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2017-2022
Written by Mike Helmer
Work of Various
541 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Catalin Cantea, A. Ibelin
Language: English
222 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
Jon Racherbaumer, Hideo Kato Hands Off Reverse card is selected and lost behind back, placed into card case, magician divines card, card is found reversed in the deck. (submitted on June 25, 1971)
Related toAlso published here Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 1
Ryan Plunkett The "Eh, Fuck it" Ace Interlude Magician loses three Aces in the deck, remaining Ace multiplies into four Aces
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 3
Peter Pellikaan Kings Over Queens Four Kings of Clubs change places with four Queen of Diamonds, they then mix together, and the Queens change back color
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 7
Brother John Hamman Two-As-Four Count
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 7
Chris Mayhew Caandy card at any number, card created by combining value and suit of two cards that are found on either side of a card that's stabbed into the deck
Inspired by
  • "The Spell of Mystery" (Stewart James, 1929)
Variations
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 9
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 14
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1) July 2017 15
Michael Kras The Kras Change Card placed face up and outjogged in deck changes with a flick
Related toVariations Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 16
Michael Kras The Weakness Magician can slide coin around on table, but spectator unable to slide coin on table surface
Inspired by Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 18
Michael Kras (In)version Card turns over in deck magically
Related to Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 19
Michael Kras Stranger Exchange Playing card transposes with a coin previously placed in card case
Inspired by Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 21
Card to Case Extraction
Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 24
Michael Kras Biography
Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 25
Michael Kras Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 1 No. 2 (Autumn #1) Oct. 2017 25
Gary Plants Mentally Count On it Spectator thinks of a number, counts down and looks at card. Magician cuts out exact number of cards as the thought of number, then produces selection
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 26
Stephen Hobbs False Swing Cut Double Lift Control Top control
Inspired by Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 29
Peter Pellikaan Variation Aces Two Four Aces turn face up by one one, then turn into four Ace of Spades, then become Aces with odd backs
Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 31
Steve Beam Elimineight Card "randomly" generated from down under deal made to vanish, appear in card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 34
Jon Racherbaumer Sandwich Drop Sleight Switch card using sandwich
Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 38
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations
Related to Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1) Dec. 2017 39
William Goodwin Two-Step Two Queens distribute in deck magically to find two selections, then come together to sandwich last selection
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Step by Step" (Precursor, Oct. 2003)
Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 41
Miika Pelkonen Auto Sandwich Two cards appear between two advertisement cards in the deck
Related to Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 42
Allan Hagen Take Five Indicator card appears between Jokers, count down to find selection, Jokers transform into other two mates
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 44
Michael Kras Everything but Olives Sandwich
Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 47
Mathieu Bich 3rd Hand Sandwich Jokers placed on top and bottom of deck, when pulled away, card appear between them
Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 50
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations some printings have 2017 by accident, see reference
Related to Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 54
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1) Apr. 2018 55
Ryan Plunkett Muck Off magician demonstrates switching card on table for card in sleeve, has spectator try it too, then produce Royal Flush from spectator's sleeve
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 56
Rub a Dub Vanish
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 57
Morris Loewy Loewy Palm
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 58
Ryan Plunkett Bottom Placement Addition bottom card of deck in right-hand End Grip added to packet in dealing position
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 60
Shannon Clark Back to the Beginning Card chosen and lost, deck becomes all backs, then restore except for selection which is now inside out (Hofzinser card), then it restores
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 66
Kevin Kelly Klondike Kelly Card selected and lost via Klondike shuffle, found at position indicated by number of cards spectator cut off previously
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 71
Klondike Shuffle
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 72
Paul Cummins A No Case Change four Queens transpose with selection
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 73
Tyler Wilson Prone to Die Safely Three selections made. Sucker effect in which performer stabs Joker next to selection (which can be seen on face). Then Joker visually rises to land next to selection. Joker then transforms into second selection, and then the third selection is found sandwiched by two Jokers.
