Cloths and Cards

300 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Taking Palmed Card out of the Pocket finesse, dropping it in first, then widening pocket and taking it out with fingertips
 		July 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 7)
99
Georg Winter Die wandernden Karten four to eight selections put in envelope and placed in inner pocket, they are then produced from the air, tube from inner pocket to tails pocket on the back
 		Oct. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 10)
148
Der "Pick-Pocket" Trick "Schule der Magie"
one or more selections travel to trouser pocket, shown empty by pushing the card up in the corner, also for spectator's pocket
 		Jan. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 1)
1
Stanley Collins Pretended Pocket Placement card placed in pocket and palmed out again
 		1925
Collins's Card Conceits
10
Oswald Rae Adding Palmed Card on the Deck from pocket, transferring deck from hand to hand, while looking for a pencil
 		1930
Original Magic
4
Tommy Tucker Vanishing Pack of Cards handkerchief around deck, vanish with handkerchief, methodically vanish is made in two steps
 		1933
Expert Manipulative Magic
20
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Another Card Trick spectator remembers a card and its position from the bottom, performer takes deck behind back, brings forward wrong card, selection then found in pocket, card slipped up the jacket from behind back
 		1935
They're Off
25
The "Easy" Card In Wallet card brought to arm pit from behind back
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
22
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch card is sticking out of pocket and switched as it is removed
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
28
Showing Pocket Empty brief
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
28
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch miscredited to Hal Leroy
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
328
Jack McMillen McMillen's Card from Pocket card apparently removed from inside pocket with hand holding deck, really from deck
Related toAlso published here 1940
Expert Card Technique
314
Henry Hardin The Appearing Card in the Pocket showing pocket empty with card in corner of pocket
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
596
Bob Hummer Jogged Card to Inside Pocket injogged card, deck held in right hand, card secretly transferred to inner right pocket
 		1940
Half-A-Dozen Hummers
6
Edward Victor Multiple Card Palm Behind Handkerchief brief, Palm covered by handkerchief being shaken by both hands
 		1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part One
31
Edward Marlo No Palm Aces to Pocket featuring bottom placement at coat edge move, lapel load
Related toVariations 1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
32
Tommy Dowd Card in the Pocket inside pocket, using Kelly bottom placement
Related toAlso published here 1943/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
188
Simplex Card to Pocket loading indifferent or x card into inside pocket
 		1943/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
191
Pocket Concealment showing pocket empty with card in it
 		1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
182
Neal Elias On the Card to the Pocket palmed card transferred to inside pocket
Inspired byRelated to 1946
At the Table Tricks
4
Robert A. Nelson Simulated Card to Pocket stealing card back, palm
 		1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
32
Paul Rosini The Missing Card spectator pulls out some cards, remembers bottom card and drop cards onto deck, performer fails to locate card behind back, it is found in pocket, pushed up behind back to under arm pit
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
25
Eddie Joseph Pocket Load from lap to inner jacket pocket
Related to 1949 ca.
15 Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck
9
Paul Rosini With a Short Card performer fails to find card behind his back, it is then found in inside coat pocket
 		1950
Magical Gems
58
Tommy Vanderschmidt The Repeat Card in Hat Selection travels to borrowed hat twice, ending with deck travelling to hat
Also published here 1953
"Come a little closer..."
9
Cy Endfield showing pocket empty trouser pocket
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I
30
Edward Marlo Clip Palmed Card from Pocket tip
 		1956
Action Palm
18
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket ideas/"Search" Technique
Related to 1956
Action Palm
52
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket Ideas different subterfuges
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956
Action Palm
52
Norman Houghton Production of Palmed Card from the Shirt Pocket only thumb and first finger enter pocket
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
19
Edward Marlo A Variation to a Sixy Effect variation of the ending with a pocket transfer sequence, passing a Nine as a Six
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
8
Edward Marlo Timing Pocket Load inside pocket opened so spectator can reach in and remove card, card secretly thumbed into it before that
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
10
Dai Vernon Card from Pocket Inside Jacket Pocket
Related toAlso published here 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
28
Cliff Green Behind Back Transfer card transferred to other hand behind back
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
156
Edward Marlo Chute Method for Cards from Pocket with drop through sleeve
 		May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
19
Eric Mason Card Load stealing card to inside of Jacket, while holding it open
 		1967 ca.
