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When I was a kid, my dad had my brothers and me pick a card from a deck without showing it to him then reinsert it into the deck. He then threw the deck into the air scattering the cards on the floor and then picked our card up from the floor.

The secret? Amazing dumb luck.



Sure it's not sleight of hand? https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/v4r8ex/ex...


Yes, he was as amazed as we were when the right card came out and has (a) never replicated the trick and (2) always said it was dumb luck.

Of course, this could be a long-game illusion like the old Chinese magician or the twins in The Prestige.


I don’t know your dad of course but that meta joke would have been right up my dad’s alley.




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