I love how it's not just a trick, it's a trick that has MANY potential points where the cards could be manipulated, switched, removed, added, etc. It heightens our awareness and makes us supposedly wise to what's going on. And for us to STILL miss when the actual switch happens, it's fantastic. So much fun!
@@tzuyd I find it interesting how they all do the titles in the same way too? Are they copying how they've seen other magicians name their videos, or taking it from the actual show, or what?
@@zaeroses1096 youtube algorithm, it'll make it get recommended on other magic videos with similar titles, and having an online presence is never bad for a performer
@@zaeroses1096 presumably there's an agreement between the show and the performers whereby they can upload their performances to their own channels and gain mass exposure but have guidelines (or explicit instructions) on how to title and thumbnail their videos that gives the show recognition as well, and also makes it a lot easier to binge Fool Us videos. The entire point of the show is basically for magicians to show the world their best so it'd make sense for them to extend that to social media.
Recently, I had the pleasure of being fooled in person by Brent with this trick. When I learned the secret, I gave him a big THANK YOU, although I may have mispronounced THANK to something that rhymes with DUCK due to a speech impediment that only surfaces when I’ve been tricked. He’s a great instructor, BTW.
Brent Braun my wife just bought a gift card for me at j and b. I'll be stopping by. nice jacket btw 😜and I love the sea of cards to seem more fair. calculated risk
Brent is a professional through and through . I think most of what he does is behind the scenes, but when you do get this guy in the spotlight, you get an amazing performance. Thank you sir!
Penn & Teller have seen magicians from all corners of the world, but Brent Braun's corner was special. He created an amazing method to a classic effect that for once felt fair. I felt like he fooled them. They missed a key part that separates this trick from all the others. Great work Brent.
Wonderful trick and representation, and I was just reading the youtube comments and I love how patiently you explain the show rules to people who blame you for weird things.
Thanks sometimes it’s not easy but I’m grateful to be able to do this for a living. So I appreciate that people take the time to watch this. So Thanks!!!
@@brentbraunmagic I really respect your professionalism Brent, really top class. Sidenote, more people need to realize that p and t have rules, thats all
Yeah they blame him for using a stooge when in fact he doesn’t. I own the trick myself and it’s wonderful. I hope he continues to always make it in case mine wears out eventually. Great trick Brent
"Slight of foot" - implies he had planted the deck next to his right foot that he wanted. OK. But what about the rest of the trick? How does the card wind up at the right number?
It looks like he dropped the deck out his pant leg as all the decks of cards were thrown at him. at around 1:23 you can see it drop. thats the slight of foot. as for the rest coulfd be palm the card and place it where it needs to be.
Alain, you're missing the other hints. "At the end, you had a change" and "You absolutely held it, the guts..." are the giveaway. He checked the cut card when showing hers, so he could palm out her card during the shuffle (thanks to the "in decks"). Hold it at the belly (notice the jacket "adjustments"), and then use a change for the reveal. No force, real choices from both.
@@ray_collins - Sorry, you lost me. I mean, that sounds good to a point. Simple peeking and palming to isolate the card. But what good did it do him? When Nick chose the number 41 after the cards were already laid out, from that point on I saw no chance to manipulate the 41st card. What am I missing?
@@mediamannaman The 41st card was just a random card that he switched for her card (which he had palmed) just before the reveal. EDIT: Nevermind - it is a trick deck and no palming or card switching was involved. He got his gimmicked deck with the "sleight of foot" Penn mentioned.
This guy is the exact type of magician I like. The perfect mix of "business" and "casual". Keeps it serious but lighthearted and funny at the same time. Keeps the trick moving along but still throws in some dialogue. 10/10
This was absolutely fabulous. Incredible patience while remaining focused on counting out the cards with a whole audience staring at you. I thought you had them fooled. You gave them a lot of leniency in deciding they were not fooled. Just because it was your deck wasn’t the whole trick.
I appreciate every view and comment I get. I’m lucky enough to be able to make a living doing what I love and that’s because of the support from people like you.
Maybe his reasoning was the other way around, since I'm saying it and it's so obvious there is no way they think it is that at the end of the trick, duno
that doesn't really give it away. i mean, sure he used a stacked deck, and it was fairly obvious how that happened. but that by itself doesn't explain the end, which is really the part that he was hoping to fool them with.
Dr. Briggs hAAahaAHa . I can’t believe how poor people were at throwing. Maybe she cut in line when filtering in to the theatre. Revenge is best served cold, or sometimes via 52 pieces of cardboard
Ok, we all understood what Penn's "sleight of foot" meant. The packet needed to be unique & easily recognisable in that snowstorm. The sequence of the cards was known & unchanged until the cut & riffle (precise interleaving, not shuffle). The sequence is still known. To get an accurate cut in the middle, use slightly tapered cards with both halves oriented opposite. The full deck of 52 (I counted them) was in open view before Nicholas chose his number. Question: How did Nicholas "know" it was card 41?
As soon as he picked the pack at his foot, and did not select a pack randomly from the floor it was obvious he needed to do the trick with his pre-prepared pack. From then on it was baffling real magic!
Dunno much about magic techniques, but my guess was that there were three moves. First, I think he managed to peek at her card somehow. Second, I think he contrived to sneak it out of the deck and hide it. Third, once the 41st card was isolated and sitting face-down on the table, I think he secretly switched the hidden card with the 41st one.
@@dnwiebe no, good try but no. You can see, when he shows the selected card to the girl, only a corner of that card is full visible. Later, when he spreads the deck saying all the cards are diffferent, he shows only that corners of the cards. And when he reveals the 41st card to be the selected one, he covers that corner of the card with his fingers (in an unnatural way, if you pay attention to that). So its easy to understand that he has a deck of cards full of 3 of hearts, but every 3of hearts has a corner of a different card, so when he spreads through the deck it seems that all the cards are different.
@@TheRealBGregz No they wouldn't, not if the marking was printed on the deck box, as in a slightly different design somewhere. Could be quite obvious if you know what to look for, but something no audience member would spot while looking at *just* the chosen deckbox, since they don't have the unmarked boxes to compare it with.
