introduction\n\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Introduction
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prologue\nintroduces the three protagonists of the book\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Prologue
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acknowledgements\n\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Acknowledgements
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card college\n- first phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator
- second phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator and hidden in pocket, after cards have been shuffled
- third phase: magician can name every card in a packet previously placed inside the card box, unseen\nmatt baker\n"blind estimation" (luis otero, cartificios, dvd)
2019
Matt Baker
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Card College
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Inspired by- "Blind Estimation" (Luis Otero, Cartificios, DVD)
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casablanca\nspectator predicts which card magician will freely select, magician divines card selected by spectator\nmatt baker\n"kismet" (michael vincent)\ndouble thought\nal koran
2019
Matt Baker
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Casablanca
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location sensing device\nmagician locates spectator's card, and vice versa\nmatt baker\neverybody's lazy\nsimon aronson
2019
Matt Baker
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Location Sensing Device
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spread cull force\n\n unknown
2019
Unknown
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Spread Cull Force
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tilapia\ntwo spectators each think of a card, magician slowly divines each selection without wrong statements, includes versions built into tamariz and aronson stack\nmatt baker\n"think-a-card in the aronson stack" (simon aronson, unpublished, 2016)\nsimon-eyes\nsimon aronson
2019
Matt Baker
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Tilapia
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variations part i (the buena vista shuffle club)\ndiscussion on the memorized deck\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Variations Part I (The Buena Vista Shuffle Club)
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histed hoisted\n\nmatt baker\npeter w. tappan\n"histed heisted" (simon aronson, the card ideas of simon aronson)
2019
Matt Baker, Peter W. Tappan
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Histed Hoisted
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Inspired by- "Histed Heisted" (Simon Aronson, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson)
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elementary, my dear vernon\ndivining a selection by eliminating the impossible, followed by ending with a triumph\nmatt baker\ntriumph\ndai vernon\nsherlock\npit hartling
2019
Matt Baker
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Elementary, My Dear Vernon
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drunken shuffle\nslop shuffle\njerry andrus
2019
Jerry Andrus
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Drunken Shuffle
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daryl's triumph display\n\ndaryl martinez
2019
Daryl Martinez
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Daryl's Triumph Display
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79
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clue\nmentalism routine themed around the game clue, magician predicts the murderer, the weapon and the location of a murder\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Clue
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say anything\nlie detector effect, end with magician showing prediction in an envelope of a random word thought of and written down by spectator, prediction is printed letter by letter on cards\nmatt baker\nthe anything deck\npaul harris
2019
Matt Baker
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Say Anything
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variations part ii (the buena vista shuffle club)\nchapter intro\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Variations Part II (The Buena Vista Shuffle Club)
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115
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foiled by the origami test, saved by the lemon law\npresentation idea for the bill in lemon routine, with a brief description of the method\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Foiled by the Origami Test, Saved by the Lemon Law
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three coin monte\nstandard monte plot, but done with coins, one of them with an x drawn on it, ends with the target coin in coin pouch\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Three Coin Monte
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monte coin hype move\nstandard hype move for three card monte, but done with coins\n unknown
2019
Unknown
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Monte Coin Hype Move
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coin switching envelope\ninstructions to construct a double ended envelope for switching coins\n unknown
2019
Unknown
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Coin Switching Envelope
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128
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hive mind\nspectators help create a prediction about the number of coins held by two spectators (pennies, quarters, nickels and dimes), mathematical principle based on red/black relationship principle\nmatt baker\n"the intuition test" (dr larry hass, deep mental mysteries)
2019
Matt Baker
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Hive Mind
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Inspired by- "The Intuition Test" (Dr Larry Hass, Deep Mental Mysteries)
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quantum matrix\npresentation idea for classic coin matrix effect, four coins and four cards, backfire ending, uses siamese coins gimmick by mike gallo\nmatt baker\nmatrix\nal schneider
2019
Matt Baker
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Quantum Matrix
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banned for life\nvariation on shuffle bored, done as a real time skill demonstration of card counting for casino cheating. magician can tell number of cards face up, number of red cards, and the total sum of the values of the red cards
includes a magician-fooler method using "rounders" gaffed cards, idea by barrie richardson, which is basically stripper deck but with rounded corners\nmatt baker\nbarrie richardson
2019
Matt Baker, Barrie Richardson
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Banned For Life
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subconscious shuffle tracking\nmagician cuts to spectator's selection, then spectator stops and finds their own selection, then magician cuts to the three other mates\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Subconscious Shuffle Tracking
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mahatma control\nminor modification\n unknown
2019
Unknown
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Mahatma Control
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rolling-stock production\nflashy production of card originally on top of the deck\njustin higham
2019
Justin Higham
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Rolling-Stock Production
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bullet catcher production\napparently find four of a kind in the deck\njohn bannon
2019
John Bannon
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Bullet Catcher Production
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187
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gilbreath poker\nboth spectator and magician deal five hands of poker from their cards, each deal a good hand to an imaginary player, leaving the best hand for themselves\nmatt baker\nthe ultimate gardner-marlo\nsteve mayhew\ngilbreath's second principle\npersi diaconis\nron graham\nronald a. wohl (ravelli)\nherb zarrow
2019
Matt Baker
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Gilbreath Poker
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triple-fried\nthree cards selected by three spectators through a lot of dealing, magician then divines all three selections, can be done with memorized deck or a special stack\nmatt baker\nanimal, vegetable and mineral\nalex elmsley
2019
Matt Baker
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Triple-Fried
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204
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pile driver\ncomplicated mathematical version of the twenty one card trick, based on principle by edmé-gilles guyot\nmatt baker\nfrom gergonne to gargantua\njoseph diez gergonne
2019
Matt Baker
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Pile Driver
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217
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variations part iii (the buena vista shuffle club)\nchapter intro\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Variations Part III (The Buena Vista Shuffle Club)
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226
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avenging mandelbrot\nmagician finds two selections after haphazardly dealing the deck and reassembling them\nmatt baker\nneither blind nor silly\njuan tamariz\nfeurio\npit hartling
2019
Matt Baker
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Avenging Mandelbrot
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227
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s.o.l.\ncard selected by spectator under very stringent conditions, magician is still able to divine its identity, x-ray case\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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S.O.L.
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outlier\ncard freely named by spectator, spectator then selects a card from the deck. rest of the deck is shown to be duplicates of another card, but the selected card is the named card, uses a double decker deck\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Outlier
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quick reference guide\n\nmatt baker
2019
Matt Baker
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Quick Reference Guide
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