Quick Tricks

Quick illusions that require minimal setup and can be performed spontaneously. Most use common items like paper clips, pencils or mints and take under a minute to execute.

Changing Card Trick
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
Changing Spots Trick
A simple dice trick you can do anywhere using a sneaky hand twist to make the dots mysteriously change.
Escaping Breath Mints Trick
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.