Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Ondrej Psenicka

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[@ursuciprian9035]

As a Romanian i can confirm this is how we do magic in the Carpathians as well We let someone else do our job and we step aside and have a few laughs while looking at them

[@Creshex8]

😂😂😂

[@nmea0601]

🔥🔥😂😂

[@andiandi3918]

:))))

[@goldeneddie]

So in the headphones a voice is saying: 'Make a magical gesture and say the magic word'... and Alyson says: 'Magic'...

[@serenaholliday2929]

It's 3 a.m. and I'm down the rabbit hole of this show and I love it

[@Mal1ily]

It’s so funny seeing penn’s calm face in the first appearance of Odrej compared to the third time he was on 😂 I love this show

[@deenvanmidden6512]

04:13 look how genuine happy he is and proud.

[@nickgilmore3447]

6:58 I love how Penn looks just a little concerned that he might have been wrong.

[@paulfreeman4900]

I like Alyson. In spite of all her success in TV and film, she seems to have remained refreshingly down to earth

[@NimsChannel]

Paid persona.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Well, it's hard to be arrogant when you've stuck a flute in your....

[@paulfreeman4900]

@@Soxruleyanksdrool LOL! Indeed!!

[@maksphoto78]

That's what being married and having kids does to you.

[@danielleza908]

Alyson was hilarious in this clip.

[@ThornOfSociety]

Yay so happy for Alyson that she finally got to fool them

[@milanstevic8424]

6:53 Teller: "Our cut is 50% on the butterfly deck sales" 6:56 Ondrej: "25" Teller: "25?Hm" Penn: "(C'mon what's going on)" 7:02 Ondrej: "Look I get it. You can't split 25% nicely. But it's 3 million dollars, right?" 7:05 Teller: "Right. Just a moment, lemme check with Penn." Penn: "We're gonna discuss again?" 7:12 Teller writes down the sum. Penn: "Oh-kay"

[@OndrejPsenicka]

I confirm. That's exactly how it went. :D

[@sergej100qca4]

serbia??

[@milanstevic8424]

yep. hi!

[@sunilchoudhary8281]

yeah may be that looks almost correct

[@qualityentropy3583]

What does this mean?

[@pokio55]

Yo he just got on the show to talk to Alyson

[@katcano4474]

you could cut the sexual tension with a k-nife

[@leebraddock9789]

What's wrong with that? I would give my left arm to meet her in person!!

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@leebraddock9789 Bruh

[@negativesplits06]

He’s gay...

[@saucylittlenumber3575]

@@negativesplits06 source?

[@HanLi1984]

Really love these creativities, fool or not, it’s really great show! Enjoyed

[@KvkenshinKv]

What was funny about this, it's that i immediatly by these deck. A wonderfull and amazing deck of cards. A wonderfull man also. Nice from the begining to the end

[@SodomaMuikku]

This guy is absolutely super. There should be much more like him.

[@TheTrumpBoy]

Alyson Hannigan is just too lovely

[@ableeeawwwaa1460]

Aww, thanks.

[@mathewdeering]

Gotta go find me a flute.

[@drewpamon]

Especially in that dress

[@KorfoID]

Yeah lovey dovey 😙

[@Psychlist1972]

drewpamon *pants

[@adamklatovsky]

Neskutečné! Ondřeji jsi mega sympoš a jsi borec, že jsi prorazil v tomto oboru ve světě! Držím palce a objednávám karty! :)

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Děkuju Adame! Čím dál víc se v kouzlech pohybuju a čím dál více lidí potkávám, tak poznávám, že s trochou talentu, píle a odhodlání může prorazit každý. ;)

[@Psychlist1972]

Could this volume have been encoded any lower?

[@dragon1130]

Yes..surprisingly

[@RichardJr1134]

Oh, heck, how young own & Teller were. And you look exactly the same 😊. What a great performance!!

