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Easy Magic Tricks: Fast Find
Show your friends a couple of cards. Have them place them into the deck. Within a second, you find them-to your friend's amazement.
Easy Magic Tricks: Incredible Spelling
In this trick, you take a packet of cards that contains the ace through king of a single suit, and by simply spelling the name of each card (ace, two, three...etc), you reveal each card in order. The kicker is that you are placing the in-between cards back underneath the pile. It’s not really a magic trick, but a fairly impressive mathematical stunt. Give this one a try. You’ll have fun with it.
Easy Magic Tricks: "Do As I Do"
“Do As I Do,” is a great card trick that offers lots of audience interaction, can be performed at any time that you have two decks of cards, has lots of opportunities for comedy and the ending is surprising with an inherent build-up. And once the trick is over, the secret is long gone. There is nothing for spectators to find.
Easy Magic Tricks: Cutting to the Aces
The spectator separates a deck of cards into four piles, mixes them a bit, and at the end, discovers that there’s an ace on top of each pile. All you need is a deck of cards, an easy setup and the secret, and you’re ready to go.
Easy Magic Tricks: Dealing a Royal Flush
Here’s an easy way to deal yourself a royal flush in a seeming demonstration of poker. It requires more talking and misdirection than card handling skills.
Easy Magic Trick with Cards: Finder Keeper
After a spectator shuffles a deck, you browse it and bring out two cards and set them aside. You deal cards until the spectator says "stop" and insert one of your previously selected cards, face-up. You repeat the process. At the end, you can show that the face-up cards are next to their mates in the deck, for example, the black fours (four of clubs and four of spades) and red kings (king of diamonds and king of hearts).
Easy Magic Tricks: Ten Card Poker
Using only ten playing cards, you deal two hands of poker and win three times in a row. This is a classic and if you like this trick, we offer resources for professional versions.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Vanishing Bead
Here’s a basic vanish that’s easy to perform and particularly good for young kids. All you need is a paper cup and bead.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Necklace
In this effect, three beads appear to pass right through a string and release themselves. This one is easy to make and perform, and at the end, everything can be handed out for examination.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Rising Card - Method 2
In this classic trick, you have a spectator select a card and then lose it in the deck. You place the deck into its box and the spectator's card mysteriously rises out by itself.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Rising Card
In this classic easy magic trick, you have a spectator select a card and then lose it in the deck. You rest your first finger on top of the deck and as you lift your finger, the spectator's card mysteriously rises with it.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Thumb Stretch
Here's an easy magic trick that makes it appear as if you are stretching your thumb. All you need are your hands.
Easy Magic Tricks: Elbow Coin Vanish
Here's an easy magic trick that allows you to vanish a coin. The coin seems to vanish into thin air and the trick is a great follow-up to another coin routine such as "Coin Through Table."
Easy Magic Tricks: The Impossible Prediction
In this easy magic trick, you lay an envelope down onto the table and explain that there is a prediction written inside. You bring out a deck of cards, show the cards to be different and ask a spectator to name a number. Based on the freely named number, a card is selected. When the letter inside the envelope is opened and read, it states the exact card that was chosen.
Easy Magic Tricks: Coin Through Table
In this easy magic trick, you cause a coin to somehow pass through the top of a table.
Easy Magic: Finding a Spectator’s Card
A classic plot in card magic, you ask a spectator to select a card. You lose the card in the deck and then later find it. We teach a basic technique for locating a spectator’s card.
Interactive Magic: The Mind Reader
This is an old classic. The web site somehow reads your mind even if you’ve freely thought of a few things. Just follow along.
Interactive Magic: "The Clock"
Here’s an interactive magic trick that works across the web and you can have fun showing your friends.
Stunt: Just Passing Thru
You’ve heard of trying to get a camel to pass through the eye of a needle? Well how about trying to get a person to pass through the center of a piece of paper? This "trick" is actually more of a stunt than easy magic. It’s a puzzle that you present to your spectators.
Easy Trick: Mental Card Spin
Here’s an ultra-easy trick that you can do. It’s a bit of mentalism where you tell a spectator the exact card that they touched and turned around without any way for you to know. (Okay, there is a secret and a way for you to know.)
Easy Trick: Sawing a Lady in Half
Alright, this is not a version of the big stage illusion where a magician appears to saw a lady in half. But you can make this version out of an envelope and paper and it won’t cost you thousands of dollars. And you won’t even need a brave volunteer.
The Killer Prediction
In this convincing trick, the magician shows an envelope and explains that there is a prediction written within. The spectator is given a deck of cards and is asked to mix it and deal cards (face down) onto the table until they feel like stopping. When the letter inside the envelope is read, it states the exact card that the spectator last dealt onto the table.
Easy Magic: The Coin Vanish-2
In this easy trick, a coin is placed into a handkerchief where it mysteriously disappears. You can perform this one just about anytime, anywhere. All you need is a quarter and a handkerchief, and that special secret.
Easy Magic: The Banana Buster
By executing an ultra-secret ninja move, you magically cause a banana to separate into pieces while it’s still inside the peel. This trick is an easy one that only requires a little preparation. And be sure that you’re hungry so you can eat the banana when you’re done.
Easy Trick: Cold as Ice
You pour some water into a cup. You utter some secret words and when you turn over the cup, all that comes out is a chunk of ice. This one is super easy with the secret and a little setup.