This was a fine performance. When I was a small boy, about 55 or 60 years ago, I discovered a trick deck of cards in my fathers dresser. He had me pick a "random" card and then showed it to me. I don't remember any details after all these years, but I remember how the deck was "tricked," and I can tell you your trick deck is a slight upgrade from his. I also picked up some clues from your hiding a part of a card. I believe I could recreate this deck of cards, but I could never master using them. I could "get them to work," but it would be clumsy and obvious. All in all, a very nice performance. Congratulations on a job well done.
Penn and teller were absolutely correct, that strong comedic and engaging open was just enough to keep me interested. I WANTED to see what happens next. It was also short and sweet enough to the point that I wanted more. just excellent.
This is one of my favorite tricks to perform, it always gives my audience this sense of “how in the ever living hell” for hours after the trick. Really a great opener that keeps them wondering throughout the whole show.
Even with a forced deck, and a forced card, a slight of hand in the end before the reveal is required. What I'm failing to understand is, what is so special about this trick that he, a magic technician, came to Penn and Teller FU with the hope that he'd win with this... unless there is more to this that I'm missing.
@@PravinDahal there are definitely a lot of people that show up just for the chance to perform for Penn & Teller (which is to say, perform on live television for a large audience in order to help get their name out there)
Nice trick. I have a deck that could do all of it except the fanning the unchosen cards out to prove it's not amongst them - that's the part that really makes this illusion something special!
GUYS I FIGURED THIS TRICK OUT!!! ok guys, so i think this one is actual magic and that this guy is a wizard. pen and teller had no idea, they bluffed and then the wizard (not wanting to be found out) admitted it was a trick. it's the only scientific and logical conclusion i can think of.
An index allows you to be able to quickly locate and palm a specific card. I am not sure it is strictly necessary here, so that may have been an accident. All that was necessary was the gamblers cop and some good slight of hand.
Think I know how it was done, word play is just as important as sleight of hand. Penn & Teller point out the deck of cards he used came from him so he knows the order beforehand. After the girl picks a card he splits it so that card is number 41. he then tells the man your choice won't be "1 before or 1 after" he also reiterates its a 52 card deck. In the man's head are all the numbers he said. 52, 1, 1. When he had to pick a card his mind quickly went 52 - 1,1 so 52-11 which is 41.
Word play isn't a guarantee that the spectator will pick up on it . Too many things can go wrong with it. Just enjoy the magic. Any number can be freely named here.
"If you ask a mathmatician of what the odds are, they'll tell you it's one in 52." "But right here, right now, it's once in a lifetime." What a magnificent bit of performing.
She was pretty hot but there was one even hotter yet selected by Penn and Teller themself for there Knife throwing Routine but its sadly just avaible on Netflix.
Hi Braun, I met you in Blackpool when you were demonstrating this marvellous trick. We chatted about your brilliant interpretation of 'torn and restored'. You come across as such a genuine, modest guy and your tricks have a unique signature - robust, entertaining and really smart. You can tell you've worked and worked to make this baby beautiful!
We highly recommend watching this video at .25 or .5 playback speed, not to catch any tricks, but simply because the guys voice is much more entertaining
I've learned to watch for awkward hands. When hands look awkward there is shenanigans afoot. (whoops, no pun intended). I really enjoy trying to figure out the tricks!
I was foolish. I thought the trick was fun. One of the better presentations. We know all magic is either a trick or some extreme skill, like the guy who could count the cards and snatch the right one out of the air, so it's the presentation that makes the real entertainment. This was presented well.
I really enjoyed your show. I knew that the deck came out of your pants, especially, because you told us with your video title but I still don't get my head around how the rest of this trick worked. This was really cool. :)
how I think it was done: Obviously at the beginning, the sleight of foot. He also walked around a tiny bit to guarantee he was close enough to his deck. After that, a pretty standard card force. The main thing about this specific desk is that most of the cards are the 3 of hearts (this could help with the forcing). One of the corners says 3 of hearts and the others say their actual value in a standard deck. If a number was chosen that would hit a non-3-of-hearts, start from the other direction. The 20, 41, and 5 or 6 (I don't remember and I can't watch the video while leaving a comment on mobile) were probably pushed up or down or marked in some way so that he'd know a safe card to show to the camera. while showing the cards to the lady on the left, he only showed the corners while picking up cards from the table, he looked at them first, then held it by the corner that had the 3 of hearts to conceal it
What a great act. I think there are a few key things that make this work, one of which I'm really confident about, am really confident when it happens, can see the opportunity, but for the life of me cannot see it actually happen. Wow. The other part(s) I'm still working on, and think if I stick with it and rewatch a few hundred more times, I'll get it. Penn is such a clever guy with his code. A gift to the craft!
@@brentbraunmagic Honestly, I think you've got at least half a million views just from everyone rewatching the audience chucking the cards at you. I'm already in for at least a hundred of those!
@@brentbraunmagic I'm amusing myself looking for decks that don't make it to the stage so that one audience member beans another. It looks like the person in the peach top, 2nd row left, is on unfortunately soul.
to be honest brent, no bullshit, as soon as they threw the cards up on the stage i immediately went back twice, once to look at your hands to see if you dropped anything and then i looked to see if you kicked anything out from your pant leg by your shoe. i could see the slightest little twitch from your knee down. and then continued to watch the trick. i figured it came from your leg. but as i'm watching i was captivated, i will admit. i know how you got your deck but i sure as hell don't know how you got nick to name karen's card. that being said, i thought your performance was one of the better one's i seen. *note: i am not a magician- i just love watching the stuff. good job my man.
I thought the same thing. I was like, I can see how he forced a particular deck to get used. But, that doesn't tell me how the counted card matched hers. Especially when he gave her the chance to change cards (so it wasn't forced) and the cards were on the table before a counter number was picked.
I think the 41 is implanted, notice the way he speaks beforehand "befour...befour... not one ... not one" How he got the card into the #41 I'm not sure about.
7:20 A change at the end … did he change the chosen card? 7:36 You absolutely held it … held the card (in his hand/sleeve)? 7:56 The secret is in decks … index?
If you watch the card selection "drop process" you can see the last card to fall is an 8 of spades, and the next card to fall would've been a 6 of diamonds. Neither of these were the card she was shown to memorize (the 3 of hearts). It was a forced pick that was held by him yeah. All the talk of taking his time counting and how he would hope for a 6 or 7 - it's because counting out say... 50 cards and only have 1 left over at the end is suspicious because theres 52 cards, but counting out 6 and only having 45 left as opposed to 46 is much less noticeable. That's what the cards "being stuck together" around 12 was about, to disrupt the counting and he could double count something. Secret in the decks, he planted a deck missing the 3 of hearts close to his foot for the trick
Well, it fooled me, but then again I don't watch the tricks to figure them out, just for the entertainment value. That was a very entertaining trick, well done and thank you!
