Magician REACTS to Ondrej Psenicka FOOL Penn & Teller For A THIRD TIME??? Fool Us 2020

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Magician reacts to Ondrej Psenicka 2020 performing card magic tricks for Penn and Teller on their show Penn & Teller Fool Us 2020. Ondrej is a magician from Czech Republic, and in this episode he demonstrates three impossible card tricks. Ondrej Psenicka season 7 of Fool Us shares a very entertaining act... and I really don't know how he had Alyson somehow force a card on a spectator. It's mind-boggling. Ondrej Psenicka has previously fooled Penn & Teller twice and won the Fooler trophy. He attempts to win for the third time and have a three fooler victories. This video shows the reaction of someone familiar with magic so you can see how someone in this field feels about the performance! This is Fool Us Season 7 2020.
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[@unbroken1010]

Are you putting up one new video every single day. you're going to run out pretty soon. Stretch it out a little had a period Where you barely posted anything I was in the Czech Republic back in 92 right before it separated actually 8 days before it separated I thought it was just slovika and Czech Republic. As of New Year's Day that year, Prague is a very strange place especially the old side it was mostly friendly except for the gypsies. My father is Czechoslovakian so I wanted to visit our home country now I don't know which one it is it today.🙀

[@JasonParkerMagic]

@@unbroken1010 Wow very interesting!! Thanks for sharing. It sounds like a cool story. As far as my release frequency... yeah its a lot faster now haha! But that is because I am trying to keep up with the new fool us season 7 which just started. Each episode has about 4 magicians and so thats 4 videos per week. :) Plus there were some extra videos for AGT this week as well. Trying to keep up with the shows!

[@tkheundo]

@Peter Frencken says the guy from USA, a.k.a. US, a.k.a. America, sometimes referred simply as States ))))

[@KeBrem]

I think he had multiple videos of a card being shown from the past

[@mupoxa]

@@KeBrem i allways laugh my ass off, then english-speaking people can not pronounce slavic names... For some reason you have dificulties with sounds like "sh", "ch" and "kh"... As for the trick... I've noticed, that one of the guru had his mouth almost shut, and Alison couldn't put the bug there... Don't know how it helps, just observation

[@Allik27]

3:31 If anybody cares what he says here, it's a Czech tongue twister actually, which has nothing to do with what he was talking about, he used it just cause it sounds funny to people not familiar with Czech. It means: "Did the daughter of the king Nabuchodonozor let her hair loose, or didn't the daughter of the king Nabuchodonozor let her hair loose." You're welcome.

[@coleeg69]

Highly enjoy when Penn gets mad. It's so great!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

haha yes me too

[@DL-kc8fc]

It's a show right on the Penn and Teller show. Without a certain theatricality of the protagonists, viewers would not want to watch this show, because the real fun lies in the reactions to the undiscovered trick, not the revealed ones. The show is based on a very good concept with personalities.

[@petrdolezel6545]

I met Ondrej in magic bar in Prague for few times,and he's such nice and humble person. He signed my deck of his Butterfly cards and performed some INCREDIBLE magic with them. Totally blew my mind...

[@AJO09]

Judging by the last name, I trust you on this ône!

[@troyajohnson26]

i thought the last part of the trick was done the same way you did, but when I thought about all the combinations and how long that would have taken, I was like nahhhh, that'd be crazy. Sure enough, it took him 22 hours. That's dedication.

[@dismalthoughts]

Would've been much simpler to just get some video editing software that could super impose the faces on the fly. I can't imagine such software would run you more than $100-$200. You could probably tackle that for free if you've got a modicum of technical computer savviness or a general git-er-done attitude.

[@toosquare]

​@@dismalthoughts There was another magician on this show that used clips of Penn saying certain words in order to form songs out of him saying those words for a trick, he said it took him countless hours of combing through the show to do it and he much later learned that there's software that can do it much faster and easier lol

[@KardTrickKid]

Great video! I love Ondrej's storytelling with the guru and stuff like that

[@Factsworld_001]

Pen's performance at the end was Best part of the clip

[@RoninXDarknight]

I think some of the best routines include a couple of "sloppy" tricks that the audience is supposed to catch as a way of lulling them into a false sense of security.

