Speaking of cheating at cards...
I invented a magic trick involving cards once.
I allow a person to pick any card from a perfectly normal deck of cards. Could even be a new sealed deck.
Then I have them place the card down on top of the deck.
I then shuffle the deck, then allow them to shuffle it as well if they wish.
And finally, I go through the deck one card at a time until I get to their card and show it to them.
Figured out the trick yet?
Of course you haven't. :-)
The trick is that before I did the trick, I placed a small dab of vaseline on my thumb, and when I take the deck from the person with the card on top, I press my thumb down on it. The vaseline is effectively invisible, only a tiny amount, but it is enough for me to feel it when I go through the deck to find the card if I rub my fingers across the top.
(I may actually have done this trick with chapstick, I can't recall. Vaseline may be too sticky.)
I invented a magic trick involving cards once.
I allow a person to pick any card from a perfectly normal deck of cards. Could even be a new sealed deck.
Then I have them place the card down on top of the deck.
I then shuffle the deck, then allow them to shuffle it as well if they wish.
And finally, I go through the deck one card at a time until I get to their card and show it to them.
Figured out the trick yet?
Of course you haven't. :-)
The trick is that before I did the trick, I placed a small dab of vaseline on my thumb, and when I take the deck from the person with the card on top, I press my thumb down on it. The vaseline is effectively invisible, only a tiny amount, but it is enough for me to feel it when I go through the deck to find the card if I rub my fingers across the top.
(I may actually have done this trick with chapstick, I can't recall. Vaseline may be too sticky.)