Making Crowd-Work Work
Understanding a popular technique
Secrets
Deep dives into method, theory, and trick mechanics—for members only.
Workshop
Great Magic and Clarity
Are you as good a magician as Phil Goodman?
In Practice
The Give ‘Em the Finger Shuffle
A clever false shuffle from the originator—a useful sleight for your repertoire
In Practice
Inventing Magic With Stuart MacLeod
A seance-y solution to meet the challenge of inventing a trick in one hour
In Practice
Mental Radio
An amazing drawing duplication that ends up feeling like the real thing
In Practice
Sketch Poker
A lesson in how to fake cheating at poker
Workshop
I’m Walkin’ Here!
The one where a magician from New York tries to explain parking.
Magicana
A Turn for the Better
Richard Kaufman gives us Aaron Fisher’s twist on an old plot, but without the sometimes challenging sleights.
In Practice
Inventing Magic With Nick Diffatte: Melon on the Pipe
To up their game the magicians decide to invent magic with objects that have nothing to do with anything. What could possibly go wrong?
Workshop
The Nauseous Limit
Creating a trick often comes with trade-offs; something simpler may also be less convincing… or not.
In Practice
Three Bent Spoons
A beautiful, and seemingly impossible, metal melting miracle.
In Practice
Sockless Coins
A signature effect of Tim Conover’s, silver coins mysteriously—and quite impossibly—pass through a spectator’s hand.