I found your channel and this trick today 2/27/24. After watching it a few times I broke out my deck and started learning it. I watched the video intently, pausing it at key places, making sure I counted and spelled correctly. It took a few times before I had all the counting/spelling and placement of the sections of the deck in their proper places. I'm now proud to announce, "I've got it!" Great trick! I have a function coming up on Thursday and I know this will be one of the tricks I'll have with me. Thanks so much! Now, time for more practice.
@@MattMcGurk It went very well! Everyone I showed it to said it was a really good trick! And they are a tough group! We have a magic club meeting on the 12th so you can be sure I'll have it with me. Now that's a tough group!
One of the best I've seen. It's got a card trick, a prediction and a nice 4 card reveal to close the deal all while making the spectator feel like they did it all. No set up isn't the right term. Maybe no pre set, because u do it after they shuffle. The deck can then still be in rotation for another no set up trick to be performed right after that one like maybe the round and round or something fun . I prefer these so I can do a few without having multiple decks of cards. Makes it seem much more magical because it's from shuffled cards and flows better. If you're changing decks between tricks you're done. They know that deck is rigged in some way and the illusion is lost. It's not magic anymore it's just a cool card trick. Please do more of these. I want to flush out a set of nothing but card tricks that can be performed with the same deck back to back. Know it seems simple to many but I'm just now learning. I've got 4 down pat and have done the 5th twice now and getting more comfortable. I need some more please?? I love how you do it and explain these tricks. Some of the other channels explain like you already know a lot about magic and want you to do special cuts and shuffles. Then they go thru it so fast you still don't get it. Pausing trying to get your cards to match theirs. No fun. I played along with your reveal and got it to work for me first time. Easy to remember too. You have a new subscriber now. Pretty please do more of this for those of us that aren't good at pinky breaks and the myriad of positions to hold cards I've never heard of lol.
I agree. Being able to do several tricks with the same deck without any pre-arrangement or set-up is way better than having different decks for different tricks. When you start bringing out separate decks for a separate and different trick the trick loses its mystery and intrique. The audience is already watching us like hawks, they know when a different deck is brought into play even if it's the same color. As far as a word of encouragement, I certainly didn't know a pinky break from a double or triple lift, or a double-under cut to an Elmsley Count when I first started all those years ago. You'll learn. I did. Have a magical day.
Hello Matt. I'm 71 and just starting out "exercising my hands" learning a few card tricks. You get the honor of being the first trick to learn. It's amazing how easy it is and the great effect at the end is with one of those WTF? AMAZING trick. I can't wait to master it in a few... whenever. LOL. Great video. I Subbed, Liked. and don't know anybody to share it with - sorry. Keep up the great work. Thx.
Such a clever trick! And I love your channel - thanks for your content. I spent about half an hour doing it multiple times and it’s so easy, really cool!
If you get a situation like that with your queens in the “what if” section, you can place the 2nd queen as your prediction card and then the 2nd and 3rd queens effectively swap roles. Looks more natural than reshuffling I think
@@docrocker2194From a technical perspective your correct. That’s where presentation comes in. You act a little indecisive about your prediction card, like you may want to change your mind. That justifies the continued search. There’s a bit of acting involved. However, when you get to the third card of the four of a kind, you could always cut the deck at that point so that card becomes the back card of the deck, then remove the fourth matching card as your prediction. Either way will work. Hope this helps.
I had forgotten where I first spotted this effect; I really enjoyed it! As luck would have it, you were the first one I located on You Tube. Great effect from a great teacher🎉
I have been doing this trick for years, but I think I like the original method better. I start with the pile of cards upside down in my right hand and start looking thru the cards by moving the top card to the left to my other hand. This way the FIRST card on the deck (not the bottom card) is the one I will be using. In addition, there is no reversing of this card or any others - the order you set them down stays the same as you dealt them from the pile (no subtle moves). To me, it makes the "looking" for the prediction card look very natural and normal. Great performance by you however - your slight of hand is much better than mine!
Yeah man, I get it! The original method never felt right for me as any other time I would spread the deck, I do it from the face. Just felt so unnatural. Moving the cards is pretty invisible as I’m talking with the spectator so I always do it this way. It’s different strokes for different folks! Thanks for your kind words 🙏
I'm a support worker, and I done this with a young lad I support. However, on the final reveal, I perform a double lift to reveal a different card. I then asked him to pick up one of the cards, rub it over the top of the yet to be revealed card, and use the magic phrase "Cha sha cha". I then show the card, and there is the final forth card 😊
Exactly!! It’s from a shuffled deck, so there is no set up, as in you don’t have to pre-arrange the cards. It’s a very clever culling method and that’s one of the reasons I really enjoy this. 💪
A really simple and amazing effect! Personally, I like to reveal the prediction card last; the image of them finding 3 of the same cards and me having predicted it all has greater impact. Also, after dealing the cards for them to say stop, I let them handle the cards and instruct them for the rest of the trick and make a point after that I did NOT touch the cards nor influence them to say stop or cut in a specific place. Anyways, thanks for the tutorial!
