How to Do the Dream Queen Card Trick.
Leave your friends begging for your secrets
by performing this bit of sleight of hand.
You will need Two double-backed cards, red
and blue Two double-suited Queen cards with
different colored backs A card sleeve and
an audience.
Step 1.
Square the cards with the double-backed cards
on the top and bottom, the blue sides facing
the same direction.
Step 2.
Arrange the Queens between the double-backed
cards, with all blue backs facing the same
direction.
Put the cards in the sleeve.
Be sure to remember how the cards are arranged
in the sleeve.
Know which way each suit on the Queen faces.
Step 3.
Ask someone in the audience to shout the name
of any suit.
Announce that you will now make the Queen
of that suit magically appear.
Step 4.
Say, "Now I will awaken your sleeping Queen."
Pull the cards out of the sleeve, with the
Queen of the chosen suit face up and turned
towards the audience.
Show the audience the empty card sleeve so
they know you aren't hiding extra cards.
Step 5.
Fan the cards, showing the audience the backs
of three cards and the face of the card with
the Queen of the chosen suit.
Step 6.
Pull the Queen out of the stack, quickly flipping
it over to reveal that its back is a different
color from the other cards.
Be careful not to show the other suit marking
on the Queen.
Cover it with your thumb or flip the cards
quickly so that the audience can't notice.
Step 7.
Return the cards to the sleeve and never let
your audience know about the secret of your
magic cards, no matter how much they beg!
Did you know The earliest packs of European
trading cards included face cards, but no
Queens.
