Blog entries tagged Tutorial

Criss Angel Walking Through Metal Door Revealed

yasmin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

Criss angel covered a metal door with some newspaper and walked through it.

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZ1TyDZ08U]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZ1TyDZ08U

The Secret:

This trick is very complicated and it requires some expensive equipment. The door is gimmicked and can be moved when its being covered by the newspaper. Criss probaly used some advanced techniques when he performeRead More...

Derren Brown Broken Glass Stunt Revealed

yasmin — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

Derren Brown stopped his heartbeat and walked over broken glass he then lied down in the glass and asked someone to jump on him. At the end of the trick he was fine and had no cuts on him.

The Secret

The secret to this trick is really simple and not dangerous really but i dont recommend trying it. To stop your pulse put a small ball or a crumpled up piece of paper under your armpit. Ask someone to feel your pulse press against the baRead More...

Psychic Card Trick Tutorial

yasmin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:31:00 +0100

The Effect:

You tell the spectator to name any card out loud. You then say you are going to call a psychic friend and he will tell you the name of the card you thought of without anyone telling him. The psychic names the card correctly.

The Secret:

The spectator can think of any card except the joker you don't need to force them to think of a specific card. As long as you know the name of the card the trick will work. Call a friend who is in on tRead More...

How to Light a Burnt Match

ben guilfoyle — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:27:26 +0100

For this trick you need 2 matches and a ring (a ring thats slightly loose) and a black marker

Preparation:

using a black marker draw on the red part of one match.
put 1 match (the colored one) in the ring out of sight.

The Method:

with the marker color the red part of 1 match.
light the match that is NOT colored.
quickly quench it in your closed palm before it gets burnt past the red bit.
replRead More...

Calendar Card Trick

Brian — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:54:17 +0100

Hey everyone!!!
The other day i posted this trick that uses a calendar! Please let me know if this trick is original. Hope you like the trick. let me know what you think of it!
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Og88jMioc]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Og88jMioc

A drink for 4 and a half cents

ben guilfoyle — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:06:54 +0100

hello everyone I am Ben Guilfoyle and I have a fairly easy mentalism effect and I hope you enjoy it.

Items:victim, calculator (optional), pen and paper (optional),4 cents and 1 cent coin that has been cut in half.

step1: Tell your victim to write down a number on the piece of paper but the number must not have a zero it must be double digited and must be between 1-100.

step2: Once he/she wrote there number tell them you will make a prediction with coins.

step3Read More...

Follow the Leader

Brian — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:49:52 +0100

Hey everyone!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okPQBiX2X00

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okPQBiX2X00]

I have seen many card tricks and really like this one here. To me it has a great effect on the spectator!!!

I wanted to know what do you think of it?......is it something you would use?

PIN Number Prediction Revealed

Zuugician — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:34:39 +0100

Imagine knowing something that would normally be impossible to know. For example you might want to reveal someone’s surname, even though you never met them before. You might want to know what their best friend’s hamster is called. Whatever it is, this Prediction effect will allow you to do so. In this case we will reveal the PIN number of a person’s bank account.

Basic Effect
You ask to borrow a pen and pencil from the subject. You confirm with them that theyRead More...

George Washington Prediction

Maxim888 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:10:16 +0100

George Washington... a psychic, too?

Effect:

Show your friend a dollar bill and tell her to look at the serial number and to concentrate on just one of the numbers.

Tell her that George Washington wasn't just the first President of the United States, but he was also a psychic!

Ask her what the number was and after she tells you, you show her your prediction - one that was already written on the dollar bill before you began! CRead More...

Handkerchief Through Crystals Tutorial

Zisco — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:53 +0100

The Effect

You hand to audience for examination, three silk handkerchiefs; one red, one white, and one blue. Next you show the two crystal cylinders, such as is used on gas jets. Have someone in audience to tie the corners of blue and white handkerchiefs together and roll them into a ball, which you place in one of the cylinders, and give to someone to hold.

You next take the red handkerchief and place it in the other cylinder, and hold one hand over each end of cylinder, anRead More...

