The Most FAMOUS Mind-Reading Card Trick, Revealed! Mentalism Tutorial 

Just performed this on my husband right after I learned it. I wasn’t sure if I executed it well (thought I messed up on cutting the deck) anyway his card was the 6th!!!!! He was blown away and couldn’t figure out how I did it

This is a solid effect. Certainly one of those tricks that could shut up the occasional "I know how you did that" spectator

I have friends who will wait the entire deck to tell me they've chosen a card -_-

I am a professional magician. I haven't tried it nor did I have a deck of cards while you explained it. Theoretically it's amazing. Your explanation was perfect. Take you for sharing.

This man is so kind & generous to teach us such amazing routines for free I was never really interested in mentalism card tricks as they are too messy for me to remember, but your routines are so slick & easy that they are turning out to be my best tricks

An *excellent* presentation: clear, great tempo, nicely paced, main points emphasized, every part given; distinguishing what you know and what "they" know. wow! Many thanks! Really well done!

what i also like is that you perform the trick in real life to random people ... and then show the tutorial ... its something else ... not like most youtubers do it by performing the trick for themself on camera !!! You should have more followers ...... i just looked at your performance like 3 times to see exactly how you do it ... perfect ... 70 % of the trick its in your charm ... the way you talk ... great performer ... thumbs up !!!

I sat on this for a year. I watched this periodically over and over again. I practiced and still wasn't doing it justice. (I was thinking to much and it didn't look natural to me.) I could do the effect. But it was stagnant. I had to get rid of those little pauses and speed bumbs. (That came from thinking about what comes next while at the same time talking all at once.) Once I got my mouth to do one thing and my hands another. I had reached my goal! Like Spidey said, "Make it second nature where you don't have to think about it." Now this too has become one of the go to Impromptu effects I do! Thanks Spidey for sharing such a wonderful effect.

Guys. Remember; although in METHOD there’s a process, in EFFECT it’s extremely simple and direct. Be casual with it. Don’t make it seem methodological. And this. Will. KILL!!! Who has questions?

I normally don’t comment on videos, but this was gold. I’ve done “Out of Sight Out of Mind” for years... and while I love it, I always hated the extra step as well. Just felt like it was a little awkward and clunky. This version is awesome! Feels so clean. Can’t wait to start using it. Thanks for the vid, man!

Thanks for showing this! Out of sight out of mind is one of my FAVORITES! I learned it on Michael Ammar’s ETM Card Miracle Series Forever Ago. This really is a smoother variation - nicely done brother!

It's so kind of you to teach such amazing tricks for free. Dont think we can get this for free anywhere else.

I am so proud of myself. After a year of first seeing this. I finally got it. I must have had a major brain fart myself. I was making this trick harder than it is. Now I appreciate it even more! THIS IS A VERY GOOD STRONG CARD TRICK! Thank you very much Spidey for sharing .

In 1963 i was reading Dai's column in Genii magazine. Have you ever seen some of those old articals he did? There are so many gems floating around in those, sometimes between the lines. I still have like 5 years of old Genii mags from those days. Sometimes i'll pull one at random and read his thoughts for that month. Really an amazing man!! Thanks for sharing this Spidey its a fantastic effect...!!! I hope the younger readers appreciate just how easy it is to find this kind of instruction now. It hasn't always been so.

I never thought I would be interested in doing card tricks before today. Thanks for changing my mind and for sharing this.

I have spent so much money on all the new card tricks but this one is still one of most powerful. Great new version. Thank you Spidy

I gave my friend a deck of cards, then made them shuffle it. Then I asked him to think of a card (they still had the deck in their hand) after that I made him choose a number between 1 and 52. He chose a number so I told him to start counting from the top of the deck until he reached his number (cards face down, also the deck was still on his hand). He counted the cards and when he reached the number I told him to reveal the card. It was his chosen card. His expression of pure disbelief was awesome, same as mine because it was just pure luck.

Man, Ive known who you were from Chris Ramsays channel and from Wizard Wars but this video definitely just convinced me to subscribe. Not usually in to the mentalism thing but this is just so clean and a good method leading to an impressive effeflct.

thanks a lot!! i have been always wondering about the method of mind reading their card, but never actually get to learn it. its amazing.

