Magic

A lot of people both old and young want to get involved in magic, but don't know how. The good news is you don't need any fancy props, or a lot of money. You just need some time, practice, and the...

Criss Angel MindFreak entertains audiences with his impressive illusions. This famous street magician has used his tricks to entertain small public crowds, large private shows and even hosted his...

Making a card disappear and reappear is one of the most familiar and simple magic tricks in existence. But learning how to do this trick well is essential for any magic act. Here's how you can...

This is an old trick that has been modified as to heighten the audiences excitement and curiosity. The gist of this trick is that a volunteer will choose a "random" card,place it back...

The Hummer Card Magic Trick is a levitation trick that can be performed with almost any flat, light object, such as a card out of a deck, a dollar bill or a credit card. Invented by and named...

Did you ever think about how cool it would be if you could amaze people with spectacular magic tricks? Some of these tricks might not be as hard as you think. With practice and finesse, you can...

The "holy grail" magic trick is a card trick whereby a seemingly ordinary playing card is torn into four distinct pieces and then, magically, restored to its original condition. The card can even...

How to make a card float without any props and only using your bare hands

Making a card float in mid air is actually kind of easy. There is very little prep time and you can have a lot of fun with it. Make a card float at a party and you instantly become the life of the...

Effect: You allow the spectator to freely select a card and cut it into the pack themselves. After the spectator is completely convinced that the card is lost in the deck, you tell him that you...

A glimpse-based card trick, The Two Detectives, involves a randomly chosen card being lost in the deck, and suddenly sandwiched between Two Black Jacks! I'll show you how it's done.

The spectator cuts the deck into three piles, chooses a card and places it atop any of the piles. The magician squares them up, cuts a few more times, and though it appears he will make a mistake...

The spectator chooses a card and places it back in the middle of the deck. Using the card denting technique, the magician quickly and easily locates the card in a flash. Read on to see how.

In magic, several techniques involving key cards or forces are utilized in order to either track a chosen card by a spectator or locate another card. In this article I will focus on one of these...

A trick that uses the glimpse technique, Get Together, involves the magician and spectator each shuffling half of a deck, memorizing a selected card and replacing it atop the deck. The spectator...

An easy magic trick you can do to entertain anyone from kids, to your friends, to that drunk guy down the bar from you.

MAGIC! There's nothing like making something float right in front of the eyes of all your audience. Everybody knows it's tied up somehow, but they can't figure out WHERE! That's the real magic....

Have you ever wanted to amaze and mystify your friends by suspending a card in mid air? Read on to learn how to make a card appear to be floating.

Perform the lucky card magic trick, and always find your lucky card. Learn to do the lucky card magic trick with expert tips from a professional magician in this free magic trick video.

The 'Shipwreck' card trick performs a magic trick while telling a story about a royal family. Learn the shipwreck card story and perform a magic trick with expert tips from a professional magician...

Using a red and blue deck of cards, perform the 'Do As I Do' magic trick. Discover how to perform the Do as I Do card trick with expert tips from a professional magician in this free magic trick...

The trick to performing the 'Three Card Monte' is to always keep an eye on the moving card. Find out how to do the 'Three Card Monte' magic trick with expert tips from a professional magician in...

Perform the key card magic trick with the help of a friend. Discover how to perform the key card magic trick with expert tips from a professional magician in this free magic video.

This is a classic magic trick that anyone can easily do. It involves the spectater selecting a card that you never see. losing it in the deck and than magicly showing it to them.

Question of Sympathy, despite having an odd title, is one of my favorite card tricks because it combines two different sleights of hand: the card force and the slide. Both can be done by even the...

The Predicta-Pair card trick is known as a self-working mathematical trick. This means that the magician does not need to do any sleight of hand or card forcing. All he needs to have is the...

The spectator thinks of a number between 1 and 10, memorizes a card based on her number and hands the deck to the magician. Without ever seeing the deck, and with the deck behind his back, the...

A tremendous trick in both its beauty and simplicity, the spectator randomly chooses a card, places it back in the deck, and soon finds the chosen card is sandwiched between two red aces. Without...

Forcing a card on your spectator is one of the best ways to ensure the he winds up with the card you want him to. There are a number of ways to force a card, but the cut deeper is by far my...

A pretty simple trick that utilizes the cut deeper force, the three-card mind read sees the spectator randomly remove three cards from the deck, seemingly reading the spectator's mind as he does....

Another trick involving a forced card, the Envelope Predictor is basically a self-working trick. The magician removes an envelope, sealed, and places it aside. He then shuffles and has the...

The countdown force is a very simple way to force a card upon a spectator. It works fantastically because you seem like you are merely demonstrating what you want the spectator to do--while in...

Most people are familiar with the "pick a card, any card" magic tricks. If you really want to impress your family and friends, though, learn how to float a card around your body. During this...

A moderately challenging trick primarily due to memorization skills required, Eight Threatening Kings has the spectator choose a random card from a new deck of cards--and after a single cut--the...

In this article I will focus on the Pulse Card, one of the easiest magic tricks you will ever learn. This involves a spectator choosing a card, placing it in the deck and the magician finding it...

The spectator picks a card, shows it to the audience and returns it to the deck. The magician then places the deck into a brown paper bag and shuffles it in the bag. He reaches inside and picks a...

A spectator randomly selects a card from the deck, places it back in and shuffles it himself. The magician takes the deck back, face down, in one hand, and in the other hand is a face-down giant...

The spectator selects a card from the deck, places it back inside and shuffles. The magician takes it back, shuffles again and places it in his shirt or jacket pocket. Pretending to read the...

The spectator selects a card, returns it to the deck and then the magician places the deck into his inner coat pocket. He tries to guess the chosen card using his sense of touch, but removes...

The magician has a spectator choose a card at random and place it back into the deck. He shuffles the cards and then shows the spectator that the chosen card is neither the bottom or top card of...

The magician hands the same deck of cards and a pen to two different spectators, asking them to each place the deck behind their backs. Spectator #1 is to mark an X on the front of any card, and...

The magician gives a card to a spectator, telling him to place it face down in the face-up deck. Riffling the deck, the magician tells the card to turn face down on its own. After spreading the...

In this lesson you will learn how to make a regular playing card "jump" from one hand to the other hand. A very flashy and impressive demonstration. If you want people to know right away...

The magician goes through a deck of cards and has a spectator name any card. The magician removes this card from the pack and turns it face down, showing it has a blue back. He spreads the rest of...

One of the ways magicians are able to perform mindbending card tricks is through the use of a force. This is a term referring to a magician making a spectator choose the card he had in mind,...

Forcing a card is a great way to perform tricks for spectators. They think they are choosing a random card from the deck, when in actuality, they are picking exactly what you want them to pick....

The Reverse Order Count Trick is very similar to the Count Force, only in the form of an actual trick. It is very simple to perform, but what makes it of moderate difficulty is that you can only...

A short card trick is one involving a very easy-to-make gimmick card that allows you several possibilities for forcing a card on a spectator. This tutorial will explain how to instruct it as well...

Much like a "short card," a key card is one that you use in the midst of a trick to aid yourself in finding a certain card. It isn't the chosen card of the spectator, but rather one that tells you...

Learn how to cut to a reverse card in a stripper deck in this free series of card trick videos from our professional magician.