Variations Revisited

2003
Written by Earl Nelson
Work of Earl Nelson
150 pages (Hardcover), published by Mike Caveney's Magic Words
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
55 entries
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Mike Caveney Publisher's Note
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Dai Vernon Foreword
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Earl Nelson Preface
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Section One: Cards
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Earl Nelson Reset Reset
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Woody Anderson Packet Switch
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Ascanio Spread four as three
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Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Spread
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Bill Taylor Alternate Count/Display intro switch for reset
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Earl Nelson Between Your Points of Departure Aces between spectator's palm, selection added, it vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
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Larry Jennings Unload on Deck card(s) from packet slid under top card of deck
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Earl Nelson Slow Motion Top Change
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Earl Nelson Color Changing Deck featuring a deck switch in the lap at the end of an optional preliminary All Backs routine
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Michael Skinner, Joe Fisher The Haunted Card tabled, card spins out between halves
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Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
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Earl Nelson Exploding Aces tabled productions
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John Benzais, Earl Nelson Benzais Cut Handling
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Top Shoot Out buckling top card with first finger in riffle shuffle position
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Flip Over Production two halves in riffle shuffle position
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Frank Simon Pass the Sandwich sandwich cards vanish from top and bottom and reappear around selection
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Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control
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Earl Nelson Submarine Sandwich sandwich cards outjogged near bottom, selection in upper part of deck, appears between sandwich cards
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Frank Simon About Faces Aces Kings put in Deck, Aces twist and then change into Kings, Aces now in deck
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Derek Dingle, Frank Simon Bluff Shift Handling
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ATFUS Handling
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Earl Nelson Wrist Turn Bluff Shift
Inspired by 64
Push-In Break break at out-jog, can be established above or below after push-in
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Earl Nelson Sleeve Aces
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Al Leech Instant Addition packet flipped face-down onto left-hand pile, card added to its face and packet placed on table
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Section Two: Cards & Coins
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Earl Nelson Pretty Good Coins Across four coins one by one
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Al Schneider Pop-Up Coin Move
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Ross Bertram Fist Transfer
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Earl Nelson Coined Card
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Earl Nelson Coin from Deck Vanish coin apparently tossed from top of deck in left hand dealing position into other hand
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Earl Nelson The $1.50 Vanish three coins vanish one by one with use of playing card, then reappear underneath
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Jean Faré Vanish with Playing Card coin scooped up with card and it slides into other hand
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Earl Nelson Coin Load under Card slid under as card is picked up
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Earl Nelson, Al Schneider Four the Hard Way four coins appear between two cards one by one
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Earl Nelson, Al Schneider Four the Easy Way using shell
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Section Three: Finger Rings
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Emile Clifton Clifton's Ring Move ring on string, vanishes, appears on other hand
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Earl Nelson Earl's Ring Move false threading of ring onto rope
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Earl Nelson Impromptu Flying Ring
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Section Four: Bonus Effects
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Earl Nelson Hit and Run Aces Rollover Aces without Triumph part, just Ace production
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Earl Nelson The Changing of the Card card changes under coin, Tosheroon
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Section Five: New Material
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Tony Miller MVP - Miller Variable Placement out-jogged card inserted, directly controlled to top
Related to
  • "Pop Up Aces" (A.P. Sreenivas, Linking Ring, Aug. 1989)
VariationsAlso published here 		129
Earl Nelson MVPalm out-jogged card inserted, directly palmed
Inspired by 132
Earl Nelson Low Fat Sandwich sandwich cards face up on deck, selection inserted into deck, sandwich cards vanish, then reappear on top with selection between them
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Earl Nelson Inspired by Marnase with color change out-jogged on top of the deck
Inspired by 135
Earl Nelson Face Up Flyers Re-Blocked
Inspired by 138
Rub-a-Dub Vanish
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Earl Nelson Commentary - Why and Why Not
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Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2021.