David Blaine's Card Tricks Revealed
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2012
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It's so strange seeing him explain it.
It's beautiful
Its actually brilliant.
Why?.... Didn't u get it...... Me neither.... But I will try by saving it to my playlist......
Love it how he explains the whole 9 yards and people are still looking' at him like HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
+Punditube I guess the concept is still alien to people who are not used to handling playing cards. Just like lay people don't realize that merely cutting the deck doesn't exactly change the order of the deck.
It's because he incepted the f out of those people. The dude kept drawing 8's and then David said "if you went one more or one less it's a 6 or jack, but he drew an 8 so we are good" and they are all thinking... "But what if he didn't"
Card trick within a card trick..
@@GoldCaesar It takes a lot of psychology and the ability to control the situation. I've seen another card trick where someone started asking a question and if they should do something else and he quickly grabbed the cards and did a big wingspan with his arms and said "So we got the card, and now what I'll have you do is......" It was really smooth and I wouldn't have noticed if I haven't been watching him a lot.
He lost me at the 8 card
I believe you meant to say the whole 9 CARDS...
Does anyone else feel really fucking stupid right now?
Unfortunately, yes. I think even the lady was confused once he was done. I think he fucked up somewhere... than just conintued knowing nobody would understand HAHAH!
Binstur nope he didn't mess up anywhere. Did it perfectly.
The audiences in the office sure are depressing to show tricks to.....
Itta PuPu Butts office life is boring af
@@tropical9913 haha
i swear to god they are. but those gigs are depressing AF. you gotta be a pure extrovert corporate tool to enjoy working there.
Their personality and soul has been beat out of them by H.R. continually vomiting the words "As per company policy".
@@williamo.2519 100% agree, warehouse employees or even people that work in the sewers are way more human.
Kudos to him for explaining his tricks - It in no way detracts from how talented he is at his craft.
Yeah... That's right..... Agreed.... Well said.... Copy that...
No matter how many times someone explains how he does it, I'll always be amazed by David... every single time!
Me too.... Always..... KUDOS to that....
He explained the whole thing and I still don't know to get it😂
+Jay r you ride the short bus, dont you?
+Big Jon R U? LOL
+Jay me too xD
+Jay and i like this kind of magic trick more. because even if the explanation is hard to understand, The trick would be harder to be figured out.
+Jay yeah what if it was a jack?
This is the first card trick I've seen that is actually even more impressive when you know how it's done.
I'm still amazed at how fast he interlaced the cards.
thomasw78 slight of hand is a necessity in magic.
thomasw78 faro shuffle. But a mini one
Faro shuffle
20 years of deck handling make it look easy.
Yeah, that's the real magic here...I wanted the video from the start, just to see how he did it but the camera
angle was bad.
Blaine is one of the greats, and this proves it. He shows you how a simple trick can provoke astonishment, in the hands of a capable performer.
It frustrates me how goddamn boring that crowd was.
Not even black people
They were at Work though
way different environment, then being in arena. Prepared for a night of magic
If the person picked an even card you just pick the top card from the deck they were taking it from instead of the one they are dealing into their hand. That way you will always get the cue card.
dang I was wondering how he would go around that problem, thanks man!
Thanks
Thank you so much!
Huge thanks
But if the girl cuts the deck after 16 cards, and the guy chooses the 18th card, for example, how to handle it?
The more impressive part is remembering people's names that you just met.
Blaine's act is so casual that ppl have no idea how ridiculously smart he is! Awesome stuff
I can't believe I just seen David Blaine explained one of his own tricks
I'm more confused than I previously was after hearing the explaination
uzef73 lmao so was I until I watched it again and now I understand.
I also was lost in following his directions. This is why I just enjoy the magic instead of figuring it out.
He's basically using some psychology on them, dividing the decks, setting an indicator card at 8 cards away so he knows he can count 1-7 then go, now turn over the card in your hand. How he interlaced or seperated the colors I can't remember. I think he did a card trick at the end to troll the group.
