Card trick elmsley count card

The Elmsley Count is one of the most useful sleights in all of card magic. It was invented by Scottish magician Alex Elmsley, and the good news is—it’s much easier than it looks.

In fact, within a few minutes of focused practice I’m sure you’ll start to get the hang of it—and once you do, there’s a whole new world of card magic waiting to be explored.

Today you’ll discover how to do the Elmsley Count in 4 simple steps.

But before any of that, what do we mean when we talk about the Elmsley Count?

The Elmsley Count is a sleight magicians use to make it look like they are counting cards fairly and displaying each one to the audience, when in reality they are actually hiding certain cards from view.

Let’s get into how to do it…

Step One: Prep the Packet

The Elmsley Count is usually done with four cards, so that’s how we’re going to teach it.

But if you wanted to, you could pretty easily do the Elmsl