Master this UNBEATABLE Easy Card Trick for Beginners in Minutes!

[@botgg5810]

For the ppl that says it doesn’t work it is because when you put the cards in the pile where “The queen is hunting” you have to always start the first card on the same side. For example: if the first time you put the cards down and you start on the right you have to put on the right for all the next times. Hope this Helps❤

[@TheReallyRealEJ]

Between this and the earlier trick with four queens, my mind is melting. Amazing stuff.I may never look at a queen of spades in quite the same way again.Thanks for a great video.

[@MattMcGurk]

Haha! Yeah my favourite Queen! Glad you’re enjoying the content bud!

[@CrispyCSP]

I came to the comments to see if this trick was too easy. It’s the first trick I tried to learn. What’re you guys talking about? It works fine.

[@MattMcGurk]

Yup! Not sure either, works every time for me also!

[@carolc6642]

Works great!

[@leslieortega2769]

Me not😓

[@dowaliby1]

It's a very nice baffling trick. Thank you! Because of all the dealing, I think it needs an engaging story throughout the trick. For example, In line with Matt's idea that the queen is "hunting the card," I might be inclined to embellish a bit more and say something like, "In a deck of cards, there are criminals, just like in society at large." Then maybe use a jack and introduce him as "the world famous detective, Jack Diamond." The card they select could be a "notorious criminal," hiding and "on the run in the underworld." Maybe explain, as the cards are being dealt and placed aside, that Jack tirelessly pursues every lead, narrowing down and systematically eliminating suspects, until he finally tracks down the fugitive and brings him to justice.

[@MattMcGurk]

Great that you’re putting your own spin on this! If you prefer a story based presentation this is perfect!

[@PeterFarnsworth-w2v]

Love the trick... the audience signs on to "the hunt" concept and is excited to see what follows. Another great one from Matt McGurk!

[@carlloud1187]

Reminds me of another trick called, 'Jack the Bounty Hunter' In that one, Jack (one of the four Jacks) searches for 'the bad guy' after he just robbed the bank and was on the loose. You guessed it, Jack caught 'the bad guy'

[@MattMcGurk]

Absolutely the same trick! Go Jack!

[@dragonslayer6583]

​@MattMcGurk I did a guess trick to my brother and I got a seven and he asked me to make it a ten and I flipped the next card down it was a ten it was pretty cool nothing compared to yours though

[@TomTittel-d8j]

Simple and slick...fun to perform...keep the tricks coming!!

[@TomTittel]

Love it...simple and amazing...the tricks with no set blow spectators away...great impromptu trick..

[@MattMcGurk]

Glad you liked it!

[@TylerBroomell-j4i]

Bro everyone gives up too easy to try and learn, you just have to try and re do the trick exactly and it’s fine. This is such a cool trick, it’s my second really good one so thanks!

[@sylvintrembler5340]

Hi, totally cool magic trick ,I took notes of every step and did it 5 times and it worked every time. Looking forward for more videos, you're the best 😮thank you

[@MichelePatrick-l4b]

It always works, if done right, the queen and mystery card are always 15 cards apart (regardless of shuffling), then 7, then 3, and then one apart. IOW, after the queen, it's the 16th, 8th, 4th, and then 2nd card.

[@RogerH_CxP]

It literally worked on the first try! I just bought 2 packs of cards to practice card tricks, this is the first one i actually got! Wow! Ima binge all your videos now explaining some tricks!

[@MattMcGurk]

That’s awesome! Enjoy buddy!

[@housetilltheend]

Thank you for sharing this trick, I've done it to myself about four times now, what a awesome trick, thanks again, take care ♣♥♠♦

[@MattMcGurk]

Great to hear!! Congrats 🙌

[@monoluxmusic]

wow it worked the first time. I was so surprised! awesome trick!

[@MattMcGurk]

Glad I could help!

[@mohdameruddin7672]

I enjoy your videos so much that I give likes before watching them 🎉

[@jdhorror]

Just did this trick for my kids, they absolutely love it!🤯

[@MattMcGurk]

Congrats!

[@jeff-py2rt]

Excellent as usual

[@PassiveIncomeCo-op]

Excellent trick and presentation. I will add that to my list.