You don't need to reshuffle if the first card that matches the bottom card is too close to the bottom (as long as the next one isn't also). Let's say you want the bottom card x from the bottom, but the first match is not more than x away from the bottom. You can just: 1) push over the bottom card 2) push the matching card and all the cards above it onto it 3) push enough more cards onto that make the matching card x from the bottom 4) put that entire pile onto the table Using this technique, there's no longer a reason to limit the position of the second card to spelling the value of the first card because it's extremely rare for more than 2 cards of a given value x to be within x of each other. So you can actually have them count to the value instead. This seems "more random" because a participant can intuit that a card's name has only a few different lengths, but there are 13 different values. (Of course, you may either want to have the deck reshuffled if an A or 2 is facing, or else revert to spelling the value in those cases--1 or 2 cards isn't enough to deal off.)
this is so cool and it seems so complicated but its so easy and simple to learn i never thouht i would get into magic but this video has changed my mind! Thanks For The Trick!
Hi matt, I'm really determined to learn this great mind blowing card trick. However I've one great idea to enhance and improve the shock value on the audience member's mind. Rather than telling them that you're selecting the card, tell them that the card they cut to is the predicter card which they blindly randomly selected, which in turn happen to match your random selection. So it gives them the power they did'nt know the possessed..
The problem is the count of 5. It is better to count by the first card, for example 4 = I only put down 4 cards. It is better to choose the lower cards from the left - the manipulation of the upper card from the right is eliminated. Flipping the card gives me a 4 and I count 4. It's absolutely natural without changing decks of cards. I use this trick to unobtrusively stack cards into another trick.
Follow every step with the cards in hand and you’ll get it. The cut is never completed, and you show the original top card of the deck. Failing that, search cross cut here on UA-cam.
Great trick! Polite suggestion from a professional editor: the background music is REALLY distracting and, for the most part, unnecessary - use it in your intro but not again until your extro.
I like doing this with counting the numbers out instead of spelling, and if I get a queen or something I just like cut the deck or reshuffle etc haha. I feel like counting the numbers out is more satisfying
.Matt ... I loved it ... the trick was more magical than a magic wand! Great trick! And perfect delivery from you (even if those bloody three's keep hindering your progress, nevertheless, you told a most persuasive story to keep it moving along. Bravo!
This is awesome. I'm going to get this one down pat. There seems to be a lot of subtle moves that you have to remember, and if you miss any of them, it won't work. But, if it DOES work, holy shit. Matt's recent video with the 20 card prediction pack is a daily carry for me.
I’ve been practicing a ton since yesterday and impressed the gf/mom with it. I showed prediction card first. Came up with a whole script about “since she didn’t pay attention to how many cards before saying stop, the magic could be gone and the whole trick pointless and won’t work” (while I reassemble the cut deck, key card on top. They have to flip the top card and luckily there was just enough magic left to make it work… Ta daaaaaa! If you really want your mind blown, I can try to transfer some magic into the dead pile over there, it’s up to you I mean I already predicted it once, it wind take some real magic to make it happen again…. Go ahead pick up the junk pile let’s see… 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 minds were blown
there s no set up, and they can shuffle the game. yes, but if after that you take the card in hands, you can put the cards where you wants. so finally i think it s like if there was a set up. but i have to admit that it s a very good way to do it and let the people think there isn t any one. i find easily how you do it, BUT only AFTER. i had to think before to understand it. at first, i was "wow". well done. a very very easy trick, but with great effect, and sure that people who don t know some magic tricks won t understand it easily. thanks to share it
The trick should be properly credited to the late Jerry Mencer. It's his "Four Way Coincidence" trick and I have been performing his version for over 30 years. And yes, it certainly does fool many magicians. The main difference is that in the beginning of your version, you perform the effect from the face or bottom of the deck whereas Mencer's version utilizes the top of a shuffled deck which then goes into the setup (aka as "looking for a prediction card") I still have Mencer's lecture notes for the effect.
To improve the trick don't take bottom card people will see it in shuffle. Take 2nd or 3rd in and use those as the count then they never see bottom card.
