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S. W. Erdnase First Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
Houdini/Erdnase Change
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 151
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
VariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Ralph W. Hull A Mental Card Mystery tabled card turn out to be free selection, requiring two Jokers, top change and mexican turnover
Related toVariations 1932 15
An Effective Poker Deal re-deal stacking done by spectator, double duke suggestion
Related toVariations 1935 108
Stewart James Miraskill
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
147
Percy Abbott 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, dealing out in packets and asking in which one it is
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937 37
Theodore Annemann A Torn Letter paper with letter of alphabet is torn and restored between slates, pocket index
VariationsAlso published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 147)
819
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine
Related toVariations 1942 28
George G. Kaplan Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes three decks, two shuffled and dealt face up, at one point same card appears at same position, this card is reversed in the third deck
Related toVariations 1945 94
Edward Marlo Spade Shuffle blocks
Related toVariations 1947 46
Frederick Braue The Homing Card Kaps favorite
Related toVariations 1948 13
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Prime Presentation two decks, one card is selected and both decks dealt until same card is found in other deck, card found at same position as mate of selection is named and its mate is not found in other deck but in envelope, repeated with written prediction inside card case
Related toVariations 1949 1
Paul Curry Curry's Paradox Various geometrical vanishes of squares in rectangles and squares
Variations 1956 139
Dr. Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley
Variations 1957 210
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces
Related toVariations 1960 5
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
Related toVariations Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
65
Frank Everhart Chicago Opener
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1972 13
Edward G. Brown The Twelve Card Thought Transition
Variations 1973 39
Paul Harris Grasshopper card vanishes between two Kings, travels to between another two Kings
Variations 1977 23
U. F. Grant Elastic-Scape two halves encircled with rubber bands, selection placed between those halves, vanishes, then jumps out
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Encyclopedia of U. F. Grant Magic"
1979 21
Edward Marlo On the Card to Case Ace through Seven, selection from packet travels to case, more than ten methods
Related toVariations 1980 14
Jerry Sadowitz The More Things Change
Related toVariations 1982 24
Daryl Martinez Rising Crime Display
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 28
Don England Twisted Hofzinser combo
Variations 1982 420
Larry Jennings Rhythm Count
Variations 1982 2
Edward Marlo Leipzig Would have Loved This! ungaffed, odd-backed, using Curry's Swindle Switch
VariationsAlso published here 1983 95
Paul Harris The Perfectionist red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated
Related toAlso published here 1983 55
David Williamson The Famous Three Card Trick three card version of Victor plot
Related toAlso published here 1984 16
George D. Franzen The Dissolving Rubber Band as climax to Crazy Man's Hand Cuffs, one rubber band used to simulate two
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 11)
1426
John C. Wagner, Ralph W. Hull Whispering Wagner two thought of cards are found, inspired by a Hull effect from The Talisman
Variations 1987 20
Darwin Ortiz The Dream Card odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet
Related toVariations 1988 81
Dai Vernon The Intelligent Leaper interlock, two handlings
Variations 1988 145
Dai Vernon Given the Slip four packets cut, face cards shown one by one, then they changed to Aces when shown again
Related toVariations 1989 75
Gary Kurtz Name It! at the end spectator's name appears on back of card
Related toVariations 1990 46
Michael Close The MC Spread Double Lift hides back of bottom card throughout
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991 40
John Bannon Tattoo You spectator's initials are transferred from red to blue card, red/blue double backer
Variations 1991 38
Jack Carpenter Multiplex Reset Reset combined with double Travelers
  • Preliminary display sequence
  • Reset phase
  • The Double Travelers Phase
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1992 21
Roy Walton Pass at Red spectator selects three red cards from black half, classic pass application
