Magic

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

This is probably the most challenging trick I have ever written about on eHow, as it includes using eye-accessing clues to pull off—but if you can—boy howdy will it impress people. The basic gist...

My favorite trick of all time is when the magician lines up 10 shot glasses and places a bottle of vodka and a bottle of water on the table. He fills nine of the glasses with water and the tenth...

The magician places four objects: a salt shaker, a mug, a glass and a matchbook on a table. The magician then makes a prediction on a piece of paper, folds it and places it in the spectator's...

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...

This is a magic trick where you have your spectator do everything and to his or her surprise they have done magic themselves! This is a very effective trick because when you have someone else do...

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...

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,...

A very fun and entertaining stage trick, the magician begins by placing an envelope in the hands of a nearby spectator. He then holds up a newspaper article and asks the crowd to yell "cut" at any...

The magician asks a spectator to think of a name, any name in her head. As she thinks of it, he writes something in a tiny notepad. He asks her to reveal the name. When she does, he turns over his...

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...

In the color fusion trick, the object is to take a specific card from a deck and make it appear as if it changes from one color to another and then back to its original color. This card trick is...

In the Fantastic Five Trick, the spectator freely chooses a card from the deck. It is then placed on top of the deck and cut into the middle. The magician spreads the deck on a table and one card,...

In this trick, the spectator takes a deck fresh out of its case and cuts it anywhere he wishes. He memorizes the card he cut to and then finishes the cut. He hands it back to you, and without any...

Spell-A-Name is a fun trick wherein a chosen card is magically revealed through spelling the name of the spectator with the cards. Here is how to do it.

This effect is a very simple alternative version of the Spell-A-Name, that should be performed if, and only if, you do not know the name of the spectator receiving the performance. It follows...

Bomb aiming is a card handling technique that refers to holding a card lengthwise with your thumb at one end and middle finger at the other end. This allows you to bend and control the card, as...

This is a mathematical trick wherein the spectator is led down a very simple series of calculations until you reveal that the two of you have mysteriously chosen the same number. You will need...

The hot shot cut card trick depends on speed and the use of a special method of cutting cards. The spectator is so impressed with the way the cards are cut that he or she doesn't notice how easily...

To make a card pop out of a deck of cards, the deck must be altered, and the audience cannot be allowed to inspect it. The magician can improvise patter and numerous maneuvers to distract the...