Penn & Teller Fool Us // Fooled by French Magician Boris Wild // Impossible Card Trick // Season 7

[@jonathanmellette8541]

Penn's face when he sees the reveal is what magic is all about. He got to experience he "how in the WORLD did he do that" moment that the rest of us get to experience MOST of the time, but that he almost never does. Just beautiful -- what a gift not only for us, but also for P&T.

[@douglasnyquist2933]

That's exactly what I was thinking. At last a picture of a magician's bewildered look of awe. Priceless.

[@Skooozle]

I think chasing that moment is a big part of why they do this show.

[@RivetHead999]

That's got to be such a great feeling for them to feel that amazement and wonder, when you know how every other trick in the world is done. And be utter bewildered. I've only seen them give a reaction like that once or twice where they were genuinely amazed. The other time was seeing Teller look like a little kid seeing magic for the first time when they had Richard Turner (blind card mechanic) doing some crazy up close stuff. And probably feels amazing for the performer to see P&T react like that.

[@Sei783]

That's the one of the reasons behind why they started this show. Penn said in an interview a while back that being a professional magician robs them of that magical feeling that comes with the reveal because they know how it's done. So by creating this show they were hoping to experience those feelings that got them into magic in the first place.

[@Siikapelle]

Lmao that’s just acting.. i mean sure he was fooled and liked the trick but what other possible outcomes there ever was 😂😂

[@doggoisamongo8783]

Plot twist: there was no trick he just decided to yolo it with 1/52

[@jwwthree]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Neuronwhisperer]

The odds are technically below that

[@josephfpaliyama7173]

Hahahaha, the highest level of gambling

[@KaninTuzi]

It's more like 1/2700

[@BaDeVStory]

@@KaninTuzi why ?

[@NeedBetterLoginName]

This may be the best card trick of all time. This trick takes "Pick a card, any card" and presents it at its most raw and pure level. It's the kind of trick that every magicians wants to be able to do. Bravo. I love the looks on Penn and Teller too, that's awe and jealousy mixed into one.

[@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548]

how about this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSpiYlspJyWqNE

[@Wir3dMagician]

@@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548 Nothing special, he was just culling the card. You are a beginner aren't you?

[@aweliano]

​@@Wir3dMagician Don't need to be abrasive. He just expressed his rapture for the show. Are all not famous illusionists so jealous?

[@Wir3dMagician]

@@aweliano of course i'm jealous! I i'd love to have the same smoothness in that technique... I only wanted to say that these two performance are completly different in terms of skill

[@aweliano]

@@Wir3dMagician understandable. Have a nice day

[@MyThoughts19902X]

I have never seen an act that fooled the comment section.

[@s0resucks]

underrated comment

[@automationd]

@@s0resucks Highly underrated. 2hours in now.

[@AdamLuiTube]

I know how it was done

[@TankedMush]

He lied at the end. Watch his body language when Penn presses him about if he squared the deck. Can't even look at them. Clenches his jaw. Turns up his lips. Furrows his brow. He didn't square the deck. He used misdirection perfectly. "everybody likes the sound of their own voice".

[@-The-Darkside]

@@TankedMush What are you talking about? Go back and see, the deck was squared before Penn said three

[@burakyilmaz3033]

If you pay attention at 5:02 you'll notice I have no idea how he did this.

[@itsmikehayden]

Not a magician, but an avid fan. I can reasonably puzzle out most of these. My issue here is not not knowing how it's done, but what I missed that so many people find this particular trick more impressive than others. I love close up magic, I get that boris is a known card marker, but I dont know why this trick is so special. Can someone more "in the know" explain, from a magician's perspective, why this trick is so impressive that people who know uch more than me are more impressed? All the "moves" I could spot looked clean, one suspicious but if it was that obvious to me, it cant be the crux. I dont need to know the solution - dont want to quite frankly - but I want to know what is so fascinating about it. As a musician, I'm often asked to explain why we find certain pieces or passages more interesting than the layman, like a run of notes doesn't impress me but certain resolutions in jazz stick out like a sore thumb to me and i go back and analyze the crap out of it trying to puzzle out the how and why of something that went way over the head of the average listener. As the layman in this situation, I'm asking the same. Thanks!

[@nilserhard2895]

@@itsmikehayden He basically told Penn and Teller, as well as the audience, everything he COULD have done and made it damn obvious, that he didn't do it that way. By giving both a completely free choice and again and again he talks about tricks you would use at this point, but doesn't. I'm trying my best to find a music analogy for this, but can't think of any half decent one, sadly. Anyway, have a great day/ evening :)

[@itsmikehayden]

@@nilserhard2895 I figured the misdirection was him doing exactly what he had Penn say he didnt do. With there was an uncut clip. Thanks for the explanation though! Cheers

[@szolanek]

@@itsmikehayden I place this one above (the guy proved that he is a real thing, not a video editor!) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6Oki2qsn7itgZI ... Only 1 minute

[@rays5163]

@mike Hayden for me it was the way he handled the cards. It eliminated alot of the methods you'd commonly used to achieve this effect. Even something as simple as counting the cards out to the 3rd position, the way he did it, didn't look like it came out of anywhere else in the deck or had it copped anywhere. They just came off top real slow into just the index and thumb.

[@N8ive49er]

Not only did he square up the deck before asking Penn to select a number, but he then gave the deck back to Teller to shuffle it one last time and then Penn selected the number 3...this is truly in the top 3 of most astonishing card tricks I've ever seen

[@marksavage8052]

Wow! You've seen two that are better?

[@naynay1139]

Before he squared it he dropped the deck and saw in that moment right before he squared it where the card was. His hands felt the card all the way through.

[@Merennulli]

@@marksavage8052 I think it's a callback to Penn picking the 3rd card from the top.

[@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548]

@@marksavage8052 how about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSpiYlspJyWqNE

[@jfrusciantetube]

@@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548 this was wonderful, extremely well performed, but still you can understand how it is done. Number 1 (maybe number 2 now) for me is Benjamin Earl. That was "just" sleight of hand, but the closest to magic I've seen in the show.

