There are many cool magic trick sites and videos available Online that are all competing for your attention. The problem here is that the amount of choice is overwhelming. Sorting out the good from the bad can be a long laborious task and can require a significant amount of time invested before you realize that the giveaway tricks are more difficult to master than you thought or that they are not explained clearly.
Magic is an incredibly rewarding form of entertainment and art. Whether practicing how to do magic and sleight of hand as a hobby to entertain family and friends or to jump on board and take it to a professional level ? The choice is entirely up to you.
All we are trying to provide at GoodTricks.net is a hand picked selection of relatively easy tricks and illusions to do with a high entertainment value. They are explained in an easy to learn manner and will hopefully provide you with a kick start into this exciting and incredibly rewarding hobby.
Probably the most popular magician category is tricks with playing cards. While there are many diverse areas of this field, card magician tricks tend to be appealing and a firm favorite with audiences.
There is a fine selection of these pick of the bunch magical gems demonstrated and explained step by step in this web site. As mentioned many times in the site, an invaluable resource for revision is The Royal Road To Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue.
This is available in both paperback and even as a PDF Online. Although it was written several decades ago, it is still very relevant today and an excellent source of reference material for you.
You will also find some amazing personal feats of strength and self control such as the Ascension balloon flight achieved by David Blaine. This is not exactly magic but is still very impressive. The Street Magic chapter of this site demonstrates some more realistic and achievable gifts of knowledge to learn and perform.
You will find a good source of up to date products and reviews at Craig Petty's You tube channel. You also have a lot of videos on You tube featuring some of the latest tricks being demonstrated at the recent Blackpool Magic Convention that was held in February 2023 for three days. This is one of the biggest gatherings of magicians and magic dealers from all over the world and a great opportunity to see the most up to date magic and demonstrations in the dealer's hall as well as learn from the masters during some of the many convention lectures.