Related toAlso published here May 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 9)
51
Ernest Earick Bow-to-stern Control
Related toVariations 1993 16
Jon Racherbaumer Dunbury Lie Speller - Eighteen-Card Version
Inspired by 1993 30
Dean Dill, Allan Ackerman The Gem-Money Cards bills are put next to Aces, Gemini Twins
Related toVariations 1994 18
Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Brainwave Update ungaffed
Inspired by
  • "Double Brainwave" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem #25)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
1994 71
Ron Ferris, Allan Ackerman The Almost Perfect Transposition two for two
Related toVariations 1994 135
Allan Ackerman Impromptu Sidewalk Shuffle
Variations 1994 144
Darwin Ortiz Stripper Switch similar to slide-under
Variations 1995 161
Simon Aronson Two Possibilities with impromptu handling in final comment
Variations 1995 113
John Scarne New World Order two face-up Jokers in deck, six cards that "don't belong" chosen from between the Jokers, they are the only odd-colored ones, dated ca. 1930s, see also p. 42
Related toVariations 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
6
David Acer No Holes Barred two holes punched in card, one is dragged across
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1995 26
Ken Krenzel Box Top card comes to top inside case, cased version
Inspired byRelated to 1997 3
Jason Alford, Doug Conn Chink-A-Change visual instant international chink-a-chink, hands apparently not touching coin
  • Second Handling
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
20
Ken Simmons Convincing Signature Transfer Effect signature is transferred from face of Two of Hearts to the Three of Hearts, ungaffed
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
27
Tomas Blomberg Technicolor Successive Assembly in Reverse
Also published here July 1998
Onyx (Issue 4)
17
Tomas Blomberg Blabbering Blomberg two thought of cards are found
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
44
Tomas Blomberg Hull Scam Handling magician divines selected card and thought-of card
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
45
Tomas Blomberg Pavement Shuffle
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
46
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
Tomas Blomberg Flushtration Switch (Plus Effects) two cards held in end grip, bottom card shown and peeled on deck, new bottom card shown
Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
51
Tomas Blomberg A Black Jack Effect two for two
Inspired byVariations Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
51
Ken Simmons A Black Jack Effect (Second Method) two for two
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
52
Jason Alford, Tomas Blomberg Slow Motion Chink international one-by-one chink-a-chink
Inspired byRelated to 1998 18
Tomas Blomberg Signing Off signature travels from the face of the Two of Hearts to the Ace of Diamonds, ungaffed
Variations 1999 11
Tomas Blomberg TSAR "Technicolor Successive Assembly Reversed"
Also published here 1999 29
Tomas Blomberg Duped five cards, one looked at, spectator pockets the cards and removes four, they are not the selection, last one remaining in pocket is, five duplicates
1999 33
Jason Tang Gnat Eats Locust card vanishes between two Queens, travels to between another two Queens
Inspired by 1999 54
Jason Alford Spare Change international chink-a-chink with backfire
Related toAlso published here 1999 106
Tomas Blomberg Gramp's Case one Ace put in case, other Aces vanish one by one among Jokers, Aces then with other Ace in case
Inspired by
  • "Grandfather's Aces" (Chris Kenner/David Copperfield)
Variations
1999 125
Tomas Blomberg Whispering Collectors three Jokers whisper names of two selections, selections are lost and then appear between Jokers
Related to
  • "The Whispering Queens" (Victor Farelli, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 9 No. 6)
1999 150
Tomas Blomberg ATFUS Handling
1999 150
Tomas Blomberg Pre-MEMO-nition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Also published here Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
75
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker here co-credited to John Bannon
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
76
Tomas Blomberg Har Stimber card to wallet routine with Bendix Bombshell, two cards transpose, then two signed cards appear in wallet
Nov. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
85
Tomas Blomberg Bhummer CATO location with red/black sucker moment
1999 3
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Mind Stress by Tomas Blomberg Aug. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8)
75
Michael DeMarco Hue-Niversal odd-backed universal cards
Inspired by Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
13
Bob Farmer Point Spread