@@NoNewfriendss you didn’t understand the explanation of the trick
he's correcting an error of +1 on both sides by telling you which card to pick either the next card or the current, this allows him to control the result very easily since it's either a 9 or an 8, and the card will be a 9 or 8 if it's an odd card
Theres the magic even in his explanation. Truly a magician!
I was looking forward to seeing David's greatest trick, that is, a snap of his fingers and the office crowd comes alive...but regrettably he did not do it LOL LOL
4:57 She didn't get it.
she did, the next day.
Sinkatze me 2
Lol I was scrolling the comment section for this one. 1.) She didn’t get it. 2.) I didn’t want to feel like the only idiot who watched this video and also didn’t get it lmao
Sinkatze No one there did. I didn't either.
did you?
If I did this with my asshole friends, they would go through the 'indicator' card deck until the very last card. What then?
hahaha so true
Zeemas yea I have been in the same situation, they would just screw you up
lmfao
Stick the indicator cards up their asses
beat the fuck out of them they a pussy
i dont get it
Can't get enough Blaine's magic thanks for the video.
Simply the best at what he does, David Blaine and Ricky Jay, two of the best , RIP Ricky Jay, Keep it up Mr Blaine, we need your magic now more than ever.....
Great video editing
Everyone who didn't get it - at 4:55, the trick is that even though he explained it, the one that Ryan decided to stop at and the one that is in the lady's hand, they are both the same 8 of clubs!
What if the guy kept going. The trick wouldn’t have worked?
People that are confused on the second part. Blaine proposesly makes each even or odd card a 8 or 9 (so if the 2nd person choose a card that more than the 16th card, it wouldnt work). So when he asks the 2nd person to "stop", he can either choose the card that the person placed down or the next card, which will always be 8 or 9. The card the lady put on was the 9th position on her spilt, so he can say either the 8th or 9th position is her card (flip 8 cards and then say next card is hers or flip 8 cards and then say the 9th is hers).
So what does he do when someone goes further than the 16th card?!?!? How does he correct it?
Watch his hands from 4:50-5:00 his hands are in a position where it looks like he's holding a deck and pointing to a top card. His whole body andoes subconscious shows how much he does this and it's absolutely wonderful.
Thank you David for your generosity!
ok but how did he make that girls forehead so shiny?
popp1nbottlez oh my! you're funny!
popp1nbottlez she's hot
popp1nbottlez stop playing
she's fine AF, really, but nobody else in the whole video is hot and sweaty or shiny. I'm just saying grab a paper towel before you get on film lol
Its not shiny, its actually white paint!
David Blaine is a legend among other magicians
Basically on both decks, you are telling them to reveal a card based on the fact if they drew out an odd or an even amount. Say the first person dealing, (which is the second half of the deck) delt 12, because it is even, you want them to reveal the card that was to be delt next. That way, they would pull out one of the 8's or 9's that you set you secretly set in a certain order in the deck. If it were odd, you would want them to reveal the card that had last been delt because it would reveal one of the 8's or 9's that secretly set in a certain order. Now since you put the chosen card (like the "Ace of Spades" in the first example) 8 cards after in the deck, you will be able to convince people that the 8 or 9 was an indicator of where the chosen card was in the first deck. If they drew a 9, you would have them place 8 cards in your hand and then reveal the chosen card which is next in the deck. If they drew an 8, you would have do the same, and no one would think "oh but the card was a 9 not an 8", BECAUSE 8 is still a relevant number in the trick because you had them place 8 cards in your hand.
Really neat editing Esquire
Now teach me how to levitate
just live in space and voila
Look up Balducci levitation
Teach me how to dougie
I can tell you how the levitation in the street trick was done for his TV special but you're gonna be disappointed. For the audience in the street, he's just doing this very simple effect of standing up on 9ne foots tip toe and the foot next to it you raise the heel up at the same time. It gives the illusion of a tiny levitation, of about an inch or so. That's whst the street audiences are reacting to. The actual shot of him rising high up in the air was shot later or earlier in the week when no one was around, using g a wire system. Then it's edited into the final cut. It's quite fraudulent really. So no one is actually seeing that high levitation on the wires but the crew. TV editing in other words.
@@spookyencounters9392 that's your theory in watching other doing the tricks with obviously not smoothly done, in reality we don't how? but explain the ice pick piercing through your own skin and there's no even drop of blood spilling out?