Aaaaaagh got the answer to the trick and it's so.. something you can miss! Something I did miss for days. I do think it's worth figuring out magic tricks because it's also kind of a life skill, to become more attentive to important details. Chess does that, but these magic tricks are also a fantastic way to test how thorough you really are in your observations. I won't spoil it for others, only to say that to find answers like this you must be able to state to yourself the observations you've made in the most complete way possible, and only then do your natural assumptions not negate the real answer. Great illusion!
1:21 - Exactly there, when he turns to the right he pulls his pants up a little and you can see a deck of cards falling out his right leg. He just observes where it stops and places his foot next to it and that's how he knows! Pretty clever, but didn't fool them.
Brent your magic is amazing. Your versions of torn and restored and many Vernon's tricks are just amazing. Hi from Germany and hopefully I meet you someday in a magic convention.
Gave them a lot of leeway with figuring it out, sure they got the first part but how you did the rest of the trick they didn't mention. Great trick, very entertaining!
Listen again. You might Change your mind. The producers tell Penn and Teller if their "side conversation" and their "spiel" to the magician prove they understood the deception. They absolutely knew how the trick was done; they likely didn't see the actual move, but I heard the answer in their reply - the footsie part wasn't the important catch.
@@brentbraunmagic met u today (the spidey text, pic with my kids), we enjoyed the magic show at your shop. I hope more ppl find out abt it. Really great for kids. I wonder if u offer magic classes for kids (or anyone).
people: get selected randomly also people: have microphones edit: they are selected randomly before by production so they can be mic'd and ready for the performance so it doesn't have to stop.
LapisTheCat we get this question everyday in the comments. The volunteers are randomly selected by production before I come on stage and mic’ed. This keep us from having to stop shooting in the middle of the trick to mic them as that would interrupt the flow of the entire performance. I can assure you the volunteers are random and in now way “in on it”. 😘
LapisTheCat always happy to help. I work behind the scenes a lot and you would be surprised how much has to be done to make this show look seamless before it airs.
@@lapisthecat4662 It's against Fool Us's rules to have a magician have something worked out with a "randomly" selected audience member. And yes the magicians do have to tell Fool Us staff how they do the tricks.
I know this is an older video, but I wanted you to know that I was torn between position impossible and spectrum, and you've absolutely sold me on this. Hands down, can't wait to get it!
@@brentbraunmagic Absolutely will do! I also have access to your video while I wait for it to arrive. I wish the mail worked like it did for Bugs Bunny, you give the mailman your order slip and he hands you the package
@@brentbraunmagic hi sir! I ordered 3 of your PI decks for the simple reason that i wanted different "chosen" cards at different times in my performances. It is such a brilliant and devious deck! Btw, your Torched & Restored is, simply put, still the hottest TnR ever! Salutations and cheers from the Philippines!
@bilbo bagginses Calm down, I was just explaining the guy's reasoning. It was an impressive trick, it's just a shame that it's not really doable without a controlled environment.
Taking a wild guess. Deck falls out of his pants while decks are being thrown at his head. He grabs the manipulated deck and riffle forces the three of hearts. He then either does a fake riffle shuffle or a perfect rifle shuffleto align the cards just the way he wants. The cards are exactly where he wants them. The man then picks a number. While counting the "stuck together" card isn't an accident. It allows him to manipulate odd or even. Every other card is the three of hearts in that deck. He knows the count so when he's pulling examples out he knows the different cards. When he shows the whole deck I'm not quite sure but I assume he does some sort of switch. Hard to say. Even if this isn't how he does the trick I feel like it could be done this way maybe I'm wrong. :) Fun act to watch though
After a second watch he may have just palmed the card and done a sneaky switch. Hence penns words change and held it. I still think my way sounds more fun 😂
That woman did the main part to find out which card was the 41th card by looking at the other cards which were in a specific order! But that was so clean and good! Good job
I love the way Penn speaks in code. Those who know it, know it. Those who notice it, may still not understand it. For those who are completely oblivious to it, it's magic. And I love it.
2:36 Im guessing he forced the card because if you watch, the card he held up for her to memorize was neither the last one to fall, nor the one that would've been about to fall and at 3:34 there's only 51 cards on the table.. looks like when he got to 12 and said they were "stuck" he moved two around a little bit so that when he got to say... 41 they wouldnt be like "there's only 10 cards" rather than seeing 11 cards after it
A little late to the game but, I just bought this effect and I really love it. I did have an issue with the "quality" of the cards, so hopefully the magic retailer will fix/replace this for me... but really great thinking on your part Brent, love the trick!
At the start during the introduction interview he said he had been rehearsing his trick in his hotel room. I could just imagine his family and friends throwing packs of cards at him in his room. Him yelling: "Not the face!"
*How I think this trick works* - He drops a memorized deck during the storm of thrown decks. (David Berglas, the inventor of this genre of trick, memorized six orders himself.) - Because he's memorized the deck, he knows which card Karen has chosen - or, more relevantly, which position in the deck she chose. He now only needs to remember where this one card is, not all 52. - He performs a single in shuffle. In shuffles are not random, and if you know the order of cards before, you also know the order of cards after. In fact, every 52 in shuffles, the deck returns to the same order. - The count is clean. The "two stuck together" are legitimate. He dutifully and slowly counts to 41. - He makes a show of revealing a few other cards, and then the rest of the deck supposedly not having the card. At some point during this pedantry, he palms the correct card (unless, of course, the card counted to is already the right one, which is very unlikely.) Because the deck was shown to Karen from the bottom, and Karen chose her card quite quickly, and Nicholas just had to give us 41 as the damn count, the proper card this time was in the lower 40 cards, 39 of which were shown to Karen. She wasn't about to notice the discrepancy. - If applicable (as it usually will be), he swaps the palmed card with the isolated card before revealing.
My favorite part is that one deck that got thrown about 4 seconds after the rest
1:21
I liked the deck that fell out of his pants...
