Close-Up 21: Learn 21 Astonishing Close-Up Tricks
In this instructional magic training course, you will learn 21 marvelous close-up tricks that you can do anywhere, anytime. From using everyday objects such as coins and rubber bands to astonishing card feats, you will get it all from these tutorials! The step-by-step instruction makes it easy to learn so you, too, can make the magic happen!
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Top Card
The final false shuffle presented in this series, the Top Card, does just as the name suggests. While you do appear to give the deck a thorough and randomizing shuffle, the top card somehow returns to position every single time. No matter how closely they watch you at work, they won't be able to ...
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Second Deal
Second Dealing is a sleight frequently used within card tricks and gambling. The secret is actually explained within the name of the trick itself. Instead of dealing from the top of the deck, you start with the second card. This allows you, the dealer, to either avoid relinquishing a favorable ca...
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Bottom Deal
Learning and perfecting the art of the bottom deal is essential for any aspiring magician. This classic sleight will prove to be endlessly useful in an array of moves and routines. Why is this particular sleight so valuable? It's because of its location - the bottom. The bottom of the deck is the...
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Gambler's False Cut
A type of card manipulation, the Gambler's False Cut is a sleight aimed solely at maintaining the top card's position - even after having appeared to be cut. The audience believes you've randomized the deck, making it impossible to know the identity of the deck's top card still. Or is it?
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Knuckle Cut
The Knuckle Cut allows you to cut the deck using only one hand. One-handed cuts like this are a crucial move for all advanced magicians to master. Not only are they visually impressive, they are an essential move for many advanced card tricks.
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Flying Card
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French Drop
The French Drop, demonstrated in the video with a coin, is actually a classic sleight used to make small objects disappear. A truly universal trick that'll prove to be endless helpful for any magician attempting any close-up tricks.
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Spider Vanish
Ed Marlo's classic Spider Vanish, often referred to as the Spidergrip Vanish, uses the previously demonstrated French Drop and a bit of crafty misdirection to make a coin disappear without a trace. Not only is this single coin drop's difficulty level relatively low, it is also guaranteed to baffl...
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Restoration Coin
Learn how to do a very simple, traditional and practical single coin restoration. Auspicious angles and hand techniques are all you'll need to make this sleight come to life. After this video and a little bit of practice, you'll be able to make a coin disappear and reappear in 6 seconds or less.
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Illusion Bands Performance
Ready to know a trick you can learn instantly with everyday objects? Show two separate rubber bands, one each spread in the fingers of your hands. Then by interlocking them, you suddenly show them pass back through each other! It defies the laws of physics; and yet, it happened right before their...
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Illusion Bands Secret
Setup: All you need is two medium-sized rubber bands. There are no other special props required. Most tricks with rubber bands work right away with minimal practice, and are still fascinating to watch.
Pro Tip: Carefully practice changing the position of your fingers a few times. Decide which... -
Fusion - Performance
Have you noticed that rubber bands are really snappy? They have a mind of their own and sometimes collide with each other. It’s a mystery of physics you are about to unlock. Here’s a very deceptive trick that will delight everyone who watches. You show two rubber bands that are spread out in each...
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Fusion - Secret
You’ve made it this far on your journey into close-up magic. This is a fantastic effect for magicians who are looking for something they can learn instantly. You can take this trick anywhere and show people how magic can be done with simple items everyone has around the house.
Who would have eve...
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Fusion - The One Trick You Need to Know
Did you ever imagine that one day you'd be able to effortlessly fuse two rubber bands together? No longer a thing of fantasy, this video will teach you how to accomplish this seemingly impossible task in just under two minutes.
All you need to do is find a rubber band & believe in magic...
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Restoration Rubber Band
One ordinary broken rubber band is presented to your audience, shown off from all conceivable angles. By all accounts, it's just another broken rubber band that's beyond repair. You can't fix one once it's been snapped... or can you?
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Coin Across
As it turns out, magically transposing three coins back in forth between your hands isn't as hard as you'd think. Your audience doesn't have to know that, though. In this video, you'll learn how to do just that with such a level of ease and confidence you'll trick any and everyone that witnesses ...
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Shadow Coins
David Roth and Michael Ammar's classic shadow coins routine has fooled magicians from all over the world. This trick's secrets are finally revealed so that you too can begin to fool magicians and audiences alike. How do you transpose four coins back and forth without ever sliding or picking them ...
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Spoon Bending Performance
You don’t need superhuman strength to bend silverware. It’s all about getting your spectators to believe you can really transform metal objects with your mind. Here’s an eye-catching magic moment your audience won’t forget. By simply rubbing on the back of a spoon, it will start to bend upward. I...