Legacy
13
Edward Marlo Unexpected Prediction - Index Method twelve card index and feed-in for breast pocket
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
91
Roy Johnson The Policy method to load card under jacket near inner pocket
 		1970
The Roy Johnson Experience
15
Allan Ackerman Added Thoughts on the Minuscule Deck Method 1: Deck from lap into pocket
Method 2: Packet changes into complete deck
 		1971
The Esoterist
9
Edward Marlo Pocket Palm Transfer
Related to 1971
The Esoterist
27
Karl Fulves Sleeve Extraction card is apparently removed from sleeve but actually comes from center of deck
 		1971
The Book of Numbers
29
Bob Hummer Bottom Placement Load credited to Hummer
 		1972
Card Cavalcade
157
William H. McCaffrey Card in the Pocket signed
Related to 1972
The Living End
21
Tommy Dowd Card in the Pocket using Ovette Master Move
Also published here 1972
The Living End
22
Harlan Tarbell By Touch Alone cards are divined by producing cards of matching value and suit
 		1972
The Living End
137
Gordon Bruce Pocket Palm trouser pocket
 		Mar. 1973
Epilogue (Issue 17)
154
Jochen Zmeck Perfekt wie Dunninger... card freely chosen from one deck behind back, performer finds duplicate in different deck removed from different pocket
Inspired by
  • idea from Max "Arcanus" Schybol
Related to 		1974
Das Zmeckt!
28
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce Card to Pocket trouser pocket, without credit
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
112
Russell T. Barnhart Knee-to-Pocket Dragging card in knee crotch, dragged into back trouser pocket
 		1975
The Master Palm
74
Rick Johnsson The Walking Man's Lap ditching cards into pocket
 		1976
Practical Impossibilities
27
Edward Marlo Marlo Note on Palming to Separate Pockets
1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
325
Dan MacMillan Card to Wallet Handling
1977
The Gamblers' Palm Revisited
18
Ross Bertram Thumb Palm Trouser Pocket Load
1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
73
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm card to pocket without palming
Related to Aug. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 8)
239
Fake Pocket Insertion copped out again
 		1979
CardMagic
91
Gordon Bruce Pocket Palm trouser pocket
 		May 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 5)
676
Palmed Card from Pocket inner jacket pocket
 		Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
141
Bob Hummer Jacket Load while opening jacket, card can be stolen and loaded to inside pocket
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
10
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty two methods, double pocket
 		1981
Patrick Page's Cards to Pocket
2
Juan Tamariz Lapped Card From Inside Pocket
Also published here 1981
Magia Potagia — Volume I
43
Peter Duffie right trouser pocket classic palm
 		1982
Alternative Card Magic
22
Derek Dingle Breast Pocket Load or ditch
 		1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
52
Edward Marlo, Danny Korem Next To Impossible Card To Wallet from deck to pocket
Inspired by 1982
Card Finesse
158
Tony Miller Yet Another Card To Wallet method to transfer card from deck behind edge of jacket with no palming
 		Mar. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 3)
748
Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel Tidal Wave impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, four applications, see credit corrections on pages 834, 864, 1092
Related toVariations May 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5)
769
Edward Marlo Fake Inside Pocket Insertion card apparently placed in inside pocket, classic palmed in same hand
 		1983
Facsimile (Issue 1)
11
Edward Marlo Covered Transfer empty hand, inside pocket
 		1983
Facsimile (Issue 1)
12
Ken De Courcy Delayed Action Spectator produces Aces from their own pocket, Aces were loaded previously in context of a trick
 		1983
Four Ace Intro's
9
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket from Clip Palm
1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
157
Production from left Inside Pocket
1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
306
Edward Marlo Fake Inside Pocket Insertion card apparently placed in inside pocket, classic palmed in same hand
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
339
Philip T. Goldstein Simulated Placement of Card in Pocket left outside pocket, stolen back to deck
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
96
Pocket Ditch from Deck left side pocket during body turn
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
99
Peter Duffie Double Fantasy two cards travel into two different pockets, one palm only, pocket ruse
VariationsAlso published here 1984
Close-Up to the Point
27
Showing Pocket Empty
1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
1
Ben Harris Madman's Card to Pocket #1 slit in jacket under arm
 		1985
Out Of His Mind!
85
Bruce Cervon Conus Aces method to load three cards in spectator's inner pocket, Conus Aces not explained
 		1985 (ca.)
