Chinese magician performs world’s best magic trick
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ย. 2018
- Subscribe to our TH-cam channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube
Eric Chien, based in Beijing and raised in the US, has won an International Federation of Magic Societies' world championship title. The 26-year-old performed his magic trick “Ribbon”, mesmerising the audience and judges with the illusion. The contest runs every three years and is considered the “Olympics for magicians”. The 2018 edition was held in Busan, South Korea in July. Competing in the close-up award category, Chen is the first Asian magician to win a top prize in the contest.
If you watch the video at 0.25x speed, you’ll realize that the video takes much longer to finish.
Aaron Kwok and you reveal the secret too
Smt Smt idiot
Wow.... You're genius !
FACTS!
Gave you the 100th like
He’s pretending so hard to be a magician while being an actual wizard
Yeah, a video editing wizard
@@DrMurdercock no no...no video editing is there...this is performed live...for real
@@DrMurdercock it was live
@@caqtin Yeah, I looked into after you commented, I know how the things instantly appear now, took me a minute. Just assumed it was another fake Chinese magician which is my fault for thinking that way
@@DrMurdercock its ok bro
This is what every dealer in the casino feels like to me.
This is gold
😂😂 so true 😂😂
@@QwertyUiop-pl5ex really it isn't allowed? 😱
@@QwertyUiop-pl5ex hey, are you have permission from ur parent to watch youtube?
@@RajaRimbaHere Please try again next time when you can actually make a coherent sentence you incompetent loser.
The dividing line is the smartest setup I've seen in a long time.
He's giving himself a legit reason to move his hands out of sight without being suspicious to the viewers.
Brilliant routine.
Went back to look and you're right on it.
Black art principle with great mind
That table ain't flat. Why doesn't he to this in a well lit room? No pitch black stuff behind him. Cheap guy. I am not impressed.....next
@@victorponce7238 I was thinking the same thing, not abt the well lit room but abt the table, it does look like it’s hiding stuff underneath that he can grab from the middle of the tsble
@@antonioarellano4130 yupper 😁🧐 he ain't slick. He's only fooling himself.
Lol
Easy.. You can clearly see him opening and closing the fourth dimension several times during the vidio.
Yeah but this won because it brought back the classic feeling and the acting and show of it.
Ha! I knew there had to be some cheap gimmick behind it!
vidio
Easy 😊😊😊
Thinking the same thing! Think Shin Lin is also living in a 4 dimensional space
I like how the one guy in the crowd just keeps yelling "woah" progressively louder
magician: performs trick
that one guy in the audience: oooOOOOOOHHH
Yeah it adds to this one greatly^^
them:ooo
later on: Ooooo
and then: OOOOOOO
Mee
Meeee
MeEeeEee
he's part of the act
There is a difference between a magician and a wizard.
This is just straight up sorcery.
Yeah, sorcerers actually interact with the spiritual world, while magicians perform cheap tricks, look at levitations for example
When you have to act like an idiot so humans don't find out you're actually a wizard😱
I can do the bit where you pick up a card and stare at it like you're confused, but the rest is beyond me.
Awesome comment!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
Pah! I can do that without a prop.
It's official, we need to petition TH-cam for a 0.001 speed option
I know this is a joke but you can actually go frame by frame using the . and , keys
@@navy_y1594 nICE, i HAD nO idEA! tHUMbS up Up UP |_| |> !!!
the camera only records 24 frames per second. whatever happens between frames is not in the video.
@@navy_y1594 and it's STILL not slow enough! one frame it's a coin, next frame it's a card.
What Ever, You didn’t even know about the trick that Navy brought up so there’s no need for you to talk smart..
Sometimes I just think, some humans have real magic powers, they just hide it under the fact that no one would ever believe them
All the best magicians make you feel this way.
no he just demon magician. thats all.
