If one of the top magicians in the world gives a class on magic, you better believe Genii Online is going to sign up! In an unprecedented move, David Blaine is doing an online course in (mostly) card magic that the trailer shows will teach good substantial sleights and tricks—the kind that will turn you […]

Join us and get tens of thousands of pages for as little as $35 when you subscribe to Genii for only $35 at www.geniimagazine.com. All back issues of Genii and MAGIC magazine are yours to read for free. There’s no fooling around in the April 2022 issue. Our cover feature highlights card mechanic extraordinaire Jason […]

Finding a good magic set that will lead a child or beginning adult on the road to learning magic is not as easy as you think! Many magic sets are poorly designed with badly made tricks inside. And finding one that has good teaching so the learner does not become frustrated is even more difficult. […]

By Richard Kaufman Have you heard of the optical illusion The Ambiguous Arrow? It makes your head hurt. Learn more about the background here. Here’s a video that demonstrates it and also reveals its workings. And here’s a video by Matt Pritchard that explains how you can make your own Ambiguous Arrow with the cardboard tube […]

Grab your scarves, flat-top sunglasses and a deck of cards, folks. It’s time to head into the local forest for some cardistry.* Today’s tutorial comes courtesy of cardistry practitioner, magician, and YouTuber Ekaterina. In just 10 minutes she’ll teach you how to perform Kevin Ho’s impressive Damn Straight move. The move is complex, but not […]

If you were trapped on a desert island, what message would you put in a bottle?  That’s the setup for this simple but effective trick courtesy of comedian and sleight-of-hand magician, Jay Sankey. With just a couple of sleights, you can make your mark’s signed letter appear inside a water bottle. I’m cack-handed as they […]

Did the new NDO Broken Borders playing card deck catch your eye? Yes? Then you may want to brush up your moves with the latest tutorial videos from School Of Cardistry. This educational YouTube channel, also made by NDO, posts new tutorials for free every week, and the two most recent videos show options for […]

A common misconception held by those new to magic is that a performer needs to learn the newest, hottest, most intricate method in order to impress an audience. The above video, featuring Vinh Giang, elegantly illustrates how that’s not true. What appears to be an impressive bit of mentalism is really just window dressing for a […]

There are a few different ways to four cards appear or disappear, but this tutorial of Apex Aces by 52 Kards makes it look clean, elegant, and downright magical. You’ll need some expert pinky and card control to perform this trick, but the video above shows you in painstaking detail what you need to do […]

Palming cards is a vital move in many card tricks, but what do you do when you have to return a card to the middle of the deck? 52Kards has a tutorial that’ll show you an advanced move to control a card with your palm, no matter where it ends up. The diagonal palm shift […]