Basic Technique: One of the fundamental techniques of card magic, which allows you to transform one card into another.  

Basic technique: Named after its inventor Alex Elmsley, this count allows you to count 4 cards, but hide one of them. It is the most commonly used false count.  

This is the "remastered" version of the "Classic Signed Card", which you can see and learn more about on this site. The chosen card, signed by a member of the audience, is lost in the deck. Incredible as it may seem, it is the spectator himself who will find his own card in the face down deck! To re-materialize this card, the spectator simply makes a magic pass over the deck and the signed card reappears face up in the middle of the deck. The magician then turns the other cards over and to his amazement, they are now all completely white! In this + version of the routine, all the cards are given out for examination at the end, which was not the case in the "classic" version.  

The chosen card, signed by a member of the audience, is lost in the deck. Incredible as it may seem, it is the spectator himself who will find his own card in the face down deck! Even more astonishing, the signature as well as the face of the spectator's card will disappear in a very clear way; the card becomes entirely white! To rematerialize this card, simply make a magic pass over the deck and the signed card reappears face up in the middle of the deck. The magician then turns the other cards over and to his amazement, they are now all completely white!  

As the title suggests, a good presentation of this trick will allow you to create a standing ovation without difficulty. All the audience has to do is follow your instructions!

You show the first portrait facing the front and ask the audience in the center to clap. Then you show a second portrait looking to the left and ask this part of the audience to clap in turn. Finally you show a last portrait looking to the right and have the last third of the audience clap. Then you start to play with the audience, showing the different portraits quickly and alternately. Guaranteed impact!

Finally you decide which portrait and therefore which part of the room you prefer... But, just before showing it, you say: "If the portrait looks at you, clap and stand up! ".

This is the final twist: you show the portrait, and, as if by magic, EVERYONE stands up and claps!!!

This trick is absolutely brilliant for creating a fiery atmosphere in the room. Ideal for all your parlour and stage performances.  

3 copper coins in the right hand will escape ONE BY ONE to join 3 Chinese coins in the left hand. Both palms will be open at each trip... which is perfectly impossible! An extraordinary principle will allow you to create this completely brilliant illusion. And on top of that... it's EASY to do!!! Even NO GIMMICK! A dream for you and your audience.  

An atypical three-card monte with water. Ideal for children’s shows… but not only that !  

One matchbox is full of matches and the two others are empty. The purpose of the game: to find THE matchbox full of matches, of course... well, it's not that easy!  

An amazing impromptu trick! Two quite ordinary matches are used. One match is placed on top of the other in your hands, and it begins to hop around frantically without you making any moves! It is a real miracle that no spectator will be able to reproduce!  

The freely chosen card turns mysteriously face up in the middle of the deck in a flash. A striking trick with a big impact!  

This is an idea that came to me when I was watching people getting fleeced at the fair : they were pulling strings, and winning what was at the other end ; they always won some crap, and never the big prizes ! Here, everything is under control... you can win the big prize or not, but all the strings used are there... each one is really attached to a gift. I spent quite a bit of time designing this little thing full of mystery. Very cool, and you can perform it again and again...  

According to the legend, this trick mystified Dai Vernon, "The Professor", and subsequently devastated the magic elite! A card is chosen and lost under impossible conditions. No matter, it was not only predicted in advance by the magician, but he produced it in a mysterious way! An extraordinary trick that will give happiness to you... and to your audience!  

It's like the Inexhaustible Vase, but reduced to an everyday object, with many possibilities. It's a very visual running gag. You do a trick, you wipe your forehead with a sponge, and you wring it out in a bucket... the sponge is really full of liquid. You put the sponge back down, perform another trick, and take the sponge one more time to wipe your forehead. Bingo... it's full of water again. Finally, you can take the bucket full of all this water poured, and the liquid turns into confetti! Great if you're also doing a clown act. My dear James Hodges used it for one of his shows at the Maison de la Magie in Blois, France.  

This trick is completely automatic. It is perfect for beginners. The deck is divided into two packets. One card is freely chosen from each packet, and lost in the other. The two packets are examined and shuffled by the spectators: there is no way to distinguish the chosen cards from the other cards. Despite this, the magician finds the two cards without asking any questions. Impossible to understand!  

How to make your wishes come true... but be careful, you should never say them out loud! A very funny presentation by Alexandra Duvivier. With this trick, which is one of the great classics of magic for beginners, you can make any flat object appear or disappear, or transform it to your liking. Easy, but devilishly effective!  

Card technique: how to force a card in an easy, but effective way.