[@MOMENTPREKVAPENIA]

Ondřej vystúpenie úžasné nie len trik takisto aj úvod, slová všetko :) od začiatku do konca vysoko profesionálne :) Hádam Vás uvidím aj v Prahe :)

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Moc děkuji, a určitě! :)

[@KittyChanU2]

Teller sneaking a peek and touching those butterfly cards

[@ujetee]

Velmi slušný výkon :)

[@umbrellaoli]

In this cut, Penn is not looking at his card xD

[@UmmOopsy]

Probably before he place in the card he saw.

[@MilanMailaVasicek]

Amazing job Ondrej ;-) Congratulation and hope to see you soon again.

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Díky Mailo! I hope for the same. :)

[@H-CubeProductions]

@@OndrejPsenicka You were amazing! I'm subscribing to you!

[@mello8942]

He did it again!

[@fudgie3312]

I thought this guy was gonna be really cheesy I actually really liked him... one of the koolest tricks I ever seen man fair play!!

[@markhorner9306]

I have loved Alyson Hannigan since Buffy and now I can see her all over again in this wonderful programme!

[@Redspeciality]

Mark Horner I liked her for her flute playing!

[@Amuserr]

Such a liar...he said he won't fool them. I tell you these comrades can't be trusted.

[@invinciblemode]

Amuserr technically allison did

[@gj4312]

Better dead than red

[@4nc3st0r]

George Jensen We can help you with that.

[@gj4312]

@@4nc3st0r commie

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Wait a sec...

[@maksphoto78]

His surname "Psenicka" means "little wheat". Love it!

[@dragonizzlenite]

Knowing the basis for the trick, I'm just curious what P&T thought had gone on that they had to whisper about.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I love this guy

[@Sev3rity]

Zlatý český ručičky :) gratulace Ondro :)

[@Botavo1]

I think that when Alison wore the headphones, the headphones was playing audio which explained the marking system of the cards to Alison so that she could pick the right card.

[@binonuts]

I don't think so. She only looked at the face of the cards, not the backs. He was able to sneak a glance at the mark himself, and he had 52 different audio recordings to choose from. He just chooses the corresponding recording, which tells Allison which card to pick from the deck.

[@trym2121]

No need for that, just make 52 audio track for each card and you're done. Less human error. Checking marking needs training not to make it so obvious.

[@Justin-tp1mx]

@@binonuts penn guessed that and he was wrong

[@ElMago.]

Neat trick. Shuffled before, free choice, with an immediate shuffle after.

[@alexubel]

It wasn't a free choice...that's how he fooled them.

[@binonuts]

@@alexubel It was absolutely a free choice. The cards are marked, when Penn puts his card back, the deck was flipped, so with one quick glance down, he can see which card is Penn's and what that card is. Then he just plays an audio recording for that corresponding card, Allison is told to pick that card. Voila. The marking system is what makes this work so beautifully.

[@PremiumTrader]

binonuts but how did he see Penn’s card since it was put back in the middle and shuffled before he looked at it? I thought it was a stripper deck since he reversed the deck for penn to put in his card. But he would’ve had to control it to the top to see the back markings.

[@binonuts]

@@PremiumTrader The markings are visible on the side/edge of the card. Does not need to be controlled to the front. You can tell what card it is even in the middle of the deck.

[@PremiumTrader]

binonuts interesting, thanks. I have marked decks but only on the back. Never seen one marked on the side.

[@alexandergeric3671]

Prečo nie som prekvapený? Po tej kope poctivej a precíznej práce to nemohlo dopadnúť inak!!!!! GRATULUJEM!

[@michaljanza]

Já Ondrovi věřil jen jsem byl zvědavej kterým trikem je dostal. hihihi

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Moc děkuji, Šaňko! A nepolevuji, tak se těším, co mě čeká dál. :)

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Tady tímhle, Michale. Vyberte si kartu a někdo jinej ji najde! :D

[@ebond4]

