Centuries Old Magician's SECRET Card Trick!

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  • Can you tell how many cards are in a stack just based on its thickness? Maybe, but there's a better way! Watch this episode and learn about a clever deck-stacking method used by magicians for centuries.
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  • @scamschool
    @scamschool  7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    **psst** Are you enjoying Scam School? You've gotta check out our *brand-new series* "The Modern Rogue" at th-cam.com/users/modernrogue. If you've seen it, reply and tell me what you think. If not, then get on over there. I'll bet you a dollar you love it. -Brian

    • @sren1446
      @sren1446 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scam Nation I follow your videos. But cant see your card. Can you give me your Line up of card number. Had tryed but stand with 8 card back. Thanks

  • @EthanLettuce
    @EthanLettuce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    This is the type of trick where learning how its done, is cooler than the trick itself.

  • @gregorynelson1568
    @gregorynelson1568 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Technically, from a mathematical standpoint, going negative works just as well in instances where the cut card happened to be larger than the bottom card. In your video, you showed a 10 on the bottom and a queen (12) at the cut, when you do 10 + 13 first and then 23 - 12, getting you an 11 would be the same as 10 - 12 first resulting in a -2 and then +13 - 2 = 11 or even considering 11 * 4 = 44 (which allows for 5, 18, 31, or 44), but -2 * 4 = -8 which also allows for (starting with +13 - 8 = 5, 18, 31, or 44).

  • @Martiano
    @Martiano 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is amazing. Can't wait to perform it to my friends. Thank you Brian for making my summer days more enjoyable!

  • @EngeltheFallen
    @EngeltheFallen 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I like best about this series is that you give a lot of info about the origins of the tricks and people who used them.

  • @scamschool
    @scamschool  12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @MsFozan Thanks!

  • @sgrant911
    @sgrant911 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your vids Brian keep it up

  • @danielthomass2807
    @danielthomass2807 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    i lurned the chse card stake set a fue ep,s back and love the talking card trick seeing the trick now is even batter . love this channel so good !

  • @Nyiahh101
    @Nyiahh101 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "im not trying to look cause you might think im cheating"
    *looks down*

  • @nondeee
    @nondeee 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome Brushwood.. purely awesome. Thanks a lot!!!

  • @OmertaDesign
    @OmertaDesign 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool, clever, and deceptive. Thanks! A quick question: what pack of cards did you use during this episode?

  • @phatslapper
    @phatslapper 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVE your tricks!!!

  • @Jailbreaker0110
    @Jailbreaker0110 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is my favorite show by far!

  • @thekid1921
    @thekid1921 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    WAY COOL!!!! Thank you so much for the fantastic website!

  • @bryanchu5379
    @bryanchu5379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I haven't seen the explanation yet, but I'm going to guess that he ordered the deck in a way that only he knows, and based on the card he cuts to, he knows how deep the cut was.

  • @Domple91
    @Domple91 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    this stacked deck is great. So many trick possibilities Thanks

  • @thephanman
    @thephanman 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Brian for sharing this gem! I totally thought you were using a breather at first.

  • @williamnguyen9262
    @williamnguyen9262 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    MIND-BLOWED!!!

  • @crazypotato4816
    @crazypotato4816 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just cant control myself but laugh when brian is laughing like a bad guy in intro

  • @SirClaymore94
    @SirClaymore94 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did already know about Si Stebbins but that was an unknown feature to me!
    In this case I don't have to memorize a deck in order to be able to perform a trick like that...great!

  • @xBeastSkillZx
    @xBeastSkillZx 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    scam school is the best magic and card tricks iv ever seen XD

  • @evanli4272
    @evanli4272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg that was sick!!!!!

  • @KirbyAid
    @KirbyAid 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mind BLOWN. Saw a similar trick on the Paul O'Grady Show years ago.

  • @sjsawyer
    @sjsawyer 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You don't have to worry about the bottom card being higher or lower. Just take the difference and multiply it by 4. Then find out what that number is congruent to mod 13. Once you have that you only have 4 possibilities: that number, that number + 13, that number + 26 or that number + 39

  • @JunkHollerBoise
    @JunkHollerBoise 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved your hair scam school!!! Awesome my hair is just like that

  • @thecubingmagician1071
    @thecubingmagician1071 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    u r awesome brian!
    Ps: I subscribed

  • @Personnotavailable
    @Personnotavailable 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    no ads,no scam school :)

  • @Shaded_Pixels666
    @Shaded_Pixels666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the amazing things I learnt to do with a CHaSeD stacked deck..!

