@@kaimoohanshotan nah he sells his tricks already. This one he has one trick card that can turn into a box of sorts, so it looks like a deck. On the other hand he has a trick pocket in his sleeve for the real deck.
As you can see, if you watch 4:26 at 0.25 speed, you'll see that he actually spawns the cards from the void into his other and and deletes them from his right hand instead of transferring them via wormhole, which was the other acceptable choice. You can see him actively using the spawn and destroy commands. Idk how he got access to cheats, but I want these commands too.
I remember reading an explanation that the cards are trick cards with foldable sides to make it look like a full deck when its only 1. The deck to me feels noticeably smaller after he pulls them out of the box.
@@taryth. yea it looks like there is a little flap on the single card in his right hand that folds out to look like a full deck. Still, the execution is phenomenal and I'm still not sure how the entire effect works. But I'm almost positive the fold out piece is how he does that part of it
Honestly Shin Lim, if you do this act on America's Got Talent, people would go nuts. People are already going nuts over this video. I hope you consider it.
Cant. Agt is only a 90 second audition. He would need to do a condensed version of it but i dont see that being possible because not only the length of the act but also the speed.
I was absolutely honored to see Shin live last week. He did this exact routine and I'm happy to say no TV editing is involved. When you watch Shin, you don't care how he did it. You watch the art.
That's the whole point of magic, just sit back and enjoy it, I never understand these people that come on here and say "well I watched it 18 times and if u slow it down to 0.25 speed at 4:33 you can see him drop the card and blah blah blah and blah blah blah"
@@misguidedangel6550 I'm kinda that type of person, I'm a bit into magic and I love understanding how they do it, personally it makes me enjoy it even more. If it's an easy technique with great presentation it's amazing, if it's insane technical moves like here, it's amazing too! I would say with the years I have a fairly good eye and for the best tricks after a few rewatch can see the moves, but this very one is the only one where there is a part I've no clue how he does it, which makes me consider him as the god of magic.
Maro18Z I loved when he would look into the camera, and the fact that he didn't speak like most performances you see today. Definitely made it more beautiful and incredible. Also the way he kept in rhythm with the song, especially at the ending where he vanished the deck.
I love his little touches, like the pen appearing at 2:54. It’s not mystifying, but it’s so much more interesting than actually taking it out of a pocket
It's just beautifully done. Not to talk bad about penn & teller, but the marker disappearing is noticeable but perfectly executed - It involves 3 quick moves and 1 misdirection, but since I use it myself I'm not telling.
@@Jesper-bl2ns I want to learn sleight of hand, I don't care about gimmick magic tricks, is there a place you'd recommend for me to start? Vanishing, producing, controlling cards, coins, pens, stuff like that.
I love that the top comment is a person from 2 years ago telling Shin to go to AGT, and that so many answers said he wouldn't go or would never win if he did. Never listen to the naysayers!
@@szilard16this is most definitely talent, most people are unable to do this with just as much practice time. To say this isn’t talent is complete absurdity
@@szilard16 You're an idiot from birth I see and have mastered the art of being a totally ignorant prat. It's far more impressive to hone a craft you had no innate knowledge of to this degree than using something you just naturally had from the start.
This guy is one of the best performers I've ever seen. He was so smooth and mythical. Made a 35 year old man feel like a little boy again and love magic. This was truly art.
That's exactly what I had in mind aswell . Am 36 and of all the magic tricks I have seen, he is literally the ONLY ONE that actually makes me believe in magic . He is too good . I am so glad he won AGT. He was beyond AWESOME ! ❤
@@DEEDZ_z The level of magic and level of character in presenting the act is very disproportionate. His magic is real, his presentation is a wannabe mysterious cool guy. The way he smirks as he goes along is a lack of focus which tells me the magic is done by an invisible friend of his.
Would be hilarious since they were turned away from audience to have them turn back towards the audience at the end of the act and they are both 9 months pregnant.
Man was good, no doubt. But after looking at the video frame-by-frame in SVP, the marker went into his red vest. It happens right after he moves his right hand up to his left hand, then quickly pulls it back. In that instance, he dips it into his vest where it is likely lined as a giant pocket (so to speak). Then pulls out a separate marker from his pocket shortly after.
@@NN13K0 It's so good because anyone with basic knowledge would think he palmed the marker with that motion. So it's like misdirection specifically against magicians.
Agreed, it is fine to try and figure out the trick. But to proclaim you were not completely baffled on the first take. Would be a lie, less you are a historian of the magical arts.
You have a point. But telling the audience that the spectators are chosen at random as a lie is a pretty disrespectful. 5:45 proves it. holding a signed card in his mouth. While holding the ziplock bag with a pointer finger and flipping it to his index finger clearly shows that there are more than 2 signed cards in play. Completely set up. He deserves great credit for the performance. A great magician. But really? Lying to the audience like that? Pretty big low blow.
I love his way of doing magic not like all the others he is mysterious and the music flows right throught I have always loved to watch magic and he makes me love it more
I honestly can't believe this was 7 years ago thanks to COVID screwing up any natural sense of time. I remember the first time seeing this performance and just being stunned at the precision and the beauty of the synch with music and the use of smoke. There is still no one like this and I am still amazed from what seems like a lifetime ago..
I have watched this multiple times. Easily one of the most beautiful magic tricks I have ever seen and some of the best slight of hand bits that is out there.
Robert Headley While the whole deck trick is great, the placement of the card in his vest is very easily seen in his misdirection at the 3:44 mark. Watch the hand holding the deck, not his obvious misdirection.
I’ve watched this routine so many times and not to figure it out but because i just absolutely love this routine and it’s effect. Shin Lim is either a magical wizard or an alien with technology that we dont have. Shin Lim just wanna let you know you are my favorite magician man!!
Slight of hand. But, even if you slow-mo the video you will not catch it. Of all his performances, there's only a few that you can actually catch in slow-mo. Just not this one.
This dude be banned from all casinos. They'd have pictures of him on the walls saying; "If you see this man, he probably hasn't done anything wrong. But we can't know for sure"
@@rushilraja8497 lol u think shin lim will win casino if he comes across and fight with gamblers like richard turner or lennart green he will lose in 10 seconds
I've watched countless breakdowns of this performance from multiple youtubers...but when shown all together like he does, it is simply amazing and truly "magical" no pun intended, just no other way to describe it.
The original form is called card tricks. Magic is just a filler to make it seem unreal. It’s not actually magic. Over the years the term magic is just used in dumb sentences like yours. “This is magic at its purest” elaborate because that makes 0 sense.
@@Whocares-ew9op we all know “magic” is a form of entertainment. Not everyone cares how it’s done because that really ruins it. As long as your entertained by “magic” there’s really nothing else that matters
I went back to watch that marker disappearance at 3:25, in slow motion, a least a dozen times, and I'm convinced that's actual, real magic. It just straight-up vanished. Like, one frame it's there, the next it's gone. Dude just deleted that marker. Absolutely mind-blowing. Well done!
I think he places it on the back of his right hand. Notice how he keeps his palm straight moving it back down towards his pockets. At the "vanishing point", the motion seems to point to the marker going over the top of his fingers on his right hand and falling right on the back. Maybe one side of the marker is sticky or something. Whatever it is, that's crazy timing and dexterity.
