Tricks: Close-Up Magic

The Effect: A borrowed item that bears a barcode is used for this effect. It can be a borrowed item or a spectators item. A random card is selected by the spectator. The magician takes the borrowed item and slowly moves his hand over the barcode.

Visually, the numbers transform into the name of the chosen card.

Making a solid object vanish has never failed to spark a sense of wonder in spectators' hearts.

Magicians have worked on numerous ways of vanishing a card, but none of them is as visual and easy as this one.

Introducing Into Thin Air 2.0. Our friend Sultan Orazaly from Kazakhstan has gifted us with this incredible...

Steve Cook strikes again with his take on the classic 'Combination Lock' routine, and this is a KILLER - watch the demo to see what we mean!

• EXAMINABLE CARDS (or use your own business cards!)
• NO MAGICIANS CHOICE OR DODGY WORDING!
• NO MULTIPLE OUTS OR DIFFERENT OUTCOMES!
• NO RESET!
• NO GAFFS, OR...

Almost everyone carries a mobile phone these days. Most people probably know more about their phone than their family. What if you can manipulate the beloved phone for a brief moment?

SansMinds Creative Lab is proud to present you the first of its kind. A phone manipulation effect that has never been done before. Moving Home...

A magical puzzle where a dollar bill turns inside-out while being held by an audience member.

You show a US $1 bill with a window cut out. You let a spectator hold the bill with George Washington facing her as you peek through the window.

You then fold the bill so the famed symbol of the pyramid with the eye can be seen through...

While wearing a face mask printed with a giant red mouth, the magician suddenly "eats" a smartphone in plain view!

Props enclosed:

• Face mask (with adjustable-length ear loops)
• Dummy smartphone (requires simple assembly)
• Instruction sheet

Fire has been used in rituals and performances for centuries. It is associated with having mystical properties, and with this new trick in your arsenal, you will be able to harness these magical properties to reveal secret messages!

Imagine a spectator selecting a card, losing it in the deck, and the magician doesn't even need...

Remove, Switch Vanish or Produce...the RSVP HERO allows you to do it all.

RSVP Box is an amazing utility tool that can make any small object appear, vanish, and transform into another item. Here's an absolute classic of magic reinvented for the modern performer. Available in three different eye-catching finishes, this solid...

SCIN: Signed Card in Nose

WARNING: THIS EFFECT SHOULD CAN NOT BE SOLD TO OR PERFORMED BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THIS DVD IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY.

This is for the SCINNERS

Phil Knoxville brings you the ultimate geek effect, Signed Card in Nose.

This is SCIN.

A card is selected from the deck, signed...

If you are looking for a way to change your ordinary card routine into something new and strong, SWEET is for you! Visually you change a playing card box directly into a full gum box with the signed card magically folded inside. It's incredible when spectators are screaming while you're performing. It's easy to get that...

What separates a hobbyist from a professional magician? It's not in the tricks, but instead in the ability to make things fun and entertaining, with the dirty work done seamlessly in plain sight. Fake is designed just for that. A bill switch that's simple to death, done right under your spectator's nose, while everyone...

A brand NEW collection of extraordinary moments with a 100% ordinary Sharpie marker!

Serpent Tie is a professional routine that can be performed on parlor, close-up, or stage. It's perfect for musical routines too.

It allows you to perform several visual effects.

Pack small and plays big! You can actually use it as your show tie.

And if you don't wear a tie, you can introduce yourself...

Every new stage in technological advancement has given birth to a new form of media -- circuit, theater, radio, TV, and now, the Internet.

Every generation has a platform where artists can get their names out to a larger crowd and build their career.

Social media, without a doubt, is THE mainstream media platform in this...

Mess with your spectators' minds as they fail to return the cap you just removed from the pen. It is literally Solid.

The only way to solve this problem, is to take the lid back and Stretch it to three times its normal length, before casually re-capping the pen and returning it to your pocket!

With additional ideas utilizing...

Everyone loves money and it is without a doubt one of the most common objects in the world. It is also one of the hardest items to counterfeit. For that reason, it makes magic using money much more impossible for your audience.

Imagine splitting a bill little by little. A $10 bill into two $5 bills. Even take a step further, biting...

Shocking magic with a BORROWED item!

Easy to do + extremely visual!

Works with any tab from a can of soda or beer!

Effect:
The magician asks someone to snap off the tab from a can of soda or beer. The performer then holds the borrowed tab at the tips of his fingers and slowly, impossibly, STRETCHES the...

Various cards with images of drinks are shown. The spectator chooses one, then the magician takes from an envelope a giant pad of paper, saying that he will guess which drink the spectator selected. The magician draws a can with its corresponding logo coinciding with the one chosen by the viewer!

Subsequently the sheet is torn off...

Swordlace is a classic card effect that has stood the test of time.

Not only is the effect strong and direct, but having the cards spring up into the air and shower to the ground as the effect happens psychologically signifies the finale and wraps the entire performance.

It's a beautiful plot used by many of the...

The performer hands out an ordinary key to be examined and shows his hands undeniably empty (with his sleeves rolled up.) He then demonstrates a shocking series of optical illusions with the key, and finishes by somehow pushes his finger through the tiny hole in the key. A moment later, the key is handed back to the spectator's for close...

LOOK LIKE AN EXPERT CON MAN

The Game is a complete treatise on The Three Shell Game. It comes with all you need to learn and perform this great guessing game. You'll be taught maneuvers designed to fool your audience, step by step. They'll be amazed at your skill, and they'll have fun trying to guess where the...

Part of the Marvelous Poker Pro Range, The Hold'Em Chip is a 4-in-1 magnetic locking poker chip that allows for multiple productions and vanishes at the finger tips, in the hands or even on a table.

The chip can be tossed, rolled or spun without fear of it coming apart. Yet, at any time, you can split it into 2, 3 or...

A good assistant can make any good magician's act appear great. With this trick, SansMinds has created an illusion that incorporates one of the Founding Fathers of the United States into your card routine! George Washington himself will come to life, and together you will create a performance that will amaze any audience! Proudly introducing...

A unique and memorable triple prediction.

"Trio" is everything you'd want in a parlor routine. It's engaging, funny and leaves audiences with a one-of-a-kind experience they'll never forget.

Three volunteers are invited to make various selections. From the audience's perspective, one of them is thinking...

Visual, Mysterious, and Completely Impossible!

For years, magicians have been using props such as boxes on stage to create illusions to fool the human mind. While it is a classic setup, lugging around boxes isn't really appropriate for the strolling magician. Well, now we have something equally amazing that fits right...