I think I figured it out! The deck Penn initially picked from was a fake deck with only the 8 of hearts (and he was lucky Penn respected magicianship and didn't check the cards at all while he initially shuffled). At 2:36 he does some amazing finger work and pulls a second real deck out of his right sleeve and puts it under the fake deck (I replayed that few seconds about 100x, lol). Then, as he flips all the cards prior to fanning them out to show they are all different, the fake deck is put in his sleeve. After that he just had to tell Alyson over the headset to look for that specific card, the 8 of hearts. Two things made me think this could be how it was done; one was the way his fingers were moving when he flipped the deck over, as well as how he flipped in over lengthwise instead of the shorter sideways. The second thing was the way he reacted when Penn stated that he believed he had a "free choice" of which card he selected, and then said "If I didn't, you win". His face kind of told it all right there...I think... Anyone else see what I'm seeing and think this is how it was done? Regarding the "marked the card" theory.... while it kind of looks like he touched the card with his pointer finger and therefore potentially marked it, I looked really closely and I'm pretty sure that his finger doesn't actually make contact with the card at all. Unless he marked it with a different finger? I would think that would be the first and most obvious method that Penn and Teller would look for and guess.

[@PrimeSuspect50]

I think you're right about the switch of the deck, but it didn't need to be all 8 of hearts. If it's a new deck and Penn put the card back to a new one there would be a duplicate and all Allison had to do was find the duplicate. It looked like that's what she was doing by looking at her eyes hovering the deck to find a card.

[@ebond4]

I don't think that Allyson took enough time to look through all the cards for a double, she barely fanned them out. Know what I mean?

[@PrimeSuspect50]

watch closer, she definitely looks at every card and notices it.

[@ebond4]

That theory, looking for a double, cold be true as well. It's too bad that they don't actually show how it was done afterwards... Although I guess that would eliminate the magic and wonder for the viewer/audience. I am aware of at least one performer who was on their show who subsequently posted a video on his KZbin channel years later explaining how he fooled them though, which was cool to watch! :)

[@imaculate3571]

yep, I agree with everything you said. I've watched this video at 0.25 over and over and over... It's slight of hand technique to force Penn's choice. So yes, they were fooled and you're right. The magician's tell when Penn said he was sure he had a free choice because he believed the cards were marked or something along those lines. Plus the magician can't lie obviously about it because the "judge"/producer already knows the trick.

[@whbi-senpai1085]

15fps?

[@123_thenumber5]

How does alison see the Butterflies?? She only looks on top of the cards

[@trikuxabi]

I believe she doesn't need to see the butterflies at all, since Ondrej sees them before pressing play on the instructions for her. Does it make sense? :)

[@123_thenumber5]

@@trikuxabi omg he's a genius

[@TheTop-xc4qs]

I just don't really understand why it was considered as Ondrej fooled them... Because at first yes, it is true that Penn really had free choice... but then he basically explicitly said he knows the trick is based on the design of the deck ("i think looking at that deck is great deal of fun for you") so even if they didn't really guess right where and how the magician learns what the card is, they guess right the way of learning right... And proofed it by explaining that Alison found the card in the deck because of the instructions. So again... Why is it considered as fooled?

[@persona2grata]

Not knowing the answer for certain, I would guess that there are well-defined rules in place for constitutes a correct guess from P&T. The guest magicians give up something pretty valuable, the details of their methods, to the shows judges for a chance at something also valuable, the exposure and notoriety that they get if they "fool" two world-renowned magicians on national television. Although it's not technically a financial exchange, I would guess that it's in everyone's interests to know beforehand what the rules are, exactly. If P&T were making borderline calls in their favor, magicians would complain and it would make it harder for the show to find quality guests. I'm guessing that they throw difficult calls in the guests favor, particularly since it doesn't really cost P&T much to give someone a win.

[@robbybevard8034]

This came up in a different episode. To a layman, if you know how 10% of the trick is done, you feel like you understand how the whole trick is done. For a trained magician trying to specifically state how a trick is done, if they know 90% of the trick but don't know where and when the actual exact tricky bit is, that fools them. Otherwise they could just say "sleight of hand" and be right every time. Penn and Teller know how all the tricks are done, and if they had multiple guesses they'd nail it every time after they eliminated a couple possibilities, but the show is structured to be fair to the performer.

[@cardamundo295]

@@robbybevard8034 100000000% right.