  • Flim-Flam
bet how many cards are between the two cards
Inspired byVariations June 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 10)
75
Michael Close (reviewer) Mind Stress by Tomas Blomberg
Media T Marketing
Aug. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 12)
26
Tomas Blomberg Between the Cheats
  • Flim-Flam (Bob Farmer)
proposition bet in which spectator and performer each choose a four-of-a-kind and one must have less cards between them as they are distributed in the deck than the opponent
Inspired by Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
77
Tomas Blomberg Homing Twist
  • Colorful Variations (backs change color)
    • Variation 1
    • Variation 2
    • Idea 1 (red/blue double backer)
    • Idea 2 (double facers for transformation)
2000 18
Paul Curry The Relativity Lift two methods, with and without pencil
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Genii", Vol. 46 No. 2. 1982
2001 6
Simon Aronson Ringleader Ring on and off rubberband
Inspired byVariations 2001 269
Paul Cummins A La Annemann indifferent card is inserted by spectator, it changes into selection, multiple changes
Related toVariations 2002 1
Andi Gladwin Bound To Stern control to top while the deck is in the card box
Inspired byRelated to June 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12)
22
Tomas Blomberg Lucky-14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Also published here 2002 26
Tomas Blomberg Late Key two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator's pocket, this deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related toAlso published here 2002 17
Tom Stone Negative Spaces one Ace put in case, other Aces vanish one by one among Jokers, Aces then with other Ace in case
Inspired by 2003 21
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here 2004 3
Tyler Wilson Tyler Insults Tilt's Totally Inexplicable Elegance and Simplicity Tilt finesses
  • Right T.I.T.T.Y. Method
  • Left T.I.T.T.Y. Method
Related to
  • Tomas Blomberg's "Zilt", Jack Parker's "Ultra-Tilt"
Also published here
2005 7
Tomas Blomberg No Force Writing three blank cards shown, message with spectator's favorite number appears on one side
Inspired by 2005 3
Tomas Blomberg A Band On After doing Penetrating Rubber Bands / Crazy Mans Handcuffs, one of the rubberbands vanishes and appears looped on performer's ear
Inspired by 2006 17
R. Paul Wilson Refried Poker
  • The Nines Strategy
  • Sans Second Deal
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 1
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #1 two decks with names of playing cards on the backs, shuffled and one dealt face up and one face down, card matches with writing on the back of other card and they also match when both cards are turned over
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940
2006 15
Tomas Blomberg The Freakish Miracle #2 two shuffled decks are dealt face up, when two cards match, card is turned over and number of dealt pairs until match occurred is written on it
2006 16
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #3 three decks, two are shuffled and dealt face up and cards counted until same cards appear, same card is also found in third deck at the same position
Related to 2006 17
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #4 three decks, cards have names of other cards written on the back, similar structure to Freakish Miracle # 1 & #3
2006 18
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker instructions for a game with five players, performer wins, prediction of total of values in performer's hand
2006 123
Max Maven Cache
  • The Other Month
Bank Night effect, using the condition of heads or tails of four coins to select the envelopes
Variations July 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)
26
Tomas Blomberg Any Cards at Any Numbers one spectator notes down card and number, another as well, both cards are counted to and the cards are there, only one stooge
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
7
Tomas Blomberg Filling the Void Cards Across with eccentric "card sandwich" theme
2007 46
Jon Racherbaumer Hull Scam magician divines selected card and thought-of card, duplicate
Variations 2007 98
Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg Hard to Get Just Got Easy Magicians finds two selections
Inspired by 2007 61
Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg Rump Shaker Performer deals four Aces to himself twice, then gives everyone great hands in the third round, leaving the best hand (straight flush) for himself
Inspired by 2007 81
Karl Fulves Learning To Count three cards chosen one by one and cards counted on them until sixteen is reached, starting with the chosen card's value, Aces are next to chosen card and at sum of all values
Inspired byVariations 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