Thats trueee
Watch it in slo mo
He is just using all those close up method .. with black art principle .. with 1000 lvl slights of hands and brain
all those tricks are sooooo fuxking slick, he makes them feel so effortless and natural
The best part is he acts like he’s confused which just makes this so much more entertaining, and then he does the tricks so flawlessly.
Why do i see you everywhere bruh😭😂😂
@@zhariskandar2790 Same 😂😂
That's all part of the illusion
All while telling an amazingly tragic story without saying a word
@@zhariskandar2790 cuz you are also everywhere
I might have been more impressed if I wasn't color blind
Who cares
@@poLaczekCebularz , I wasn't looking for sympathy
@@user-gh8wt2zi2n you wouldnt get any from me
No you wouldn't of lol
@@poLaczekCebularz , I'm truly glad for that. I don't require it.
You literally have no sense of humor
At first I though... nah, this is not the greatest magic trick ever performed by far, but then he ended up doing some things that were truly amazing and mysterious... so this I'd definitely amongst the greatest magic tricks ever performed and certainly the greatest trick of it's kind I have ever seen! Truly magnificent!
Its not since I would bet every trick he does is copied from someone else.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants very likely, but still well put together
@@jamal69jackson77 true
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Nope, his performance is actually creative and original
This magic show feels like a bad dream. Those types of dreams in which you get a ton of things you've always wanted and then they keep disappearing right before you, or then you just wake up and realize it was just a dream.
I only got such dreams when I was a kid. You reminded me of my childhood nightmares
please don't remind me. I remember every single nightmare I have for years.
Haha they are awesome until I become aware that I can't take any of it out with me haha. I sometimes convince myself in the dream that I can bring it out. I haven't succeeded yet lol
This is cheating,
You’re not supposed to use actual magic
lol
Or VFX
you fool
what a dambass
he is not, the table is also part of the trick.
did not notice till the very end.
also he uses very good slight of hand that it almost looks natural,
even his suprized look is part of the act
Someone tell him that *wizards* are not allowed in this *Muggle* competition.....
Lol
You arent allowed to use magic in the real world, every wizard knows that.
@@russellfitzgerald2957 He has broken the Wizarding law!
yep
Words fail me - this guy is absolutely incredible! Beautifully staged and acted!
"staged and acted"? You mean it's not magic? I'm so crushed.
Or is it staged and acted. 🤨
A LOT of skill and practice went into this routine. Marvelous !!!
I do this routine at my nieces birthday every year. The only difference is that instead of making cards change colors or vanish, I make a gallon of Jack Daniels vanish, and no one is entertained, no one claps, and I always end up passed out on the floor covered in my own body fluids.
Ben Gunn ur funny
🤣🤣🤣 very funny.
I’m laughing INCREDIBLY hard
OK, Ben, but it's still a good trick! The real trick, though, is making the next day's hangover disappear! LOL
Ben Gunn good one haha 😂
My father performed the best magic trick in the world when he magically disappeared from my life when I was 6.
Don’t worry he was just preparing for the milk trick
Bro that's some dark humor right there, darker than shadow
May his soul Rest In Peace.
just win the lottery, he will come back
@@propellerechburn9299 wow, that's even darker, everyone's saying some depressing stuff lol
He acts as if the magic is happening to him, not like he is making it happen. Makes his act very intriguing.
The first time he moved those white string frames to the table will forever melt my mind
I imagine his "I'm confused" act isn't actually an act and all of this is pure luck and not even he knows how he's doing it
He accidentally opened the fourth dimension
me too
“you need to stop showing off too much of our power, the human is already suspicious of us, you exposed us to grave danger”
Hahaha true... We Asians must hide our power
@@kumailabid4851
You said it in such a sarcastic way that I now believe you Asians actually have powers, now you're on my sights 🧐
@@ricardosv9702 oops cats out of the bag. 😂
@@kumailabid4851 Asians always hide their power. I've known that since I was a kid.... in Italy
@@luiginoto3352 bello vedere italiani qui
This guy is insane literally wrist exposed no signs of palming crazy
@@NoSaiCeeNxT It is amazing because it is difficult to perform. It's not the world's best historically, obviously, but this routine at least won a world championship. Also, I am curious to see if you can understand the trick behind the clothes changing colors. Is it lighting, a thin black film?
