The Trick That FOOLED Penn And Teller | Revealed

Hey everyone! In this video you are going to learn a self-working card trick that fooled Penn and Teller. This effect is so easy to perform and will leave your spectators amazed, yet is clearly powerful enough to fool two of the smartest magicians alive.The best part is that you can learn it in two minutes, it requires no sleight of hand, and it is self working!

Let me know what you think of this one in the comments below.

Oscar

Credit:
The magic trick in this video was inspired by the work of Simon Aronson in his book 'Try the Impossible' (2001). This book delves into a variety of card magic techniques, including memorized decks and innovative control methods. For magic enthusiasts curious to delve deeper into this fascinating world, 'Try the Impossible' is a must-read

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This is my take on Simon Aronson’s “Prior Commitment” trick using is “Undo Influence” principle.

[OmniphonProductions]

The thing I really love about tricks like this is that they don't require any slight of hand, manipulation, or misdirection. You just set it up and let _math_ do the rest. Brilliant!

[ragnoerrante]

You can also do a little variation allowing you to perform the trick twice to the same public (eg: if someone asks to see the trick again) using the same routine but without writing on cards and without repeating the same numbers 18-43 on the jokers.
1) The first time you perfom the trick you don't have to write 18 and 43 on the jokers, but when showing the two face-up cards you tell the public that the jokers are talking to you, and they said "18 and 43", and proceed as you explained.
2) The second time, you surprise the public telling the jokers wanna do something a little different "they said the number 35 and 10 but counting from bottom", so you turn over the deck face up and start counting, the 10th card will be the card of the second guy and the 35th will be the first guy's one.

[HyperHrishiHD]

This is one of the only magic channels I watch and I even made one of my oldest video from this channel. I didn’t know how you did it at first but learned in 5 minutes when you explained. Definitely recommend this channel for tricks. Amazing!

[jamespennington]

Another incredible trick! Thank you so much Oscar Owen! I have an idea for a patter: You say that you have to train your cards so that they can help you perform tricks. You are working on teaching the jokers to be secret agents. They followed the spectator's cards and can tell you where they are. Now you prove it and say that you helped them a little by telling them where the cards will be beforehand.

[kopoflakes]

You were one of the first Magic channels I started watching. Thank you for leading me and many others into Magic!

[koenth]

Here's why it works:
In the notation below, J1, J2, C1, C2 each denote a single card: Joker 1, Selected card for spectator 1 etc, and other numbers denote that number of cards.

Going from bottom to top, the original pile can be denoted as (24, J2, 18, J1, 10).
Let's say the first spectator selects the N-th card below the first joker and the second spectator splits at the M-th cart below the second joker. We then have three piles:
pile A: (24-M), pile B: (C2, M-1, J2, 18-N) pile C: (C1, N-1, J1, 10).

Restacking in the order ACB gives a single pile: (24-M, C1, N-1, J1, 10, C2, M-1, J2, 18-N).
Spreading out and removing the jokers now divides these into three groups:
group1 (24-M, C1, N-1), group 2 (10, C2, M-1), group 3 (18-N)
Again, stacking the piles in the order group 2, group 1, group 3 gives a single pile again:
(10, C2, M-1, 24-M, C1, N-1, 18-N) which simplifies mathematically to (10, C2, 23, C1, 17)
Now, simply counting from the top it is clear that C1 is at position 18 and C2 at 42.

[jumperlaurel]

I couldn't get this work to save my life, and I just figured it out. I was fanning my cards, when revealing the jokers, from left to right instead of right to left, which had me picking up the wrong end of the deck, and placing them on top of the centre pile in wrong order, finally got it right. Thank you for a great trick

[TheRadioDemon]

Hey Oscar, amazing video, I’ve always went to your channel whenever I need a new magic trick to perform. Thank you. Also one question, what is the music that plays when you’re showing the trick called. It sounds really mysterious and cool. Just curious.

[PowrDragn]

I honestly I was so confused because every time I do it the a cards are in 9 and 43 not 18 and 43. But then I realized I was fanning the cards in the opposite direction when splitting the packets and pulling out the jokers. So as it turns out, if you want to have a little bit of variation to do it back-to-back You can fan the other way and choose 9 and 43. lol

[markjones]

I'm 66 and started card tricks a few years ago, you are my first sub! Thank you. 😊

[vnja.]

Wow! Oscar Owen has been my best channel to watch since day one. U explain the tricks properly... To more life of magic💞

[nvy]

If you spread the deck normally - as in left to right - than this will only work if you switch the order of which packets you place on top of each other after the joker reveal. So, both times place the first spectators packet on top than the second.

[Paul_Templer]

Great video as usual. Thank you and keep them coming.
Could you do me a favour.... when cards are on table ( ie during tutorial)would it be possible to see from your pov? Looking from spectator side I keep getting mixed up when stacks are on left/ right.
( maybe it's just me 🤷‍♂️, lol)

[shinfaux]

This video was fire!! 🔥🔥 Thanks for sharing!

[nephron]

Omfg this is ❤️❤️ thank you Oscar!!! My fav magic channel ❤️

[donpudliner]

Stunningly beautiful what a trick, Oscar you always out do yourself thanks so much for your willingness to share your talent with us.

[brooksbrucal]

I have been watching this channel for a long time I've learned so much from you thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️

[tlwqcsb]

i found this channel a year ago and it really helped me progress so thank you oscar owen🙏

[TrinityX]

Great upload! One of the best self workers out there, who would of thought it would of fooled “Penn and Teller” I met these two amazing guys after there show in Las Vegas, real gentlemen. 👍😊👍

[noahguttormsen]

Ty!❤️🔥 This is so cool to show to people 😊❤