What beginner tricks (gaffed or ungaffed) that you first learned do you still regularly perform?

Mine are dime and penny trick and also the linking paper clips.

Brian

Under the right conditions, "Do As I Do" with two decks can look like a genuine demonstration of thought transfer.

I learned it years ago as one of my "first effects", then built it up in presentation. I performed it as recently as last weekend for a group of 20 adults in a candle lit setting that really set the mood.

"Two in the hand, One in the Pocket,"
"Transposing 1 & 5 dollar bills,"
always good for an impromptu situation.

I am so with you on this! It was the first trick I learned from the Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, and it's still one of the best effects that I perform. It has a great plot, the handling seems so fair, and the outcome is both logical and amazing! It's great!

Billgussen

My ex boyfriend introduced me to magic and mentalism a few years ago and the very first effect I learned was the drawer box, a beautiful one made of wood he gave me as a gift. I still use it today to do a Jack The Ripper effect. After I learned to use that a couple of different ways I started reading and learned equivoque techniques from Max Maven and began playing with that. I also still use that today. It's all about presentation anyway, so the actual gimmick or trick doesn't matter all that much to me, I just need to find the best and most creative way to use it. I guess there are worse ways to start, I think I was lucky.

Anabelle

how about the classic torn and restored napkin? that was my first cool trick ever

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Cut and Restored rope
Magician's nightmare
I've performed all four of these for 35 years.

Do as l do & poker players picnic.

One of the earliest things I purchased was an Enardoe deck of marked cards. I don't use Enardoe anymore, but I still used marked cards in general for some particular effects. In fact I even have a marketed eBook on the subect of bizarre mentalism with marked cards ... also for sale on my website.

Another early effect I still use today is the T.T. - what a fantastic prop!

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I'm a beginner that has been doing magic for less than two months.

My first tricks/effects to purchase were:
Invisible Deck
Stripper Deck
Svengali Deck (Not sure if spelling is correct)

I'm having a good time working with these decks and feel that they will be fun for quite sometime.

See ya,
Gambit242

I am a beginner and I enjoy doing dime and penny and a couple of card locations effects and am practicing Color Monte as much as possible
Wade

I still do the ambitious card, and risnig ace tricks.

2 card monte....so simple yet hits hard. Standard sleights and misdeirection everyone should know how to use.

first learn som pretty cool mind teasing cuts and shuffles to spice things up...

Here's a great card trick that is self-working.

The name is Gemini Twins and can be found in More Self-Working Card Tricks by Fulves. It requires no set-up and someone can hand you a deck and you're ready to start. Someone who typically isn't impressed with card transformations, usually can't figure this one out. It's one of my favorites.

Mike

I found the Royal magic range explains most of the basic and well known beginners effects. I liked them so much I bought loads of them to help beginners.

cheers

Shaky

The four Robbers was the first trick I learned, and at the time it blowed me away.

Magically

Aus

I remember seeing the four robbers trick when I was younger, but can't remember it now. Can you provide a reference to it?

My very first deck was a maked deck, I also got a Svengali deck and a penetration frame in one of my magic kits.

Mine is probably the Svengali Deck. I've bin using that deck every since I started magic and I still use it everytime I want a spectator say the "What The" line.


PyroDevil