How to Do the Elevation Card Trick.
Fascinate friends with your ability to magically
make cards rise up and out of a deck as if
levitating.
You will need A spectator A deck of elevation
cards and a table.
Step 1.
Have a spectator pick a card but retain the
bottom 12 cards.
These are gimmick cards containing magnetic
weights that raise any card touching them.
Step 2.
Take the spectator’s card and replace it
in the deck.
Step 3.
Cut the deck, replacing the magnetic card
on the bottom of one half on top of the spectator’s
card on the top of the other half.
Squeeze the deck tightly together to ensure
that the chosen card adheres to the gimmick
card.
Step 4.
Place a fist on the table.
Stand the deck in front of your fist, flipping
the cards so that gravity lowers the weight
in the gimmick, raising the chosen card stuck
to the gimmick.
Instruct the spectator to focus and watch
as the card magically rises out of the deck.
Step 5.
After the card rises, discretely unclick the
magnetic gimmick that made the card rise.
Did you know Did you know?
The term "hocus-pocus" dates to the 17th century,
when performers invented the pseudo-Latin
phrase as a magic formula.