Yeah this is a solid effect that you wisely performed without any theatrics or bullsh*t psychological "explanations". I use a slightly different method that relies on the same principles. I'm also careful to manipulate their memory of events by asking, "You mixed the deck yourself and could have thought of any card in it, right? Does everyone here agree?" (they always do) which strengthens the reveal, while causing them to forget that their choice was strictly limited to only a handful of cards, none of which you needed to know in advance. I'm not a fan of mentalism so only have like, three such effects in my whole repertoire, but this is one of them.

I love your effects man. Even after you explain them, they still leave me in awe and amazement.

I love this. In card magic, i often feel like - even though very hard routines are beautiful, take Michael Vincent or Shin Lim for instance, what they do is art - a simple effect with a simple method can be just as powerful.

Absolutely love this! Think of a card tricks are so rare and this one seems so natural. Can't wait to perform this!

bro no matter how hard i try I can't get that double undercut fast and smooth whatsoever. I've been here for two hours man i rly wanna learn this

I am a just starting-out magician, thank you so much for the head start! You get my subscribe!

That is a genius technique! Either way, you are guaranteed to have their card but they just think it's really mixed up! 😁

Not only you share cool tricks, you also suggest books! Really love this channel ❤️

"woooww" This is the only thing that came in my mind after seeing this You are so amazing Dope🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🙌👏

This trick makes me realize how much magic has in common with other creative endeavours, like writing, making music, or programming. It's about taking a variety of component pieces, knowing how they work intimately, and putting them together to make miracles.

I learn all my card tricks from you and show them to my family and family. They get very impressed. Kudos to you Spidey for uploading many tricks.👍👍

I remember seeing this dude when I was in college. It's pretty amazing the things that he can do!!

This is going into my set!

Nice one. I've learnt two things about card tricks: one: whenever the magician says he shuffles the deck but doesn't let the other guy shuffle it, it's not shuffled; two: magicians - and especially card magicians - have an altogether different idea of what "easy" is than the rest of us, common folks :D

What a great trick. I did the performance a few times and get great reactions. Instead of doing the double turnover I said 'I get a feeling it is not the top card and trow it aside. Then I trow I say it is not the top card of the whole stack and throw it aside. so it has to be this one. And then turn over the card in your hand.

So I’ve been practicing and I’ve got it down practicing and then asked my boyfriend to pick the cards and both times with out fail found the card the first time I asked home the cards were on the bottom and the second time they were on the top and he was like how did you do that each time :)

Great trick, as always with u, Spydey! You can make it even stronger in using a deck of pictures, such as Mark Spelmann's Gallery deck which I love!

This is absolutely insane! Thanks so much for the tutorial

I love 'Card merely thought of' effects and this is now my favourite. Really well taught.

I've done it to where when it ends up top card in my hand I just have them point to a pile and obviously flip their card. It gives you another 50/50 that they could choose the card. Either way they still feel like they had a choice in the out come. Key is to point at the pile not choose. Try it. People will flip out if they choose the hand

By far my favorite mentalism tutorial on RU-vid, I’m gonna start practicing this one so I can get it down. Flawless explanation

"There's no weird procedures, you don't ask any questions..." *Immediately goes through several procedures and questions with participant*

I have been performing this trick all over the place lately and noticed that some people try to change the card that they’re thinking of when you show them the cards and ask did you see your card? In that moment they switch their card because it is a thought of card trick and they think they can think of any card they want that will literally throw off the whole trick and ruin it. So beware of that if anyone could think of an out, let me know I carry invisible deck so there’s that. I did this on stage at a comedy show in Huntington Beach California and it went great. Thanks for the trick. I really love it.

The method of cutting in half the original six is clever the reveal is equally clever. But I would get rid of the obvious look at the cards by using the bottom of the deck to reveal the two you need to know

This is by far the most informative reveal/tutorial video. Thanks!