  • @ronsimon8675
    @ronsimon8675 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still one of my favorite things to show off with...if you present it as a show of skill rather than a card trick people tend to be more impressed...and then you can use that same stack for other tricks if you so desire...well, as long as you don't disturb the order of the cards with that last feat there.

  • @sunondo8671
    @sunondo8671 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best intro!😂😂

  • @kazuhiro2490
    @kazuhiro2490 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!

  • @johnnyasus86
    @johnnyasus86 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    does anyone notice the wierd hand prints on the window

  • @traytonmonju3943
    @traytonmonju3943 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this trick, soo cool!

  • @DustinAndNatasha
    @DustinAndNatasha 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a drop out. Thanks for making me feel smart again! LMFAO LOVE THIS TRICK. LOVE IT!

  • @TheKissBanana
    @TheKissBanana 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's so cool. It works.

  • @sckmagic7
    @sckmagic7 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great trick! If you remember the suit of the card on the bottom of the deck as well, if someone cuts to a duplicate card all you have to do remember the CHaSeD order to figure out how many cards you have!

  • @kartikeyabajpai7859
    @kartikeyabajpai7859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Come on, this is gold 🏆

  • @alanmyers4951
    @alanmyers4951 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an incredible trick!

  • @sharath55555
    @sharath55555 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    really great.

  • @stevealtamirano2800
    @stevealtamirano2800 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    u think of the coolest card tricks ever!!

  • @annonimus2247
    @annonimus2247 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The force is strong with that one.

  • @Sajiya70
    @Sajiya70 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice trick!!

  • @Quanguages
    @Quanguages 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the intro :D

  • @nicc4505
    @nicc4505 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ok so it took me about 5 minutes to sort the deck in order but mastered the trick in 3 minutes.

    • @scamschool
      @scamschool  9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lolie C nice!

    • @crashmaster6814
      @crashmaster6814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you give me the order. I think I have done something wrong.

    • @nettogames4268
      @nettogames4268 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Crash Master Ethan
      I always start with Ace of Clubs, then go +3 and progress in CHaSeD order.
      AC +3 = 4
      4H +3 = 7
      7S +3 = 10
      10D +3 = 13 (The King)
      KC +3 = 3 (You loop around)
      3H +3 = 6 (Just keep going like that)
      etc.
      Clubs
      Hearts
      a
      Spades
      e
      Diamonds
      Following that order, stacking them face up, the top card face down would be the Ace of Clubs and the bottom should be the Jack of Diamonds. If you go through the deck, you should notice that each card value is three higher (or looped around) from the last card, and clubs should always be after a diamond, a diamond after a spade, spade after a heart and heart after a club.

    • @crashmaster6814
      @crashmaster6814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you

    • @victormeimaris3774
      @victormeimaris3774 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool😂😂😂😂

  • @solosaroman
    @solosaroman 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    great trick

  • @kojax98
    @kojax98 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I udnerstand if you guys skip ads, but I don't understand if you skip intro it's so amazing

  • @robinefsar7074
    @robinefsar7074 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome trick where did u learn all of these bro

  • @drtroyturner7464
    @drtroyturner7464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found that when the bottom cars is lower like 4 and you add 10 and the bottom card in shallow amount is 6 so 14-6=8 ×4=32 minus 26 =6 I was consistently having to subtract 1 to get correct amount of cards as 5. It is either this or stipulating that the answer is good so long as within 2 then leaving it as is. Buy the minus 1 after operations is easy to remember because it can be thought of as borrowing a 1 early to turn small number large. I also tried going one less earlier but it only works when taken out last. This actually opens the trick up to stop ANYWHERE volunteer yells STOP over having to stop at a high value card.

  • @shanghaivietnam
    @shanghaivietnam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love doing this trick as part of my Si Stebbins routine. However, the other day I got stomped when the card we cut to happened to be the exact same bottom card -- so my bottom card was a King of Diamonds and then the card we cut to with the spectator happened to be the King of Hearts. I was just really lucky that time as the cards I holding was not a lot so I just said 7 cards (not sure why...just a lucky guess really) and I was right! 7 cards. But really, how do you deal with that situation as it wasn't mentioned in the video?

