In this astounding trick, you appear to have have X-Ray eyes and can immediately tell what any card is when it is face down on the table.

How It Looks To The Audience

The Magician asks a spectator to shuffle a deck of cards and give them back to him. The Magician then spreads the cards face down on the table. The Magician tells the spectator that he has X-Ray eyes and can tell what any card is, even though they are face down.

They Magician then starts naming five or six cards and places the cards in a pile. When the spectator checks the pile, he finds that the Magician has named all the cards correctly.

The trick can be done with any deck of cards.

How The Trick Is Done

Ask a spectator to shuffle the deck and give it back to you, when he is satisfied they are thoroughly mixed. However, when you take the deck back from him, secretly steal a glance at the bottom card of the deck and remember it.

Tell the spectator that you have X-Ray eyes and can tell what any card is, even if it is face down. Tell him you will prove it and spread the deck, face down on the table. However, when you are doing this, secretly remember the position of the bottom card of the deck, which you have memorised.

Ask the spectator to write down the names of any cards you identify by writing them down, so he can verify them later. Then ask the spectator to point to any card on the table and say it is the card you have memorised. Then place this card face down, to one side. Do not let the spectator see it. However, as you are doing this, memorise that card.

Then have the spectator point to any other card on the table and say the name of the second card you have memorised. Put it face down on top of the first card. However, again, as you are doing so, memorise this card.

Point to a third card and say the name of the second one. Memorise it and place it face down on top of the other two cards.

Keep on doing this for five or six cards, then tell the spectator you will pick one for yourself. Say the name of the last card you have memorised and point to the bottom card of the deck, the position of which you memorised at the beginning.

Take this card and slide it face down, UNDER the other cards in the pile of cards, so it is at the bottom of the pile.

Give the pile of cards to the spectator and ask him to check the cards with the list of cards he has written down.

He will be amazed to find that every one matches and you do indeed have X-Ray vision.