[@moderndrifter6993]

There was another magician that fooled them by doing that. Penn says that they got over confident as the act went because it was easy to follow. Then the final act/trick is where they had no idea what or how the trick happened. I agree that letting the audience follow the trick is best right until the very last part.

[@BrandonJPearce]

His character for his magic reminds me of Dana Carvey from The Master of Disguise. Very quirky and odd. I love it!

[@YorVideoNet]

*I had already watched that video but wanted to see your reaction. Third trick was just the cherry on the cake.*

[@rjaydoesitall7376]

Hello Jason Parker, I love your work as a magician and I love your videos, keep up the awesome work!!!

[@magicorthodoxy]

I love Ondřej Pšenička - his routine sure fooled me

[@abdulrobertrogers8563]

Love his presentation

[@RobertBallMagician]

This guy is off the wall. Great show.👍👍😊😊

[@majkgmajkg2613]

I'm from Poland. "Czech Republic" is closer to my heart personally. People from there are lovely, very open and they have amazing food and beer. Great country!

[@chainonsmanquants1630]

Dzien dobry !

[@matejplachta9460]

Very glad to be hearing that, been to Poland a couple of times and loved it every single time!

[@xandresglx]

I lived 3.5 years in Prague and yes, I can say the same. I love prague! I've in Poland few times as well and I like Poland (🤤)

[@teatimee]

I am really liking the magic but I also love the philosophical words at the end too.

[@coleeg69]

Thanks for this, been commenting about this guy on the last couple videos, but I knew you would get around to it because you're low-key goat of magic reviews/reactions 🐐💪

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks :)

[@Chr1zCr0ss]

Just as you said, he could have stopped after the first part. That felt like pure magic. Great react as always Jason. Stay healthy.

[@Chr1zCr0ss]

Yeah for sure don't get me wrong, but the effect was great. 🙂

[@susansemola8606]

Jason good evening Mister Parker! That was really cool 💯 I don't know how he did it either 😂 WOW 3 X! THAT'S PRETTY EPIC! FYI YOUR LAUGH IS THE BOMB 🤗💯🔥😂😂 PENN AND TELLER ARE AMAZING ❤️ I thought you again from the bottom of my heart ❤️ God I love you

[@hamishmacpherson6080]

I like that this routine is only possible because it's his third appearance. Something satisfying about that.

[@ScottLarson]

Wow, I need to get on it lol. You are popping out videos left and right

[@harleykeiner4095]

i come to this channel for magic and stay for the chill vibes

[@maksphoto78]

"Psenicka" means "wheat" in Slavic languages. Russian is my first language, so I find it fascinating how similar our languages are.

[@igorsvacic217]

Pšenica in croatian :)

[@CommieCat]

Пшеница ))

[@jankonecny9557]

... more exactly, "Pšenička" is diminutive of "Pšenice". So it is like "little wheat"

[@altielmaltiel6238]

yes they are

[@MandMsss]

That's an insane trick and so entertaining wow

[@blazejecar]

easily my favorite penn speech ever

[@MrTiton536]

He actually orchestrated the trick perfectly because he played mind games by saying not my mouth. Then he shows her a box with a picture of the blue head guru and said his mouth. Very intelligent hence a three time fooler

[@jamesbevan9939]

Yep. He instant-stooged Allison.

[@Makenz]

Yep and he technically broke the rules of the game as there are supposed to be no stooges and no plants which is why P&T didn’t go with that option.

[@DavidLindes]

@@Makenz instant stooges are allowed, as I understand it.

[@Bzuhl]

There might have been extra stooging material in the box ("Put it in the blue mouth"), the box is so obviously there with the comic context that it become inconspicious

[@DavidLindes]

Basile Gruel or just a picture of that face.

