Man can 'read your mind' with baffling card trick – and it's scaring people

A man is claiming he can "read your mind" with a simple card trick which is leaving some terrified.

magician @alakazammagicshop has thrown people through a loop with his wild card trick, with members of the public stumped by how he manages to read the minds of those watching at home. With hundreds of thousands of viewers locking in a selection from his five cards, the magician appears to have mastered the sleight of hand needed to stun those watching.

His trick involves the viewer selecting one of five cards which are shown on the screen, and they are told if their card is not there by the end of the trick then @alakazammagicshop has successfully read their minds.

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With the King of Spades, Queen of Clubs, Jack of Hearts, King of Diamonds and Queen of Hearts all present, the magician removes the card he believes his audience is thinking of and returns the hand with one less card, but all different. Fans have since been stunned by the trick as they dub him an "awesome psychic" who they just cannot trick.

One stumped member of the public wrote: "I tried to trick him by picking different cards each time... but he knew every time! Awesome psychic and worth a follow!" Another puzzled user wrote: "Fantastic work. I picked my cards... every time and you're right! How did you do that?"

Some were wise to the trick on display though and suggested @alakazammagicshop was going to be right 100% of the time as, while it may look like only one card is missing, every card has seemingly changed. One user fumed: "K spades K diamonds Q hearts J hearts Q clubs... then you show totally different cards." Some have since defended what one user described as the "oldest trick in the book," asking disgruntled users to let the magician "have his fun".

One user joked: "Funny, how the Queen of hearts turned into the Queen of diamonds? Must be magic." Another replied: "He flips the cards over when he turned them... the other end of the cards have a different symbol." The controversial trick has split TikTok users, but thousands played along and found themselves initially stunned by the sleight of hand he displayed.