[@drilonmuneka13]

He lives in an infinite amount of parallel universes. That’s how he did it. This universe is the one he got.

[@Mrclean431]

The most probable answer of them all.

[@rithikmadhava6005]

@@NeoTheatre more like 1 in 52^2 Because he cause have said any number (1-52) and the card could be any number (1-52)

[@spacecat76]

He just used D4C duh... 🙄

[@bohnec1]

@@rithikmadhava6005 no, it's just 52 parallel universes. That 3rd card could have been any of 52 cards. It was the card that Teller selected which is one of 52

[@ohnoimatrap856]

@@spacecat76 FAAARP

[@austinmccoy9743]

Man, what are the chances Penn and Teller would get randomly selected out of all the world famous magicians in the audience?

[@clayton3545]

They are very likeable, plus they are not the only famous magicians, they are just the most famous, and most relevant.

[@sydney4782]

@@clayton3545 i think... you missed the joke

[@clayton3545]

@@sydney4782 I just might be dense on this one cause I don't see a joke

[@seanreynolds4520]

@@clayton3545 she said we have randomly selected two random audience members at the start but it was penn and teller who were on stage

[@seanreynolds4520]

@@TaikaJamppa yeah my mistake I miss heard that

[@Jotto999]

This is what every magician wants "pick a card" to be like, but I'm not aware of anyone who has ever done it on this level. Truly outstanding

[@Dustyplastic73]

Siegfried Tieber does a trick very similar to this, which I honestly prefer just because I love his performing style.

[@Patiencelad]

@@miiqus_unchained Dani did a version, but I saw the reveal video and this one is miles better. Initially, I thought Dani's was the best. This is the Bergless effect.

[@otterswimshome]

I'm not an illusionist of any sort (more of a delusionist). But examining the video it seems like the crucial moment is at 3:54 when he restores the card to the deck: he gets control of the card there, clearly. How he gets it to third position after Penn chooses that position is baffling to me.

[@sanmar6292]

​@otterswimshome Yep that's the crucial point. If you can't explain what happens between Penn calling the number, and the reveal, you have been fooled. No matter how fishy anything previously looked.

[@numberonedad]

this guys is just annoying

[@SoldierKnowsBest]

I've watched this trick 100 times and I make the same face Penn makes every single time. Bravo.

[@Creshex8]

Save your sanity. This trick I has an ending the same as Zoey’s kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYiwf2ioaNqGgaM We all learned she was edited. I wasted a few hours of my time trying to figure her’s out too. I cannot see how this trick is possible without an edit. And I’ve tackled some incredibly hard tricks.

[@jamesreed5678]

@@Creshex8 Zoey knew the final number to count while she was manipulating the deck, so she was able to put the selected card in the correct position. Boris didn't know the number until Penn said 3, at which point there's a deliberate effort to show no deck manipulation. So, any number of selected cards would have to result in a 2 of spades being revealed, meaning there was a lot of 2 of spades in the deck. My guess is that the real trick was hiding the other 2s of spades. There's a reason, at the end, Boris didn't let Penn hold the deck and count off the top three cards.

[@Creshex8]

@@jamesreed5678 but Penn took the deck to his chair with Teller at the end and examined the cards. This alone discounted a lot of my theories. And Zoey’s card trick at the end is exactly like this, with the editing hiding what really happened. The trick she did is not all the moves she made. I’m not the only one who said this.

[@BadBrucey]

@@Creshex8 You must be joking. She crimped the card when she was squaring the deck. I'm sure this was edited for time as well. Plus Penn and Teller were right there looking at everything he was doing.

[@Creshex8]

@@BadBrucey I’m not sure where the disagreement is. The issue with the edit is that you cannot figure out how the trick can be done from what you saw alone. Taking what was given to the tv show as the entirety of the trick, the trick is impossible to do. Maybe in your case, you can tell how the trick is done because you are already of aware of such tricks, but you would need to fill in the gaps and know beforehand you would need to do so. People like me went crazy trying to figure out that trick just from the video. It’s seemingly impossible.

[@renshawjoshua]

This trick is so easy to explain I can’t believe it fooled Penn and Teller. If you watch closely after Penn says the number 3; the performer calls upon his pact he has made with Chuthulu who moves the card to the third position. So easy!

[@alindileep9227]

lmfao....

[@iamapokerface8992]

cringe

[@godwinchirandu8791]

my man!!!!!!

[@markconrad7690]

@@iamapokerface8992 That would be you.

[@greeedx0015]

😂😂🤣😂🤣

[@Nuberax]

Penn's face after Teller shuffles the deck a second time is absolute GOLD. Well done!

[@Nuberax]

Also Teller at the reveal is LIVID lol

[@DedesFewscres]

​@@Nuberax5:55 they both knew they got fooled. i love the show! great job on fooling them!!!!

[@MonteD1]

If you play it at .25 speed, you can see it go slower.

[@winkmurder]

This comment made me laugh out loud. 🤣

[@MonteD1]

@Corey Gonzo I was fooled faster.

[@walid1603]

It works!!!!!

[@caaltaga]

@@winkmurder me too, so dumb haha 😂

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tsg_frank5829]

The Deep Fake Penn is what really makes this whole trick incredibly fun to watch, phenomenal work

[@AndrewJW]

no way man, this trick was the real deal! choose a card, then have the volunteer shuffle, then have them make a free choice 1 in 52 and not even touch the deck with both hands after the choice was made. the V/O was just the icing on this insane trick of a cake

[@FoieGras]

Cloning voice isn't deep fake. Actually really simple to do in comparison

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Faking a voice is as old as civilization. Deep fake is primarily visual. Yeah I know this comment is a year old. So what.

[@FoieGras]

No, I mean you CAN deepfake a voice but there are simpler methods (computer-generated wise ...)

[@Dhaydon75]

@@FoieGras Although computer generated voices aren't that great. He rather found someone who can initiate his voice.