That was comedic timing...like a tire falling off 2-3 seconds after the car crash and rolling out of view
I agree that was the most amazing part of the entire routine.
@@Kalenz1234 utsgfyzztuZze
So if he’s a magic technician, does that make him a spell checker?
Bravo!
Well played.
Brian Wurzburg thanks
BlackSH0veldeath thanks
jayeff2 thank you.
I love how it's not just a trick, it's a trick that has MANY potential points where the cards could be manipulated, switched, removed, added, etc. It heightens our awareness and makes us supposedly wise to what's going on. And for us to STILL miss when the actual switch happens, it's fantastic. So much fun!
Thanks Curtis glad you enjoyed it.
@@brentbraunmagic Is the main part of the magic happening at 5:01 to 5:03?
@@brentbraunmagic I really liked you said it is 1 in 52 and not 1 in 52*52
@@Videozerker it’s amazing how many people don’t understand that math. 🤔
@@Videozerker that’s a negative.
The card pack that was thrown at 1:24 is like InternetExplorer.
Internet explorer is like the guy who always just BARELY makes their flight and is the last one of right as they are about to close the gate
Google Chrome - the one that came along after the field was already covered.
Lmfao
its clear to me now that IE had some code crossings with Microsoft Flight Sim. :P :D
underrated comment :D
I like the fact that all the magicians who fooled or didn't fool Penn and teller have their own UA-cam channel.
Like all of em.
Probably not all of them honestly, but you'd never know because they haven't got a YT channel
@@tzuyd I find it interesting how they all do the titles in the same way too? Are they copying how they've seen other magicians name their videos, or taking it from the actual show, or what?
@@zaeroses1096 youtube algorithm, it'll make it get recommended on other magic videos with similar titles, and having an online presence is never bad for a performer
All the magicians on the show are established entertainers and having a UA-cam channel helps their careers.
@@zaeroses1096 presumably there's an agreement between the show and the performers whereby they can upload their performances to their own channels and gain mass exposure but have guidelines (or explicit instructions) on how to title and thumbnail their videos that gives the show recognition as well, and also makes it a lot easier to binge Fool Us videos. The entire point of the show is basically for magicians to show the world their best so it'd make sense for them to extend that to social media.
Recently, I had the pleasure of being fooled in person by Brent with this trick. When I learned the secret, I gave him a big THANK YOU, although I may have mispronounced THANK to something that rhymes with DUCK due to a speech impediment that only surfaces when I’ve been tricked. He’s a great instructor, BTW.
Combat Nonsense thanks for the kind words. :)
Brent Braun aw cmon now I wanna know really bad too 😂
Brent Braun my wife just bought a gift card for me at j and b. I'll be stopping by. nice jacket btw 😜and I love the sea of cards to seem more fair. calculated risk
@Felonius Punk. LOL!
goose you
Brent is a professional through and through
. I think most of what he does is behind the scenes, but when you do get this guy in the spotlight, you get an amazing performance. Thank you sir!
Penn & Teller have seen magicians from all corners of the world, but Brent Braun's corner was special. He created an amazing method to a classic effect that for once felt fair. I felt like he fooled them. They missed a key part that separates this trick from all the others. Great work Brent.
Thanks Ben.
Who the heck are Gautam Nag and Shep Shape?
Wonderful trick and representation, and I was just reading the youtube comments and I love how patiently you explain the show rules to people who blame you for weird things.
Thanks sometimes it’s not easy but I’m grateful to be able to do this for a living. So I appreciate that people take the time to watch this. So Thanks!!!
@@brentbraunmagic I really respect your professionalism Brent, really top class. Sidenote, more people need to realize that p and t have rules, thats all
@@augustuscampbell1313 thanks for the kind words.
Yeah they blame him for using a stooge when in fact he doesn’t. I own the trick myself and it’s wonderful. I hope he continues to always make it in case mine wears out eventually. Great trick Brent
0:46 I love how you can clearly hear Penn’s laugh in the background in response to Allison’s humour 😁
"Slight of foot" - implies he had planted the deck next to his right foot that he wanted. OK.
But what about the rest of the trick? How does the card wind up at the right number?
He forced a certain card or had it up his sleeve
It looks like he dropped the deck out his pant leg as all the decks of cards were thrown at him. at around 1:23 you can see it drop. thats the slight of foot. as for the rest coulfd be palm the card and place it where it needs to be.
Alain, you're missing the other hints. "At the end, you had a change" and "You absolutely held it, the guts..." are the giveaway. He checked the cut card when showing hers, so he could palm out her card during the shuffle (thanks to the "in decks"). Hold it at the belly (notice the jacket "adjustments"), and then use a change for the reveal. No force, real choices from both.
@@ray_collins - Sorry, you lost me. I mean, that sounds good to a point. Simple peeking and palming to isolate the card. But what good did it do him? When Nick chose the number 41 after the cards were already laid out, from that point on I saw no chance to manipulate the 41st card. What am I missing?
@@mediamannaman The 41st card was just a random card that he switched for her card (which he had palmed) just before the reveal. EDIT: Nevermind - it is a trick deck and no palming or card switching was involved. He got his gimmicked deck with the "sleight of foot" Penn mentioned.
'A deck fell out of his pants' - definitely did not misread that.
This guy is the exact type of magician I like. The perfect mix of "business" and "casual". Keeps it serious but lighthearted and funny at the same time. Keeps the trick moving along but still throws in some dialogue. 10/10
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@@brentbraunmagic this video is 5 years old but you still reply to many new comment. wow
@@therealfrank6393 of course. I appreciate that you take the time to comment.
@@brentbraunmagic oo thank you :D also nice magic trick btw I have nothing to do with magic so you fooled me ._.
This was absolutely fabulous. Incredible patience while remaining focused on counting out the cards with a whole audience staring at you. I thought you had them fooled. You gave them a lot of leniency in deciding they were not fooled. Just because it was your deck wasn’t the whole trick.
Thanks for the kind words Brent I’m glad you enjoyed it.
There were other elements in Penn's code that showed they knew exactly how it was done.
This is probably the greatest presentation I’ve ever seen. The comedic timing throughout was beautiful!
Thanks for the kind words.
@@brentbraunmagic You deserve it king
4 years later and the guy is still hearing comments and replying
I appreciate every view and comment I get. I’m lucky enough to be able to make a living doing what I love and that’s because of the support from people like you.