198
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2007 22
David Solomon, Tomas Blomberg Card In The Card Case Ace through King of Spades removed, spectator should name removed Spade, one then travels to case, gaffed and ungaffed handling
Inspired by 2007 61
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Also published here 2007 16
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement with explanation by Tomas Blomberg
Related to 2007 29
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations
June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
Tomas Blomberg, Tom Stone NoseJob Houdini/Erdnase color change with steal from center, with sandwich application
Inspired by 2007 7
Tomas Blomberg, Axel Adlercreutz 113 Grams
  • Phase 1: red Kings find selected card
  • Phase 2: selected card transposes with tabled black Kings under case
Inspired by
  • "Royale with Cheese" (Luke Dancy, marketed, 2004)
VariationsAlso published here
2007 7
Tom Stone King Castling sandwich-unequal transposition combo, two Kings tabled and other two Kings used to find selection, but they find two Kings and on table is found selection in place of the two other Kings
  • King Castling 1 (Solo)
  • King Castling 2
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 11
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Steve Reynolds Ace, x, x, x, x, Ace Two Aces distribute in the deck to find two selections
Inspired byVariations 2009 52
Tomas Blomberg Die Blomberg Variante
Also published here 2009 15
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Reality Glitch off-beat sandwich-transposition combo
Also published here 2009 2
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Gesture Transfer Switch one small spread held in each hand, during gesture some cards are secretly transferred from hand to hand
Also published here 2009 2
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Reality Glitch off-beat sandwich-transposition combo
Also published here 2010 27
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Gesture Transfer Switch one small spread held in each hand, during gesture some cards are secretly transferred from hand to hand
Also published here 2010 28
Tom Stone King Castling sandwich-unequal transposition combo, two Kings tabled and other two Kings used to find selection, but they find two Kings and on table is found selection in place of the two other Kings
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2010 33
Jerry K. Hartman Introduction book inspired by Tomas Blomberg idea
Inspired by 2010 1
Tomas Blomberg There's something about Tom on Tom Stone
2010 13
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
VariationsAlso published here May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
46
Tomas Blomberg The Konami Code bunch of photographs shuffled by spectator are disposed at the table, spectator ends up on the predicted one via pointing/arrows on photos
2014 13
Tomas Blomberg Cashing Bank Night effect, using the condition of heads or tails of five coins to select the envelopes
Inspired by 2014 18
Tomas Blomberg Neckless Grandma two tied pieces of rope go through the performer's neck
2014 20
Tomas Blomberg ABandOn after doing Crazy Man´s Handcuffs, one of the bands merges into the other
Related toVariations 2014 22
Tomas Blomberg Magic Lesson six-phase routine where a rubber band and a borrowed ring are linked and unlinked several times. When the ring is going to be handed back to its owner, it changes places with the rubber band
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Pinnacle" (Russ Niedzwiecki DVD, 2005)
Variations
2014 25
Tomas Blomberg Brazilian Bend spoon inside a cup of coffee slowly bends without touching
2014 39
Tomas Blomberg Bills Witch ten-dollar bill changes into a twenty-dollar bill, three different handlings, gaffed bill
  • First folding method
  • Second folding method
  • No-fold method
2014 41
Tomas Blomberg Double Bills Witch twenty-dollar bill is split into two ten-dollar bills
2014 49
Tomas Blomberg, Paul Harris Double Bills Witch Routine twenty-dollar bill is split into two ten-dollar bills, one of them changes back into a twenty
2014 52
Tomas Blomberg Daley Delight Switch with Bills no details, see also p. 256
2014 53
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double double lift from a spread
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 55
Tomas Blomberg À la Cummins spectator pushes Joker into deck to find selection, instead the Joker changes into selected card, then it changes back
Inspired by 2014 58
Tomas Blomberg Tattwo You signed card from a red-backed deck matches with blue-backed card prediction. Signature travels from selected card to prediction
Inspired byRelated to 2014 62
Tomas Blomberg Matest -Phase one- two spectators select the same card
-Phase two- ungaffed handling for Doc Eason "Anniversary Waltz"
