Magic Tricks

Erik's Top 10 Best Card Tricks

When Penguin Magic has questions about card tricks, Erik Tait is the one they go to. An expert card magician and international champion of card magic, there isn't a lot about cards he doesn't know. That's why we got him to sit down and talk about his favorite card tricks.

We wanted to know what his favorites were. If he was putting together the dream team for card magic from all of the tricks currently available, what would make the cut? In this video, Erik breaks down his favorite card tricks, what makes them so wonderful, and exactly who they are for.

Beginners looking for their next lesson in card magic should pay attention to these incredible effects. Workers looking to add something new to their repertoire are going to love the insight Erik gives from using these tricks in his everyday gigs. These are Erik Tait's Top 10 BEST Card Tricks at Penguin Magic.

10: Position Impossible by Brent Braun - Find a thought-of card at ANY number. Brent has been closing his shows with this for over 5 years.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/7000

9: Corner Piece by Steve Langston & Sean Ridgeway - The best torn and restored we've seen in YEARS. Piece-by-piece, restore a SIGNED card, with a hypervisual ending that looks like ANIMATRONICS.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/19393

8: Equal Finality by Ryan Schlutz - Impossible to reverse engineer, this fools EVERYONE. Spectators have a TRULY free choice and NO SWITCHES.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/13839

7: Ultra Lucky Coin by Erik Tait - Built to last a lifetime, this is Erik's signature close-up trick, available for the first time in very limited quantity.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/11238

6: Deck To Shoe by Matt Mello - An unforgettable multi-phase miracle, featured in Nick Locapo's Magic Castle Act! A SIGNED card appears under your foot, then the whole deck!
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/13516

5: Pop Gun by Chad Long - A reputation-maker from Chad Long's professional act. For the first time, he's teaching every move, detail and subtlety.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/14481

4: NFW by Gary Freed - One of the best card tricks of all time JUST GOT WAY BETTER.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/23

3: Spectrum by R. Paul Wilson - One of the most cleverly designed decks of all time. Eye-popping color changes. Effortless and natural handling.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/12774

2: Little Door by Roddy McGhie - "I was fooled. You'll be fooled. Your audiences don't stand a chance" -Mark Elsdon
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/7084

1: Penguin Monte 2.0 presented by Rick Lax - Stun your audience with only three cards.. again and again and AGAIN. The cards do all the work.
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/4518

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