Crow_casla @ metacafe has a couple of cool stunts for your next party. The first is a bar bet and the second is a neat way to turn a cigarette into a flower (you know for the ladies).
As always, Don’t Smoke!
Here is a real easy mentalisim effect taught by magic-for-everyone.com
Here are two cool bar tricks from easybartricks.com
The first will show you how to make smoke from your fingertips. And the second is an easy metalism trick in which you predict the number of sections in a lemon.
Check out this video by loup226 @ Metacafe in which he shows you how to make a magic floating cd plus a clever way to make Invisible Thread.
Ok, this one is a pretty old video. None the less, it is friggin hilarious.
Note to self: Don’t chuck a full deck of cards at a window and point blank range. Check it out.
One of our original members, GaffCards, has teamed up with one of his buddies to present a new visual Pen Levitation effect called “FLY”. Check it out as it is a very cool effect. If you would like to comment or discuss this effect, he has posted a new thread to the forums. Digg it!
You know that round here at Phatus Magic we are all about saving you more time in your creations. From printing 6 gaffs at once to easier methods of creation. Here is one more spice on the rack to assist you should you share that same philosophy. A full set of 52 Playing card scans so you will never have to waste anymore time trying to scan in your cards for gaffs. The following are 2.5″x3.5″ scans at 200 dpi.
Enjoy!
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We are now releasing a public re-distributable copy of our Gaff Card Creation Guide (aka PGCGC) in PDF format. This guide is much more extensive and detailed than any of our current public projects regarding gaff card creation. There is even a chapter involving an experimental method of applying a new finish to your gaff should you use loose the old finish in the blanking process. It also includes a section at the end that we will use to append information and advancements obtained from the community. This will be an on going, updated document with more future releases to come. Please feel free to re-distribute this document as much as you like. We only ask that you credit the Phatus Magic Community if you do.
If you would like to add information and experiments to this project, please feel free to email us or post something in the forums.
These things have been around for years, but I wonder if anyone has tried to implement this genius device into some magic routines. For those that are not familiar with the device, its basically a universal remote control with only one button. When pressed the device rapidly cycles through all of the different remote control codes sending the power signal for each code. There is actually an opensource project for this little gadget at Ladyada.net providing you with everything one would need to make one of these bad boys. There are schematics, opensource firmware for the microprocessor, and even a kit you can buy for $20. Or you can even just buy the pcb for $5 and obtain all of the parts on your own.
Now for the magic part.
I saw an old post at Makezine.com’s blog pointing to one of their magazine articles which involved secretly concealing one in a baseball cap (Instructable here). Wouldn’t it be cool to to freak people out in department stores if you could somehow time this device perfectly allowing you to pop off TVs on command with a simple magical gesture? Or even better, If one could find a way to aim this device, you could have a spectator, choose a TV and ask them to stare at it and imagine it turning off, giving you plenty of distraction to work your magic. This would kill at parties.
Once timed, one could easily develop a specifically timed routine (much like in the way the Iphone tricks are) that would enable you to perform awesome feats of magic especially seeing as how the device can take out TVs from 40 yards away and the light is invisible to the eye.
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This is an old video and some may have seen this one already but for those who have not this is a clever little trick thats sure to win you some free drinks. The following vid is by flork @ metacafe. BTW Don’t Smoke!
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Impress your friends or even better, the hot bartender girl while you are out with this awesome zippo trick I saw a while back. You take the flame with your fingers and then magically make it re-appear. I am not sure of the tricks originator or I would give credit. If anyone knows please post in the comments or email us. The video is by InstuctablesTV @ youtube. Check It out.
