Tricks: Close-Up Magic

You show your member card of your fitness club to the audience and explain that you hate to go there. The card is inspected by the spectators and then instantly changes into a coupon card of a fast food restaurant!

That's way better than working out, you state. But to feel better you'd have to go to the gym again. Speaking...

Casshan Wallace immediately found worldwide attention with his rubber band effect Melting Point. With acclaim and buzz surrounding his YouTube and Social Media followers, the most common statement about Casshan's magic is: "That has to be a camera trick".

Well, we're excited to say that they are not! They're very real...

Camouflage features a diabolical, secret gimmick that allows you to perform impossible penetrations, revelations, fusions, and even a levitation.

The secret gimmick also works with ANY brand of playing cards in the world.

Some of the tricks taught are:

APERTURE - A pencil is slowly pushed through the pack....

Everyone loves Color Monte. It has so much going for it as a trick - ONLY three cards used. Super easy to do. LOADS of phases means loads of magic. A climatic final phase that actually does bring the trick to a new level. It is a stone-cold classic of magic for a reason. Card Clone is a modern take on this genius trick. Using three...

Imagine rolling up a bill into a little tube, changing it into a small chapstick with just a little shake.

Visual magic happens inches away from your spectator's eyes.

• Borrowed bill
• Borrowed chapstick
• Works with any currency
• Use any brand of chapstick
• Gimmick included

Ever thought about doing "Cigarette Through Coin"? This is THE version to perform. It has it all: visual, surprising, and utterly clean. The advent of flash paper and keys (as prongs) elevate this trick into a strange and wonderful performance piece. If you perform in bars or outdoor settings in which borrowing a cigarette is possible, you...

"I hate gum tricks, but I love this one. I'm fooled." - Justin Flom

Nothing is more organic, spontaneous, or surprising to spectators than taking an ordinary object and creating a miracle. That's exactly what you'll learn to do on Kevin Li's Cohesive. Here you'll learn the secrets behind a series...

"Coin Thru Nose is the most believable yet incredible piece of geek magic you can do!"
- Anton James

Are you ready for something truly shocking. A coin is marked for identification, paced on the tongue, swallowed, and moments later, to your audiences shock and delight, the coin is pulled right out of your nose! First Tyler...

"Ravi is a modern day, magical Einstein. As always he delivers another excellent DVD. I always look forward to Ravi's DVDs as not only are the effects amazing, I find Ravi's passion and enthusiasm a driving force."
- Wayne Goodman

"Collision V2 is a great collection of material using everyday objects. They...

This romantic card trick stems from the brilliant mind of creator Mathieu Bich. When you shine light behind a photo of the night sky, the twinkling stars in the photo magically form themselves to spell out a selected card! The stars then rearrange to spell out a second, and then a third selected card. This beautiful effect is made...

Cool Beans is a set of five seemingly real coffee shop stamp cards and a special hidden crib card that will have you performing this effect right out of the box.

With these cards, you will be able to have a participant select any card and tell the person which card has been selected. This can be done in three different ways,...

We absolutely love Francis Menotti. He comes up with material NOBODY else would possibly think of, and his effects are always intriguing to audiences.

In Cubic, Menotti combines the best of cube magic with... the Magic Square, and the result is an UNFORGETTABLE routine that is as well suited to close-up as it is to cabaret....

Cupid is a fun and highly interactive piece of magic created by the SansMinds Creative Lab. Imagine being able to manipulate the ink of a bow and arrow drawing inches away from the spectator's eyes. Just before the spectators can digest the impossible moment, you shoot out the arrow and it goes through the heart on the spectator's...

From the creative minds behind Apple2iPhone, prepare to DAZZLE your audience with DAZZLER! A revolutionary iPhone APP (available at APPSTORE.COM/DAZZLER), used in conjunction with a specially designed gimmick, DAZZLER will turn any iPhone into a close-up flash device!

Now you can add that extra kicker to your performance WITHOUT...

Cause coins, a dollar bill and a key to appear... beneath four NAMED cards!

This routine is an ideal, formal close-up effect. Simple in plot and filled with opportunities to interact with your audience, you make four simple wagers. You remove a card and table it, and then ask someone to guess which card it is. First you bet small:...

Finding new and interesting revelations for chosen playing cards is a challenge to be overcome by magicians far and wide.

Finding a way to perform a revelation using borrowed objects that are both natural and memorable is another important piece of the puzzle.

DEVIL'S MARK solves both problems and gives your spectator...

The Domino Effect combines some of the most powerful elements in magic into one incredible routine. The magic is visual, it happens with every day objects, and it happens in the spectator's hands.

No matter where you go, sugar packets are everywhere. From the most casual diner to the most upscale restaurant, people are drinking...

Performed by Chris James

Imagine borrowing a coin and a ring and asking one of your spectators to push the coin through the ring...they can verify for themselves - the coin DOES NOT FIT through the ring.

With just a little imagination, the performer defies physics and visually pushes the coin through the ring...

A good piece of magic is magic that looks totally impossible. Modern magic is visual - people are amazed when they can actually see magic happening instantly. At those times, they are stunned in silence by what has just happened. Welcome to FIVE IN A HOLE, which achieves BOTH of these objectives: magic that looks absolutely impossible,...

Lennart Green created a sensation when he first introduced Figurine to the magic world. It is an amazing demonstration of magical origami. A piece of paper is folded and sculpted into a perfect miniature statue, a figurine. It is one of the most intriguing close-up effects for years and makes for an amazing talking point in any performance....

"This is one of the most versatile close-up magic props I've ever created. Everybody wants to examine the marker. Some people laugh. Some are shocked. But it always gets a strong reaction." - Jay Sankey

Comes complete with:

• 56-minute instructional DVD
• Very special Sharpie brand marker (each hand-crafted...

If you ask people what they expect to see when they meet a real wizard, everyone will probably give you different answers. But there will be one thing in common. Real magic. Impossible things that happen outside of anyone's expectation at the most unexpected moment. Magic that's direct, simple, and visually unexplainable with an...

A totally SELF - WORKING GUM VANISH that happens in your SPECTATOR'S HANDS!

The ingenious secret stuff fits inside a REAL PACK of Trident gum.

You hand your full pack of Trident gum to a special someone. All twelve pieces of GUM are FULLY VISIBLE.

She slowly closes her fingers around...

SHRINK YOUR VERY OWN PINKIE INTO A WEIRD STUMPY THING

Your naked pinkie finger is displayed in all its natural pinkie-ness. You gently grasp the tender pinkie with the thumb and forefinger of your other hand...and visibly compress your little finger into an incredibly teeny tiny pinkie...so it's about half the size of the...

While card tricks are a staple with many magicians out there, spectators want more than card tricks. However, when you need more than a stereotypical card trick, try picking up an everyday object like a gum pack and let Tom Elderfield show you how you can turn that ordinary pack of gum into a carnival of gum magic.

On this DVD you're...