656 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Ueberall und Nirgends "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste VI."
Related to July 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7)
99
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Ueberall und Nirgends explanation part
Related to Aug. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8)
115
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates, including Hofzinser's patter
1909 55
T. Nelson Downs Everywhere and Nowhere - New Method
1909 63
Everywhere and Nowhere with Assistant coding free selection to assistant who provides duplicates
1909 69
T. Nelson Downs The General Card several spectators choose a card, they are all the same, whole deck is shown the same, then different again
1909 71
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends two duplicates
Also published here 1910 23
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Zweite Ausführung) expanded routine
Also published here 1910 153
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Überall und Nirgends (Dritte Ausführung) an additional nine cards change into selection
Also published here 1910 161
Stanley Collins The Comedy of Errors three wrong cards found and last one placed in pocket, the first two turn into selection and back, the pocketed card is then shown to be the selection
Related toVariations 1925 8
Stanley Collins "Jumbo" Comedy of Errors three wrong cards found, the first two turn into selection and back, the third card is then shown to be the selection, with jumbo cards
Inspired by 1925 12
Stanley Collins All Fours performer finds three times the Four of Hearts, each time it is placed on the table, deck shown as all Fours, then normal again, indifferent card is placed in pocket and left protruding, tabled cards change into selections and pocketed card is Four of Hearts
1925 15
Jack Merlin Three Card Force and Floor Change card is forced several times, then put under foot of spectator who thinks all cards are the same, then card under foot changes and deck is normal
1927/28 11
Jack Merlin Here There and Everywhere ambitious card, then stop trick, twice the card is at the stopped position
1927/28 15
Theodore Annemann Nightmare Effects (Second Effect) spectator chooses card and seals it in an envelope without looking at it, another card selected with riffle peek, that card vanishes and is found in envelope
Variations 1928 1
Laurie Ireland Here There and Everywhere Card Routine card always on top, then all cards are the same eventually card is found in pocket
1934
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1934)
2
Theodore Annemann The New Nightmare Effect selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed
Inspired byRelated toVariations Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
27
Everywhere and Nowhere 1. (using two duplicates)
2. Using a Short Card
3. With a Borrowed Deck
4. With an Ordinary Deck without Duplicates
1935 112
Seeing is Believing card put in envelope turns out to be later selection
1936 155
Everybody's Card several spectators all select the same card, slick card
1937 97
The Unseen Card spectator pockets unseen card, later selection is this pocketed card, svengali deck
1937 250
Everywhere and Nowhere reprinted
Related to 1937 316
The Dream Card card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be later selection, index
1937 333
S. H. Wimbrough Card from the Pocket - Another Presentation lazy man's card to pocket, pocketed card in beginning is later selection
1937 342
Paul Rosini Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates
1938 567
Lu Brent Three Chances two duplicates
Mar. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 42)
286
Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates
Variations 1940 309
Theodore Annemann The Ghost Card stranger card, card is put in envelope
1940 363
Everywhere and Nowhere with a Borrowed Deck stranger cards
1940 367
Edward Marlo Everywhere and Nowhere (using a borrowed deck and no duplicates.)
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
14
Stuart Towne, Don Diavolo The Time Formula fairly selected card (6 duplicates used) predicted via mirror writing, time traveling presentation
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
591
Laurie Ireland Magician's Lucky Card card in pocket turns out to be selection
1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
14
George Pearce, Stanley Collins Comedy of Errors three wrong cards found and last one placed in pocket, the first two turn into selection and back, the pocketed card is then shown to be the selection
Related to Feb. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 8)
2
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Hallucination several spectators remember a card, all the same which is produced from pocket
1941 29
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue "Well, I'm D----d!" double facer and duplicate
Related to 1942 5
Eddie Joseph Hallucination selection lost, three cards against glasses, every one shown to be selection, then none, three duplicates
1942 62
Theodore Annemann The New Nightmare Effect selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed
1943 74
Warren Wiersbe This Card gets Around! (Wiersbe's version of Everywhere and Nowhere), impromptu
1944 2
Jean Hugard An Optical Illusion four unknown cards selected and placed in performer's pocket, six piles are formed, all ontaining aces, aces are eventually found in pocket
Oct. 1944 75
Robert Weill Here, There and Everywhere with card to pocket ending
1945 54
Edward Marlo Everywhere & Nowhere (at the table) ungaffed
1947 32
Grab-Bag Card cards are withdrawn from packet, remaining card is selection
1948 96
All Change Here Hindu Shuffle
1948 197
Top-Change Byplay
1948 220
Everywhere and Nowhere
1948 260
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren 1 Karte + 1 Gedanke
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4)
3
Paul LePaul A Deft Illusion
1949 175
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Another Here, There and Everywhere using Baker's Cherchez la Femme stand
Inspired by 1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
5
Clayton Rawson The Jinx Card presentation about trouble-making card, spectator keeps selecting this card, it changes places with other selections, and turns over in the deck
July 1950 678
Al Leech The Black Jacks
1953 15
Jerry Andrus Recurring Card
1956 161
Edward Marlo The Time Machine three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time, writing of time written on a business card vanishes
Variations Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
2
P. Howard Lyons Here There & Everywhere with Hofzinser's presentation, one duplicate
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
11
Norman Houghton OWOOOooo-o-o-o! routine with "wolf pack" (erotic images), spectator repeatedly selects the Joker in different ways, spectator names card which is taken out and given to spectator, performer takes named card out of his pocket and spectator has Joker again, another card is selected and given to the spectator in an envelope as souvenir (it's normal when he looks)
Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
17
Edward Marlo Marlo's Hofzinser two duplicates, presentation with three glasses (placing block as one card in a glass)
1957 26
Edward Marlo Additional Climax to Marlo's Hofzinser after the three cards changed to the selection, they change into Aces, four-of-a-kind matching the selection is produced from pocket paper-clipped together
1957 29
Edward Marlo Mini-Classic (1st method) selection lost, it is shown on top, bottom and reversed in center, the three cards are shown as all alike, card then taken from pocket, deck shown as all selection
Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
5
Edward Marlo Mini-Classic (2nd method) three cards change into selection, then selection taken from pocket, card then taken from pocket, deck shown as all selection
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
6
Edward Marlo A Sixy Effect three cards change into selection (a Six), then selection taken from pocket, card then taken from pocket, deck shown as all selection, all four Sixes produced from pocket, puns in the patter
Related toVariations Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
7
Peter Warlock No Guesswork card inside envelope finale
Inspired by
  • Edward G. Brown's "Three Guesses" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 42. 1943. P. 59.
