Card Through Window - Magic Trick

You ask somebody to take a card out of a deck of playing cards. They can pick any card. You ask them to show it around to everyone else but not to let you see it.

You then ask them to put the card back into the deck, and ask them to shuffle the cards. When the cards are completely shuffled you take the cards back.

You then throw the cards at a window and the spectators watch in amazement as the card goes through the window and sticks onto the other side of the window whilst all of the other cards fall down to the floor.

You can do this on any window, inside a shop window or even possible to do into a vending machine which is very powerfull.

Step 1

Preperation:

To prepare for this trick you need 2 decks with the same back design. Take a card from one of the decks and plant it where-ever you can plant it. To get it into a vending machine you will need to get permission from the person that maintains it.

Once you have planted the card you are ready to perform. All you need to do is find that same card in another deck and put it into the top.

Comments

[ffsman]

I found a better wrist technique http://howtohacklife101.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-throw-playing-card.html

[erikos kostarikos]

well i know another trick to throw the king through the window, with the side with the animation to your face. but i dont know how to explain

[smashbob]

so you just keep people's attention away from the window with the card on it, and then throw the deck at it. then they're supposed to think you put it through the glass.

[bassmonkey]

nice instructable, but could people not post some many extremely important parts of magic on a popular site?

[Madkins007]

There are two 'magical parts' to this trick- the force, which is explained OK or can be learned other places, and the 'stick', which can be done in two ways. 1. Have the card already stuck there, and position your audience so the card is slightly behind them. This makes the toss pretty natural- you just toss or spray the cards 'forward' from your position to the target. About the easiest way to naturally hide the card as you gather the audience is to have a friend stand in front of it. 2. Have someone on the 'inside' place it just as the spray of cards blocks the view. This one is great! It works at places where people are naturally close to the other side of the glass, like a cafe or office. Give the insider the duplicate card and practice the timing a few times.

[dchall8]

Then of course there is the tricky part of the trick which magically puts the other card on the other side of the window at the exact time you throw the deck of card at it.

[geek65535]

What the poster is failing to mention is that this works because even though the card is already stuck to the glass, the audience isn't paying attention to it. They only notice it after the deck of cards hits the glass, and don't realize that it was there all along.

[MegaMaker]

Sounds cool, but it needs a video.

[Iridium7]

can you put a video on how to do this or something cause I don't see how this would work. thanks.

[jetsmiley123]

that is a real cool trick!