@@Shalnn I don't think so. The shot after it cuts to a different camera, but it's continuous, and you can see him move his hands out of that position and show the other sides. I think he has to put it in his shirt; you can see him move his hand closer to his shirt when he vanishes it, but the fact you don't see any movement of his vest is bizarre. Still not sure, but yeah, it's a well deserved win for him.
There is like no other way than back palming the marker. But the idea of that is just insane. Like back palming a card is already hard enough and only possible through bending it and being paper thin. A marker is NOT paper thin so yeah...... idk
I've seen it at least 15 times now, and I am able to catch a few things here and there. I have an idea as to how some of the stuff is done based on some of the stuff that I have caught, which may be what Penn references to when he talks to Shin Lim about his performance, but the performance still blows me away even now. And even with the stuff that I have seen, as Penn himself said, I still have no idea how in the world Shin Lim vanished the marker, especially the second time he did it. He is truly one of the best magicians in the world right now, and I hope he does well on AGT this year!
After watching countless magician's acts on Fool Us, this one by Shin Lim is by far the one that captures that sense of mystery and awe of something truly unexplainable. While knowing that it is all merely slight of hand, there is a sense that perhaps some real magic was witnessed, even if for just a moment. Shin Lim is the true magician's magician.
What's so strong about this is instead of using one trick to perform many variations, he used many tricks to perform one act. That's amazing! We really couldn't keep up because there were so many being thrown at us.
I do not believe I have seen card work done this beautifully...ever. I worked for two different illusionists as an assistant in my younger years, and still don’t know how they did some of their tricks. This man has a unique style, and a stage presence that commands attention without being brash. His introduction of smoke in such lovely subtle ways added more mystery to an already staggering routine. He deserves all the success the future will bring. Flawless ness does not come by whim...but by great dedication and work. He has clearly been paying his dues. Respect.🖤🇨🇦
It actually wouldn't matter if you knew exactly how he did every part. It's the skill in doing it really well that matters, and that takes endless practice.
Ian I agree with you partly, but this isn’t exactly true. Most of these sleights are pretty easy, but it’s the beautiful routining and choreography, and the genius psychology in each trick.
@@ikon1403 I think thats what makes his performance stand out amount the rest cause he does everything right infront of you and he executes them pretty much flawlessly even if they aren’t the hardest ticks everything flows together even the music.
Honestly I have been watching magic on tv in person since I was kid and these magicians are getting better and better. Shim Lim one of the greatest magicians.
david blaine is fake... the stuff he did in the past are well known tricks.. the stuff he does now is a mixture of magic and stunts e.g. sword swallowing etc.
Unlike other acts I saw on this show, this one doesn't have to be 'figured out'. This was 'magic' in its simplest form, and watching him perform was a great treat! The no-speaking part just added to the beauty of the act, very well done sir, can watch this for hours!
none of them have to be figured out but some people like to. Honestly, personally I love figuring out tricks....I appreciate them MOST once they are figured out. But I agree some people really shouldn't figure it out because it really ruins it for them and they loose touch with how it's artistry
Yeah, no shit. I tried the same thing, his slight of hand is just too good! Especially on the cards in the ziplock bag. I know how he did it, but even at quarter speed you can't see him doing it!
If I replay each trick several times, I can figure out how a few of them are done. But I'm still completely confused by many others. This is an incredible performance. And he's easy on the eyes, too!
This is 100% thee most graceful, beautiful card magic I have ever seen. The music, the no speaking, the smoke, it just all comes together beautifully. Love it
It’s such an incredible performance. If you watch it enough times, sure, you can see some of what goes where, when he puts stuff in his mouth etc but it’s more in the way you do it. The music was a beautiful choice. No reason why more magic shouldn’t be more like this.
@@adamnugent2137 all part of being a class act. I just stumbled on him today and this performance solidifies him as fantastic imo. now I need to binge his stuff haha
the first pen vanish is obvious, he just slips it into his jacket, the second one he just holds the pen lid between his fingers whilst his fingers are bent forward then flicks his fingers back so the pen is behind his hand and then drops it behind his leg. looks cool but quite easy to figure out
If it was so easy as you say then I am sure Penn and Teller would have caught onto what he was doing, but as they said they had no clue as to how they vanished the marker.
The deck transfer trick at 3:38 - 4:40 is explainable. First he starts with a full deck and draws the autographed 7 out with his right hand (left on your screen) & twirls it to create a distraction, then with his left hand (right on your screen) he cuts the deck by hiding most of the deck in his red jacket (you can see him pushing the deck in with his fingers) as he does this he makes the deck appear like it was a full deck the whole time by using a trick card that is hollow on the inside & can compress and decompress to create the illusion the deck is full or not full. So at this point you think you see a full deck when really its about 1-3 real cards and one trick card that makes the deck appear full in its decompressed stage. Moving on, Then he puts his hand over the deck and compresses the trick card creating the illusion that the cards vanished when in reality there weren't any cards present (just air). Then with his right hand (left on your screen) he grabs a new deck & tucks the autographed 7 under the deck for some slight of hand he will do later whilst keeping the trick card in the opposite hand. Then he blows the trick card that's in his left hand (right on your screen) shakes it and releases pointer finger so the card can decompress & appear like a full deck, while also with his opposite hand he simultaneously tucks the deck he picked up earlier in his palm with slight of hand while revealing only the autographed 7 & making the deck appear to be flat. Creating the illusion he transferred decks in mid air without physics. He then puts the trick card back in the pile & once again decompresses it. Trick Done. The takeaway is this guy is legendary and has god like slight of hand. Even when you understand how he did the trick, it may take a lifetime to replicate it. If this were done in person I would of surly missed it, Meaning the Magic was achieved.
Yeah his tricks (at least the ones here) are simple in principle but expertly executed. You can pick up on how all of them are done after watching it twice, but his showmanship makes me not want go with the it. Great stuff
I think its retarded when someone does 100 magic tricks rather than ONE FUCKING MAGIC TRICK...then if the boys don't know all 100 then they are fooled :P
wolfafe It is slight of hand nothing is going on but the speed in which he does the trick. It is such a great trick but at 4:28 you can see he has 2 decks of cards out, one on each hand.
ells5656 I am aware that it's about the speed of your hands, but still it was really impressive that i ended up watchin' like a zombie and just repeating "so cool"
As someone analytically minded, who likes to pick apart and figure things out... It was so much art through performance magic, and the music is used so well that it left me simply wanting to have enjoyed it with absolutely no desire to figure it out. That was truly moving in the least expected way. Amazing!
It's not even,, "Respect the trick" It's more like "Respect the artists creation" Even the greatest painters used familiar mediums: shapes, colors, techniques... to create a masterpiece. This guy is a Matise, Red Period. AmiRight?
Emory Blake to this I say, we may see beauty in another's creation, but take care in your endeavors not to relish in anothers path of glory longer than is necessary to encourage them, while realizing the next step in your own path.
The bit about the marker is always my favorite part. I know it’s an old video but as a fellow musician whose playing has suffered from wrist injuries as well, your routines always remind me of what I loved about studying and performing music.
I'm not so sure he did fool them, but the performance was just so amazingly beautiful, they had to reward him somehow. And rightfully so. I've seen this multiple times, and between the magic, the music, and the lighting, it is perhaps the most ethereal (and difficult) card magic performance you'll ever see.
Thomas Sikes No they probably did, just because if no one on the I internet (who can watch this as many times as they want at different speeds) can figure this out. Some of the world's best or not, they were fooled.