1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
38
Edward Marlo Tis Rough on Hofzinser
Variations Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
40
Edward Marlo 2nd Roughed Hofzinser - No duplicates version
Inspired by Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
46
Malcolm Davison Finding the Lady is Easy three signed blank cards, two are found by performer and third one turns out to be the blank card held by spectator since the beginning
1960 76
Dai Vernon Everywhere and Nowhere ungaffed
1961 69
Max Malini Malini's Transposition
Also published here 1961 49
Edward Marlo Further Applications of the Reverse Fingering Action with K. M. Move to repeatedly show the same card after it has apparently been dealt to table
1962 8
Max Malini Card Magic six spectators select the same card from six decks
Related toAlso published here 1962 24
Jochen Zmeck Hypnose multiple spectators chose the same card, routine for Svengali type decks
1962 11
Harry Lorayne, Al Leech One-Eyed Jack Sandwich card sandwiched, sandwich in middle of deck, turns out to be later selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1965 4
Harry Lorayne, Al Leech One-Eyed Jack Sandwich card sandwiched, sandwich in middle of deck, turns out to be later selection
Also published here 1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 2)
23
Fred Kaps The Three Jokers using three glasses
Also published here 1967 209
Jochen Zmeck Symbol-Trix five ESP cards, one put aside, four spectators each look at a card, they all have the same, but this one is not there but the one on the table
1967 29
Tony Kardyro The Ultimate Transfer card is put in envelope or card case, turns out to be later selection
1969 132
Roy Walton Card Case mystery card in case, four queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1969 57
Roy Walton Transposition of a Signature Variation different colored back
Also published here 1969 60
Gray Leese 4-Card Quadrille signed prediction card turns out to be card selected & initialed by spectator
Related to July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
66
Karl Fulves Quadrille Notes
Related to July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
70
Edward Marlo The Reversible Peek openly turned over card turns out to be later peeked card
1970 109
Edward Marlo Simplex or Complex three selections turn out to be the same card, two methods
Variations Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley signed card in ---- two methods
Related toVariations Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
142
Allan Ackerman Everywhere and Nowhere three cards become the selection and change into aces
1970 9
Roy Walton Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine", see also p. 388
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1970 363
James G. Thompson Jr. Joint Signature "based on a card problem entitled Two-Card Quadrille", card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the face
Variations Oct. 1970 365
Roger Smith The Svengali Routine spectator keeps selecting the same card, then all cards look the same, deck ends up to be normal and selection is found in performer's pocket
Sep. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
1
Allan Ackerman Lunch several methods for "One-Eyed Jacks" sandwich effect, with loading techniques
Tilted Sandwich:
  • Gaffed
  • Ungaffed #1
  • Ungaffed #2
The Ultimate Approach:
  • The Load In
  • The Palm Switch
  • The No Palm Approach
  • Ungaffed #3
Variations 1971 34
Karl Fulves In The Sleeve card openly placed in performer's sleeve turns out to be later selection
Variations 1971 29
Roy Walton Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
VariationsAlso published here 1971 22
Jerry K. Hartman Fast Draw spectator’s card is reversed in deck unseen, magicians displays another card for himself, faceup deck is dealt through to see whose card turns up first, when spectator thinks he won, turn over his reversed card to show it is also your card, letter to Karl Fulves dated 9/29/69
Inspired by 1971 18
Tom Batchelor Losing Control spectator's card is removed but keeps showing up
1971 50
Edward Marlo They're All Alike ambitious type routine shown, people think they're all the same, but they're all blank
Aug. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
62
Edward Marlo Signature Rush unknown sandwiched card turns out to be later signed selection, four methods
Dec. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
92
Jon Racherbaumer Comments defining:
  • Everywhere & Nowhere
  • The General Card
  • The Universal Card
Related to 1972 4
Orville Wayne Meyer Something Screwey sucker element, three spectators select same card, card ends up in pocket
1972 78
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Mephisto No. 146, unknown card place in envelope, card peeked, card in envelope turns out to be that peeked selection, duplicate
Related to 1972 38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Illusio No. 147, transfer cut of bottom card to top used for: same card shown repeatedly and tabled, tabled cards then complete a four-of-a-kind with selection
1972 39
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Seeing Is Believing Trick No. 221, unknown card put in envelope, card selected and written on envelope, card in envelope is shown to be that card, duplicate
Related to 1972 54
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Spread It Card Trick No. 323, prediction packet on table, card chosen, tabled packet contains card of same color, suit and also actual selection
Related toVariations 1972 84
Variation Of Everywhere - Nowhere No. 493, selection appears in three packets, then from pocket
1972 137
Dr. Jacob Daley Spread It Card Trick Improvement No. 554, prediction packet on table, card chosen, tabled packet contains card of same color, suit and also actual selection
Inspired byVariations 1972 155
Jean Hugard Jean Hugard's Everywhere Nowhere No. 642, note without content
1972 178
Jean Hugard Jean Hugard's Everybodys and Nobodys Card No. 645, note without content
1972 178
Jean Hugard Hugard's Everywhere And Nowhere No. 647
1972 178
Jean Hugard Hugard's Three Pile Trick With Extra Cards No. 651, not entirely clear, some everywhere and nowhere effect perhaps with three cards found from three piles
1972 179
Karl Fulves Direct Sandwich
Related to 1973 88
Karl Fulves Gambler's Switch card sandwiched at beginning
1973 90
Alex Elmsley, Michael Skinner Miracle Worker between your palms
1973 204
Karl Fulves "X" Card To Wallet card with X on back is put in wallet in beginning, turns out to be signed card later
1973 38
Karl Fulves Theory Transpo unknown card on table, Ace between Jacks, Jacks vanish and card on table turns out to be the two Jacks
1973 25
Karl Fulves Cased Card card in case turns out to be later signed selection, Between Your Palms variation
1973 40
Karl Fulves Locked Room card in metal box turns out to be later signed selection, second method with card case or envelope
1973 49
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
Variations Mar. 1973 606
Lin Searles Quick Classic Aces change into selection one by one, then selection from pocket
Inspired by
  • "Future Classic" (Ed Marlo)
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
670
Edward G. Brown Everywhere and Nowhere
Variations 1973 27
Jerry K. Hartman Teleapathy Reversed card at the beginning shown to be the thought of card impossibly, something like Mystery Card
1973 66
Roy Walton Surprise Surprise five freely selected cards put aside and turn out to be Aces and later chosen selection
Also published here 1973 31
Harvey Rosenthal Tilt Prediction previously reversed card turns out to be later selection, two methods
Mar. 1974
Epilogue (Issue 20)
183
Jerry K. Hartman Transcollectors three unknown cards are alternated facedown between Aces, three cards are selected and lost in deck, the three cards between the Aces are shown to be the cards just selected
Inspired by
  • Reverso (Edward Marlo, 1995)
  • “Reverso” (Edward Marlo, The New Tops, Aug – Sep 1973, p. 41)
Related toAlso published here
1974 4
