1. Hobbies & Games  Discuss in my forum  Card Magic Tricks: The
Basic Effects   Card Magic Tricks: The Basic Effects Beyond
merely stating that "card magic tricks" are magic tricks or
effects that employ playing cards, the genre, thanks to
generations of clever and innovative magicians, has a multitude
of plots and effects that I will attempt to identify and define
in this article. Just as magic has its basic effects that
include: animation, destruction and restoration, escape,
levitation, penetration, transformation and vanish, card magic
has it’s own basic effects that fall into the following
categories.  Card Magic Tricks: Identification and Location
Perhaps the best known genre and type of card magic trick is
that where a spectator randomly selects a card that is returned
to the deck. And seemingly, there’s no way for the magician to
know the spectator’s card. However, in the end, the magician
either identifies the card or locates it. Perhaps the best known
beginners’ magic trick that follows this plot is