Tricks of Conjuring
15
John Cornelius The Better Pocket changing pockets of jacket for card loading and other things
 		Oct. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 3)
17
Michael Rubinstein Chicago Opener Topp(it)et with cards to pocket (through topit tunnel) climax
Inspired by May 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
69
Karl Fulves Fake Pocket Placement palmed out again, spectator's inside pocket
 		1987
Covenant
5
Karl Fulves Breast Pocket Extraction card actually comes from left palm
 		1987
Covenant
6
Gordon Bruce, Norman Houghton Pocket Palm trouser pocket, no credits
 		1987
The Magic of Steve Draun
5
Edward Marlo Inside Jacket Pocket Load
Related to 1987
New Wave Close-Up
37
Dave Rumfelt Breast Pocket Extraction card comes from deck
Related to 1987
Fantasia in As-Dur
39
Edward Marlo Jackett Card Transfer
1987
Fantasia in As-Dur
41
Peter Duffie Pocket Ruse producing two cards from different pockets with one palm
 		1987
Inside Out (Issue 2)
5
Gordon Bruce Pocket Load trouser pocket
 		1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
105
Derek Dingle A. Card to Breast Pocket Load from deck
 		1988
52 Lovers
106
B. Lapelled Palm removing one of two cards from inner pocket while palming the other
 		1988
52 Lovers
107
Norman Houghton Pocket Load here credited to Carlyle
 		1988
52 Lovers
116
Dr. James Nuzzo Nuzzos's Pocket Appearance front trouser, while rubbing the pocket, from rear palm
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
11
Edward Marlo On the Card to Pocket - The Side Trouser Pockets
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
13
Edward Marlo Loading the Angled Pocket front trouser
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
18
Edward Marlo Loading the Side Pockets (Very Slight Angle) front trouser pocket
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
19
Edward Marlo Loading Straight Seam Side Pockets
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
21
Edward Marlo Crossed Arms Loading front trouser pocket
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
23
Edward Marlo Loading the Outside Coat Pockets
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
25
Edward Marlo The Inside Coat Pocket Load (Shirt Pocket)
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
26
Edward Marlo Loading the Shirt Pocket
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
28
Edward Marlo Loading the Back Pocket (Trousers)
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
30
Edward Marlo Some Observations additional tips and comments
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
31
Edward Marlo From a Gambler's Cop loading into side-coat pocket
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
32
Norman Houghton, Edward Marlo, Gordon Bruce More on Card to Pocket classic palm removal, variations from different pockets
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
33
Edward Marlo The Empty Hand from inside pocket, gambler's palm and directly from deck, four very different methods
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
37
Edward Marlo The Spectator Removes Em two cards to pocket, removed by spectator
Also published here 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
47
Edward Marlo Inside Jacket Pocket
Related to 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
50
Edward Marlo Inside Jacket Pocket from center of deck, step 15
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
56
Larry Jennings Lapel Steal card apparently placed in inside pocket is stolen back to deck
 		1988
The Cardwright
40
Dai Vernon Loewy Palm Cover instantly produced from inside pocket
Related to 1988
The Cardwright
42
Gary Kurtz Card Load
Related to 1988
Continuations ... Departures 1
17
Gary Kurtz Inside Pocket Load for loading wallet, pocket, ...