Jerry K. Hartman No Way top card placed on bottom of deck reversed without showing it, spectator notes new top card of deck and it is buried in middle, reversed card on bottom is shown to be spectator’s card
1974 48
Jerry Mentzer In Case kings and "mystery card" placed in case in beginning
1975 11
Jim Lee Into the Case "Magical Lee" card placed in case in beginning is later selection, double backer
1975 21
Derek Dingle The Regal Royal Flush "duplicates" are produced and changed to Royal Flush
Variations 1975 66
Larry Jennings Card Minus One no duplicate
1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))
274
Karl Fulves Impromptu Elmsley two methods
1975 39
Karl Fulves Revised Prophecy joker turned over at beginning turns out to be later selection
1975 57
Karl Fulves Eye Witness two red Fours together in deck, spectator remembers card above pair, another card below pair, they name the same card which is then shown not to be in deck, then appears sandwiched between Fours
Inspired byVariations 1975 165
Karl Fulves Using Sleeves two cards placed in sleeve, then card signed in deck, two cards removed from sleeve and one is signed selection, tape on sleeve for steal
Inspired by 1975 199
Karl Fulves Speed With 7's card sandwiched in beginning in deck turns out to be later signed selection
1975 222
Michael Carrion Mirage card placed under close-up mat, two cards chosen, one signed, card under mat turns out to be later signed selection, duplicate
Inspired by Aug. 1975 1044
Roger Smith Open Paper Clip Surprise card openly paper clipped, card chosen in IF condition turns out to be clipped card
Inspired by 1975 14
Roy Walton Überraschung, Überraschung five freely selected cards put aside and turn out to be Aces and later chosen selection
Also published here Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
11
Jon Racherbaumer, Ed Brown Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber using Himber Wallet and Stranger
Related to 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1
Edward Marlo More! four additional handlings
Related to 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 2)
20
Edward Marlo No Way previously tabled card turns out to be later selection, becomes second selection, first from pocket
1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 5)
69
Peter Duffie Card In Case... Transposition transposition with signed odd back card
Aug. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)
289
Bernard Bilis Everywhere Everywhere and Nowhere variation, five cards shown to be the same card before changing into five selections
1976 11
Jerry Mentzer, Jim Lee In Case Magical Lee prediction put in case, turns out to be later selection signed by spectator on face and performer on back
1976 18
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Talismanic Card In Wallet with Himber wallet, duplicate
Related to 1976 12
Edward Marlo More Reversos three cards between four Aces turn out to be later selected card (collectors type)
1977 270
Larry Jennings A Handling of "Between your Palms"
Also published here 1977 39
Harvey Rosenthal A Sandwich Switch
1977 124
Harvey Rosenthal Tilt Sandwich I - V sandwiched card on top of deck
1977 144
Karl Fulves Celestial Navigation red-backed and boxed card is selected from blue deck
Related to 1977 237
Gene Maze Signed Card To Wallet signed card - effect
1977 324
Philip T. Goldstein Palm Off
Variations 1977 11
Karl Fulves Soliloquy single card on table turns out to be later signed card, sleeving, see also top of p. 36 for lapping method
1977 33
Arturo de Ascanio La Fuerza Motriz del Pensamiento three Aces change into selection and back, selection is eventually found in performer's pocket, duplicates
Related toAlso published here
  • Misdirection" N° 1, 1964.
1977 15
Allan Ackerman Downers and Uppers same card occupies three positions
1978 42
Ken Krenzel The Purist's Mini Hofzinser
1978 168
Karl Fulves One Card Isn't two cards place face-down on table, then selection made and signed, one of original cards becomes selection
1978 68
Alle wählen diesen König several spectators chose the same card
1978 62
Jerry K. Hartman Betricks and Between Card placed between two Jokers turns blank, card placed aside previously is now the card
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 56
Martin A. Nash The Sandwich Center mates on top, signed card presentation
1979 393
Richard Kaufman Quick Hofzinser Quick small packet stuff
Oct. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10)
253
Richard Kaufman Palms For The Poor card case instead of spectator's palms
Related to 1979 117
Karl Fulves Null And Void card placed into case, selection underneath vanishes and earlier card inside is selection
1979 12
Earl Nelson Between Your Points of Departure Aces between spectator's palm, selection added, it vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1979 7
Peter Warlock Epitaph für Brown
Inspired by
  • Edward G. Brown's "Three Guesses" in "The Sphinx", May 1943, p. 59.
Also published here
  • Pentagram, Nov. 1953
Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
137
Roy Walton Kartenetui mystery card in case, four queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
Also published here Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
148
Roy Walton Transpositionsvariante different colored back
Also published here Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
150
Nick Trost The Same Card unknown card is put reversed in deck, it turns out to be later selection
1979 13
Edward Marlo The Unknown Card - It Can't Be card placed aside is later chosen selection, two methods
1980 291
Daryl Martinez Holding On between your palms with four-of-a-kind kicker
Variations 1980 38
Edward Marlo I Won't Even Look using Ed Brown Wallet (see Kabbala reference), two methods
Related to 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
53
Gene Maze An Open Sandwich
1980 32
Gene Maze Between the Slices (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 1)
1980 84
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Where, Oh, Where? (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 2) all blank climax
1980 85
Gene Maze Space Age Illusion (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 3)
1980 86
Kevin Davie Sign There signed card travels to other deck and changes back color
Apr. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 4)
826
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck
Also published here 1980 1
Don Costello The DC Sandwich sandwiched card
1981 40
Karl Fulves Trapped in the Past sandwiched card
1981 40
Karl Fulves Past Performance sandwiched card
1981 43
Roger Crosthwaite The Eidetic Prediction card is placed in the box, spectator think of a card, that card is divined and later found to be the card put in the box in the beginning
1981 11
Roger Crosthwaite The Geiger Mystery card is located by sound, then it vanishes between two others and is found to be the card put in the case in the beginning
Inspired by 1981 18
Roger Crosthwaite The 2nd Geiger Mystery
Related to 1981 22
Karl Fulves Everywhere odd-backed version, posed as problem
1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Roger Curzon Variations Variant
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)
137
Peter Warlock Das Wicks' Thema time turned back, illustrated with
  • Triumph (cheek to cheek)
  • linking ropes
  • transposing balls in glasses
  • numbered dice
Inspired by
  • "Lost Time" (Charles Wicks, The Magic Wand)
Also published here
  • Pentagram, 1955
May 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
33
Roy Walton Card Case mystery card in case, four queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
Also published here 1981 50
Roy Walton Transposition of a signature variation different colored back
Also published here 1981 52
Roy Walton Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here 1981 69
Roy Walton Surprise Surprise five freely selected cards put aside and turn out to be Aces and later chosen selection
Also published here 1981 127
Al Smith Kings & Witch sandwiched unknown card is cut into deck, it turns out to be later selection, using Business Card Prophecy Move
