Haunted Card Game by Biagio Fasano

A card game between four players, in which the magician seems to have no control, unless he manages to use magic to enchant the cards of each of the players.

This is a completely improvised card trick that the illusionist performs by randomly choosing three spectators and giving them a common deck of cards (even borrowed) that they can freely shuffle, before dealing a hand of cards (five apiece) to each of them.

The magician will show that, after everyone has looked at their cards, they must choose and remember the highest value card, placing it on top of their deck, keeping all cards face down. At that point, he will give instructions for the cards to be shuffled together, and each of the spectators will freely decide most of the card movements, both for themselves and for others, without ever turning the cards face up.

Despite the constant shuffling and the fact that the spectators also decide for the magician, at the end, starting with the illusionist, everyone will declare the value of their card, and, turning over their entire packet of cards, incredibly, it will appear for each of the four participants as if the deck were truly haunted!

Strengths:

• The effect is impromptu and can even be performed with a borrowed deck
• The magician never touches the cards of the other three spectators involved.
• No manipulation is required.
• The trick is automatic, even if it is impossible for the audience to understand its "mechanism."