[@christiandiasparra2815]

Waaaaooo. Perfect!!!👍

[@szunvukung]

Wow! Great! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@momanddadplusus]

Thank you very much.😊 My 10 year old was bored so he got on KZbin and saw your video. Then he tried the trick and did the trick on his mom. He was so happy about doing the trick and the trick working on his mom. ❤😂

[@MattMcGurk]

That’s amazing news! Congratulations- joy is what it’s all about.

[@sethwiggins3410]

The trick relies on the fact that for any size deck of cards n, the number of cards between two cards you want to end up in the same pile after sequentially dealing into two piles is (n / 2) - 1. So, you can try this on a deck of size 8 for example, where the number of cards between two cards you want to end up in the same deck should be 3- place one card at position 1 and another at position 5 for example.

[@MattMcGurk]

On point. Thanks so much for additional ideas. This is really helpful! 💪

[@adanuscreed]

are u trying to kill us of bordome by us speech? thanks for explaining tho (i didnt read the whole thing)

[@nishantpatel6755]

Worked every time 😄 thanks ❤

[@MattMcGurk]

You're welcome!

[@mariano2sexc]

wow just got a pack of cards and worked first time appreciate it

[@MattMcGurk]

Good job! 👏

[@QOA2U]

Thanks! Love your accent. ❤️

[@MattMcGurk]

Thank you! 😃

[@nb7062]

Nice effect, we need more tricks like this

[@MattMcGurk]

More to come!

[@philipnguyen3107]

Cool trick! 👍🙏

[@MattMcGurk]

Thanks! 👍

[@Arime_Chan]

works every time!

[@robertjones5852]

Brilliant mate,thanks for sharing 👍

[@MattMcGurk]

Cheers Buddy!

[@michaelstephaniekarpe9159]

For anyone saying it doesn’t work, here is a likely fix. I also had it not work several times. Then I realized I was cutting the piles down, rather than across. Form two piles of 15, one above the other. Then cut each deck over, like half of each pile to their right. At first, I had two piles of 15, then cut about half the stack down. Doing this ruins the whole “two rows” aspect.

[@MattMcGurk]

Good shout man! A perfect example of a simple mistake that then throws the trick off. Thanks for your comment, I’m sure it will help those making the same error.

[@alexanderdonald4709]

@@MattMcGurk Thansk to Michael I managed to get it right

[@GlennHelsby]

When you put the Queen down on a pile, it's not the pile on its own (as shown in the vid) or the pile with their chosen card. It's the remaining pile. I have tried it this way. It works every time.😂

[@MattMcGurk]

Awesome! Well done Glenn

[@osamaroomi8]

brilliant it works every timee

[@Echo_WB]

I keep trying to get this trick to work but it is not always working regardless if I do the same things . I turned the both cards over to see If it's working but sometimes it doesn't go in the same pile as the key card . I must have done it over 100times and it only worked 100 % about 5 times.

[@MattMcGurk]

Then there’s definitely something that you’re doing differently. I’d watch all the tutorial again, just to make sure. This will work 100% of the time providing the steps are followed. Good luck 🤞

[@johnnyrobinson7055]

It worked the first few tries and then all of a sudden it quit working! I'm so confused at what I'm messing up. I even followed along again and can't get it to work

[@MattMcGurk]

Make sure your cutting the packets in the right direction

[@chriswourms4639]

I try and rarely get it. If i keep doing it the same wrong card always flips. Weird

[@Secondarmy]

Is it still possible if you have unbalanced combined decks? I have an entire deck combined with only a few cards from another deck.

[@MattMcGurk]

I’d just use a regular full deck. People may become suspicious if duplicate cards start showing up. It could also be confusing when trying to learn it.

[@sallyp2311]

Brilliant trick but you can also cut the pack as many times as you like before dealing with them. It always works ♠️♥️♣️♦️

[@MattMcGurk]

Yeah baby!

[@lordfingerman1]

I love this one is great thanks i love ur tricks amazing

[@MattMcGurk]

Most welcome 😊

[@animal625]

Brilliant, thanks

[@MattMcGurk]

You're welcome!

[@christiansveen]

I do not know how, but sometimes the card they pick land on top of the queen. But it is still the right card. Do you know why?

[@sirMeldon]

That just depends on which order the spectator decides to put the two piles in (at 1:51 forward). If the pile with the queen is placed on top, then the queen will be on top at the end, and vice versa.

[@bogbel1]

Great trick! Just subscribed.

[@MattMcGurk]

Awesome, thank you!