[@CarsonClaws]

This is the only trick I’ve seen where nobody in the comments knows how it’s done. Great job!

[@dismalthoughts]

Someone in the comments pointed out _one_ of his sleights that you can see only if you pause and step frame by frame. It lasts for all of 5 frames (for the record, the video playback is 30fps, so that's 1/6 of a second). When I play it back at normal speed, even though I *know* it's there, I can't see it. And even knowing that sleight happened, I have 0 friggin clue how he managed to use that to his advantage and (seemingly) get the card to the 3rd position. Absolutely friggin incredible skill.

[@paveljuga7068]

After watching it multiple times and searching for help online, I am fairly confident I understand what happened. The catch as to why you don't see almost anybody having a clue on what happened is because A) It's impossible to figure out with just this footage provided for Mr. Wild's YT channel, without additional information from other sources and B) luck played a massive part in how the ending played out.

[@AM-pq1rq]

I think it may have been this moment: "with a THREE choice from you, Penn" @4:42

[@labla8940]

@@dismalthoughts Hint Im almost positive the decks wee all gimmicked note the way he counts off the cards to get to 3

[@erkkisalmi3732]

I know.Easy to see. He changed l the picked deck when throwing others away.

[@avinesh5]

Been doing tricks for 35+ years . Boris dear chap, this is by far not only the best ever on P&T but the best ever trick seen anywhere. Stunning sir. Congrats

[@cletusspuckler5748]

Sorry, I haven't any idea. Keep scrolling.

[@hannahj.kristensen7037]

So true

[@christopherblackwell8243]

Sleight of hand, marked decks amongst other things. This takes YEARS of practice to perform.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@christopherblackwell8243 Jury is out on whether this is a marked deck. Matt Donnelly said on his Fool Us Behind the Scenes podcast that this could be done with a regular borrowed deck. I know exactly how it's done with a marked deck, so I'm curious as to how it could be done with a regular deck... I have a few ideas though...

[@AbuseeeM]

Hahahaha

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@TheHound Did you even read my comment? Yes, Boris Wild is well known for using a marked deck and has sold them in Rider backs, Maiden backs, and Phoenix backs. However, did you also not notice Penn take the deck at the end and inspect it? If it was marked he would have noticed it then. Boris' performance here is a combination of Ideal Effect + PurACAAN from The Marked Deck Project DVD. However, AS I SAID, according to Matt Donnelly, WHO WORKS ON THE SHOW, this performance was done using a regular deck and not a marked one, and that's how he fooled P&T. Do I trust him 100%? No, I don't, which is why I said the jury is still out.

[@Kragatar]

The fact that he can let them examine the deck afterwards makes it mindblowing. Lots of ways to do that with a trick deck, but with normal cards I have no idea.

[@RaisedAce]

no idea. Don't scroll down, cause nobody knows

[@pothocket]

This is the card trick I've been waiting to see ever since I started watching Fool Us. It really is the perfectly executed impossible card trick. Using the "thoughts" as a device to explain everything and why he's doing what he's doing was brilliant.

[@siroreo]

It really is it makes it so anyone seeing the trick can follow along with how impossible it truly is

[@nagotron]

@Jeffrey Oligny Yeah, its obviously a misdirection, you don't have to be a scientist to realize that, still doesn't explain the trick.

[@him050]

@Jeffrey Oligny That's about as helpful a clue as, "he touched the deck."

[@kkjjll02]

This was the best card trick performance I have ever seen. It had it all. Comedy, Impossibly and originality. It simply does get any better.

[@KostyaKimlat]

My friend, a wonderful trick and performance! Congrats!

[@danieltan3147]

Oh wow its Kostya the man himself. Did the trick fool you?

[@phoenixrising4073]

I think the best trick ever done was convincing Penn to put a chair down. Unbelievable.

[@johndennis7764]

Kosta wow

[@christopherblackwell8243]

Trick? You dare call it a trick?! This is no trick.

[@busybillyb33]

You know for sure that this was a monster performance when past Fool Us greats drop by to comment. I saw Shawn Farquhar in here as well.

[@Sebbethy]

5:54 It's one thing get a reaction like this from a random audience member. But if you create a magic trick that transforms a duo of the probably most well informed magicians on earth into little childs again, that's just too beautiful.

[@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548]

hw about this reaction kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSpiYlspJyWqNE

[@The_Wailing_Doom]

This is an incredible, seemingly impossible trick. The reactions at 5:52 are far greater than any trophy.

[@Delta_7.]

Since he might have used an AI to create Penn's voice, who's to say he hasn't also used an AI to create this whole episode!? That would explain the trick being impossible.

[@Max_Jacoby]

It's the most plausible explanation.

[@sgs1313]

so if you watched Jason Parker's interview with the guy that invented Siri, he tells you how he cloned Penn's voice for Boris' trick, great stuff

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

Probably a voice actor instead of an AI

[@dogman15]

@@yellowcactustvz4929 No, it was voice synthesis.

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

@@dogman15 Was it? With current technology you can still usually tell, also it's very different to convey the tone

[@tria7271]

This is easily the best card trick I’ve ever seen on Fool Us. It seems so impossible that it leaves me in awe just watching the trick again and again.

[@imthiyaazibrahimdidi548]

surely gonna love this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSpiYlspJyWqNE

[@urwholefamilydied]

I don't know how it's done, but there's a couple suspicions: He gives Teller very few cards to pick from when he "fans" the deck... Teller picked deep, but it was hardly the whole deck. He also did not give Teller a choice where to put the card back, he forced him to put it back in ONE spot. Again, don't know how it's done, but those two moves were pretty glaring.

[@koylar]

@@urwholefamilydied but Penn cut the deck and didn’t Teller shuffle as well after choosing the card ?

[@12345DJay]

@@koylar yes. that's why Penn asked if the deck was squared before he said 3. Even if he somehow knew where the card was after Teller shuffled the deck, forcing it in the position Penn was going to say from a completely squared up deck is pretty much impossible. Not only that, he finishes the trick clean, P&T inspected the deck and apparently found nothing, which is even mroe impressive in my opinion.