@@PianoHypnoshroom It appears he's pulling off layers, black over blue/red over black. Left hand moves down coinciding with change
@@patrickcamp5885 but how does it change back to black at the end?
@@hinchauhan you can actually see at the collar right when the first color change happens that he has another black vest on underneath.
I love how so many comment about "he did this" or "he did that" where their mind is refusing to believe this is real magic. These are the people that were total fooled.
Why can't you just appreciate the immense skills he has developed?
Of course, his ability to manipulate other dimensions helps s bit.
Because they think they will look “cool” for “debunking” them. In reality, they look more like cool but replace the c with f
You can't possibly believe magic is real...you do realize these people are expert illusionists? They play off the person's perspective. Still fun to watch
@@WarpedBlinds I guess you are oblivious to sarcasm. As I stated "Why can't you just appreciate the immense skills he has developed?"
@@WarpedBlinds you're not the sharpest tool in the shed lol
@@EvilDogFilmsOfficial You'd be surprised by the amount of people that believe in magic 🤪
“World’s Best Magic Trick” had me veeery suspicious, but that was actually amazing
Who do you think does a better Job?
He did win the fism championship with this act though, so it's legit to say the best trick, at least at that very moment
2020, the year when a non-clickbait video is a pleasant surprise.
@@kevinlee6958 It should never be considered the best trick even at the time.Much of if not all of the tricks he does here were all old and not invented by him.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants they’re still incredibly cool
He has acquired all six infinity stones...
LOL
Best coment
Reality can be whatever i want...
😂😂😂😂
*He is not just chinese, but the winner of Asians got Talent too! His name is Eric Chien btw*
His hand movements are excellent...the changing cloths if you watch frame by frame is some kind of tear away that he pulls down very rapidly...also he has a special table that hides or reveals cards...if the black color of the table color was lighter, you would be able to see the trick. Absolutly fabulous show though and the gent has excellent talent.
i like how he acts like he is confused too
he IS confused mate!
He acts confused because he literally doesnt know how dafuq he is doing it 😂 but he cant show that he is really confused. Its the championship mate
Acts??
Damn he made me more confused
Inscrutable ? You betcha !
You know the magic is great when no one in the comments is trying to be Penn & Teller lol
Lol I'm looking in the comments trying to find these people but they aren't here.
@@drewwhitehead8588 Go down a little further, I found the wannabe Penn and Teller
Looking also
this comment should be higher
Tbh its just cuz the avg magician wont have a clue. And the most experienced magicians still just catch a few stuff... its clear he created a lot of stuff by his own for this routine. Amazing.
the magic was amazing and what i loved was that people out there were really supportive . Ofcourse it is for their entertainment but sometimes magicians are laughed of because of fooling people out there but here i really respect the magician as well as the his audience
His Showmanship and sense of wonder makes it really amazing
This is one of the most beautiful acts I’ve seen in a long time. Don’t try and slow it down and don’t try to figure it out. Just watch it and be amazed. Be a kid again for 5 minutes. Simply beautiful.
Yup.
I tried to slow it down, still can’t figure out how half his magic work.
Yes, that’s how magic should be watched
When the performer appears amazed by their own illusions, it seems to add a new dimension to the total performance that simply brings me farther into the story being told.
Yes, and the whole thing really told a story. It was a wonderful performance in addition to the technical brilliance.
Absolutely amazing. Solid technics, top performance. So talented man.
Some Trick reveals:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
on the points where the 2 white quaters are is the ground "covered" like a video overlay on those points where they appear and disappear... you can see it when you pay attention.
His West is 3 layered (you see the red color underneath) it could be him by hisself or someone under the table ripping layer by layer down. in slowmo you can see it.