2014 66
Tomas Blomberg Matest Inverted -Phase one- two spectators select the same card, which was signed at the back
-Phase two- second card is selected and signed at the face, signature travels from the first card to the second one
2014 68
Tomas Blomberg Double Brainwave Update Update ungaffed
Inspired byRelated to 2014 70
Tomas Blomberg Really Double Brainwave with two different cards named
2014 73
Tomas Blomberg One Improbabilty Open Prediction type of effect
Inspired by 2014 74
Tomas Blomberg Two Double Turnovers intro
2014 79
Tomas Blomberg Top Centre Double Turnover from the top of the deck
2014 79
Tomas Blomberg Relativity Push-off
Inspired by 2014 81
Tomas Blomberg Proteus Bound while the deck is in the card box
  • Ambitious Card Ending
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 84
Tomas Blomberg Fuentes Load-Up Load-Up variation in which card ends up face-up second from top
Inspired by
  • Baltazar Fuentes Change (see Malone's "Radical Aces", MUM, Vol. 82 No. 11, Apr. 1993)
  • "Load-Up Move" (J. Stewart Smith, Top of the Deck, 1950)
2014 88
Tomas Blomberg Switchhopper selected card between the two red Queens travels appearing between the two black Queens
2014 89
Tomas Blomberg Optical Kosky
Inspired by
  • "Kosky's Invisible Card Exchange" (marketed ca. 1940)
2014 92
Tomas Blomberg Low Life Display
Inspired by 2014 94
Tomas Blomberg Peel Slide Switch
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 97
Tomas Blomberg 113 G Sandwich routine
  • Phase one- red Kings find selected card
  • Phase two- selected card transposes with tabled black Kings under case
Inspired by
  • "Royale with Cheese" (Luke Dancy, marketed, 2004)
Also published here
2014 101
Tomas Blomberg Interlocked Daley red Aces transpose with black Kings
Inspired by 2014 106
Tomas Blomberg Low Cost card between the red Jacks vanishes and appears between the tabled black Jacks
Inspired by 2014 109
Tomas Blomberg Hindu Interlock force, switch and control of a card
2014 112
Tomas Blomberg Intelligent Leaper Handling using the Hindu Interlock
Inspired by 2014 115
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014 117
Tomas Blomberg The Freakish Miracle Frequent Miracle type of effect, using three decks with their backs openly marked, two deck dealt through until a match occurs, match at same position in third deck but on other side of card
Inspired by
  • "The Frequent Miracle" (Tom Bowyer, The Sphinx, Vol. 39 No. 3, May 1940)
2014 120
Tomas Blomberg Deal the Way using cards which are printed black or white in the face, some spectators pick two cards each, which can change between them afterwards. Depending on the cards, they are distributed in two sides, magician is able to predict the difference in the number of spectators between sides
Inspired by 2014 124
Tomas Blomberg Torn Uncut Card Sheet uncut sheet which contains all the cards of the deck, magician rearranges the pieces of the sheet to make a previously selected card disappear from it, "52 on 1 Gag"
Inspired by 2014 130
Tomas Blomberg Estimated Sunken Key two selected cards by spectator and magician, spectator deals the deck in six piles, two possible endings:
first ending: both cards are next to each other in the same pile
second ending: both cards are in the same position in different piles
Inspired by 2014 134
Tomas Blomberg Late Key two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator's pocket, this deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related toAlso published here 2014 137
Tomas Blomberg Hard Card Paradox new presentation for the Brainwave Deck
Related to 2014 140
Tomas Blomberg Interlocked Gilbreath adding new dimensions to the Gilbreath Principle
2014 143
Tomas Blomberg Photo Vibrations spectator mixes a large stack of photographs, performer is able to describe one of them without looking
2014 145
Tomas Blomberg Hold your Gilbreath Russian Roulette type of effect using cardboard rectangles with thumbtacks, some pushed downward and some sticking up
2014 149
Tomas Blomberg Mind Stress ten cards with ten three-digit numbers each, spectator thinks of one number, performer divines it
Also published here
  • marketed via Ben Harris's WowBound
2014 155
Tomas Blomberg Packet Morpher Sequence four cards turn face up, one by one, extra card
2014 163
Tomas Blomberg Tomas on the Elmsley Count small finesse
2014 164
Tomas Blomberg Hoftwister card is selected and lost (say, Seven of Clubs), Jacks turn face down one by one except the Jack of Clubs (same suit), then it turns into the selection and the other Jacks into the rest of the Sevens
Inspired by 2014 165
Tomas Blomberg Three-Card Monster Homing Card version, where a face up card appears three times in a packet of three face down cards. Finally the performer ends up with only one card, and between the three tabled cards appears another one.