[@Xanthopteryx]

I think that: It's a marked deck. P&T knows it's a marked deck. Problem is, that is not enough to bust the magician. Because... it is too wide. Then they can, you know "Oh, done by slide of hands - next!" so they have to be more specific. P&T said it was marked, in the nice butterfly pattern, so he could tell witch card is chosen. That is why he wanted them to clarify "hat did you see". He then said that, yes, it is marked but not in That way. And then it is a fooler, because, they did not reach that specific part of the trick. It can be marked with UV light ink, it could be marked on the edges of the card, it can be marked when he put it back, it can be... There are several methods and they have to be roughly around the correct method to bust.

[@justice91423]

It seems the chosen card is being put back reversed (It's a one way deck), then Ondrej spots it via the edge marking system when he hands the deck to Alison. But that seems like a HUGE gamble since Penn could put the card in the "wrong" way, and/or reverse half the deck when he shuffles. Is there some control I'm not seeing?

[@davidpazdirek2216]

Alison is taking the card face up from the deck. And Penn did shuffle the deck with the rifle shuffle technique.

[@ViciousLtv]

The cards are one way marked... On the back and the front. That's why he wanted them to clarify what did "he" see.. Because ondrej really didn't see anything.. He just told Allison what to look for.

[@stephenolan5539]

@@ViciousLtv But he did not see the card while it was in Penn's possession. Marking does no good if you do not look at the card. Someone else suggested he swapped decks after Penn chose his and he showed all the cards are different. The risk was Penn seeing his chosen card in the fanned out cards. Then Allyson had to do was look for duplicate cards.

[@Sixsince-dd2eu]

Stephen Olan He can just not have an 8 of hearts in the real deck

[@Tibi1q2wthesecond]

@@davidpazdirek2216 he should/could have shuffeled them differently but he had not. Look at the video again when he shuffeles the cards ( at 2:55 ). But its risky for sure!

[@furrukhjamal00]

that was fantastic, I so want these

[@butterflyplayingcards]

Your opportunity to get some is very close. :)

[@furrukhjamal00]

Butterfly Playing Cards let's see what their price would be, magic is a tough passion to keep up with in South Asian Developing countries due to currency conversions and no local shops, definetly keep an eye open for contests lol

[@roughryder5]

Depends what it said in the headphones. It looks like when Penn put the card back in the deck, the magician secretly made it a mission to touch the card with his finger as it was getting slid in, as if he was feeling for something or putting something on there like a mark, or something sticky. When the lady was sifting through the deck, the headphones instructed her to look for something, pull it out and then put it on the table...that "something" may very well be some type of marker.

[@neopalm2050]

But the cards were shown to Penn face-up after that. He then instantly had the backs of the cards in view when shuffling. At that point, he saw the cards and destroyed the information about which card he picked.

[@joebeastyg5686]

Fools Penn and Teller but not you.... hmmmmm, NO 😄

[@meocats]

i don't think they're allowed to do that by the rules of the show?

[@beybld]

Y'all wrong :d

[@imaculate3571]

no, his phone had pre-recorded instructions. He just tapped and played the recording with the instruction to pull out the card he already knew it was. The question to answer is how did he know. Penn thought he saw visually the mark card. Teller went up to clarify more specifically what it was he "saw" and they were wrong on their guess as he obviously told Teller how it was actually done or was a bit more specific in it at least. The producers already know how the trick is done so they can validate if the magician isn't being honest. Otherwise, I believe this all to be a setup for them to close a deal with this act and market him and his products and P&T will earn royalties or licensing rights. Win win :D Nonetheless, it is a good way to present the trick. When you have a good act that can really engage the "paying" audience. That will fill seats and get them $$$$

[@himself187]

what if he placed his pinky where Penn put his selected card and all he had to do is count it's position say position ten from left if fanned out and he played a track on his device say maybe on an Ipod and chose track ten with instructions of pulling out 10th card.. note that he has recorded tracks maybe 52 tracks each track with different instructions only on where to pull out the card. i.e track 1 pull out 1st card, track 2 pull out 2nd card and so on but of course there were other instructions like waving hands gestures to simulate that Alison was reading his mind

[@leonardoromano160]

Penn shuffled the deck... I thought he forced the card, and that was also what penn&teller thought (when they talked about "free choice"). But he said that wasn't done in this way...