[@darkhoodmagician3932]

5:59 That nod from Teller is a confirmation of your skill.

[@beakt]

I know. It was so genuine and respectful, to one he considers a true peer.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Hey Boris, congratulations on fooling Penn & Teller! It was a brilliant routine and such an amazing effect. It's easily one of the best segments ever on Fool us.

[@SritaCaramelo]

Says the man who managed to put a selected card in a 'sealed brand new deck of cards' (not Canadian) between Penn's hands without him noticing. By far my favourite card trick ever, to this day.

[@jwdsoft]

I think that this is a masterpiece I don't it just fooled Penn and Teller, I think that this is the most fooling Trick i've ever seen most if not all magicians will never figure it out since come on it seems impossible with all those free choices

[@christopherblackwell8243]

Only a small number are able to fool the best. You are in elite company (both to Shawn and Boris), and should feel very privileged to have obtained such feats.

[@laartwork]

I smell a Jason Parker Magician reacts to magician reacts to...

[@dravur]

I watched Shawn's trick over and over on his first outing and After many many watches, figured it out.... I think. But it is still one of my favorite episodes on Fool Us. And not Canadian.

[@zmast333]

I've never seen Penn astonished and Teller pissed at the end of a trick. This was truly special.

[@timq6224]

easy to fool the big dumb guy...

[@chetchelios7614]

@@timq6224 2/3rds of the people that come on here fool the big dumb guy

[@thepunisher1951]

yes exactly! Teller was pissed! I've only see teller clapping and enjoying everytime after a trick, not like this!

[@Magicwillnz]

Teller seemed impressed, not pissed at all.

[@draintheswamp1588]

I have watched "the card mechanic" and others whose card handling is absolutely the best done right under their noses, yet this trick, using Penn's voice to say what he'd be saying was brilliant, original and hilarious. Bravo Boris.

[@hellsong23]

Penn is absolutely mind blown. Teller looks like he's thinking 'I'm too old for this s***!'

[@trishmoore5349]

Lol

[@sketchur]

I was thinking the EXACT same thing, lol.

[@hellsong23]

@@sketchur great minds, erm...something something.

[@markstelson8582]

Just look at 5:53 there are two cards and Penn squares them!!

[@feliciabarker9210]

@@markstelson8582 He gave Penn the top three cards off the deck

[@bennettlewis5495]

Me: "This video will only take about 10 minutes to watch." Me, an hour later, still re-watching it over and over, "How the **** did he do that???"

[@Umrebs64]

I know the secret. Hint: anyone watch the world series of poker ?

[@androidlg7311]

I was thinking he must have hidden the selected card in his wrist or a pocket on the blazer then later swapped it with the third card however I couldn't see that happening even at .25 speed

[@DL-kc8fc]

@@androidlg7311 But it's "simple" if you know the practice of returning the second card to the deck and then drawing it out as the third. This method has its name and several variants. Maybe it was lucky that Penn's card are 3 clubs, so it would be very wise to place a crumpled 2S card in position 3 !!! The TV intentionally lacks subsequent card manipulation after Teller, which made it possible to place the crumpled card in the second, or perhaps wisely in the 3rd position from above. Even so, Penn could choose any number. History does not ask if the end of the trick was "branch". It just worked out the best it could. The absence of important grips, which may not have been done, completely confused Penn and Teller. Sometimes such happy events are reflected in the magic, and we are all grateful for them. ))

[@RenatoMitri]

I was thinking the same when i press play... 4 hours ago ¬¬

[@markstelson8582]

Just look at 5:53 there are two cards and Penn squares them!!

[@texasbbq3191]

My favorite part of this show is when Penn and Teller get to experience what it's like to actually be fooled and just enjoy it.

[@jonathanleahy7664]

Nearly every card trick on FU starts with an obvious card force, I don't care how good the slight of hand is after that because throughout the trick I know the magician knows what the card is and he is controlling it. This trick? I had the same expression as Penn. This is genius.

[@exit281]

he always use a marked deck every time...but i dont see how this help him here

[@d_e_a_n]

@@exit281 This is possibly his PURACAAN effect.

[@wesjames6060]

@@exit281 also very balls-ey to bank on Teller not to inspect the deck after getting his brain blown

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@d_e_a_n It is Ideal Effect + PurACAAN. Ideal Effect is how he finds Teller's card, PurACAAN is how he positions it to be the numbered card. PurACAAN itself is "Any Card At Any Number", and he asks spectators to call out a card and a number. Ideal Effect is where the spectator chooses a card from the deck, puts it back and he later finds it. It's a combination of both effects.

[@aeon5566]

@@wesjames6060 They did inspect the deck afterwards. If the cards were marked they would have seen it.

[@daniel4647]

This makes me really mad, this trick is impossible. Now I'm going to die not knowing, unacceptable. Might be the best card tricks I've ever seen, good work

[@JMHynzie]

It's dare I say, a perfect trick. Just phenominal.

[@skrimper]

@@JMHynzie it's so good that I didn't even know how to feel while watching.

[@ThePallidor]

Possible he just got lucky so he was able to skip the key move.

[@Whocares-ew9op]

4:38 put it to .25 playback speed. Whatever he does there is how he forces it pen at the end asked if he squared the deck after teller gave him the deck. Told him to answer honestly. And he didn’t. He added the card ontop I think. He added it somewhere because ya can see it in playback. He adds and squares the deck. Prolly ontop so when he starts counting the number he puts it at the bottom. Anyway it’s a great trick but easily spotted with playback speed. He lied at the end tho when pen asked if he squared the deck. Because he did. He added the card and squared it.

[@cwphotographics]

@@Whocares-ew9op No, he didn't lie. The question was "did you square the deck *before* or *after* I said the number?", and the honest answer was that he squared it before Penn said "Three". It was never in question that he squared the deck.

[@alessandrorigobello7551]

I watch this over and over again after years and Boris completely fools me even in slow motion. I am proud to have a picture of him in my magic library with his autograph and dedication. Thanks for your GREAT MAGIC, Boris!