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 75
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse while squaring in-the-hands spread
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 76
Dan Fleshman Marked / Invisible Two decks, spectator deals through one deck face up, leaving one card face down. Face down card matches reversed card in the other deck, inspired by trick from Todd Lamanske
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 80
Michael Breggar Cra-Ker-Jack Dice used to choose cards by four spectators, magician deals down that number to find matching mates, then produce four Aces
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 82
Terry LaGerould Countdown Force
Related to Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 84
Gary Plants Team Work Card found at position equal to sum of values of four random cards, improvisation
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 85
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Minimalistic Aces Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces type of trick, Aces placed with three Kings keep changing into Kings, then later change back into Aces
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 86
Larry Jennings TNT Bottom Deal
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 86
Edward Marlo Olram Count
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 87
Giacomo Bigliardi Lies Lie Detection effect, magician detects lies to divine card, has ambigram kicker
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 92
R. Paul Wilson Undone Delusion Dunbury Delusion, card vanishes from the packet and appears after counting down, inspired by Fred Robinson
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 95
Brother John Hamman Countback
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 96
Oliver Meech Four for Two Two Jokers rise through packet of four Kings, then asymmetric transposition happens, four Kings end up in different pockets
Inspired by
  • "Ambitious Interchange" (John Carey, Me, My Cards & I)
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 97
David Williamson Call Stop Aces Magician deals, spectator calls stop at four different places, magician deals the card down cleanly each time. Four cards are the Aces
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 99
Neal Elias, David Williamson Swing Cut Multiple Shift Variation
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 99
Darwin Ortiz Squaring Subtlety Squaring the deck with index finger while catching a break above or below injog
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 101
Third Deal
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 102
Fritz Alkemade Royalty in the B(r)o(n)x Card placed between red Kings and placed in card box. Card appears and disappears between black Kings, goes back into card box
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 103
Box Steal Secretly steal cards out while apparently placing packet of cards in box
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 103
Michael Breggar 52! Repeatedly count and deal cards based on the card stopped at, magician predicts the final card
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 105
Perseus Arkomanis Faces of Man Joker transforms into three selections before returning as a Joker
Related to Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 107
Syd Segal Untouched Re-touched Card is on the table, spectator makes two piles, one top card for the value the other for the suit, produce four of a kind as a kicker
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 110
Peter Pellikaan Conraad Four Jacks of Hearts, small packet Triumph, then change into four Aces
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 115
Brother John Hamman Two as Four Count
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 116
Peter Pellikaan Pelli Spread
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 117
Nancy Colwell Henweigh Three cards produced one by one from sandwich, those cards becomes sandwich with original sandwich cards
Inspired by Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 120
Steve Reynolds Ace x Ace Handling 3 Two Jacks placed in different parts of deck, move to find selection
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 124
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 127
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) Oct. 2018 135
Miguel Ángel Gea Gestalt four coins covered by four cards on table, magician takes them out one by one magically
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 136
Michael Rubinstein The Rubinstein Turnover apparently show both sides of coin, actually hiding one side by showing same side twice
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 139
Josh Janousky Billuminati magician can divine which Federal Reserve printed the bill despite bill being folded up
Also published here Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 140
Fritz Alkemade D.A.R.C. fuse two "half" (sawn in half) coins into one whole coin
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 141
J. B. Bobo Bobo Switch
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 141
Dan Fleshman Rollover Half Dollars card flipped over (rolled over) on table, produce four coins under card one by one
Also published here
  • “Rollover Half Dollars” (Magician Tested: Audience Approved, 1985)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 142
Tyler Wilson Copy Silver silver coin sandwiched between two copper coins changes visually into copper
Related to Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 144
Jeff Prace Split Winnings scratch card is scratched, shown to be a losing card, magician then restores it
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 147
David Neighbors Covert Coins Across coins across with four coins, end with one of the coins travel to under the purse
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 149
David Neighbors The Neighbors Back Palm
Related to Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 149
David Neighbors Mask Move drop shell on coin
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 150
David Neighbors, Han Ping Chien Han Ping Chien Variant
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 153
David Neighbors Heel Clip Variant
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 153
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Pennies Move
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 155
Mike Helmer Polar penny changes places with the center portion of a toonie (Canadian coin)
Related to Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 157
Tyler Wilson Sprained Uncle produce coin from behind the ear, spectator can see a coin in the magician's hand but when produced, it is a different coin!