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I believe he gave himself away when he justified what deck he was using.
But to be fair penn and teller only get to see the trick once, they can't rewind and watch it come out his pant leg like we can
@@CoolAsFreya I don't think they needed to see that. He made it really obvious that the deck was planted, in my opinion.
Agreed. If he'd have just said "those are too far" or nothing at all, it wouldn't be obvious. I actually went back whrn he said that.
Maybe his reasoning was the other way around, since I'm saying it and it's so obvious there is no way they think it is that at the end of the trick, duno
that doesn't really give it away. i mean, sure he used a stacked deck, and it was fairly obvious how that happened.
but that by itself doesn't explain the end, which is really the part that he was hoping to fool them with.
idk why 1:23 was so funny to me 😆 that last deck smacking the ground after the rest landed so rhythmically just got me haha
nah the best part is the lady at the bottom right at 1:22....looks like she got hit by a wild deck of cards haha
Dr. Briggs hAAahaAHa . I can’t believe how poor people were at throwing. Maybe she cut in line when filtering in to the theatre. Revenge is best served cold, or sometimes via 52 pieces of cardboard
@@101Briggsy I actually laughed... I'm a bad person
@@101Briggsy Oh man! they clocked her right in the head lol
Watch that at .25 play back
Ok, we all understood what Penn's "sleight of foot" meant. The packet needed to be unique & easily recognisable in that snowstorm. The sequence of the cards was known & unchanged until the cut & riffle (precise interleaving, not shuffle). The sequence is still known. To get an accurate cut in the middle, use slightly tapered cards with both halves oriented opposite. The full deck of 52 (I counted them) was in open view before Nicholas chose his number.
Question: How did Nicholas "know" it was card 41?
Brian Vogt 🤔👍
notice how he conveniently forgot the shill's name? Snake oil salesman I says!
Nicholas is his cousin
Guy B no shills in this trick. Sorry I fooled you. Care to take another guess? 😂
Willy Dayton ummmm no. Sorry you were fooled. Care to take another guess? 😂😘
Beautiful combination of effects. All beginner level on their own, master level combined.
Yofo#1 thank you for the kind words.
As soon as he picked the pack at his foot, and did not select a pack randomly from the floor it was obvious he needed to do the trick with his pre-prepared pack. From then on it was baffling real magic!
The title of this video lets you in on that part of the joke. It's still a very well done move to get that deck where he wants it.
Dunno much about magic techniques, but my guess was that there were three moves. First, I think he managed to peek at her card somehow. Second, I think he contrived to sneak it out of the deck and hide it. Third, once the 41st card was isolated and sitting face-down on the table, I think he secretly switched the hidden card with the 41st one.
@@dnwiebe no, good try but no. You can see, when he shows the selected card to the girl, only a corner of that card is full visible. Later, when he spreads the deck saying all the cards are diffferent, he shows only that corners of the cards. And when he reveals the 41st card to be the selected one, he covers that corner of the card with his fingers (in an unnatural way, if you pay attention to that). So its easy to understand that he has a deck of cards full of 3 of hearts, but every 3of hearts has a corner of a different card, so when he spreads through the deck it seems that all the cards are different.
@@tommasopatrini1657 wow, that actually makes sense.
Imagine if he dropped the deck and it managed to get lost amongst the others.
If something like that happened in a regular performance, the magician would have an "out" to a backup trick they could do with an unprepared deck
The cover of the deck he dropped could be quite obviously marked as only he sees it up close.
furbyfubar Well, remember that he allows the audience member to look it over. If there was a marking on it, she would notice.
@@TheRealBGregz No they wouldn't, not if the marking was printed on the deck box, as in a slightly different design somewhere. Could be quite obvious if you know what to look for, but something no audience member would spot while looking at *just* the chosen deckbox, since they don't have the unmarked boxes to compare it with.
furbyfubar True.
This was a fine performance. When I was a small boy, about 55 or 60 years ago, I discovered a trick deck of cards in my fathers dresser. He had me pick a "random" card and then showed it to me. I don't remember any details after all these years, but I remember how the deck was "tricked," and I can tell you your trick deck is a slight upgrade from his. I also picked up some clues from your hiding a part of a card. I believe I could recreate this deck of cards, but I could never master using them. I could "get them to work," but it would be clumsy and obvious. All in all, a very nice performance. Congratulations on a job well done.
Penn and teller were absolutely correct, that strong comedic and engaging open was just enough to keep me interested. I WANTED to see what happens next. It was also short and sweet enough to the point that I wanted more. just excellent.
Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed it.
What a brilliant opener. So simple, yet pulls all the focus.
This is one of my favorite tricks to perform, it always gives my audience this sense of “how in the ever living hell” for hours after the trick. Really a great opener that keeps them wondering throughout the whole show.
Glad you are enjoying it.
Penn's explanation gave the whole trick. Either that or I learned too much magic lingo recently.
@bullsballs that's half :)
The secret is in dex
Even with a forced deck, and a forced card, a slight of hand in the end before the reveal is required.
What I'm failing to understand is, what is so special about this trick that he, a magic technician, came to Penn and Teller FU with the hope that he'd win with this... unless there is more to this that I'm missing.
@@PravinDahal most people know they can't fool them, and come "just" to be on TV. It's advertisement. And they use their appearance on UA-cam etc.
@@PravinDahal there are definitely a lot of people that show up just for the chance to perform for Penn & Teller (which is to say, perform on live television for a large audience in order to help get their name out there)
Nice trick. I have a deck that could do all of it except the fanning the unchosen cards out to prove it's not amongst them - that's the part that really makes this illusion something special!
Showsni might be time for an upgrade www.penguinmagic.com/p/7000 😉
GUYS I FIGURED THIS TRICK OUT!!!
ok guys, so i think this one is actual magic and that this guy is a wizard. pen and teller had no idea, they bluffed and then the wizard (not wanting to be found out) admitted it was a trick.
it's the only scientific and logical conclusion i can think of.
Shhhhhhhh 🤫 please don’t blow my cover.
I love the way Penn snuck the word "index" in to "We think the secret is in decks."
As somebody who does not understand magic is 'index' a specific magic related term?
@@ReturningGlory I believe so. It's one of the words he often uses in that section, along with force, smooth and rough, etc.