We have a "spy" mind-reading trick we do. Typically it's done with a group of people in cafeterias, restaurants, basically anywhere where you can get a cup of coffee with a coffee cup that has a handle. I will then give a deck of cards to someone in the group and ask them to find any card in the deck they want, take it out and keep it somewhere I cannot see it. During this time I have my back turned. All of the group also see the card, including my "spy". The spy then picks up his coffee cup, takes a sip and puts the cup down in one of four places, on his far left, far right, near left or near right. This tells me the suit. He will also position the handle at an "o'clock" position to tell me the card's value, if the card's a king, he'll keep the cup in his hand. Sometimes, the handle is hard to read, so you may be one out, but you explain before-hand that you don't always get it spot on every time and sometimes it's one off, so if this does happen, it's fine.

After 3 years , i have finnally found a worthy trick . All of the other magician just taught us gimmick trick , but this is a whole new level . I deeply thank you for making this video

Yee. Noiice. I love these mentalism tricks.

Brilliant Spidey. I appreciate the work you and your peers have been doing to help the next generation learn how to do the art better. You're amazing and you are very good at explaining the process. Mad love bro! Keep on killing it. -Benny

Some say its wrong to show 'how it's done'....i say 'Godamnit! I know (now) how its done and STILL cant figure out how that person pulled it off' It makes magicians' skills all the more impressive. Thanks.

Perfect version! A real stunner! Thank you for this!!

i didn't realize he looked at some of the cards but it didn't seem that magical to me with him performing it. Show me 30 cards and mind read and I'll be impressed, I guess I knew it was a numbers game, and maybe he could read a reflection good or something.

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing, I am sure I will forget it all tomorrow, and make a fool of myself in front of my nieces and nephews. Personally, I love the whole illusion and the excitement of acts like this. I would never pretend to know or understand what you do because I don't want to mate.... I would rather engage in the whole theatrics and enjoy the wonderful illusions that you (Magicians / Entertainers) do and give us, the audience, the excitement and memorable occasion. In ten years time, nobody cares about the 'slight of hand' we remember how you made us feel, when you guessed our card...... Thank you for the joy and wonder that you bring with your talent and showmanship.

Thank you, clear and concise.

Dude this is real magic I pulled out my random card and it was 2 of diamonds just like the video

Bro i have seen a lot of "MAGICIANS" but,u are someone who made my hands to drop my phone and clap for you 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Awesome trick dude, it looks hard but is actually pretty easy, thanks preformed during Thanksgiving great reactions

Dai was one of my finest students. I taught him many tricks. But he always stayed true to the game.

This tricks is just amazing, thank you very much for sharing this!!

Amazing! Now i only need to learn a dozen of tricks you just mentioned in the video

I remember watching you on brainchild, I loved your trick with the one blue card! it was so cool and I was so happy when I realized I found you again :)

This is great man. You deserve more attention!

And that's how my teacher understands that I cheat in tests

Un trucazo brutal y la explicación MAGISTRAL. Muchas gracias Spidey, eres un crack.

Wow this is Coool thanks! I do the trick, uh I mean brain communication exercise, where ya hold the entire deck in front of them and thumb through all of them super fast. If ya do it fast, ideally only one card can be seen. Ya can’t pause on one or it looks hokey. It has to be a blur. I’m holding the deck turned as far away from my sight as possible but still able to see the card faces when ya bend them back. They’re looking for a card so they can’t watch you too. Even if they can, if ya flash them fast they think they picked one when really only one could be seen. Bush league compared to this. 🤙🤙

I am going to watch this video over and over and over I’m learning this trick this guy is awesome

Hello Spidey, Big Like No 44k + Loving What You Do Here, Also, Loving Your Optimism, " This Is a Really Easy Card Trick, The Only Hard Part Is, You Have No Idea, What The Card Is !!! " Thanks For Sharing, As Always . . . . : 0 )

Before I watch the rest of this video, I just watched the first trick and the card I was thinking of the 9 of hearts, 9! One off!!

I had memories of trigonometry classes watching this. My brain totally shut off from confusion

First 10 seconds of the video: "you dont ask any questions..." Later: "Now ask them if they've seen their card..."

