table and a little pressure is given on the card box, the top card sticks to the back of the card box. (See figure).

Presentation:-Once the spectator selects the card and places the card back in the pack ,the card is brought back to the top position. (Please see this post which explains how to bring the selected card to the top). Then card pack is placed on the table face down . Now the magician places the card box with the glued side downward on the top of the card pack and apply a little pressure.The selected card at the top will stick to the back of the card box . Now remove the hand kerchief and place the card box in the middle of the hand kerchief (not showing the card that is struck at the back ) with the struck card at the bottom side on the hanky. Place the whole set up on the cards pack on the table in such a way that ,at the bottom there is the cards pack followed by hanky and then followed by card box.
Now tell that the selected card is going to penetrate the hanky and enter the card box. Wave your hand over the set up as a magical gesture and remove the card box ,taking care that the side with the card does not face the audience. Now open the pack and as though removing the card from the inside remove the card from the back where it is struck. The top flap will cover the move.(see figure) .

The Xerox Machine.

Effect :- The spectator selects a card from the pack .It is returned in the pack .The magician cuts the pack a few times .He then takes a card from the top of the pack and asks whether the card is the selected card .The spectator says no. He then places that card perpendicular to the pack in the middle .He then pushes the card to the other side (See the picture ) .The magician says that he is taking Xerox of the card. But when the card it removed, it is found to have changed into the selected card.

Preparation: - A short card is required for the magic. This is placed in the middle of the pack. This can be prepared by taking an ordinary card and cutting a small strip from the top of the pack so that the card is little shorter than the other cards. When the pack is riffled the short card can be felt in the riffle.

Presentation:-Once the spectator selects the card ,the magician riffles the pack to feel the short card .The pack is cut at that position .The short card will be on the top of the lower half of the cut. The selected card is asked to be placed on the top of the lower half .Thus the selected card goes above the short card. Now the card is cut a few times. Now during the final cut riffle shuffle to locate the short card and cut at that position. The selected card will become the bottom card .Now shuffle the card to bring the bottom card to the top . See false shuffles. Now double lift (see video on double lift ) the first two cards and show the two cards as one. Ask the spectator whether it is the selected card .He will say no. Now place the cards on the top of the pack. Now just remove the first card ,which is the selected card .Tell the spectator that I am going to take a xerox of this card first. Insert that card in the pack ,perpendicular to the pack and push it to the other side .Remove it from the other side saying that I am taking Xerox. But when the Xerox is finished the card would be shown as to have changed to the selected card.

Palming !!!

One of the important sleights in the card magic is palming. That is to carry a card in the palm of ones hand.From the front if you see ,you will not know that a card has been palmed. See the pictures.

Card fetcher !!!

Effect: -

The magician removes two cards from the pack .Then he asks the spectator to select a card from the remaining pack. Spectator notes the number and places the card on the top of the pack face down. Now the cards are cut a few times .Now the magician says that he will introduce two cards into the packet .These cards will fetch the selected card (Let us say the 2 cards as card fetchers). He then cuts the pack and places the two cards at the cut position. He then assembles the pack by putting the top cut part over the bottom part of the cut cards containing the fetcher cards. Now the pack is cut a few more time and then placed in an empty card box. Magician shows his hand over the pack and removes the cards from the card box .Now the magician spreads the cards face up. To every body’s surprise the selected card is found between the two fetcher cards introduced.

Preparation:-
Need two more extra cards say (9 dice and 10 clubs).So there will be two 9 dice and two 10 clubs making the total cards to 54 to begin with.
Also the card box will contain glue at the top inner side of the box and bottom inner side of the box .So that if the cards are placed in the box the top card and the bottom card gets attached to the top and the bottom part of the box.
Now place the two fetcher cards (9 dice and 10 clubs) at the top (top card) and the bottom part of the cards (bottom card).
Make another card say Ace hearts shorter than the other cards by cutting a small strip from the top part of the card.(Say short card).Keep this short card in the middle of the pack.

Presentation:-
To begin the presentation start by removing the 9 dice and 10 clubs (other than the one at the top of the pack and bottom part of the pack ).Place that aside. Tell the spectator that I will tell you about this later.
Now fan the cards and ask the spectator to select a card from the pack .If he selects the top or the bottom card .Just do some change or acting to make them select any other card.
Now ask the spectator to place the card on the top part of the pack after noting the card. Obviously the card will be placed above the fetcher card in the top of the pack. Now cut the cards (take a small pile from the bottom part and place at the top ) a few times. As a result the bottom fetcher card will come on the top of the selected card. The selected card will come in between the two fetcher cards.
Now begin by introducing the two cards placed aside (9 and 10) .Tell the spectator that this is going to fetch the selected card. Saying so fan the cards .Feel the short card while you fan. Cut at that position. The short card will be in the bottom part of the cut .Now place the two cards 9,10 above the short card and place the top cut part on the top of the bottom cut part containing the 9,10 at the top.
Now just cut the cards again.This is to show the spectator that the card is lost in the pack. Next cut, you will do by fanning the cards till the short card .Cut at that position. The 9 and 10 will be in the bottom position of the top cut part of the pack. Place the lower cut part on the top of the pack making the 9 and 10 as the last card of the pack .End the cut by taking one card from the bottom casually and placing it on the top .Do not refer to it or do anything. Just let it be a casual part of the act. Accordingly the 9 and 10 will be at the top and bottom position of the pack.
Now place the cards in the card box. Close the box and press gently on the box. The top card and the bottom card (9, 10) will stick to the top and the bottom part of the box. Now remove the cards from the box. The 9, 10 will be left in the card box.
Spread the cards on the table face up. The selected card will be found in between the two fetcher cards to everybody’s surprise.