Awe-sum (card trick)

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Hey guys, welcome back to my channel.

[00:00:02]Today's trick is called Awesome. Got a few things on the table here, a deck of cards, one card set aside for later, and kind of a Rubik's cube looking thing that I'll talk about in a moment. But first, we'll shuffle up the deck. So, I can shuffle it myself. I can have the spectator shuffle it up with me. They can take half, I'll take half. I can shuffle up my half. They can shuffle up their half.

[00:00:24]They can shuffle it, cut it. I can cut my pile. And just to make sure the deck is thoroughly mixed, we can even swap piles. So I'll take theirs. They they will take mine. I'll shuffle up their half again just to make sure the deck is thoroughly thoroughly mixed. They can cut theirs, shuffle theirs, whatever they want to do. And we'll reassemble the deck. At this point, I would turn back around and I would hand them this Rubik's cube. Tell them to look at it.

[00:00:50]It twists and turns just like a normal Rubik's cube. And you'll notice on each tile there's a number from one to six.

[00:00:58]And as you twist it and turn it, the numbers on the sides will change. So for example, uh right now I've got 4 2 and 1 which is nine. But if I rotate it, then we have 4 3 2 and 2 which is 11. If I rotate it down here, we've got 4 2 5 and three which is 14. So every side uh the numbers and the total on each side will change every time you twist and turn the Rubik's cube. So again, I'm turned around at this point. I would tell the spectator to just twist the Rubik's cube as many times as they want until they're happy. And once they're done to just pick any side that they want. Let's say they go with this side right here. We've got a five, a five, a two, and a one. I would tell them to add that up. In this case, 13. and to remember that number.

[00:01:48]Remember 13. Don't tell me. And I would tell them to place the cube on the table with this side facing down. So when I turn around, I can't obviously see their side. So they would take their side, remembering 13, place it against the table. So I can't see it. Only then would I turn back around. Again, I don't know the numbers. I don't know what uh what what grand total 13 they're thinking of. But we're going to use their number to arrive at a special card in the deck. But first, I'm going to select a card. So, I'm going to make pile of cards here, just a handful. And I would let the spectator select my card for me. So, they can mix up these cards if they want.

[00:02:35]And the spectator can reach in, pull out any card they want for me. Let's say they take this one out. and we'll just put the rest of the cards back in the deck.

[00:02:45]Oops. Square up the deck here.

[00:02:49]This will be my special card. This card will help me in just a moment. But first, I would turn back around so I can't see. I would tell the spectator to do a couple of things. First of all, just get rid of the Rubik's cube so I can't see it. I don't want to get any clues or anything about what their number could be. Then to take their magical number and to count down to that card in the deck. In this case, 13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. They can put the rest of the deck off to the side.

[00:03:19]Again, I'm turned around. They would look at and remember this card and then hide it. Put it in their pocket under the table. We'll put it right here for now so I can't see their card. Then I would face the spectator again. I don't know what card they're thinking of. I don't know what number they're thinking of, but I'm going to try to figure it out. See, they selected a card for me, a special randomly chosen card for me. This card is going to help me figure out what number they're thinking of. Now, we have the two of spades.

[00:03:52]That's the card that they chose for me.

[00:03:55]So using this card, I'm going to get an idea that uh let's see, two is right in between the numbers one and three. So that's telling me I think your number is 13. And the spectator could then confirm that 13 was their magical number. Not only that, I know what card you selected. Again, from a shuffled deck, a number chosen by how you twisted the Rubik's cube. It's right over here. This card that's been sitting here the entire time is my prediction for what card you chose. The spectator would now take out their card for the first time, show me that they chose the four of clubs. We can reveal my prediction perfectly matching the four of clubs. Again, even though the deck was shuffled, and they twisted up this Rubik's Cube however they wanted, everything can be examined, the deck can be examined, it's not in any special order. The Rubik's cube can be examined all that they want.

[00:05:00]So, that's the effect, guys, called Awesome. Uh, really fun little prop. You can do a lot of uh mentalism and card tricks with this thing. So, check it out. Uh, and I appreciate you watching.

[00:05:08]So, have a great rest of your day, everybody, and I'll hope to see you soon.