The GREATEST Self-Working Card Trick Ever - Revealed

[@steventaputoro]

What's up fam! This is my take on a super fun self-working "GRAIL" trick. We all know the holy grail is the ACAAN but here's a unique and very simple method that I'm sure you are going to love! You guys rock!

[@mattsmedmor7057]

killer effect as always best magician on youtube hands down

[@seanissomething]

Isn't is funny that we have many card tricks where the magician does something IMPOSSIBLE (Cros Twist by Paul Haris for example), and yet the trick considered by magicians to be the Holy Grail is merely doing something IMPROBABLE (ACAAN is 1-in-52 chance)... 🤔

[@steventaputoro]

Appreciate you mate 🙌🏼

[@hendrik5907]

Great Trick! Just found a way to do this over and over. As long as there is no shuffle or cut! 1. Use pen and paper or your Phone to make the prediction instead of a card from another deck in an envelope. In this case, you know it is the Ace of Hearts. However your prediction card is setup. 2. I put 20 cards ontop of the Setup card because in my language the words are usually longer😉. As long as you find the Setup Card, I think it does not matter. But don't go to far down the Deck 3. Deal as shown until 7:07. Then I would just count down the amount of cards needed to place the predicted card MYSELF. No holding hands! Deal or count down in a way that the order of cards stays the same! Very important! (Is it called underneath? Don't know. Kind of new in card Magic Business 😉) 4. Now turn the "face up" pile over and put it ontop of the "Count down" pile. So your deck is already set up for the next round. Cards should be still in order. 5. Spread out the "combined pile" face up as shown. Then turn them face down again 6. Spread out the "left over" pile. Face up from right to left. REMEMBER the very bottom right card. It will be the prediction card for the next round!!! Turn to face down again 7. Now you put the "setup pile" ontop of the " left over pile" and everything should be back in order with an new prediction card you can write down. 8. Just Put the old prediction Card underneath the Deck. Does this make sense???🤪

[@stevew4079]

I don't understand point 3. How can you just count down the needed cards to the prediction? That takes away part of the trick

[@thefreg]

He means don't deal cards to the table.. That reverses the order of K to A. Therefore not easy to go to another reset. Instead of doing that, he is saying.. Just count of the cards in your hands (almost like a fan) and then drop "that" packet on the table. Now in this packet, the cards will be in the same order (K to A)

[@hendrik5907]

Exactly what i meant😉 Thanks

[@legpad5857]

This guy not only has the best card tricks but also excellent instruction.

[@steventaputoro]

That’s kind of you 🙏🏽

[@bobjayarambob2671]

Thank you Steve for the wonderful magic and the way you explain. You are Great.

[@averagefuller]

Stumbled upon this while trying to learn some other tricks. By far one of my favorite tutorials in terms of explaining the setup as well as how you can adapt in different situations. Definitely excited to practice this and get some coworkers to lose their minds. Thanks, brother.

[@sukiashi1]

I’ve had a lot of fun doing this one! It’s great!

[@unity9226]

Where can I find the board to do magic on? Any links for the board?

[@JanSchattling]

I remember a trick like this from a book I read ages ago. Really well explained. Since you didn't show the lower half of the deck in the first presentation, for a moment I thought the lower half of the deck were just being the force card.

[@Mariolopez-t4d7h]

great effect...it reminds me of the JC "would I lie to you' ... prep is the magician's best friend

[@technowey]

Steven Taputoro - I haven't watched the explanation yet, and I recognize this used a principle used in Al Koran's Lazy Man's Card Trick. I knew the method for that routine at the point where you said to count down to 13 when the King of Diamonds was shown.

[@ianrichardson6811]

Great trick Steve. Didn't see that one at The Swan a couple weeks ago did we? Ian😊

[@robertjones5852]

Take a bow👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 performed this on my work mates fantastic reaction 👍

[@steventaputoro]

That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing 👊

[@donpudliner1141]

Very very cool, Thanks Steve for sharing this one !!

[@steventaputoro]

Anytime mate!

[@mikaelkaris9273]

Hi Steven. Your one trick where was setup from top ace to kind diamonds, and really weird rosetta shuffle, it all works. But cause you cant let anyone shuffle cards, or cut deck, I do it like giving first instructions, then turn my back cause I shouldn't see which card from top spectator chooses. Otherwise I know card right away. And when I turn back to spectator deck is full and I cant know by number which card, or by seeing smaller pack how many cards there is. Make setup for 15 cards and give instructions, take 1-15 cards from top, to next to deck one at time, when you stop check next card from deck. Leave that card in place and but smaller pack top on that card. Then you" can't have any glues which card sptor choosed. I think that way it's more convincing trick. And jeah, it's amazing how that works cause that Rosetta shuffle is real and convincing. Easy to do, and if one knows some false shuffles and cuts, it is all extra. Thanks for sharing that trick, keep good stuff coming please. Mikael from Finland

[@steventaputoro]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts mate. Some great insights!