Now those guys are in an extremely difficult position. Because there are certain standards that most individual tricks are varriations of. An experienced pro will know all the standards and also the usual ways of making them into new tricks. So the pro will know a trick even if they don't see it. But as magicans they know also that this is wrong, that you can't know without seeing for with magic you cannot even know with seeing. This act consisted of many standards I guess from the reaction at 9:15. BUT! So yeah he did not fool them in any detail, but the overall effect was something they felt they could not easily explain or reproduce. I am sure as hell the marker was a standard well known and easily recognized by pros, so it was probably respect for the show, not for the single tricks. Still does not mean he did not fool them at all.
An amazing display magic, an alluring stage presence. Funny thing is, the marker sleight of hand tricks seemed to me the most obvious (and they were still killer). All of the other movements were so discreet that even slowing down the video I can't make sense of them. He's a brilliant combination of skill and showmanship.
the first time he vanished the marker, it was very obvious what he did, especially when you see where he takes it out from after; but I can't figure out how he vanished it the second time
+Raymond Chin I think I have figured out he vanishes the second marker. if I am right then the trick won't work if he faced the camera: First he attaches the marker to the back of his right hand (with his fingers bent inwards), when he moves his hands apart he opens his hand so that the marker is hidden by his fingers, finally he moves his right hand below the table to remove the marker.
+Raymond Chin also after he vanishes the marker he keeps his index finger on his right hand bent inwards which I think is so he could remove whatever held the marker in place.
its not that hard :D once u have a trained eye and know the fundementals :) but i know a good magic trick when I see one, and alot of preparation and practice was put into this. one of my favourite card magic tricks for sure.
Just want to take a moment and express how the music (in film or any theater piece) is overlooked so much that adds to the performance. That music the whole time is just a complete build up to his final act. You can even hear it in the audience halfway through...they applaud shortly when expected, but they are there sitting on the edge of the their seats. Every single note, and every single movement of Mr. Lim is building up to the finale. His performance plus the music score is the package that makes this entire performance work.
I have watched this at least 10 times over the years. No matter how many times I watch it, I am always left speechless. It has been great watching Shin evolve over the years to where he is now.
Finn Halladay this is such an offensive copypasta for people like me.. that actually had a bad childhood yk.. grow up and stop copying dumb peoples jokes and stop beeing dumb
This performer is so amazing and beautiful that I don't even want to know how it was done. It was just so incredible with the timing and the music and the silence of the performer. Great act!!
“Yeah, but where’d the smoke come from?” GOB I’ve watched in amazement hours upon hours of magic. I’ve attempted to exhaust the magic available on RUclips. I have never seen anything come close to this guy!! Bravo sir! Bravo!
Just saw this. I could see most of his tricks, just watch his hands carefully and always. If he's right hand is hyper active, the trick is on the left.
Honestly, I feel like this collection of tricks, “the dream act”, is a performance that P&T were perfectly fine with being fooled by. The creativity, the execution, the presentation, were all amazing. Ever since I saw this, it lives in my head constantly. I don’t any other performances have done this. There’s never a trick that I’ve been like, “I will pay every cent I have to learn this”. I’ve used some aspects from this, such as breathing smoke, in my case vape, in my own tricks. I’ll get a spectator to pick a card, then tell them to write it on my vape, then hit it and when I exhale have the card come out as well. When I want to show someone what beautiful card magic, or hell even beautiful magic in general is, I show them this video. Not only was this an amazing trick, but also done so smoothly, and perfectly that it is the definition of beauty in magic. Not to mention the atmosphere he preforms in. Everything about this act was beautiful.
The atmosphere is huge, he’s wearing red and black, and the red and black trippy movements behind him only add to his performance. I’ve seen better illusions but I don’t think I’ve seen a better performance.
I seen this years ago and was as astonished as everybody else. And the Hans Zimmer - Inception music works and fits in amazingly well with the magic he's doing. Completely Flawless.
Vayne main maybe they dont have a pause and advance frame by frame .... all you idiots think its so easy to see but on the momment with all thats going on , i dare you little smart asses to catch something live. Magic was never meant to be on video
i saw what he did with the pen on both occasions.. I think they did as well but because the whole act was so beautifully put together they felt he deserved the win
I've read a few of slight of hand books and met some magicians at conventions that were super good and learned some cool stuff from them. When I watch Shin Lim though I can think of ways to do many of the tricks he does, but he does everything so smoothly that it's all just theory. I can't find any obvious palms or anything like that and all of his movements are so fluid. It's nuts.
This is the only magic performance I've ever seen that was so lyrical and moving that it brought a tear to my eye. Just beautiful. I used to buy tricks to learn how they were done and I've spent a lot of time reading about the craft of magic and card manipulation but with Shin Lim I don't even care how he does them all, even though I can tell some of it, because it's more rewarding to just sit back and let this artistry touch the soul.
@@dfetz3 I don't think there's any such thing as the best of all time with regard to this skill set (I could nominate a number of people for that title and make an argument for each - and see other people vehemently disagree ) but you and I would appear to agree that this performance is about as good as it gets.
This is one of my favorite acts ever. I'm not usually into card tricks, but as person, who loves sleight of hand tricks, it's so well done and without all of that talking and babbling. So beautiful and elegant.
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4:18 if you slow down the video to 0.25x you can clearly see I don't don't know how he did it
Paid actors
@@kaimoohanshotan nah he sells his tricks already. This one he has one trick card that can turn into a box of sorts, so it looks like a deck. On the other hand he has a trick pocket in his sleeve for the real deck.
@@jepukebu97 you're right .
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The cards fold out like an empty box to appear like a deck.
As you can see, if you watch 4:26 at 0.25 speed, you'll see that he actually spawns the cards from the void into his other and and deletes them from his right hand instead of transferring them via wormhole, which was the other acceptable choice. You can see him actively using the spawn and destroy commands. Idk how he got access to cheats, but I want these commands too.
I remember reading an explanation that the cards are trick cards with foldable sides to make it look like a full deck when its only 1. The deck to me feels noticeably smaller after he pulls them out of the box.
@@taryth. yea it looks like there is a little flap on the single card in his right hand that folds out to look like a full deck. Still, the execution is phenomenal and I'm still not sure how the entire effect works. But I'm almost positive the fold out piece is how he does that part of it
I’ve been thinking this since he won AGT Champions
You're absolutely right. 😁
Aka black magick 👌
Honestly Shin Lim, if you do this act on America's Got Talent, people would go nuts. People are already going nuts over this video. I hope you consider it.
IKR!
Cant. Agt is only a 90 second audition. He would need to do a condensed version of it but i dont see that being possible because not only the length of the act but also the speed.
He can split up his tricks between the auditions, judge cuts, semi finals, and whatever place he gets to.
YESSS
He's too good for those garbage shows. He's already proven himself.
I was absolutely honored to see Shin live last week. He did this exact routine and I'm happy to say no TV editing is involved. When you watch Shin, you don't care how he did it. You watch the art.
he is nothing but a satanic sorcerer. You should be "honored" by The Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for you. These magicians are all mockers of God
That's the whole point of magic, just sit back and enjoy it, I never understand these people that come on here and say "well I watched it 18 times and if u slow it down to 0.25 speed at 4:33 you can see him drop the card and blah blah blah and blah blah blah"
no, its deals with demigods.