[@darrenhadden1037]

Good one🎉

[@MattMcGurk]

Thank you so much 😀

[@darrenhadden1037]

@@MattMcGurk cheers looking forward to the next one 😁

[@sukired8387]

I'm that much of a beginner that I don't even know the term 'split' 🤣 So I follow the video step by step and out of 10 attempts, it worked twice. Those of ya getting it every time are just too good haha

[@MattMcGurk]

You can do it! Keep with it 👊

[@robloxgamercool]

i also only worked with me twice 🤣

[@RobertBallMagician]

This is an awesome trick, wonderful tutorial 😊👊😊👊👍👏👍🥃

[@MattMcGurk]

Thank you! Cheers Robert! 👊

[@hhejorr]

thx matt this tricks awsome

[@Nicholas-sl8bh]

It works purrrfectly

[@FGCVJ]

I was getting frustrated with what was going on, but I realize what I was doing wrong. I kept cutting the decks front and back, versus cutting them and putting them to the side of the decks #duhmoment

[@MattMcGurk]

Glad you stuck with it and got there in the end. So worth it!

[@UXASSAKY]

I made exactly the same mistake and really started to get frustrated but now that I know this is what I was doing wrong the trick always works. Yay!

[@FLHawk]

Works everytime for me, only thing is that the chosen card ends up on top of the Q. Once in awhile under her.

[@sirMeldon]

If the spectator decides (at 1:51 forward) to place the pile with the queen on top, then the queen will be on top of the other card at the end. Otherwise the other way around.

[@Kinan_The_G.O.A.T]

I’ve been trying to do this trick correctly for a little over a week now, it isn’t working whatsoever and I’m doing every step correctly, any ideas of why is this happening?

[@sirMeldon]

Not sure why, but at 1:44 when you should put the queen on top of "the pile that is on its own", could it be that you put it on top of the pile _next to_ the one containing their chosen card, i.e. in the same row? Then it will (most likely) not work. The queen should be put onto the remaining pile in the _other_ row.

[@BabalolaAfolawe]

How can I get a bicycle card

[@Germny-s6e]

It works every time when I first did it I was so happy

[@lordfingerman1]

This card trick is simple and in another level is hard to explain how is done

[@scottwoller5696]

Fantastic! Works like a charm!

[@00sleepi]

Thank you so much!! :3

[@atipornbb]

Awesome 👍

[@MattMcGurk]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@APEX_PHANTOM19]

Is there a specific amount of cards the we should split up at 15

[@santhoshikummera6473]

how many

[@MattMcGurk]

No, you just cut the cards roughly in half

[@Thesmidy]

Hmm I tried this a number of times and couldn't get it to work. Not sure why

[@Thesmidy]

No idea what I was doing wrong but tried it a few more times and landed it each time. Keep up he great work mate

[@MattMcGurk]

Cheers buddy! Glad you got it working

[@girishnair546]

Same with me not working either what was your mistake btw

[@corinelliott3596]

Very cool:-)

[@MrRage211]

Thx bro it helped a lot and I subbed now great trick

[@MattMcGurk]

Thanks for the sub bro 👊

[@waynetttttt]

You definitely tricked me into thinking it works 😂

[@MattMcGurk]

Works every time baby!

[@MrRage211]

It does trust me

[@firstexpressions7659]

Wow it really works thx

[@MattMcGurk]

You're welcome!

[@laj1452]

You just saw him do it. It works.

[@scottreacher4620]

Nice!

[@MattMcGurk]

Thanks!

[@quazzyg451]

do you have joker cards in the deck?

[@MattMcGurk]

I always take the jokers out

[@quazzyg451]

@@MattMcGurk Thanks just took out the jokers got the trick to work first try 👍

[@shxlw]

@@MattMcGurkffs i used the joker when trying this and it didn’t work 😂

[@jesswohlers]

Oh my god so cool

[@HV-xt3yk]

It also didn’t work for me but the next day it worked so if it doesn’t work then you did something wrong.

[@amethyst_therianlife]

i didnt even chnoose the five of spades and it landed on the five of spadfes which was cool bc you got the five of spades

[@MattMcGurk]

Magic baby!

[@amethyst_therianlife]

@@MattMcGurk wait you actually replied your so cool btw also yea ig it's magic

[@WinterRiver311]

It works like half the time

[@sippysipsip]

nope, it should every time

[@teamquinton395]

That was cool

[@ShoogaTTV]

This only works if they choose to put there card on one of the bottom decks. Failed everytime they put it on one of the top decks.

