Magic

Magic tricks can be great entertainment for children and adults alike. Although much of the magic you see on television or in live shows may take months of practice and specific skills to master,...

Everybody wants to be able to perform magic, but few are willing to devote the time needed for learning a lot of tricks. Card tricks are popular because they can be performed just about anywhere...

Using a series of simple markings, you can create your own deck of magic cards that will never fail when you're onstage guessing card numbers and dazzling your audience. With nothing more than a...

This article is about how to trick your friends and even hustle them with this card trick.

People learn to fan cards for a variety of reasons. Poker players like to add a flourish when they reveal their hands to their opponents. Competitive trading card game players enjoy intimidating...

Using magic tricks is a way to enhance your child's confidence and ability to socialize. It also enhances his communication skills while learning how to elicit smiles and awe. To become adept at...

This is a cool card trick that never fails. Literally idiot proof, and really impressive.

The levitating card trick is a fun, easy trick to learn that you can use to wow friends and partygoers. With a few steps and a bit of practice, and you'll have it down. There can be alterations on...

Card tricks are a wonderful way to wow your friends, but it takes real skill, perseverance and a willingness to fail in order to become a professional-level card magician and even more of all...

The Panic Magic Trick is the creation of Aaron Fisher, a veteran magician of 15 years. He describes the Panic Magic Trick as one of his favorites, and one can hardly wonder why. In the blink of an...

Tarot is a great tool to use for guidance in your everyday life. This is a good spread to use when you are having a problem or issue that you're not sure how to handle.

Another glimpse-based trick, In Between, requires two spectators and an uninvolved volunteer. The end result sees the chosen cards of the spectators somehow sandwiching a randomly named card of...

A spectator chooses 12 cards, one of which is memorized and placed on the bottom of her pack, pockets some and places the rest on top of the deck. As the magician spreads out a few cards--he can...

I made up this card trick while I was playing with my friends when I was little. I loved magic and was inspired to make up a card trick like this.

Impress your friends at the next bridge/poker game by deftly performing a one handed cut of the cards!

Changing a card color or the color of the back of a card is a simple magic trick that you can use to amaze your friends, family or co-workers. Using nothing more than a special deck of cards, you...

The "ALR Magic" card trick stands for "Almost Like Real Magic," as it involves little movement of the cards on the magician's part; what little movement there is is done with the audience's help....

You don't have to be a professional entertainer to amaze your friends with magic. Some magic tricks require elaborate preparation, special equipment or hours of practice. However, there are many...

One age-old magic trick that requires no special tools or gimmicks is plucking cards from thin air. The practitioner will begin with an empty hand facing the audience, and in one quick motion...

Are you an inspiring magician or just a casual card player who wants to learn a fast easy card trick to do? Well in this article I will show you how to a simple card trick to amaze all.

Tarot cards are often used to find out what is going to happen in your future. They are great tools if used right and if you can focus clearly. That may seem hard, but it really isn't once you...

A very tough to pull off, but effective trick, is the Disappearing Queen. The magician removes all court cards from the deck and places the remaining underneath a glass covered by a handkerchief....

I get a lot of requests about how a magic routine should be started, and thought that this "trick" might be a very good icebreaking answer. See, a magic routine should never start with an insane...

How to preform an easy to remember but somewhat hard to do trick, that will leave your audience with their jaws open.

This is an easy card trick my dad taught me as a child. It always makes people stop and look at it and go "How did you do that?". You can use any type of cards to do this. I could only...

The deck is shuffled and a spectator cuts it in half. The spectator chooses one cut portion and the performer takes the other. Both spectator and performer hold cards behind their backs and select...

A very fun trick to do with very little setup, the spectator chooses a seemingly random card from the deck. After some "magic" you flip over three cards, all of which match the value of the...

The Year Game is a fairly simple trick that I have found works great at nursing homes. The effect is simple, but lasts longer due to some extraneous mathematical steps. Here is how to do it.

A trick based primarily on memorization skills, the magician is able to identify three cards after realistically never seeing the deck. This is best served as an opener or segue to another trick...

An easier type of trick more for stage performances than street magic, the Four Ace Extravaganza has the magician taking the spectator through a series of simple mental calculations and the...

This is a card trick in which an audience member is asked to choose a card at random from the deck. After doing so he or she is then asked to memorize the cards value and to place the card on top...

Here is a simple card trick that does not require quick hands, just quick eyes and some manipulation. This trick can easily be changed or improved to keep people guessing!

One of the oldest and most popular magic tricks around is known as "You Do as I Do" in which the magician and spectator go through identical actions, switch decks, find each other's chosen card in...

Springing the Cards 1: Do you believe in magic? Like amazing tricks? Learn how to do card flourishes to develop your misdirection skills & sleight of hand techniques. A real magician's secrets are...

Springing the Cards 2: Do you believe in magic? Like amazing tricks? Learn how to do card flourishes to develop your misdirection skills & sleight of hand techniques. A real magician's secrets are...

Dribbling the Cards: Do you believe in magic? Like amazing tricks? Learn how to do card flourishes to develop your misdirection skills & sleight of hand techniques. A real magician's secrets are...

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

Learn the trick for reversing cards in a box for a stripper deck in this free series of card trick videos from our professional magician.

If you want to perform magic but haven't much experience, this is an excellent card trick for beginners. It's easy to execute, provided you know how to place your fingers and hands along the...

Get tips on how to cut cards in this free magic tricks video.

Learn a simple technique of cutting cards called undercutting - free magic trick tutorial video.

Learn how to care for playing cards & get more life out of them, when doing magic tricks.

Learn the types of playing cards to use and learn how to do easy magic tricks using the basic principles & techniques of illusion. A real magician's secrets are revealed in these simple card magic...

Prearranging the Cards: Do you believe in magic? Learn how to do intermediate level magic tricks using the basic principles & techniques of illusion. A real magician's secrets are revealed in...

Learn how to cut a deck of stripper cards in this free card trick video from our professional magician.

Learn how to use multiple cards of a stripper deck in this free card trick video from our professional magician.

Learn how to locate cards with a stripper deck in this free card trick video from our professional magician.

Learn how to predict cards for svengali magic cards in this free card trick video from our professional magician.

Learn how to force cards for svengali magic cards in this free card trick video from our professional magician.

Learn how to have your audience select cards for svengali magic cards in this free card trick video from our professional magician.