Magicians have amazed people with their seemingly impossible but real magic tricks.

So, be it the flying cards magic or man itself levitating in the sky, we’ve tried to get the secrets behind the Top 10 Greatest Magic Tricks of the World.

10. Dynamo walking on water

Dynamo, the greatest street magician of the current time was seen walking on the water of Thames River in his television show Dynamo: Magician Impossible.

But how did he do it? Well, the answer to this trick lies into the use plexiglass. Plexiglass is a special type of glass whose density is almost like water and when its submerged into water is almost hard to find.

Plexiglasses are clearly supported by plexitubes (circular tubes made from plexiglass) and many magicians have tried the same variant in swimming pools or water lakes.

9. Darcy Oake’s dove illusion

Darcy Oake, the contestant magician in Britain’s got Talent showed the magic in which he got pigeons from burning feathers. The feathers that Darcy Oake showed us before lighting it up, is actually a special type of paper known as flash paper.

Flash paper is very commonly used by magicians in their magic tricks to create quick large flashes of fire, that hide’s out the quick moments that creates illusion for the audience.

And so, did Darcy Oake used the flash paper for. Using the chance of quick flash of fire Darcy Oake quickly got the pigeons from his left hand’s secret sleeve pocket, that we can be seen in the below picture.

So, there was no magic, just the quick momentum of time. And we think you just missed that, isn’t it!

8. Card from deck levitation

The magician in this trick tells to choose any card at random from the deck, and then place it back into the deck. He places the deck of card in a glass and does some magical gestures and the card gets popped out.

The card chosen at random is placed back into the deck where the magician wanted it to be. He places the remaining cards back over the deck which is supported by a special card at the end. The special card is supported by a counter weight that moves a small pad upwards when the card is turned upside down.

And this pad has a small dot of wax that sticks to the card and moves the card upwards, making it pop out of the deck.

7. Girl levitating in air

You must have seen in magic shows, a beautiful girl floating in the air on a plank of wood. And to prove that its real, ring is passed around her to ensure the audience that the plank is not supported by strings or rods.

So, the secret in this trick is that the plank of the wood is supported by a strong hydraulic piston mechanism to hold the plank up in the air. This mechanism is hidden when the magician steps on the platform and takes his position. Under the foot of the magician there’s a button to control the motion of the plank.

But you still might have the question that how the ring then moved around her. The secret to that lies in the ‘S’ shape design of the support rod. It can easily move the ring to the end and repeat back the movement to get the exit.

6. Can on a card

In this trick, the magician takes a card and places a can on top of it, with the card standing straight upright. Don’t allow this magic trick to fool you, because unlike all other tricks, this is a great balancing act.

If you look behind the card you can see a “T” shape folding created in the card, that is used to make the can stand on top of the card. The “T” shape is made by sticking half of the 2 cards together and when the card at the back is fold opened, a “T” shape structure is formed that can make the card stand upright. This is so strong that it can hold a Soda Can or even a soft drink bottle on top of it.

5. Water into ice in a second

It’s impossible to turn water into ice in a second, even with a deep freezer. But in this magic trick the magician pours water in a cup and instantly turns it into a piece of ice. Well, the cup already contained a piece of ice in it and a sponge of same colour, as of the cup at the bottom. The water is absorbed by the sponge and what is left when turned the cup upside down is the ice.

4. David Copperfield’s Death Saw

David Copperfield, the much-known classic time magician performed the act of death saw magic. In this trick, he split apart himself into two pieces using a giant saw blade. But the actual secret behind this trick is that Copperfield is not alone in this trick but supported by one of his assistants for the later part of the body. The actual positioning is done in such a way that together they seem to be just a single person.

All the secret lies in the table beneath and the slight gap between the tables that can easily pass the saw blade from that. The body of Copperfield is bend into the table while the assistant’s upper body is hidden in the table below.

3. Twisting an iPhone

Can you twist your iPhone from its centre? Obviously not. But Dynamo has done it in front of people on streets. He took an iPhone and magically twisted it from its centre to half screen and half back position.

To perform this trick, Dynamo took an exact half back cover of iPhone and placed it carefully holding over the screen. Now showing the audience the back of iPhone at first, he covered the iPhone with both of his hands and instead of twisting it he  just rotated the iPhone entirely to screen side with half back cover placed over it.

2. Jamie Raven’s lemon trick

Jamie Raven the magician famous in Britain’s Got Talent got a signed note by Alesha out from the lemon that was kept intact in front of her since the start of the magic.

But while Jamie Raven was folding the note, he had a palmed piece of paper in his hands that he instantly switched to and showed to the people.

Now with signed note still in his hand, he takes the bag from Alesha and drops the note into the bag very quickly. And with an indication to the audience that nothing was in his hands, he reaches into the bag stuffs the lemon with the note and takes it out. He only shows one side of the lemon to the audience and cuts it very much differently. Now when Alesha took the note out of the lemon, he very quickly closes it and puts it away.

But if you have looked closely, you could see a hole in the lemon at the bottom which was very clearly visible. And it was this hole through which he stuffed the note inside the lemon and the magic was created.

1. Houdini’s Greatest Escape

The greatest and most sensational of all Houdini’s escapes was without doubt his “Chinese Water Torture Cell”. In this trick, Houdini had to escape an extraordinary contraption resembling a fish tank. The tank was filled with water while Houdini was placed head down, in full view of the audience.

But even though with all those contraptions on his body, Houdini manages to get out of the water tank. The assistants had locked Houdini upside down with genuine locks, but they had removed the pins out from the hinges that held the locks. And this made it easier for the magician to escape. Also, the hand cuffs were specially designed to get open with just a little force. And this all mechanism finally led Houdini to escape from the water tank.