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Blinded By The Sleight

The Effect

The Cardguy tells his audience that he can actually tell is someone is lying just by the sound of

their voice. To prove this, he has a deck thoroughly shuffled while someone else blindfolds the

Cardguy, who remains blindfolded through the remainder of the effect. A card is selected and

the deck (with the card in it) is shuffled. The Cardguy has the spectator take out five cards,

including the selection. One by one, the Cardguy holds up each card and the spectator says each

time “No, that’s not my card!”. Nevertheless, the Cardguy picks one card out of the five and it is

the selected card!

The Method

Properly performed, this effect is devastating! It uses one utility sleight and the fact that a

normal blindfold still allows you to see things if you look straight down the ridge of your nose.

This is such a well known dodge in magic that I thought it was common public knowledge until I

once saw a so-called “psychic” fool a room full of scientists with it! The sleight that I use is the

standard peek, which I will describe, but if you want pictures, look it up on page 24 of The

Amateur Magician’s Handbook by Henry Hay.

Start out by having the deck shuffled while you launch into your pitch:

“You know, sometimes I can tell someone’s lying just by the sound of their voice. No

kidding—I’ll show you!”

Take a large dinner napkin (or a scarf), roll it up and have yourself blindfolded, making sure that

you can see down the ridge of your nose. Ask for the deck to be placed in your left hand and

then ask if it’s face-up or face-down—just as you would if you really couldn’t see. If it’s face-

down then proceed, if it’s face-up then turn it face-down and have the spectator peek at a card in

the traditional manner by riffling the index corner of the deck and having the spectator say stop.

Catch a little-finger break under the selected card and execute the glimpse by making these two

motions together: move your left thumb underneath the front left corner of the deck and turn

your left hand palm-down. This will automatically step the deck at the break and if you look

right at the bend in your left wrist you will see the index of the selected card. Without hesitation,

grasp the small end of the deck with your right forefinger and thumb and withdraw it from your

left hand, squaring the deck with your left forefinger and thumb as it is drawn from the left hand.

Hold the deck out and ask the spectator to take the deck and shuffle it.

Remember, the hard thing about most glimpses is that you have to identify the card in a split-

second glance at your hands. But while you’re blindfolded you can stare right down the ridge of

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your nose and keep your eyes on your hands! As long as you don’t move your head, the

audience will believe that you can’t see a thing!

Once you have glimpsed the card in the process of handing the deck out to be shuffled, extend

your left hand palm-up (keeping it within your range of sight) and tell the spectator to hand you

any five cards, but one of the five cards has to be the card he selected. Turn the cards over in

your hands a few times, ending with the cards face-up as you say “Now I can’t tell whether

these cards are face-up or face-down… which is it?” As you end this sentence, spread the

face-up cards slightly between your hands and locate the position of the selection. Important:

these actions are to emphasize your words—it shouldn’t look like your words justify your

actions! When the spectator tells you they’re face-up turn the cards face-down and say “I’m

going to show you each of the five cards and each time I show you one, I want you to say

‘No, that’s not my card!’ Hopefully, I’ll be able to tell just by the sound of your voice

which one is yours!”

Hold up each of the five cards one at a time and the spectator will say each time “No, that’s not

my card!” Pause dramatically as if you were thinking and then say something like: “I think it

was this one…” Remove the selection and hold it face-down and then say “For the first time,

would you please name your card?” When he names the card, show the face to the audience

and end the effect by saying “Did I get it…?”

A Few Tips

Unless you’re a highly trained actor, keep your eyes closed after you’re blindfolded with the

exception of the moment when you need to glimpse the card and the moment when you need to

sight the card’s position in the packet. Also, remember to move your eyes of the cards, but never

your head! To help with this, keep your hands close to your body, within your line of sight.

This will look natural because if you really were blindfolded and handling small objects, it’s

natural to keep them close to your body.

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