 		1988
Continuations ... Departures 1 & 2
30
Edward Marlo Inside Jacket Pocket Load
Related to 1988
First there was a dream
53
Philippe Socrate Deck to pocket load variation of old stage manipulation, stealing all except top card into thumb clip palm
 		1989
Williamson's Wonders
78
Gary Kurtz The Cheeky Load
Related to 1989
Continuations and Departures
18
Karl Fulves Two Pocket Bluff two cards palmed in one hand are apparently removed from different pockets
 		1989
Quick Card Tricks
12
Philip T. Goldstein Simulated Placement of Card in Pocket left outside pocket, stolen back to deck
 		1989
A Phil Goldstein Collection
12
Randy Wakeman Card from Inside Pocket using gambler's palm
 		1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
5
Bill Malone Gag Card from Pocket Production card removed from non-existent breast pocket
Related to 1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
19
Juan Tamariz Lapped Card From Inside Pocket
Related toAlso published here 1989/91
Sonata
144
Juan Tamariz Inside Pocket to Lap apparently placing cards in inside pocket but lapping them
 		1989/91
Sonata
163
Juan Tamariz Lapped Cards From Inside Pocket
1989/91
Sonata
169
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand Inside Jacket Pocket
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1990
Unexplainable Acts
51
Gary Kurtz Inside Jacket back on pack
 		1990
Unexplainable Acts
56
Bruce Cervon Showing Coat Pocket Empty good finesse
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
64
Michael Ammar Gaffed Pants for Card to Fly
 		1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
31
Edward Marlo Simulated Pocketing
1990
That's It
23
Michael Powers Palmless Card to Pocket
  • Appendix A
with bottom placement
Inspired by 1990
Top Secret Stuff
169
Peter Duffie Pocket Ruse producing two cards from different pockets with one palm
 		1990
Cardfixes
185
Dave Rumfelt Fake Breast Pocket Extraction card comes off top of deck
 		1990
Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries
6
Karl Fulves Passing Play loading method to load card into Z-fold short change wallet
Related to 1990
Passing Play & Light Fingered
1
Jerry Mentzer The Lapel Ruse Kelly Placement Application
 		1991
Card to Wallet
34
John Cornelius The Better Pocket pocket design for easier loading
 		1991
Card to Wallet
36
Alex Elmsley Trouser-pocket Loading Technique from rear palm
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
135
Edward Marlo Gambler's Cop to Pocket finesse for removing copped card from trouser pocket, only thumb and first finger enter pocket
 		May 1991
The Olram File (Issue 5)
1
Gary Kurtz Producing the Prediction from a Kaps (or LePaul) Wallet from pad to wallet at jacket edge
 		1991
The Ghostwriter
11
Edward Marlo The Ultimate Card To Pocket card is sticking out of pocket turns out to be later selection, switch as it is removed
  • First Version
  • Second Version
  • Third Version
  • Fourth Version
Related to June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
95
Jack McMillen McMillen's Card from Pocket card apparently removed from inside pocket, really from deck
Related toAlso published here 1992
Modus Operandi
31
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand inside jacket pocket
 		1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
29
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand Delay time-delayed use as load
  • 1. Anwendung: Beim Zurückgeben laden (load pocket when returning pen to pocket)
  • 2. Anwendung: Das Laden beim herausholen eines Gegenstandes (load pocket when taking something out of pocket)
Also published here 1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
31
Gary Kurtz The Bold Load signed card or spectator's business card is placed in one pocket, then instantly taken out of wallet in other pocket
Also published here 1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
33
The Lapel Ruse no-palm method to get a credit card into the wallet, using Bottom Placement
 		1992
Magic with Credit Cards
36
Gary Kurtz Second Example: Producing a Card From Your Pants' Pocket
1992
Leading with your Head
6
Jack McMillen Bluff Card from Pocket using flourish count, top card of deck
 		1992
Pasteboard Presentations
114
Jack McMillen McMillen's Card from Pocket card apparently removed from inside pocket, really from deck
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
54
Michael Weber 501derful card to front change pocket of jeans trousers
Also published here Sep. 1992
Magic Man Examiner (Vol. 1 No. 4)
4
Steve Draun Finessed Pocket Palm from Gambler's Cop
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
120
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce Pocket Palm trouser pocket, from classic palm, here credited to Gordon Bruce
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
124
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm thoughts on loading cards in course of routines
 		Dec. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 12)
2302
Palming Card Out Again palmed out again
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
38
Patrick Page Aus dem Stegreif Wegzaubern fan production and vanishes, then entire deck vanishes, dumping cards into jacket pocket
Also published here 1993
Lecture Patrick Page
