Magic supplies in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a card town, and an audience that plays hold'em knows what a fair shuffle looks like. That raises the bar and the reward. A Marked Stripper Deck lets you find a card the spectator shuffled back; a Jumbo Index Poker Deck reads from across a table. Clay-style poker chip coins make a coin routine feel at home in the room. Our poker chip tricks and how to shuffle cards are worth reading first.

The Atlantic City Convention Center and the casino ballrooms host trade shows and company meetings, and sponsors hire walk-around magicians for their stands and receptions. That work wants strong, quick effects that play standing. Sponge Balls multiplying in a guest's hand, a Transparent Coin — Half Dollar vanishing at chest height, and a PK Ring — Silver for a mentalism closer all reset in seconds. The close-up collection has more.

Watch an hour-long show in a small room before you watch a big one; the Skyline Tower show seats its audience close, and you can see how a working magician paces comedy between effects. Then learn one routine well. A Svengali Deck is a forgiving first prop, and card magic for beginners walks through the handling. The beginner collection lists what else we would start with.

Summer weekends on Absecon Island fill with weddings and milestone parties at the casino ballrooms and the venues in Ventnor and Margate, and a magician works the cocktail hour while the photographs are taken. Plan a set that survives wind off the ocean on a terrace: no loose silks or flash paper outdoors, and a deck that can take a damp table, such as the Waterproof Performer Deck. From November to March the Boardwalk quietens and the work moves indoors to holiday parties and company dinners, which suit a seated mentalism spot with a Mental Die — Brass. Use the slow months to rehearse new material; magic tips for beginners covers how.

We could not confirm a walk-in magic shop trading in Atlantic City or elsewhere in Atlantic County from a current source. The Boardwalk's souvenir shops sell novelty tricks, which suit a single evening rather than a working act.

Most performers on the island order online. Our product pages say what's in each box and whether instructions are included, so you know what you're buying before it arrives.

Atlantic City's nearest big market is Philadelphia, about an hour west on the Atlantic City Expressway, with Camden just across the river from it. Up the Parkway, Toms River and Lakewood are about an hour north. For the rest of the state see magic in New Jersey.

We post to every address in Atlantic City and across Atlantic County, including Ventnor, Margate and the mainland towns, on the same terms as anywhere else in the US. Most items come from our supplier, and we don't quote a delivery date, so order ahead of a booking. Unopened items can be returned within 30 days of delivery. See our shipping policy and returns and refunds.