The Restored Calendar Tutorial

Chung San — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:59:55 +0100

NONE of the principles employed in this clever combination are new, but, as the audience only sees the surface of a trick, the effect is none the worse on that account. If this surface is properly camouflaged, the closer one sticks to the time-tried methods the better.

The Effect

The performer takes one of the leaves from an advertising calendar, tears off a corner and gives it to one of the audience to hold. Read More...

The Premier Book Test Tutorial

Chung San — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:49:19 +0100

The beauty of this test is, that throughout the experiment, the performer apparently does nothing whatever, and TOUCHES NOTHING USED IN THE TEST. The material used can be thoroughly examined after the experiment is finished. There is the advantage of being able to use ANY MAGAZINE OR BOOK DESIRED. The cards used are an ordinary pack of cards. There are several subtleties used which are practically unknown to magic previously.

The first requires but a slight arrangement of the DECK Read More...

Envelope Vanish Coin Tutorial

Nic Bruce — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:26:25 +0100

The Effect:

A fairly heavy Manila paper envelope is prepared beforehand by cutting a slot at the bottom right corner. With a pair of scissors trim a small sliver of paper from the bottom of the envelope. When the envelope is prepared this way the opening will offer no resistance to the coin and it will fall freely into your hand.

The Secrets:

From a piece of paper the same color as the envelope, cut a round piece theRead More...

Telephone Riddle - Mental Calculation

John Franklin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:23:42 +0100

This is rock bottom for simplicity and that is what I work for always. There is no name code and you are always ready with the simplest mental calculation. In my case, the following table is pasted on the wall just over the telephone at home. Weeks go by at a time without working it and then suddenly a call is put in with no warning at all and still I can sit pretty.

Monday AH 4C 7D 10S.

Fishbowl Production Revealed

John Franklin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:58 +0100

For a number of years this fishbowl Production was used as the opening effect in my stage shows. It is quick and very astonishing because a very large howl is used and the production is made on an undraped table so far down stage that it is almost against the footlights. The trick is completely mystifying to the lay audience and to magicians as well. Although I believe that it is wrong to design shows to fool other magicians, it is rather satisfying to find a trick which they don't catch and Read More...

Ring And Program Trick

Aramaic Kasvinski — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:51:23 +0100

Introduction:

This was one of the best features of the program given by Guibal when he played at the Eden Musée many years ago. It was not new even at that time; in fact, I had made it a part of my own show in my amateur days; but it is extremely effective if properly handled, and it has always been a surprise to me that it has not come into more general use.

Guibal probably learned the trick from Verbeck, for whom he acted as interpreter during the tour of the Read More...

Vanishing a Coin with the Aid of a Handkerchief

Zisco — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0100

Here is an oldie, the method of which can be used to vanish not only a coin but any other small article as well.

Spread a handkerchief over the palm up left hand so one corner will lie on the forearm. Show a half dollar in the right hand, then place it between the thumb and first and second fingers of the left hand, holding it vertically through the cloth, Fig. 1.

With the right thumb and forefinger, pick up the inner corner of the handkerchief and bring it forward over Read More...

One in 52 Card Trick Tutorial

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:44:26 +0100

This is a simple trick too, but use a little care when you handle the cards. Spread a normal deck of cards face-up on the table. Ask someone to point to any card they want.

Pull their chosen card from the spread deck and drop it on the bottom card. Pick up the deck and give it a couple of cuts. Now spread the deck, face down, and your friends see there is just one card with a different color back. You lift that card out and turn it over - that's right, it is their chosen card!

The Hypnotized Handkerchief Tutorial

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:13 +0100

Hypnotize a handkerchief to move at your command!

REQUIREMENTS: One handkerchief with a hem, one drinking straw

In order to perform this effect you will need to take a drinking straw and flatten it out. This is easier with the old fashioned paper straws, but a plastic straw will do. Be careful not to mangle the straw as you flatten it.

Next, sew the straw into the hem of a handkerchief as shown in Figure Read More...

Houdini Rubber Band Escape Revealed

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:37:56 +0100

A miniature escape that demonstrates how solid can pass through solid!

REQUIREMENTS: One medium sized rubber band.

This is sometimes also called the Hopping Rubber Band. You loop a rubber band over your first two fingers, and then it inexplicably jumps to the second two fingers.