15
Peter Duffie Pocket Ruse producing two cards from different pockets with one palm
Also published here 1993
Applications
23
René Lavand Card from Pocket Finesse same as Gordon Bruce / Norman Houghton
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
55
Sid Fleischman The Right-Handed Card Trick No. 1, one-handed card to pocket, signed, from 1930s, one-handed only after control and palm
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
102
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce Pocket Palm credited to Bruce, trouser pocket
 		1994
Workers Number 4
49
Jeff Busby Card From Pocket Finesse to pivot card away from hand, trouser pocket
 		1994
Workers Number 4
50
Jack McMillen Card-from-Pocket Extraction from deck bluff
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
215
Paul Gertner Card from Shirt Pocket quickly slid in
 		1994
Steel and Silver
88
Meir Yedid, Bernard Bilis Fake Pocket Extraction card sticking out of breast pocket, left hand with deck apparently removes it
 		1994
Magical Wishes
73
John Scarne Card To Wallet bottom placement loading for wallet
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
143
Roger Crosthwaite Pocket Switch card sticking out of breast pocket, removed with one hand, see also p. 234 for credit information
Related to 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
30
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Jackentasche (außen) using Kong Case
 		Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
12
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Jackentasche (innen) using Kong Case, Topit with connection to outside pocket
 		Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
14
Peter Duffie Fantastic Voyage Ace to Three of Clubs travel into different pockets, one palm only, pocket ruse
Inspired by Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
56
Norman Houghton Pocket Load trouser pocket
 		1995
Cardshark
56
Dave Rumfelt Signed Card from Shirt Pocket
Related to 1995
How to Tame a Moose
21
Alexander de Cova In die Hose gegangen... connection tube of both trouser pockets
  • Die Hose
  • Ihre Ehefrau (Freundin)
  • Die Taschenpräparation
  • EiN Tip
  • Der Schlauch
  • Noch ein Tip
  • Das Anziehen der Hose
  • Anwendungen
  • "Das Konzept"
Also published here 1995
Mini-Seminar 1995
3
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand Inside Jacket Pocket
Also published here 1995
Lecture Notes 1995
23
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand Delay time-delayed use as load
  • 1. Anwendung: Beim Zurückgeben laden (load pocket when returning pen to pocket)
  • 2. Anwendung: Das Laden beim herausholen eines Gegenstandes (load pocket when taking something out of pocket)
Also published here 1995
Lecture Notes 1995
23
Gary Kurtz The Bold Load signed card or spectator's business card is placed in one pocket, then instantly taken out of wallet in other pocket
Also published here 1995
Lecture Notes 1995
25
Gordon Bruce Palmed Card from Pocket Technique trouser pocket, front or rear
 		Nov. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
69
Steve Bedwell Subtle Travellers using tube from breast pocket to outer pocket
Related to 1995 ca.
Parked Card and Other Manoeuvres
9
Gary Kurtz, Steve Bedwell The Empty Hand Variation
Inspired by 1995 ca.
Parked Card and Other Manoeuvres
11
Michael Skinner From Palm to Inner Pocket
1996
Classic Sampler
26
Baltazar Fuentes The Fake Take top card apparently taken into right-hand end grip (and here put in pocket)
 		1996
Arempi
2
Peter Duffie Caprice two Jokers placed in in the two side pockets, two selections transpose with those Jokers, pocket ruse, then selections travel to the pockets once more
Inspired by 1996
Untold
6
Helge Thun Captain Hooks Kartentrick one hand in pocket, selection appears folded on performer's index finger in pocket, switch or topit-to-pocket-tunnel
Also published here 1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
155
Edward Marlo "Search" Technique
1997
Jennings '67
105
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo, Gary Kurtz False Breast Pocket Extraction one of several cards palmed in left hand
 		1997
Ingenuities
163
Edward Marlo, Ken Krenzel Transfer with Jacket
Related to 1997
Ingenuities
164
Steve Bedwell Repeat Cards to Pocket travelers, using tube from breast pocket to outer pocket, with repetition
Related to 1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)
1334
Norman Houghton Pocket Load
1997
Karten à la carte
46
Christian Scherer Einzelne Karten ins Topit befördern
  • 1. Eine (oder mehrere) Karte(n) vom Spiel ins Topit befördern (to topit one or several cards from the deck)
  • 2. Eine (oder mehrere) Karte(n) von einem kleinen Paket ins Topit befördern (to topit one or several cards from a small packet)
    • 2.1 Mehrere Karten in eine verwandeln (transform several cards into one card)
  • 3. Eine von zwei (als eine Karte vorgezeigt) Karte ins Topit befördern (topit one of two cards, which are held as one card)
    • 3.1 Sichtbare Verwandlung (visual transformation)
    • 3.2 Verzögerte Verwandlung (delayed transformation)
 		1997
Karten à la carte
91
Deck Pocket Transfer deck put in breast pocket apparently, same deck removed from trouser pocket
 		1997
Simon Says!