[@mikaelkaris9273]

@@steventaputoro Well I'm beginner or little more advanced, so that's my humple opinion. That way it really seems impossible to find chosen card. I'm little shame of myself, who am I to say anything, you r pro and I show tricks quite small audience (including tricks I have learned from you). But, thanks again, I like your videos content. Mikael

[@blbv1091]

Cheers Steve ❤❤❤ Happy New Year 2025 Hope you have a year ahead blessed with magic and mathematics 😂 Your tricks and tutorials are awesome and logical…. Kids who want to learn mathematics should see your tricks to put some logic in their mathematics ❤❤❤

[@NubbyGamerYT]

This is crazy! So good!

[@jerrymaurer5309]

Great stuff!!!!!

[@southamptonscifi4012]

This is excellent 👌

[@WillFern]

Credits??

[@scottwhiddon1067]

It would be just my luck that the spectator's first two answers would be Aardvark and Afghanistan. Way over the ten or so.

[@steventaputoro]

😂

[@hendrik5907]

Or use more cards before the Setup Card. Like 15 or 20.

[@UKCougar]

I thought this also, especially if you're up front about how many questions you're going to ask. You could always add a second Ace from another pack further into the deck to account for smartarses.

[@koolmagic114]

Exactly what I was thinking.. name something. “Television”. What did you have to eat? “Chicken parm”

[@eduardoquintana6507]

*AMAZING* Greetings from Brazil.

[@sridharsrinivasan4858]

Great trick.

[@suasponte6230]

My go to card trick. In my EDC pouch.

[@lenardtan7169]

Simple and great

[@FunnyFizz03]

Too many idea from this one , thank 😂😂😂

[@VancouverMagic]

There is a marketed effect that came out about a year ago, that is similar to this. It came with a 'cheat sheet' insert that you would tuck under the cellophane of the card box. I have the damn trick, but can't remember what it's called though.

[@steventaputoro]

It’s called profile. The method is very different and much more complicated. It’s a great trick though

[@patmccaffery1543]

Love this ❤

[@John_Gloehr]

Danke für den coolen Trick. Ich werde ihn in meine Auftritte aufnehmen.

[@FourKidsNoMoney]

You can also just say "I'll ask you a couple of yes or no questions", "whats your favorite color", "name something you see in the room", "whats your pets name" etc to control for variables of people saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[@modusponens18]

Brilliant!

[@magiceric904]

Very amazing card trick:D In my point of view it doesn´t seems like a Self-Working Card trick;) I definitely practice it and fool all of my friends, cause it is a really impressive trick and all in all it´s just a fooler!! 👊🏻

[@DazTv2k]

Nice Trick nice and easy 🔥💪🏻

[@RobertBallMagician]

Fantastic 😊😊😊😊😊

[@frenchbullfrog]

Very good effect

[@stevenpofcher3213]

Very nice

I found it suspicious to count to 13 card without explanation or reason for that exact number. Parhaps use some multiple outs-method to motivate the number? At least for the most likely numbers between 10 and 15.

[@camipco]

the explanation is that it's the "value" of the King. As in 10, J=11, Q=12, K=13.

[@stvcolwill]

very very good one!

[@AfroX-StayLegendary]

AMAZING!!!!

[@JoelSolomon-q5x]

Chur bro. Keep up the good work!!!!

[@ismail101k]

Can you reveal the profile trick please❤

[@dhy5342]

I keep hopiong that someone will show a trick that requires no setup of the deck, no trick shuffling, and no fancy dealing; and that can be totally pedrformed by the spectator including shuffling and all manipulations until a final reveal by the performer. I only know of one trick like that.

[@AndyCooper761]

Isn't this the Butterfly Effect by Alakazam Magic?

[@NubbyGamerYT]

If you can remember the first card of the series than you no longer need a key card, this seems easier for me

[@seanissomething]

"What was the last thing you ate?" "Baba ganoush" "😬..."

[@diabolikhunter]

Better ask did you eat last night? Yes or no

[@camipco]

if they give a really long answer to the first question, give shorter questions. you can also try and plead out with "we're going to be here all day, I'll just spell "baba"" or similar.