1981 4
Derek Dingle Everywhere and Nowhere in the Air
1982 157
Derek Dingle Regal Royal Flush "duplicates" are produced and changed to Royal Flush
Related to 1982 158
Tommy Wonder Everywhere and Nowhere double facer
Related to Jan. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 1)
979
Neal Elias Everywhere and Nowhere ends with selection reversed in deck
1982 13
Shiv Duggal Aces 'A' Go-Go
May 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)
249
Bob Chesbro Card in the Eye folded unknown card stuck in eye, turns out to be later signed selection
1982 26
Curtis Kam "E-Z Magic" Between your Palms ungaffed method
Inspired by 1982 24
Edward Marlo The Money Card
Inspired byRelated to 1983 29
Edward Marlo A Hull of a Trick
Inspired by 1983 102
Edward Marlo Future Classic Double-Cross duplicates are produced, see Regal Aces
1983 114
Edward Marlo The Four Eightses Classic four cards change to Aces, duplicates, Kings, with selection in pocket
Variations 1983 214
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byVariations 1983 56
Richard Kaufman Every Everywhere two selections, each appears "on top, bottom, in center", red-black kicker
1983 95
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14)
125
Ian Land Back Palm case instead of palm
Inspired by July 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 11)
1135
Thomas Alan Waters 4ce with cards and boxes
Related to
  • George P. Sanderson's "The Feminine Influence" in "Right Under Their Noses"
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl)
504
Jon Racherbaumer Future Trap faro, two handlings
Inspired by 1983
Facsimile (Issue 1)
24
Reinhard Müller Off Colour Jack-Which with two odd-backed jokers
May 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25)
484
Stephen Tucker Behold odd back card in pocket is signed card
Inspired by
  • Horace Bennett's "Comedy Card to Pocket" in "Bennett's 4th Book"
Dec. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32)
627
Simon Lovell The Weird "Stop" Trick spectator stops at his card, then again later at the very same card
1983 38
Earl Nelson Between Your Palms, Rethought handling of Elmsley's Between Your Palms but without the need for an extra card
Inspired by 1983 1
Philip T. Goldstein Sans Fronds without palming
Inspired byAlso published here 1984 96
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace all blank finish
1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
297
Jerry Sadowitz Why Not
1984 14
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere "A Modern Handling of a Classic Effect"
two duplicates
1984 12
Larry Jennings The Mystery Card see also issue 2, p. 3
VariationsAlso published here Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Earl Nelson The Flying Signature odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it
Related to Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
56
Frank Simon The Flying Signature, No Palm Method odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it
Related to Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
64
William P. Miesel Signa-Flite odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it, simplified variation
Inspired by Summer 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
41
Simon Lovell Simon Lovell's Ambitious Card Routine more everywhere and nowhere routine, card in case finale
Also published here 1984 107
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace with all blank faces kicker
1984 59
Peter Duffie Signus X II no duplicate of selection, but two Jokers
Inspired byVariations 1984 9
Peter Duffie Signus X 1 using two Jokers
Inspired byVariations 1984 9
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card
Also published here 1984 22
J. C. Doty, Brother John Hamman Thanks to JH "The Signed Card" with a new switch
Aug. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1101
William P. Miesel Here and Gone three cards change to selection, then become aces
1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
181
Tom Craven Blank(et) Prediction
1985 524
Randy Wakeman Randy gets Rough on Hofzinser deck cut in three piles, top of each becomes selection, everywhere nowhere, based on Marlo's "'Tis Rough on Hofzinser" (Ibidem)
1985 27
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1985 5
Frederick Braue FB Change card placed aside at beginning is later selection
1985 4
Frederick Braue, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser's Misdirection Everywhere and Nowhere
1985 12
Frederick Braue Pre-Choice sandwiched unknown card becomes later selection
1985 19
Frederick Braue FB Everywhere and Nowhere joker put in case, then selection found several times and put in glass, they change into indifferent cards and cased card is selection (1944)
Related to 1985 3
Justin Higham A Case for the Mystery Card without switch at the end
Inspired byVariations Sep. 1985 3
Roger Crosthwaite Half a Classic multi-phase routine
  • Spectator cuts to the Aces
  • Triumph
  • Revelation of chosen card
  • Aces change into Eights, Aces found in pocket, selection in card case
Inspired by 1985 4
Daryl Martinez The Ubiquitous Card small packet is shown all alike
1985/87 94
Larry Jennings The Mystery Card
VariationsAlso published here 1986 34
Larry Jennings The Pacoima Solution no signature
1986 50
Edward Marlo The Money Sandwich using envelope out of bills
Related toAlso published here 1986 34
Edward Marlo The Card in Case card case instead of palms, using dull blank card gaff
Also published here 1986 37
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1986 6
Fred Kaps The Three Jokers
Also published here 1986 20
Terri Rogers T.T.F.N. (or The Gambler's Cure) "Tri-Tetra-Flexagon"
card put in flexagon himber type wallet, spectator also puts a signed selection in the card, the first card is shown to be signed selection and spectator's card has funny message
Also published here 1986 64
Reinhard Müller Signierte Karte packet version with jumbo cards
Inspired by 1986 7
David Regal Everywhere duplicates are produced and change in run of suit
1987 92
David Regal The Divining Card
1987 176
David Regal The Divining Card
Variations Jan. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 1)
1301
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead
1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Conjuring con Carney)
11
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 16
Peter Duffie Envelope Prediction after Ambitious Card sequence, an odd-backed card in an envelope turns out to be signed selection
Related to
  • "Black Envelope" (Bob Kohler)
1987 13
Peter Duffie No Case to Answer odd-backed mystery card, Jacks produced as well, red/blue double backer
Inspired by 1987 93
Roberto Giobbi Die seltsame Schleife
Also published here 1987 135
Darwin Ortiz The Dream Card odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet
Related toVariations 1988 81
Darwin Ortiz Regal Aces four "Duplicates" are produced and changed to Aces
1988 99
Larry Jennings Long Distance Sandwich sandwiched card from beginning becomes later selection
1988 14
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1988 9
Justin Higham A Case Of Déjà Vu using case
  • First Version
  • Second Version (odd-backed)
Inspired by Nov. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 5)
6
René Lavand Perhaps, Some Day four chosen cards to wallet, Himber Wallet
Also published here 1988 63
Roy Walton Strange Prediction four cards set aside as prediction, card chosen and lost, the four cards are shown to have the same shape, back color and thickness of selection and the last one is the selection
Related toVariations 1988 49
Roy Walton Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine"
Also published here 1988 165
Fred Kaps The Three Jokers using three glasses
Also published here 1988 42
Fred Kaps A Four Ace Trick four cards chosen and put in performer's pocket unseen, spectators look through piles and see Aces, but then no Aces are found in pack and pocketed cards are the Aces
1988 46
Jerry Sadowitz The Backward Card Trick "begins by revealing a card that has not yet been selected, after that things get even more perplexing."