Related to Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 162
Dan Fleshman, Jim Surprise Surprise! Reverse Matrix Again
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 164
Samuel Varg, Jon Allen The Double Peek Warped Coin Routine coin bends when held by spectator's hands, includes nice subtlety by Jon Allen where spectator can peek at the coin to check it has bent yet
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 168
Fritz Alkemade Moneyball bill travelling effect, end with bills fusing into a single bill of twice the value
Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2) July 2019 170
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) July 2019 173
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations
Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2) July 2019 179
Pit Hartling PitPockets
Vol. 2 No. Spring Equinox (Special Preview) July 2019
Inside Pocket Steal Back card apparently placed in inside pocket, stolen back onto packet in other hand
Vol. 2 No. Spring Equinox (Special Preview) July 2019
Inside Pocket Extraction card apparently removed from inside pocket, actually from packet in other hand
Vol. 2 No. Spring Equinox (Special Preview) July 2019
Gary Plants Thanks to Harry, Johnny & Derek three random cards change into duplicates of selection and back, selection found in center of deck
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 180
Larry Jennings Open Control card is out-jogged
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 180
Pit Hartling PitPockets
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 184
Pit Hartling Biddle Palm palming cards during counting them off into the left hand
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 184
Inside Pocket Steal Back card apparently placed in inside pocket, stolen back onto packet in other hand
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 185
Inside Pocket Extraction card apparently removed from inside pocket, actually from packet in other hand
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 188
Tony Chang The Mystery Touched You Where? a card appears between sandwich cards and vanishes again, it is then found to be card that has been placed under spectator's hand previously
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 190
Tony Chang End Grip Double Turnover
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 191
Jean-Claude Pagès Count Lap
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 192
Allan Ackerman HP Multiple Shift "Hidden Packet", with fan displacement
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 194
Allan Ackerman HP Double Brainwave ungaffed, "Hidden Packet"
Inspired by
  • "Double Brainwave" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem #25)
Related toAlso published here
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 198
Rotating Break thumb break maintained as deck is pivoted over
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 199
Danny Goldsmith The Autumn Vanish coin openly dropped on right fingers, stolen/dropped back
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 202
Henok Negash Luck vs Skill spectator cuts to four random cards which the performer changes into Aces one by one, then the spectator does cut to the Aces
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 203
Henok Negash Rotary Reverse Variation
Related to Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 204
Henok Negash The Seesaw Control four cards placed into deck at once, apparently in different positions, bluff spacing
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 207
James Swain The 439 Trick named Ace vanishes from Ace packet and appears in case, four cases, under cellophane
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 212
Chris Mayhew Extreme Sausage Sandwich two out-jogged prediction cards used to sandwich a named selection with sucker element, prediction cards turn out to be one value more and less than named card
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 214
Mechanical Reverse after cull
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 215
Tom Gagnon Side Slip Spread Control kind of side steal to bottom during tabled ribbon spread
Also published here Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 219
Kostya Kimlat Back Into the Nest peanut in shell, shell vanishes, "two in the hands, one in the mouth", back reappears around peanuts
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 221
Nancy Colwell Last Minute Card Control spectator cuts off a pile, shuffles, remembers a card and loses it, hopefully step is retained
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 223
Dr. James Nuzzo Finessed Gymnastic Aces faro, making sure the Aces appear one by one
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2) May 2020 225
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 229
John Lovick Eliminate the Negative three imaginary coins, chosen one predicted and also whether it is heads or tails up
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 233
Michael Weber GPS out-of-hand selection procedure, advertising card appears at same position in one half as selection in other
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 237
Gregory Wilson Stick Shift toothpick broken in half, both parts held between thumb and first finger for penetration phase, followed by restoration
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 239
Andi Gladwin Surprise Stacking! two cards from named value are openly riffle stacked, other two cards are surprisingly stacked as well
