# www.magiccardtrick.com-how does it work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178 "2000-04-12T06:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/1 "2000-04-12T06:54:00Z")
I went to this site earlier, and I really couldn’t figure out how this stuff works. It really guessed my card. Anybody got any ideas? * * * “I say God DAMN!” ---
**Author:** ![Astroglide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@Astroglide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroglide)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/2 "2000-04-12T07:15:00Z")
On screen to select from: Q of Diamonds Q of Clubs J of Diamonds K of Spades J of Clubs K of Hearts On screen after card is removed: J of Hearts Q of Spades K of Diamonds K of Clubs Q of Hearts (Other choices give similar results) Confusing clubs/spades and hearts/diamonds. The back button on the browser generally aids one in this type of situation. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/3 "2000-04-12T07:16:00Z")
I got this 'un before as an Excel macro. Anyhow, the trick is: _none_ of the the cards in the second pass are the same! So of course your card is missing. Write 'em down and see. For me: **first pass** 7 spades 8 diamonds 9 hearts 8 clubs 7 diamonds 9 spades I pick the 8 of diamonds, say it aloud as per instructions. Click to the next page. **second pass** 8 spades 9 clubs 7 hearts 9 diamonds 7 clubs None of them are the same as the original cards posted. The pages says “your card been picked and has been removed from the pile”. Well, duh. 😉 The trick depends on the fact that you won’t write down the original set of cards, and the second set is close enough that you are fooled into thinking it is the original. The only card you specifically remember is the one you picked, so of course you only notice that _that_ one is missing. The trick * * * Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorn is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that She is pink; logically, we know She is invisible because we can’t see Her. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/4 "2000-04-12T07:20:00Z")
I’ll tell you how… it’s MA-A-A-A-A-AGIC!! Actually, this one’s easy… NONE of the cards in the first hand are in the second hand. Here’s what I got for first hand… 7-spades 8-diamonds 9-hearts 8-clubs 7-diamonds 9-spades Then for the second hand… 8-spades 9-clubs 7-hearts 9-diamonds 7-clubs Basically, it follows the principle that, at first, few people are as picky and anal about memorizing ALL the cards. * * * -SPOOFE ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/5 "2000-04-12T12:59:00Z")
Hasen’t this been discussed in the following thread? [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/006723.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/006723.html) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-magiccardtrick-com-how-does-it-work/10178/6 "2000-04-12T14:42:00Z")
Dragwyr, yep. Seems to be a lot of people asking the same questions lately. I wonder what gives?