Thank you for posting this. I watched and rewatched the routine a few times on my DVR and am still blown away by it.

I cannot imagine how he could possibly have done some of the things he's done, like making two cards switch hands at a distance in full view. Or making a functional stack of cards swap hands with a single, signed card... *WTF?!

Anyone have any reasonable explanations for how this could at all be feasible?

Just as good is the magician who fooled Penn & Teller by getting Penn's signed card in new-deck order inside a wrapped box of playing cards, while his hands were in full view the whole time.

Mind = blown.

I do avoid 99% of videos of magic tricks then.
As for the rest, see http://videosift.com/video/Magician-Shin-Lim-Fools-Penn-and-Teller#comment-1886445

To a certain extent, but I would contend that flawlessly pulling off complex sleight of hand in front of multiple cameras, 2 professional magicians/tricksters and an entire studio audience is, imo, a form of magic.

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Love stuff like this. He's got some really nice little bits in there, bit's I've not seen before. Like Penn said there were some bits I caught, but some bit's that were extremely well done. All this needs is a little refinement and it'll be amazing.


For reference I have high standards when it come to magic (by which I mean I'm not easily fooled). My little brother is a professional magician who designs tricks for TV shows, I'm used to seeing very good magic done very well and this guy is up there.

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The magician reveals he had but to sell his eternal soul and silence every person who had ever crossed his path, before the powers of the warlock opened before his third eye. Now, damned, he skulks elevators searching for victims, more souls.

He is slow to approach but steady in his advance. Just don't let him touch you!

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Please note that you -never- see that drill bit even touch his skin, much less turn against it. And if you believe that's just a coincidence, then I've got some great land in Florida to sell you.

It's simple camera trickery. The -only- question left is, do they claim it is real, or do they just call it a performance. That's the difference between a con-man and a stage magician.

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If believing a "magician" isn't lying to you helps you enjoy the show better then I'm not here to stop you. Enjoy!

Unfortunately, when you look at modern "magicians" these days like Criss Angel, Derren Brown, Dynamo etc .. yes, they all actually do have stooges planted, and all of what is presented in their filmed shows is heavily edited from what you see in person.

And I didn't say everyone was in on it. A few choice stooges in the audience who conveniently had guys with mics standing right behind them. These kinds of performances (albeit without the mics) have been performed this exact same way for as long as magic has existed.