[@gerrianderson6397]

I had the same difficulty but ensure you put the Queen in the remaining pile in the row not chosen.

[@oconnell88]

How can I make 4 piles of 15 = 60 when there are only 52 cards in a pack?

[@CloudCoderChap]

2 piles of 15. Yall are too much.

[@oconnell88]

@@CloudCoderChap 😂 oh yeah

[@MattMcGurk]

Glad you got it sorted!

[@eshanbhasme5602]

You only make 2 piles

[@isshwor]

How in the sorcery does this work? Can someone explain the maths behind it? I can somewhat grasp the logic but it's too complicated for my little brain to compute further

[@MattMcGurk]

Just enjoy the magic! ✨

[@isshwor]

@@MattMcGurk the magic is just unreal, works like a charm at all times! 😁🤔🤯

[@sirMeldon]

The key is to make sure the queen and the other card are placed on top of the piles in such a way that both the piles of 15 cards are "reunited" regardless of where they have been cut by the spectator. Then there will always be 15 cards in between, or we can say that the spectator's card is the 16th from the queen (either before or after, depending on the order of the piles). As every other card is removed, in the next step they will end up in the same pile with the spectator's card now being the 8th from the queen, thereafter the 4th, then 2nd and finally the only one remaining. (The reason for starting with 15 cards in each of the two piles is so that the total number of cards is 32, which is a power of two.)

[@muaythaiparker]

Because it stays next to the queen the whole time or its one deck away

[@hubaibahmad3511]

💯 right

[@hendrikhenning728]

I did his on my own

[@glenr4026]

I’ve pulled so many women using this trick on them

[@MattMcGurk]

Glad it’s useful!

[@ulearntech]

No way! So, my little one (10 years old) was totally amazed at this cool restaurant with a magician. We ended up getting her a bunch of magic tricks set, and she's gonna flip when she sees this one! I may need to watch this a few times myself and see if I can trick her!

[@wipndy6473]

It's works with 1,3,7,15 and even 31. Sadly we can't have 2 pile of 31 cards . Just running around with some math @@

[@wipndy6473]

From pile A we get: pile A1 and pile A2 From pile B we get: pile B1 and pile B2 if u put the Queen between A1 and B1, for example: A1 _ "Queen" _ B1 then u need to put the 5 between B2 and A2 like this: B2 _ "5 space" _ A2 A2 _ "5 space" _ B2 is not allow. Or might be like this: B1 _ "Queen" _ A2 A1 _ "5 space" _ B2 B2 _"5 space" _ A1 is not allow. sorry for my poor English :(

[@MattMcGurk]

I’m thoroughly confused! 😂

[@firetiger3639]

@@MattMcGurk All of them are one less than a power of 2 and the extra card comes from them picking it in the separated original deck, making it a power of 2.

[@31Brian1969]

Well if you have the queen out of the deck . Then you count out 2 piles of 15 then you pull another card from the remaining deck. When you put the queen in a pile and the choosen. Card in a pile you now have 32 cards. 2 piles of 16

[@jonsimone4975]

This trick does not work every time. I broke it down to understand why: You end up with 15-x, queen of spades, y, x, their card, 15-y (The Queen and their card is interchangeable above according to how the trick is done) If x+y is ever even during the halving process then the queen and their card end up in different decks

[@BHRogert]

I just did the trick while intentionally making both cut stacks (x and y) even. The trick still worked.

[@QOA2U]

My grandkids think I’m an awesome magician. 😂

[@MattMcGurk]

That’s the best!

[@MattMcGurk]

Boom 💥

[@AdityaVikramKhandelwal]

Literal sorcery. Tried and it worked everytime

[@MattMcGurk]

Sorcery 😂

[@kendrashortt8478]

Do you keep jokers in?

[@MattMcGurk]

Nope! Take em out

[@alexghost59]

Manon Bresch

[@Ndrangheta.M5]

Trust me 99% of the people will not know about that recall that was given to car owners

[@yendorthetrickster]

works 1 out of 3 attempts, not every time

[@effinehh]

This works 70% of the time.

[@MattMcGurk]

70% of the time it works EVERYTIME 😂

[@BarbaraEng-lp5kb]

OMG this was a

[@keithware5314]

Doesn't work every time for some reason.