An index allows you to be able to quickly locate and palm a specific card. I am not sure it is strictly necessary here, so that may have been an accident. All that was necessary was the gamblers cop and some good slight of hand.
@@rich1051414 I was thinking he meant an index of decks but that wouldn't make sense with the one in his pant leg.
@@rich1051414 theres a term for hiding something in your pants?
0:01 "hi I'm brent braun?" *raises eyebrow questioningly*
"or am i" ?
Nigga said 🤨
Haha, "In decks". That was smooth.
It only took UA-cam four years to realize this video was awesome and show it to everyone.
Think I know how it was done, word play is just as important as sleight of hand. Penn & Teller point out the deck of cards he used came from him so he knows the order beforehand. After the girl picks a card he splits it so that card is number 41. he then tells the man your choice won't be "1 before or 1 after" he also reiterates its a 52 card deck. In the man's head are all the numbers he said. 52, 1, 1. When he had to pick a card his mind quickly went 52 - 1,1 so 52-11 which is 41.
If this is your guess you were fooled.
Brilliant!
How did you manage to figure that out?
Congratulations. That is some good work. How long did it take to figure out?
Word play isn't a guarantee that the spectator will pick up on it . Too many things can go wrong with it. Just enjoy the magic. Any number can be freely named here.
You are so right it works!! I wish you would have posted this 2 weeks ago before I bought the download. Your info would have saved me money. 😥
"If you ask a mathmatician of what the odds are, they'll tell you it's one in 52."
"But right here, right now, it's once in a lifetime."
What a magnificent bit of performing.
I was *invested*
God, that was cheesy.
1:13 toss the cards at me!
Janitor: Oh noes........
😅😅😅😅
Hottest assistant pick yet, well done sir.
they always choose these fine ass women. i can see why, sometimes im just looking at her
She was pretty hot but there was one even hotter yet selected by Penn and Teller themself for there Knife throwing Routine but its sadly just avaible on Netflix.
I love how he remembered her name but not the guy he picked 😂
What kind of legend keeps replying and liking comments after 4 years? Great performance, hope you the best!
Thanks for the comment. 😉
the woman who helped you out on stage was amazingly beautiful! I enjoyed the act, it fooled me completely and I was very much engaged.
The real magic is that the Karen didn’t ask to see his manager.
It COULD have been a KIRRIN
@@MrZega000 LOL!
LMFAO
🤣🤣
Hi Braun, I met you in Blackpool when you were demonstrating this marvellous trick. We chatted about your brilliant interpretation of 'torn and restored'. You come across as such a genuine, modest guy and your tricks have a unique signature - robust, entertaining and really smart. You can tell you've worked and worked to make this baby beautiful!
Shook his foot acting like he was afraid to get hit. Then in the confusion he stepped next to the deck he had in his pants
Ok then ? Explain the trick Mr. Sherlock Holmes 😂
Fooled me. Figured out the sleight of foot, but couldn't figure out the rest. Well done.
Thanks Paul I’m glad you enjoyed it.
We highly recommend watching this video at .25 or .5 playback speed, not to catch any tricks, but simply because the guys voice is much more entertaining
So great to see you on TV... long way from Jeffersonville. Congrats!
I've learned to watch for awkward hands. When hands look awkward there is shenanigans afoot. (whoops, no pun intended). I really enjoy trying to figure out the tricks!
From one Hoosier to another, I’m proud of you. Great job!
Thanks Gary
I was foolish. I thought the trick was fun. One of the better presentations.
We know all magic is either a trick or some extreme skill, like the guy who could count the cards and snatch the right one out of the air, so it's the presentation that makes the real entertainment. This was presented well.
I was "fooled", dang autocorrect.
@@peterbretherton3546 I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words.
I really enjoyed your show. I knew that the deck came out of your pants, especially, because you told us with your video title but I still don't get my head around how the rest of this trick worked. This was really cool. :)
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
how I think it was done:
Obviously at the beginning, the sleight of foot. He also walked around a tiny bit to guarantee he was close enough to his deck.
After that, a pretty standard card force.
The main thing about this specific desk is that most of the cards are the 3 of hearts (this could help with the forcing). One of the corners says 3 of hearts and the others say their actual value in a standard deck.
If a number was chosen that would hit a non-3-of-hearts, start from the other direction. The 20, 41, and 5 or 6 (I don't remember and I can't watch the video while leaving a comment on mobile) were probably pushed up or down or marked in some way so that he'd know a safe card to show to the camera.
while showing the cards to the lady on the left, he only showed the corners
while picking up cards from the table, he looked at them first, then held it by the corner that had the 3 of hearts to conceal it
smart, didn't think of that because of how ''clean'' he presented it to be
But you can see so many different cards at 2:20 to 2:40
Great trick, but he failed one important role in magic: Don’t over-justify.
Yeah but this is a different kinda show that’s being done specifically to show world class magicians that they don’t know how it’s being done, right?
@@nebulousisgod he meant justifying picking up the deck off the floor. he drew attention to the fact that he was using a planted deck.
Me: eagerly Waits for the line in the title.
Everyone in the video: 'meh'
My favorite part of this is how the dude didn't want to be picked.
He looked right down at the deck falling out of his pants. LOL You could see it a mile away.
Glad he didn't give the audience rocks instead of a deck of cards.
You’re on a magic sleight of hand watching spree as well, I see.
They’re pretty cool.
@@tinyt.w.i.m7291 nah this was on recommended, nice to see guy without mustache here too, slave to the algorithm lol
why do u hide sub count tho because it's harder to see if ur account is fake. but now I have remembered the date you created this youtube account
He is a magician not a fool.
What a great act. I think there are a few key things that make this work, one of which I'm really confident about, am really confident when it happens, can see the opportunity, but for the life of me cannot see it actually happen. Wow. The other part(s) I'm still working on, and think if I stick with it and rewatch a few hundred more times, I'll get it. Penn is such a clever guy with his code. A gift to the craft!
Keep watching until you figure it all out. I need the views. 😂😂😘
@@brentbraunmagic Honestly, I think you've got at least half a million views just from everyone rewatching the audience chucking the cards at you. I'm already in for at least a hundred of those!