[@DrunkenGyarados]

Says he isn't going to fool them... fools them anyway

[@OndrejPsenicka]

I immediately handed the trophy to Alyson after I got it from Teller, but that part got cut out.

[@JiveDadson]

Not really. They knew the deck was marked. They just didn't say specifically that they were marked on the edges.

[@declanp1]

JiveDadson how did he know the card?

[@abdulazizal-amri75]

He said immediately shuffle the cards...he never saw a thing.............

[@alannahall3590]

he had alyson fool them

[@Amadeuszz]

2:49 a finger....

[@dekewhite7180]

he marked the card and the headset told alison how to find it

[@ViciousLtv]

That's not how's it was done

[@tyliir]

@@ViciousLtv then how?

[@zdenekdolezal9646]

@@tyliir Those cards indeed were marked, but absolutely different (inovative) way, then they thought. This was Ondrej's prototype. And Penn made his job really easy. I think, I know, how he did it. Bud I've seen videos of him doing this trick, where they accidently when shuffeling made this trick hard and he performed anyway where I have no idea, how it is done. BTW you cam buy those cards nowadays, they are in second edition with upgraded markng system. Just find Butterfy Deck of Butterfly Playing Cards.

[@stickerred]

At that time he changed another deck by two sleeves in and out so there are two heart 8 totally 53 cards. Hints was some double cards by headphone.

[@T1J]

i think he marked the card somehow as penn was giving it back to him.

[@adambe1126]

He is the creator of the butterfly cards

[@k123n]

Those are popular marked decks actually and he made those. But how did he mark it without seeing?

[@B.H.TEIXEIRA]

@@k123n this deck have maybe 6 -8 different system Mark... I have 3 decks

[@MrMagoo-ug9vz]

That 1 time at band camp ooohhhh

[@kracejiciAlchymista]

Moc hezké kouzle Ondřeji :-)

[@kmiller6324]

Ondrej Psenicka it's already gone bro have you ever meant josh jay

[@danhart9623]

idk if I just saw this but at the start when he shakes her hand, he slips a card in her hand and she takes it, so she is obviously in on the trick somehow

[@ShinyFireDog720]

Butterfly cards are marked cards. The back design gives it away. How? I don’t know. You have to buy the deck to find out. They make it very clear not to share the info online.

[@jakubskodik1188]

Ondro gratuluji

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Moc děkuji, Jakube! :)

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Alyson was really funny here, hahaha

[@kodyletteriello4452]

Really nice job man. And amazing cards! I hope I will get them one day

[@butterflyplayingcards]

You surely will. :)

[@davidohori]

I hate camera cuts. Check out 3:07, definite portion missing. I wonder if it was cut in the original airing. Basically, there’s no way of figuring it out when you’re missing part of the trick.

[@kerosun4598]

The video on this Magician's KZbin channel didn't have that cut. It was done by the host of this channel for some reason.

[@davidohori]

Kerosun thanks. Ill check that out

[@pedrodiaz5540]

I think that to fool Penn & Teller is not the goal of the show, the goal is to entertain us with the best magic tricks in the world.

[@jackalopi3014]

A lot of people are saying that the original deck is rigged and all containing one card, but when Penn is shuffling we can clearly see a black card. Is there something I am missing?

[@Archeo69]

Its probably not all same card. Check the butterflies on the cards when penn is inserting the card back to the deck, you will notice that the butterfly on his card is facing the other way round compared to the deck. So i think that is the trick to it

[@andywang3752]

2:38 he actually rotated the entire deck. I got it... So when pen insert his card, his card will be obviously different to another so the lady can find it with earphone comment

[@NimsChannel]

In the 2nd appearance Penn tells him "teller reversed half the cards in the shuffle". Probably why.

[@thememaster7]

Then she would have to find the card by holding the deck backwards.