I saw him in Vegas for his Limitless show. It was so badass! The magic, the timing with the music, and the story. 100% recommended
@@misguidedangel6550 I'm kinda that type of person, I'm a bit into magic and I love understanding how they do it, personally it makes me enjoy it even more. If it's an easy technique with great presentation it's amazing, if it's insane technical moves like here, it's amazing too!
I would say with the years I have a fairly good eye and for the best tricks after a few rewatch can see the moves, but this very one is the only one where there is a part I've no clue how he does it, which makes me consider him as the god of magic.
Forget the act, he is also a master at choosing the right soundtrack and syncing it with every bit of his performance
Spidey Batsy yeah that’s what sets him over the edge just an amazing performer
Han zimmer... inception soundtrack is amazing
Spidey Batsy
These song’s are super fucking overused, hardly “‘masterful”. What a joke.
Right? These are such good soundtracks they make anything look awesome!
@@shivakumargujjari .
When Hans Zimmers Time is playing in the background everything is beautiful.
He could take a shit on the stage and I would still have goosebumps.
Maro18Z Amen!
Maro18Z Bless you sir
Maro18Z You're a wordsmith.
Maro18Z I loved when he would look into the camera, and the fact that he didn't speak like most performances you see today. Definitely made it more beautiful and incredible. Also the way he kept in rhythm with the song, especially at the ending where he vanished the deck.
Maro18Z I shit my pants. Does that count?
This dude pulled a Dr. Strange. Messed up his hands and became a wizard.
Qweasryk
Underrated
lol this is spot on
Maybe he fooled us that he was never from this planet.
hahahahahahahahaha
I love his little touches, like the pen appearing at 2:54. It’s not mystifying, but it’s so much more interesting than actually taking it out of a pocket
The way Lim does magic, his vest has a bunch of holes in it.
@@calvinjohnson6242 The pen at 2:54 was just out of his hand though.
But the vest is how it disappeared in the first place.
It's just beautifully done. Not to talk bad about penn & teller, but the marker disappearing is noticeable but perfectly executed - It involves 3 quick moves and 1 misdirection, but since I use it myself I'm not telling.
@@Jesper-bl2ns I want to learn sleight of hand, I don't care about gimmick magic tricks, is there a place you'd recommend for me to start? Vanishing, producing, controlling cards, coins, pens, stuff like that.
It's pretty obvious that the cards were paid actors.
And the marker of course
When you make a comment that you hope would get thousands of likes
But you only get one xD
@@juliodejesus4020 it's a joke idiot
I can confirm. I was one of the cards
I love that the top comment is a person from 2 years ago telling Shin to go to AGT, and that so many answers said he wouldn't go or would never win if he did. Never listen to the naysayers!
And there's the comment I was looking for. So true!
yeah he did win tho
haha I was the one that made that comment. It's crazy to believe how far Shin has come!
and then he won agt the champions in 2019 too 😂
Ty
I wouldn't give him a hand shake out of fear he would make my hand disappear
LMFAO dude xD
I see this comment almost under every video he had
Lol IF I know how to make something disappear I will just make my pens disappear and when I go to class I will just make my pen appear again
All of y'all are stupid if you look at 2:56 you will see where he's changed the card. Yall slow af
At 3:28 he clearly put the pan between his middle finger and index finger so it look like it disappeared and then he drops it behind the stage
After all these years, it's still a beautiful performance.
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@@rogeliohdz13 BRO DO YOU KNOW SOME HOW WHY SHIN LIM IS UNACTIVE THESE DAYS
I still come back to rewatch it occasionally.
Penn and Teller could not tell how he vanished the fucking marker. :) This is hilarious.
The most beautiful. Teller's rose shadow performance is the only thing that comes close.
The big giveaway is the smoke which shows he is opening portal to other dimensions.
I want him to challenge James Randi Foundation.
lmao bra
Rookie mistake
Having your own "flat" surface to work on also helps... 🧐😉
Ladies and gentlemen, your AGT winner with no sobbing stories, no singing, no golden buzzer.
Just pure talent.
And people say AGT is rigged, but this is proof that it's not.
Damn right - pure talent , pure magic, this proves He is as real as His magic is!!!!
Courtney Hadwin got talent from the birth.
This magician has only learnt his tricks. He is a good performer but not a talent
@@szilard16this is most definitely talent, most people are unable to do this with just as much practice time. To say this isn’t talent is complete absurdity
@@szilard16 You're an idiot from birth I see and have mastered the art of being a totally ignorant prat. It's far more impressive to hone a craft you had no innate knowledge of to this degree than using something you just naturally had from the start.
This guy is one of the best performers I've ever seen. He was so smooth and mythical. Made a 35 year old man feel like a little boy again and love magic. This was truly art.
That's exactly what I had in mind aswell . Am 36 and of all the magic tricks I have seen, he is literally the ONLY ONE that actually makes me believe in magic . He is too good . I am so glad he won AGT. He was beyond AWESOME ! ❤
I'm convinced Shin LIm is an actual wizard who makes people believe he does slide of hand magic acts
I know right...It's like he's tapped into things about this universe we will never understand and being a magician is just his side hustle.
> slide of hand
I’ve never seen it spelled that way, that’s hilarious
@@torrey6537 lol, i was waiting for someone to catch that, 😂🤣, what fun is it to make a funny if no one catches on?
slide your hands around and trick people
Sleight of hand, like the perk in call of duty
This Guy has definitely gotten banned from every casino in the world
Cool dad joke bro
Either that or a legend there
Yeah, I guess he's not allowed to play, but perform.
He was bored in his hotel room in Vegas and this was the only thing he was aloud to do
I would so want to hire him to play in a casino instead of me
Everyone is rightly admiring and complimenting on his magic skills but goddamn he is a grade A presenter as well.
His showmanship is cringe.
That left hand though. The right hand i can see or guess, but that left hand 4:22
@@MoonwalkerWorshiper lol ya but most magicians are pretty cringe
@@DEEDZ_z The level of magic and level of character in presenting the act is very disproportionate. His magic is real, his presentation is a wannabe mysterious cool guy. The way he smirks as he goes along is a lack of focus which tells me the magic is done by an invisible friend of his.
@@MoonwalkerWorshiper I’m not inclined to disagree with that my friend
we asked 2 women to come and experience the magic of shin lim.....and now they are both bearing his children
💀
And they both just happen to be hot af. Or is it just misdirection? 🤔
Would be hilarious since they were turned away from audience to have them turn back towards the audience at the end of the act and they are both 9 months pregnant.
FluffyZergling , LoL
Its magic
Legend has it that after all these years, Penn is still looking for Shin Lim's marker
Hell yeah I would be looking for that marker too
Man was good, no doubt. But after looking at the video frame-by-frame in SVP, the marker went into his red vest. It happens right after he moves his right hand up to his left hand, then quickly pulls it back. In that instance, he dips it into his vest where it is likely lined as a giant pocket (so to speak). Then pulls out a separate marker from his pocket shortly after.
Did he look in his back pocket?
@@NN13K0 It's so good because anyone with basic knowledge would think he palmed the marker with that motion. So it's like misdirection specifically against magicians.
@@karakaaa3371 Exactly :)
All you people acting like you know the trick. A live audience does not get to pause and reload.
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Exactly, magic performance are intended to be performed live
Agreed, it is fine to try and figure out the trick. But to proclaim you were not completely baffled on the first take. Would be a lie, less you are a historian of the magical arts.
