When I get up on stage, I'm normally quite nervous. I'm not actually nervous mind you, but I pretend to be so for the audience. I'll usually do a pratfall and drop the deck of cards to really sell it. After I have their attention, the audience subconsciously can't believe I could possibly do the magic trick after the klutz act I put on. While I'm picking up my deck of cards, I observe the crowd to find the ones most suitable for the trick- typically the one's laughing the hardest. After I complete my deck, I invite one of those I marked earlier to come up for the trick. I converse with the subject, and make a few jokes before performing the trick, usually ones related to stagecraft in some way like "If I had half the grace of a clown! Oh, of course, then, I'd drive on out of here is a mini cooper!". The trick itself is simple slight of hand and card counting. The subject picks a card from the deck, and then returns it to the deck. I then count cards until I know I've put their card on top, and then palm it in my hand so it stays at the top the remaining time I shuffle. I then reveal where their card was put back, and every card but the selected card is all in order. I then reach behind the subjects ear, and retrieve a card from the inside of my coat sleeve. I say "Is this your card?" as I reveal it. They are delighted at the flourish, but it is revealed to have been a different card than the one they picked. I then ask them if they're sure, and then flick the card, which magically turns it into the card they chose. After this, I usually go for a deep bow, and sometimes a back-flip to show that I'm in reality quite nimble.
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