    • @MrEsMysteriesMagicks
      @MrEsMysteriesMagicks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's really odd. The values come up every 13th card. If you have a King on the bottom, the other Kings should be at 13, 26, and 39. In fact, the King of the same color would always be card #26. Can't understand how you ended up with seven.

  • @Daps111
    @Daps111 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing

  • @pacman52280
    @pacman52280 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brian, how would you adapt this to the Mnemonica stack?

  • @andybub46
    @andybub46 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice you just gained a sub

  • @krissases
    @krissases 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best intro ever

  • @mrpotatishuvud
    @mrpotatishuvud 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome :D

  • @nashgross8658
    @nashgross8658 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    to set up the deck in the fastest way possible separate ask the suits and put them from King down to ace then with the club's pile take the three bottom cards and put them on top then with the hearts pulled take the bottom 6 cards and put them on then with spaces 9 and diamonds 12 then just deal the cards starting from clubs meaning first the 3of clubs then the 6 of spades etc

  • @Natethemagicman
    @Natethemagicman 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    the evil laugh at the beginning really matches his hair

  • @81johnnyk
    @81johnnyk 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:56 Tom glances over at Chinese guy to check his math

  • @datoferadze6037
    @datoferadze6037 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have got jack(11) at the bottom of the deck, then i cut the cards and got 7 . 11-7=4 and 4multyply on 4 is 16 so i added 13 and got 29 but i was holding 24 cards . Please help me i dont understand

  • @michaelmorris2308
    @michaelmorris2308 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:08 - The dude was ADVERTISING Netflix and I fully thought he was about to call them scam artists.

  • @user-ms9sh2ed5v
    @user-ms9sh2ed5v 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Has anybody else faced it? The player interface is the old one, while all other videos hold the new one

    • @TheHollowKid
      @TheHollowKid 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes and it's still like this xd

    • @lillianwalling9539
      @lillianwalling9539 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so confused. I discovered it becuase the new interface makes it so the video wont play until you look at the tab for the first time. So i looked through my "recommended videos" and clicked "Open in new tab" on two or three. Before I can start the first one, I hear the add from this one start playing. Then I noticed the old player. Refreshed the page, but still the old one. Some kind of glitch affecting only this video? Odd.

    • @user-ms9sh2ed5v
      @user-ms9sh2ed5v 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gavin Walling maybe the author has designed it this way, as the video is about an old thing :)
      there might have been an option to hold the old design for the video, idk honestly

  • @hudders11
    @hudders11 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worked out a way to do this trick with Mnemonica/Tamariz stack, or any non-cyclical stack a magician might know. The maths actually becomes far simpler and the deck can be examined. As long as the deck is only given straight cuts it can be repeated infinite times.
    The first packet cut is easy, clock the bottom card and the stack number of that card is how many cards you're holding. Subsequently, there are 2 possible processes. Note identities of the top and bottom cards of the packet cut, which is easy enough to do whilst you twist and turn and apparently weigh/estimate the thickness of the packet.
    A. If the stack number of the bottom card is higher than the stack no of the top card, subtract the lower number from the higher number and add 1 and that's how many cards you're holding.
    B. If the top card has a higher stack no, the original bottom card of your stack has been cut past and you instead need to subtract the lower value from the higher one, then subtract that number from 53.

  • @TheRicardotraceur
    @TheRicardotraceur 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    this works with other stacked decks, since I mantain a 13 cards cycle, right?

  • @ebhock101
    @ebhock101 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i do this trick but my story really sells it! I tell them that I am a drummer who has studied music theory. I riffle the cards really fast at my ear and I pretend I can HEAR the number of beats of the cards because of my trained ear. This gets really great feedback rather than the "weight" of the cards storyline.

  • @Jooax110
    @Jooax110 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:23 what is the name of the song? Or at least the genre of it :o thanks!

  • @LukeDayInTheUK
    @LukeDayInTheUK 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You look a bit like Corey Taylor.
    Great videos !

  • @reginood
    @reginood 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    the best trick i´ve ever seen

  • @oliverzohn2181
    @oliverzohn2181 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a deck order for this trick without any leftover cards?

