April 2025

VOL. 88, NO. 4

Notion of Motion

Notion of Motion

This groundbreaking creation from Angelo Carbone allows you to make any freely-named card rise from a deck on your command. “Notion of the Motion” is a miracle-level effect that leaves people convinced they've witnessed real magic—even seasoned magicians.

Genii Reviewer
Adam Blumenthal standing in Tannen's Magic

Tannen's Magic

Tannen's Magic was started in the 1920s by Louis Tannen and has been run by Adam Blumenthal since 2010. It serves as a major destination for magicians visiting New York, and as a meeting place for the city’s burgeoning magic scene.

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The Invisible Coin

The Invisible Coin

Some of the best tricks can be found in the bottom of your drawer, or in the back of an old catalog, or in a recollection of a Saturday afternoon at a magic shop. They’re not forgotten. In fact, you’d be surprised that those tricks are still as good as you thought they were.

David Regal
Magician Matt Marcy in front of a happy crowd

The Loft

The Loft has shows seven nights a week, 363 days a year. (The only days it’s closed are the Fourth of July, and—one of the most hallowed days of the year for many—Super Bowl Sunday.)

Vanessa Armstrong
Person standing next to small whiteboard reading "1 - 3 + 2 = 0"

1 - 3 + 2 = 0

The magician comes on stage and reflects: “It is possible to define magic as the eruption of the impossible into reality. But also, we could think of it as a reality within another reality, like a bubble within which other rules prevail. For example...”

Roberto Mansilla
Hand holding a deck of playing cards

Ambitious Card

Adam Elbaum demonstrates simple yet subtle technique that makes it appear as though the selected card “pops” to the top of the deck before you reveal it.

Adam Elbaum