Astounding Impromptu Card Trick You Can't Mess Up! 

To me, the most amazing thing of all, is that someone figured out that counting out the letters of any card in the deck will always move the 3rd card to the 5th position in a stack of nine. Like, what the hell was that person working on when they made that connection?

MLT: “You can’t mess it up” Me: *Messes it up*

Here's how that 3rd to 5th transformation works. The spectator card starts in the third position of a 9-card deck: - - X - - - - - - Let's follow it. All card values have at least three letters, so after the first move the spectator card must be third from bottom: - - - - - - X - - "of" will simply move two cards from the top to the bottom, making the spectator card fifth from bottom: - - - - X - - f o Since there are 9 cards that means it's also the 5th position from the top. This symmetry is crucial for the next step. The final move only works because all suit names have at least 5 letters. This move takes the top 5, 6, or 8 top cards and makes them the bottom cards in reverse order. Since at least 5 cards get reversed, the 5th from top card will always become the 5th card from the bottom. In other words, the spectator card doesn't move. - - - - X - - - - This symmetry and coincidence of English word lengths is why the trick requires 9 cards and not some other number.

I’ve done this trick a couple times now, and I have a personalization I use. When touching the cards, I touch the middle card first. If the spectator chooses to remove their selection, I flip it over, showing that they chose their selection again. If they choose the other card, I continue as normal. It’s always mind boggling for them when it is their choice that reveals the card

Nice trick. I would love to see more of no sleight of hand tricks

As a note, I worked 3 variances into this that I feel make it much cleaner and neater and still easy to perform. 1) When they pic thier card, I have them select a pile, then I pick up that pile and ask them to pic one of the three I am holding. Then when they are done memorizing it, I ask them to place their card onto the top of one of remaining 2 piles, then smoothly place the remaining 2 cards I am still holding on top of that pile, then that all on top of last. This is the same ordering as before, but this throws them off the better as asking it to be on bottom is suspicious. 2) When placing down cards onto 3x3 grid, I will change up the order I place them, like I may make the 5th card end up in a corner then fill it in, but memorise which ended up #5. This is a little more effort, but keeps thier card out of obvious middle. 3) My first 2 cards I pick to eliminate one will be their selection (#5) and another card. If they chose their own card, I just reveal it then as an extra neat effect, otherwise I continue as normal and never include their card in my pics again. Regardless, this is a great beginner's trick and works great!

One of the best impromptu tricks I've seen. Easy to remember. Involves the spectator. Many ways to end. Thank You MLT

Love how quick you get to the point! Good luck everyone.

one thing I love about this channel is that most of the tricks that you show on this channel are impromptu and can be done anytime anywhere anyplace!!!

I love how you explain the movements in detail, keep making videos!

MLT: "This will amaze your friends" Me: Figures out what he did while demonstrating

I like your channel, cause it's pretty straightforward. You show clear instructions on your card tricks, and it's very easy to follow. May you have many more subscribers in the near future!

I like how well you explain your hand movements so beginners can easily follow along

I love this trick! Thank you so much for teaching me it! I just started doing magic and this is one of my favourite tricks so far!

This trick is so cool! My dude, you have the best tutorials. So easy to follow and very well explained. Thank you for making these videos.

Love how well you explain the trick.

I love you and the way your card tricks are because u always get to the point

Dang, dude! That was amazing! The moment the trick ended and you revealed the last "selection," I knew this was gonna become one of my all-time favorite tricks. I also really appreciate how you show the trick and then explain it, WITHOUT so much annoying intro and self-promotion that a lot of other guys do. New to the channel, but I'm fully sold! Keep up the good work! :)

I've already been doing this trick for a while now, but I love your reveal much better than what I had been using. Thanks for improvement.

I absolutely love your videos and learned so much from them! My family and friends loved the tricks I learned from this channel, so thank you so much for teaching them to us :)

Thank you. As a super beginner doing this for fun with no pro aspirations. The tricks where I don't have to do things with my pinky or the double lift or currently at my speed. Until months from now I become more coordinated

This channel was my first entry into magic, keep up the good work!

Thank you MLT i showed this trick to my family and they were sooo shocked thank you 😃

Love learning your card tricks. You make it seem very easy.

It is great that it is a no set up card trick so that you don't have to know any false cuts or false shuffles. And you're vids are always right to the point and you're not rambling on about nothing.

Excellent !! A self working trick that really has a sweet ending.....thank you

Love this trick

I've seen this trick performed dozens of times on RU-vid as the Lie Detector, but I was always dissatisfied with its ending reveal. Your ending is much better! That force where you and the spectator take turns eliminating cards adds the extra layer of tension this trick needed.

My new favorite card trick teacher on RU-vid!

