Magicana Tricks On Youtube

Magicana Tricks On Youtube are some tricks from Genii's Magicana that have been posted on Youtube. Feel free to add any others you know of, or record yourself performing a trick, sleight, or routine you learned from Magicana, post it on Youtube, then update this list.

If you're interested in something you see on Youtube from the list below, back issues are available for the price of a single-trick download by clicking the link at the top of this page.

See also Magicana Kaufman.

2010

Genii 2010 January

• 'Stigmata' by Ian Kendall : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr8CYvEIn04

2009

Genii 2009 September

• Richard Sanders' "Twinkle Change," a visual Spellbound move: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZWRmv-bwg

Genii 2009 August

• Pete McCabe's "Double Stuff," a bitten-and-restored cookie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK2G5QqE5PE

• Dylan Gelinas' "Real Life Nightshades" (rising glasses): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h88yAGuMp8E

• Jacky Kahan's "Four Gone Conclusion" (multiple coin vanish to conclude any card-and-coin routine): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjCDoYxfvDU

• Tom Stone's "Silvery & Sorcery," a cylinder-and-coins routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s5M0a-u7mg

Genii 2009 June

• Wayne Houchin's "Ring & String Mystery" (a ring that's dropped onto a coin envelope links to a string threaded through two holes on either side): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F4r4v_tnOE

• Wayne Houchin's "Twisting The Aces," performed by Alex Offenkrantz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgU6KAZyvE

• Wayne Houchin's "Match Bite" (bitten-and-restored match): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpBkViN-FzU

Genii 2009 January

• Joe M. Turner's "Unwedding Ring" (a ring is openly threaded on a shoelace, then penetrates through the middle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STLywL86BXE

2008

• Genii, April, 2008 • Cameron Francis's "Appearing Sharpie," a bare-handed production of a Sharpie marker from an empty Sharpie cap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHC-bGMP12I

• Genii, February, 2008 • Herb Zarrow's "Zarrow Shuffle" (reprise of the legendary false riffle-shuffle): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_m-MTqDZAQ

2007

• Genii, September, 2007 • David Acer's "Up In Smoke," a coin vanish intended for impromptu situations when you dig a coin out of your pocket (e.g., at a store, etc): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-_tN_o9d4

• Genii, June, 2007 • Jack Parker's "Ourobouros," and impromptu gambling demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKWL9-O3LTA

• Genii, June, 2007 • Jack Parker's "Final Palm," an unusual Invisible Palm routine resulting in a four-for-one transposition (performed by J Wilson): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A78m5f9Yeg

2006

• Genii, October, 2006 • Eric Leclerc's "Razor Burn" (disposable-razor-to-matchbook): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNQSqiGIxpc

• Genii, October, 2006 • Hiro Sakai's "Color Sunder" (three-phase Oil & Water plus transposition, performed by Faihzal): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82MyvOeX7Q

• Genii, October, 2006 • Nathan Kranzo's "Progressive Wild Coin" (stand-up fingertip Wild Coin routine): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bpOtAB2oxs

• Genii, June, 2006 • Jack Parker's "On, In and Under" (four Kings transpose in a strange and visual manner with three Twos, performed by Jim Catman): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7nO2kixjw

• Genii, June, 2006 • Jack Parker's "All That Jazz" (version of Peter Kane's Jazz Aces with a surprise kicker): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmnFEX5Qyo

• Genii, June, 2006 • Jack Parker's "Oddservation" (an observation test with eight regular cards drawn from any deck that includes several transpositions and transformations): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNi1aWPrhMc

• Genii, May, 2006 • Rob James' "Cardboard Metamorphosis", a two-phase card-transposition inspired by the classic Substitution Trunk illusion, a.k.a. Metamorphosis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EERb_uE50Sg

• Genii, May, 2006 • The Channing Pollack Dove Production, written by Gary Ouellet (video clip from Magic Archives): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIUM73Xt2dE

• Genii, March, 2006 • Al Schneider's "Osmosis" (three coins penetrate a sheer scarf): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S9pavdVRKw

2005

• Genii, July, 2005 • Matthew Dowden's "Shrinkage" (a selected card visibly shrinks to half its size): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczHSp2SF7E#t=2m12s

• Genii, July, 2005 • Guy Hollingworth's "Erdnase Sideways" (color-changing card at face of deck): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VvsdBttaY

• Genii, July, 2005 • Jacky Kahan's "Spellboundless" (original Spellbound change with automatic reload): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuPKkTEy0lA

• Genii, April, 2005 • Romaine's "Double Kicker", an unusual revelation of a freely chosen card that demonstrates total command of the deck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBbio_SvxU

2004

• Genii, August, 2004 • De'vo's "Viereck," a one-handed cut that results in the deck taking a cube shape on the magician's palm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_1NWfw-a0

• Genii, July, 2004 • David Acer's "Fresh Mint" (a coin is minted from a piece of foil): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgSYY-8SEEo

2003

• Genii, December, 2003 • Jean-Pierre Vallarino's "Hypnotic Rumba Count," a variation of his Rumba Count that shows the faces of only two cards while apparently showing all the faces in a four-card packet (shown here at the beginning of his marketed trick, "Carre Blanc"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMjqZIvDGgs

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Molecule 2", a triple cut, one-card production (performed by Kaman): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gga8tekNmmc

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "TiVo Transpo," an in-the-hands two-card transposition with no duplicates (performed by Alejandro Portela): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdnaXoIzN-Y&NR

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Collectors," a double-sandwich effect wherein two selections are magically trapped between four Aces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEA4z3_hSAo#t=0m20s

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Revolution E," the one-handed Erdnase cut with a twist (literally): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPxMxKIXr04#t=1m18s

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Hand to Mouth," a quick card-to-mouth opener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX7Jx7YrIpQ

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Real Time," an instant production of four Aces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBqUsBl8il8#t=1m01s

• Genii, October, 2003 • Dan & Dave Buck's "Kryptonite," a triple-packet one-handed false cut (performed by Chris Hestnes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMK5X5cAWro&NR=0m13s

2002

• Genii, November, 2002 - Dr. Sawa's "Why a Big Purse?", a series of two-coin transpositions with a jumbo-coin finale (performed by Antonio Yang): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPzYumJ9KW8

• Genii, October, 2002 • Akira Fuji's "Jet Coins" (three-coins-across routine using a novel invisible transfer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8azS3n0JTI

• Genii, August, 2002 • David Acer & Richard Sanders' "Splittant," a variation of a Looy Simonoff's Flippant that creates the illusion of splitting one card, like a red Four, into two constituent cards, like two red Twos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-1JS8HGSSY#t=0m18s

2001

• Genii, May, 2001 • Christian Engblom's "Anti-Faro," a lightning-fast method for un-interlacing a deck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXUuA8gSRU

• Genii, April, 2001 • Karl Hein's "Heinstein Shuffle," a benchmark in-the-hands false riffle-shuffle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o_8yU6xOE0

2000

• Genii, December, 2000 • David Acer's "Unflappable," a visual torn-and-restored matchbook with spectator's phone number on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxeen5doQs

• Genii, May, 2000 • Tomo Maeda's "Human Cannonball," performed by Evan Shuster. A chosen card vanishes in a flash of fire from between two jokers that have been rolled and rubber-banded into a tube (or "cannon"). The selection is found inside a sealed envelope at which the "cannon" was aimed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tks9xf13Pqs#t=1m02s

• Genii, May, 2000 • Masao Atsukawa's "Warp 9," a topological mystery with a jumbo card: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUpFC49oFM

• Genii, February, 2000 (and Genii, November, 1970) • Al Schneider's original "Matrix": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoVwFpj4i3E

1990s

• Genii, Dec. 1999 • Dr. Hiroshi Sawa's "Submarine Coins," a direct and unusual three-coins-across routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9QxWS4eUpQ

• Genii, June, 1999 • Jay Sankey's "Leaving Home" (the magician removes a knotted loop of string with a key on it from around his neck, then magically unlinks and relinks the key): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pnG_Qc5Umw

• Genii, June, 1999 • Jay Sankey's "Fragile Harbor," performed by Nick Sullivan (a drawing on the back of a signed, selected card changes in a poetic fashion): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHj2l_6LoDg

• Genii, November, 1994 • Martin Nash's "The Very Best Tabled False Cut," from Gary Ouellet's Fulminations column, performed here as part of Ouellet's "Three Second Wonder": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVJ0PYtOW8#t=0m26s

• Genii, September, 1993 • Homer Liwag's False Faro Shuffle (featured in Gary Ouellet's Fulminations column): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiD1_3dW7xg

• Genii, November, 1992 • Jean-Pierre Vallarino's Rumba Count (featured in Gary Ouellet's Fulminations column), a false count that allows you to show the faces of all the cards in a small packet as being identical, when in fact they are all different (shown and cued here during a performance of Darwin Ortiz's "Jumping Gemini"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-uHeX1ep0#t=1m22s

• Genii, September, 1992 • Bob Farmer's "The Miracle of Life," performed by Gary Ouellet. The magician creates a little life between the palm of his hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugyjUN4Wy0

• Genii, August, 1992 • Popeye (featured in Gary Ouellet's Fulminations column), performed here on a Penn & Teller special. An impromptu dinner-table gag in which you apparently jam a fork into your eye, causing it to explode in a spray of white goo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOgvk21rQE

• Genii, July, 1991 • David Acer's "Around The World in 80 Dollars," a double bill-change routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y06ggWqEYmI

1980s

• Genii, May, 1988 • Gary Ouellet's "Flash Deck," an instant production of a deck of cards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVJ0PYtOW8#t=0m16s

• Genii, May, 1988 • Gary Ouellet's "Silverdust" (a sprinkle of silver glitter shaken from a clear salk-shaker converges into a silver dollar, which vanishes once more to the glitter from whence it came): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVJ0PYtOW8#t=0m49s

• Genii, November, 1986 - Shigeru Sugawara's "Night Passage," performed by Evan Shuster (a superball somehow passes through a finger ring): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onbZawznXGY