[@BrandonJPearce]

Been looking for the butterfly cards for some time. Penguin and vanishing inc are sold out of them and Ondrej’s personal website surprisingly had no link to them. I appreciate you putting a link to them in the description!

[@mrsmissy2669]

I found Ondrej very entertaining but he grosses me out with the bugs! lol

[@ricklynch8620]

Good stuff Jason

[@billyjeffersoniv4344]

This guy is hilarious

[@ottolapacek8929]

I am from the Czech Republic and I don't know why our government changed the name to Czechia. It's rubbish. I had a great time hearing you, Penn and Alison trying to pronounce his name. It was so funny.

[@xdragon2k]

No matter how well you treat someone, eventually it's up to them if they want to reciprocate that kindness back toward you.

[@Harry351ify]

Alison loves this guy :D

[@jeffborowiak8992]

The guru strikes back???

[@hamishmacpherson6080]

For the first trick, every card says something like "the name of the secret card is the eight of hearts". We only see part of the cards in his fan and there's a sort of knowing smile between them.

[@ErdincAtaberk]

I believe the 2nd one was forced blue is the only one with that eyebrow, mustache, and a gray beard. while the one with curly hair standing out blue is the most unique one that still blends in. The rest of the faces have way more features that shared by the other cards then the blue one.

[@kenpearce3269]

Good stuff!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ArgelRen]

Hi Jason! Just a quick fact! Ondrej is a theatre actor, I think in his first appearance there was a scene in his intro where he performed in one of Prague's theatres!

[@koustubh132]

Did the placing of the rubber Insect into the mouth of the Guru trigger a mechanism by which the ace of spades was revealed on that board only ?

[@defordefor9865]

To answer the question from the beginning: Czechia is just a short form of more formal name The Czech Republic. Now it is officially preferred because of that. However because of old habits even citizens of Czechia often use that latter longer form.

[@someguy4194]

I bought the gold gilded butterfly cards, they are nice! And came with a personalised, signed Joker, from Ondrej!

[@Vladigger]

It`s cool !

[@BrandonJPearce]

You may already have a video of this, but have you thought about doing a video of your top 10 favorite fool us performances?

[@MarcosDocabo70]

This is my favorite P&T: F.U. act ever. Maybe it's not the most flashy trick, and i actually have a pretty good idea on how it's done. (well, except the card force) but the energy Ondrej displays, the timing and, of course, the anger on Penn is so satisfying to watch.

[@LaszloKamaker]

did anyone noticed He dressed the same as Penn $Teller ...he is BADASS :)

[@zoltanlaky8593]

There was an old Hungarian joke that went "And the Czech national hockey teams wins the Sports Commentators Special Award of the tournament: a package of 50 vowels to put in their names"

[@pouyanbakhshi583]

I think he is so smart that he has a kind of fluid act in which he has different ways to handle different outcomes, just like what he said about recording those videos. Or his act is heavily based on psychology of commen choice (colors, numbers, positioning of the right card at the most available place)

[@Chinookman]

I am bamboozled.

[@MrAndyStenz]

The first force I realized when you reminded us about his cards. I knew I had seen them before, but didn’t remember they were his. He does fan them as a convincer. But I don’t think that force is half as strong as you thought it was 😏😏 I have no idea about the 2nd trick. It’s so quick and simple and smooth. I’m fooled. And I love that he tells us how long the third one takes. What’s Penn’s quote about how people underestimate how much someone is willing to just sit in their house for hours on end to make a trick happen? I hope it helps people appreciate what magicians do more.

[@PlatinumHaro]

Only thought on the big was that there was maybe a subtle instructions on the inside of the box lid. Like a different color or something

[@anto1756]

He hypnotized us all with his last name. That’s how he did it

[@harshreality2672]

137th like (11), 56th comment (11), as I sit here in apt.# 111, born on Dec 11th, it seems destined to write my reaction. This guy has that swarmy look about him, but he really won me over by the end. Good guy, great trick(s)!

