Magic Tricks

It’s difficult to say much about this trick without giving away part of the secret, but suffice it to say, these cards are gaffed in an absolutely incredible way. The spectator really can name any card in the deck and it’s the only face up card in a hand of poker and it has a different colored back!

I don’t usually do “packet tricks”, but I WILL perform this one! I’ve always thought it was strange to pull a few cards out of a cheap plastic wallet and do a trick with them. I just feel like that puts a lot of heat on the cards.

But with The Only Card that Matters, it’s presented as a prediction trick and it makes perfect sense to have a prediction isolated in a simple, clean white envelope.

It’s important to note, the spectators can not examine the cards. But if someone asks me to see the rest of the cards, I’ll hold them to my chest and say, “You obviously don’t play poker much. Any good player knows not to tip his hand.” And then I’d slip the cards back into the envelope as I remind them that they had a free choice of any card in the deck, but I correctly predicted exactly which card they would choose.

Rick is one of this generation’s best creators of magic and he really lived up to that title with this elegant creation. Thank you, Rick, for the countless hours that you obviously put into this effect! What a marvelous payoff!