Yep, everybody knows, I know, he just use the black art, he is nothing without it, his tricks wouldn't be done without Lucifer's help
You have a point. But telling the audience that the spectators are chosen at random as a lie is a pretty disrespectful.
5:45 proves it. holding a signed card in his mouth. While holding the ziplock bag with a pointer finger and flipping it to his index finger clearly shows that there are more than 2 signed cards in play.
Completely set up.
He deserves great credit for the performance. A great magician. But really? Lying to the audience like that? Pretty big low blow.
I love his way of doing magic not like all the others he is mysterious and the music flows right throught I have always loved to watch magic and he makes me love it more
I love your magic tricks there so 😎
I love his hair❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❣️
Makes you feel like we are in a church of magic
Random Name you are an idiot to believe that there is something called magic
chérif Aly this is called magic. If it isn't called magic, what is it called?
Hands down the most impressive card routine I've ever seen
Chris Folea He's very talented, great job
Chris Folea o ey iz chris... HEI CHRIS
Chris Folea been into magic my whole life, and I couldn't agree with you more. I didn't even like card tricks until I witnessed this routine.
DJ Siavash jjjhh
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Yu Ho Jin
I honestly can't believe this was 7 years ago thanks to COVID screwing up any natural sense of time. I remember the first time seeing this performance and just being stunned at the precision and the beauty of the synch with music and the use of smoke. There is still no one like this and I am still amazed from what seems like a lifetime ago..
WE DIDNT EVEN KNOW HOW YOU VANISHED THE F*UCKING MARKER!
That was the best line.
Cosmic Knight there was no point to adding the asterisk if you already added the U lol. Flucking?
@@fuziking505 lmao fact
he puts it in his vest at 1:56, just a quick sleight of hand
@@ZANIARRR yeahh
ZANIARRR , they were talking about 3:26
I have watched this multiple times. Easily one of the most beautiful magic tricks I have ever seen and some of the best slight of hand bits that is out there.
I know, man, it's pretty damn cool. I really liked the smoke bit because it flowed with all of it.
Quintin Scott Yeah, it syncs with the music
Robert Headley 0:33 any idea of how he does it?
The smoke? Probably an ecig somewhere. How though, that's where the skill comes in.
Robert Headley While the whole deck trick is great, the placement of the card in his vest is very easily seen in his misdirection at the 3:44 mark.
Watch the hand holding the deck, not his obvious misdirection.
Person watching backstage who has to go next be like: 👁👄👁
I would too
Everyone who comes own is really good not this good but still very good
Like in high school when you gotta present after the smart kid
@@owendoesthings231 Idk, I've seen some of the magicians that don't make it to air. Not all magicians are on the same level
the 1000th like? dont mind if i do :3
I’ve watched this routine so many times and not to figure it out but because i just absolutely love this routine and it’s effect. Shin Lim is either a magical wizard or an alien with technology that we dont have. Shin Lim just wanna let you know you are my favorite magician man!!
Slight of hand. But, even if you slow-mo the video you will not catch it. Of all his performances, there's only a few that you can actually catch in slow-mo. Just not this one.
@@genxiong2695 Even when I look at it frame by frame I can only see one or two of the tricks. Another level.
@@genxiong2695 Yes, I can catch the things, and I'm not even a magician or anything.
This guy's got the lot, charisma, showmanship and incredible skill , one of the best magicians out there imo.
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And a great choice in music!
😮❤❤❤ quá là đáng cấp ❤❤❤ tuyệt vời
This dude be banned from all casinos. They'd have pictures of him on the walls saying; "If you see this man, he probably hasn't done anything wrong. But we can't know for sure"
M brooooo I laughed at this for a good 59 minuites and the last minute I spent reading it again to laugh for another hour. Good one
@@rushilraja8497 lol u think shin lim will win casino if he comes across and fight with gamblers like richard turner or lennart green he will lose in 10 seconds
shubh saxena it just a joke get over it
Lmao!
😂😂😂
Shin Lim: does an insane card trick
P & T: we caught your moves
Shin Lim: Disappears a marker
P & T: ok, you fooled us
I dint get how they missed it 😂😂😂
that was so easy he just pulled his marker inside t shirt no big deal
@@viditsaklani9352 no, the second marker vanish
@@martinzhang6936 ya i was actually talking about the first one
@@viditsaklani9352 no shit otherwise I wouldn't be trying to correct you would I
I've watched countless breakdowns of this performance from multiple youtubers...but when shown all together like he does, it is simply amazing and truly "magical" no pun intended, just no other way to describe it.
He literally has the help of interdimensional spirits that we know as demons or djinn, deceiving with lying signs and wonders. Satanix "miracles"
I refuse to look at any "REVEALED" videos of this performance. This is magic at its purest. Mystifying and impossible. Perfect.
The original form is called card tricks. Magic is just a filler to make it seem unreal. It’s not actually magic. Over the years the term magic is just used in dumb sentences like yours. “This is magic at its purest” elaborate because that makes 0 sense.
@@Whocares-ew9op we all know “magic” is a form of entertainment. Not everyone cares how it’s done because that really ruins it. As long as your entertained by “magic” there’s really nothing else that matters
@@Whocares-ew9op r u trying to sound smart cuz its not working
@@Whocares-ew9op You're being pedantic.
@@Whocares-ew9op lol did u type that thinking it was a revelation
“Yeah man playing piano was hurting my fingers, so I became a wizard”
Kinda like Dr Strange
i want to meet you
Ram Sundar yeah u do
This comment deserves more likes
he became a wizzard to heal his hands
Time was literally the best soundtrack ever, especially if you have seen inception, just insane.
I went to the comments specifically to see if anyone picked up on the piece of music. Such a great inception!
I love that he also uses M83 in some acts
Fax I was like, is that the theme from inception and inception is a great movie.
I went back to watch that marker disappearance at 3:25, in slow motion, a least a dozen times, and I'm convinced that's actual, real magic. It just straight-up vanished. Like, one frame it's there, the next it's gone. Dude just deleted that marker. Absolutely mind-blowing. Well done!
I think he places it on the back of his right hand. Notice how he keeps his palm straight moving it back down towards his pockets. At the "vanishing point", the motion seems to point to the marker going over the top of his fingers on his right hand and falling right on the back. Maybe one side of the marker is sticky or something. Whatever it is, that's crazy timing and dexterity.
@@Shalnn I don't think so. The shot after it cuts to a different camera, but it's continuous, and you can see him move his hands out of that position and show the other sides.
I think he has to put it in his shirt; you can see him move his hand closer to his shirt when he vanishes it, but the fact you don't see any movement of his vest is bizarre.
Still not sure, but yeah, it's a well deserved win for him.
@@jacob_90s I think 3:29 is the moment he gets rid of it, before the camera change you mention. Exactly how he does it I have no idea
@@Shalnn I forgot there were two. I was talking about 1:50
There is like no other way than back palming the marker. But the idea of that is just insane. Like back palming a card is already hard enough and only possible through bending it and being paper thin. A marker is NOT paper thin so yeah...... idk
The ministry of magic won't be happy he's doing this shit in front of muggles. 🤔
Yes.....he can probably end up in askaban if he does more magic
gna, the ministry is british, i dont thing they have juristiction in Las vegas. Or indeed if they have Televisions.
Teller was speechless.