It’s hard to help without seeing you do it. The trick will work every time providing you follow along exactly. Learn it step by step again, don’t fast track. It’s just pin pointing the key moment you are going wrong. Feel free to link a video and I’ll take a look
Hi Matt. Love your tutorials. I,m just starting out 4 months in and I,ve had an idea to add to this effect. After the set up and before I start counting out the cards for the first part I tell the spectator I,ve thought of a name for this trick and I,ve called it “ the impossible poker hand “. I then make a second prediction, write it down on a piece of paper and get the spectator to put it in their pocket. After the fourth card is revealed I say well thats a pretty good poker hand…4 of a kind, but I did say this trick is called “ the impossible poker hand “ , after which they pull out of their pocket andread out loud ( for the purpose of your tutorial) THE NINE OF BANANAS!!! which of course doesn’t exist and makes a FIVE OF A KIND …or the impossible poker hand !!!
😂 That’s awesome man! You’ve got the right idea. You are putting your personality into the trick and that what it’s all about. You do you, be real and you’ll have a great connection with your audience. Well done 👍
I love this card trick! I’m really close to having it perfected. I want to buy a card mat but not sure what size I should get. What is your opinion? Is 12” x 17” too small for a beginner?
Thanks for your response! I went ahead and ordered the larger one, thought it would be more room to spread the cards out on the larger one. May still get the smaller one later.. I have 7-8 card tricks I’m working on, this one is my favorite once I get quicker in the setup portion!
When i do the cross cut and I lift the card after the cross it is not the card that i want it to be (for instance the card that i started the game with)
Totally! Although I’d be tempted to produce them first and then go into this. It could be a presentation such as - “let me show you how to do that, this time you’ll find the aces”
@@MattMcGurk Yes! I perform regularly at a number of Big Farmers Markets in My area (when its warmer of course). I think I will try this both as an Opener and as a follow on to a different 4 Ace Production Opener and see what gets the best reaction. Honestly I think this would be great anywhere in a series of 4 Ace effects. Cheers!
Brilliant 😊. First video, first time ever seeing your channel, that was very impressive! Thank you for showing it to us. Insta-sub, full noti's. I am looking forward to binge watching! This just happened to pop up as I opened YT and barely scrolled down, JUST when I needed it. Life is too heavy today and I was about to give up and go to bed. Not after seeing this fantastic trick, I won't 🤣 😄🤸👍
Well done Matt and THANK YOU for sharing. Your performance was very slick and the tutorial easy to follow, despite me being a left hander. I’ll be using this a lot - that I’m sure of! 👏
This is awesome but I am so confused how when they split the deck the card they split on is the card you want. They could split the deck anywhere but how does it always end up on the right card? I am tricking myself with this one
Love the trick I'm soooo close to getting it I need a bit of help. I keep getting stuck at the spelling part as for example if I spell f-o-u-r that's four letters. The card is always the fifth card if you get what I'm saying. Please help I can't impress my friends lol
an amazing trick but the only thing is most magicians know of the cross cut force but the rest of the trick might throw them off im going to perform this to a magician friend of mine and let you know what he thinks good trick as always
Is there a way you can do it without dealing the cards face up like that? If the spectator is paying attention, they will see 2 of the same card get dealt down on top of each other.
Don’t worry about that. 1. They don’t know what’s going to happen so 2. They don’t know what there are looking for. 3. It perfectly natural for 2 cards of the same number to come out together. 4 They can’t see what they don’t know what to look for. Approach it from the eyes of someone seeing it for the first time rather than someone who has learnt the trick and knows what to look for. All that being said, if that’s one part of the trick that you feel could be improved, then get creative and work out a way to do it. Great question! 👊
I remember learning a variation of this trick by Dean Dill. I believe it was called Johnny Carson's Favorite Card Trick or something along those lines. I actually don't remember every revelation, but tricks like this are great as you can reveal the four in a bunch of different ways. In fact, I thought this was the Dill trick except maybe he didnt use a cross cut force...
The card is on top of the deck to start with. Follow along and you’ll see that it’s just an illusion that the spectator cuts to that card, it’s the original top card of the deck
The cross-force cut through me off as well. I had to go look it up elsewhere to understand what happened at that part. I am glad you highlighted the move used, but I was expecting you to explain it in the video as well. So i watched it and followed from what i thought was step by step, only for it to fail. 😅 For future maybe add a quick, this is the cross-force cut breakdown, mid tutorial so we don't have to leave the vid to find it or create a tutorial for that specific move with a link so we can follow along and come back to it more easliy. 😀 Absolutely fantastic trick, though, and I am now practicing it! Ty Love the non-setup, setup tricks. It's just so much fun to be able to perform impromptu!
what if when they tell you to stop, the top card is the card you predicted? so the deck thats on top of the cross, that top card is the card that you predicted?
