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Magic & Parlor Tricks

Magic, the art of illusion and special effects, requires no spells or supernatural powers. All you really need to be a good magician is knowledge of the trick, practice, and showmanship.
"How to Perform the Pop To The Top card trick" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

Make a card "pop" to the top after creasing it and putting it in the middle of the deck. When you release your grip, it pops back to the top. ...

"How to Make a card vanish and then reappear a second later" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

A very quick card vanishing trick. The card disappears behind your hand, only to come back a second later. ...

"How to Make a card vanish from your hand and then reappear" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

A simple video tutorial showing you how to take a single card and make it disappear from both hands, then, if you wish, you can make it reappear in your hand. ...

A person holding a small object over a wooden table.
Jun 23, 2008

A simple video tutorial showing you how to fake grab a coin so that the coin appears to vanish in your hand. ...

"How to Levitate a ring on a rubber band" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

This video shows how to make a ring appear to levitate using an elastic or rubber band. ...

"How to Take the flame away and put in back on your Zippo" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

A very great Zippo trick that makes you look like you control fire. Take the flame out of your Zippo and then put in back with a snap. A great Zippo trick. ...

"How to Open your Zippo so that you look bad ass" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

A very cool way to open your Zippo. If you have a Zippo lighter than you better know how to do these killer Zippo tricks. ...

A person placing a black binder on a surface.
Jun 23, 2008

A simple video showing a variation of the teleporting quarter trick. This uses 5 quarters instead of 4 and can be done with just your hands. No need for cards. ...

Four coins placed on a white T-shirt with playing cards nearby.
Jun 23, 2008

This video shows how to do the popular disappearing quarters trick. A quarter under each card and by the end you'll have four quarters under one card. ...

"How to Force a cup through a table with a napkin" cover image
Jun 23, 2008

This is a video showing how to make a cup disappear during a trick when you say you're going to make a coin disappear. The spectator follows the coin and instead, the cup vanishes as if by magic. ...