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 244
Jack Carpenter Crazy Eyes four Jokers and Ace of Spades shown, eventually changes into four Aces and one Joker and the backs change
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 245
Karl Fulves, Jeff Busby Omega Count five as five, hiding cards
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 246
Syd Segal The Visiting Cross Eye's Grasshopper two Aces sandwiched between two Jacks each, Aces transpose, sandwich cards transpose, then two Aces and four Jacks transpose
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 252
Jack Carpenter The Protection Switch card dropped underneath a case or similar item, switched for a card from the deck
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 258
Jonathan Kamm 2 For 1 Jokers two Jokers transform into two selections, visual
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 260
Shannon Clark Positive ID selection lost, four cards chosen, one placed between the hands of a spectator and three on top, those three are three-of-a-kind matching the selection, performer's ID is between the hands and selection in wallet
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 263
Shannon Clark NoLap Switch Variation
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 264
Bébel In the Pocket! Aces travel from center of deck to four pockets, then change to Kings, Aces back in center of deck
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 268
Bébel Lighter Strip-Out Addition cards take out one by one for lighter feel
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 268
Paul LePaul The Palm Reverse
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 270
Bébel Non-Classic Pass
Also published here
  • Arcane #83, July 1996
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 270
Bébel Covered Top Palm palming cards from under a top cover card
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 271
Bébel Straddle Grip Reverse from center reversed to bottom
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 275
Turnover Change break, second card slides out same orientation than the deck
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 277
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements copy/paste from Conjuring Credits/Archive
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 280
Mike Helmer Inklings & Elucidations
Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2) May 2020 293
Benjamin Barnes Face-up Free Fall selection buried face-up in face-down deck, deck dropped and card appears face-up on top as in air-pressure revelation
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 1
Air-Pressure Turnover Revelation
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 1
Center K.M. Move to righten a reversed card in center
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 2
Lee Benzaquin Lee's Cartes Diaconis with handling variations
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 3
Guy Hollingworth Optical Alignment
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 5
Colin Robinson Moment Variation #1
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 8
Luis Carreon Hermanito unknown card set aside at the beginning turns out to be later signed selection
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 12
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 13
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 16
Luis Carreon Quattro Amigos both hands cutting one half one-handedly onto table
Inspired byVariations Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 18
Luis Carreon Un Amigo one-handed version
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 20
Luis Carreon Daisy Cutter swing false cut combination involving a tabled packet
  • Card Control Variant
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 21
Luis Carreon Everything Sounds Better In Spanish in-the-hands false cut with multiple packets in Hindu shuffle position
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 23
Nancy Colwell War and Peace torn card restores in spectator's fist
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 25
Dave Buck Undertow in the action of turning a card over a palmed card is loaded onto its face
Also published here Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 28
Matt Schulien One Hand Card Fold one more fold than normal one-hand palm fold
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 30
Edward Marlo He Did It Again! one of six cards is chosen by spectator, spectator reverses his selection in the packet himself, then the cards are mixed and he chooses it again
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer routine in New Pentagram, Sept. 1979, Vol. 11 No. 7
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 35
Ryan Plunkett Stand-up Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 37
Spin-Out Addition deck hold upright, thumb drags one card along
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 39
Justin Purcell Everywhere & Nowhere three wrong cards in glasses are each shown to be the selection, they then change back
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 40
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 3 into "Master Palm"
Also published here Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 44
Card Change somewhat angly
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 45
Justin Purcell Okito, Bamburg, or Burnett? four coins from Okito box to hand
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 47