If you follow along, it’s impossible for that to happen, because you’ve already dealt past the two cards, one has been removed as a prediction, and one is in top of the deck.
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I found your channel and this trick today 2/27/24. After watching it a few times I broke out my deck and started learning it. I watched the video intently, pausing it at key places, making sure I counted and spelled correctly. It took a few times before I had all the counting/spelling and placement of the sections of the deck in their proper places. I'm now proud to announce, "I've got it!" Great trick! I have a function coming up on Thursday and I know this will be one of the tricks I'll have with me. Thanks so much! Now, time for more practice.
Let me know how it goes and good luck!
@@MattMcGurk It went very well! Everyone I showed it to said it was a really good trick! And they are a tough group! We have a magic club meeting on the 12th so you can be sure I'll have it with me. Now that's a tough group!
Bro can you write an essay for my homework
Please
One of the best I've seen. It's got a card trick, a prediction and a nice 4 card reveal to close the deal all while making the spectator feel like they did it all. No set up isn't the right term. Maybe no pre set, because u do it after they shuffle. The deck can then still be in rotation for another no set up trick to be performed right after that one like maybe the round and round or something fun . I prefer these so I can do a few without having multiple decks of cards. Makes it seem much more magical because it's from shuffled cards and flows better. If you're changing decks between tricks you're done. They know that deck is rigged in some way and the illusion is lost. It's not magic anymore it's just a cool card trick. Please do more of these. I want to flush out a set of nothing but card tricks that can be performed with the same deck back to back. Know it seems simple to many but I'm just now learning. I've got 4 down pat and have done the 5th twice now and getting more comfortable. I need some more please?? I love how you do it and explain these tricks. Some of the other channels explain like you already know a lot about magic and want you to do special cuts and shuffles. Then they go thru it so fast you still don't get it. Pausing trying to get your cards to match theirs. No fun. I played along with your reveal and got it to work for me first time. Easy to remember too. You have a new subscriber now. Pretty please do more of this for those of us that aren't good at pinky breaks and the myriad of positions to hold cards I've never heard of lol.
I agree. Being able to do several tricks with the same deck without any pre-arrangement or set-up is way better than having different decks for different tricks. When you start bringing out separate decks for a separate and different trick the trick loses its mystery and intrique. The audience is already watching us like hawks, they know when a different deck is brought into play even if it's the same color. As far as a word of encouragement, I certainly didn't know a pinky break from a double or triple lift, or a double-under cut to an Elmsley Count when I first started all those years ago. You'll learn. I did. Have a magical day.
There is no setup prior to the performance of the trick.
What's embarrassing is when I went through the steps, it worked, and then, shocked, I muttered "how'd I do that?"
same ahah, amazing trick
lol
Same I was like HOW
nah fr 😭
Hello Matt. I'm 71 and just starting out "exercising my hands" learning a few card tricks. You get the honor of being the first trick to learn. It's amazing how easy it is and the great effect at the end is with one of those WTF? AMAZING trick. I can't wait to master it in a few... whenever. LOL. Great video. I Subbed, Liked. and don't know anybody to share it with - sorry. Keep up the great work. Thx.
Thanks so much! I feel honoured!
That's BEAUTIFUL the way it's "set up" After the shuffle. Ingenious!
Such a clever trick! And I love your channel - thanks for your content. I spent about half an hour doing it multiple times and it’s so easy, really cool!
If you get a situation like that with your queens in the “what if” section, you can place the 2nd queen as your prediction card and then the 2nd and 3rd queens effectively swap roles. Looks more natural than reshuffling I think
That’s brilliant. Great idea 💡
@@MattMcGurk But then, you don't have any reason to go through the rest of the deck, since you already have your prediction.
@@docrocker2194From a technical perspective your correct. That’s where presentation comes in. You act a little indecisive about your prediction card, like you may want to change your mind. That justifies the continued search. There’s a bit of acting involved. However, when you get to the third card of the four of a kind, you could always cut the deck at that point so that card becomes the back card of the deck, then remove the fourth matching card as your prediction. Either way will work. Hope this helps.
I had forgotten where I first spotted this effect; I really enjoyed it! As luck would have it, you were the first one I located on You Tube. Great effect from a great teacher🎉
I have been doing this trick for years, but I think I like the original method better. I start with the pile of cards upside down in my right hand and start looking thru the cards by moving the top card to the left to my other hand. This way the FIRST card on the deck (not the bottom card) is the one I will be using. In addition, there is no reversing of this card or any others - the order you set them down stays the same as you dealt them from the pile (no subtle moves). To me, it makes the "looking" for the prediction card look very natural and normal. Great performance by you however - your slight of hand is much better than mine!
