to the audience member, and the magician then spells out card names using the clubs. A further variation on this trick by Stuart Lee uses all four suits. Audience-selected cards The second style of "Spelling Bee" tricks involves one or more audience members selecting and memorizing a card. It is replaced it in the deck, which is then apparently shuffled. The magician reveals the selected card after drawing cards to spell out a word provided by audience members, often the name of the selected card. The magician either controls the placement of the selected card in the deck, knows its location with the help of a key card, or uses sleight of hand to force it out at the appropriate time. In either case, this creates the illusion that the magician was able to predict the appearance of the card with magic. For example, the magician may force the selected card to be the fifth from the top of the deck, then select a volunteer with a four-letter name to deal one card for each letter in their name - four in total. The magician then instructs the volunteer to deal the next card, which will be the selected card. Nine cards in three piles A third variation uses nine cards, selected at random. They are divided into three piles of three cards. A participant looks at the bottom card of one pile and memorizes it. That pile is then placed on top of the other two piles, such that the memorized card will be the third card from the top. The magician then begins dealing cards onto the table one at a time from the nine-card stack, one for each letter in a set of words according to a formula. At the end of every step except the last, the remaining cards are placed on top of the dealt cards; this becomes the stack for the next step. The formula is specific and must be followed exactly for the trick to work. In order, the magician spells out the face value of the selected card, the word "of", the suit of the card (always in the plural form), and any five-letter word of their choice. The top card on the final stack of five dealt cards will always be the original selected card. References Card tricks