The mind is what makes magic mesmerising

Not all magic using sleight of mind requires props like cards. — TNS

The audience at the Penn & Teller: Fool Us show was definitely jazzed by young magician Daniel Roy’s sleight-of-hand skills when he managed to guess the hidden faces of playing cards using just his senses of sight, touch and hearing. When he then nailed the eight of spades using – allegedly – only his sense of smell, the audience hooted and applauded louder still.

But when Roy announced he was going to guess a card based on his sense of taste, a flutter of watchful apprehension went through the crowd. Roy asked his assistant from the audience to tear a tiny piece off one of the cards and give it to him to chow down.