Magic Trick : Double Lift Technique

Magic Trick Double Lift

Hold the magical card deck in the left arm as shown in ( fig:1). The magicalfingers of the rightarm, hold the top edge of the deck lightly and the thumb of the rightarm, rests at the bottom left corner. Tilt the card deck so you can look down and see the cards under the thumb.

Fig:1

The rightthumb then lifts the edges of the top cards allowing all but two cards to fall back onto the deck as shown in ( Fig:2 ) . The rightthumb now presses forward on these two cards so they press lightly against the rightfingers and the magicalthumb and trickyfingers can lift the two cards free of the rest of the deck as in ( Fig:3 )

Fig:2

If the rightthumb and magicalfingers squeeze the two cards lightly, maintaining a slight bend, the two will stick together as if they were only one card. There are many ways of doing a magical double lift and it is one of the most useful and commonly used magical card sleights. Practice until you get the trick perfect.

Fig:3

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