James Marcino
Ha !
hahahhha
how do you know? he never said that he was
James Marcino Teller always speechless.
I have seen this maybe 6-7 times now... absolutely stunning every time.
Taking20 ikr!
yeah this is atleast a 5th level spell or two XD
6-7 only?
I've seen it at least 15 times now, and I am able to catch a few things here and there. I have an idea as to how some of the stuff is done based on some of the stuff that I have caught, which may be what Penn references to when he talks to Shin Lim about his performance, but the performance still blows me away even now. And even with the stuff that I have seen, as Penn himself said, I still have no idea how in the world Shin Lim vanished the marker, especially the second time he did it. He is truly one of the best magicians in the world right now, and I hope he does well on AGT this year!
Cee Infiniti:
Warning potential spoil ;)
First time: in the west.
Second time: drops it by the leg or attaches it on the leg I think.
After watching countless magician's acts on Fool Us, this one by Shin Lim is by far the one that captures that sense of mystery and awe of something truly unexplainable. While knowing that it is all merely slight of hand, there is a sense that perhaps some real magic was witnessed, even if for just a moment. Shin Lim is the true magician's magician.
100% agreed... this is by far my favorite routine ever. I come back at least once a year... just to watch in wonder.
What's so strong about this is instead of using one trick to perform many variations, he used many tricks to perform one act. That's amazing! We really couldn't keep up because there were so many being thrown at us.
Qs
Honestly, the most beautiful sleight of hand and magic I’ve ever seen. Great job. That was amazing
Try watch eric chien.. U will be amaze
No slight of hand... he is a master of Chinese black magic! :)
I don't know what's the big deal about it. He probably learnt it all in his 2nd-3rd years at Hogwarts.
One of the best comments I have ever read. Thank you!
Lmao
@@ch1nmqy132 who said it was funny ?
@@ch1nmqy132 nobody likes you irl
@@ch1nmqy132 Chill...
He truly is a FANTASTIC magician. And quite handsome at the same time. GREAT JOB Shin representing Boston...!!!
I do not believe I have seen card work done this beautifully...ever. I worked for two different illusionists as an assistant in my younger years, and still don’t know how they did some of their tricks. This man has a unique style, and a stage presence that commands attention without being brash. His introduction of smoke in such lovely subtle ways added more mystery to an already staggering routine. He deserves all the success the future will bring. Flawless ness does not come by whim...but by great dedication and work. He has clearly been paying his dues. Respect.🖤🇨🇦
i wonder if this guy could make my student loans disappear
never heard that one
No magician is that good
You make the loans disappear....
You mean if this guy can make the DEBT disappear?
@@haroldfrets1268 He would have to cut a check & donate the proceeds to gubmint
Bernie can
It actually wouldn't matter if you knew exactly how he did every part. It's the skill in doing it really well that matters, and that takes endless practice.
Ian I agree with you partly, but this isn’t exactly true. Most of these sleights are pretty easy, but it’s the beautiful routining and choreography, and the genius psychology in each trick.
i agree with you but in this show it does matter because the goal is to fool penn and teller
No it takes 7 years they tell you 🤣
@@ikon1403 I think thats what makes his performance stand out amount the rest cause he does everything right infront of you and he executes them pretty much flawlessly even if they aren’t the hardest ticks everything flows together even the music.
Bruh the point of the show is to fool them tho
Honestly I have been watching magic on tv in person since I was kid and these magicians are getting better and better. Shim Lim one of the greatest magicians.
This is the ONLY time in my life where I have SERIOUSLY considered magic being real... This guy is insane.
watch david blaine
david blaine is fake... the stuff he did in the past are well known tricks.. the stuff he does now is a mixture of magic and stunts e.g. sword swallowing etc.
You can see how he does some stuff like the end trick if you look closely you can see he changes the deck
Ivanna Elias still we should admit that he's pretty impressive right?
Ivanna Elias HOW DID HE VANISH THE PEN
Unlike other acts I saw on this show, this one doesn't have to be 'figured out'. This was 'magic' in its simplest form, and watching him perform was a great treat! The no-speaking part just added to the beauty of the act, very well done sir, can watch this for hours!
none of them have to be figured out but some people like to. Honestly, personally I love figuring out tricks....I appreciate them MOST once they are figured out. But I agree some people really shouldn't figure it out because it really ruins it for them and they loose touch with how it's artistry
You still have to figure out.. Like how he manages to produce those signatured card clones . This act is not pure sleight of hand i think
que chebre
The amazing soundtrack helps a lot too
I don't know if it was the smoke, or the lighting, or the Hans Zimmer music, but my god that was beautiful.
Is it Hans Zimmer? That explains why it sounds so dam good
Marcus Perez yep Time:Inception, a masterpiece
I'll be honest, this trick was so beautiful it literally brought tears to my eyes
I honestly do get emotional watching it too
If you watch the video at 0.25x speed, you’ll realize that the video takes much longer to finish.
Noooooo way, you don't say?!
lol
fact or cap
And if you play it at half that speed, it's twice as long! lol.
Yeah, no shit. I tried the same thing, his slight of hand is just too good! Especially on the cards in the ziplock bag. I know how he did it, but even at quarter speed you can't see him doing it!
No shit SHERLOCK
My guy has a Juul in his throat
Luke Ostrowsky probably has like a closet full of juuls
Fax
This effect called smoke. Its on penguinmagic for $50. The one on he does on the table is s.s.s. which he created.
@Obsidian Colossus lol
Obsidian Colossus 1:53 he blows out he doesn't have smoke in his lungs
He is cheating you're not supposed to do real magic
he is probably banned by Hogwarts now.
Yeah it's confirmed. Dumbledore expelled him for misuse of magic among muggles.
go to 4:10 and then slow down to 0.25 and watch his hand you can clearly see him change the cards
@@gfxnick1563 he use cheap slieght of hand to pretend its not a real magic
@@rogeliogeraldez4494 you can clearly see the cards move
If I replay each trick several times, I can figure out how a few of them are done. But I'm still completely confused by many others. This is an incredible performance.
And he's easy on the eyes, too!
Yes no you can’t
@@BenjaJohnsonIII he slides the sharpie into his shirt opening, pause it and skip frame by frame with the ".>" and ",
@@jaredthrockmorton2025 nobody is talking about the sharpie disappearing one lol
Everyone knows that one you cornball
Stop stating the obvious
@@BenjaJohnsonIIIbruh there’s literally several tricks you can lol especially the second time the card is in his mouth
maybe that is part of the act.
The card tricks are cool and all but why he gotta look into my soul like he knows each and every of my secrets
Cuz he do
@@arealhuman826 hey human
@@arealhuman826 hello real human
he soul reads you!
He's Shang Tsung's child
This is 100% thee most graceful, beautiful card magic I have ever seen. The music, the no speaking, the smoke, it just all comes together beautifully. Love it
Lol. He just won AGT Champions. Well done!
yeah😅
He won again?
@@acegamer7549 pretty much
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It’s such an incredible performance. If you watch it enough times, sure, you can see some of what goes where, when he puts stuff in his mouth etc but it’s more in the way you do it. The music was a beautiful choice. No reason why more magic shouldn’t be more like this.
I just love this performance! I keep watching it over and over, this is amazing!!!