I think the trick really happens when he explains it. Because regardless they keep landing on the correct card each time with 2 other cards they can't use.
@JamesGrant700 Take the top card from the OTHER pile. If they count out an odd number of cards, the 8/9 will be on top of the pile that they just dealt (i.e. the guy's hand that was used as a table) but if they stop on an even number take from the top of the pile that the counter is still holding (i.e. the dude in the sports coat) at any given time there will be an 8/9 on top of one of the decks just take from the correct deck. It's all about counting and PRETENDING you're choosing randomly
Verry nice done! 👌👍😉👏
she was so confused at the end!
When he was explaining that my mind was like ?????wat did he just say????? And then my brain died
@MegaAlena1234 No, watch when he does it the first time, after the guy is done counting out the cards onto that guys hand, David asks him if he's sure, and he says no and counts one more, then David takes the card from the counters hand, not from the pile he just dealt. So, since every OTHER card is an 8 or 9, the card on top of either pile will be an 8 or 9, you just have to be sure to take the top card from the correct pile.
Mr Blaine is Kind hearted too, Very COMPASSIONATE.. Tooo 🙏
Those people were so clueless. I bet not one person in that room understood what he was talking about haha
That's amazing. I still barely know how this is done.
I believe that you just switch which card they flip over. If it is odd, you flip the top card from the pile they dealt face down. When even the face up card is not 8 or 9, but the top card still in their hands is either 8 or 9. The number of cards dealt out dictates which pile to flip from for the indicator card. He kinda skimped on that part of the explanation, but that is why he asks them to be sure so they don't just flip the card from the pile they dealt down. Make sense?
That trumpet song at the end is hilarious
the sound effects at the beginning and in the end..
it was like a music from a superman movie lolss
Those confused with the 8 and 9 thing here is a simple step by step instruction, way hope u get it
you remember David placed one random card between 8s and 9s like eg: 8 hearts, A clubs, 8 diamonds, 3 hearts, 8 spades, 7 diamonds, 8 clubs, 2 hearts, 9 clubs, J diamond, 9 hearts, Q spades, 9 spades, 4 club, 9 diamond, K diamond
Memorise the pattern and say the dude starts dropping cards lets say in the sequence from the example I gave (start from 8 hearts) stops somewhere at 2 hearts (see my example) now U know you cant use the last card he dropped right? so what you do.. you make the next card (the last one he didn't drop) which is a 9 clubs (see example) and Yes u positioned it in a way that after 8 cards you tell them to show the card right? but since its 9 just say pick the 9th card. Again if it was an 8 then say pick the card after 8 cards,
thanks man
Thank you
Dave is such an awesome dude.
your trick was asome nice job keep doin magic tricks!
I was lost the first time but watchin it the second time i felt silly cos its so easy to understand then, hes basically planting the indicator card as an 8 and planting the card the woman picks in the 8th position of the pile
*planting the indicator as an 8 or a 9 :P is it?
"its very good, Its a damn good one" lmao this trick is amazing. Took me like three replays to understand his explanation. Really cool trick though.
He explains it at the very end of the video. Basically you keep track of the cards when they are being dealt. So at all times, there will be an 8 or 9 available in which you would instruct the person to flip (either on top of the deck or on their palms).
Omg besides him teaching a fan This Is the first time ever I seen him explain one of his go to tricks let alone a trick cuz he is not one to do that wow I been s DB fan since the mid 90s when he came on the seen and I'm a magician cant believe I just found this video so late lol and cant believe he gave this one away lol I think its hella dope learning from 1 of the best
l still want to know about the harrison ford one...
Ford was in on it. He "acted" very surprised didn't he? Well he's an actor after all.
Ford wasn't in on it. The very fact that people resort to that belief is testament to the lengths a magician will go to deceive the spectator. Procuring a card from a fruit is a known trick, and it requires a LOT of preparation.
*****
Actually, it really doesn't. The card in the fruit wasn't the part that has me stumped, he probably just palmed it in.
The fact that he knew what card Harrison would pick and had it removed from the deck before the fact was what got me.