Well keep that shit up!!! 😂😂
@@brentbraunmagic I'm amusing myself looking for decks that don't make it to the stage so that one audience member beans another. It looks like the person in the peach top, 2nd row left, is on unfortunately soul.
I knew how this trick was done miles and miles before I could ever actually see it being done. Holy moly it's so clean! Amazing performance.
This trick was so impressive it almost makes me want to self destruct.
Three things.
1. Thanks for the kind words. 2. Please don’t self destruct. 3. I see what you did there. 😉😉
@@brentbraunmagic no one will know
@@username7258how could they know? 😆
When my deck falls out of my pants it fools no one
to be honest brent, no bullshit, as soon as they threw the cards up on the stage i immediately went back twice, once to look at your hands to see if you dropped anything and then i looked to see if you kicked anything out from your pant leg by your shoe. i could see the slightest little twitch from your knee down. and then continued to watch the trick. i figured it came from your leg. but as i'm watching i was captivated, i will admit. i know how you got your deck but i sure as hell don't know how you got nick to name karen's card. that being said, i thought your performance was one of the better one's i seen. *note: i am not a magician- i just love watching the stuff. good job my man.
I thought the same thing. I was like, I can see how he forced a particular deck to get used. But, that doesn't tell me how the counted card matched hers.
Especially when he gave her the chance to change cards (so it wasn't forced) and the cards were on the table before a counter number was picked.
I think the 41 is implanted, notice the way he speaks beforehand "befour...befour... not one ... not one" How he got the card into the #41 I'm not sure about.
The guy he selected second was nick from l4d2 lol
No it's Nicolas
Milloni 161 so maybe a plant?
Well, if it had been Ellis, we would have had to sit through a 5-minute story about one of his cousins getting sawed in half by a magician.
7:20 A change at the end … did he change the chosen card?
7:36 You absolutely held it … held the card (in his hand/sleeve)?
7:56 The secret is in decks … index?
If you watch the card selection "drop process" you can see the last card to fall is an 8 of spades, and the next card to fall would've been a 6 of diamonds. Neither of these were the card she was shown to memorize (the 3 of hearts). It was a forced pick that was held by him yeah.
All the talk of taking his time counting and how he would hope for a 6 or 7 - it's because counting out say... 50 cards and only have 1 left over at the end is suspicious because theres 52 cards, but counting out 6 and only having 45 left as opposed to 46 is much less noticeable. That's what the cards "being stuck together" around 12 was about, to disrupt the counting and he could double count something.
Secret in the decks, he planted a deck missing the 3 of hearts close to his foot for the trick
@@mikef5951 I played it frame-by-frame, and I think that her card was there and he palmed it. The camera hides the sleight-of-hand with his head.
@@mikef5951 Also the 41 was kind of suggested by him In the way he says "not ONE beFOUR not ONE after". i felt a 14 or 41 comming
@@gerardj4692 if that was also a force he was clearly hoping to get 14, "ONE beFOUR"
@@gerardj4692 I thought in 42
I was a bit confused about the code that Penn used for a second. Then I went, "oooooohhh! I get it."
Well, it fooled me, but then again I don't watch the tricks to figure them out, just for the entertainment value. That was a very entertaining trick, well done and thank you!
Paul Brown thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Aaaaaagh got the answer to the trick and it's so.. something you can miss! Something I did miss for days. I do think it's worth figuring out magic tricks because it's also kind of a life skill, to become more attentive to important details. Chess does that, but these magic tricks are also a fantastic way to test how thorough you really are in your observations.
I won't spoil it for others, only to say that to find answers like this you must be able to state to yourself the observations you've made in the most complete way possible, and only then do your natural assumptions not negate the real answer. Great illusion!
1:21 - Exactly there, when he turns to the right he pulls his pants up a little and you can see a deck of cards falling out his right leg. He just observes where it stops and places his foot next to it and that's how he knows! Pretty clever, but didn't fool them.
sanitallica sure he used a rigged deck but how does that explain the trick?!?
Brent Braun you mean how did you do the trick
Official-police-volibear 😂😂
@@brentbraunmagic The card place at 2:35 is so sleight and fast. Well done
Mike Rubin I’m not sure what you mean. There is no sleight here. I clearly show her the top card of the bottom packet exactly where she said stop. 🤔
Brent your magic is amazing. Your versions of torn and restored and many Vernon's tricks are just amazing. Hi from Germany and hopefully I meet you someday in a magic convention.
Thank you for the kind words.
Damn so he just gave away what they saw in the title? Mad props to the guy.
1:22 on bottom, almost right corner. deck right to the face.
She was like wtf where did that come from?!?
Good eye. Glad you still have it!
🔥🔥 fire comment
Gave them a lot of leeway with figuring it out, sure they got the first part but how you did the rest of the trick they didn't mention. Great trick, very entertaining!
Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed it.
you can buy the trick online for 40 bucks and find out
Actually they did, it's just that you didn't catch it cause you don't know the trick.
Listen again. You might Change your mind. The producers tell Penn and Teller if their "side conversation" and their "spiel" to the magician prove they understood the deception. They absolutely knew how the trick was done; they likely didn't see the actual move, but I heard the answer in their reply - the footsie part wasn't the important catch.
@@matthewharris-levesque5809 I like how you slid that in there.
Brent is my favorite part of magifest every year! He is an oracle of magic, an endless resource of techniques.
Thanks and I’ll see you in just a few short weeks. :)
@@brentbraunmagic met u today (the spidey text, pic with my kids), we enjoyed the magic show at your shop. I hope more ppl find out abt it. Really great for kids. I wonder if u offer magic classes for kids (or anyone).
people: get selected randomly
also people: have microphones
edit: they are selected randomly before by production so they can be mic'd and ready for the performance so it doesn't have to stop.
LapisTheCat we get this question everyday in the comments. The volunteers are randomly selected by production before I come on stage and mic’ed. This keep us from having to stop shooting in the middle of the trick to mic them as that would interrupt the flow of the entire performance. I can assure you the volunteers are random and in now way “in on it”. 😘
@@brentbraunmagic oh sorry just it seems weird every time, thanks for clearing that up
LapisTheCat always happy to help. I work behind the scenes a lot and you would be surprised how much has to be done to make this show look seamless before it airs.
@@lapisthecat4662 It's against Fool Us's rules to have a magician have something worked out with a "randomly" selected audience member. And yes the magicians do have to tell Fool Us staff how they do the tricks.