Woah Matt!! Haha cool to see you here!
make a reaction video of this matt!!!:)
Omg, It's Matt! Hey dude I've been watching your claw machine video for over 4 years now. Keep up the good work.
look at 3:43 the trick is foiled
Yooo Matt!
God, the sheer grace this man has! It's almost like he's dancing, with every movement having significant meaning. This is art!
yeah. to top it off, he seems to have such a genuine and likeable personality, too. this guy is something else.
@@adamnugent2137 all part of being a class act. I just stumbled on him today and this performance solidifies him as fantastic imo. now I need to binge his stuff haha
*It's been 3 years, and no one has ever seen that Sharpie ...ever again.*
Ticia Grant cause it's in his asshole
it's on his left chest pocket, though there were so many shit he did that i have no idea
name a time frame, il explain how he did it
the first pen vanish is obvious, he just slips it into his jacket, the second one he just holds the pen lid between his fingers whilst his fingers are bent forward then flicks his fingers back so the pen is behind his hand and then drops it behind his leg. looks cool but quite easy to figure out
If it was so easy as you say then I am sure Penn and Teller would have caught onto what he was doing, but as they said they had no clue as to how they vanished the marker.
The deck transfer trick at 3:38 - 4:40 is explainable. First he starts with a full deck and draws the autographed 7 out with his right hand (left on your screen) & twirls it to create a distraction, then with his left hand (right on your screen) he cuts the deck by hiding most of the deck in his red jacket (you can see him pushing the deck in with his fingers) as he does this he makes the deck appear like it was a full deck the whole time by using a trick card that is hollow on the inside & can compress and decompress to create the illusion the deck is full or not full. So at this point you think you see a full deck when really its about 1-3 real cards and one trick card that makes the deck appear full in its decompressed stage.
Moving on, Then he puts his hand over the deck and compresses the trick card creating the illusion that the cards vanished when in reality there weren't any cards present (just air). Then with his right hand (left on your screen) he grabs a new deck & tucks the autographed 7 under the deck for some slight of hand he will do later whilst keeping the trick card in the opposite hand. Then he blows the trick card that's in his left hand (right on your screen) shakes it and releases pointer finger so the card can decompress & appear like a full deck, while also with his opposite hand he simultaneously tucks the deck he picked up earlier in his palm with slight of hand while revealing only the autographed 7 & making the deck appear to be flat. Creating the illusion he transferred decks in mid air without physics. He then puts the trick card back in the pile & once again decompresses it. Trick Done.
The takeaway is this guy is legendary and has god like slight of hand. Even when you understand how he did the trick, it may take a lifetime to replicate it. If this were done in person I would of surly missed it, Meaning the Magic was achieved.
Great explanation!
Yeah his tricks (at least the ones here) are simple in principle but expertly executed. You can pick up on how all of them are done after watching it twice, but his showmanship makes me not want go with the it. Great stuff
don't spoil the magic for other people!
then get up there and do it
If this guy invites you to a game of poker. Run. Run for your life.
😂
0x777 any casino card game for that matter lmao
Compared to Macau, Vegas is a charity give away. So, yeah.
He will have a royal flush everytime
I think its retarded when someone does 100 magic tricks rather than ONE FUCKING MAGIC TRICK...then if the boys don't know all 100 then they are fooled :P
Imagine having to be the act that follows this guy. 😅
I'd bundle in with a crappy "pick a card, any card" trick.
The trick is to just disappear.
@@LicoShuffle criss angel did this a few times
Damn id be nervous af ,😂😂😂
Ha ha!
There will always be an asian that will take to the next level
kenneth melquiades the guy that said that was my favourite performance
Tyler Davis me too lol
kenneth melquiades ur so original
+Ghxst
He simply quoted another Contestant in case you haven't noticed.
brodbrod they all know that
1:56 Wow that was so smooth. I had to rewind a few times to even notice how quickly he stuffs the pen in his pocket.
*"The real magician here is Hanz Zimmer"*
Time.
Wouldn't have been the same without indeed , but the magician his timing was very nice ! He listened to every note !
From all the languages in the world he chooses to speak facts.
Was looking for this comment i think my heart skipped a beat when it started, i recognized time instantly
he's no magician, he's a god, a creator.
I had no fucking idea what was going on, i rate 10/10
wolfafe It is slight of hand nothing is going on but the speed in which he does the trick. It is such a great trick but at 4:28 you can see he has 2 decks of cards out, one on each hand.
ells5656 Still 10/10 for his performance.
ells5656 but the only thing that I haven't understand it in 05:18 ...how the card appears suddenly! !!
Your comment gave me a good laugh.
ells5656 I am aware that it's about the speed of your hands, but still it was really impressive that i ended up watchin' like a zombie and just repeating "so cool"
As someone analytically minded, who likes to pick apart and figure things out... It was so much art through performance magic, and the music is used so well that it left me simply wanting to have enjoyed it with absolutely no desire to figure it out. That was truly moving in the least expected way. Amazing!
It's not even,, "Respect the trick" It's more like "Respect the artists creation" Even the greatest painters used familiar mediums: shapes, colors, techniques... to create a masterpiece. This guy is a Matise, Red Period. AmiRight?
Chris Lesmerises the music my friend you're referring to, was Hans Zimmer's masterpiece, "Time", do give it a listen
Thank you! I will, most surely!
Emory Blake to this I say, we may see beauty in another's creation, but take care in your endeavors not to relish in anothers path of glory longer than is necessary to encourage them, while realizing the next step in your own path.
Got to see Shin Lim live two nights ago and can’t tell you how absolutely incredible his slight of hand and performance
I never get tired of watching him perform. He is the best. He has a great presentation and personality.
Wait a second, seven years? that is the same time that you spend at Hogwarts 😮
You're right.
Utter filth, we need get his letter.
actually not really Harry and Ron did not Finnish hogwarts hermione did
so maybe hermione still went a couple of years I think
mine has been lost in the mail and should show up any time now, deus ex machina style and explain everything. will update :)
I always thought that all 3 of them were in england, didn't know there was a second hogwarts in finland.
The bit about the marker is always my favorite part. I know it’s an old video but as a fellow musician whose playing has suffered from wrist injuries as well, your routines always remind me of what I loved about studying and performing music.
Let's be honest, this is Earth's Best Magic act!
It certainly has one of the world's best soundtracks made by perhaps the world's best composer.
Yup. Best magic ever in history. Shin Lim is the best magician in the world
nuh uh
@@sticky. oqfcvvrh
There are better ones, but this one good too.
The great magicians never seem to button their coats up correctly. He's one of the best.
The coat is a big part of his act, he needs it not buttoned up so he can use it to hide stuff.
something tells me you can find a marker somewhere in there
he is the best
leokimvideo you
Love your vids
I'm not so sure he did fool them, but the performance was just so amazingly beautiful, they had to reward him somehow. And rightfully so. I've seen this multiple times, and between the magic, the music, and the lighting, it is perhaps the most ethereal (and difficult) card magic performance you'll ever see.
i agree he truly is outstanding
Thomas Sikes No they probably did, just because if no one on the I internet (who can watch this as many times as they want at different speeds) can figure this out. Some of the world's best or not, they were fooled.
Now those guys are in an extremely difficult position. Because there are certain standards that most individual tricks are varriations of. An experienced pro will know all the standards and also the usual ways of making them into new tricks.
So the pro will know a trick even if they don't see it. But as magicans they know also that this is wrong, that you can't know without seeing for with magic you cannot even know with seeing.