[@boriswildmagic]

Thank you very much Alessandro!

[@timmack2415]

This is probably the most brilliant act ever on P & T and I had no clue how this was done. However, after watching this several times, I still have no idea how the hell this was done!

[@stevenbridges]

Incredible job Boris! I watched you lecture back in South Shields when I was 10 years old! Love your work!

[@obz1357]

Bro I miss your videos

[@stevenbridges]

@@obz1357 I am making a return.

[@vedantbajaj8953]

I love your videos and your tricks, waiting for the new videos.

[@jameskenyonmagic6135]

@@stevenbridges I will be waiting

[@indirajayarao]

K

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

Teller did a million compliments to Boris with just that nod. What a marvelous piece of magic. Thank you, Boris!

[@shaidyn8278]

I have never seen Penn make that face. That was one of the best things I've ever seen on the show. I can't imagine how great a job penn and teller have, to have people come to them and give them that joy.

[@GQSmoos]

I’ve been watching a lot of these videos recently and it has made me very curious about something. The magician tells the producer(s) beforehand how it is done. When Penn & Teller are fooled, I wonder if they ask for the answer or if they prefer keeping mystery in their lives? I’m sure the answer to that is out there somewhere but I haven’t encountered it yet.

[@gutterg0d]

​@@GQSmoos The producers don't get to know the trick. From wikipedia: "A backstage judge, who is versed in the techniques of the magic industry and privately informed how the trick is done prior to the show, makes any necessary calls whether Penn & Teller were properly fooled."

[@EdwardHowton]

Masterful! And the thing is, giving Penn and Teller's thoughts like that definitely influenced them and made it harder to think of what was going on. Like telling someone not to think of a pink rhinoceros. Very sneaky. But Penn's expression made it worth it.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

quite literally got inside their heads. I think its known it would kinda piss of Penn too as hes quite the libertarian type and cloning his voice makes him very uncomfortable... the reactions said it all- Boris is the business. and he had them hook line n sinker

[@seanm3189]

Great trick. I been doing it at parties for years. And let me tell you, I’m an the MOST POPULAR person at every single 52nd party

[@DadBodDrumming]

No clue what just happened. Simple straight forward and to the point. Looks like real magic.

[@kimdev2286]

Man, this is the first time in years that I really don't have an idea of what is going on. Thank you for giving me back this feeling, the feeling of being fooled. What an incredible masterpiece.

[@jfrusciantetube]

Same... I was so confident in analyzing tricks, I hadn't had such powerful "wow" since Benjamin Early. Fantastic!

[@zAngus]

Im on the other end of the spectrum where I have no idea how they do any of them. Its magic.

[@vladraduandrei5227]

@@zAngus same bro

[@freegee3503]

It's called stooging. 😂

[@Halloween111]

I love the look on Teller's face when the card is revealed. Like he's thinking "Well played, sir. Well played."

[@DennisGr]

absolutely outstanding, i really have no words for it. the only thing i know is that the short window after penn chooses the number boris stalls and delays before the reveal because he somehow needs that time but apart from that i am clueless. top three all time on fool us for sure and my favorite card trick by far.

[@JOECorsoNova]

Totally agree, amazing!

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

Yeah, really well done. So top three? Any links to a better trick?

[@nielspennings6537]

I want to know too!

[@LeoStaley]

Nah, lots of tricks do that, when they had the trick already performed quite a while before.

[@laxrulz7]

I thought the exact same thing but can't possibly imagine what he did in those moments. The cards are always held in front of him at arm's length. That delay really did feel forced but to what end?

[@woodybenjam]

I've been doing card magic for 30+ years, and I have no idea, not even the smallest of thoughts, of how you done this. I brought your MD book some 25yrs ago, so know how clever you are. But this is superb. Probably the best Trick ever????

[@Karavusk]

He showed the card to the viewers which means there probably was someone there that signaled him what the card was. All that is left is to somehow get the card to the right position.

[@woodybenjam]

@@Karavusk So the impossible bit.

[@Karavusk]

@@woodybenjam 5:57 is that another 2 of spades behind it?

[@woodybenjam]

@@Karavusk no because Penn checks them

[@7fxcyndershade]

@@Karavusk this is specifically against the rules of the show, and the producers know how the trick is done to confirm

[@HardwareLust]

I've watched almost every trick from every episode, and I think that might just be the best card routine I've ever seen. Jason Ladanye might be a better mechanic, but you sir a magician.

[@TheMygoran]

The only thing i caught was the fact that the supposedly factory-fresh deck of cards didn't include Jokers, the blank card and so on. Still got no clue how he did that. Awesome

[@ProblemanMx]

Probably edited out, also the plastic envelope opening was removed from the clip.

[@ftgodlygoose4718]

You can’t see a lot of things because it’s edited. Which is a good thing imo tricks shouldn’t be entirely recorded because it makes it very easy to figure out the trick

[@cptPerseus]

You can see at 2:07 for a split second that there's a joker on the top of the deck.

[@boriswildmagic]

I mentioned it in several interviews including the one with Jason Parker who reacts on Fool Us acts: the part where I open the cellophane, break the seal and get rid of the advertising cards and jokers has been cut for timing. I would have never performed in front of Penn & Teller with a deck that I introduce as brand new but does not include the jokers and advertising cards! They would have noticed it immediately and never believed it was a brand new deck (which was the case!)

[@eugenelevin9809]

Boris Wild I notice how you say “brand new”, but nothing about “unmarked” ;)

[@iamlegend5190]

It cool how penn looked at teller while revealing the card. That look from magician to magician is incredible.

[@ggrinfan]

The fun of magic is to be surprised, it is understandable that some people like to find out what the trick is. But the fun is to discover it in the moment, and not by playing a video frame by frame over and over again. Boris, I have seen this act several times and it is simply delightful and never fails to make me smile. Thank you for your beautiful work.

[@Roozyj]

Different people have different understandings of what fun is :P As long as people don't spoil the magic for others that like to believe in it, there's nothing wrong with playing a video frame by frame.