[@MattMcGurk]

There’s no reason why it shouldn’t. Try learning it again fresh from the video. It might just be a small step where you’re going wrong. Good luck!

[@keithware5314]

Found my mistake it works every time now. Thank you 👍

[@anthonydavis5346]

What was your mistake? Because I can never get it to work

[@anthonydavis5346]

I've even put the card in the same spots as he does in the video

[@WhiskyBarrelGaming]

For those who are having trouble: Always align the two initial piles on top of one another as in the video. The cuts of each pile then get set next to these making your four piles. IMPORTANT: In other words, row 1 and row 2 will each measure 15. This is how you need to set up the trick. It will not work if you mix up your rows/columns. Hope this makes sense.

[@elgato6591]

he makes 2 piles of 15 to start not 4 piles of 15. watch again

[@MattMcGurk]

You got it. 👍

[@hubaibahmad3511]

💯

[@Nightmarehunterthefirst]

it does not work every time but it does work

[@jackchick165]

People who don't have enough cards

[@dowaliby1]

And therefore are not playing with a full deck...

[@ayden7559]

Promo sm

[@paras54]

Not at all working! Tried this 100 timessss

[@MattMcGurk]

Hey sorry it’s not working. Congrats for trying 100 times! Though if you make the same mistake 100 times then it will also fail 100 times. You just need to figure out where you are going wrong. If you follow exactly what I do, it will work every time.

[@pankhkhandelwal1243]

​@@MattMcGurk u tried this trick 20 times and it worked only 5 times Can you give me tips to improve

[@joe3394]

Before trying : There’s no fakking way dis gonna work brah!!! After doing~~~~~~> FAAAAAAAK!!!! Bruddah dat one serious fakked up trick!! You da best!!! (sometimes you talk too fast, please slow down) 🤙🌺Mahalos & Aloha 🌺🤙

[@FGCVJ]

Could tell you was a local boy before I even got to the Aloha and Mahalo. Chee

[@MattMcGurk]

I think you liked it 😂 Absolutely bro, I’ll have one less coffee before I film 😂

[@Aiden_Jiang_Bai_Lin]

It doesn’t work even once even after I rewatched the video a bunch of times.

[@MattMcGurk]

I’m sorry you’re having trouble. You can see from the video the trick works, I wouldn’t publish something that didn’t. It will a simple mistake that you are just doing something slightly differently. You just need to identify where you are going wrong.

[@MattMcGurk]

The trick will work everytime. This just means that you made the same mistake each time when re-trying it. It will be simple thing, but you’ll get it. Part of this is actually believing that it will work. Quite often people try once, go wrong and then say the trick doesn’t work. The trick will work every time, providing you follow exactly, you’ll get it

[@StremesJ]

Bro just follow instructions

[@Dean_Locktree]

It doesnt work for me either

[@darshmotiwalla2104]

You’re doing it wrong

[@ellyb5324]

mine didnt work

[@dilipbhrt]

NOT WORKIN AT ALL

[@nishantpatel6755]

It worked every time bro 😌

[@Lizard_Bass]

It doesn't work. Done it like 10 times exactly with the video as instructed, it has never worked once. I don't know how anyone could make a mistake so badly that it doesn't work each time or how anyone can get it to work at all if they are doing the same process as I am. It's pretty simple instructions so I'm not really considering this any sort of magic trick. Great on video though.

[@MattMcGurk]

Hey thanks Paul! The trick does work, as you’ll see from the comments. I’ve run into this when I’ve been learning magic. It’s quite often when you think you know what to do, so you jump ahead, presuming what you’re doing is correct. It’s best to take a break, forget it and try to relearn it step by step, then usually, you will spot where you went wrong. Hope you get it buddy, it’s worth the effort.

[@MattRiales]

Watched the video 5 times, I tried the trick right along with the video 5 times, and it never worked. The math makes sense but the trick does not.

[@OsceolaJoe]

Me too Until I noticed that I was placing my two stacks side by side and then separating the stacks top to bottom. Following through the rest of the sequence will render failure every time. I think that we are creatures of habit and tend to stack left to right, because that's how we read and see things. I didn't notice right away because it felt like the right thing to do, even though I watched the video over and over.

[@MattMcGurk]

@@OsceolaJoeThanks, I’m sure this will help a lot of people