Moisture

84 entries in Cards / Principles / Moisture
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To make a Card vanish from the Pack, and be found in a Person's Pocket stuck to back of hand
 		1876
Modern Magic
46
Moisture Palm card clings to hand when pressed on top of tabled deck
 		Aug. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8)
115
Martignoni Die Verwandlung einer Karte selection clings to another card via moisture, tossed in the air and caught before unload on deck
 		Apr. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4)
54
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Der Apparat zum Anfeuchten der Finger sponge apparatus to moisten fingers, can be attached to table
 		Oct. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 10)
154
Julius Kupka Die mystirieuse Karte "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
card is apparently not in one half of the deck, but then it is, card stuck to back of hand with moisture
 		Mar. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 3)
36
Stanley Collins Red and Blue (A "Jumbo" Card Effect)
blue-backed black Aces and red-backed red Aces are removed, the backs transpose, using jumbo cards, temporary double backers
 		1925
Collins's Card Conceits
24
T. Page Wright Six Card Trick card vanishes in six-card packet and reappears
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
16
Ralph W. Hull A Brain Teaser No. 9, card vanishes from packet and travels to named position into other packet, duplicate, saliva
Related toAlso published here 1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
11
Ralph W. Hull Three in One Card Trick card vanishes from packet and travels to named position into other packet, duplicate, saliva
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
294
The Eclipse Vanish one of five vanishes, saliva
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
341
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Wax Technique
Related to
  • Brain Food, David Parr
 1938
Greater Magic
57
Paul Rosini Saliva Sorcery. I peeked at card disappears and reappears reversed
 		1938
Greater Magic
258
Paul Rosini Saliva Sorcery. II card vanishes from packet and reappears in pocket
Related toVariations 1938
Greater Magic
260
Impromptu Location saliva
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
322
Wheels within Wheels saliva used as daub
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
327
Clayton Rawson Moistening a Card
1940
Expert Card Technique
418
Henry Hardin The Dissolving Card one of five
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
599
Harry W. Burger Inevitable one of sixteen cards fairly chosen and lost, then found
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 113)
670
The Great Merlini Name Your Poison spectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 132)
758
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Kittyhawk Card from packet to reversed into deck, double facer
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
4
Eddie Joseph The Jumping Location card cut to, remembered and replaced, deck hit on table and selection jumps out
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
15
Eddie Joseph Rapid Transit three cards selected, they travel into three envelopes (actually hanging behind), one duplicate
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
81
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Dealing Thirds second deal & saliva
Related to 1943
Tricks and Sleights
28
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle saliva
Also published here Feb. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 78)
319
Edward Marlo IV. Saliva Methods
  • A. Cut Method
  • B. In Spread
  • C. The Peek
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
36
Saliva Double
1948
A Devilish Miracle
2
Clayton Rawson In One Second Flat saliva, two cards are found
Also published here Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 196)
783
Bill Woodfield Simplo saliva method
 		June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 206)
823
Cardini, Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Francis Carlyle, Martin Gardner, John Scarne The Initials Will Tell No. 38, Initials of chosen card appears on spectator's palm (sugar + pencil)
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
68
Paul Rosini Was It There? one of five cards named, it vanishes from the five-card packet, it appears face-up in the deck, repeat with another card which reappears in the pocket
Related to 1950
Magical Gems
9
Paul Rosini Saliva Substitute sponge at bottom of coat
 		1950
Magical Gems
11
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle saliva
Also published here 1953
The Cardician
7
Tony Kardyro "Hot Weather Handy" card through table, card sticks to back of wet hand
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
23
Tony Kardyro Hot Weather Hand Supreme or I'm Allowed One Mistake "My Favorite Trick"
card is seen to be stuck at back of hand
Inspired by
  • "Hot Weather Handy" (Linking Ring, Hocus Pocus column)
 1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
24
Tony Kardyro The Magic Genii card sticks to back of wet hand
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
25
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico A Classical Quickie reversed card in deck changes into selection
  • First Method (saliva)
  • Second Method (sticky or all faced roughed)
  • Third Method (center reverse)
  • Fourth Method (side palm)
  • Fifth Method (hide-out)
  • Sixth Method (faced deck)
  • Seventh Method
Variations 1956
Classical Foursome
1
James Steranko Saliva Vanish reversed card vanishes
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
89
Edward Marlo Impromptu Steal of a Card card stuck to another card the is removed
 		1961
Card to Wallet
25
Dai Vernon A Vernonesque Quickie one of two indifferent cards changes into selection
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
152
