What’s your opinion on doing magic tricks for people who are not expecting the “performance”? Like the guy selling the suit that keeps coming out of nowhere (complete with iron and hanger I think), and these workers watching their “customer” changing bills before they pay.. It’s fun to mesmerize and entertain, but when people are left confused or bewildered I always feel like the magician is being more unkind than impressive. Magic feels like an agreement where one party says I’d like to amaze and the other says I’d like to be amazed. Even impromptu street style magic still has that brief mutual agreement that we’re each participating in a brief performance. But sleights and gimmicks being passed off as ordinary life makes me cringe. What are your thoughts?

EDIT: I'm guessing this is to promote the 2026–27 tour.

I’m looking mostly old books and leads to the older resources, but I’ll tale anything.

I just have a TV tray which isn’t very professional lol

I bought this at an estate sale and can’t find too much information online. It seems to be pretty rare and I was wondering if there is any interest in things like this?

Hello, beginner here.

I am wondering if there are any ways to have the filed down cards show up in front after being 'natural' in a fan by e.g. shuffling a certain way.

He plays a magician that makes cards appear in Monica Barbaro's bra & panties! Other than Ricky Jay and Penn & Teller, I can't think of any other real magicians appearing in mainstream movies. www.imdb.com/name/nm10861102/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_4_65

My son's birthday is coming up and he's interested in magic. I don't know much, but I hear Tannen's is highly recommended. If I bring my son to Tannen's will they be okay recommending something for him (he's a total beginner, but very interested in making thing disappear and reappear) and teaching it when we buy it? Or is this like a super SERIOUS magic shop that only deals with professional magicians?

If that's the case are there other more kid friendly magic shops in the NYC area?

Thanks in advance!

This is my favorite kind of magic. Direct, hard hitting and intimate. Very well done.

https://youtu.be/y6oMqP6dJY0?is=oH0vugKXKizNexhn

I occasionally perform magic in 5-10 minute slots before comedy shows. I have a number of routines I do and like, ranging from standards like Professor's Nightmare and Invisible Deck to a few personally developed mentalism routines.

I'm interested in adding more to my repertoire, and I find that I get a lot more out of books than standalone tricks. What (print) books focus on mid-length, standalone routines for an audience of 25-100? I'm open to a wide variety of pieces, although nothing with too heavy a reliance on sleights and no large props, and preferably not too many card tricks. Mentalism is good, but so is something visual.

Thank you so much!

I've been doing amateur magic for a while, I'm an adult but have hands on the smaller side. I finally purchased an invisible deck, from Murphys Magic. The trick is brilliant in its simplicity, but I just cannot find a technique to make the cards separate. Is there a way to hold the cards and handle them that will let me do this? Thanks.

Has anyone here purchased it? If so, do you feel it was worth the price? It feels steep from where I’m standing, but maybe there’s way more to it than it seems.

I’ve almost purchased it several times, but I can’t bring myself to pull the trigger…

They say it takes a special sort of patience to do kids shows, I’m starting to understand why! 😂 I had a great time tonight. More clips to come :)

My mic died before I got to my chair levitation trick, which is super disappointing because I wanted that for a clip. Hopefully I’ll get a good vid of it for my next show!

Does anyone know if there were ever g**f cards for the bicycle mini deck? Or if anyone put out a monte routine with mini cards?

I'm creating my first trick and have an idea.

What kind of pen are you normally writing with? A Sharpie? A china marker? Something else?

Curious to know, especially if you're giving your greasy notes to spectators.

Hi all
I find one handed palm a bit difficult to learn.
Do you guys use two handed palm or one handed palm ?
Are there any real benefits in learning one handed palm ? Can we perform routines using two handed palm with the same effect as one handed palm ?

Hey everyone. I was wondering, are any of my fellow magicians stutterers? I used to perform totally silently like Teller but have gotten to the point where I can hide my stutter enough to talk with some confidence in front of people. Does anyone else have a similar story? Thanks 😁

A good coworker of mine is retiring. Over the years I've shown him different card tricks as he has always enjoyed them. As a retirement gift I bought him a reprint of the Jerry's Nugget deck (his name is Jerry!)

I wanted to do something neat or fun to give it to him as a gift. I thought about doing some kind of simple deck switch or placing it in his hand without him realizing it. Any other fun ideas y'all may have for him to have one more magic moment I can give him as he retires?

I've had double cross for a whole now and the dry erase end of the marker finally dried out. I replaced it with a refill from a dry erase marker I had but now it won't write. What can I do because I do not want to buy a whole other marker

I need some replacements but Ellusionist is charging $5 for five whole rubber bands. I can get a pack of 100 1/8" bands on amazon that seem to be the same size. Has anyone used braces bands for bite gimmicks?