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This article contains a list of '''magic tricks'''. In magic literature, tricks are often called '''effects'''. Based on published literature and marketed effects, there are millions of effects; a short performance routine by a single magician may contain dozens of such effects.

Some students of [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] strive to refer to effects using a proper name, and also to properly attribute an effect to its creator. For example, consider an effect in which a magician shows four aces, and then the aces turn face up one at a time in a mysterious fashion. This effect, recognized as ''Twisting the Aces'', is attributed to [[Dai Vernon]], and it is based on a false count invented by [[Alex Elmsley]]. Some tricks are listed merely with their marketed name (particularly those sold as stand-alone tricks by retail dealers), whereas others are listed by the name given within magic publications.

==Magic tricks==
*[[Assistant's Revenge]]
*[[Aztec Lady]]
*[[Battle of the Barrels]]
*[[Bill in lemon|Bill in Lemon]]
*[[Book test]]
*[[Bullet catch|Bullet Catch]]
*[[Cabinet escape|Cabinet Escape]]
*[[Chinese linking rings|Chinese Linking Rings]]
*[[Chinese Water Torture Cell]]
*[[Cut and restore rope trick|Cut and Restore Rope Trick]]
*[[David Copperfield's laser illusion|David Copperfield's Laser Illusion]]
*[[Dove pan|Dove Pan]]
*[[Devil's torture chamber|Devil's Torture Chamber]]
*[[Dismemberment (illusion)|Dismemberment]]
*[[Drill of Death]]
*[[Guillotine (magic trick)|Guillotine]]
*[[Impalement (magic trick)|Impalement]]
*[[Indian rope trick|Indian Rope Trick]]
*[[Inexhaustible bottle]]
*Several varieties of [[Levitation (illusion)|Levitation]]
*[[Miser's Dream]]
*[[Metamorphosis (illusion)|Metamorphosis]]
*[[Needle-through-arm]]
*[[Origami (magic trick)|Origami]]
*[[Predicament escape|Predicament Escape]]
*[[Quick-change (performance)|Quick-change]]
*[[Radium Girl]]
*[[Sands of the Nile]]
*Several variations of [[Sawing a woman in half|Sawing a Woman in Half]], including the [[Zig Zag Girl]] and [[Mismade Girl]]
*[[Squeeze box (magic trick)|Squeeze Box]] (as created by [[André Kole]])
*[[Table of Death]]
*[[Thumper (magic trick)]]
*[[Wringer (magic trick)|Wringer]]

== Close-up effects ==
[[Image:Floatingmatchoncard.nwr.jpg|thumbnail|[[Floating match on card]]]]
[[Image:FrenchDrop1.jpg|thumb|right|The French drop.]]
* [[Ambitious card|Ambitious Card]]
* [[Blackstone's Card Trick Without Cards]]
* [[Card warp|Card Warp]]
* [[Chink-a-chink]]
* [[The Circus Card Trick]]
* [[Cups and balls|Cups and Balls]]
* [[Detachable thumb|Detachable Thumb]]
* [[Floating match on card|Floating Match on Card]]
* [[French drop|French Drop]] (The Tourniquet)
* [[Glorpy]]
* Healed and Sealed
* [[Hot foil trick|Hot Foil Trick]]
* [[Hummer card|Hummer Card]]
* [[Needle Through Thumb]]
* [[Retention of vision vanish|Retention of Vision Vanish]] (Pinch Vanish)
* [[Scotch and soda (magic trick)|Scotch and Soda]]
* Snapper (puzzle)
* [[The Best Coin Fold]]
* [[The Four Burglars]]
* [[Three card monte|Three Card Monte]]
* [[Zarrow shuffle|Zarrow Shuffle]]

== Levitations ==
[[Image:Kingrisinglevitation2.nwr.jpg|thumb|right|The [[king levitation]] being performed]]
* [[Asrah levitation|Asrah Levitation]]
* [[Balducci levitation|Balducci Levitation]]
* [[King Rising Levitation]]
* [[David Copperfield's flying|David Copperfield's Flying]]

== Utilities/accessories ==
Thousands of devices are used by magicians to accomplish their effects. However, most of the devices are never even seen by the audience during the performance of the trick(s). While not generally tricks themselves, some of these devices are very valuable to performers of magic.

*[[Topit]]
*A.R. mini-stage<ref>
{{cite journal
 | title = Hocus Pocus Parade
 | journal = The Linking Ring
 | volume = ??
 | issue = ? 
 | pages = ?
 | publisher = The International Brotherhood of Magicians
 | date = n.d.
 }}
</ref>
*Funkenring<ref>
{{cite book
 | last = Reeder
 | first = Brad
 |author2=Robinson, Bill
 | title = Sparks: The Funkenring Book
 | publisher = Coastal Magic
 | year = 1986 }}
</ref>
*[[Gibeciere]]
*Business card production wallet<ref>
{{cite journal
 | title = Hocus in Focus
 | journal = [[The Linking Ring]]
 | volume = 80
 | issue = 2 
 | pages = 111, 112
 | publisher = The International Brotherhood of Magicians
 |date=February 2000
 }}
</ref>
*ITR (invented by James George)<ref>Easy to Master Thread Miracles by Michael Ammar.</ref>
*Surya's Device Pro (invented by Surya Kumar and James George)<ref>Miracles DVD</ref>
* [[Thumb tip]]
*Victorian ring box or Lippincott Box is used for storing small items such as coins that have been marked by a participant in an illusion and later appear inside the locked box

==See also==
* [[List of card manipulation techniques]]

== References ==
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