[2026] Party-Perfect! A Roundup of Recommended Magic Tricks
From year-end and New Year parties to farewell gatherings and weddings, working adults have all kinds of events throughout the year, and students also often get chances to perform skits or entertain at after-parties following school festivals.
That said, not everyone has a special talent or is good at singing… For those people, here are some simple magic tricks I recommend.
There’s no need for elaborate setups or expensive purchases.
I’ve put together easy tricks you can perform on the spot using everyday items—like things you have around you or paper cups at the party venue.
Use this article as a guide, practice on the sly, and get ready to impress!
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[2026] Liven Up the Party! Recommended Magic Tricks (41–50)
Ultimate mentalism for guessing thoroughly shuffled cards
This is a magic trick where you have someone pick a card, mix everything up chaotically, and then, with seemingly no clues, you correctly identify which card they chose from the opened spread.
It looks impossible at first, but once you learn the knack, it’s actually easy to do.
Because people assume it can’t be solved once the cards are shuffled, it ends up feeling like a very polished trick.
Card Magic Interchange
A magic trick that uses eight cards to secretly switch their contents.
All the cards except the chosen one are arranged from the start, but the trick makes it look like they’ve been cleverly swapped.
If you can perform it smoothly, it’s sure to amaze your audience.
A coin passes through the bottom of a glass
You place a coin on the palm of one hand and tap your palm a few times with the bottom of a glass, and the coin ends up inside the glass.
In fact, there’s no trick to it at all—you simply float the coin at the moment you tap and pick it up with the glass.
It just takes a bit of practice.
X-ray magic with a glass
Mind-reading magic that seems to see right through your thoughts always captivates people, doesn’t it? So why not try a mind-reading trick you can do anywhere using paper cups? All you need are three paper cups and a ball.
While your back is turned, have a guest place the ball under any cup they like and then swap the positions of the other cups.
You turn around and correctly identify the cup with the ball.
The secret is to put a small mark with a pen on the back of one of the cups beforehand.
Perform calmly to create a mysterious atmosphere!
Devil’s Elevator
This is a magic trick called Devil’s Elevator that lets you perform professional-looking card magic with just a little technique.
The secret is simple: you pretend to be holding eight cards, but you’re actually holding one extra card on top.
Since it uses only a few cards, I think it’s easy to do.
A magic trick where a playing card flips over in an instant
This is a magic trick where you prepare identical red cards with the same number, and by mixing two of them face-up into the deck beforehand, you can easily create the illusion that a card has flipped over.
It’s quite surprising and simple, making it a great trick for beginners.
A magic trick where snapping your fingers makes it rise up.
It’s a famous magic trick where you snap your fingers and the mixed deck brings the chosen card to the top, but in fact this trick can be done easily.
There’s a knack to the way you shuffle, ensuring that no matter what you do, the selected card ends up on top.