This is a very easy card trick that anyone can perform with just a little practice. New tricks are always confusing because they are new but your friends will be left amazed and excited once you get really good at it, it will be much easier with practice.

Things you will need to perform your color change trick:

You will need two different decks of cards that are the same size, one with a blue back and one with a red back. All you need is any five cards from each deck. It does not matter what cards you choose.

To start off:

What you do is group together different cards until you have one red then one blue and so on making five pairs of opposite cards. Show the cards, number and all, to your friends and be sure to hide the red and black backs from them. An audience member now has to select one of the cards in your hand by pointing to it. Now remove the selected card from the group of cards and put it on display facing up for everyone to see. Remember to keep track of where you took the card out and put the cards that came before it in your right hand and the rest in your left hand. While you have dropped the selected card onto the table no one will be paying attention to your hands so that is when you can put the right hand cards under the cards in your left hand. Keeping the back of the cards hidden is a must.

Prepare to be dazzled:

This part of the trick is the skillful part. You want your audience to believe that the cards all have the same color back. To keep up this charade you must keep the deck of cards tight especially after you have put your right hand cards under the left cards. All the cards are still up facing. Turn the card at the top of the pile over revealing the back of it. You might say, “As you can see, all of the cards are blue on the back.” Show them the back of the pile of cards in your left hand also have the same color on the back. Placing both decks of cards beside each other on the table you can tell them that their card has magically changed its color.

If the cards you showed were red on the back when you turned them over, then you can tell the audience the chosen card has changed color and is now blue on the back. Display the amazing miracle. Surprisingly the card has been changed, the color is no longer the same as it was. Spectacular!

My thoughts in closing:

Not giving away the color at the back of the cards is the key to making this trick work, do it right and with practice your friends will be amazed. The color of the back of the chosen card will depend on the card the audience chooses. It will not matter which card they do pick. When the right hand cards were put behind the left hand cards you reassigned the order.

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