[@harshreality2672]

And Czechia?!?? 😕 That's so ridicia! 😬

[@waynesmith3908]

Hello Jason, Ondrej is annoyingly entertaining with a winning smile. I had a feeling the second trick was the actual one that might "get" Penn but then It just seemed like ..... no he could not be fooled by that double card trick.... to simple.... but I sure never saw him flip those cards. Hmmm

[@Tony29103]

Here's my question, why was it 2704 times? I think he got his math wrong lol should have been 52*51(since both can't have the same cards) and that'd equal 2652

[@johnkean6852]

AESOP: some say hell might actually be a frozen realm (demonstrated with freezer burn) echoed in this fable 🤔

[@enemyfleet7139]

We also always consider hell being 'down', and heaven being 'up', but heat rises. Then again, the deeper you go, the hotter it gets, and the higher you go, the colder it gets. Hmmmmm....

[@johnkean6852]

@@enemyfleet7139 ...so l am correct in my assumption 🤔 ..

[@scottrobinson8590]

Any ideas how he did the first trick, it seemed like the most impressive to me.

[@bilskro]

My Take, The bug one was impressive and the one Penn and Teller were fooled by. I had previously commented on another one of your videos he probably had several clips and he would have just presented the right clip. I went back to his other times on the show and even though that is a possibility I no longer think that was the case. Yea he could have pulled up some clip that had nothing to do with him, but that would have screamed FAKE! So what does this leave us with. Penn checked the Ace of Spades card which tells me that card was not gimmicky. That makes me think there is an Ace of Spaces glued to the back of all the cards, so if checked at the end they all look legit. That only leaves me with the possibility there is some way to remove the fake card to just leave the AS. So if Penn had messed with any of the other cards the trick would have been exposed as all the other cards still had the fake card in front of the AS. So how is the fake card removed to reveal the AS is the Question. And I can only guess. Maybe the bug itself does something. Maybe this is a very sophisticated stand and card setup. Where the bug triggers something in the stand to remove the fake card in front of the AS. I have no idea, So I too am fooled!!!!

[@lalafirdous5717]

Ur soo calm and chill, just for that u earned urself a new subscriber🙂

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks for subbing!

[@lalafirdous5717]

@@JasonParkerMagic np

[@takyno]

I think the 2nd trick was quite easy to figure out... In his previous acts, each one of those cards appeared in some way... When he saw Allison putting the bug into the mouth of the blue guy, he just told the story with that particular card... There would be a different story and a different video played for any other card...

[@SleepingDrone]

You convinced me, especially with that third trick in mind. But then I revisited his first two appearances and in each one only a single card came up - The 8 of hearts and the ace of spades (well, also the other aces, but he only uses those three to divine the ace of spades).

[@alessandrotullini2942]

came out that maybe in the bug's box, there was a message for allyson with clear instruction to put it in the blue one

[@Gamer__Panda]

Oh the good ol 'Czechia' vs 'Czech Republic' Whenever I introduce myself formally or for the first time, I refer to it as 'Czech Republic' Talking to non Czech friends, I still mostly call it 'Czech Republic' because of habit, but 'Czechia' does slip up and appear more and more often in my vernacular

[@mupoxa]

We, in Russia, after "Czechoslovakia" always says "Czechia" and "Slovakia". It seems kinda logical. And i'm surprised that now they start to do it themselves

[@Orshabaal]

13:13 My God, whata reflex by Teller. The card almost fell to to ground after Penn touched it.

[@anilpatil4185]

No

[@Orshabaal]

Ok

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

The only thing I can think of is the bug triggered the change of card to the ace of spades. Its weight? Broke an infrared beam? Something.

[@maksphoto78]

1:25 - it's something to Czech out. ^_^

[@PaulLoh]

I think for the second trick, with the bug, there were videos to show that would reveal a different card, depending on where Allison placed the bug.

