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The Floating Card Trick

magictrickreviews — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:07:08 +0000

floating card

The Floating Card is a magic trick that allows you to levitate a playing card. Give the card a spin and it mysteriously hovers in the air. The flying card goes through a hoop. It flies from hand to hand. You can even make the flying card fly around your body. It will float right up to your hand. This trick goes by a lot of names like hummer card (after bob hummer), hummingbird card, and in Las Vegas they refer to it as the UFO card.

First off, a description doesn’t do it justice. Go watch the video of the flying card at Revolution Magic. I’ve seen a lot of performances but this one is by far the best.

O.k., so you watched the video. Pretty awesome, right? Well lets get to the review.

I should say that some of the advanced moves take a decent amount of practice. Having said that, most of the tricks you do with it are pretty easy once you learn how to give a card a good spin. You are supplied with the secret material and the secret is revealed in the fully illustrated instructions.

So how do people react on the street to this magic trick. Well I’ve actually performed the floating card quite a bit. I have to say the flying card gets some of the best reactions. When you float a credit card out of someone’s hand they just freak out. When you start to fly it between your hands people are amazed, but when you make the card go around your body you just might see the most shocked and amazed faces you’ll ever see.

So if you don’t already have the floating card trick, I would highly recommend buying it. You can usually find it for between 10 and 20 dollars. I hate to sound like a commercial for Revolution Magic, but I’d get it from them since they have the best instructions and they only charge $10 right now.

Tarantula magic trick levitation by yigal mesika

magictrickreviews — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:49:25 +0000

tarantula levitation trick

The Tarantula magic trick levitation is a new system by Yigal Mesika. Borrow a finger ring and give it a spin and the ring hovers in the air. You can make it float up and down under your control. This is a new kind of electronic reel system. Use it to perform hovering, new haunted pack, magnetic money, magic pen, or floating dollar bill.

So, is it any good? Absolutely! With the tarantula you can perform levitation effects I’ve never seen before. When I saw him float the spinning finger ring and then make it land on a girl’s finger I was blown away. It also comes with a companion dvd so you get great instructions and get to see it performed in various ways. It’s a little pricey, but well worth it.

Check out the tarantula trailer below.

I hate David Copperfield trick by Geoff Williams

magictrickreviews — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:54:23 +0000

Kind of a humorous name for a trick. This is a version of Larry Jennings’ The Close-Up Illusion trick. It’s a three card packet trick where one of the cards seems to pass through the others. Start with two face down cards and place one face up card on the bottom at an angle. You never lose sight of the face up card and yet is visually melts through the the bottom card and ends up in the middle.

i hate david copperfield trick

The “I Hate David Copperfield Trick” by Geoff Williams is a great improvement of one of the greatest packet tricks of all time “The Close Up Illusion” by Larry Jennings.

-Scott Brown

Link to magic trick reviews of the I hate David Copperfield trick by Geoff Williams.

Revolution Magic

magictrickreviews — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:08:50 +0000

I’m excited about the new online magic shop Revolution Magic. Be sure to check out their levitation tricks. They have the best version of the flying card trick I’ve ever seen.

D’lite magic trick

magictrickreviews — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:17:28 +0000

Are the d’lites the most baffling trick on the planet? Well no, but they have to be one of the funnest tricks to perform. You can grab a red (or other color like blue, green, etc) from the air. Pass it from hand to hand. Put it in one pocket and it comes out the other. Pass the light through solid objects. Pull an infinite number of light out of an object. Eat it and fart it out. I could go on and on there are so many things you can do with it. First off they are really easy to use which allows you to focus on the performance. One of the strong points is that there is such range in the routines you can perform. They really allow you to make it up as you go along. You can make it funny, mysterious, or just mess with people. It’s also a great opening trick for strangers since it is such an attention getter. The two things that attract the eye the most are light and motion. Dlites have them both! Some magicians might dismiss this trick due to it’s popularity, but if performed properly people have no clue how it works or where the light is coming from. I’ll tell you why I’m strong believer in this trick. When you’re done performing d’lite, the most common response is, “do it again”. If people are begging to see it again then you know it’s strong.

street magic tricks site

magictrickreviews — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:15:43 +0000

This looks interesting. Have you ever wanted to learn street magic? These tricks and performance style are the hottest out there. Imagine being able to go up to anyone and being able to blow their minds with mind bending street magic. The posibilities are unlimited.

Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz

magictrickreviews — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:31:29 +0000

strong magic darwin ortiz

Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz is a magic theory book. It purports to explain showmanship for close up magicians. Something desperately needed by most close-up magicians. When I read this book years ago a lot of the ideas and theory sounded good but the proof is in the pudding, right? Well do yourself a favor and find a clip of Darwin Ortiz performing before you buy this book. The guy puts me to sleep. He describes how powerful the routines he does are on his audience. I must say I was underwhelmed when I saw perform those routines. I think he just believes his own b.s.

floating card trick

magictrickreviews — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:47:37 +0000

Probably the best floating card trick I have ever seen. If you like street magic and levitation then you’ll love this. You can float a playing card, credit card, or pretty much anything small. Even a coin! With this trick you can make the card spin and fly around your body. Awesome!

Flow by Dan Hauss – Paul Harris Presents

magictrickreviews — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:29:02 +0000

New take on the old water suspension in a bottle trick.

Paul Harris Presents flow by dan hauss

Dan Hauss has discovered a rare piece of strange that brilliantly abuses the laws of nature-allowing you to mysteriously and from a distance stop and start the flow of liquid from an innocent bottle of designer water.

link to magic trick review of Flow.

Strange Travelers by Paul Harris

magictrickreviews — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:16:15 +0000

David Blaine says this magic card trick is his favorite effect. There are two piles of 10 cards. The spectator thinks of one card from the first pile. It vanishes and appears in the second pile. Here’s a review from mylovelyassistant.com.

As many of you may know from reading my other reviews, I’ve spent many years working on the cards-across plot. Aronson, Harlan, Daryl, Maven… I’ve learned them all.

I have certain criteria that I believe make for a good cards-across routine. You can read them in my review of Double Crossed. Some day maybe I’ll write a complete synopsis of my findings.

One can hardly go wrong when you begin with a version created 75 years ago by Henry Hardin and add some brilliant, modern improvements from Paul Harris.

Link to full review of the card trick.