[@wesjames6060]

It's THE perfect card trick. This is what every magician tries to do with a find-a-card trick

[@Lodge265]

At 3:54 in the clip, the card is placed on top of a controlled card. At 3:02, the deck is cut placing the bottom card to the middle. That is the control card, and it is ever so smaller in physical size than all the other cards. At 4:02, he "perfectly squares the cards" which allows an easy marker for his accomplice to control a basic looking shuffle, and easily find the control card, and then set the selected card to a desired position, using a low number (like 3) so that it can easily be positioned without notice or too much difficulty. At 4:36, his accomplice set the picked card based on finding the controlled card, as it appears to be flipped and he supposedly corrects for that. He is too experienced to make a mistake like that when doing a basic shuffle of cards. The only answer I see to explain this trick is that all three of them are accomplices in the trick!

[@wrmusic8736]

@@Lodge265 clearly you don't know anything about Penn & Teller and this show

[@Cranson93]

5:42 I love how Teller helped Penn remembering the card xD

[@Greenfreak91]

Obviously YES cuz he saw that Penn was staring at Boris while he picked the card and did not know Penn saw it. "xD"

[@Lodge265]

At 3:54 in the clip, the card is placed on top of a controlled card. At 3:02, the deck is cut placing the bottom card to the middle. That is the control card, and it is ever so smaller in physical size than all the other cards. At 4:02, he "perfectly squares the cards" which allows an easy marker for his accomplice to control a basic looking shuffle, and easily find the control card, and then set the selected card to a desired position, using a low number (like 3) so that it can easily be positioned without notice or too much difficulty. At 4:36, his accomplice set the picked card based on finding the controlled card, as it appears to be flipped and he supposedly corrects for that. He is too experienced to make a mistake like that when doing a basic shuffle of cards. The only answer I see to explain this trick is that all three of them are accomplices in the trick!

[@grilledleeks6514]

Tellers knowing nod when the card is revealed is really awesome. When a master knows someone got the better of him, finally.

[@darthmid_gaming7875]

One of the best tricks I've seen on here. When Penn has that look when he picked the cards up himself was priceless.

[@markstelson8582]

Just look at 5:53 there are two cards and Penn squares them!!

[@KusaneHexaku]

@@markstelson8582 That's because he dealt out a pack of 3 cards and handed them all over to Penn? Did you even watch the video?

[@thureintun1687]

@@markstelson8582 and?

[@DieselTrippin]

This trick is every magicians dream. I dont know how he does it so cleanly. I think he is actually a wizard. It’s spooky

[@FusionDeveloper]

He washed his hands and used new cards.

[@progfix]

I honestly think he got lucky and had the card already at the third position.

[@slottmachine]

@@progfix LMAO I think you’re right!

[@maskettaman1488]

This has blown my mind so hard that the only thing I can think of is something critical got clipped off in editing. If that's not the case then it's probably the first time I don't even have a vague idea how it was done. Incredible

[@seniorgir]

I love how this was crafted in such a way that it not only fooled Penn and Teller, but also the hack wannabe magicians in the comment sections that think they have a revolutionary new idea that Penn and Teller somehow didn't think of.

[@alexdelarge2095]

Wouldn't be the first time. Penn and Teller don't have the benefit of rewatching the clip until they can figure out what happened; on the internet, you do.

[@seniorgir]

@@alexdelarge2095 yes but even when you rewatch the magic in slow motion, its not like penn and tellers cinematography is done in such a way that you can see exactly how the trick is done on ANY of the magic tricks. The intention of this show isn't for the public to have magic ruined for them, so the camera angles are done such that 100% of the trick isn't revealed. Which is incredibly easy to tell after you watch other magicians who HAVE revealed how their tricks work compared to the penn and teller version

[@IJustAteYourGrapesBro]

The concept of the show isn't 'fool us with a completely unique concept brand new to magic' it's simply 'fool us so that we get our couple of guesses at how you did it' They've been defeated by some pretty simple sleight of hand quite a few times because they too can get wrapped up in performances and only have a single angle and viewing to work with.

[@pauldavis5665]

Sometimes people in the comments actually do have the solution to something Penn and Teller did not come up with. I have seen it a number of times in comments for different acts. Don't make the mistake to think that Penn and Teller are some kind of infallible Gods and if they can't figure out how something was done that means no one else can either. Obviously they are way above average when it comes to figuring these things out, but they are still just people.

[@misterwhyte]

In one of the episodes they briefly mention that, to keep the show fair, they're only allowed a couple of guesses. Basically they consider themselves fooled if they can't figure out the trick almost immediately. So as someone else said, if they could just rewatch the trick twenty times and have the time to think, just like we can, guaranteed they would figure it out. From there, it's not crazy to think magic enthusiasts would figure it out as well and share it with us.

[@cesargabrielgomez9540]

Incredibly impossible. I had Kostya in first place until now. Wow. This is the best trick I've ever seen. Penns face, priceless

[@tigersaint124]

I did as well along with Shin Lim. I'm dumbfounded how he did this.

[@mycroftsanchez901]

Not only was this a fantastic card trick but putting Penn's 'thoughts' in audio was brilliantly funny.

[@wadhahalameer4125]

I saw all the seasons and every card trick. And this is the first time I don't have any idea how it's done ✅ 👏👏 Congrats 🎉 you are the best

[@stefentan5915]

Teller just nodding there basically means *Shit, he got us*

[@justayoutuber1906]

That facial reaction from Penn was priceless.

[@tomato7955]

Anyone else rewind to make sure the deck was squared before he said 3? Lol

[@videos4mydad]

That was the most perfect "find the card" trick that can possibly exist. That was perfection. This is the equivalent of a magician snapping their fingers and they disappear before your very eyes.

[@AlainHubert]

That was absolutely incredible! The expression on Penn's face tells how much he was impressed! Fantastique!