Yeah man, I get it! The original method never felt right for me as any other time I would spread the deck, I do it from the face. Just felt so unnatural. Moving the cards is pretty invisible as I’m talking with the spectator so I always do it this way. It’s different strokes for different folks! Thanks for your kind words 🙏
I'm a support worker, and I done this with a young lad I support. However, on the final reveal, I perform a double lift to reveal a different card. I then asked him to pick up one of the cards, rub it over the top of the yet to be revealed card, and use the magic phrase "Cha sha cha". I then show the card, and there is the final forth card 😊
Sounds like you are using magic in a beautiful way. Keep up the good work
"No set-up, self working" then procedes to set-up 😅 love this trick btw, and I know what you mean by "no set-up" I'm just having a laugh 😊
Exactly!! It’s from a shuffled deck, so there is no set up, as in you don’t have to pre-arrange the cards. It’s a very clever culling method and that’s one of the reasons I really enjoy this. 💪
@MattMcGurk I am actually going to use this method, as when I've done this trick before I've always pre arranged the cards 😅
It's as good as a no setup 🙂
yes, it s a very smart way to do a set up, and say :"there s no set up" ^^.
Yep. It's not set up ahead of time. Duh.
A really simple and amazing effect! Personally, I like to reveal the prediction card last; the image of them finding 3 of the same cards and me having predicted it all has greater impact. Also, after dealing the cards for them to say stop, I let them handle the cards and instruct them for the rest of the trick and make a point after that I did NOT touch the cards nor influence them to say stop or cut in a specific place. Anyways, thanks for the tutorial!
Nice touches 👌🏻
Did this on my grandparents and they loved it. Great trick❤❤😊😊😊
That is awesome!🙌
You don't need to reshuffle if the first card that matches the bottom card is too close to the bottom (as long as the next one isn't also). Let's say you want the bottom card x from the bottom, but the first match is not more than x away from the bottom. You can just:
1) push over the bottom card
2) push the matching card and all the cards above it onto it
3) push enough more cards onto that make the matching card x from the bottom
4) put that entire pile onto the table
Using this technique, there's no longer a reason to limit the position of the second card to spelling the value of the first card because it's extremely rare for more than 2 cards of a given value x to be within x of each other. So you can actually have them count to the value instead. This seems "more random" because a participant can intuit that a card's name has only a few different lengths, but there are 13 different values. (Of course, you may either want to have the deck reshuffled if an A or 2 is facing, or else revert to spelling the value in those cases--1 or 2 cards isn't enough to deal off.)
Its soooooo much fun getting my buddy with this one!! You can see his brain working so hard, but has no clue.
Thx for this one Matt 🤟🇨🇦🇨🇦🤟
You bet!
this is so cool and it seems so complicated but its so easy and simple to learn i never thouht i would get into magic but this video has changed my mind! Thanks For The Trick!
Hi matt, I'm really determined to learn this great mind blowing card trick. However I've one great idea to enhance and improve the shock value on the audience member's mind. Rather than telling them that you're selecting the card, tell them that the card they cut to is the predicter card which they blindly randomly selected, which in turn happen to match your random selection. So it gives them the power they did'nt know the possessed..
Interesting idea, it’s all about putting your own spin on it. Awesome work
I found channel today your the only card trick person who explains it so well make more videos
On the way my friend!
I've just bought my first ever deck of cards to start learning some tricks and this seems like a really good place to start! Thank you!
Welcome aboard! Enjoy the journey! Grab your cards and start binge watching away!!!
One of the best magic tricks out there
The problem is the count of 5. It is better to count by the first card, for example 4 = I only put down 4 cards. It is better to choose the lower cards from the left - the manipulation of the upper card from the right is eliminated. Flipping the card gives me a 4 and I count 4. It's absolutely natural without changing decks of cards. I use this trick to unobtrusively stack cards into another trick.
Sounds great, I’ll give it a go!
Amazing trick. Thank you!!!
Thank You. Going to use it for sure. Great trick.
Have fun!
OK I am very slow. How do you force the three when the spectator makes the cut? Miss that and still don't get it.
Follow every step with the cards in hand and you’ll get it. The cut is never completed, and you show the original top card of the deck. Failing that, search cross cut here on UA-cam.
Any card trick can be great with perfect presentation and execution.
First off, amazingly brilliant trick. Second, I’d would like to add this to my routine and lastly, what is the name of this trick? Thank you!