Inspired byRelated to 2014 170
Tomas Blomberg ProHof from three selected cards spectator choose one, the three cards turn into the other three of same value, and selection appears face-up in the middle of the deck
2014 174
Tomas Blomberg Marlo Might Have Liked This Sympathetic Cards version, part of the effect occurs during the revelation, odd-backed
Inspired by 2014 178
Tomas Blomberg One Behead Twisting the Aces version
Inspired by 2014 187
Tomas Blomberg L-I-A-R Lie Detector effect using blank-faced cards where it is written either "True" or "False". The cards are able to detect when the spectator is telling the true about a selected card, ending with the selection appearing in the packet
Variations 2014 191
Tomas Blomberg Multiplex Re+Set Re-set routine, three phases:
  • Phase one- Fives transpose with pocketed Queens one by one
  • Phase two- Queens transpose with pocketed Fives all at once
  • Phase three- Fives vanish and appear in four different pockets
Inspired byRelated to 2014 195
Tomas Blomberg Signed Hot Mama Chicago Opener version, second selection is signed
Inspired by 2014 203
Tomas Blomberg Brownian Bridge two packets, performer takes a card from the first one and places it into the other, turns to be the thought of card and is placed at the thought of number
Inspired by 2014 208
Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker Chase The Red Out Of This World type of effect, uncommon method
Inspired byRelated to 2014 211
Tomas Blomberg Defect Gatherer punched hole dragged across a card
Related to 2014 214
Tomas Blomberg Gasp! Scream! one Ace put in case, other Aces vanish one by one among Kings, Aces then with other Ace in case
Inspired by 2014 217
Tomas Blomberg Mxyzptlk word "mirror" written on back of card, another chosen word on another card, both words change to mirror writing
Inspired by 2014 222
Tomas Blomberg QXS...SXQ two Queens put together into deck, the separate next to two selections
Inspired by 2014 225
Tomas Blomberg Mental Devilish Miracle
2014 229
Tomas Blomberg Delayed ATFUS
2014 232
Tomas Blomberg X-Scape two halves encircled with rubber bands, selection penetrates into one half, that half then dribbled and selection caught with other half
Inspired by 2014 233
Tomas Blomberg Schrödinger's Tie any number named, deck is taken out of box with ribbon which is around it, pulling the ribbon cuts the deck at right position(s)
2014 238
Tomas Blomberg (Vernon + Sadowitz)^2 spectator cuts deck into four packets, with one hand performer shows face cards, turns packets over again, when turned over again, they are Aces, then Jacks
Inspired by 2014 249
Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker Jack's Trick spectator cuts deck into four packets, a Queen is placed on each packet, they assemble on one packet, then it is shown that spectator also cut to the Aces
2014 254
Tomas Blomberg Svensk Voodoo one card selected and one thought-of, first found at number named by performer, second at number named by spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 256
Tomas Blomberg Two-Deck Svensk Voodoo two selections and numbers
Inspired by 2014 260
Tomas Blomberg Daley Delight Switch with Decks different fingering
2014 262
Tomas Blomberg TSAR "Technicolor Successive Assembly Reversed"
  • The Laydown
  • The Transpositions
  • The Reverses
Also published here 2014 264
Tomas Blomberg Tabled Oil & Water 4&4, three extra cards, one phase
2014 274
Tomas Blomberg Rhythm Switch Assembly
2014 277
Tomas Blomberg Rhythm Switch cards laid out onto packets, uses Snap Deal
Inspired by 2014 278
Tomas Blomberg Rhythm Switch Bluff Assembly four-of-a-kind vanishes, leader packet as indifferent cards
2014 281
Tomas Blomberg Rhythm Transpo
2014 281
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 283
Tomas Blomberg, Axel Adlercreutz Cardpool with clean vanishes and reappearances
2014 288
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here 2014 297
Tomas Blomberg Sunken Christ three cards chosen with performer's back turned, all located, Christ force
2014 300
Tomas Blomberg PreMEMOnition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 303
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker five cards with rules on them, a card game is played according to them, sum of one's hand decides on who wins
2014 309
Tomas Blomberg Simplex Non-Transitiv Poker Die die with four poker cards on each side
2014 315
Tomas Blomberg Three Bar Scams intro
2014 318
Tomas Blomberg Four Heads coin flipped four times, bet is that it shows head every time
2014 318
Tomas Blomberg Two-Upped con game with tossing of two coins
2014 319
Tomas Blomberg Between the Cheats bet involving how many cards are between two random values
2014 320
Tomas Blomberg 16 Card Swindle version of NIM/"The Game of 31"
2014 321
Jason England, Tomas Blomberg Take It or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2014 96