[@communicate121]

thats a good theory but she would have needed to have selected multiple cards in the previous appearances

[@musc258]

Yeah my thought too, just different videos from scenarios

[@dezm0n679]

How? She choosed Ace of spades in his last performance, he cant change that

[@bricelory9534]

You can YouYube his previous appearances, those were the real past selections, so it must have been a force somehow. My guess? The guru's mouth is the most shaped for eating a bug? And maybe he researched Alyson to see she prefers blue (since you can safely pick Alyson, you *can* craft a force specifically for her). I dunno, I mean it could be something like that. And I have no idea how you get Alyson to force a card on someone else. That's next level.

[@07Lightless]

Brice Lory I doubt he would genuinely *research* Alyson lol.

[@monteanderson7181]

No idea how he did the bug trick, but it was a great trick

[@Bzuhl]

My guess is that Alyson got stooged, with something in the box. But now that I think of that I'm reading all her expressions when P&T come up the stage with this in mind so it's auto-confirmation bias ^^

[@sonicsonar]

The video of 9h and Qd is computer graphics overlaying the blank white cards. So he did the video once. It was the video program that overlay the images

[@badarauu8]

It was not 52*52=2704 times, but 52*51=2652 times... He fooled everyone with his math skills

[@DL-kc8fc]

He filmed the video only 4 times. That's why he invented the "math" to answer the question (52x52 is intuitive). I like brave magicians who can take risks and, most importantly, watch well ...

[@chriscolt9626]

I don't think there was any forced card at all, even in the beginning. this was a showcase of all the video clips he had of the penn and teller cast and crew. he literally had a clip for any card that was picked because of previous card tricks done on the show , and he filmed a clip of any card combination that penn and teller ended up with. Still, the level of dedication deserves something.

[@JaredKMarkowitz]

Guess it must have been a O.W. deck. Right? Very gutsy.

[@ace52387]

For the second trick, there are a very limited number of cards, and they dont seem related in any way. He asked allison what card she sat on after she picked, so i think they could have all had some clip related to his past appearances, and he just mentions the correct one knowing what she chose? seems a little simple but i think that would work

[@matthollingsworth7327]

I thought the same thing, but I watched the previous videos, and those other cards aren't mentioned or seen at all as far as I could tell.

[@thomasdario4422]

he learned Allyson the classic force😈😈😈

[@alexandermicheli5892]

Kinda reminds me of Magician X

[@sbaxter4207]

Wow I thought he must have video/GGI edited the choice cards from his previous two Fool us shows each 52 times, as nobody would have remembered the choice cards from before. But i just looked back, and indeed, the 8 of hearts and the Ace of Spades were selected on the previous shows.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

thanks for checking! good to know...

[@caaltaga]

Were the other cards present on his previous shows? The ones with his gurus face: 3 of diamonds, 10 of spades, king of diamond, ace of heart, 6 of heart or 3 of clubs? lol

[@jakubmatejka4289]

@@caaltaga nope

[@fishthatisall]

SMAAH LIKE NOWWWW!!!!

[@subarashiiashi3894]

13:57 we're hitting levels of Owen Wilson that shouldn't even be possible, gang.

[@SDesWriter]

I remember Penn saying that they used to hate magicians trying to do multiple tricks in order to win. He said they demanded from the producers that no one be allowed to do it anymore. I wonder if they waved that requirement for this show or just because he's a friend they gave him a pass. Either way, all 3 tricks were cool, even if 2 of them were pretty predictable.

[@vetaniellecalya1662]

I listened to a podcast with Ondřej and apparently when he was asked to go to Fool Us for the third time, he was out of performance practices. His two major hit practices were already used, so he kinda had to make up something silly and hope for the best. So I think they basically had to allow him to perform multiple tricks if they wanted to bring him back there. He also said that since it was kinda hastily put together, he was still memorizing the script and finishing details on his way to Vegas, which is also not according the rules :D

[@MoonLiteNite]

Before your thoughts or penn's 1 - single card deck? My first gimmick deck of cards was like this, i personally hated it and never used it :D 2 - many outs? some way to swap them? i dunnno 3 - all fake? Was a video, easy to select a single video. And the "throw cards over your shoulder" just a red herring Dude is my hero! :D

[@DavidLindes]

re 1 - you can see the 4 of diamonds in Allison's hand as she presents the cards... same card that was on the bottom when he fanned things out. Still not sure how that one worked. Some sort of trick cards?!?

