Siegfried Tieber Masterclass
This is something well off the beaten path for most performers: a lecture series on memory demonstrations.
Reviews
Expert assessments of new tricks, books, gear, and performances.
Video Review
Nikola Arkane LIVE
Even if you love magic, if you don’t have children of your own, you might not see much kid magic. And, you can forget how fun it can be.
Video Review
Blank Spaces
Dani DaOrtiz is arguably one of the finest living card magicians. In addition to creating astonishing magic, he has enough quirky charm that you would enjoy listening to him read the phone book… probably in Spanish.
Video Review
Justin Higham Masterclass
This Masterclass is an extended two-part session between Justin Higham and Andi Gladwin, who efficiently steers the proceedings with this “underground” creator.
Video Review
Art of Wonder: The Magic of Bill Goodwin
Bill Goodwin, respected magician and lecturer, is the focus of a collection of his exceptional close-up card magic.
Book Review
Fu Manchu: Una Vida para la Magia
David Bamberg's famous book, Illusion Show, published originally in 1988, is now in Spanish. Here is why English-readers should rush to buy this edition.
Not Forgotten
Double “X”
Maybe you have one of these old gems in the bottom of your magic drawer? Pull it out; there are great moments you can mine.
Trick Review
The Impossible Magic Kit
Experienced magicians have an uneasy relationship with magic kits. For whom is this cigar-box sized assortment of magic intended?
Trick Review
ATA Case Trip Over Trunk
The photo suggests a full-sized trunk, suitable for a person. In fact, it’s a 6-by-6-by-10-inch miniature, beautifully 3D printed to look like the real thing and sit on your magic table.
Trick Review
Persona
In the black wallet, a packet of cards is printed with various personality attributes. The magician explains that, by spelling various choices offered by the spectator, the spectator’s perfect attribute will be determined.
Trick Review
The Incredible Floating Pen
Atop a sketch pad, two pieces of folded paper are stood upright and a pen is balanced across the top of the papers. Slowly, the papers are removed, one by one, until the pen is seen floating in the air.
Trick Review
Moser’s Miracle Monte
It’s not a Monte so much as a magical transposition, using two black threes and a red ace. In this incarnation, Moser is completely successful.