These aren’t your average party tricks—these are 7 insane magic tricks that’ll leave people speechless… and the best part?

Some people want eye-popping, impossible, shattering-reality magic tricks," said Eng, "There's a range that you can hit." Like any other skill, practice is key.

No mentalism tricks. A total of 11 magicians from Europe, India, Japan, and the U.S. submitted tricks, but only one stood out for its surprising auditory illusion. Subscribe to the Design newsletter.

Billy Hsueh is a Surrey, B.C., musician who recently competed in Turin, Italy, at an international magic competition known as ...

Magic tricks rarely rely on sound alone, possibly because of differences in visual and auditory perception. A recent contest to create a sound-only illusion is part of an effort to explore that.

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, “his shows led to a general resurgence of interest in magic,” said magic magazine editor Phil Willmarth. He even got a Canada Council for the Arts grant to study magic.