Wolfgang Moser Masterclass

This month’s Masterclass Lectures are from none other than Wolfgang Moser!

Wolfgang Moser is a professional magician from Austria, known for his phenomenal parlor magic. He commits years to perfecting each effect, allowing every trick to evolve into its own masterpiece through rigorous refinement. This approach means his Masterclass allows you to instantly benefit from the distilled, years-long experience embedded in every performance piece, bypassing your own need for extensive trial and error.

Wolfgang Moser's Masterclass goes deep into professional and streamlined stand-up magic. You’ll learn openers, middle pieces, and closers that are practical, fun, and of course, deeply deceptive. In addition to teaching multiple routines, Wolfgang teaches about the pochette, a centuries-old secret that is so versatile it is guaranteed to inspire any magician to incorporate it into their own work.

Masterclass 1: March 1, 2026 (4pm ET | NYC Time)

Ball to Egg
Wolfgang opens his Masterclass with one of his favorite openers. He enters the stage, bouncing a white rubber ball on the floor. He then visually turns the ball into a real egg, which he cracks into a wine glass. Wolfgang teaches two handlings, including one where the hands are shown unmistakably empty after the change.

Diminishing Deck
Building on the work of Al Baker, you’ll learn two handlings of the classic Diminishing Deck routine. Wolfgang has eliminated going to the pocket after each change, which has led him to create some of the cleanest handlings we’ve ever seen. You’ll also learn Wolfgang’s updated Diminishing Deck ending. Instead of showing a minuscule deck at the end, you finish by turning the deck into confetti, which is blown onto the stage.

Pochette
Inspired by Robert-Houdin, Wolfgang has taken a centuries-old idea of a secret pocket hidden in your trousers and applied it to many modern handlings. He discusses how to install the pocket in your clothing and then demonstrates a number of ideas that will make you want to install one on every pair of trousers you own! He shares beautiful coin vanishes, an ending for the Cylinder and Coins, and even ideas for close-up performances, like how to use the pocket for sponge balls and thumbtips.

Of particular use is Wolfgang’s card ideas, combined with the pochette. He uses the pochette to steal and ditch cards within routines like Macdonald’s Aces and Multiple Selection. Finally, he teaches a version of Omni Deck where you can ditch the covering cards without reaching into your pocket.

Nest of Boxes
Wolfgang teaches a complete stage routine with a borrowed phone. After borrowing a phone and allowing the participant to film some tricks, the phone vanishes and appears within the nest of boxes. Those willing to make up the gimmicks will be rewarded with a unique, perfect stage routine!

Rising Cards
A bulletproof Rising Cards routine using a borrowed deck. First, two selections rise, and then a merely thought-of card rises from the deck, before you then hand the deck out for someone to keep.

There are no threads to break, and no unnatural movements. This might be the cleanest Rising Cards routine ever published!

Masterclass 2 March 8, 2026 (4pm ET | NYC Time)

The Hat and the Egg
Wolfgang has perfected the classic Howard Thurston / David Devant egg production. First, he makes an egg vanish and reappear inside a top hat that a participant is holding. Then he produces a dozen eggs from the hat, before ending with a giant ostrich egg, and a full glass of beer!

Hooks, chairs, and a table
Wolfgang walks you through a complete system for loading and ditching objects on stage using specially placed furniture.

Coin in Bottle
A multi-phase routine where you display a series of impossible bottles, before then creating one specially for the audience. First, your house key visually penetrates a bottle, and then a borrowed coin is permanently inserted into the bottle, which is then given to the participant to keep.

Splash Bottle
A reworked version of the neo-classic Splash Bottle. With sleeves rolled up and no jacket on, Wolfgang inflates a balloon and bursts it — a bottle seemingly materialises from inside the balloon. While this version will take some serious DIY, it takes the effect to new heights..

Silk to Egg
Wolfgang has turned this classic sucker effect into a beautiful piece of magic. Unlike other routines of this nature, there’s no switching of the egg — it’s in play the entire time!

Q&A: March 29, 2026 (4pm ET | NYC Time)