Thanks Matt, love your work. Have you done many “gigs”? Would love to see your work over a half hour show. Regards from Australia
I'm a pro Illusionist on Celebrity Cruises. I used to do the season over there sailing out of Melbourne. Love yoru country bro. 👊
Great trick! Polite suggestion from a professional editor: the background music is REALLY distracting and, for the most part, unnecessary - use it in your intro but not again until your extro.
Thanks John! I took this approach in my latest video and certainly felt better. Also streamlines the edit. Thanks for your advice.
You’re welcome, Matt.
New to the channel...fantastic trick! Love no setup tricks like this...thanks again!
I like doing this with counting the numbers out instead of spelling, and if I get a queen or something I just like cut the deck or reshuffle etc haha. I feel like counting the numbers out is more satisfying
I've seen a similar trick before in a different video. This one is much better.
.Matt ... I loved it ... the trick was more magical than a magic wand! Great trick! And perfect delivery from you (even if those bloody three's keep hindering your progress, nevertheless, you told a most persuasive story to keep it moving along. Bravo!
Bloody threes! Thanks so much Tony, performing to camera is a whole new ball game for me, much prefer a real audience! 😂
This is awesome. I'm going to get this one down pat. There seems to be a lot of subtle moves that you have to remember, and if you miss any of them, it won't work. But, if it DOES work, holy shit. Matt's recent video with the 20 card prediction pack is a daily carry for me.
Awesome man! Yeah just a bit of practice and you be golden! Nice to know you’re loving the prediction trick, one of my favs!
I remember trying card tricks when I was younger and this was out of the book that I did a few lousy performances on 😂
Not me shuffling my deck and then getting 3 of diamonds..
Your the only person who explains it so throughly make more videos
Beautiful trick I have my own spin; show them your prediction card first and see if the cut deck matches…. THEN have them spell it out lol!
I’ve been practicing a ton since yesterday and impressed the gf/mom with it.
I showed prediction card first.
Came up with a whole script about “since she didn’t pay attention to how many cards before saying stop, the magic could be gone and the whole trick pointless and won’t work” (while I reassemble the cut deck, key card on top.
They have to flip the top card and luckily there was just enough magic left to make it work…
Ta daaaaaa!
If you really want your mind blown, I can try to transfer some magic into the dead pile over there, it’s up to you I mean I already predicted it once, it wind take some real magic to make it happen again…. Go ahead pick up the junk pile let’s see…
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 minds were blown
It’s great that you have your own ideas with this, let me know how it goes 👍
sorry i don’t understand the part where the spectator cuts the deck how dyk they will cut it exactly to the card? thanks you, amazing trick tho
I explain the cross cut force and why it works in the video, but If you need further instruction on it, try a quick UA-cam search. Hope this helps
there s no set up, and they can shuffle the game.
yes, but if after that you take the card in hands, you can put the cards where you wants. so finally i think it s like if there was a set up.
but i have to admit that it s a very good way to do it and let the people think there isn t any one. i find easily how you do it, BUT only AFTER. i had to think before to understand it.
at first, i was "wow".
well done. a very very easy trick, but with great effect, and sure that people who don t know some magic tricks won t understand it easily.
thanks to share it
The trick should be properly credited to the late Jerry Mencer. It's his "Four Way Coincidence" trick and I have been performing his version for over 30 years. And yes, it certainly does fool many magicians.
The main difference is that in the beginning of your version, you perform the effect from the face or bottom of the deck whereas Mencer's version utilizes the top of a shuffled deck which then goes into the setup (aka as "looking for a prediction card") I still have Mencer's lecture notes for the effect.
Hey Johnny, thanks for the info on the credit. That sounds like a fantastic version of the effect, I’ll have to take a look.
But what was the point of the prediction card? Or the chosen Queen for that matter?
To improve the trick don't take bottom card people will see it in shuffle. Take 2nd or 3rd in and use those as the count then they never see bottom card.
Great trick and easy to learn in just a few tries and keeping your lesson up while learning. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Really a very nice card trick it’s so easy and a great fooler, just practice before showing…
Always!
I get very confused around the cross cut force, could someone explain that to me?
thx Matt for your video. but I tried with the Ten 10. it does not work??? solutions
with the six does not work too..
It’s hard to help without seeing you do it. The trick will work every time providing you follow along exactly. Learn it step by step again, don’t fast track. It’s just pin pointing the key moment you are going wrong. Feel free to link a video and I’ll take a look
@@MattMcGurk where can I send the video to you. which email ?? maybe..
