Short plunge the ball into the magic hat (awards 5M or will start "Mayhem" when lit).
On ball one, a full plunge will score the first trick, as it goes around the loop you can easily do a one timer up the ramp to lock ball 1
If struggling to complete a trick, hitting captive ball will eventually award "Spot Trick", spots it for you! Won't work on boss, though.
First "Matra Magna" (boss) trick, Silence Critics, can be done by rebound from post near magic hat, if it goes into lane and hits switches!
There is NO zero switch hit ball save on this game.
Try to memorize what each "magic trick" wants you to do, because it can be difficult to hear the sounds/voices in a noisy environment.
Order for the first level of tricks: left loop, captive ball, stage, left ramp, left loop 2x, left ramp again. Then shoot the left ramp to silence the critics (release the ball with both flippers at the right time).