[@lukas_kudlacek]

This was awesome! Congrats!

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Thank you so much, Suksy!

[@davidmdsk]

Great presentation and smart deck :) Congrats and all the best from Prague :)

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Thank you so much Dávid! Are you from Prague? Do you live there?

[@AyrtonTwigg]

What happened during the cut at 3:06???

[@positiivi_teme]

And how would you know that?

[@samhodson6470]

Ionatan yes, that was a weird break but I didn't see that same break on the TV version. Odd.

[@samhodson6470]

Interesting at 3.06

[@Luisaan145]

Trust me. Buy the cards. You are a fucking million miles off.

[@declanp1]

Louis Hessey-Antell he might have used different cards.

[@007mrsilent]

It was a setup I guess. I didnt see any "hearts" card while he showed the card asking if all are different or not! Check again if um wrong!

[@thezeroplayz]

Nope you are wrong I have the Butterflies

[@narutomeansspiral]

I think Penn thought he had marked cards, which is why he kept reiterating that “those cards are beautiful, I imagine you get to SEE them often”.

[@georgelionon9050]

It are marked cards, Andrej is selling them. I guess they are a great buy if you are into magic.

[@Sara-L]

Sort of ironic - there was another magician who had Penn draw the same card. While looking into Allison's eyes.

[@jskrabac]

*coincidence, not irony. :P

[@Quintessenceofdust7]

@@jskrabac diamonds, not iron.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Andre Pah-neesh-ka

[@adammarko7069]

It is on 30 FPS?

[@esc8engn]

I wonder if the contestants on this show who get the FU award are contractually obligated to reveal the secret to P&T after the curtain. That would make the real value of the show that P&T can secretly collect all the world's greatest illusions to incorporate into their acts later on. Endless edgy material without research, per se.

[@stephenolan5539]

No They reveal the secret before the show. The judges can then determine if P&T were fooled. If this guy had forced the card then he would have been called out. In another trick the magician did not understand what Penn was talking about. The judges said that he had fooled them. Edit I misheard Penn

[@3stepsahead704]

@@stephenolan5539 Actually, they conceded if he would have forced the card, he would have won, because that really really looked like free choice (which I think it was).

[@Nakagolas]

You have to tell the trick to the producers as to prevent Penn and Teller from getting scammed. It's also how they vet out the stupid tricks and the overly dangerous ones. Penn and Teller usually figure out the tricks afterwards by re-watching the footage, but it wouldn't matter since the producers won't let you do the same trick twice.

[@SavageThrifter]

So alyson is in on the trick right?

[@mooshym1374]

Binary...🤔 Hmm... Great trick and great deck of cards! Credit to Ondrej for making a deck like this. Easy to read ones you know it. Just like everything else. But what part accually fooled PT? Dont get me wrong. I did not even know how the cards are marked at first. Apparently when you buy the deck, you kinda swore to not write anything online. If you search online, it is super hard to find anything about this deck that reveals its secret. You need to buy the deck and the book. Revealing the revolutionary Binary. But surely PT must known this?

[@adambe1126]

You really would have thought so. I just discovered the deck today and can't find the system anywhere.

[@rachael8468]

If you search for the PDF copy of it you will find it online

[@seanrrr]

Penn talked a lot about the design of the cards so I looked it up and it’s a specially designed marking system. So the magician knows exactly what card is what. I’m thinking after Penn picks his card, he uses the marking system to figure out what card Penn has, and when he plays the audio for Alyson, he has 52 versions and selects the one for the card he has.

[@melickon]

In this case, Ondrej would not get trophy

[@kardtable]

The decks are obviously marked but how did he perform the trick without looking at the cards?

[@apokalupsis116]

Could be the cards were not marked initially. When he took the card from Penn, he could have added something to the card that could then be identified (by feel or visually) based on the instructions given to Alyson via headset. Could also be that the headset was misdirection (no audio at all), and Alyson was to simply infer based on this 'added' mark which card she was to choose.