[@salifyanjikunda5426]

Let's *Czech* it out...

[@markboots_]

2704 videos for the 3rd trick. He only needed 6 outs for the second one. Now it was the ace of spades with Alisson, but I bet he had a video for every other card too

[@Ms.Pronounced_Name]

I think the secret to this trick is pretty obvious: Ondrej is a wizard

[@Zyper_Sebxr]

It's only 7 cards and bcuz of that then he just needed 7 outcomes from his earlier showings. And he first started talking about "you sat on a card" after Alyson placed the bug

[@Zyper_Sebxr]

@@not_sterling thats right. Just rewatched the other showings and yea, there was only those 2 cards really. He could still have had other outcomes tho. But wouldn't have been that impressive

[@MrTiton536]

sterling lol y’all are tripping I explained the way he did the only one that fooled them and pen explained the rest

[@zaidelaymat797]

I really highly doubt that was how he did this. Remember, his first trick involved the card they guessed in his first show Then the second trick, it was the card they guessed in his second show Like, It's a pattern it can't just be pure luck, and what sort of outcome would he make for the other 6 cards? I can't think of anything not pathetic because there are only 7 cards and he obviously knows all of them so, something that already happened is the only way for this to actually be a decent card trick.

[@DL-kc8fc]

@@zaidelaymat797 I don't want to divulge anything, but for a certain production you need a good and disciplined audience that follows the instructions and is not interested in spoiling the magician's production. If you perform magic yourself, you know the cases where the spectator (male-hero), especially in front of women, tends to change the recommended procedure to "convict" the magician. That's why, for example, you no longer borrow cards from your hands. The magician bet well on the discipline of his audience - he could throw the cards in the deck to Teller, who followed exactly the procedure, that the selection will be made pictures down, that the second card will be the first from above and that the other cards should be thrown behind. The power of this particular magic is in the trust that will convince others that the matter was not forced. There's a bit of psychology involved

[@soccerclub08]

Boleslav Hnipirdo ah thanks for the explanation! So basically Allison was in on it?

[@audiolover]

It is Czech Republic and Slovakia after dividing Czechoslovakia 👌

[@jesseboy7951]

That is not what he was talking about

[@suicidebxmber1234]

Yeah. The third trick is not "so magical", but it was only done to surprise the audience. And it worked; you can hear how people react when he correctly "predicts" which cards P&T will choose. Even the fact that he spent so much time after knowing which card Penn took to find out which card Teller took, is so that the person in charge of reproducing the correct clip can discard all the "predictions" in which Penn took a different card to the 9 of hearts and just find the clip where he's also correct in "predicting" Teller's queen of diamonds. However, let's not be fooled, he had to record over 2,500 clips to have all possible outcomes.

[@DL-kc8fc]

Of course, there are no crazy permutations. The power of the trick lies in the simplicity that everyone immediately eliminates, which is why it is so good. All this is called "magic". The trick is "magical" in every way.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

Psenicka is a funny and strange guy. I think the first trick was a brainwave or smooth/rough deck (guaranteed 8-hearts). You can tell the guy who picked the card had to struggle a tiny bit separating the chosen card from the one beneath it. The 2nd trick I think all the cards had an A-spades with some other card on top and when he went behind the stand he removed the card that was covering the A-spades on the picture Alison chose (funny that Penn thought it was the double-backed card when it was probably the only one which had its double-back removed and was therefore "clean"). After he wins when the cards fall on the floor, the camera cuts away and never shows that part of the floor again (at least not with the close camera) - I suspect one of the other double-backs may have separated. The last trick is the easiest and was almost certainly just a computer rendering the correct rank /suit in the time between seeing the cards and the on-screen reveal. Notice the recording didn't have him speaking the chosen cards.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Ahhh good thoughts! Wow! :)

[@JoeScottish]

If it was any of them, I dont think Penn & Teller wouldn't have been fooled

[@RyanC232]

Penn & Teller literally went on stage to inspect the cards. They even fell on the ground. I don't know how he did it but Teller was behind the cards and reported nothing back.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

@@RyanC232 Penn specifically said they were only going to look at the one card that showed the Ace before declaring him a Fooler. After that some of the other cards fell and the camera cut away. If the method were revealed by the other falling cards, he still would have won according to the rules of the game.

