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Magic Tape! If you look at a roll of Scotch Tape, it actually says magic tape. You can have put the tape on and then rub. Then pull it off to show that it is actually restored.

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks (chapter on diachylon) Greater Magic (chapter on rough and smooth) Rough Stuff by Joe Berg See also: https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/roughing-trick-ideas.43327/#post-444939

Free Rarebit Copper Edition and a bunch of points so far... best part is just the fun of getting a spin a day. Thanks Theory11!

That is a pretty cool deck that has a bunch of gaffs that allow you to do different effects, especially color changing decks like going from Rider Back to Tally-Ho.

Here are some links to sites that have some of magic's history: http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Main_Page http://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php This is a link to a site that is helpful in researching the history and variation of effects: http://www.conjuringarchive.com For books on...

Which is the best reason not to use something like that in your performance. Some idiot has posted it on YouTube exchanging secrets that aren't theirs for views and have ruined the magic for everyone else. Yet another example of how YouTube ruins magic.

I've taught people a key card effect before, but I've since come to the conclusion that the method is too simple in compared to the strength of the effect. That is, learning it is a let down. I also have taught a reversed card effect where the spectator's card isn't found reversed in the deck...

Let's start with a simple premise - magic without context is meaningless. If you don't understand that a coin seemingly vanishing is impossible there is no magic. If we were really able to what the audience sees as impossible, that would be truly astonishing. But, the audience realizes that...

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S23736 https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/card-magic/wonder-cutter/

PH Vanishing Deck - Paul Harris in Art of Astonishment, Volume 1 Panic by Aaron Fisher Diminishing Cards by Steve Dusheck

Magic isn't inherently inspirational. However, a magician's performance has the potential.

I've got an advantage... I play with words for a living. I'm pretty sure all grandparents are magical. Some more in the theatrical sense than others.

Kalin and Jinger.

Scratch your nose.

Magic is a reflection of the performer's personality, thoughts, emotions and world view. It becomes art when a spectator finds meaning because the performance reflects their experiences.

Scarne on Card Tricks is amazing, especially for the price. Also check out Tamariz's Verbal Magic and Steinmeyer's Impuzzabilities. Finally, check out the work of Wayne Dobson. He has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and many of his routines new routines are able to be performed from...

No, mentalism isn't magic. What you are likely thinking of is mental magic, which is magic tricks (read typically card tricks) with a presentation that claims some sort of mental ability. Mentalism would encompass things like, Q&A routines, divinations, telepathy, discernment, prediction as...

Which is exactly what you did by revealing a magic secret to a person who joined yesterday with one post who came here asking you to tell them the secret of a magic trick that was performed for them. Insomuch as the method (according to you) is simple, the original post should have been a...

To get to the visual part of magic, you need to master the fundamentals, such as grips, shuffling and controls, and then move on to intermediate skills such as lifts, palming, color changes, packet counts, etc. Royal Road / Expert Card Technique and/or Card College has all that. The effects...

This might help: http://www.geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Card_Magic_Classification