Vanishing Diamond

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For the vanishing diamond you’ll need the four aces all from the same deck.

Effect: You show the Ace of Clubs, Ace of Spades, and Ace of Diamonds to your audience.

You then place them in a spectators hand and snap your fingers. You have the spectator look at the cards. The Ace of Diamonds has vanished and has been replaced by the Ace of Hearts. You say it hasn’t vanished; it’s in your pocket. You then pull the Ace of Diamonds out from your pocket.

Method: Secretly arrange the cards as shown in the picture.

Cover the ace of hearts up as seen in the picture so it looks like a diamond. Put the real ace of a diamonds inside your pocket. During performance you name the cards out loud, but you miscall the Ace of Hearts as the Ace of Diamonds. Say “Here I have the Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, and Ace of Hearts.” Then give them to somebody to hold. Snap your fingers above them and tell them to take a look. Say “The Ace of Diamonds has vanished and has been replaced with the Ace of Hearts.” Then say “But the Ace of Diamonds didn’t actually vanish; it just jumped to my pocket.” Then pull the real Ace of Diamonds out from your pocket.