Turnover Move as lid is put on
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 51
Geoffrey Latta Han Ping Chien
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 52
Jon Racherbaumer Wow x Four biddle trick handling, card selected from five tabled cards vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 55
Griffin Watt Outjog Control top card of left hand packet apparently placed in center of right-hand packet in end grip, replaced by dummy card which is moved to out-jogged position one-handed
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 57
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1 July 2021 60
Dominique Duvivier Toulagli selection lost, four Aces are produced, then selection, selection on one side of table transposes with Aces on the other side
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 1
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Double Cut
Related to Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 2
Card Production Move from Another Card face-up card on deck is turned and another card appears, can be repeated
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 4
Dominique Duvivier Sandeouiche production of Aces, Aces are alternated face-up/face-down and their arrangement changes when turned over multiple times, then selection appears sandwiched between Aces
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 8
Alexandra Duvivier Dribble Palm card placed into deck as it is dribbled onto table, deck picked up and card palmed out of center
Also published here
  • Le Magicien, Dec. 1999
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 16
Alexandra Duvivier Dribble Glimpse card placed into deck as it is dribbled onto table, deck picked up and card glimpsed
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 17
Alexandra Duvivier Four Ace Production in-the-hands production sequence
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 18
Alexandra Duvivier Simplified Waterfall False Shuffle in the hands strip-out shuffle with waterfall
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 19
Alexandra Duvivier, Eddie Taytelbaum Taytelbaum Production Handling top card flips over out-jogged into center of deck
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 19
Alexandra Duvivier Retention Double Replacement in-jogged double pushed towards out-jogged position
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 21
Stuart Gordon Stuart Gordon Turnover
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 22
Lee Asher, Alexandra Duvivier Diving Board Double & Turnover
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 24
Alexandra Duvivier Double Pop-Up out-jogged double is pulled into upright position one-handed
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 25
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue July 2021 27
Ed McGowan, B.J. Bueno The McGowan-Bueno Peek incomplete faro control, card peeked from upper half which is then stripped out with selection secretly in-jogged, can be glimpsed
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 1
Kostya Kimlat Catch Me If You Can card caught out of deck dribbled to table, real with timing
  • A-E Dribble Practice
  • Ensnaring A Plummeting Card
  • Original Handling - Card Control vs Card Un-Control (Fool Us Version)
  • Alternate Handling - The McGowan-Bueno Peek
  • Full Disclosure Version
  • Additional Knowledge (as there is plenty)
    • Concerning Rhythm & Dribbles
    • Practicing - The Joshua Arroyo Addition
    • Approaching a Meditative State
    • Final Notes
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 4
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut Thumb Stab cards dribbled into left hand, left thumb reaches into cascade and drags out a card that is flipped onto top face up
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 12
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut To Winning Go Fish mates to the cards from a six-card poker hand are found by performer, first two single cards, then rest via Biological Shuffle by Paul Harris
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 14
Paul Harris Biological Shuffle to produce four cards
Related to Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 17
Marty Kane Alpha-Bit three piles made, three cards removed from center pile after some spelling of some cards, they turn out to be the cards the performer named earlier (according to some alphabetical rules, apparently)
Inspired by
  • "Off-Center Bottom to Top Principle" (Martii Siren, Colm Mulcahy's Mathematical Card Tricks, 2013)
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 20
Robert Moreland Sunrise Aces
  • Production #1
  • Production #2
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 25
Sunrise Flourish card pivoted upwards behind deck with first finger
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 25
Sebastian Midtvaage SternSteal angly side steal of third card for color change
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 30
Josh Arroyo Productions From Space card appears between two cards as they are moved around on the table
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 32
Chad Long Mat Slap card produced with folded close-up pad
Also published here Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 35
Michael Eaton Two-Card Monte Payoff variation of DeLand's Two-Card Monte, bill appears at the end
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 37
Jason "Jafo" Fields Invisible Purse Subtlety purse frame gripped at invisible fabric of purse leaving frame suspended, then coin is produced