Scarecrow545 Goggle "Card Forces" or just look for tutorials on you tube.There's plenty of ways to force a certain card on a person. Then you have that same card (a duplicate already in the fruit. The part I think Ford may have been in on was the piece of fruit he chose. I guess they could have put identical cards in every piece of fruit on the counter. Or they replaced every piece of fruit on the counter with ones with the pre selected "force card in them. Then swapped them all while DB distracted Ford. Anything is possible.
Nola213
I know what a force is. The fact that he asked Harrison to verbally tell him a card without his ever touching the deck pretty much makes it clear he couldn't have forced one (unless there was other stuff said or done off camera that we haven't seen).
As for getting the card in the fruit, like I said, more likely he just palmed it in as he was separating the two halves.
0:40 the girl standing behind, her forehead is brighter than my future
@NeoBlackProtocall you keep count. if he deals out an odd number, use the one of the top that he dealt out to. if he stops on an even number. use the next card in his hand. same concept as 'if you choose 8 that's good, but 9 is even better' - multiple outs
Nobody reversals David Blaine tricks other than David Blaine 😂
The interesting part about this is when he reveals the trick he talks really fast
he just explained to you ,how to not do what you don't need to do so you can do it the way he did .
this trick definitely has one of the best effect/effort ratios
For people who dont get it, i had to watch it twice. David Blame plants the Ace/Target Card, 8 spots away in the first deck.
Then in the other hand he is controlling the outcome on what card gets drawn to get an 8 or 9. And he will use that to count in the first deck.
Boring crowd
still didn't get it. how'd I end up.....nvm
I already knew this trick and it is definently one of the better ones
@JamesGrant700 well i was thinking at that to and when i did it that happened, i said turn the last card you took, that would be the 8 or 9, not the next one as they should
I love their reactions, must be a CPA company.
It looks like it's Esquire magazine HQ.
Whoa you're comment is from 5 years ago!
@@nofurtherwest3474 6 now
Don't believe his lies! His power obviously comes from the blood of Kthulu's victims: virginal women, infant children, and fluffy puppies.
Lol, I was watching videos of this guy who thought some magicians (including David) uses demons to do his magic.
Dude that is ridiculous .... it is supposed to be fluffy puppies dipped in syrup
I know right, what a fool!
yeah dude obviously.
Are you talking about Chriss Ramseys tutorial how to sell your soul to the devil and improve your card magic?
Very cool! Im gonna have to remember this one
but what does he do if the guy dealing the "indicator cards" stopped on 6 of hearts??..or the Queen???
So I get it but what if they go past the first 16 cards then you're screwed...
that's not gonna happen because all the people around you are waiting for you to stop. So you have a higher chance of picking a card in first 10. This is why the bigger the public the easier the trick.
Chris Pecoraro you could use the jokers, leave them on top, and if by chance they pick one the the top two cards just say " well those don't count, the card has to have a value, my mistake. I forgot those were in there"
Or use 9s and 10 and face cards stating that the face cards are all worth 10....just an idea.
what?????
@Skyriiing Ah yes I see, clever thinking :) That should work fine, thanks!
He could explain it with the cards facing up and still get puzzled looks
Its actually his cool dude demeanor which is so off putting, he is extremely intelligent and always his mind is working on how to make the trick possible. But yet his outlook is so relaxed that you wouldn't think a person that calculative and smart is interacting with you.
I’m even more convinced it’s magic. 🤷🏼♂️🤔
Lol!!
sweet!!! added to my tricks for friends and family
@ZerolsMany Thanks for the tip!
What if the guy wanted to count down to the very last card in his hand and it was a King for instance? He's way past the 8s and 9s - what then?
ThePubliusValerius You knock him out and stare at everyone else in silence.