[@darioshame]

It’s ridiculous how much joy this act just brought me 👍🏼

[@tempviduse]

Watching his hands after teller gives him the deck. He did in fact square it before the choice. and his hand never leaves the table and his palm is visible multiple times. Im completely lost

[@Greenfreak91]

And you give up after you got ALL these informations? Sad. Try to think out of the box ;) the trick is soooo simple its actually crazy no one has any clue how it's done LOOL i should sell it...

[@doicaretho6851]

@@Greenfreak91 lol don't even try. You 100% don't know how it's done.

[@l_al0o]

@@Greenfreak91 you dont know either

[@Greenfreak91]

@@l_al0o Hahahahahaha i do. trust me ;)

[@GrymmSoul]

@@Greenfreak91 I also know how it is done but refuse to explain it because (insert lofty principle here). See how I'm even more believable due to not desperately asserting it, laughing like an eight year old, insisting that I can be trusted, using winky emojis, pointing out that "no one" but myself can grasp the trick; while feigning a reason to abstain, and correctly speaking the language I've chosen? Oh, and let's not forget that one of the most basic (read "lame) rules of terribly lying is relying entirely on the premise that "a negative cannot be proven without evidence".... Maybe you'll be better than that after your ninth birthday though. Aww and you thought you were witty too. Oops.

[@greyKuma536]

Not only the best card trick, but the best showmanship. This routine is a true masterpiece

[@derekcoble2215]

After Tellers final shuffle, the only way this is possible is if he stole the 2S from the deck after tellers selection... slipped the 2S back into the deck after he handed it back to him... and then after Penn says 3 he has some system of stealing more than the 3 cards off the top but also putting all but 3 back, while controlling the 2S to the 3rd spot... and doing it so slowly and cleanly... except there is zero visual evidence of any of these moves even being attempted lol. This actually is the best trick ever.

[@ferko28]

The last part is too reliant on luck I think for it to be the case, if Penn said 1 or any big enough number the method of taking more than one and putting them back would fall short, but I sure can't think of another possible way.

[@nicka5040]

lol it was incredibly obvious how he did it. I don't want to spoil it for anybody so stop reading here if you don't want to know, but he used actual magic. Simple really.

[@jeremyashford2145]

The card did not make it back into the deck after Teller chose it.

[@dawsondudark]

@@jeremyashford2145 yeah that’s what I think but either way he was amazing.

[@saucylittlenumber3575]

@@jeremyashford2145 3:53 is when teller puts it in the deck. you can look to see if he sneaks it out, but it doesn't look like it.

[@JamesRMagic]

Every magician tries adding more and more to tricks wether it be technique, verbiage or gimmickry but Boris kept it as simple as possible and done it so beautifully and cleanly. Magnificent!

[@alexr1934]

If you don't know how sublime that trick was, video editing or no video editing, the look on Penn's face said it all. That look said "That was totally impossible."

[@Majestyma]

The best Fool Us performance ever, the effect the routining and scripting everything is just perfect. Felicitation.

[@tasdourian]

I don't think I've ever seen that expression on Teller's face. He is completely amazed and pissed off at the same time. You can tell that he has NO idea how this was done, and he finds it truly unnerving. Brilliant trick.

[@krastsanguinar9514]

This is as close as it gets to the "perfect trick" which is someone just thinking of a card without influence and magician guessing it. I thought It being too good might give it away as you eliminate all other possible ways of achieving an effect but no. Truly remarkable, you are one of the best magicians I have seen.

[@gerardmartin1376]

5:59 Teller's head move and face : "He is GOOD".

[@snowflakesxyz2605]

exactly what i was thinking 😆

[@boahneelassmal]

_Outstanding move_

[@drewst.angelo5697]

I literally have dedicated more man hours to trying to figure out how you do this trick than my actual job to make a living…yet I have not once made a different face than penn does watching this.. kudos Boris and please please never job doing what you do best.. you’re truly blessed with an amazing talent that helps people like myself get through the day with a smile on my face so thank you :)

[@doleo_metal]

Agree with other comments that this is one of the greatest card tricks ever. But, the Penn internal dialogue was one of the funniest bits of magician comedy. I loved everything about this and laughed all the way through.

[@chrisgangsta]

I love this show so much, magicians vs magicians makes magicians come up with even better methods to be able to fool magicians and leave the rest of us even more amazed.

[@HEHEXDLOOOL]

I love the trick - 'now he is gonna control the card' - deck drop! So nice.

[@teirdalin]

You clearly put so much heart into setting up this trick, and you did a fantastic performance that I'm sure people will enjoy watching years from now.

[@kutsen39]

Oh wow, I did NOT expect an ACAAN trick, that's incredibly impressive. You've truly mastered the one trick that no one could perform! Well done.

[@Bebop17]

Honest to god man this was one of the most astounding tricks I’ve ever seen... the setup with Penn picking the trick apart was SO GREAT. Amazing performance!!!

[@vincentjohnflorio]

It's so clean-looking on its face. It's only one step removed from just holding a deck and him picking any card and just guessing it straight-up. Like where could the shenanigans happen? What subtle crap could you even do to still be on top of that?

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@vincentjohnflorio Let's just say that two very crucial moments were cut out of this performance where a learned eye would have known that was the moment for any dirty work (even without knowing precisely what he was doing), and Boris got extremely super lucky when Penn chose the number 3. Like, 1 in 52 chance lucky.

[@stwphennewman3838]

4:39 right after teller gets done shuffling the cards look at how he puts the last card on top kind of weird hand motion when the camera Cuts back to it and that's the two of spades

[@abdallahamin4253]

this the best "pick up a card" trick ever boris took it to another level from the way he showed how he didn't control the card to the free choice this is incredible and my favorite trick on this show

[@oldschoolwarrior]

Up until this video I thought Kostya Kimlat’s trick was the most amazing trick I had ever seen in my life. I think this one just topped that. Penn’s reaction said it all. Simply superb!

