162 pages (Stapled), published by Louis Tannen
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Ed Mishell, Akemi Yoshida
Language: English
55 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
Derek Dingle Wild Fire eight blue-backed blank cards, one regular red-backed card, red-backed becomes blank and blue-backed duplicates
Vol. 1 No. 1 1972 1
Hamman Count from Elmsley Position
Vol. 1 No. 1 1972 2
Veeser Count
Vol. 1 No. 1 1972 4
Frank Garcia MacDonald's $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick featuring different vanishes, complicated initial switch
Variations Vol. 1 No. 2 1972 1
David Roth Okito Box Magic four coins extracted from box one by one
Variations Vol. 1 No. 3 1973 1
David Roth Drop Steal from stack of coins into fingers
Vol. 1 No. 3 1973 2
David Roth Bottom Load coin apparently inserted in box but slid underneath
Also published here Vol. 1 No. 3 1973 3
David Roth Turnover Move
Vol. 1 No. 3 1973 6
David Roth Clean-up Turnover Move
Vol. 1 No. 3 1973 7
Joe DeStefano Chinatown Poker story packet trick
Vol. 1 No. 4 1973 1
Karl Fulves On Packet Tricks credit information
Vol. 1 No. 4 1973 2
Joe DeStefano The Modified Ghost Count break picked up at end
Vol. 1 No. 4 1973 5
Harvey Rosenthal Perfect Coin Assembly four coins assemble under a corner of a handkerchief
  • Alternate Handling of the Last Coin
  • Second Alternate Handling of the Last Coin
Inspired byVariations Vol. 1 No. 5 1973 1
Karl Fulves Technicolor Cards performer cuts to four Aces, but they have different back color, then he cuts to correct Aces but then deck changes color
  • The Magician Cuts to the Aces
  • The Gambler Cuts to the Aces
Inspired byRelated toVariations Vol. 1 No. 6 1974 1
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves K.M. Move Variation
Vol. 1 No. 6 1974 5
Ken Krenzel Incredible Card Tunnel double blank card
Vol. 1 No. 7 1975 1
Karl Fulves On the Tunnel Effect credit information
Vol. 1 No. 7 1975 2
Dai Vernon Depth Illusion
Vol. 1 No. 7 1975 4
Karrell Fox The "Signa-Tare" Card Illusion card signed on face and torn face-up into quarters, restores except for one fitting quarter
Vol. 1 No. 8 1977 1
Max Londono Eternal String with thick string, two methods
Vol. 1 No. 9 1977 1
Fred C. Baumann Metalogic spoon bends and then breaks, extra bowl à la Hiroshi Sawa ("Gary Ueller", Genii)
Variations Vol. 1 No. 10 1978 1
Father Cyprian, Frank Garcia Bullseye sponge disc ("hole") on table, Aces vanish and appear underneath one by one
  • Frank Garcia's Version of "Bullseye"
  • Father Cyprian's Version
  • Added Reflections and Notions for the Bullseye Hole
Variations Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 1
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Display
Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 2
Frank Garcia Lapping Vanish
Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 8
Bruce Cervon, Father Cyprian Cervon False Display
Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 9
Father Cyprian False Transfer under Hand
Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 15
Frank Garcia, Father Cyprian Additional Uses for the "Hole"
  • 1. changing four Kings to Aces
  • 2. card transforms underneath sponge hole
  • 3. card shrinks underneath sponge hole
Vol. 1 No. 11 1978 16
Richard Kaufman The Ultimate Invisible Assembly using only the four Aces and a blank card, at the end all Aces turn blank, different handlings, see reference for credit information
Related to Vol. 1 No. 12 1980 1
Edward Marlo ATFUS
Vol. 1 No. 12 1980 3
The Block Pushoff
Vol. 1 No. 12 1980 5
Mexican Turnover
Vol. 1 No. 12 1980 7
Edward Marlo Marlo's Transfer Move
Vol. 1 No. 12 1980 10
Chris Capehart 3-Ring Routine
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 1
Chris Capehart Ring Count and Display
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 2
Chris Capehart The First Link
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 4
Chris Capehart The Quick Link
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 7
Chris Capehart Crash Link
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 8
Chris Capehart Crash Unlink
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 8
Chris Capehart Incredible Unlink
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 8
Chris Capehart Final Link
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 10
Chris Capehart Bonus Section flashy method for linking two rings
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 12
Chris Capehart Bonus Extra for difficult spectators
Vol. 1 No. 13 1981 12
Paul Harris The Immaculate Connection
  • The First Link
  • Fine Points of First Link
  • The Blow-Through Penetration
  • Fine Points of Blow Through Penetration
  • The Table Link
  • Fine Points of Table Link
  • The Tear
Related toVariations Vol. 2 No. 1 1983 1
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff Preferred Presentation
Vol. 2 No. 1 1983 11
Paul Harris Disconnected Thoughts
Vol. 2 No. 1 1983 11
Doug Bennett Bewildering ring & rope routine with secret thread attached to rope
  • Phase I - The Melt-Through Penetration
  • Phase II - The "On" Penetration
  • Phase III - The Mirroraculous Penetration
  • No Strings Attached
  • Patter For Bewildering
Vol. 2 No. 2 1984 1
Tom Gagnon Radical Rebound penny in fist, half dollar on table brushed with playing card changes to penny and half dollar is in pocket, then transposition phases and pocket penetration
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 1
Scoop-Up Vanish coin scooped up with card and apparently slid in hand
Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 4
Card Revolve turning card over while hiding coin
Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 4
Stewart Judah Slide-Back Display showing both sides of card while hiding coin, see also end notes
Related to Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 5
Tom Gagnon Retroflex Switch visual switch of tabled coin with aid of playing card, tabled spellbound
Variations Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 6
Tom Gagnon Offspring Han Ping Chien coin added from underneath card as coin(s) from other hand are thrown on table
Vol. 2 No. 3 1985 14
Michael Pizzolla Synchronicity III three prediction cards shown in wallet, then three cards taken out of face-down spread, they match, wallet with magnet, two alternativ presentations
Related to
  • "Thought Control" (Richard Himber)
Vol. 2 No. 4 1987 1
Steve Ronson Spectral Image selection placed between two transparent sheets, all put on mirror, image of selection seen in mirror through sheet, vanishes again, card now blank, dotted transparent sheet (Ton Onosaka)
Vol. 2 No. 5 1992 1
Doug Edwards Really Haunted deck on table, one hand holds it, deck spilts by itself, dot glued on one card
Vol. 2 No. 6 2000 1
Data entered by Denis Behr.