The Perfect Card Trick You Can’t Screw Up! (Self-Working)

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]A totally random selection found at a totally random position by the spectators themselves who will not believe what they see. This is coach [music] trick.

[00:00:16]You're about to learn a car trick that hits [music] two people at the exact same time and somehow it's completely self-working. [music] No slight of hand, just a powerful effect you can perform with any shuffled deck. This is Coach Trick, where every trick builds confidence that reaches far beyond magic. So, hit subscribe and keep moving forwards. Now, grab a deck and let's do the impossible.

[00:00:44]Okay, so as ever, let's just kickstart by taking a look at the effect itself.

[00:00:48]Now, the first thing we're going to do is just to ask a first spectator to take a piece of card or paper [music] and on here to note down a secret number, say in between 10 and 20. But it's a [music] totally free choice. And once they've noted that down, just to place that to the side on the [music] table where it will stay. You're now going to take some cards and we really do start with a shuffled deck. So, just hand [music] those to the spectator. They can shuffle those as much as they like. the cards really are mixed. We now want a second spectator to make a totally random selection. [music] So, you're just going to ask them to cut the deck into approximately two even halves, trying to get it as [music] close as possible, but it really is a free choice. So, let's say they cut the cards just about here. You're now going to ask them to select either half to use. And again, it's a totally free choice. [music] Let's say in this instance, they choose to use the half just here. We're now going to ask them to take their selected half and just to count how many cards they've cut in the pack. [music] So, they'll just count these aloud to the table. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [music] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. You can explain. We now want them to select just a single card from that pack. And to do that, you're going to ask them to add the two digits of that number together in order to get a new random number. So in this case, that would be [music] 2 and 3 equals 5. You're now just going to ask them to take the pack of cards and to count to the card at the position corresponding to that number from the bottom of the pack. So in this case, they're [music] going to count to the fifth card from the bottom and remember this as their selection. So, one, two, three, four, five. And so, here we can see the ace of clubs. Nice card. And with that remembered as [music] their selection, you can ask them just to place these cards back on the deck.

[00:02:50]And with the selection made, you [music] can now take the cards. At this point, you can just emphasize that that selection really is random. There's absolutely no way that anybody could know what number would be generated or what card would be [music] selected.

[00:03:05]Now, in a moment, you're just going to ask the first spectator to reveal their secret number. But first, you're just going to quickly demonstrate exactly [music] what you want them to do. Once they've revealed their secret number, you're just going to ask them to deal a single pile of cards to the [music] table just as follows. Dealing one card on top of the other and dealing [music] one single card at a time. And here you can just ask them to confirm that they understand. [music] With that demonstrated, you can now just ask the first spectator to bring in their secret number here, reminding everybody that this is written before any card had [music] even been selected.

[00:03:42]And you can now just ask them to open up and reveal their pre-written number.

[00:03:47]And so in this instance, we can see the number 14. And you can ask them just to place this to the side.

[00:03:57]You now ask the first spectator just to take the [music] deck and to simply deal off a number of cards corresponding to their pre-written number. So in this case, they're going to deal off 14 cards. So just as follows, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14.

[00:04:20]Now, in order to get to a single card, you're going to ask them to take the two digits of that number, to add them together, and then to deal that many cards back to the deck. So, in this instance, that's 1 and four equals five.

[00:04:31][music] They'll take the deal cards here and just deal back five cards.

[00:04:37]1 2 3 4 5. [music] You can ask them then to take the next card and just deal this to the side.

[00:04:48]At this point, you can just quickly recap that the first spectator could have [music] noted down any number. It was a totally free choice. And the second spectator from a shuffled deck could have selected any card [music] at any position. It was totally random. You can now ask the [music] second spectator just to remind everybody of their selected card. Of course, in this instance, it was the ace of clubs.

[00:05:11][music] And now you can reveal that this card here found with the spectator's own pre-written number just happens to be the ace of clubs.

[00:05:25]Okay, so let's take a look at the secret to this effect. It's super easy, so leave a comment to let me know how it goes for you. Now, you just need to start by asking a first spectator to note down a secret number in between 10 and 20. It's a totally free choice. They can note down any number. Obviously, here we can see I'm [music] using the number 14. With the secret number folded and put to the side on the table, you [music] can then just have the deck shuffled as many times as you like. You then just ask a second spectator to cut the deck into approximately [music] two even halves, but it's a free choice.

[00:05:59]They can cut the cards wherever they like.

[00:06:03]With that done, you'll then just ask them to select either half. And again, it's a totally free choice. Let's say they select the half just here. You then ask them [music] to count the number of cards allowed to the table. So in this case 1 23 24. Ask them now to generate a new number by adding the two digits of this number together. So in this case that's 2 add 4 equals 6. Ask them then just to take their selected pack here and just to count the card corresponding to that number from the bottom of the pack. So in this case, they'll just [music] count to the six card from the bottom. One, two, three, four, five, six. So here we can see the king of diamonds. And with that card remembered, ask them [music] just to place all of these cards on top of the deck. Now, at this point, if you like, you can just perform some [music] false cuts of your choice to make it look as though things really are mixed.

[00:06:58]You're now going to demonstrate to the first spectator what you want them to do by dealing [music] cards to the table.

[00:07:03]And here's what happens here. As you deal the cards, you're just secretly going to count exactly [music] 10 cards.

[00:07:11]1 2 9 10. You're then just place the rest of the remaining deck on top. The selected card is now exactly where you need it. [music] So you can now just ask the first spectator to reveal their secret number. Obviously, in this case, it's the number 14. So you can just ask the first spectator to take the deck and to deal off that many [music] cards. 1 2 13 14. [music] Ask them then just to add the two digits of that number together in order to get a new number. So in [music] this case, one add four equals five. And then from the deal cards here, just to deal that many cards back on top of the deck. So in this case, five [music] cards. 1 2 3 4 five. [music] Ask them then just to take the very next card here and to deal this to the side and they can place the rest of the cards on top of the deck. All that's left to do now is to ask the second spectator to remind everybody of their selected card as you reveal that somehow that card just happens to be [music] the card right here. In this case, the king of diamonds.

[00:08:19]And there you have it. Remember, beyond the amazement, learning magic can completely change the way you carry yourself in life. So, keep stacking those tricks, keep building your confidence, and I'll see you in the next tutorial.