Quick Tricks

Find quick, easy tricks you can learn and perform immediately to impress friends and family. Our collection includes simple sleights and impromptu magic that require minimal preparation.

Changing Card Trick
A card trick where you pretend to get it wrong before revealing the spectator's card magically changed in your hand.
Changing Spots Trick
A simple dice trick that uses hidden finger movements to make the spots change before your audience's eyes.
Escaping Breath Mints Trick
A magician threads mints onto a shoelace, covers them with a handkerchief, and makes them vanish into his hand using one simple secret.
Instant Knot Trick
A magician ties a knot in a rope or necktie with one hand in seconds, using a simple sleight-of-hand trick that works as a great pub bet.
Knife Through Leg Trick
A simple sleight-of-hand trick that makes it look like you're passing a knife through your leg, but it's just quick hand movement.
Knot in Handkerchief Trick
Learn how to tie a knot in a handkerchief without letting go of either end, a simple but impressive after-dinner trick.
Linking Paper Clips Trick
Two paper clips mysteriously link together when you snap open a folded note, creating a quick trick you can perform anywhere with just cash and clips.
Rubber Pencil Trick
Watch how a bouncing pencil creates a simple optical illusion that fools the eye into thinking it's made of rubber.
Suit Signals
A simple card trick using pip directions to identify the spectator's chosen card without any sleight of hand required.
The George Bush Watch Snatch
A magician recreates the trick reportedly used to steal President Bush's watch, using sleight of hand and misdirection to remove a volunteer's watch undetected.
Vanishing Brand Trick
The paddle move lets magicians make a pencil's brand vanish and reappear in the spectator's hands using this simple sleight-of-hand technique.
Wood Through Wood Trick
A magician makes two wooden matches pass through each other using a simple sleight of hand trick that works with everyday objects.