Charlie Miller The Eight Card Trick two piles of four cards each, a card travels from packet to packet, repeat, saliva
 		1961
An Evening with Charlie Miller
34
Harry Lorayne The Sloppy Card Trick saliva for control, selection appears on named number up to ten
Variations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
42
Dai Vernon Another Smear gum from envelope
 		1962
Early Vernon
55
North Bigbee Simpel Spell
Aug. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 371)
312
James Steranko Psycussion saliva put on selection during peek procedure, not for vanish but identification
Related to 1962
The Ultimate Move
29
Nate Leipzig Palm Up card sticks to palm
 		1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
188
Edward Marlo Saliva Card Vanish
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
95
Joseph K. Schmidt Some Notes on the Rising Card Trick saliva rise
Related to 1968
The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise
22
Joseph K. Schmidt The Improved Saliva Card Rise
1968
The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise
23
Edward Marlo The Variant Fingertip Peek applying substance to peeked-at card with right second finger
  • The Baisc Method
  • Daub Variant
  • Saliva Variant
  • Adhesive Variant
Related toVariations 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
74
Edward Marlo Wet Line Vanish or Control selection vanishes or is controlled, saliva handling
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
88
Edward Marlo The Vanishing Card peeked card vanishes, reappears at chosen number, saliva
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
116
Jack Posetary No Mirror reading colors of cards, whet thumbnail as shiner, see also p. 411
Related to Dec. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2)
389
Tommy Martin Puzzling Color Change using spittle to glue cards together
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
106
Card on the Wall saliva
 		1972
The Living End
7
Clayton Rawson Name Your Poison spectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket
Also published here 1972
The Living End
134
Dai Vernon Vernon's Peek Card Vanish No. 23, moisture on left third finger for card vanish after peek
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
11
Dai Vernon Vernon's Sputum Gags No. 46, moisture/saliva application, card vanish and throwing a double in the air
  • Card vanish an peek
  • Sputum color change
  • Throw double and catch in deck
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
16
Max Malini Malini's Color Change Subtlety No. 712, card can be removed singly after change
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
191
Jimmy Grippo Double Lift Teaser saliva
 		1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
160
Clayton Rawson In einer einzigen Sekunde saliva, two cards are found
Also published here Oct. 1974
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
37
Tenkai Ishida Billfold and Cards four Aces of Spades are removed from billfold, they change into Kings and Ace of Space is found in billfold, saliva
Also published here
  • in "Genii".
 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
44
Karl Fulves Moisture Steal card sticks to back of hand
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
198
Dai Vernon Card Vanish card that was peeked at vanishes from deck, uses saliva
Related to 1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
220
Frederick Braue Count-Down Reverse featuring automatic third deal (saliva), stop trick with face-up card, spectator stops one before
 		1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
34
Philip T. Goldstein A Dollar ungaffed coins
Inspired by 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 9)
1148
Karl Fulves Reflections saliva on thumbnail for impromptu shiner
Inspired byRelated to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 16)
1220
Jochen Zmeck Doppelte Drehung two selections turn over one by one
Inspired by
  • Orville Meyer routine
 1979
Zwölf Zmeck'sche Zaubereien
5
Walt Lees, David Carré Travellers Without Luggage
1981
Four Professional Card Tricks
26
Ross Bertram Saliva tip
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
248
Max Malini Moisture Double Laydown moisture through breathing
 		1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
23
Edward Marlo Palmed Saliva handling saliva
 		Apr. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 4)
1
Max Malini Moisture Double Laydown moisture through breathing
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
8
Martin Gardner Saliva Card Rise with handkerchief
 		1996
New Card Rises
36
Pablo Domenèch La Carta Colgada selection appears among ten cards at chosen position
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
39
The Rising Cards saliva and handkerchief
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
1
Dai Vernon The Vanish of a Card peek technique, using saliva or glue stick
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
513
Ellis Stanyon To Vanish One of Five Cards No. 16, saliva
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
42
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note more detailed routine for the vanish of one of five cards
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
42
Max Malini Malini's Color Change Subtlety card can be removed singly after change
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
33
Fredric P. Lamazor On Finger Moistening
1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
1
Christoph Borer Double Transposition red and blue deck, two selection interchange in decks
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
24
Roberto Giobbi Wet Behind Your Fingers how to moisten the fingers when one has dry hands
 		Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
16
Justin Higham Bar-Top Rising Card one-sided plunger
 		2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
22
Max Malini Color Change Subtlety card can be removed singly after change
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
260