The Trick At 4:31 is also Video editing. The white band is a clever way to use as the point to hide the editing but when you pause in the right moment you see the grey ground changing in form of a card and in the middle of the quater where the card should have landed you see a coin photoshopped inside! - then when he takes up the "illusion coin" he changes it with a "real" coin in his hand.
to trick your brain with all of this, many are real slide of hands tricks.
But with the use of shadows and the withe band also much Video editing.
What really impressed me was the way he got the entire audience to say the exact same word simultaneously.
I'm guessing some sort of mind control.
I love this guy's expressions. He seems so pleased with himself.
You would be too if you could warp reality like this!
At first I was like: ah I see what you did there.
Now he's starting to creep me out
Same lol
I couldn't decode most of the tricks except for first shirt change trick 1:50 . You can easily see the first shirt or 'first layer of cloth' being pulled back as he leans forward.
The card trick in beginning were also easy. On top you see red deck of cards and below we can't see blue deck of cards. Now it's just slide of hand. It looks like he is drawing card from top but he is drawing cards from below. A classic routine.
However, the tricks performed after that are unexplainable. I was more than amazed after 2:30 . I couldn't decode them. I think he tricked us thinking that he's ordinary magician but in reality his routine is amazing.
Roses are red
Sky is blue
There's always an Asian better than you
F
not a surprise considering how many there are (continuing to rationalize that I'm a failure)
Roses are red
My dogs eye's are brown
I'm always better myself
Roses are red
Violets are COINS
Shin Lim is also Asian.
I know how he does this.
*Sleight of universe.*
Its the reality stone in action
🤣🤣
Rufu5 😭😭😭😭😭💯👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👍 smfh ur a fool
DEADDD!!! HAHAHAHA
I don’t get how he changes his clothes
Would be nice if the Slow Mo Guys could bring their 1000000000fps camera to finally find out this magician's secret
fps doesn't matter because it's dark magic imo!
@@davidmyhill6341 looks like yellow magic to me
Blue and red magic, my friends.
Purple maybe?
@@pianoman0459 take a joke
the magnetic table was the worst part of the whole routine but his slight of hand is one of the best I've seen... he deserves the recognition
no big deal, my gf disappear with my money much faster ...just need learn the changing clothes part
I'm sorry your grandfather stole from you.
mos ab 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
chengs group25 is easy; he just takes off the black cloth off his vest when he leans forward 1:50 look at his left hand
My GF can do an amazing job of turning my money into shoes and handbags its amazing, shame she has not learned the turning it back into money part
Now this guy probably has a contract signed in blood
This is the only thing I've been thinking about
Well if he did he'd probably be doing magic tricks that aren't just same old cards it's the black mat that is the trick anytime I see this where they instantly appear it's always with a black felt looking mat under neath
@@jonpendragon2066 my thoughts are its made of litmus paper, one side would turn the paper into red and one into blue just a thought though
His sleight of hand is so subtle. Amazing
Someone who can actually spell the word right!
Absolutely amazing, he does this so flawless. You should do magic tutorials. I'd buy your dvds or downloads for sure
Imagine having to preform after this guy
💀
The ministry of magic would like a word with you...
Chopper!
@@aafrid717 helikopter
You will be sent to Azkaban for the usage of magic in front of millions of muggels!
I dont understand why they didnt disqualify him.
People are supposed to not use real magic in these events 😊
Kudos, Mr. Chien
Lol, true
Him: Silence
Audition: Ohhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhh Uhhhhhhh
My gosh, it was trick after trick without a trick to cover its trick. And he even have a story/message in it; don't be too greedy, you will end up having nothing.
Yeah...and I think he was greedy too. Think why :)
@@bozoou why
We all can’t have our cakes and eat em, thats the message, even if it has the frosting on top.!
@@bozoou What are you talking abou?
I think this is by far the best magic I've ever seen it's so good
Agreed, the performance and the story telling really helped putting the already awesome trick to the next level
@@superbenbenhahaha You said it was one of the best magic tricks, and now you're saying it is by far the best? Make up your mind dawg!