Amazing! It didn't even look like you went through enough steps in the demo to make it work, very smooth!

So what happens if they choose a card that was not one of the cards you showed them?

wow, i learnt something for life. you ask them 3 questions to reduce them to 3 cards and you know the position of those 3 cards. and when they tell you the name of the card, you just have to pick it out of those 3. and it looks like you had no idea. This is insanely simple and shows how we can manipulate people and no one even suspects. this is madness.

great trick to have in your bag because it works well for an individual and especially a group. you do it very well bro. explained it even better 👊

I rlly want to learn this tricks and b a pro...getting quarantine off my head

Lol,I just had a brain fart 💨💥💥💥💥💥

What’s crazier is that before the trick started I also was thinking of the ten of hearts

Just come back here to say that you are my hero now!

I saw you on brainchild and I LOVE HYPNOSIS

Late to the post but that trick is amazing. And when it hits, it’s like a punch from Tyson. Thank You Spidey!!

I have been into magic for years and I have never seen this trick before, thank you for revealing it, I subscibed and hit the like button.. great job!! thanks!

I just discovered your other Channel Spidey! Thank you so much for both entertaining and explaining this incredible trick. You deserve every bit of the success that has come you way since this was uploaded.

Can't get any better than this! PS I’m in love with Cloe…

your channel is the absolute greatest I get sucked in for hours.... have a request if possible, blaine did a trick where he never touched the deck n spectator picked card shuffled spread em face down n he stabbed the card with a knife. was in the special with Harrison Ford.

Outstanding process! Great tutor! Thank-you

Hey gorgeous Spidesta... Going through your older vids and having my mind blown. You are such a talented man. Particularly the way you speak with your sweet S's. Such a talented magician/illusionist. Saying that all I can think of is saying "TRICK" and GOB saying "ILLUSION Michael" hahaha. You were clearly born to do this, well done for honing your craft so excellently Spidey. I wish I could see you in person... Perhaps one day you will your here in Brisbane Australia... Or Is win the Lottery and am able to visit YOU (I'd probably have to start playing the Lottery as a starter but hey with your skills you never know, maybe one day my actual cards/my distracted eyeballs will serve me well and at some point do the switcharoony! Even with the answers laid out I am still finding myself open mouthed in shock added. Don't want to say "your biggest fan" otherwise I feel I'm the psycho in the Eminem song hahaha.. so I'll just say: Aussie fan, Danielle xx

I've got the general idea of it while watching the video. Details are a bit different - I thought that you managed to put two cards somewhere in the middle of the deck, and if the girl would say "no", you would show her some more and ask again. Then it would be a choice of two cards at the end.

So we cannot do the same trick to the same person because at the reveal it be different right?

Looks like a very strong effect. I refuse to use gimmicks anymore, so love the idea of this... Now I just need to practice it for a year or so :)

I'm not even interested in card tricks, but this tutorial was great!

I swear we had that same light fixture over our table when i was a kid!

What a beautiful trick and a great explanation thank you.

thought I'd click on this as I once lived with the inventor of Mentalism. RIP Tony Corinda

omg it takes so long to execute this perfectly lol. great video thank you

Mate, such a great trick and well taught!! Thanks for sharing - can’t wait to perform it 😊

WTF! why are you underated? BTW I loved this trick

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I think that you are so awesome with what you do. I am a beginner of MAGIC and newly retired, But I would love to hang out with you for a week or so to learn as much as I can. I only found magic about 6 months ago and fell in love with it immediately! I Love your videos and what you do. You seem like a person that I could really be genuine friends with. Thank you for sharing your secrets and teaching us. I would love to learn from you one on one. Hope that you’re healthy and happy. Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊❗️

The great effect "Out of Sight Out of Mind" by Dai Vernon ..though he uses 9 cards....but this is great man......an all time favorite of mine :)......u are the greatest!

It’s 3 am and I’m watching this and don’t even own a pack of cards

i have a video like this but with a Si Stebbins Stack! This is such a neat trick I might make a video for it too!

Spidey can you please do a tutorial for out of my mind