130
Jack McMillen McMillen's Card from Pocket card apparently removed from inside pocket with hand holding deck, really from deck
Also published here 1997
Labyrinth (Issue 7)
16
Tommy Dowd Card in the Pocket inside pocket, using Kelly bottom placement
Also published here 1997
Card Stories
58
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce Norman Houghton's Pocket Extraction trouser pocket
Related to 1998
Card College — Volume 3
722
Dai Vernon, Tommy Dowd, Edward Marlo Producing a Card from Your Inner Left Jacket-pocket (1) before you can show left hand empty, with credit information
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
724
Edward Marlo Producing a Card from your Inner Right Jacket-pocket (2) before you apparently show both hands empty
Also published here 1998
Card College — Volume 3
727
Tommy Vanderschmidt Repeat Card in Hat selection travels to borrowed hat twice, ending with deck traveling to hat
Also published here 1998
Come A Little Closer
69
René Lavand Preparation for The Act about the act
  • René's stack as modified for this act
  • The Pocket Divider (a half-deck switcher)
  • The Double Pocket (a full-deck switcher)
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
14
Dan Garrett Pocket Load Transfer
1998 ca.
Flexing and Twisting
3
Guy Hollingworth An Ambitextrous Interchange several interesting methods
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
65
Guy Hollingworth Outer left Pocket gambler's cop or Bent Cop
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
67
Guy Hollingworth Outer right Pocket lateral Palm
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
67
Sleeve-Pull Pocket Ditch
1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
72
Roger Crosthwaite Breast Pocket Switch as it is removed
Related to 1999
Arcardia
90
Hosentasche double trouser pocket to show it empty
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
68
Edward Marlo The Spectator Removes Em brief, two cards to pocket, removed by spectator
Also published here 1999
Cyber Sessions
116
Helge Thun Captain Hook's Card Trick one hand in pocket, selection appears folded on performer's index finger in pocket, switch or topit-to-pocket-tunnel
Also published here 2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
150
Wesley James, Derek Dingle The Speed Load "A Wallet Load Technique"
 		2000
Ambitious Undertaking
16
Helge Thun Captain Hooks Kartentrick one hand in pocket, selection appears folded on performer's index finger in pocket, switch or topit-to-pocket-tunnel
Also published here 2000
Faustdick hinterm Schlitzohr
9
Barry Price Card from Pocket Handling inner jacket pocket
Inspired by 2000
Escamotage 2
28
Karl Fulves, Don Nielsen Prediction Wallet No. 60, behind-the-back load, "Look at the Wall(et)" prediction gag
Related to 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
136
John Cornelius Hanky apparently showing trouser pocket empty by turning it inside out
 		2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
89
Christopher Faria New Wave Tidal Wave impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, deck peeked in blue deck which is cased and pocketed, red deck taken out and selection shown reversed
Inspired by July/Aug. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
35
Darwin Ortiz Pocket Money two cards, different pockets
 		2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
72
Peter Duffie Pocket Ruse producing two cards from different pockets with one palm
Also published here 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
74
Darwin Ortiz Smart Money three cards, three pockets
 		2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
76
Norman Houghton Houghton Pocket Load trousers
 		2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
115
Edward Marlo Marlo Pocket Transfer
2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
117
Simulated Pocket Placement copped out again
 		2002
The Action Cop
37
Wayne Dobson Zipperred zippered
 		2002
Dobson's Choice
7
Al Baker Knockout three cards, different pockets, pocket channel to hip pocket
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
716
Al Baker Three Card Trick one of three
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
751
Pocket Dump dropping cards into pocket secretly
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
3
Luis H. Trueba Carta al Bolsillo method to transfer card to inside of the jacket, similar to Gary Kurtz's The Empty Hand
Related toAlso published here
  • Luis Trueba's "Carta al Bolsillo" in ""La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 106, 1983. P. 197.