[@pragmaticpuneet]

Wow, that's a rare expression on Penn's face i have ever seen.....what a trick it was... amazing 😍

[@peytonmiller1502]

I rewatched it 6 times. Slowing it down and have studied each portion and can’t find how this was done. I can see moments of sleight of hand skills at bay, but the randomness of shuffles and Penn and Teller changing everything has me absolutely mind-boggled. This is the best I’ve ever seen.

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

it's true that Penn made the same face as Allison's LOL

[@Jason-Moon]

A trick that's designed to fool Penn and Teller from top to bottom- bravo! This guy got fully into the spirit. I've been wracking my brain over this one. It's nearly the perfect card trick. The only opportunity for deception I find is in the deck selection. That was surely a box full of fixed decks. Every part of the trick after that was so fair and real. Even believing he had a fixed deck, I cannot seem to comprehend how this was accomplished with it. This trick is so great!

[@michaelJpurp]

Can you expand on that for us non-magicians? He fanned all cards for them, and even had Teller shuffle them. How could a fixed deck help in a case like that? I'm genuinely curious!

[@miiqus_unchained]

I just like to come rewatch this video every now and again, and keep it showing to my friends, because this is the most CLEAN and PERFECTLY executed card trick I've seen so far. Well done and congratulations.

[@oldschoolwarrior]

I’m on number 20 right now.

[@mjsmcd]

Any idea on how?

[@freegee3503]

​@@mjsmcdYes, it's called stooging. That is what makes it so clean. 😊

[@mjsmcd]

@@freegee3503 actually they dont allow stooges i found out

[@ThePokeRapper]

This is one of the best card tricks that I've ever seen. Absolutely insane.

[@stevestann595]

If you look closely when he squared the cards, he actually had Teller shuffle the cards another time... this is where i said WTF is going on. Bravo Monsieur Boris, c'était magnifique. Chapeau bas

[@MikeGervasi]

Brilliant trick. Presenting it in the manner of disarming any question or thought they may have takes it off the table. Also I've never seen a magician have them do most of the card handling. However this was achieved it was VERY cleanly done. Also if you manage to fool Teller you brought him joy because he loves to experience "magic" and nearly becomes a happy child.

[@wtevwwe11]

Lots of respect for all magicians performing their tricks next to Penn & Teller, it makes them even more impressive.

[@DerMichael]

Just like the rest of the comment section, I spent more than an hour trying to figure out what I should just take for what it is: Magic. What I think where the magic happens, or just what I find noteworthy: - 3:40 Boris' left hand does something suspicious. - 3:53 Boris tells Teller where to put the card. - 3:55 Boris places the rest of the deck "on top" while handling the cards _himself._ - 3:57 Boris drops the cards to show he does no pinky break of some sort. - 4:00 Boris "squares up" the cards while rotating them. That's unusual, but it makes perfect sense for the routine. At this point, Boris has some information about the card or the deck that he doesn't want us to know. What do I mean by that? No idea. - 4:06 Boris leaves the cards on the table for quite a long time. To build suspense, we assume. - 4:26 Boris hands the deck to Teller to let him shuffle. At this point, the information is "lost from the deck" so to say and has to be kept at Boris somehow. What do I mean by that? No idea. - 4:38 Boris takes the deck back and spreads it a bit. -- This part is edited and we don't see all of it. I think that's where the information is put back into the deck by sleight of hand. What do I mean by that? No idea. - 4:40 Boris keeps the deck in mechanic's grip the entire time. - 4:48 When Penn says a number, Boris stalls for a suspiciously long time. -- My best guess that this is a point where the trick has multiple outs, so it took some time to choose the correct line to follow. That would explain why this trick is so impossible. - 5:14 Boris still handles the cards and takes the top three. If this was not necessary, Boris could have had Penn deal any number of cards between 1 and 52 from the top of the deck. But obviously, not all cards were 2S. So it was key, Boris still held onto the cards and didn't say what the number was for until he heard the number. Boris only said he was going to "find the card", so in a sense, it could still be a magician's choice. - 6:03 Penn looks at the cards. They are, in fact, all different. So in summary, I think from what we see here, the trick is truly impossible. I think if Boris were to perform the same trick again, we would get information that we didn't get the first time. Some sneaky bits would be exactly the same, but some things would be different. That's the information we are missing. However, even then, and even while knowing when and what is suspicious, I have no clue how all of it fits together. Wonderful trick!

[@arnabkar8792]

I agree, I think it was multiple outs, rather than a force of some sort, but it could be both, as to how he would find the card, I am not sure but he could be feeling the cards, but as it's a new deck it's difficult to have something consistent each time. I think it could be that the company pre-files the cards or something, so every deck is similar to the touch, so at 3:40 he's feeling the cards before and after where he wants the card to be put. So pick a card, feel cards around it, then shuffle them, take the deck, feel it, find the card and then decide on the next line. On a side note, I don't think the trick would be as impressive if he did anything other than picking the top cards, because even if not make it obvious it would make it probable that he had multiple outs.

[@quinnjones1655]

The 4:38 edit is deeply frustrating, the entirety of the trick could be there. The 3:55 topping of the card was just done to do the joke of them seeing that move.

[@wayneyadams]

I have watched this numerous times because it is not only amazing, but very entertaining. I love the way you answer the mysterious Penn voice, and the looks on their faces is priceless. What a great piece of showmanship.

[@redplanet76]

Maybe top one or two card tricks I’ve ever seen. Unreal. Congratulations.

[@Laurencetw]

I was recently talking to someone about whether the mythical berglas effect can actually be performed. congrats on doing the best version of it I have ever seen.

[@johnhalsall1878]

I really enjoyed the whole performance. It was like seeing magic for the first time as a child. We all get a bit jaded with magic as we get older I think. Picking up terms like forcing, sleight, trick deck etc, removes a lot of the mystery and wonder, but having P&T sat there (along with some internal monologue) telling us the "standard" tricks weren't used (or at least not in a way we're acquainted with) was invigorating. Thank you for giving me this experience again!

[@AhmedAtef07]

I am watching this and it has 60K views. I know it will have millions at some point. Cause this is the best card trick I've watched in my life. And I have watched A LOT of them.