1989 20
Jerry Sadowitz Thanks to Hofzinser signature on back multiplies, appears on card pocketed in beginning
1989 37
Kevin Bethea It's a Steal card in pocket turns out to be later signed one
Mar. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 3)
1613
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card
Related to 1989 47
Edward Marlo Impromptu Everywhere and Nowhere
1989 50
Karl Fulves Kid Trix some blue-backed cards torn in half, card selected and signed from red deck, two blue-blacked halves restored and turned over - it is the spectator's signed card
1989 44
Simon Lovell Another Departed Point Card placed under spectator's hand from the beginning is the spectator's signed card
Inspired byAlso published here 1989 15
Philip T. Goldstein Sans Fronds without palming
Also published here 1989 11
Randy Wakeman The Emergency Card card signed and lost, odd-backed "emergency card" removed from pocket turns out to be previous signed selection
1989 4
Randy Wakeman eveRywhere & noWhere two duplicates
1989 117
Terri Rogers T.T.F.N. "Tri-Tetra-Flexagon"
card put in flexagon himber type wallet, spectator also puts a signed selection in the card, the first card is shown to be signed selection and spectator's card has funny message
Also published here July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
140
Roger Curzon Variations-Variante
Also published here Oct. 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1)
28
Justin Higham Mistaken Identity Joker stabbed in deck, spectator remembers card above Joker, another card below it, they name the same card which is then shown to be reversed in deck between two Jokers
Inspired by Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
3
Juan Tamariz The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers three chosen cards are selection from beginning, then it vanishes and appears in pocket
Variations 1989/91 192
Gary Kurtz Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet
Variations 1990 11
Gary Kurtz Wishful Thinking effect combination
1990 25
John Bannon Twixt The Devil
Variations 1990 22
Edward Marlo Marlo's Lost Hull Version nine methods, some with double backer
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1990 1
Jay Sankey "#*@!" folded paper clipped card turns out to be later signed selection
Related toVariations 1990 36
Edward Marlo Satirical Signed Card two methods, with commentary on "The Signed Card"
Related to 1990 40
Edward Marlo Satirical Signed Card two methods
Related to 1990 54
Brother John Hamman, Arturo de Ascanio, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Gary Ouellet Maneater
1990 294
Michael Powers The Nightmare Card odd-backed version of the Dream Card Plot where the card apparently stays on the table in full sight, red/blue double backer
Inspired by 1990 5
Michael Powers Bonus Plot variation of Brother John Hamman's Signed Card where the card is odd backed
Inspired by 1990 8
Michael Powers The Trap Door Card card with business information and trapdoor printed on it used for card-through-table, blank side of trapdoor card becomes signed selection
1990 115
Jon Racherbaumer Strange Siamese Strangers two cards tabled, they turn out to be later selection and though-of card
Inspired by 1990 115
John Bannon Heart of the City card spectator cuts to is predicted, another signed selection travels to envelope which has been on table
Also published here 1990 2
Justin Higham A Streamlined Approach unknown card tabled, two Aces tabled as well, performer and spectator each select a card, spectator signs his card, both lost, indifferent card changes into performer's card between the Aces, unknown card is put between the Aces and shown to be signed selection
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 2)
12
Karl Fulves "X" Card to Wallet
1991 26
David Harkey Thunder and Lightning unknown card torn in half, one half put in performer's and one spectator's wallet, another card is chosen and signed, the torn halves turn out to be that signed selection
Also published here 1991 64
Randy Tanner The Dream Card Revisited no palming
1991 107
Alex Elmsley Serendipity two unknown cards sandwiched between three of a kind turn out to be later selections
Variations 1991 61
John Carney Inscrutable joker shows up again and again, four of them change into Aces, presentation
Inspired by 1991 74
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead
Variations 1991 254
John Bannon Heart of the City card spectator cuts to is predicted, another signed selection travels to envelope which has been on table
VariationsAlso published here 1991 13
John Bannon Do the 'Twixt
Inspired by 1991 157
Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz Day-Dream Card odd-backed card to wallet
Inspired by Sep. 1991 1
Edward Marlo Commercial Method odd-backed card to wallet, rough-smooth Mene-Tekel
Inspired by Sep. 1991 3
Jon Racherbaumer, Eric Eicher Road-Runner Sevens "Fast/Faster/Fastest", three phases, last phase "Hull Version" (signed card type), Six & Seven pseudo duplicates
Inspired by 1991 8
Tony Cachadiña Card in the Purse (Prediction) folded card in purse shown in the beginning turns out to be signed selection
1991 6
T. Page Wright Spectator Chooses Same Card Again
1991 95
David Harkey Thunder and Lightning unknown card torn in half, one half put in performer's and one spectator's wallet, another card is chosen and signed, the torn halves turn out to be that signed selection
Also published here 1991 149
Jerry K. Hartman Betricks and Between card placed between two Jokers turns blank, card placed aside previously is now the card
Also published here 1991 179
Jerry K. Hartman Divines Right
Inspired by 1991 503
David Acer, Jim Sisti The Leather-Clad Stranger prediction card in wallet turns out to be later signed selection
May/June 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 5)
45
Ken Krenzel The Fabulous Jumping Card card vanishes from sandwich and is shown to be mystery card tabled at the beginning, duplicate, two handlings
Variations 1992 xiv
Jon Racherbaumer The Future Ain't What it Used to be
Related to 1992 235
Jon Racherbaumer, Peter Duffie Time-Warp Sandwich
1992 239
Jack Carpenter Mysterious Daley & Between your Palms combo, also called "Quantum Theory"
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1992 13
James Swain Technicolor Mystery red backed selection vanishes from between four blue backed kings and revealed to be mystery card previously put in pocket
1992 107
Karl Fulves Letter of Intent one of three envelopes chosen by exchanging number cards and adding some, number range force
1992 20
Karl Fulves A Trap Cut sandwiched card in deck turns out to be later selection
1992 42
Karl Fulves By Proxy prediction card reversed on top of face-up deck turns out to be later selection
1992 68
Bob Gill The Race Is On odd-backed
Inspired by Oct. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
15
Marty Martini The Postcard prediction card in envelope turns out to be selection
Also published here 1992 807
Gary Kurtz Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet, revised handling
Inspired byAlso published here 1992 7
Edward Marlo The Money Sandwich using envelope out of bills
  • Alternatives to the Double or Envelope Bill
Also published here 1992 38
Edward Marlo The Card in Case card case instead of palms, using dull blank card gaff
Also published here 1992 41
Dan Fleshman Some Prediction signed card among Aces vanishes and turns out to be prediction card
July/Aug. 1992
The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 12)
128
Dan Fleshman Malini-Freeman Twist Time Machine meets Inversion
July/Aug. 1992
The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 12)
130
Jerry K. Hartman Chron-Illogical two mystery cards are interlaced between three Aces, two cards are signed by spectator and lost in deck, interlaced cards are shown to be the signed cards
Also published here Mar. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 7)
51
Jerry Sadowitz Predict Wich performer sandwiches an unknown cards behind his back somewhere in the deck, spectator cuts to a card, this is later found to be the sandwiched card
Variations July 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11)
51
Jon Racherbaumer Guardian Angel "signed card" with cannibal patter
Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
56
Peter Duffie The Sign of Four prediction packet on table, card chosen, tabled packet contains card of same color, suit and also actual selection
Inspired byVariations 1992 13
Gerald Deutsch Jinx Mate
June 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6)
2224
Jerry Sadowitz Impossible Prediction reversed card turns out to be selection made later
1993 5
Marty Martini The Postcard prediction card in envelope turns out to be selection
Also published here 1993 45
Muneo Yokoi Split Prediction signed on the back by magician, sealed in envelope. Freely selected card signed and placed in another envelope, signed on the back by spectator. Envelope opened to show the faces match, but that they are also halves of the same card.