[@Rokket.the.lad12]

Just as the tutorial ended, me: ‘Jesus!’

[@SAAmanat]

People will definitely ask to shuffle. How to overcome that?

[@steventaputoro]

Here’s what I do: “Can I shuffle”? Me: “No” Follow for more expert advice.

[@SAAmanat]

@@steventaputoro not can I shuffle? But people will say shuffle the cards. It’s basic. You don’t take a deck of cards, go to another room, set up the cards, comeback and do tricks. I am pretty sure there’s a method where after shuffling and cuts the cards will come back to the original setup. You skipped that part.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

Laugh, hand them the deck, and ask them to do their trick. If they want to see your magic, they do what you say.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

@@SAAmanat There are several very easy ways to false-shuffle and false-cut a deck.

[@TheIceman1980]

I learn these for my kids, I did it for my son, used “what’s your favourite colour?” He said “yellow” which is fine, I then asked him what his first lesson at school was today (hoping for maths/english/science/german) and he says “religious studies” 🤦‍♂️😂 I convinced him that I couldn’t be bothered to spell all that and shortened it to “religion” and then finished with a yes or no question. He was so impressed, and that’s not easy to do as he sits there trying to work out how all these tricks I do for him work. Thank you for this gem of a trick! ❤️

[@fencemaui8368]

None sense

[@michaelworsham2724]

This is not the GREATEST self working card trick, but it is nice.

[@kaqqao]

Where I'm from, Queen is 13 and King is 14.

[@lgnir]

I own Profile, and while this is similar, it is a different method. My only concern is with long answers. I tried this on my wife and her first two answers were "curtains" and "lasagna". When I asked a final yes/no question, she picked up on the fact that the cards were suddenly in descending order. (Probably because I always show her new tricks) This is a great "envelope prediction" trick though, and it's easy to do!

[@michaelworsham2724]

If the first 2 answers are fairly long, as happened with your wife, you can just skip the third question. If you had locked yourself into having to ask 3 questions by starting with "I will ask you 3 questions," you can fix this the next time by saying instead: "I will ask you a couple of random questions."

[@lgnir]

@@michaelworsham2724 That will work! Wording is important! :)

[@mrk88c]

IDK man… too many things can go wrong with this and you cannot redo the trick to the same audience without changing setup

[@jukkaholopainen5410]

👍

[@Crazydogtako]

And if they say bicycle and spaghetti

[@GrammyChristine]

Very cool but for me, too many steps to remember.

[@Thomas-ry8xq]

Hard. Very Hard.

[@henkvrieling9586]

Ever??

[@NightwingSkywalker]

You didn't cover the other contingency: what happens when every answer is short? "Name something random" "AXE" "What's the last thing you ate? "PIE" "What's the last country you visited?" "LAOS" Still not at that 10 of Hearts....

[@steventaputoro]

Improvise. If you see short answers are given you can ask for a number between…..(how ever many you might need) easy scenario to get out of as you have control over the questions.

[@hamishmorgan100]

That’s one well taught and open to so much improvisation. Thanks heaps mate .

[@retrogiftsuk4812]

Make the third question "At what age did you leave home?" (Or anything they need to be a teenager or older to do). All numbers over 12 spell in at least 7 letters.

[@noswad75]

this type of thing is too obvious. Obvious in the fact that you the performer has the deck of cards, and the fact that there is already a card in an envelope says that you hold the deck that you control and have obviously set the trick up before it's performed. I'd like to think people aren't that dumb, but seeing how the world is today. Maybe they are if they are stupid enough to not realize this whole thing has been set up from the beginning. I'll pass. Not the greatest card trick out there, by any stretch.

[@jday4217]

Counting tricks are boring

[@liamcallahan7160]

Go find another one then lmaoo he didn’t post this for you💀💀

[@BarryFromEastenders]

So you can't do it in front of the same persons then, as it'll be the same prediction each time

[@steventaputoro]

Change the prediction card. Takes two seconds 💪🏽

[@BarryFromEastenders]

@steventaputoro sorry, retarded comment , I was thinking about the linear set up all the way to the ace. Forgot the last one on line , on this case the Ace, could be changed . 👍

[@BarryFromEastenders]

@steventaputoro theres a great self working one where the magician and spectator blindly separate cards into two piles. Piles all end up being all black , all red etc. It's a great one if you could show it . (You may have already too)

[@robertosoler2444]

Please traducing to spanish