# Card Trick...How does this work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291 "2002-04-29T14:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/1 "2002-04-29T14:37:15Z")
I received this link in an email this morning, please tell me how this works. [http://cs.bluffton.edu/~scoffman/magic.html](http://cs.bluffton.edu/~scoffman/magic.html) I know there has to be a simple explanation, please enlighten me. 😕 Honey ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/2 "2002-04-29T14:39:33Z")
I won’t tell you right away. Go back to the page and write down the names of ALL the cards. Compare with new cards. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/3 "2002-04-29T14:40:33Z")
All of the cards are gone the second time around. They look similar, but they are different suits/off by one. Cute though. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/4 "2002-04-29T14:43:21Z")
Thank you. Note to self: Have coffee prior to reading email. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/5 "2002-04-29T14:46:41Z")
This same card trick is an old subject, fooled alot of people. But it was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/6 "2002-04-29T14:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pulykamell \* > \*\*I won’t tell you right away. Go back to the page and write down the names of ALL the cards. Compare with new cards. \*\* [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/takecard.htm) says the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/7 "2002-04-29T15:02:16Z")
Last year one of my roommates was actually scared of this. Although not quite a fundie, she had an aversion to things she deemed “satanic.” That included this card game (the particular version she found had a pentagram, flames, etc.). She forwarded the link to me, and I was able to placate her rather quickly. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-trick-how-does-this-work/106291/8 "2002-04-29T19:20:09Z")
A Satanic _card trick???_ :eek: I wonder what your friend thinks of David Copperfield. Or Penn & Teller, even.