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Choked: Another Criss Angel Trick Revealed

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:58:13 +0000

It’s always great to have access to the world’s information with the Internet. Could you believe what would’ve happened to someone performing a trick like that 200 years ago?

Burn him alive!!

It is a very good trick and a great one anyone can do with minimum practice. This video teaches you how to go through the performance but there are a few things you can improve. Most importantly try not to bend your neck to put your head down for so long, or make sure your face remains visible to your audience. It’s also left aside but very important to have another clean rope handy to let people manipulate it after you’ve choked yourself with it!

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I would like take this opportunity to ask my readers what they would like to see added to MagicOpen. Do you guys need specific magic tricks revealed? Would you want more performance enhancers tutorials? What kind of information would be really awesome for you to put your hands on?

Good luck and be careful with the rope!

Criss Angel Bloopers or “Orange Juice to Bird Revealed”

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:30:10 +0000

Here’s a cool criss angel blooper I thought. It’s also one of it’s secret revealed but it’s just not good enough to advertise it as such.

If you watch at the beginning of the video there’s a cut where a bottle of orange juice appears in the second scene. And that’s what he’s using to fill his prop glass. It’s has a dump front in the middle making it so that you can only see one side or the other depending on which side you look at.

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You have to give credit to the video author who makes a good comparison with a magic kit for kids at the end of the video.

Hope you had a good laugh too!

Top Color Change

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:26:28 +0000

For a great visual effect, a sleigh-of-hand that’s a color change, the top color change is one of the killer moves in the ambitious card routine. It’s almost a card magic trick in itself but it’s best combined with other moves to create a great performance.

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The idea is simple, you flip the card on top of the deck so it’s face up and cover it with a face down card. Now you’re free to create the illusion at any moment when you cover the card with your hand.

I hope you enjoy this one, it’s definitively worth being in your card magic arsenal!

Have fun!

Mindfreak Star Criss Angel Destroys Self Proclaimed Psychic’s Reputation On T.V.

conjurer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:10:09 +0000

Watch Criss Angel dismantling this self proclaimed psychic who has nothing special except some guts to claim he can do better than mindfreak tricks invented and kept secret by Chris Angel! This dude joined NBC’s show, Phenomenon, in which Criss Angel the famous Illusionist is part of the jury. He hummiliated this guy after he presented an act of mindreading, an act of illusion but not as good as criss’s own tricks revealed on this site x-D. Are Psychic powers real? Do Criss believe They are? Watch this video to find out the answer…

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The commercials for the show give that impression, to be sure – visit the show’s website if you don’t believe me. Co-hosting with famous mentalist Uri Gellar, whose “powers” can be precisely duplicated by stage magic tricks, only made things worse. Had Criss Angel allied with the dark side of magic tricks and illusionist highest secrets ?

I’m posting this because it’s even better than posts revealing how criss performs his mindfreak tricks.

This is Pure Entertainment. Hah!

Update: 2010-02-27

You want to know what was in the envelope, and if Uri Geller can find out what is inside it?

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Cheers!

Giant False Cut

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:48:12 +0000

This cut is a derivative of the one handed cut so you will know how to do this basic sleight of hand prior to learning this one.

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You have to hold the deck in the mechanics grip then with your index finger you lift the deck to make the Giant False Cut.

We recommend you practice with smaller cards like a bridge deck if you have difficulties landing this move.

Cheers!

Hoffman’s Invisible Pass

conjurer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:38:22 +0000

Welcome to this card-magic video tutorial on the invisible pass! This is without a doubt a beautiful and elegant sleight of hand and only requires a bit of dexterity.

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What is great about this classic pass variation is that you can perform it while your spectators keep looking at the top of the deck… or so it seems!

You can always consult the entire list of all card-magic tricks here. The list includes other variations of the invisible pass.

Inside Ellusionist; Here’s Your Extreme Card Manipulation

conjurer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:50:54 +0000

His name is Bryan Berg. He’s crazy. You can have a look at the original article from Ellusionist’s blog here. This is a rather extreme extreme card manipulation type. See for yourself…

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Match tricks

conjurer — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:15:52 +0000

Matches are magically magnetized, suspended in mid air, and finally demagnetized in this very clever free illusion.

Effect: Magician introduces that match sticks have a special property…they can be made ” magnetic “. The magician pulls out a matchbox and opens it 1/4 of the way to show the heads of the matches and shake them around to show they are loose, then closes the matchbox shut. The magician then turns the matchbox over and waves a hand over the box claiming to “ magnetize ” the matches. The magician then proceeds to open the box upside down, holding the match head end of the box lightly between two fingers. The matches do not fall. Then…with a quick shift of the hand, the magician then ” de-magnetizes ” the matchbox and the matches fall to the ground.

Preparation: Take a box of wooden matchsticks, shorten one matchstick to the width of the matchbox and press it into place ACROSS the other matchsticks at the half-way point in the box. It should be tight enough to hold the other matches in place and still allow you to open and close the matchbox. This match holds the others in place. A gentle squeeze on the sides of the box will cause the matches to fall out.

1)Prepare matchbox ………………….. 2)Show matches to spectators

3) Open matchbox upside down …………… 4)Gently squeeze sides to release.

Obtained and hot-linked from GoodTricks (Dot) Net: A very complete magic related resource.

The Four Kings Card Trick

conjurer — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:16:49 +0000

This is a nice card trick used to be performed by card magicians between two illusions and card tricks. You start with four cards, the four kings. Then the card trick consists of putting all cards down and give the audience a great illusion… hehehe. Watch:

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Card Teleport – aka “Double Lift”

conjurer — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:29:46 +0000

Update in our card magic section; if you’re new to card magic, the following video will teach you how to learn magic trick that is also in the ambitious card routine. The double lift is the most basic sleight of hand anyone wanting to perform basic card magic will need to learn. Here goes:

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You might also be interested to learn a more advanced sleight of hand if you want to combine the double lift with another sleight of hand in the same performance to get a good reaction from your audience by closing with a kick ass magic trick, that could be the pass. The pass has a few variations, notably the turn-over pass, the riffle pass, and the dribble pass.

The double lift is great in card magic tricks and is used in many card tricks. You can invent different performances using the double lift alone. I hope you will take the patience to learn the double lift, it will be a great friend in card magic.

Have fun!