Video shows even when you win, you lose

We’ve had a bit of a revelation here at E’s chief wordmonkey HQ: Nicholas J. Johnson, Australia’s honest con man, is the MAN. Go ahead, play along:

The video features a demonstration of three disk monte and does an outstanding job of showing that there are many ways to lose at this grifter’s game. This [...]

New podcast: Tempest talks tech in magic, EMC

No one merges technology and magic quite like technoillusionist Marco Tempest. In addition to blowing us away with his Augmented Reality video, Tempest has also performed for many Fortune 500 corporate clients and on TV worldwide.
Tempest is one of the organizers of the Essential Magic Conference. He stopped by to talk about the three-day, all [...]

Master Magician Lance Burton Starts Final 5 Months

Master Magician Lance Burton will end his historic run at Monte Carlo September 4, 2010.
The final performance follows 14 years of captivating audiences at the resort’s Lance Burton Theatre.
Beloved by fans worldwide  and named the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Best Magician” for a dozen years running, Burton has been with Monte Carlo [...]

The Magic Pea Can Revealed

Another fun trick from Penguin Magic!
This is a very fun and interesting magic trick to play around. The explanation to this trick is as below.
The Effect
A cork is removed from a small brass can and out onto the table drops a yellow pea, a black-eye pea, a green pea and a black pea. The spectator [...]

Easy Paper To Money Trick Revealed

This is a very simple and easy trick that you guys might want to master before trying to learn more sophisticated “paper to money” trick.
The setup and gimmick is pretty easy to do. What you need is a money bill, a paper with a size of the bill and some double-sided tape.
The Explanation
This is a really [...]

Red Hot Mamacita Trick Revealed

OK, this card trick is really red hot! Pretty simple to perform and yet produce stunning climax. Simply put, what this trick does is change your spectator’s selected card from blue to red and vice versa!
Here the red hot demo of Red Hot Mamacita by Oz Pearlman.

The Tutorial
Great! Now, watch as you learn how to do [...]

The Ultimate Card Thru Window by Cyril Takayama Explained

Cyril Takayama has always been one of my favorite magician. His tricks always will take your breath away, even the simplest one. This is one of the many tricks of Cyril that worth a mention here – The Ultimate Card Thru Window.

Revelation & Explanation

OK, there are many comments about this trick. Here is an accepted [...]

Pressure by Daniel Garcia and Dan White (Theory11) Revealed

Pressure is a visually stunning trick performed and created by Daniel Garcia and Dan White. The trick is really simple: Put a cell phone or any handheld object into a balloon! So basically this is a variation of balloon penetration trick.
Here is the official video promo:

Here is the official trick description from Theory11:
A borrowed cell [...]

Steve Dacri’s Tribute to Carl Ballantine

Steve Dacri wrote a wonderful tribute to Carl Ballantine.
He graciously gave permission for Inside Magic to re-publish here for our readers.
Whilst we were formatting the essay, we began to get a lump in our throat and by the end, we were in tears but with a smile.  We really miss The World’s Greatest [...]

Card Jump Trick by David Blaine Revealed

This man, David Blaine needs no introduction. All his tricks are so powerful, very visual and amazingly stunning.
This card jumping trick is one of his favorite street magic tricks. It is really worth a watch.

David Blaine’s Card Jumping Trick

Alright. Now is the time to reveal this card jumping trick, part by part as explained in [...]

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