2 card tricks I have come up with in the 90s

One spectator is with the performer facing the audience. You have them spread through a deck of cards and find one that really stands out to them. this deck lets say is a red backed deck.
These are put back into there case.
The audience per say, is given the opposite color deck. You explain to the spectator that there card that they have chosen is no longer in there pack of cards.
They spread through with a shocked look on there face and see there card is no longer in the deck.
When the audience goes through there cards, they find an opposite color card in their deck and it happens to be the card the spectator merely looked at.

Simple trick right?
Wrong.....you see its the aftermath of the trick thats the kicker. Because when the audience talks to the spectator, they find that the spectator could only see one card..as if they were hypnotized.
Both decks are handed out for them to keep or examine. .......................


The other is a spectator selects a card from the deck and only they look at it. This is placed back into the deck. next you show the top card to the audience. they are to remember that card. you turn to the spectator and before you show them the card, you "hypnotise them" when they look at the card they look puzzled. You ask the spectators what card they saw, and it is the same card the person selected.
But when they talk to each other, the spectator could see anything on the card that was just shown to the audience who clearly saw a playing card. .............................................................................

Brick and mortar stores.

There's a lot to be said about brick and mortar stores. Magic store wise. Sure,  you can watch videos online and purchase a trick cheaper. But what is that doing for you? What is that doing for the originator of that trick? What is it doing to the local magic stores, that are now far and few between?
I worked at a Magic shop for a few years for basically nothing, totally wiping out any cash I had. Why? Because it was my dream job. I was able to meat so many magicians, jugglers, clowns and many other different entertainers. I had a chance to be taught by magicians from a who's who in magic.
I was taught tricks that may never be published. You see when you go to a magic store, you're not just getting a trick. You're getting an experience like you would never get just by buying a trick through the internet.
All to often i meet magicians that just buy tricks and never use them. They just want to sit in front of a mirror and do the trick in the mirror all day. We have a name for this...Magical Masturbation.
These are the same guys that look for cheap knockoffs from china because they know they will never use them in everyday life.
But for those who really want to learn, who really want the hone there skills, for those who love having jam sessions with other magicians, for those who want to learn more then the trick itself then get off your butts and go to a magic shop.
And there are treasures not found on dvds at magic shops. In New Jersey, there's a little magic shop in a plaza, whose owner was a talent agent for Jerry Lewis, and many other stars. In his shop he has a portfolio of the stars he was an agent for.
In Maryland, there is a magic shop whose owner is known through out the world. And sometimes actors that are magicians stop by and hang out.
In New York, magicians abound and the libraries, stores, and teachers are everywhere. You do know what libraries are don't you? No pdf files here, and no books will turn into any to preserve the secrets within.
So get out and go to one. I dont care if its 50- 60 -100 miles away. It is always worth going to one.