He appeared back into your life as if by magic.

"They appear anywhere in the city, as if by magic?"

A knife appeared in her hand as if by magic.

A blaster had appeared in his hand as if by magic.

An ugly pistol had appeared in his hand as if by magic.

They appear in his hand as if by magic.

You, I see, have bought in to the idea that money appears as though by magic.

The knife appeared in Gellar's hand as if by magic.

The guns appeared in his hands as if by magic.

The hypospray appeared in his hand as if by magic.