1993 26
Alexander de Cova Ordered Surprise shuffled deck ends up in order, at the position of selection is the Joker reversed and signed selection is found folded and secured with cloth pin, brief explanation
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 4
John Scarne Factory Seconds apparently several Sevens of Hearts are in the deck, they are all put aside and change into Aces
Variations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
29
Karl Fulves Glass House card chosen and signed, odd-backed prediction in glass matches, then it also has signature
1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
46
Peter Duffie Jointly Does It odd-backed card signed on back by performer, another card signed on face by spectator, odd-backed then has this face
Inspired by 1993 11
Charles T. Jordan, Vanni Bossi Charles Jordan's Paradox - The Dream unknown chosen card put in envelope, turns out to be later selection, with commentary by Vanni Bossi
Related to
  • "The Dream" (No. 33 in Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks)
1993 12
René Lavand Perhaps, Some Day four chosen cards to wallet, Himber Wallet
VariationsAlso published here 1993 152
Sid Fleischman The Wrong Way Card Trick card trick performed backwards, card first produced from pocket and shown, then lost, then selection made, it's another card that changes into original card, selection then produced from pocket
1993 114
Alexander de Cova Ordered Surprise shuffled deck ends up in order, at the position of selection is the Joker reversed and signed selection is found folded and secured with cloth pin, brief explanation
Also published here 1993 4
Bob Farmer The Last Trick Of Dr. Jacob Hamman a.k.a. The Card Of Turin Daley & Between your Palms combo
Inspired by Feb. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)
49
Juan Tamariz Sintonia Mental y Sorpresa spectator locates second spectator's selection, then card is placed on table and same card is selected again, on the table is now a random card
1993 299
Allan Ackerman, Roger Klause The 76 Sandwich
Variations 1994 112
Allan Slaight Between Your Palms Handling duplicate
Feb. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 2)
2319
Simon Lovell Another Departed Point
VariationsAlso published here May 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 5)
2356
Alex Elmsley A Problem with Duplicate Identities two cards are put on table, two selections are shown to be the same, then table cards are turned over and are unchanged
Variations 1994 166
Alex Elmsley Pocketpick visible card in breastpocket turns out to be later selection
Related to 1994 207
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
VariationsAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
1994 246
Alex Elmsley Only Child handling of "Between Your Palms" without stranger card
1994 250
Paul Gertner Paul's Opener card repeatably chosen, travels to pocket, corner torn off and still chosen as whole card and torn corner transforms
Variations 1994 87
Billy McDonnell Tuned Fortune card put in box then two black queens change into red queens and card in case turns out to be selection
Inspired by 1994 971
Karl Fulves First Future card sandwiched in center with sandwich cards outjogged, top card shown and moved to bottom, when sandwiched card is pulled out it is this selection
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
94
Gordon Bruce Palmist's Prediction two signed cards and one thought of
Also published here
  • Lecture notes Edinburgh, March 1986
1994 204
Aldo Colombini Formula One tabled card turns out to be later sandwiched selection
1994 59
Peter Duffie Mis-Read Palmistry using pseudo mates
1995 23
Darwin Ortiz The Psychotronic Card combo
Variations 1995 14
Darwin Ortiz Time and Again
Inspired by 1995 86
Darwin Ortiz The Phantom Card signed card at two positions at the same time
Inspired by 1995 124
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1995 7
Simon Aronson This Side Up playing card with "Instructions" written on them becomes signed selection on one side
Inspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman, Randy Wakeman Presents)
1995 87
Ken Beale Set Off Trap "Three Impromptus"
sandwiched card on table, card chosen, sandwich cut in deck side-jogged, sandwiched card turns out to be later selection
1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
10
Karl Fulves Top Flight "An Impromptu Card Paradox"
card selected via riffle procedure in center of deck, then top card is shown to be selection, presented as a card being in two places at same time, repeated
Related to 1995 29
Karl Fulves Persistence of Vision four Kings placed on table, card in center of deck remembered, it is then shown on top and his placed to Kings, back on top of deck, vanished from Kings
Variations 1995 31
Edward Marlo Reverso four Aces with three reversed cards between them on table, those turn out to be three later signed selections, two methods
  • Marlo's Added Notes on "Reverso"
Variations 1995 126
Edward Marlo Reselection sandwiched card in deck turns out to be later selection
Variations 1995 136
James Swain The Airmail-Card Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stamp
Also published here 1995 92
Gary Kurtz Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet, revised handling
Also published here 1995 14
Gary Kurtz The Incredible Hypnotic Joker Joker is sandwiched by two unknown cards, those turn out to be two later signed selections
Inspired by 1995 11
Aldo Colombini Four-Cast four cards tabled, selection lost, tabled cards indicate color, odd/even, face/spot card and last card turns out to be selection itself
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie effect
1995 67
Jerry K. Hartman Chron-Illogical two mystery cards are interlaced between three Aces, two cards are signed by spectator and lost in deck, interlaced cards are shown to be the signed cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 83
Jerry K. Hartman Transcollectors three unknown cards are alternated facedown between Aces, three cards are selected and lost in deck, the three cards between the Aces are shown to be the cards just selected
Also published here 1995 105
Jerry K. Hartman Fantaforesee four cards chosen by spectator are tabled unseen, card is selected and remains in deck, the four tabled cards are shown to be the selection and its three mates
Inspired by 1995 214
Paul Cummins The Trick that never happened red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 7
Tommy Wonder Here and Not duplicates, double facer
1996 77
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2)
249
Paul Hallas Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Jan. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)
2603
Paul Gordon Emergency Deam Card to pocket with color changing back
Apr. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4)
2634
Joe Rindfleisch Signed Sandwich Special
Aug. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 8)
2680
Harold Cataquet No-Wallet Card to Pocket
Aug. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 8)
2682
Tom Daugherty Misdirection Segue
Nov. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 11)
2718
Karl Fulves Jagged Edge prediction in case, selection made, it jumps out of deck halfway when riffled and is "torn off", second half is in case, with second "No Duplicate Method"
1996 27
Tom Stone Occhamman Card "signed card" with mark on isolated card
1996 39
Dominique Duvivier Quicker Than My Shadow Effect similar to Between Your Palms, done with Duvivier Wallet
Inspired byRelated to 1996 67
Dominique Duvivier Past-Tense Prediction Card placed reversed in deck at the start of the trick turns out to be selected card all along, illogical
1996 125
James Swain The Airmail Card Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stamp
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 1
James Swain Final Departure
Inspired by 1996 187
Baltazar Fuentes The Hyper Space Card card in envelope turns out to be later signed selection, Elmsley-style, two methods
Inspired byRelated to 1996 26
Peter Duffie Greetings from Peter Duffie Banknight with a card to envelope
1996 8
Peter Duffie Psychographicalisationalism unknown card between spectator's hands, signed card lost, two blank cards are also inserted between hands, unknown card is shown to be signed selection
1996 3
Lou Gallo New Signed Card gaffed or ungaffed
1996 65
Pit Hartling Der Dreisprung card travels from one third to the next twice, then vanishes and turns out to be unknown card selected at the start
Also published here 1996 71
Reinhard Müller Nachbilder selection in center found on top, then put among four Jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the Jacks, two versions
Also published here 1996 136
Thomas Waldeck Einfacher geht's nicht signed card appears between Aces held between spectator's hand
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 185