[@JoeScottish]

Are you sure ...... Teller even wore one as a mask..... ha

[@tiger5869]

I like Czech Republic because I already know it as that

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

So basically some Czech guy is the most original magician in the world! Damn!

[@OdinMagnus]

The story about the scorpion and the frog is actually called "I can swim" because the scorpion can actually swim (technically walk on the surface of the water) and so it did it to trick the frog into lowering his guard because normally a frog can kill a scorpion. Oh, and I think he chose the one with the blue turban because its Alison's second favorite color. Green would be too obvious being he favorite color

[@Melopeed]

We, Dutch people, say Tsjechië, which is Czechia with a soft -e- at the end, such as in ‘the’

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

At 6:48 there is a click sound as the bug is put into the guru pictures mouth.

[@thechosenhitman]

I was at the taping of his performance. I did talk to the guy that picked the card & he told me it was the correct card. The pics with the cards were clued together so the card could not be switched.

[@MrTiton536]

They didn’t have to be switched in the box was a picture of the blue headed guru hence why he said place it in HIS mouth this is a very good mind trick fooler because the way he phrased the premis prior made his mouth sound natural so they didn’t suspect the box

[@BruceHurley]

@@MrTiton536: Huh? Are you saying that it was the power of suggestion?

[@justanotherfng556]

@@BruceHurley if that's what he means I feel that's a bit of a stretch. Power of suggestion isn't exact and Allison could've blown the whole trick. I don't think that's what it was.

[@back2back379]

@@MrTiton536 lol?

[@johnkean6852]

AESOP Alway protect yourself when you're tempted with basic human desire - those that appear harmless can be the most fatal 😉

[@HenkJanBakker]

First one. It has to be a single card deck. If he has a new method I bet he would have called Penn out on that. Last one was indeed obvious. That second one. He took his time on the reveal. I expected some xerox trickery. With heat you can make one type of paint disappear and another appear. I asked him and he (kinda) denied. So I'm stumped.

[@DavidLindes]

There's another, much easier, explanation for the second trick. As for a single-card deck, I could see the 4 of diamonds in Alyson's hands at the bottom of the deck. As it was when he fanned them. So... still not sure about that part.

[@ashkanjavadi4779]

about the ace of spades part, off the top of my head, maybe all those six pictures had a card that was picked in a previous show and based on what pic she would choose the related video would be played

[@dyvel]

That's what I was thinking too. The selection was done before playing the video. So watching his earlier performances would reveal whether the other options were represented somehow.

[@sevret313]

There simply wouldn't be that many previous cards to pick from. So that is out.

[@unbroken1010]

Is it possible with the first trick that he just researched Allison perhaps a favorite color the green that it's photograph had a visual subliminal view based on some of her preferences I mean it's a long shot but just simply knowing her favorite colors green could cause of visualforce you still could have had another back up plan

[@jamstonjulian6947]

It's never that obscure or elaborate

[@johnkean6852]

AESOP play with fire you get burned play with freezers you get freezer burns 😅

[@heatshield]

a. p. is awesome

[@zrouticek]

its not 2704 but 2652 options or no?

[@johnkean6852]

Some more ideas: Checkland Checknooshka Checkmanland Checkmany (Germany) Checkis (Paris) Checkaly (Italy) Checkway Checkrovia 🤔

[@goldeneddie]

Checkmate!

[@johnkean6852]

@@goldeneddie 🧐 ... 😂

[@Quintessenceofdust7]

Maybe he wrote on all the cards, except the bottom one, say you picked the 8 of hearts. Thats why he asked to show no one and put it back in the deck. And maybe allison was in on the second trick