Pub Tricks

Simple tricks you can perform in social settings using everyday objects like coins, elastic bands and napkins. These illusions work particularly well with small groups gathered around a table.

Aces Over Kings

A magician stacks the deck so the spectator deals themselves four kings while you get the four aces to win every hand.

Coin Through a Leg Trick

A simple coin trick where the magician makes a borrowed coin vanish by passing it through his leg using just a finger palm and loose trousers.

Elastic Band Release Trick

A magician makes an elastic band fall from linked fingers using a sneaky hand movement that looks impossible but works every time.

Floating Seeds

Watch seeds float up and down in a fizzy drink by using carbonation bubbles to impress your friends at the pub.

Impossible Penetration Trick

This magic trick uses two rolled notes that appear locked together but secretly slip apart with the right hand technique.

Jumping Elastic Band Trick

Watch an elastic band magically jump from your first two fingers to your last two with this simple sleight-of-hand trick.

Levitation

Street magicians use balance and angles to perform the classic Balducci Levitation illusion without any special equipment.

Negative Gravity Trick

Make a borrowed ring defy gravity and slide up an elastic band with this simple but mind-bending magic trick.

The Mug Puzzle Trick

This classic pub trick lets you flip three mugs face up in three moves, but your audience won't be able to repeat it no matter how hard they try.

Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper Trick

This close-up magic trick uses two sheets of paper to fool your audience into thinking you've magically restored a torn piece right before their eyes.

Upside Down Pound Note Trick

A simple magic trick where you fold a borrowed note and make it flip upside down when you unfold it, perfect for impressing friends anywhere.

Vanishing Salt Shaker Trick

A classic after-dinner magic trick where misdirection with a coin makes a salt shaker vanish right before your eyes.

You'll Put Your Eye Out

A magic trick where you appear to stab a fork through your eye at the bar, complete with fake blood and a gruesome payoff.