The STRONGEST Easy Card Trick for Beginners. EVER. 

Here’s why it works: The easiest way to understand it is to imagine that you begin with 20 face down cards in a pile (ie none of the cards is reversed). Now proceed with the mixing: Step 1: Count off 10 cards into a pile. Step 2: Shuffle both piles. Step 3: Turn either pile face up. Step 4: Alternate the cards into one pile. Step 5: Cut the pile as much as you like. Situation currently is that the cards lie in pairs - EITHER a) with every pair face to face, OR b) with every pair back to back. Step 6: Take pairs of cards one at a time from the top of the pile and place them down, either as they are or by first flipping them over. This has no resulting effect, as each pair remains as it was (ie all pairs face to face or all pairs back to back). Step 7: Deal four hands of cards. Piles A and C will both face the same way. Piles B and D will both face the same way (but opposite to A and B). Step 8: Put piles A and C together to make pile X. Step 9: Put piles B and D together to make pile Y. Situation is that all cards in pile X face one way, and all cards in pile Y face the opposite way. Step 10: Turn over either pile X or pile Y, then put the piles together. Situation is that all the cards now face the same way - ie we’re back where we started. So… if we’re back where we started, then we can change our starting position to anything we like, and at the end that’s where we’ll be. In this case, Matt starts with four face up queens, so at the end that is where he ends up - with four face up queens. It’s a difficult-to-track procedure for forcing any number of cards from a packet of cards. Quite useful.

I used to work in a magic shop about 30 years ago and learned all the standard sleights and associated tricks. Over time I’ve found that I don’t really enjoy watching routines with sleights because once you know what to look for, it really spoils the effect. Lately I’ve been on a tear learning amazing ‘no sleight’ effects like this and it’s really been fun!

I'm a Care Worker for very poorly people in the community. I've never done magic, so learning your self working magic tricks has been great, and the reactions I have had from those I support has been AMAZING! Thank you so much from myself, and those I have performed these to x x x

Another absolutely fantastic video. More of these videos PLEASE.

I'm in my 80s and came across card magic by chance and got hooked!! I prefer selfworking tricks as my manual dexterity is too poor for many of the sleight of hand tricks. I already perform a different version of this trick.

I'm just starting out with learning a few card tricks and this one is going to be a regular for me. Thanks for posting the excellent video. Great style!

Hey Matt, Love the channel and thanks for performing and explaining so many strong and awesome self working card magic. I'm learning as many as possible to perform at my marina this summer in the USA. Keep uploading your content.

I watched it to the end, then got out a deck of cards and it worked first time. Pretty good considering I did it with miniature cards from a Christmas cracker. I dropped two cards on the floor and picked them up after a shuffle, guessing which way they faced, so I got lucky there. Did it again with no errors and it worked again. Great trick. I'm seeing my grandchildren on the 21st and using their terminology, this will "fry their brains".

NICE. Over the last two days I've bookmarked five of your videos, including this one and now I need to get down to practicing so I can remember them. Thanks for the great channel.

Insanity! That's brilliant, I will definitely be learning it 😀

I'm always looking for new effects to add my routine, this will definitely be added. I would also love to learn your "flash of the queen" move, definite attention grabber! Thank you for sharing this.

This is Awesome, I have a trip planned next week, so I'm trying brush up on all your card tricks, thanks for all the video tutorials.

Fabulous trick and just started since a shoulder op 6 weeks ago and have been totally learning your card tricks and getting better and better. Keep up the tuition it's great

Thanks Matt! I have been looking at card magic for just over 2 weeks now and your channel was recommended. I have subscribed and liked. Looking forward to seeing more of your tricks 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

Great effect Matt! Definitely going into my set. I have a set that is purely self-workers, strung together so they flow one into the other, and spectators love it. Thanks for sharing this!

Many thanks for this great trick. I knew an ,,easier" version of it with less mixing, but so it is more awesome. :) Wish you nice trip :)

Awesome I have no idea you showed up in my feed but glad you did. I can’t wait to try this out for my kids.

Going into the next issue of my newsletter. Thanks.

Superb trick and superb tutorial. Thank you so much Matt!

Great stuff as usual! Top notch!! It fooled me!

