Ranking of Popular Magic Tricks
Magic tricks are a popular attraction at all kinds of events.
Even if you’re not a professional magician, there are plenty of popular tricks that, with a bit of practice, will make the audience go “Wow!”.
In this article, we’ll introduce these popular magic tricks in a ranked list.
If you’re considering performing magic at an event, be sure to use this as a reference!
Simple tricks are suitable for all ages, so they’re also recommended for kids interested in magic.
Experience the joy of amazing and entertaining everyone with your own skills!
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Ranking of Popular Magic/Conjuring Tricks (21–30)
Tissues that can be exchanged for money29rank/position

It’s a magic trick where you squeeze a crumpled tissue in your palm and it turns into a banknote.
In advance, you secretly hold a crumpled bill in one hand and make it look as if you’ve passed the crumpled tissue into that hand.
The key points are the orientation of your hands so it really looks like the tissue has moved.
It’s also important to hold the bill or tissue in a way that doesn’t give it away—pay attention to your finger angles and create a natural hand shape.
Coin vanish using a finger palm30rank/position

Finger palm is a fundamental coin magic technique where a coin is secretly held by pinching it between the base of the ring or middle finger and the area around the second knuckle.
Using this, you can perform vanishes and teleportation-style coin effects.
To vanish a coin with a finger palm, pretend to transfer the coin from your right hand to your left, but keep it in your right hand by going into finger palm—that’s all.
This technique of making it look like you passed the coin when you didn’t, called a fake pass, is best practiced in front of a mirror.
During patter, you can secretly drop the coin held in your right hand under the table, or segue directly into the next effect, and the vanish is complete.
Magic/Conjuring Popular Trick Rankings (31–40)
Pen Vanish Magic31rank/position
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The pen vanishing magic trick, which has a big visual impact, is also a must-see.
The method is very simple: hold a pen in your right hand, briefly wave your left hand over it, and the pen disappears.
Even if someone checks your hands afterward, they won’t find the pen.
The key to this trick is to wear long sleeves.
Extend an elastic string from inside your sleeve and tie it to the pen.
Then, when you let go, the pen is pulled up and vanishes.
Using the same idea, you could probably make a pen case or an eraser disappear too.
Rubber band magic you can do in 5 seconds32rank/position

Highly recommended when you want something quick to show off! Here are ideas for rubber band magic you can do in 5 seconds.
It introduces three types of tricks using rubber bands that are handy when you want to perform simple magic.
Use them as an opener for your performance or when you want to promote your stage—give them a try.
Each idea is easy and simple, perfect for beginners.
Using colored rubber bands will make it easier for the audience to see what’s happening.
Take this opportunity to give it a try.
Penetrating Magic with a Plastic Bottle Cap33rank/position

It’s a magic trick where, by slamming the cap down with force, the cap appears to pass through into a plastic bottle.
There are two possible methods: one where you crush a soft, thin cap and push it through the bottle’s mouth, and another where you insert a cap through a slit and conceal it with the label.
In both cases you use two caps, and it’s important that the forceful motion of hitting the bottom disguises the hidden cap.
If you perform the two methods in sequence, the audience will be surprised because the first method clearly couldn’t have been used the second time.
The card that comes true as foretold34rank/position

It’s the kind of card magic everyone has dreamed about at least once: the cards match a written prediction.
First, show the audience a piece of paper with a prediction on it—for example, “They’re all clubs.” Then shuffle the deck, take out about ten cards, and reveal that the prediction is correct.
Alternatively, you can include a single spade to make it seem like the prediction has failed, and then unfold the paper further to show an additional prediction.
Creating that contrast will give the trick even more impact.
Magic where a face illustration stretches35rank/position

This is a comedic magic trick where, when you hold your hand over a sheet of paper with a character illustration, the character’s face stretches.
The method is very simple: prepare the stretched face parts separately, hide them inside your hand, and then place them onto the illustration at the same moment you cover it with your hand.
Make a slit at the character’s neck in the illustration so you can insert the stretched face.
Because the gimmick is simple, make sure to get laughs from the striking contrast between the illustration before and after the stretch.