I know this is an older video, but I wanted you to know that I was torn between position impossible and spectrum, and you've absolutely sold me on this. Hands down, can't wait to get it!
Thanks for the support. If you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.
@@brentbraunmagic Absolutely will do! I also have access to your video while I wait for it to arrive. I wish the mail worked like it did for Bugs Bunny, you give the mailman your order slip and he hands you the package
@@SuperSinestro be careful of porch pirates they have a magical way of making mail disappear.
I like how most people are thinking that just because it was out of his jeans they know the whole trick. Cuz that all happened before the ACAAN
I dont care if he fooled p&t, he fooled me. I am not a magician though, I just like watching these guys perform.
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the performance.
Its kinda funny to see all these magicians in my reccomend writing there titles in the third person when they were on fool us lol
Jackson B would you prefer if I told you a deck fell out of MY pants?!? 😂
All the people that got drilled with decks lol
Brent created the single best tnr of all time called torched and restored. Simply an amazing trick.
Thanks for the kind words Erik.
@@brentbraunmagic hi sir!
I ordered 3 of your PI decks for the simple reason that i wanted different "chosen" cards at different times in my performances. It is such a brilliant and devious deck!
Btw, your Torched & Restored is, simply put, still the hottest TnR ever!
Salutations and cheers from the Philippines!
I feel like a lot of the acts on Fool Us are just performing to Penn and Teller but this guy really performed for the whole audience
Thanks Addy I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I almost feel insulted when they go through all that hassle just to use a planted deck.
Absolutely
@bilbo bagginses Because he can't just walk into a room for the first time, pick up a deck of cards and just perform the trick.
@bilbo bagginses Calm down, I was just explaining the guy's reasoning. It was an impressive trick, it's just a shame that it's not really doable without a controlled environment.
Taking a wild guess. Deck falls out of his pants while decks are being thrown at his head. He grabs the manipulated deck and riffle forces the three of hearts. He then either does a fake riffle shuffle or a perfect rifle shuffleto align the cards just the way he wants. The cards are exactly where he wants them. The man then picks a number. While counting the "stuck together" card isn't an accident. It allows him to manipulate odd or even. Every other card is the three of hearts in that deck. He knows the count so when he's pulling examples out he knows the different cards. When he shows the whole deck I'm not quite sure but I assume he does some sort of switch. Hard to say. Even if this isn't how he does the trick I feel like it could be done this way maybe I'm wrong. :) Fun act to watch though
After a second watch he may have just palmed the card and done a sneaky switch. Hence penns words change and held it. I still think my way sounds more fun 😂
How could there be an audience that didn't like P&T!?
That's what I thought also, but since they show how to do the tricks, it might have made a few people mad (like some think all magic tricks are real).
One trick pony, and Penn Jillette can be hard to take.
Nothing ground shattering, but visuals and performance, super i loved it.
That woman did the main part to find out which card was the 41th card by looking at the other cards which were in a specific order!
But that was so clean and good!
Good job
Very very fair. May the magic stay with Brent Braun!
I love the way Penn speaks in code. Those who know it, know it. Those who notice it, may still not understand it. For those who are completely oblivious to it, it's magic. And I love it.
Yep. So smart.
I'm surprised Alison only now realised that about magic shops, considering.
Ha!
Nice work, and a good use of fancy footwork to dodge all those decks. ;)
2:35 - "Are you happy with that card?"
Karen: "NO! Get me your manager!"
🤣🤣
2:36 Im guessing he forced the card because if you watch, the card he held up for her to memorize was neither the last one to fall, nor the one that would've been about to fall
and at 3:34 there's only 51 cards on the table.. looks like when he got to 12 and said they were "stuck" he moved two around a little bit so that when he got to say... 41 they wouldnt be like "there's only 10 cards" rather than seeing 11 cards after it
No, at 3:56 there are 52 cards there or do I always count wrong?
@@dura2k I count 52 as well
There were 2 cards stuck together he later separate.
Disingenuous title making it seem like Penn was mad about being fooled.
5:51 wasn't expecting to get a look from that lady in the crowd lmao
Oh crap o.O
5:52 ;)
Dude what are you doing go talk to her 🥺😂
damn you guys must be high noticing this shit lmao
Marked
A little late to the game but, I just bought this effect and I really love it. I did have an issue with the "quality" of the cards, so hopefully the magic retailer will fix/replace this for me... but really great thinking on your part Brent, love the trick!
Glad you dig it.
Thanks for the kind words.
At first it was like witnessing a public stoning but with decks of cards. 😄Anyway very entertaining trick.👏
Thanks I’m glad you got enjoyed it.
"Met his wife in a magic shop"
I imagine when he proposed, he opened up an empty jewelry box and pulled the ring out from behind her ear
Extraordinary trick!
The best trick: putting "FOOLED" in the title even though he didn't fool Penn & Teller, just to get us to click this video, lol ;)
At the start during the introduction interview he said he had been rehearsing his trick in his hotel room. I could just imagine his family and friends throwing packs of cards at him in his room. Him yelling: "Not the face!"
*How I think this trick works*
- He drops a memorized deck during the storm of thrown decks. (David Berglas, the inventor of this genre of trick, memorized six orders himself.)
- Because he's memorized the deck, he knows which card Karen has chosen - or, more relevantly, which position in the deck she chose. He now only needs to remember where this one card is, not all 52.
- He performs a single in shuffle. In shuffles are not random, and if you know the order of cards before, you also know the order of cards after. In fact, every 52 in shuffles, the deck returns to the same order.
- The count is clean. The "two stuck together" are legitimate. He dutifully and slowly counts to 41.
- He makes a show of revealing a few other cards, and then the rest of the deck supposedly not having the card. At some point during this pedantry, he palms the correct card (unless, of course, the card counted to is already the right one, which is very unlikely.) Because the deck was shown to Karen from the bottom, and Karen chose her card quite quickly, and Nicholas just had to give us 41 as the damn count, the proper card this time was in the lower 40 cards, 39 of which were shown to Karen. She wasn't about to notice the discrepancy.
- If applicable (as it usually will be), he swaps the palmed card with the isolated card before revealing.
DracoHandsome no palming, no switch. Good trying though. You owe me a trophy. 😂😘
lol
Nope, not even close