[@kardtable]

@@apokalupsis116 that's a possibility. But the Butterfly cards are commercially sold marked deck. Perhaps he even used the unmarked version to throw Penn&Teller off. The trick was performed without using the marked feature.

[@Raybeez223]

@@kardtable The cards are marked and the marking system was used in this trick. When you know how the marking system work, you know how this trick was done. So if you are really curious you should buy them. They are worth it.

[@TheHarleyhillbilly]

And he did, just go to the website for the cards. Watch Penn shuffle he didn’t reverse any of them.

[@sayless3271]

Penn never looks at his card! From when he pulls it out of the deck at 02:30 to when he puts it back at 02:55, he never looks at it. What am I missing?

[@Heisoka]

he just sneaked on the index when he took it

[@thememaster7]

He saw it quickly.

[@gonnahavemesomefun]

I figured it out!! At just after 2:39 he turns, and crucially rotates, the deck. Thus when Penn puts his card back in it will be opposed (upside down) to the rest of the cards in the deck. This then allows Alison to find it. The headphones play a message that helps her figure out how to spot the chosen card. The card will have a non-symetrical (on the vertical) unique marking. Boom.

[@drewmoffatt9414]

That was my first guess too, but Penn riffles the deck after choosing his card, which would reverse the orientation of half the cards and hide a flip like that! It's definitely a marked-cards trick, though - you can buy the cards, and they're specially designed. The website doesn't explain the marking system, but if you look closely at the design it's quite complex and there are lots of small differences between the backs. I think that every card has the suit and value encoded on the back - Ondrej was simply able to identify the card on the table by looking at it, and selected the correct card on his phone to be played to Alyson during the recording (which fits with what's said in the code - Penn implies that the trick uses a key card, which it doesn't, but Alyson nods because the normal meaning of "key in" fits what happened). It's a really great trick, though - without Penn drawing attention to the butterfly design I'd have had no idea how it could be done.

[@logicandreason9347]

Allison's eyes are always a pleasure

[@Iksperial]

Vau! Absolutna parada!

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Moc děkuji! :)

[@thaiduitx]

I actually do know this trick. I actually required salt, he touches the card right when puts it in the deck for Penn to shuffle. Putting salt on the card is invisible to anyone concentrating on shuffling or doing anything not related to salt and it leaves a small gap in the deck only to the holder when being picked up after it’s picked up the salt has already disappeared

[@yungjiut3126]

Butterfly cards are marked, is it even allowed to fool them with marked cards?

[@DrStealthbug]

They knew the cards were marked, which is why Penn made such a big deal saying, "you have a wonderful time *looking* at those cards".

[@yungjiut3126]

@@DrStealthbug ah, haha I didnt notice that

[@TheTop-xc4qs]

I like how the part where she is looking at the marks on the back of the cards is cut out of the video :D :D

[@binonuts]

She didn't look at the backs. She doesn't know about the marks. He was able to sneak a peak at the the mark himself, quickly identify the card, and play an audio recording (he has 52 recordings) for that corresponding card. She just sifts through the face cards and picks the one she's told.

[@sebash6]

@@binonuts actually you are wrong :) i got these card next to me, and these has 4rd hidden marking system on the front of the deck, so Alisson could easily find it with the simple instruction... i can give you a sneak peak... the card was put in opposide side... and you could find the card with the looking on the front of the deck! yes you could find if looking somewhere else but Ondrej wouldn't reveal that on the headphones... :)

[@binonuts]

@@sebash6 I have the deck too. If she's not trained with the deck, it'll take her a few seconds to figure out the mark, which would make it blatantly obvious that that's what she's doing. They would have busted that. With Ondrej's trained eye, he can figure out the card within a milisecond, play a sound clip of that card for Allison, and she just picks that card. Much simpler.

[@sebash6]

@@binonuts well, of course, he could sneak peak on the card and then choose from the 52 list which card was choosen. Anyway it would take more time to find a track from mp3 and as I saw he Just click - play... Anyway, So You know which marking I was talking about? The Close You look the "less" you see. (front d)

[@harisablay7020]

Does buying the cards has instructions included on it? Thanks for the feedback

[@butterflyplayingcards]

Hi Hari, yes, the cards come with instructional videos.