Ray Kosby Everything and Nothing On It Joker found three times instead of selection with two Queens, the three Jokers then change into selection one by one
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Ubiquity chosen card put in center, it is then shown on top and bottom as well, packet of all selections shown, previously tabled card is then shown to be the selection
Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
74
Mark Jenest The Classic Farce spectator keeps picking the Two of Clubs, duplicates of it are on the table, one is signed, its back changes color and rest of deck shown normal
Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
72
Eddie Tullock Busted Transpo trick is repeated, spectators select same card again
1996 29
Richard Paddon Mystery Card To Pocket handling of Jennings' Mystery Card
Inspired by Feb. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2)
2755
Karl Fulves The Chosen unknown sandwiched card cut in new pack order deck, card selected, in its place appears a blank card with X and sandwiched card is selection
Variations 1997 16
Karl Fulves I, Vampire blank sandwiched card becomes chosen card, sandwich in deck, impromptu handling of "The Chosen", two methods
Inspired by 1997 74
Christoph Borer Die Traumfrau card with different colored back in wallet, turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 24
Steve Bryant Everywhere and Nowhere Goes Hollywood
Inspired by 1997 6
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Twins two cards stapled face-to-face on table, they turn out to be two later signed selections
  • Twinterior Design (handling variation)
1997 25
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Bottom Feeder cased sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, featuring a strip-out addition type handling to add cards from deck to cards that are taken out of case
Also published here 1997 50
Stephen Clark Event Horizon "Impromptu Time Paradox"
sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, future trap
Related to 1997 132
Karl Fulves Palmistry four cards with different (rainbow) decks, one taken and openly palmed, it vanishes over deck, all cards are now Ace of Hearts, back to normal
Related to 1997 142
Reinhard Müller Vision Quest selection in center found on top, then put among four Jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the Jacks
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 149
Matt Grover Let Me Dust Off a Spot For You To Sit Your Ace three wrong cards change into selection and back, selection appears on performer's forehead
Inspired by 1997 7
Simon Lovell Another Departed Point two duplicates
Also published here 1997 33
Simon Lovell Ambitious Everywhere and Nowhere
Also published here 1997 55
Steve Freeman The Time Machine two-card transpo plus Ambitious Card theme
Related toVariations 1998 588
Peter Duffie Spirits Between Your Palms
Winter 1998 149
Karl Fulves Red Snapper Ace through Seven of Spades put in frying pan, red-backed mystery card as well, then named card and put in from blue-backed deck, Ace through Seven removed again, only one card remains, it is now red-backed named card
1998 282
Dave Campbell Fusion selection signed on face, odd-backed card signed on back by performer suddenly has the spectator's signed face
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1998 20
Derek Dingle Everywhere and Nowhere sequence
Related to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1)
17
Tomas Blomberg Universal Colors two red-backed unknown cards are on the table, blue-backed Ace through Three of Spades removed, two more cards signed and lost, red-backed cards change to two Aces, then Twos, then Threes of Spades, then are shown to be the signed selections
Variations Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
48
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Bottom Feeder cased sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, featuring a strip-out addition type handling to add cards from deck to cards that are taken out of case
Also published here June 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 10)
70
Tom Frame Off-Color Sandwich four odd-backed cards are supposed to find a signed selection, instead they are the matching four-of-a-kind with one of them being the signed selection
Also published here Nov. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
80
David Regal Lies Lie Detector premise for Between Your Palms
Inspired by 1999 108
Ellis Stanyon Either One of Three Cards Is the Chosen One No. 22, two duplicates
1999 267
Max Malini Malini's Transposition "From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", During WWII
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
24
Gregory Wilson The Name Tag Trick blank deck (“name tags”), spectator signs one, Ambitious Card sequence, signature vanishes and reappears, travels onto another card signed by performer on back
  • Alternative Final Phase: whole deck changes to spectator’s signed card, then changes back and card is produced from pocket
Related to
  • “Blank Ambition” (Seth Kramer, Ruminations, Vol. 1 No. 5, Nov. 1986, p. 4)
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
4
Kirk Charles Decked card lost, four cards shown that are supposed to tell suit, value, .. of selection, all shown as selection, then change to Aces
Also published here
  • lecture notes "Tricked and Tricked Again"
1999 257
Karl Fulves A Theory of Space unknown card reversed in deck, card at small chosen number is shown and placed aside face down, when counted again, the same card is seen there as the reversed card from the beginning, tabled card is indifferent, also as a transposition
1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
8
Tom Stone Time Operator joker placed aside, selection transforms into joker with card identity written on it, previously isolated joker is selection
Also published here 1999 51
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere three indifferent cards and the deck change into spetator's selection and then back to normal, two duplicates
2000 827
Peter Duffie, Roberto Giobbi Trapped in the Future an unknown prediction card proves to be one of two selections
Inspired by 2000 834
Karl Fulves Unsolved Disappearances two cards paper clipped face to face on deck, top half cut and turned over, spread and cards next to clipped cards remembered, they vanish and now are the clipped cards
2000 145
Pit Hartling Jolly Jumper card travels from one third to the next twice, then vanishes and turns out to be unknown card selected at the start
Also published here 2000 71
Reinhard Müller Afterimages selection in center found on top, then put among four Jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the Jacks, two versions
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 131
Steve Bedwell CARDiac Emergency dream card plot, card with emergency sticker on back
Inspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman)
2000 18
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired by 2000 23
Jerry Mentzer Card to Card Case unknown card in case, card signed in deck, Kings added into card case, unknown card later turns out to be signed card
2000 158
Steve Pressley, Aldo Colombini Same Time, Same Place card reversed in center turns out to be later selection
2000 8
Chan Canasta Forcing Cards forcing same card twice on spectator
2000 73
L'Homme Masqué The Card That Changes And Passes Into The Pocket whole deck shown to be the same card, then it is normal again
Also published here
  • La Prestidigitation sans Appareils, Gaultier, 1914
July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
36
Michael Skinner Skinner's Time Trick Finesse
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
Also published here
Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
25
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2000 8
Harry Lorayne Das einäugige Bubensandwich card sandwiched, sandwich in middle of deck, turns out to be later selection
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
163
Michael DeMarco Any Card But Your Card unknown card reversed in deck turns out to be selection
Inspired by
  • "Triple Transposition" (Inside John Murray, p. 53)
Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
20
Jon Racherbaumer Tick-Tock Dot Doc clock trick with small packet triumph sequence in which the chosen hour and then the selection are reversed, selection vanishes, previously tabled prediction turns out to be selection
Inspired by 2000 37
Karl Fulves Paradox No. 18, sandwiched card turns out to be later selection
Inspired byRelated to 2001 29
Harry Lorayne Direct Collect three unknown cards between Aces turn out to be later selections
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 269
Neal Elias Take Another Card spectator takes the same card, it pops out of spread as he is about to take one (gag?)
