How to stop the audience from wanting to shuffle my cards during card tricks?

Question

I like to do random card tricks but as a newbie, always face this problem. People will want to rearrange my cards. However, most tricks require the cards to be placed in certain order and how do i handle the situation

Answer 1

HI,
Before you hand them the cards, REPETE now cut don't shuffle the cards please
Have fun!

Answer 2

If the arrangement of cards is just a pattern (like each card is 4 higher than the last card and a different suit), then you can have the audience cut the cards as many times as they want, but not shuffle them.

If they have to shuffle them, you can always keep a second prearranged deck in your pocket, and after shuffling switch gears to another trick, pocket that deck for later, and bring out the second deck a trick later.

Finally, most books on card tricks have a chapter in the beginning on various false shuffles that you could use to keep the order of some or all of the deck.

Answer 3

Unless completely necessary, do not let them handle the deck. I know what you are talking about though. My Dad does a trick that involoves a person cutting the deck. Sounds simple, right? Take the bottom half and put on top of the top half. Well, the people will start to shuffle. My Dad now tells them, "With one hand, cut the deck." Hard to shuffle cards with only one hand.

Also, remember, there are people who love to mess up magic tricks. They are sort of like hecklers in a comedy club. I guess if makes them feel smarter or gets them attention or something. You can do what comedians do and come up with contingency plans to deal with these situations. Keep and extra deck in your pocket and when the person shuffles the first one, say "Now that we have shuffled the sacrifical deck, we can move on to the trick with this new deck of cards." This time, do not let the shuffler get hold of the deck.

Answer 4

well its one of those things the audience knows you need to set the deck up -- i have done this before, its always an issue -- so if u are going to do random tricks, make sure they are ones that odnt require the dedck to be set up or that it can b easily fixed