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So I recently just got a cheap Chinese ITR for 2 bucks cause I had a bit extra cash on a gift card. I just got it in the mail and the gimmick is pretty visible in bright light and noisy. Does anyone have any tips on trying to make using the ITR better?

Hey all! I'll cut the fat out of a long backstory, but basically I'm getting back into magic after about 3 years off (besides casual tricks at a party or something). I was digging around my old boxes of DVDs and books and came across some things I really want to get back into performing, but...

Hi guys I was wondering if any of you would know of any really powerful magic. What I mean by powerful is that it gets great reactions, is easy-ish to do with some sleight of hand if any ( so like a mentalist effect or something) and is very visual if it is a card trick (so like something like a...

How does the double cross pen by mark southworth work? I'm going to buy soon and I want to know thanks!

So I am ok at double lifts and practicing the pinky count but wondered if anyone has any advice on practicing it effectively. The issue I am having is not being able to accurately do a pinky count without looking at the cards as I cannot hear or feel the cards as they riffle off. So I have no...

Hey theory11! I'm researching the card effect that David Blaine performed on his Real or Magic special Starting at 31 minutes and 34 seconds he does like a 3 card monte card effect. I'm trying to find what this trick is called and if it's published anywhere. Any help?

Hello Everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew a way to have a duplicate audience member signature, regardless of your audience member, in the same place on a duplicate card. I assume this would require a gimmick and that is OK, just somewhere to get me started. I want this effect to work...

Hello everyone! I am new to magic and I just got The Expert at the Card Table today. I was looking through it and saw quite a bit on a technique called a shift. The issue is, I have no idea what that is... If anyone could kindly let me know what that is, I would be very appreciative. Also, if...

It's been a while but I'd really appreciate any ideas for possible blogs for my website, the blogs are aimed at all levels of magic ranging from people who want insight into the magic community all the way to the professional magician. So anything you'd like to see, please feel free to comment...

I have a trick in mind that requires me to be able to controll a card from the middle of the deck to the second from the top, can anyone help me.

Hey guys, this is the link to my video on a channel that I have just started! Hope you guys from the magic community could encourage me and review my trick and presentation!

Hello, i was invited to my friend's birthday party, which is going to be around next week. He hired me to do some magic tricks for $15/ 1 hour. Although i loved the idea, i only know a couple of good tricks. I learned the double lift, bottom deal, and some sleights. I would like to know which...

Hey! I have been doing street magic for about ten months now, and have a good repertoire of tricks to perform for people. Like any magician, however, I am again eager to learn some new stuff, but specifically impromptu card tricks I can perform with just a normal deck of cards- no gimmicks or...

Hey! Can you please tell me a really amazing, advanced Card-Magic book? I want to learn tricks that David Blaine does for example. Mentalism, sleight-of-hands and prediction tricks. For example, such tricks David Blaine did in his Facebook livestream or at the Jimmy Fallon Show. Just...

Alright so I'm 17 and just found out a girl wants me to ask her to prom. Being me, I of course want to do this with magic. Any ideas for tricks I could do and how I should go about doing this? My idea was to do a trick to actually ask her and then make a rose appear. What do you think? Any...

will be using ____ instead of the whole word, because this is NOT a free tutorial, so if you want to learn it, please buy the tutorial. Hello, i purchased the tutorial for it, but the instructions are not very clear. If you bought it it shows you to p___ and put it in the bottle, how can you...

I'm a magician who's started a blog about magicians and entertainers, and I'm curious what you magicians would like to see. I've made three so far about things you should not say to a magician, how much a magician charges, and the rules of magic but am stuck on other ideas of what I could do.

Hi all! So I created some sleights/tricks independently :) However, I'm pretty disconnected from the magic community and don't really know what's out there, so I'm not certain these are properly original. Would you kindly take a look at this video and tell me if you have seen this material...

I want to learn this one card reveal. It is where the spectator picks a card, EX. 7 of diamonds, and you would rub your finger and on it, it says the card with ink. Any way to do this?

How would you guys spend 100 dollars( or 80 British pounds)? I recently have had a trouble picking out magic tricks to buy. I love the Double Cross, Sleeper, and the Odyssey. I am also thinking about buying some David Blaine Gold Gatorbacks. Although it is well over 100 dollars, i will have to...