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Cups and Balls
Use three cups and small balls. Show the cups empty, then magically produce, vanish, and move the balls beneath the cups.
Three-Card Monte
Use three cards, typically two black and one red. Shuffle the cards and have the spectator guess where the red card is located.
Color Changing Deck
Show a deck of cards of one color then, with a wave of the hand or a magical gesture, the entire deck changes color.
Pen Through Dollar
Magically penetrate a dollar bill with a pen, and then show the bill unharmed after pulling the pen out.
Sponge Ball Magic
Use sponge balls to perform a series of vanishes, appearances, and transpositions in the hands of the magician and the spectator.
Floating Ring
A borrowed ring is suspended in the air and moves along a pencil or pen, with no visible means of support.
The Zig Zag Card
A card is placed into a holder and visually split into three pieces then restored, using a gimmicked card holder.
The Coin Bite
Take a bite out of a coin and then magically restore it right in front of the spectator's eyes.
Bill Switch
Change one bill for another (e.g., 100) using sleight of hand and a folding technique.
The Retention Vanish
Make a coin seem to vanish from your hand using a false transfer to retain the coin while giving the illusion that it has been placed in the other hand.
Ghost Count (also known as Elmsley Count)
Hide one or more cards in a packet during a counting sequence, making it seem like there are fewer cards than there actually are.
The Classic Force
Force a card on a spectator by making it seem like they had a free choice while ensuring they take the specific card you've intended.
The Linking Rings
Make solid metal rings link and unlink, creating the illusion of solid metal passing through metal.
The Lota Bowl
A bowl that seems to refill itself with water every time it is emptied, using a hidden reservoir and a bit of physics.
Card Warp
Fold two cards lengthwise and slide them into each other forming a right angle. By handling the cards correctly, one appears to flip face up and face down.
The Ambitious Card
A card is chosen, signed, then placed back in the deck, but it continually appears on top of the deck after a series of sleight of hand moves.
The Biddle Trick
Five cards are shown, a spectator selects one. The selected card then disappears from the group and reappears in the deck.
Ring on String
Magically thread a ring onto a string or remove it through sleight of hand and optical illusions.
Scotch and Soda
A coin transposition trick where a copper coin changes into a silver one using a special gimmicked coin set.
The Raven
Vanish a coin from an open hand with a hidden device known as 'The Raven'.
The Coin Matrix
Lay four coins in a matrix pattern on a table, cover them with cards, and magically cause the coins to gather under a single card without moving the covers.
Double Lift
Turn over two cards as one to show a card on top of the deck. Then turn them back and deal the 'top' card revealing a change or producing the spectator’s card.
The Invisible Palm
A card is shown then 'placed' into your hand, but when your hand opens, the card is gone only to reappear elsewhere.
The French Drop
Hold a coin in your left hand and pretend to take it with your right hand. Secretly retain the coin in your left hand and display the right hand as if it contains the coin.
The Blown Away Change
A playing card visibly changes as the magician blows on it, using a special grip and a quick flip of the card.
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