How to make it seem like you're picking up a card?

[Parker Nolan]

I have been working on an effect for a month now, and it involves me picking up the same card multiple times, while making it seem like I am turning over another card. How can I accomplish this?

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

That is not nearly specific enough.

Are there cards on the table? Are you having to switch the cards? How is the card getting back onto the table to be picked up multiple times? Face up or face down?

 

[Parker Nolan]

Oh you're right, I should be more specific. Okay, so the cards are spread on the table facedown. I pick up the first card (farthest to the left) and show it to the spectators. I then set it down and pick up a 'different card' but then show them it is really the same. And I do this over and over until I reach the end, or I feel the illusion has taken long enough. I am able to achieve this quite easily if the entire deck is squared in my hands, as I simply bottom deal or false deal from underneath the top card, but it is very hard to do when the deck is spread out on a table. Palming is an option, but I do not want to buy a bunch of decks, as my mother hates the fact that I love card tricks. And I apologize, but I don't know what you mean by 'switching the cards' as there are many ways to switch them. Thank you!

 

[KonTW]

How many cards do you want to show to be the same?

 

[Parker Nolan]

How many cards do you want to show to be the same?

I want to keep on revealing the same card until I reach about the middle of the deck.

 

[10magicman21]

The easiest way I can imagine is just do a switch several times. That involves palming though.

 

[yyyyyyy]

Try using the Snap Deal by Lennart Green. He calls it the "Optical Deal" because he can give the illusion that he's placing a card back into the deck, or on the table or just about anywhere he wants.

 

[Parker Nolan]

Wow, I looked up the Snap Deal, and it seems perfect for what I am hoping to achieve. Thank you!

 

[yyyyyyy]

No problem, anytime.

 

[TeeDee]

Another alternative is Daryl's Mexican Turnover Top Change Second Deal (basically a complicated name for a variation of a Mexican Turnover) which he teaches on his Ambitious Card DVD (or book if you can find it).

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

They have covered both of my suggestions so ... do what they said

 

[Parker Nolan]

Thanks for all the advice, folks! I altered those false deals a little bit, and now all I have to do is smooth out the performance

 

[JudahMagic]

you could do a variation of a diminishing lift sequence with the whole deck

 

[AO356]

Here is how i would go about accomplishing this illusion:
Get a one way force deck. This way, even the spectator and turn over the cards. Next you do a deck switch. This is very easy since there is a table infront of you.

*If you need a more deceptive way to do a deck switch, check out The Cooler by Christian Engblom.

Hope this helps. =)