@@invictuz4803 I never said it's by far the best, and even if I did, there's no logical flaw in the saying. what's wrong with you?
@@superbenbenhahaha You tell me mate, you're the GOD.
Then u should watch shin lim its even more better
Eric’s magic is beautiful. He is such an artist… and he is such a likable fellow too. He has the likes of Shin Lim, Dynamo and Copperfield on speed dial. I love this routine so much, but his coin magic is just as sensational.
Wtaching at 0.25x speed . Observed at 1.04 sec how he is distributing the cards. One from the top the pink ones. And the blue are being taken from the bottom. Smoothly performing the trick. Nice one
Ty, i did what you said and thats seems the case
All these tricks are easy except these from 0:00 to 5:45
But that’s the entire vid... Oohhhhhh!
But i guess the vanish trick on the table is easy
r you okay?
If you turn it to .25 speed you see how he does everything. Still impressive. Yet if you do that on Shin vids you're still left puzzled
@@adamburdt8794 actually i saw this card undert blanked sliding without any speed reduction
From 2:45 onwards, ladies and gentlemen, is what it sounds like when fellow magicians climaxes in sheer amzement upon witnessing a fantastic trick performed by one of their peer.
Such a wonderful magic show!
I rewinded this so many times and I can’t work out half of these. Very talented man ‼️🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He did it live on america's got talent!! This by far is the best magic trick I have ever seen!!!! Simply amazing!!!!!!
If you turn it to .25 speed it takes the awe out of most of it.
@israelqzd04 I agree that its skilled I am not taking disputing that. However we all can very much do one of his tricks. And that's the vest trick
Now, this is what I call a performance. Every corner nailed and hailed.
this transition is better than any tiktok video period.
shut the f up thanks
Its on live you don't even know what you talkin about
hahahahaha im joking yall was tricked?
@@cleric4314 what's ur problem
@@peterkotar2324 My problem? He literally said he's fake, wake up
Phenomenal slight of hand and a wonderful illusion. Great work
0:31 HOL' UP
I can explain how he did it if i want me to
Me. Please do
@@hyojoong there is some sort of lever under the table that flipped those squares around and put it there. It may seem like he used 2 zquares but there is actually 4. The original 2, he just got rid of them using slight of hand but the other 2 were glued upside down in the table. Its not a magic trick as much as it is a device
@@-Me_ And that's also how he makes them disappear in the end, by flipping them back.
I set the video speed to 0.25x and filmed it in slow motion, the square fades out and the other two fade in. It’s a camera trick.
Holy shit, this is one of the best magic trick I've ever seen. This is totally different than most of the lame card tricks, the execution of the performance , the acting, really impressive, good Job
Just watch shin lim
@@aransafitraprawira9273 lmao dude, please.
@@aransafitraprawira9273 yeah, he's pretty good too
Your pfp is awesome
This is nothing
Absolutely amazing!
Spolier : Folds in the black cloth to swipe and hide those flat objects beneath plus foot pedals below the table activating elastics attached to the black fabric table top and waistcoat etc for the 'reveals'.
0:31 I simply don‘t get it
Matty Kirk no I think he threw it under the desk ,but the table already had two cards under it and they just used one of those magician tables
So simple.
You don't get it.
There could be strings or something idk
@ThinkAboutThis This is live on a stage. there are no jump cuts. He did the same trick on america's got talent.
What he did was command c and command v pretty simple
My brain cannot comprehend how this is possible without the use of actual magic.
Its video editing.
Wow! This guy is fantastic. I can see why he won. Best I've seen.
1:49 play at 0.25x speed, he pulls the black cloth with his left hand after throwing that card...
I liked when his clothes changed colors
You can see how his black cloth is getting pulled down by some kind of expander.
It's probably pulled down when his left hand holding the cards goes under the table and he used his hand to pull a string or something down that pulled his clothes down.
Simon Lee good shit
Out of everything, you liked his clothes changing? Really?!