Love watching You, Matt!!! This one was insane 🫶🫶🫶

Great trick . Thanks for sharing ❤

Thank you, Matt, another quality presentation.. ..

I loved this. An amazing trick. I'm a total beginner. I've only ever done one card trick before and I've been repeating it for years. I thought is was time for something new and this trick seems like the place to start. Thanks, Matt.

nice trick. thanks you. Just getting into magic for fun and for doing for family and friends. I love leaning card tricks cause everyone has cards

Very nice. Gonna try it. And yes, tutorial for the card flourish.

Nice EDC. Great for impromptu sets of table hopping, . Close up, parlor etc.

Outstanding. Doing magic for about two years off and on

Matt that's crazy .. i love your stuff . Im an old stage wizard from the 15th century. Im too old for jumping out of substitution trunks and girl from light illusions - so slowing down to card magic just to amaze myself nowadays. I've also worked at 3 different magic shops in the states . But i gotta say, the kiss principle when it comes to magic is the way to go . Any newbie out there just needs to learn that simplicity will amaze people more than any abracadabra story ❤️ 🎩

Great video thank you

That's crazy, dude. 👊.

This is astonishing. I've gone through it three times now--it worked fine each time--and I still can't get my head around 'how'. Love the channel--I'm learning card magic for my own enjoyment and that of friends and family! Plus, I've finally learned how to riffle-shuffle after six decades on the planet :)

Awesome I absolutely loved it I did while following your tutorial. I'm very new to magic, I'm a disabled Veteran and needed a hobby so I chose magic. Thank you for showing new tricks. Your a great magician and teacher.

Good work mate keep going!

Great trick

Vraiment chouette, merci beaucoup 👍

I started doing magic years ago the life got in the way took it up again in lock down and haven't looked back since I just love close up magic I am in my very early 70s am into old to do carry on doing thanks for all the card tricks and keep up the fantastic work

Thanks for that really nice bit of card magic, just going to ponder how i can use this with another trick with 4 kings as well, a double kicker is always nice. great presentation keep up the good work. subscribed!

I’m an amateur magic nut. Love these self working tricks and have just tried this one. The final stage I thought ‘no way is this going to work’… but it did! Amazing!!

Wonderup effect! With the right patter, I will be using this as a Triumph effect, thanks mate 😊

New subscriber..... love it! These bagger self working tricks are great when you need a break from "thinking/focusing" and need some audience interactive time!... Thanks for this

Nice rick and flourish.

Enjoyed that i really did. Great effect. 8 months into magic. Gonna try this one for sure👍

Nice trick

I do a lot of shows but I really like your post of self working card magiu

The Card Production of the Queens is so loveley 😍👍🏽 A little tutorial on that would be great 🎉

Yes, please do teach that production of the four queens. I do have Harry Lorayne's 4 volume Apocalypse. I missed that in there too. But there is so much to discover in those books.

Thank.u, I have a great one too. I've never seen anyone do my trick but I want to see if you or anyone knows about it too, also I love the rule of 21 or 3 etc tricks the math ones that always work are fun too

Bro u r one the coolest person ive ever seen. god bless u. Ty for amazing tricks.

Always like some easy no set-up tricks for beginners. New sub.

Can't belive this works evry time. Can’t wait for your next show

By the way I love your fun good humor. It really made my day.

Yess, teach the 4card-production please 😊

Superb, Boshki.

Insane ❤

Absolutely amazing. Love card magic but am not dexterous enough. This is not even a setup. I’ll be using it with the guys next card night. Couldn’t believe it myself.

Like you say Matt , that’s crazy . I’m gna play with that later . 👍

I like this one. A variation to this trick is with 5 black suits and 5 red suits. Using the same principle that each card originally flipped with its partners (same suit) will always end up together. In the end, the black suits will be faced in the opposite direction of the reds!

Iam new to magic and yes i did fool myself could you please please teach the 4 queen production it really makes the trick together with the brilliant reval at the end thanks john😊

That's brilliant.

Hi Matt :) thanks for sharing this Beautiful magic trick. Sure we love this queen production, will you make a tutorial please ? Kind regards from France :)

No fucking way! This is incredible! I will literally do this trick for myself because there is no way I understand it. It feels so great to fool yourself! I have no idea how someone could figure this out! It’s unbelievable!