I love the way you explained how to do the tricks DON'T stop

Awesome tricks and tutorials!!! Thank you

I had noooo idear pls do more like this

This trick seems perfect for me. Thanks so much.

You are so great at explaining your great tricks!!!

Hell with the trick! You just taught me how to count, thanks!

I really like how easy your card tricks are to do! They're really awesome!

Great trick. I'm going to have to try this one

Thank you! Interesting the part of selection between public and I.

Very cool trick, nicely performed and explained. Thank you!

I'll definitely practice this one and I'll perform at for my mom this weekend. I can hardly wait!

Your channel is probably one of the best most of the tricks which u teach are improptu which i jst love about your channel keep growing you r one of the best

You inspired me to pick up card tricks. Great video!

Great card trick. I love it for my friends. Thank you

I like that ur channel is simple and straight to the point🤯❤️

I use all these tricks myself, and they are amazing!

This Channel really helped me to impress a lot of people with " my tricks "

I'm in love with your tutorials!! So glad this trick works in Italian too! :)

This trick is insane!!! I performed it once and got many great reactions! Thx so much!

I really like your tutorials because they are not too difficult to learn and yet they are quite impressive. Thanks for shthem.

Amazing self working card trick. Love it.

How wonderful to hear Mr. telephone we speak love you guys

Nice trick, another way of doing the 9 card trick. Yes Gaffed Academy. Well performed as well by you..👍👍👍👍

Super trick bro Nice one Make more like these Best one of the self working tricks

I like your teaching methods..... easy to understand and fun to watch.....

Love the trick can’t wait to preform

Wow this actually works really well! I’m always suck at card tricks but I can actually do this and it has worked every time

Awesome card trick thank you 😊

Hi MLT! Just wanted to let you know that I love ur vids and they are really helpful!

Thanks for the videos... learned a lot from you..

Pretty cool lil trick, took a few short minutes to learn, mainly just the part where the selection ends up in the middle of the 9, the rest was self explanatory from there going to see how the kids like this one later when they get home from school :P

I love this trick. I made it my own and gave it a murder investigation theme. This is a really fun, easy and amazing trick

I love all your awesome tutorials!!! Amazing!! 😀😀

Nice trick! Thanks so much for teaching it! I fooled my Grandpa with this!

You guys are my best youtubers and you have really help my magic epic since i have been following you

Pretty good trick. Thank you

I love ur channel so much. These are amazing tricks. I fooled about half my school with ur tricks

Ur great man. Such a awesome teacher & magician. Thx

That was amazing!!!!!!!!!! And I did it. Thanks so much.

Amazing, I tricked everyone without worrying whether or not I would mess up. Thanx 😃

Very good trick. Very clean. Good job again.

keep up the good work! you explaned it realy well

Such a cool trick⚡️

I discovered the canel yesterday and I love it already

This is actually a great effect

I loved that trick awesome man😉

Another great, trick Thanks

Wow insane trick! And so easy to do!

New to your sight. Great stuff. Thanks

Yes after so long waiting for a new magic tricks

You rock MLT!!!!

I'm definitely working on this one.

In the preformanse i did the same as you and we had the same card. i'm glad that i watched what card it was

You have the best magic card tricks on this channel I always watch your vids after school and I am an og

Wow bro...!!! That was really coooll....!!! Keep it up man...!!

Amazing trick bro ....Probably the world's best trick.

knew this trick but forgot the setup and was glad to find it. The way I was taught it ended with spelling out M-A-G-I-C with the "C" being their card and if you had 2 spectators you asked one to give a suit and the other the number which works great too. You also can ask them if they want to change their minds before going forward. Really effective. I like the random card choice from the remaining deck too. subscribed.

Nice trick bro.Please teach some more self working tricks like this .You are really amazing hats off!!!!!

Awesome card trick I’m just starting magic and I’ve been showing people this and there blown away by it. Also I got monkey in the middle love that people are what the how these two tricks alone are giving me confidence to try other tricks I also have threes a crowd again very good.

You chose the third pile and I too.Then I mixed it and chose the first card and it was queen of clubs THIS IS REAL MAGIC

I love your magic tricks How do u always come up with such amazing tricks?

Amazing! Thanks

i swear this guys amazing

I’d like to see more of these self working tricks.🙂

This trick is mind blowing 😨👏

I do most of your tricks on my parents and it works so good 🎉

Always the best!

My favorite kind of tricks! 👏🏻

Finally..... a trick I can do clean, with no talent or setup....”de novo”, no deck manipulation.... no slight of hand. And it is a really good, “deep” looking trick. Many distractions and confirmations for victims. Thank God for the math that makes this possible. This will be really fun at the next dinner party! Thanks so much!

I love your channel broe....you teach great magic tricks....keep up the good work broe...

Your channel is awesome and your card tricks are very easy to do.