Hi Matt. Love your tutorials. I,m just starting out 4 months in and I,ve had an idea to add to this effect. After the set up and before I start counting out the cards for the first part I tell the spectator I,ve thought of a name for this trick and I,ve called it “ the impossible poker hand “. I then make a second prediction, write it down on a piece of paper and get the spectator to put it in their pocket. After the fourth card is revealed I say well thats a pretty good poker hand…4 of a kind, but I did say this trick is called “ the impossible poker hand “ , after which they pull out of their pocket andread out loud ( for the purpose of your tutorial) THE NINE OF BANANAS!!! which of course doesn’t exist and makes a FIVE OF A KIND …or the impossible poker hand !!!
😂 That’s awesome man! You’ve got the right idea. You are putting your personality into the trick and that what it’s all about. You do you, be real and you’ll have a great connection with your audience. Well done 👍
@@MattMcGurk thanks Matt. The idea came to me in the car, and as I,ve learnt about 15 tricks now I have to give them a name so I can remember them !
I love this card trick! I’m really close to having it perfected. I want to buy a card mat but not sure what size I should get. What is your opinion? Is 12” x 17” too small for a beginner?
Not at all. Sometimes I actually prefer a smaller pad as it’s easier to put down in small spaces. I think that would be perfect.
Thanks for your response! I went ahead and ordered the larger one, thought it would be more room to spread the cards out on the larger one. May still get the smaller one later.. I have 7-8 card tricks I’m working on, this one is my favorite once I get quicker in the setup portion!
Thank you so much man. First trick I've ever learned. You're amazing at explanations.
That’s awesome! Welcome to the club!
Amazing trick! ... and your performance is great👍It also works with German letters and I will add it to my repertoire. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Thank you! So happy it works in German also!
When i do the cross cut and I lift the card after the cross it is not the card that i want it to be (for instance the card that i started the game with)
This is a very good trick
I love it! Thank you.
One could use this to produce the 4 Aces to start off a 4 Ace Routine. Awesome!
Totally! Although I’d be tempted to produce them first and then go into this. It could be a presentation such as - “let me show you how to do that, this time you’ll find the aces”
@@MattMcGurk Yes! I perform regularly at a number of Big Farmers Markets in My area (when its warmer of course). I think I will try this both as an Opener and as a follow on to a different 4 Ace Production Opener and see what gets the best reaction. Honestly I think this would be great anywhere in a series of 4 Ace effects. Cheers!
Actually a random card is better, it generates a great shock value
I saw you on the Celebrity Equinox, you are great and I’m learning lots from your course
Awesome! Thank you!
Really nice! This reminds me of Con Cam Coincidencia, I also love that.. thanks
Glad you like it! A fantastic trick by R Paul Wilson. I haven’t had the pleasure of learning it yet, but it’s definitely on my list!
Brilliant 😊. First video, first time ever seeing your channel, that was very impressive! Thank you for showing it to us. Insta-sub, full noti's. I am looking forward to binge watching!
This just happened to pop up as I opened YT and barely scrolled down, JUST when I needed it. Life is too heavy today and I was about to give up and go to bed. Not after seeing this fantastic trick, I won't 🤣
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I’m really touched by your comment. This really means a lot to me. Thank you. Lots more videos to come!
@@MattMcGurk Thank YOU for putting a smile on my face when I °REALLY° needed it 😊.
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Love this dude.
Thanks Simon!
So good fooled everybody. You just earned a sub
Great to have you here on the channel
My dude has Harry Lorayne energy when selling how great this trick is lol It's pretty good though, I will admit. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks buddy, I appreciate the compliment. Harry is a legend, one of the greats.
whats the name of this trick?
and like what do you predict?
The card you remove at the start ends up completing the four of a kind. So it is a prediction for things to come.
This is surely a great trick. It took few times to get it right. Thanks a lot :)
Definitely worth the effort!
if you get a queen, king, or jack, do you do like for example 3 cards for king or 8 letters for thirteen?
Just spell the value 👍
As in KING
How do you spell the value of face cards? Jack=eleven, etc?
You got it
Well done Matt and THANK YOU for sharing. Your performance was very slick and the tutorial easy to follow, despite me being a left hander.
I’ll be using this a lot - that I’m sure of! 👏
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much buddy!
Brilliant!
Very nice! Thanks!
my dad had the most priceless "huh" reaction lol
Amazing😮
Thanks 😄
Do lefthanders have to learn sleight of hand right handed?
Absolutely! No just kidding, just mirror my actions and you should be fine
What is a cross Cut Force
Great trick mate fantastic thanks for sharing it with us,Excellent clear instructions aswell 👍🏻
Bro you are the best
This is awesome but I am so confused how when they split the deck the card they split on is the card you want. They could split the deck anywhere but how does it always end up on the right card? I am tricking myself with this one
Hey Hunter! Because you are cutting the deck but then recutting it back to the original top card. I’ve gone in to detail in the comments below 👇
Amazing. You still need skills. I doubt I can do this. I didn’t understand the problems section. I have to watch it again.
