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Kostya Kimlat Fools Penn & Teller // Fool Us: Penn's Favorite Card Trick

Magician Kostya Kimlat performs a card trick on Penn & Teller: Fool Us that fooled the duo, using Penn's favorite card trick as a basis.

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I like this one a lot as it is amazing on both method + effect. Effect: [VIDEO] I won't reveal the method but here it is in Penn's words (from 1:20): [LINK]
moralestapia on Hacker News · 2022-06
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That was real! I mean he wasn't really angry but he really did have his mind blown. The backstory is that the magician in question (Kostya Kimlat) did a trick that Penn & Teller also do, and he did it more or less the same …
fenomas on Hacker News · 2017-04
In Teller Reveals His Secrets (2012)
I can just reiterate my prior comment: * [VIDEO] (-: For M. Kimlat's own commentary and someone else's particularly insightful comment: * [LINK] For the time spent on prep for the second appearance: * [LINK]
JdeBP on Hacker News · 2025-09
In After 50 years, The Magic Circle finally inducts Penn and Teller

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