This act consisted of many standards I guess from the reaction at 9:15. BUT!
So yeah he did not fool them in any detail, but the overall effect was something they felt they could not easily explain or reproduce.
I am sure as hell the marker was a standard well known and easily recognized by pros, so it was probably respect for the show, not for the single tricks.
Still does not mean he did not fool them at all.
Fact: Its impossible to fool Penn & Teller twice and win Americas Got Talent Twice.
Shin: Hold my beer. . . .
Mich njhbjj
😂
hold my deck of cards
this man has done it all
Hold my king 👑 of hearts ♥️
I rewatch these every now and then because Shin is genuinely the best I've seen ❤❤❤
An amazing display magic, an alluring stage presence. Funny thing is, the marker sleight of hand tricks seemed to me the most obvious (and they were still killer). All of the other movements were so discreet that even slowing down the video I can't make sense of them. He's a brilliant combination of skill and showmanship.
the first time he vanished the marker, it was very obvious what he did, especially when you see where he takes it out from after; but I can't figure out how he vanished it the second time
+Raymond Chin I think I have figured out he vanishes the second marker. if I am right then the trick won't work if he faced the camera: First he attaches the marker to the back of his right hand (with his fingers bent inwards), when he moves his hands apart he opens his hand so that the marker is hidden by his fingers, finally he moves his right hand below the table to remove the marker.
+Raymond Chin also after he vanishes the marker he keeps his index finger on his right hand bent inwards which I think is so he could remove whatever held the marker in place.
its not that hard :D once u have a trained eye and know the fundementals :) but i know a good magic trick when I see one, and alot of preparation and practice was put into this. one of my favourite card magic tricks for sure.
but the smoke......????????
He was right, that was honestly one of the best artistic performances ive ever seen.
Man you are not allowed to use magic outside Hogwarts😮
Sorry but Hogwarts does not exist this is real life.
OOOOO HE GON GET BANNED
He won dude
50 points from gryffindor
@@Evtrex13 r/whooosh
Just want to take a moment and express how the music (in film or any theater piece) is overlooked so much that adds to the performance. That music the whole time is just a complete build up to his final act. You can even hear it in the audience halfway through...they applaud shortly when expected, but they are there sitting on the edge of the their seats. Every single note, and every single movement of Mr. Lim is building up to the finale. His performance plus the music score is the package that makes this entire performance work.
I have watched this at least 10 times over the years. No matter how many times I watch it, I am always left speechless. It has been great watching Shin evolve over the years to where he is now.
Same.
My dad use to do magic tricks like this all the time except instead of using cards he would drink heavily and beat my mom in front of us
Finn Halladay wtf?
Finn Halladay LMAOO
nice trick
Same
Finn Halladay this is such an offensive copypasta for people like me.. that actually had a bad childhood yk.. grow up and stop copying dumb peoples jokes and stop beeing dumb
This performer is so amazing and beautiful that I don't even want to know how it was done. It was just so incredible with the timing and the music and the silence of the performer. Great act!!
true dat
It was perfect!!
“Yeah, but where’d the smoke come from?”
GOB
I’ve watched in amazement hours upon hours of magic. I’ve attempted to exhaust the magic available on RUclips.
I have never seen anything come close to this guy!!
Bravo sir! Bravo!
Then you haven't watched enought... Go look Juan Tamariz.
Every second, every beat, every move of your hand, every special effect is so smooth, so incredible
N8
Who else is watching this after 4 years and thinking how awesome this was
Me
Toats me HAHHAHA
4 years ago it was truly AWESOME;now it's just nice..
Just saw this. I could see most of his tricks, just watch his hands carefully and always. If he's right hand is hyper active, the trick is on the left.
I remember watching him win AGT season 13 and also the AGT the champions as well
Honestly, I feel like this collection of tricks, “the dream act”, is a performance that P&T were perfectly fine with being fooled by. The creativity, the execution, the presentation, were all amazing. Ever since I saw this, it lives in my head constantly. I don’t any other performances have done this. There’s never a trick that I’ve been like, “I will pay every cent I have to learn this”. I’ve used some aspects from this, such as breathing smoke, in my case vape, in my own tricks. I’ll get a spectator to pick a card, then tell them to write it on my vape, then hit it and when I exhale have the card come out as well. When I want to show someone what beautiful card magic, or hell even beautiful magic in general is, I show them this video. Not only was this an amazing trick, but also done so smoothly, and perfectly that it is the definition of beauty in magic. Not to mention the atmosphere he preforms in. Everything about this act was beautiful.
Well said!!
wait is it actually called the dream act? That would explain the Inception theme playing lol
The atmosphere is huge, he’s wearing red and black, and the red and black trippy movements behind him only add to his performance. I’ve seen better illusions but I don’t think I’ve seen a better performance.
@@thatdsiguy8919 yes. Shin lim sell it on his website i think.
I seen this years ago and was as astonished as everybody else. And the Hans Zimmer - Inception music works and fits in amazingly well with the magic he's doing. Completely Flawless.
the music just takes this act to a whole other level, amazing
@nusic Han Zimmer - time
legends say, penn and teller still thinking about how he vanishes the marker
@JUB G he ment the second time he made it disapear
Idk how they didn’t figure that out it was super easy
@JUB G lmao no....just no
Vayne main maybe they dont have a pause and advance frame by frame .... all you idiots think its so easy to see but on the momment with all thats going on , i dare you little smart asses to catch something live. Magic was never meant to be on video
i saw what he did with the pen on both occasions.. I think they did as well but because the whole act was so beautifully put together they felt he deserved the win
The Inception music always makes me emotional
I thought it was from Interstellar?
Le Schtroumpf nope it's Inception
Emma Sivan ah my bad then
Emma Sivan what is the soundtrack from 2:30
Because you have a vagina. You can't even control the most basic of human emotions.
I've read a few of slight of hand books and met some magicians at conventions that were super good and learned some cool stuff from them. When I watch Shin Lim though I can think of ways to do many of the tricks he does, but he does everything so smoothly that it's all just theory. I can't find any obvious palms or anything like that and all of his movements are so fluid. It's nuts.
My Fool Us marathon just ended with a bang. Damn fine work Mr. Lim.
dennis h
i dont care what you say this shit is 100% real magic
Skel etor yeah, and god exist right...
Then its now shit is it???
Skel etor Well obviously it is not "real magic" there is no such thing. It is sleight of hand among other things.
afrojavix Denying the existence of God further opens up the idea that magic is real than it does in helping to deny it
Skel etor Hey i recognize you! What do neutrino and i have in common?
This is the only magic performance I've ever seen that was so lyrical and moving that it brought a tear to my eye. Just beautiful. I used to buy tricks to learn how they were done and I've spent a lot of time reading about the craft of magic and card manipulation but with Shin Lim I don't even care how he does them all, even though I can tell some of it, because it's more rewarding to just sit back and let this artistry touch the soul.
He’s not the best sleight of hand of all time, but this performance as a whole might be the best.
@@dfetz3 I don't think there's any such thing as the best of all time with regard to this skill set (I could nominate a number of people for that title and make an argument for each - and see other people vehemently disagree ) but you and I would appear to agree that this performance is about as good as it gets.
This is one of my favorite acts ever. I'm not usually into card tricks, but as person, who loves sleight of hand tricks, it's so well done and without all of that talking and babbling. So beautiful and elegant.