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Doing tricks are fun! Mr. Wizard is a card trick that you can use to mystify your friends.



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    First, recruit a friend or family member to play the role of Mr. (or Ms) Wizard. Then both of you should learn your roles and practice them a few times.
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    Tell someone that you know a person who can guess the number and suit of a card over the phone. Then, have that person pick a card from a deck. Say, for the purposes of this example, that he picks the jack of hearts.
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    Call Mr. Wizard. When the phone is answered, say, "May I please speak to Mr. Wizard?" This alerts your co-conspirator that you are playing Mr. Wizard.
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    Mr. Wizard should wait a few seconds, as if he were being called to the phone, then begin reciting card numbers: "Ace, two, three, four..." and so on, pausing briefly between each number.
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    When Mr. Wizard reaches the card that has been selected -- in this example, the jack -- say "Hello, Mr. Wizard."
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    Mr. Wizard should immediately begin going through the suits: "Spades, diamonds, hearts, clubs," again pausing briefly after each.
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    When Mr. Wizard says the name of the suit you're going for -- in this case, hearts -- say, "Mr. Wizard, would you tell my friend what card he picked from the deck?"
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    Mr. Wizard will know the card, based on when you interrupted each of his recitations. When your friend takes the receiver from you, Mr. Wizard can tell him that the card is the jack of hearts.


  • Do practice this a couple of times before trying to mystify anyone.
  • If there's some likelihood that someone other than Mr. Wizard will answer his phone, that person should be alerted to whom to direct any calls asking for Mr. Wizard.
  • If there's some confusion, Mr. Wizard should simply start the recitation again, and the caller should just come up with some other way to interrupt the recitation.

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