Card Prediction Trick

To perform the Card Prediction Trick, you will needed, obviously, a deck of cards. The first thing to do is rig the deck. You will need any 5 card, three random cards, and any three cards of a kind (three 7's for example) all on top of the deck. Most audiences will believe the deck isn't rigged if you shuffle, so a fake shuffle that does not disturb the first seven cards is recommended for this trick.

Now, this trick is based off of a prediction card that you take out of the deck (in this case a 7) and hide it from the view of your audience (any size). Next, ask someone to cut the deck into three equal pieces as best they can and tell him/her to flip over the top card from each pile onto the table. So that your audience knows that you didn't "RIG" the deck, you can say, "Those are wonderful choice you have made," or something along those lines. Then, pick up a deck and place the same number of cards as the number from the chosen card under the deck (A=1; J,Q,K=10). After that, place a card on top of the other piles. Do the same for the other decks, but make sure to leave the deck with the chosen 5 card as the last deck you do this to. At this point you may tell your audience your prediction card, and after that tell them to flip over the other top cards from the three decks. The cards should be the same number (or letter) as your prediction card.

~The Magician of the Street