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

Kostya Kimlat · demo · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a trick admired for both its method and its effect.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I like this one a lot as it is amazing on both method + effect.”

    Magic trick amazing in both method and effect

    moralestapia, 2022-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The Nettle Magic Project: Scanner for decks of cards with bar codes on edges”

  2. “It was pretty glorious.”

    Trick that genuinely fooled Penn and Teller with an earlier sleight

    fenomas, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “Teller Reveals His Secrets (2012)”

  3. “Kimlat's trick that fooled Penn and Teller”

    JdeBP, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “After 50 years, The Magic Circle finally inducts Penn and Teller”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: magic, card trick, fool us, penn and teller, sleight of hand

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