The Most obvious one LoL
Not just the tricks but he's got great personality too! what a delightful performance.
What "magician" doesn't ever look enthusiastic about their art? If course you have to act that way
Its a trick of light is getting absorbed and reflected. The things do not disappear they are always there it's just the specific wavelengths that shine and hide shapes
I love how he is not just talented, but also nice!
how do you know he's nice??
Calling this a magic trick is the equivalent of calling Swan Lake a just a dance move
What?
After that he won Asia's Got Talent and went up until the semi-finals in America's Got Talent. *Bravo 👏*
Pigeon He won AGT 2 times actually. He is really amazing 👏🏻
The best magic is duplicating money for everyone
Asia's got talent? that is supermegahardcore mode
How can he be both Asian and American?
Isn't that shin lim? Or they both won?
The background music makes this ten times better
He is Taiwanese actually. Born in Taiwan and served in the army like every other Taiwanese man. Fantastic magic, bravo.
So, he is Chinese. LOL 😂
Good that it was made in South Korea. In North Korea there is One magician who can make them all dissapear...
I can see him use ZA WARUDOOOOO everytime he is going to perform a trick!
We just can’t see the stand, we are not stand user
He is Darby
This show is amazing⭐️
All slight of hand, some clever prop organization, video editing and a sound track that makes it seem like he's performing for a live audience. 1:50 watch this video at x25 speed and you'll see when he leans forward he grabs his vest with his left hand and pulls down hard to reveal the blue/red layer. 5:18 he does it again to reveal the black layer. Often he is dealing from the bottom of the deck and dumping cards/coins under the table where he has either an assistant or a clever prop organizer. The ribbon down the middle is a video editing illusion at times, plus he hides the edge of the felt with his hand to shadow the effect so you can't see the edge of the black felt is attached to the ribbon. VERY clever illusionist. This takes massive skill, practice, and some special effects.
That bit where he throws a card away and uses the misdirection to pull the black cloth covering his red and blue waistcoat off with his hand under the table is just masterful.
You know what, I don't even want to figure out how he does it, I just want to enjoy the performance for what it is.
That's how it's supposed to be. When you find out how it's done it's actually a little disappointing.
This simply happens because of an illusion called parallel index where you think that objects are disappearing because of the angle the magician is in.
Man... This guy made me belive magic can happen and real... He is so skilled...🙏🙏🙏
Dude i met this guy at a mcdonald's in taiwan. We had a beer together he told me about his dream of becoming a great magician. Dang he did it :)
Since when does McDonald's serve beer??
@@RyuJinafan I know right, Seems fake.
@@RyuJinafan MCBeer. Only in Taiwan
As stated in the description, this guy is raised in the United States and he lives in Beijing
Also you're telling me that they serve beer in McDonald's?
@@agentlai3627 no the show isn't in beijing, it's in busan, south korea. It's just he is based in beijing meaning he lives in beijing
You know the act is so damn good when you can't figure out how he did it even at 0.25X
konstantinos 01 I feel ya
i did same thing😆😆, and I didn’t see any flaws.
He using dark magic bruh, u need to contract with satan to do this thing
The backside of the cards are camouflaged with the table mat.
When he turns the red cards blue he deals the card from under the deck not the top. He uses his thumb motion as if hes dealing from the top but you can see his pinky pushing the cards out
colorblind people: why are people clapping so much 👁👄👁
I have a partial colorblindness and it took me few minutes to realize those cards are dividend based on two different colors after I looked closely
That’s insane!!! I love it!! ❤️❤️
just the way he performs it and his motions and gestures are incredibly beautiful. wow. well done sir!
One of the best I've ever seen
Ray Mak bro ur everywhere omg
The new Justin Y
@@sonja432 he's not just everywhere but annoying too
The best
you have to see SHIN LIM...way better in my opinion
This is it, now I'm starting to believe in magic.
I think this trick has something to do with the black table and the sharp lighting 🤔
Illusion
With the technology coming to magic shows, everything seems possible