The Best Kept Secrets of Magic

A pack of cards is probably the best friend that any magician can have.  An almost unlimited source of entertainment and fun can be had with this very useful packet of potential opportunities to impress by using it for basic tricks all the way through to unlocking  street hustle bets.

At GoodTricks.net is a hand picked selection of relatively easy tricks and illusions to do with a high entertainment value. They are explained in an easy to learn manner and will hopefully provide you with a kick start into this bonzer and incredibly rewarding hobby. It can also stop you from getting bored.. Probably the most popular magician category is cool tricks with playing cards. While there are many diverse areas of this field, the best card magician tricks tend to be appealing and a firm favorite with audiences.

There is a good all round selection of the most exciting tricks, demonstrated and explained step by step in this web site. As mentioned many times in the site, an invaluable resource for revision is The Royal Road To Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue for both card tricks and sleights. This is available in both paperback and even as a free PDF Online. Although it was written several decades ago, it is still very relevant today and an excellent source of reference material for you and can unlock some really useful secrets. I reckon most people would benefit from picking up 2 or 3 easy card tricks as you never know when they might come in handy.

You will also find some amazing personal feats of strength and self control such as the Ascension balloon flight achieved by David Blaine. This is not exactly magic but is still very impressive. The Amazing Street Magic chapter of this site demonstrates some more realistic and achievable gifts of knowledge to learn and perform which I reckon is fair dinkum.

You will find a good source of up to date tutorials at Tom Matriq's Youtube channel. You also have a lot of videos on Youtube featuring some of the latest tricks being demonstrated at the recent Blackpool Magic Convention that was held in February 2025 for three days. This is one of the biggest gatherings of magicians and magic dealers from all over the world and a great opportunity to see the most up to date magic and demonstrations in the dealer's hall as well as learn from the masters during some of the many convention lectures which are sure to make you smile. The Blackpool Magic Convention, kicks off again next February 2026 with new headliner acts being added all the time. Personally, I can hardly wait for this one to come around again.

The Melbourne Magic Festival kicked off in the land down under from July 7th until July 19th and looked like it was a lot of fun. It will hopefully have inspired a lot of the younger generation to take up magic as a hobby and even continue to professional level to heighten Australia's profile in the world of magic. They can now get ready for the event again next year in 2026. A good starter trick for magicians, might be the Kangaroo Eating An Orange trick.