 2003
Magia y Dramagia
65
Wesley James Card from Pocket while Palming three cards palmed, one of them removed from pocket, others remains in palm
 		2004
Enchantments
131
Edward Marlo Lapel Load from palm
Related to 2004
Enchantments
131
Wesley James From Jacket to Lap packet secretly paper clipped, apparently put in sleeve, then dropped to lap
 		2004
Enchantments
137
Wesley James, Derek Dingle The Speed Load - A Wallet Loading Technique
2004
Enchantments
188
Dave Campbell Showing Trousers Pocket Empty cards palmed
 		2004
The Dave Campbell Legacy
305
Bruce Cervon Pocket Load Ruse spectator checks whether pocket is empty, a coin is inside and removed by performer while loading palmed cards
Also published here Oct. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 10)
80
Dave Rumfelt Breast Pocket Extraction card comes from deck
 		2005
Up In Smoke
14
Dave Rumfelt Card from Shirt Pocket
Related to
  • Dave Rumfelt's "Card from Pocket!" in Paul Diamond's "Mister Humble and Friends: Impromptu Magic", p. 10
 2005
Ackerman 2004
24
Allan Ackerman Pocket Loading Ruse getting card in pocket for later discovery under the ruse of putting joker away
 		2005
How to Tame a Moose
25
Karl Fulves, Don Nielsen Wallet/Envelope Load from behind back, reaching up under jacket
Related to 2005
Combo II
51
Barrie Richardson Cop Pocket Removal without inserting whole hand in pocket
 		2005
Act Two
214
Dave Rumfelt Shirt Pocket Extraction really comes from deck
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
254
Bruce Cervon Pocket Load Ruse spectator checks whether pocket is empty, a coin is inside and removed by performer while loading palmed cards
Also published here June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
8
Dave Rumfelt Card from Breast Pocket card comes from deck, without credit
 		2007
Random Walk
12
Dave Rumfelt Card from Breast Pocket
2010
Vortex
130
Román García Topit Card Transfer card put in side jacket pocket is placed back on top of deck through topit path
 		2010
Nanomagias
26
Alexander de Cova Ein Schlauch in der Hose connection tube of both trouser pockets
Also published here 2011
Seminar-Leviten
2
Patrick Page An Impromptu Vanish fan production and vanishes, then entire deck vanishes, dumping cards into jacket pocket
Also published here 2011
Magic Page by Page
42
Edward Marlo, Allan Ackerman Card from Pocket Idea Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2012
The Cardjurer
62
Dave Rumfelt Card from Shirt Pocket
2012
The Cardjurer
67
Juan Tamariz Card to Breast Pocket under Sweater finesse in which the spectator removes card
 		2012
Juan Pair
15
Palmed Card from Inside Pocket
Related to 2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
51
Michael Weber 501derful
  • Magic Man Examiner Vault
card to front change pocket of jeans trousers
Also published here Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
28
Tom Crosbie Perfect Card to Pocket signed card to insight pocket, using a note pad
Also published here
  • in Tom Crosbie's "Perception is Reallity" 2009.
 2013
Just Be Croz
82
Tyler Wilson Pocket Ruse shirt pocket
 		2014
The EH Team
19
Dave Rumfelt, Christian Scherer Card from Breast Pocket variation
 		2014
Schlaglichter
309
Steve Reynolds Stealing Cards 2 from vest pocket
  • Into Palm Positions
  • First Application
  • Second Application
  • Other Palm Positions
 		2014
In-Vestment — Chapter One
17
Gordon Bruce Pocket Load
2014
El Puente Invisible
95
Juan Tamariz Pocket Load using only thumb, brief
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
95
Pocket Palm
2015
Switch
4
Dave Rumfelt Card from Breast Pocket no-palm, with finesse
 		2015
F for Fiction
16
Jack McMillen Pocket Bluff Removal no-palm
 		2015
F for Fiction
17
Edo Huang Pitpocket temporarily loading a card unter armpit, card-to-pocket application
 		2015
Card Coffee Collective
94
Denis Behr Fake Back-Pocket Placement
2016
In Order to Amaze
163
Pit Hartling Back-Pocket Load from thumb palm
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
165
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand
Related to 2016
The Secrets of So Sato
23
U. F. Grant Extra Pocket see also footnote 7
 		2016
The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.
47
Jack McMillen Production from Pocket top card of deck apparently extracted from pocket
 		2016
The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.
