| Earn Magic Stars for FREE Use our referral link and earn stars when your friends join Magic Hat. Click the link for details. |
Sleights are the cornerstone of card magic - they allow you to do certain actions without the audience fully understanding what you are doing - a seemingly innocent move may not be so innocent anymore!
IMPORTANT: You can get access to hundreds more tricks by proving you are a magician by answering five simple magic questions - go to your access page now.
| Ace Promotion An ace of clubs visibly changes into an ace of spades with just a wave of the hand |
Alternative Magic Props Couple of ideas of how to make your own invisible thread and wax. |
Appearing and Disappearing Coin How to make a coin appear and vanish. |
Appearing Quarters How to conceal coins behind your hand |
| Arm Spread Catch Instructions of how to spread cards on your arm, throw them up and catch them all. |
Ascanio Spread The ascanio spread is used to display a packet of cards, but keeping some hidden from the audience. |
Backpalm How to palm a card behind your hand. |
Biddle Move Steal a card the spectator has just seen or do a miscount with a move that is virtually undetectable. |
| Bottom Flip-Flop Change A variation of Al Smith's Flip-Flop Change. |
Bottom Force The magician forces a card on the spectator. |
Bottom Force A classic method to force the bottom card on the spectator. |
Bottom Locater How to steal a card from a fan (similar but different to spread cull) |
| Card Spring Flourish to make a deck of cards spring from one hand to another. |
Charlier Cut A one-handed cut/flourish |
Classic Force Explanation of how to do the Classic Force |
Classic Pass How to do the classic pass. |
| Countdown Force and Revelations A simple self-working force and some revelations. |
Cross Cut Force A very simple force |
Cruise Control Your spectator can cut or shuffle, but once the deck is in your hands, you have control of his card. |
Double Lift A double lift is used to show the top two cards as one, so the audience thinks the top card is different. |
| Double Lift Cleanup (KM Move) An effective way to ditch a double. |
Double Lift Force and Control Simple forcing technique. |
Double Undercut How to execute a double undercut. |
Dribble Force A technique to ensure the spectator gets the card you want him to! |