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The Trick Library

Every effect from Hugard's Encyclopedia, rebuilt as a searchable index. Filter by what you have in your hands and what you want them to feel.

Filtering by sleight: The False Cut

11 tricks match your filters

Ordinary deck

Spellino Climax

You rapidly spell off the names of card after card, each one turning up correctly on its last letter, repeating as long as you like.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Sure Winner Spelling Bee

An eleven-card packet deals itself into perfect order, then mixed, then back into order on command.

Discovery8mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Lazybones

Two spectators each lose a card, then one finds the other's card reversed in the deck and spells straight to its match.

Spelling25mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Demon's Detection

While you wait outside the room, a spectator buries a card they merely thought of, yet you find it on the deal.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

Count Your Cards

A spectator deals down to numbers of their own choosing and, after a few near-misses, finds their own card at the last attempt.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Winning The Cut

You and a spectator each cut for high card, and you keep winning no matter how the packets are shuffled.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Double Divino

A spectator and the performer each lay out cards, and the cards they freely push forward turn out to match perfectly.

Coincidence15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Out Of Sight

With his back turned, the performer lets a spectator remove a card and then names it.

Discovery40m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Name O' Card

A spectator merely thinks of any card and names it, and you instantly produce it in a way that fits that card.

Mind Reading40m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Double Poker Deal

You deal four poker hands, gather them, and deal again, with the winning hands changing dramatically the second time.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Effective Poker Deal

After a fair-seeming shuffle, you deal yourself an unbeatable Royal Flush, proving skill beats luck.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it