I rather he DID NOT explain it , cause he made it more complicated . Gotta give him credit for fucking with our minds.
mickavellian u must be slow
LOL - And you are so fucking GAY Tinkerbell. LOOK at the pic. Einstein you are not
LOL them ppl are so confused at the end! :D
i got the trick but how do u make them stop on a 8 or 9 . if anybody knows plz let me know
Just tried this trick and got rumbled straight away. They wanted to see me shuffling the deck in front of them......obviously can't do this with pre-prepared deck. Instant fail :(
Learn a few false shuffles, the easiest one which is really effective is the swing cut false shuffle. Gets you out of lots of situations
Sounds effective mate, but my audience (i.e. sisters) are a tough crowd and want to physically shuffle the deck themselves haha!
TheRleslie Just remember you are the magician and you are running the show not them :D
Just do a false cut or shuffle
Ernesto m that's not how you treat your audience, buddy! You need to go beyond them, beyond their freedom to succeed in magic! If a magician was performing in front of me, I would ask to shuffle the cards myself, of course! Who would trust a magician? The only magician I trust is Gob (from Arrested Development) hahahahahaha!
I still don't get it, so the second time was he not suppose count 11 cards revealing the card but he still stopped at 8 cards wth 🤔
The counting of the cards is for the magician/performer, because he knows where the 8's/9's are.. As he said, odd ones on the pile are the que cards (indicator card) 8's/9's.
It's very cool to see David Blaine reveal a trick.
@MrAlinDj its easy, pause the video, drag the time to 0:0 at the beggining of the video, hold the right arrow key on the pad, and then press up or down arrow key, dont let the snake touch the sides or top or bottom, you can then controll the snake with the arrow keys and keep doin circles or something, you can do it in any youtube video
The girl on the left behind him looks lost and disgusted 😂
Ahhhh, I get it.
I don't get it. - Jon Tron
Hahahahahahahahahahah wtf
I still didn’t quite understand it but bravo to him. I’ll be seeing some of his videos.
than u say turn the first card (from the pile in his hand)and it will be an indicator card,
if its an odd number than he turns the card from the pile that is not in his hand
Still didn't understand.
Its awesome, the key here is that on 3:11, he places whatever your card is on the 8th place of that deck. Then on the 2nd half of the deck there are four 8's and four 9's in the odd positions eg: 2 8* 4 9* 5 8* 11 8* 7 9* etc... So, as long as they stop at 16 (or 17) then there's bound to be an 8 or a 9 there. and voila!
@@missionpupa What should I do if the audience stoped at the wrong sequence when she is counting the indicators?
All I can see is the glare on the forehead of the girl in the back
😂
Now I can’t unsee it.
Awesome split spades deck!
You would make the same move as the reveal of the card...So if they stop on the "even" card, you have them turn over the card with the odd card on top (this might be the pile being dealt on the table or the pile in the hands of the spectator)...For instance, if they were dealing and they stop with the 8 or 9 in their hands (you know where the 8 or 9 will be) then you turn over that pile, if they stop and the 8 or 9 is in the pile that has been dealt then you turn over that one and go from there
If I ran esquire and saw this video, I’d fire every one of them.
The women in red at 4:58 did not get it ahahaha
+Gorzchno maybe when you see it the first time you get lost, but then is fine
Lmao she was lost as fuck
@animeboy001 Yeah I have that deck too. You can buy it online. It's called the "Split Spades" deck. It has a joker card of David playing cards with the devil, a couple more jokers, a trivia card, and some special face cards in the deck along with really cool designs and super smooth feel.
The lady at the end was like....."I'm lost..."
A magician never reveals their tricks.
Its a garbage for him.
How's that possible?
Unless you are Penn & Teller
Where did you hear that? I've been a magician for many years and we reveal tricks all the time. We do NOT reveal them during performances (except Penn & Teller) or to casual observers who just want to know how it's done. Posting them on CZcams allows those of us who want to learn to do so without spending a fortune.
u kidding? THEIR trick, not other tricks that he might have learned
Wonder if he could make Trump disappear
Nope. But Trump will put the DemonRats into prison with this up-coming Mueller hearing. The DNC is the enemy of all that is American. F**K the left. Drain the swamp. You already lost 2020...
So what happens if you stop on an even number that the person deals out?? How does that change the effect/outcome of the trick; and if it doesn’t then why doesn’t it?
@MegaAlena1234 just say that the card on top of the pile (the stuff he hasnt gotten rid of) is the indicator instead of the last one dealt