You can do it!
I have figured out, but it's now a favourite of me tooo, will add it to my arsenal. A brilliant shock value in an impromptu trick
it's actually cool and it works
I think I find revealing the prediction card last maybe works better?
Yeah just try it out man, see what works best for you and go with it 🤘
7:38 Was this 10-second span for the short-term memory challenged?😂... sorry -- couldn't resist. Great trick, thanks.
Can u explain, trick performance by Jason call "the ring"
Love the trick I'm soooo close to getting it I need a bit of help. I keep getting stuck at the spelling part as for example if I spell f-o-u-r that's four letters. The card is always the fifth card if you get what I'm saying. Please help I can't impress my friends lol
thank you man very good tutorial
You're welcome!
It's a brilliant concept. I love Larry Jennings he is a true Master of card works.
Absolutely agree. I’m re-reading Classic magic right now and it blows my mind
@@MattMcGurk @nickaltieri77 Is this in Classic? What's it called?
@@jamescmayfieldI’m not sure. I’m re-reading classic right now so I’ll let you know when I come across it.
Thanks! @@MattMcGurk
an amazing trick but the only thing is most magicians know of the cross cut force but the rest of the trick might throw them off im going to perform this to a magician friend of mine and let you know what he thinks good trick as always
What is the original Larry Jennings trick called?
I’m not sure of the exact name, but I think it’s in Jennings Takes it Easy.
Beautiful card and trick card. Thank you so much. You can guess me some card to do magic for who as me
You are most welcome
Is there a way you can do it without dealing the cards face up like that? If the spectator is paying attention, they will see 2 of the same card get dealt down on top of each other.
Don’t worry about that. 1. They don’t know what’s going to happen so 2. They don’t know what there are looking for. 3. It perfectly natural for 2 cards of the same number to come out together. 4 They can’t see what they don’t know what to look for.
Approach it from the eyes of someone seeing it for the first time rather than someone who has learnt the trick and knows what to look for.
All that being said, if that’s one part of the trick that you feel could be improved, then get creative and work out a way to do it.
Great question! 👊
Absolute killer🎉
Neat, very neat.
It's a great opener to start a card trick show
What do you mean opener? This will be the whole show. I will do just this one trick at a party and I will be happy! 😊
How does that force the 3?
Cross cut force. Your not completing the cut and show the original top card is the deck. Follow along with the cards and you’ll get it.
Bloody brilliant
I keep failing at the 2nd reveal, I don't get the letters in the number dealt thingy. Pls help me!
He explains it at 2:55
I remember learning a variation of this trick by Dean Dill. I believe it was called Johnny Carson's Favorite Card Trick or something along those lines. I actually don't remember every revelation, but tricks like this are great as you can reveal the four in a bunch of different ways.
In fact, I thought this was the Dill trick except maybe he didnt use a cross cut force...
The trick was originally by Larry Jennings, as credited in the video. A lot of magicians have put their spin on this, this is just my two cents.
@@MattMcGurk oh I definitely concede that. Just talking about what it reminded me of!
Absolute killer
Great use of the cross cut force.
Glad you liked it! Thanks buddy!
Great little effect.
That’s the part that lost me. How the spect cuts to the card?
The card is on top of the deck to start with. Follow along and you’ll see that it’s just an illusion that the spectator cuts to that card, it’s the original top card of the deck
The cross-force cut through me off as well. I had to go look it up elsewhere to understand what happened at that part. I am glad you highlighted the move used, but I was expecting you to explain it in the video as well. So i watched it and followed from what i thought was step by step, only for it to fail. 😅
For future maybe add a quick, this is the cross-force cut breakdown, mid tutorial so we don't have to leave the vid to find it or create a tutorial for that specific move with a link so we can follow along and come back to it more easliy. 😀
Absolutely fantastic trick, though, and I am now practicing it! Ty
Love the non-setup, setup tricks. It's just so much fun to be able to perform impromptu!
A really nice trick, but i wonder, does it work in French for when we base ourselves with the number of letters?
Absolutely, same concept applies. Just add the correct number of cards to spell to the card in French 🇫🇷
what if when they tell you to stop, the top card is the card you predicted? so the deck thats on top of the cross, that top card is the card that you predicted?
If you follow along, it’s impossible for that to happen, because you’ve already dealt past the two cards, one has been removed as a prediction, and one is in top of the deck.
excellent trick, thank you for sharing it
Glad you liked it!
That’s brilliant