2001 50
Roy Walton Back Into Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here 2001 8
Mark Lewis Miniature Svengali Routine with an Ordinary Deck to do after switching in a regular deck
2001 37
Terry LaGerould Mental Photography unknown card placed aside, card lost, unknown card placed between black Aces, they become red Aces and unknown card is selection
2001 26
Iain Moran I Dreamed A Dream signed card vanishes between the four Queens, it turns out to be previously tabled card
Inspired by
  • "Dream Wonder" (Jean-Pierre Vallarino, marketed through Camirand Academy)
Oct. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 5)
20
R. Paul Wilson The Miracle Card mystery card is set aside, instant sandwich phase with Jokers, then selection is buried in deck and mystery card is placed between the Jokers and is then shown to be the selection
Variations Nov. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 6)
21
David Regal Exhibit "A" red-backed card placed on table in beginning turns out to be later signed selection
Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
6
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #1 two duplicates
Also published here 2002 34
Karl Fulves Further Notes on the plot "Everywhere & Nowhere"
2002 38
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #2 expanded routine
VariationsAlso published here 2002 118
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #3 an additional nine cards change into selection
Also published here 2002 122
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Can't be bad emergency card placed aside, Aces found instead of selection, emergency card turns out to be selection
2002 108
Paul Cummins The Trick That Never Happened red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here May 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 9)
80
Aaron Shields Trance-Formation Joker tabled, four indifferent cards change into selection one by one, then indifferent again, tabled Joker then is shown to be selection
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
66
Joshua Jay Side-Swiped Idea instruction card becomes selection, stand-up handling
Inspired by
  • "Side-Swiped" (Simon Aronson, marketed)
Also published here
Dec. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 4)
89
Roberto Giobbi The Endless Loop finding a card before it is selected
Related toAlso published here 2003 1269
Roberto Giobbi, Larry Jennings All's Well That Ends Well red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 1361
Ernest Earick A Hand For Mr. Scarne Aces lost in deck, one shuffle, performer deals himself four times the Ace of Spades, transformation into different Aces
Inspired byRelated to Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
4
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Signature Peace card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the face
Inspired by 2003 105
Miguel Gómez En Todas Partes y en Ninguna with three glasses
2003 329
Earl Nelson Between Your Points of Departure Aces between spectator's palm, selection added, it vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
Also published here 2003 27
Paul Green Thanks! select card travels to performer's pocket twice, spectator chooses the same card which travels to pocket once more, then a jumbo card with spectator's name and same value is produced from pocket
Jan. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 5)
83
David Acer Repeat Offender Selected card is found four times, and they all change to Aces
2004 61
Wesley James Ham and Ace Sandwich "beta", sandwiched prediction on top of deck, "kind of matches" selection a few times, then finally it is a selected card
2004 428
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2004 9
Edward Marlo, Ron Bauer Time Machine three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time
Inspired by 2004 2
Ron Bauer Some Miscellany on Time Travel
2004 23
Dave Campbell Fusion selection signed on face, odd-backed card signed on back by performer suddenly has the spectator's signed face
Also published here 2004 37
Dave Campbell Everywhere and Nowhere
2004 99
Dave Campbell Direct Transfer selection signed on face, odd-backed card signed on back by performer suddenly has the spectator's signed face, red/blue double backer, partial roughing
Related to 2004 341
Patrik Kuffs Under The Table card folded to stabilize shaky table, turns out to be later selection
Related to 2004 7
Patrik Kuffs Signed Card Under Table Leg card folded to stabilize shaky table, turns out to be later selection, signed version
Related to 2004 10
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Chroma Zone odd-backed card placed in half deck which is tabled, spectator signs face of a selection from other half, tabled half spread and odd-backed card removed, it is the signed one
2004 32
Jay Sankey Back In Time slop shuffle with time travelling presentation
Related toVariations 2004 1
Jay Sankey Group Hypnosis three people select a card from a third of the deck each, they turn out to be the same card which turns out to be a previously pocketed card
2004 57
Jay Sankey House Bound card taped to case turns out to be later signed selection
2004 158
Reinhard Müller Parity Prediction cards dealt in pairs, one chosen, sandwich with another card put into pile, dealing in pairs again, then sandwiched card is selection
Inspired by 2004
Discoverie (Issue 9)
121
Kostya Kimlat Satan Monte story trick about playing with the devil. three blue backed cards change into selection then into Sixes, selection is found in card case with different back and with message written on it
2004 53
Kostya Kimlat, Brother John Hamman Your Signed Kung Pao Chicken presentation for Hamman's "Signed Card"
Inspired by 2004 12
Tom Stone Occhamman Now! "signed card", isolated card marked with paper clip
Also published here 2004 4
Aaron Shields Under The Influence with duplicate
2004 23
William Duncan The MacGuffin script for Jennings's routine
Inspired by 2005 18
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere and Nowhere
Nov. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 11)
87
Erik Nordvall MAP - Mental Aces to Pocket Spectator thinks of an Ace, magician correctly divines it, then all the Aces turn into selected Ace, then selected Ace disappears, then in the pocket are the other three Aces and only the selected Ace is left in the hand
2006 4
Christoph Borer Die Traumfrau card with different colored back in wallet, turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 52
Arturo de Ascanio The Mechanical Strength of Thought
Inspired by 2006 261
Karl Fulves Mystery Card "An Unsolved Problem"
two sandwiches, one with mystery card, named card put in other sandwich, named card vanishes and mystery card is named card, posed as a problem
Variations 2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
21
Harry Riser Anywhere and Somewhere
Also published here
  • MUM, July-Sept. 2002, March 2003
2006 86
Peter Gröning, Michael Powers Signed Sealed and Delivered unknown card signed on back, sandwiched with red Jacks and put in card case, another card is signed on face, cased card turns out to be signed on both sides later
  • Signed, Sealed and Delivered the Easy Way
Inspired by 2006 80
Michael Powers The Money Game card signed and lost, seven envelopes with money, lie detector and answers are spelled with envelopes, remaining envelope contains selection
Variations 2006 168
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Greek Time Machine face-up version of Steve Freeman's Time Machine
Inspired byVariations 2006 28
Dan Buck, Dave Buck, Theron Schaub A Game with a Ghost card to pocket finale
Inspired by 2006 28
Jack Parker Trial Separation two spectators selects a card each - realise they both somehow impossibly selected the same card, and Joker changes into selection
Also published here 2006 4
Bruce Cervon everywhere nowhere
2007 19
Jack Parker Trial Separation two spectators selects a card each - realise they both somehow impossibly selected the same card, and Joker changes into selection
VariationsAlso published here 2007 95
Karl Fulves Sticker Shock "Unexplained"
tabled odd-backed card turns out to be later signed selection, certain conditions and a solution, posed as a problem
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
177
David Solomon Everywhere And Nowhere duplicates
Inspired by
  • Ed Marlo method with roughed cards
2007 174
David Solomon Christian's Prediction three prediction cards put aside, they turn out to be three later selections
Inspired by
  • effect by Christian Erhart on TSD website
2007 201
Edward Marlo Second Application Trapped Mexican switch
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1983
2007 171
Daniel Garcia Past, Present, and Future tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Dec. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 12)
30
Paco Rodas La Carte Gafe four cards shown to be selection, turn into Aces and selection is found to be the card previously placed inside the pocket
2007
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 2)
22
Jerry K. Hartman Trapparition mystery card is set aside, a pair of mates disappear from top and bottom of deck and sandwich selection in middle, for finale the selection is buried in deck and mystery card is placed between the mates and is then shown to be the selection
Inspired byRelated to 2007 90
Tom Stone Hip Hip Hurray! using Tenyo hinged/flap card box and two blank cards with "Hip" written on them
Also published here 2007 4
Nick Trost Everywhere and Nowhere small packet handling, four cards all change to selection and back
2008 1
Jerry K. Hartman Deuces & Don'ts two sandwiches, one with mystery card, named card put in other sandwich, named card vanishes and mystery card is named card
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
276
Tom Stone Time Operator I joker placed aside, selection transforms into joker with card identity written on it, previously isolated joker is selection
Also published here 2008 3