110
Alexander Hansford Back Pocket Subtlety Tenkai palm production used as convincer in the context of card to pocket routine to show hand empty, see also p. 27
Related to 2016
Sprezzatura
7
Roberto Giobbi Empty Pocket showing pocket empty
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 2)
37
Roberto Giobbi Card to Pocket I at which angle to take palmed card out of pocket
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 12)
355
Roberto Giobbi Card to Pocket II
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 13)
356
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket at edge of jacket
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
42
Mike O'Brien Pocket Utility Switch card is sticking out of breast pocket, it is switched as it is removed
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Card in Pocket" (Dave Rumfelt, M-U-M, Nov. 1974)
Also published here 		Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
48
Gordon Bruce Trouser Pocket Removal
2016
Burners — Vol. 4
118
Tyler Wilson Pocket Ruse shirt pocket
 		2017
Rocky Mountain Session
11
Card from Pocket Pretend to pull card from inside jacket pocket, actually taking from top of the deck as jacket is held open
 		2017
The Truth 真相
27
Edward Marlo Inside Pocket Load
Related to 2018
Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles
51
Dai Vernon Card from Pocket inner jacket pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
180
Inside Pocket Steal Back card apparently placed in inside pocket, stolen back onto packet in other hand
 		July 2019
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. Spring Equinox (Special Preview))
Inside Pocket Extraction card apparently removed from inside pocket, actually from packet in other hand
 		July 2019
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. Spring Equinox (Special Preview))
Helder Guimarães, Peter Duffie Extended Pocket Ruse for three cards
Inspired by 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
145
John Graham Outta' Pocket bluff removal from pocket, then loaded into the hand from the other hand where it is palmed
 		Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
78
Derek Dingle Card to Breast Pocket Load from deck
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
167
Lapelled Palm removing one of two cards from inner pocket while palming the other
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
168
Norman Houghton Pocket Load here credited to Carlyle, trousers
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
174
Inside Pocket Steal Back card apparently placed in inside pocket, stolen back onto packet in other hand
 		May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
185
Inside Pocket Extraction card apparently removed from inside pocket, actually from packet in other hand
 		May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
188
Harry Lorayne Inside Pocket Load card's travel is demonstrated with indifferent card (double) first, selection left on shoulder
Related to 2020
More Jaw Droppers!
42
Dave Rumfelt Card to Pocket Move breast pocket, actually from deck
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
575
Alexander Hansford Back Pocket Subtlety showing hand empty before production from back pocket
Related to 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
179
Edward Marlo Inside Jacket Pocket used to load ID card into wallet inside coat pocket
Related to 2021
Lorem Ipsum
11
Sleeve-Pull Pocket Ditch see p. 132 for some credit information
 		Aug. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 5)
124
Jeremiah Zuo Extraction Load of Inner Pocket loading a card in inner pocket as one is openly removed from outer pocket
 		Aug. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 5)
126
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand Inside Jacket Pocket
Also published here Aug. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 5)
127
Card to Pocket via Master Move
Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9)
234
Edward Marlo Search Technique see also p. 242
 		Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9)
235
Dave Rumfelt Breast Pocket Extraction card comes from deck, without credit
 		2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
35
Sleeve Deck Displacement deck apparently dropped into inside pocket, another deck taken from another pocket
Also published here June 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)
255
Sleeve Deck Displacement deck apparently dropped into inside pocket, another deck taken from another pocket
Also published here July 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)
317
Patrik Kuffs Poketus Subterfuge behind-the-back load
Inspired by Aug. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)
374
Max Malini Rear Palm with extraction from pocket
 		2022
Max Malini
261
Dave Rumfelt Breast Pocket Extraction card comes from deck
 		2022
La Campanella
96
Dai Vernon Removing Palmed Card from Pocket from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
109
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket at edge of jacket
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
868
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False pocket placement left hand’s card is apparently placed into inner jacket pocket, really placed into right hand that is holding lapel
 		2022
Vallarino
250
Edward Marlo Cross-body pocket transfer left hand palming card and holding left lapel, goes across to inner-right jacket pocket to produce card
 		2022
Vallarino
252
Juan Tamariz Card from Back Pocket Choreography cop, first searching in wrong pocket
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
25
Mike O'Brien Pocket Utility Switch card is sticking out of breast pocket, it is switched as it is removed
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Card in Pocket" (Dave Rumfelt, M-U-M, Nov. 1974)
Also published here 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
62
Helge Thun Thuns Tenkai Taschen Taktik one-handed transfer of classic palmed card to Tenkai Palm, then production choreography from inside pocket
 		2023
Seminah 3
61
Guy Hollingworth Bent Cop Fake Pocket Placement card apparently placed in pocket
 		2023
Instructions for Miracles
40
Allan Ackerman Pen Pocket Load when placing away a pen with deck in hand
 		2024
All In — Volume 1
94
Dave Rumfelt Card from Breast Pocket
Related to 2024
All In — Volume 1
98
Edward Marlo, Allan Ackerman Card from Pocket Idea Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
135