[@abdulhakeem2248]

will I ever be able to get one of these

[@butterflyplayingcards]

You certainly will.

[@kostasp1269]

Great Job!

[@AllAccountNamesTaken]

At one point he fans all of the cards but Penn’s face up. Have a partner overhead on stage, take a picture, run it through some software that identifies the missing card. The partner relays the card to Allison. Magician does nothing but make sure the 51 cards are fanned so they all show. The marked deck is a red herring.

[@Nak27]

I didn’t see penn look at the card he picked.

[@NimsChannel]

I didn't see the magician look at the card.

[@nomiss_magic9752]

Who will get the trophy?

[@tomasjohanides1069]

Používáš tam první edici nebo druhou?😂

[@dave4789]

Plot twist, Alyson is Tellers daughter

[@mollymccullough8538]

Dave eww

[@PfropfNo1]

This guy reminds me very much of Christoph Waltz (Dentist in movie: Django)

[@PowerfulDragon]

he's like a short stephen merchant.

[@monodescarado]

I think he just got them on a minor technicality here. The deck was marked. Penn watched point-blank the moment he turned the deck around instead of looking at his card. They then announced at the end that the deck was marked. So, I think the only thing he got away with is exactly where the mark was.

[@Raybeez223]

Its not that minor. They were wrong about the method. "Marked Deck" is way to unspecific. Its like "You use sleight of hand for this Trick". Thats why he was asking them to be more specific. And when Teller was more specific, it was clear, that they didnt know how this Trick was done. They thought of a different method.

[@monodescarado]

@@Raybeez223 It's a 'pick a card - put it back in - shuffle - is this your card' trick. The deck being marked is seriously all the explanation that is needed.

[@Raybeez223]

​@@monodescarado Well, you skipped the important part between the shuffle and the reveal. If you buy a random marked Deck you wont be able to do the trick the way Ondrej did it. They didnt know at which moment Ondrej knew the card. And thats crucial.

[@monodescarado]

@@Raybeez223 You're right. I just rewatched it. I was under the assumption that he just flipped the deck around and that the marked card was now upside down - somehow making it easier for Allison to find it. However, on the rewatch I noticed that Penn riffled the deck after putting the card back, thereby messing up that theory completely. I take back everything!

[@kraljeliman2748]

Kdo sem šel hned, jak skončil pořad "V centru"? :D

[@tennohack6704]

10 Trillion/5 star performance from Alyson Hannigan

[@newmagicfilms]

Great!

[@OndrejPsenicka]

Thank you so much, Sorin!

[@mihalcutcristian7463]

Beautiful performance! I'm a little sad that I bought only 3 decks. Is there another reprint or version 2 coming out soon?

[@butterflyplayingcards]

Yes indeed. They will be out in about three weeks!

[@ahojahojish]

For fucks sake everyone wondering where Prague is, its Czech Republic! Cmon guys, its right at the heart of Europe. How could you not know where Prague is??

[@jankavina3954]

Asi mám nápad, jak by to šlo udělat, po několika pouštění dokola a přeskakování vím, jak by šla rozpoznat jaká karta to byla a pak jde jen o to, dostat jí tam, kde má být nějakou kontrolou, ano vím, že balíček byl zamíchaný divákem, ale i poté jde udělat to samé, nevím jak jsi to udělal, ale vím, jak bych dokázal udělat stejný efekt, nebudu to psát do komentářů, ale vím to

[@butterflyplayingcards]

To je dobře. :)

[@Chesterton7]

Great fun.

[@robertuk444]

deck switch at 2.27

[@rb285]

Can someone unscramble teller's writing on the little notebook?

[@TheZocker0]

I think they tried to write Ondrej's Name but couldn't really remember the spelling

[@TylerLL2112]

They banged. All levity aside, she makes a beautiful host. Something about her presence is just, charming.

[@johndennis7764]

How how how... where IS REVEAL??? real way??

[@scratchjohnson9815]

Fun fun fun!!!