Tomas Blomberg Add-Ons
2015 41
David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg Mexican Poker
Related toVariations 2015 278
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
Inspired byVariations 2015 282
R. Paul Wilson Refried Poker
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 284
Jerry K. Hartman Mexicali Ruse
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 288
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Empowering Poker a Bit More
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2014
2015 291
David Britland Fool's Mate
  • Cardopolis
spectator signs a card on the back and performer writes prediction underneath, card stabbed face-up into deck by spectator, it is next to prediction
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 2)
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John Guastaferro (reviewer) Blomberg Laboratories by Tomas Blomberg (written by Andi Gladwin) June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
81
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Tomas Blomberg: Scratching the Surface with interviews with daughter Tyra and wife Rina
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
54
Andi Gladwin A Tomas Blomberg Magicana
  • Introduction
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
65
Tomas Blomberg Daunting Heck
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
65
Tomas Blomberg Joseph Kerr prediction written on back of Joker, it is cut in deck and ends up next to predicted card
Related to July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
69
Tomas Blomberg Stem Spell Research rubber band with signed label through stem of wine glass, repeat
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
71
Jack Carpenter One Handed Double Unlink one strand at a time
Inspired by Aug. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 8)
50
Tomas Blomberg Odd(s) Triumph at the end of an in-the-hands triumph, the selection appears on the spectator's palm à la off-beat
Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
86
Tom Stone Psychic Paper blank card shown to various people, they "see" a card which also has been predicted, "Factory Blanks"
Related to Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
42
Roy Walton Cellar Plot spectator finds the four Royal Flush using counting procedure with other selected cards
  • Aces Version
Inspired by 2016 40
Bob Farmer Svenvoodoo position of freely peeked-at card is named, then chosen card appears at named number, svengali-peek-deck combination, with marking system
Variations 2017 101
John Hostler Paradromic Delusion two deck, one person names a card and a number, second person selects card, performer looks through deck and names position of selection, first person finds card and number in other deck
Inspired byRelated to 2018 54
David Solomon, Tomas Blomberg Gilbreath Ten-Card Poker Deal doing the Ten Card Poker Deal after a riffle shuffle
2018 58
Tomas Blomberg Spaed Shuffle multi-shuffle sequence, blocks
Inspired by 2019 69
Tomas Blomberg The TB Spread Double
Also published here 2019 52
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double Double lift from spread
2019 243
Tomas Blomberg Fits For Kings
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator finds the four Kings using three previously selected cards
Also published here July 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7)
50
Bob Farmer Another Any Card At Any Hummer number is generated by adding the card values on four double-blank cards that have cards written on both sides
  • The Blomberg Layout Procedure (Tomas Blomberg)
2022 9
Bob Farmer Astrologic Hummer six double-sided zodiac sign cards with lucky cards
  • Phase One (value sum of the lucky cards in a random arrangement is divined)
  • Phase Two (value sum is predicted this time)
  • Phase Three (another value sum is predicted in an astrology book)
Related to
  • "Optional Oracle" (Norm Houghton, Abra #839)
Variations
2022 32
Tomas Blomberg The Blomberg Variation
  • Phase Three Alternative
  • The Deck of Cards Ending (lucky card is cut to)
Inspired by 2022 39
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double double lift from a spread
Also published here 2022 24
Tomas Blomberg, Jason England Take It Or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2022 496
Tomas Blomberg Expertalk: Tomas Blomberg on the Peel and Slide Switch
Also published here 2022 512
Miles Santoro, Tomas Blomberg Royal Jennings four Tens produced (incorporated card blendo effect), then an Ace of Spades, other hands change to complete a Royal Flush
Inspired by
  • "Profusion" (Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2008
2022 713
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double double lift from a spread, starting with reverse cull
Also published here 2022 41