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 41
Sebastian Midtvaage Parental Control card lost in the center of one half which is then placed into center of the other half, controlled to top
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 45
Chad Long Another Four Of A Kind Queen tabled face down, another Queen comes to top repeatedly, then travels between two Aces, then both Queens change to other Aces
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 48
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Switch
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 49
Michael Eaton Who Ordered The Ketchup? bottle of ketchup produced from silk
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 51
Erik Casey, Paul Cummins The Memory Test order apparently memorized, spectator cuts off a pile, performer names how many and at which card
Related to Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 53
Edward Oschmann Back In Black card chosen, three more from the same type (e.g. red spot cards) removed and mixed with selection, three black cards appear one by one between the red cards and are tabled, then other three red cards vanish except selection
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 56
Tenkai Ishida Book Break
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 59
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 59
Michael Ammar, Gary Plants Ammar's No Good At Titles selection torn, pieces change into credit card, restored card minus one corner is found in wallet
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 62
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One June 2022 65
Geoffrey Williams The Trick That Vernon Tried To Explain To Me For A Quarter coin with arrow on it used, together with some improvised counting, to find selection or named prediction
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 75
Below-the-Spread Crimp with fingers
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 76
Geoffrey Williams Behind-the-Spread Crimp with thumb
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 83
Sebastian Midtvaage One Shot folded card in upside down shot glass is switched
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 84
James Swain Game Changer signed card vanishes from between the hands and appears between tabled sandwich cards
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 86
James Swain Center Double Lift Handling
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 87
James Swain Card Vanish lapping
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 90
Chad Long Dinner Time Prediction during dinner "You will drop a spoon!" (or something else) is predicted
Also published here Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 91
Karl Hein The Heinlich Maneuver straddle-grip strip out onto lower half
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 93
Karl Hein Everyone Loves A Good Polygon blackjack demo that ends in a 4x4 magic square layout for 21
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 97
Sebastian Midtvaage French Spider spider vanish from French Drop position
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 102
Terry Ward The Great Sundering same effect, method and presentation as Tamariz's "Neither Blind Nor Silly"
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 104
Jason "Jafo" Fields Phone to Pocket spectator's phone is pocketed on the left side and immediately removed from right pants pocket, secret transfer behind back
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 108
Jason "Jafo" Fields Phone Bending Illusion optical illusion
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 110
Meraux Dantes Dr. Crow's Secret name and place are written on two pieces of paper, both are divined even though one has been destroyed
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 113
Meraux Dantes Gourmet Interaction thoughts on performing mentalism
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 117
Jimmy Ichihana Mr. Miyagi's Card Catch catching the three mates to a selection from deck that is dribbled to table
  • Variant & Extra Notes
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 120
Michael Eaton Where's The Check? in a restaurant the performer puts a prediction on the table, it later turns out to be the table's check
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 125
Remy Connor ACME small bills drawn on blank cards, bill appears
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 128
Josh Arroyo A Trick For Three Nice People memory demonstration involving red-black order, selections, a four-of-a-kind
Inspired by Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 131
Edward Oschmann E-version triumph with rainbow deck kicker
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 133
Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 134
Ryan Schlutz Business As Usual business card with writing in a grid is torn into eight pieces, spectator makes decisions until two four-piece piles are made, can be controlled by performer à la ten card poker deal
  • Caleb Wiles' approach
  • David Regal, John Guastaferro, Caleb Wiles & My Approach
Also published here Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 136
Mike Helmer Credits & Acknowledgements
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 142
Lee Asher Growing Up In Florida
Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two June 2022 152
Data entered by Harapan Ong & Denis Behr.