  • @jamesbevan9939
    @jamesbevan9939 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a trick I really want to master.

  • @venomfun328
    @venomfun328 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    so cool

  • @WeLikeMagic
    @WeLikeMagic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Done~

  • @demongrunt7
    @demongrunt7 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    that was awesome

  • @Stonesand_bones
    @Stonesand_bones 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Before he explained how it worked, I picked up my deck of cards and cut it, guessed 13 and I counted out 13 cards. BOOM! MAGIC.

    • @PLDesign
      @PLDesign 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      When i read this, i tried the same thing and it worked!

  • @HulkVahkiin
    @HulkVahkiin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never really bothered with stacks. But still good to learn.

  • @sabachikhinashvili6945
    @sabachikhinashvili6945 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think it is setup what i was looking for the trick :D

  • @GaiaBreakRules
    @GaiaBreakRules 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    MIND = BLOWN

  • @mercyless7161
    @mercyless7161 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing

  • @no.ca5270
    @no.ca5270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m learning all of the stebbins tricks and for some reason all the math they are saying is backwards and for this it’s the cue card minus the base number and not the other way around that is working with my dekc

  • @johnthetrickster1957
    @johnthetrickster1957 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    another beauty,

  • @gillandro2
    @gillandro2 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know if this was addressed in a previous comment... but in terms of aces... they count as 1 I gather in this case? and also what happens if you cut the cards to where the card on the bottom of the top stack is the same as your base number card... can you still perform the trick or should you just recut?

    • @BAZWASLICK
      @BAZWASLICK 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      simon placek from the order of the cards i think it could only be 13, 26 or 39 cards that you're holding, as it would be x-x=0, so you do the x+13-x which makes it 13, then add 13 again if you're clearly not holding 13 cards, and again if you've got more than half the deck

  • @OminousSilence1
    @OminousSilence1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    did the deck you used, has Ace-4-7-10-King-3-6-9-Queen-2-6-5-8 (each time +3) before you performed this trick?

  • @josh18230
    @josh18230 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now that I have finally stacked the deck properly, I will never unstack it!

  • @zekgamer
    @zekgamer 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is beast

  • @salehinkhan9775
    @salehinkhan9775 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @Smgroach23
    @Smgroach23 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool trick

  • @maximillianjacobs2818
    @maximillianjacobs2818 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    not bad. im impressed

  • @britonbentenestrante
    @britonbentenestrante 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    HAHAHHAHAHAHA..............Hey Idol Brushwood i like your Scam SChool very very much much.........:)

  • @timothykoprowski7549
    @timothykoprowski7549 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey whats the best marked deck to get?

  • @luqmankolapo8034
    @luqmankolapo8034 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if you get the same card as you bottom card. Let say you have queen and when you cut you got queen. The are 12 so what do you do

  • @gabe2881
    @gabe2881 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Before i heard the secret i was freaked out!!!!

  • @gamutman
    @gamutman 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aw, I was expecting to see a centuries-old magician.

  • @drtroyturner7464
    @drtroyturner7464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must've been sleepy or distracted the first time I saw this because I was multiply the bottom by 4. Missed that it was the difference of the bottom pulled minus the bottom if deck. Got it now. 2. X 4 3. If doesn't feel like amount? Add or subtract 13, number in a suit.

  • @19culprit25
    @19culprit25 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the arrangement of the cards? Pls help

  • @HenkJanBakker
    @HenkJanBakker 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think his point is that there are about 4 exceptions to the basic math and keeping that in your head while pretending to 'guess' could seem overwhelming. I sure know it took me a few tries before it became 'easy'.

  • @wilkinsonmullan33
    @wilkinsonmullan33 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello what deck you have ??

  • @smtktc
    @smtktc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    is there a reason for using the CHASED order here? just making it in a numerical order seems like it'd work

  • @TheMikeryan10
    @TheMikeryan10 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What are the cards called he is using?

  • @d4m4s74
    @d4m4s74 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @P90Jungle since it's circular it's a bit harder to calculate.

  • @waqarasifali9261
    @waqarasifali9261 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    its amazing dwed

  • @stefan7848
    @stefan7848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    deck name ? plz

  • @rongates8503
    @rongates8503 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good Effect Brian Thanks for Sharing.I will practice and perfect This.As for all you haters.Get a Life Brian and scamschool Rocks!