Saw you on a celebrity cruise to Iceland last year and you were astounding and so engaging with the audience!

Yes l like the 4 card production. This is such a cool trick. I believe this was done on P&T, and Harry Lorayne did a variation of this too. 👏😊👏😊👏😊👏👍👍

Holy smokes. Tried it last night it didn’t work. But did it 3 times tonight and everytime. Follow the steps it works. Love this trick. Thank you

wow, this is really satisfying and it did fool me

Please teach how you produce the 4 of a kind!!

My mind is well and rudely boggled

TW Love this trick

OMG hi, I just watched your video and tried the trick, guess what it worked, I thought it wouldn't lol, just don't ask me to explain, I am a beginner and this is definitely the best magic tricks ever, you're the best man, thank you so much for this video, funny I'm right around the corner from you tonight I'm in fort Lauderdale, enjoy Miami wild city,but be careful

Love u lol so i tried 1 time and messed up and i realized its how you start dealing them. When you deal them you half ti start on thour left i started on myself and it seems not to work but second time i got it lol thank you.....messed up 3rd time got it on the 4th lol u have to remember to flip cards lol

It's seriously totally INSANE

I doubt I can remember everything but I will try.

Matt! Just retired and decided I needed a way to entertain 3 grandsons...I watched a few of your other card trick videos and nailed them...today I watched this one (4 Queens) and am still shaking my head...it worked the first time I tried it. Amazing....by the way...Happy Cruisin'

I'm newly retired and looking to have fun and learn new things. This is going to be great with the Grandchildren and and those at the club I go to. Thanks

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? I've been performing magic of all types for close to 30 years now (I'm 74, started performing a bit late, but have always enjoyed magic) and I love this trick. I especially like the production of the four queens at the start. It's a beautiful and very visual flourish. I'll definitely check out 'Mr. Koenigs Tapestry' as well. "Thanks, and Have a Magical Day!" P.S. I just subscribed to your channel👍😀

That is insane 😂

Love to show these to my grandchildren. They think I'm a magician. Thank you.

That is a blinding self working trick, all the best from here in Yorkshire, enjoy your cruise (gonna be plenty of fangina lol).

“I guarantee you’re gonna fool yourself”. Yep I fooled myself. I followed along and did everything he did, all 4 queens were face-up along with an Ace and 8 of spades😂

What kind of black magic is this? No idea how it works but it does. Great stuff

You probably already know this, but you can add 32 cards from the pack to the queens and the effect still works. Just my opinion, but the more cards you're 'mixing up' during the routine then the more impressive the outcome looks. 😀

Thanks for sharing I won't sleep now

Can you teach the production of queens

I just tried this routine with the entire deck of cards. It works too. Is it better to do this with the whole deck? 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s a miracle when the four queens are the only cards that appear face up in a pile of twenty cards. Maybe it’s stronger when the four queens are the only face up cards in the entire deck. I think so. A bit more work, but worth it.

Lol the double backer bit

It worked on my 3rd try... it hurt my brain. 🤯

Iive been doing magic for 3 days and i cant get this to work. Is the riffle shiffle the key? I cant do that though

Please do teach that prdoction!

waauuuww!

heyyy any plans for giveaways???

I think you can deal or flip 4 at a time too.

WTF??? I did this EXACTLY how you did 7 times now and every time I end up with 4 aces showing???? What am I missing? Does this happen to anyone else? What am I doing wrong? And yes, I'm definitely starting with the 4 queen's. Please help, I just want this to work so I can show my family!

Dude I stopped playing pal world diablo 4 and world of Warcraft to learn this trick and now I'm trying it on my cousins lol

Challenge: do the bullet flourish through the whole deck as fast as you can and call it the Magazine. Start a challenge with the community

I tried this and it seemed to not have quite the impact cos we start and end in the same place. What’s a good story to spin around this that will make this more entertaining?

I did this over and over, watched you do it in slow motion! HELP! I can’t get it to work? Don’t know what I’m doing wrong! Love the trick! I don’t know how you can answer me to help me.😔

wtf...it's really puzzling. i did it to my self and i fooled me haha

So I've been doing magic for 50 years as a hobby and the trick my friends like the most is the one where I disappear.

30 years in magic. 17 years professional