Baird, Scott

2022-2024
Written by Scott Baird
Work of Various

1,265 pages (E-book), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Scott Baird
Language: English

452 entries

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Nathan Coe Marsh (Genii, Vol. 86 No. 4, Apr. 2023, p. 82)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Issue	Year	Page	Categories
Scott Baird	The Hermit	about the new magazine		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	1	Articles / Columns
Chris Mayhew	Swatch	handling for switching the corner as it torn off a card		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	2	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Part of torn Card
Scott Baird	Rubik's Nap	cube is shuffled and solved by performer, different presentations The Move (self-repairing shuffle sequence) The Solve Cycle I Am Very Smart		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	8	Rubik's Cube / Solving
Gwyn Auger	3 Social Media Strategies to Increase Online Engagement	Things to Avoid on Social Media 3 More Strategies for Social Media Success		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	18	Articles / Business and Publicity
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	20	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Fly Fly Again	"A literal take on a Visual Coins Across" coins seen to fly to other hand via muscle pass		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	22	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Muscle Pass Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Three Fly
Scott Baird	Logo Design	"A step-by-step examination of a different creative process" IBM logo		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	26	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The FUJ Shuffle	"Faro Utility Jog" card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea	Related to IF Glimpse (Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo, 1969) Incomplete Faro Jog Control (Tom Craven, 1982) Peeping Tom (John Cornelius, 2001) A Handling for a "Thought-Of" Variation (Scott Baird, 2023) Variations FUJ-ed Triumph (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	36	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Scott Baird	Army Reenlisted	two-phase routine in which a peeked-at card is counted to from a reversed odd-backed indicator card, faro, FUJ Shuffle application	Inspired by Army Card Trick (David Solomon, 2007)	Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Jay Sankey	The Power of Being Persistent	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	44	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	I Do Whatever You Do	"Re-Imagining the Do As I Do Plot" card lost in deck, half the deck (or another deck) is given to spectator and the performer follows along and copies whatever the spectator does to locate selection, improvisation		Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 1	Jan. 2022	50	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	52	Articles / Columns
Harapan Ong	Collecting One by One	selections appear one by one between four Aces	Inspired by One at a Time Collectors (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
David Michael Evans	Frisco Flash	discrepant switch, flushtration count	Related to Frisco Flash (David Michael Evans, Jed B. Smith, 2001)	Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	58	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Spin Flourish	out-jogged card spins on first finger, credit information	Related to Stephen Minch, The Vernon Chronicles, Vol. 4, p. 83	Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	59	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
Greg Boggs	Greg Boggs offers his thoughts on why you shouldn't retire your Professor's Nightmare props just yet			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	62	Rope / Professor's Nightmare
Rick Holcombe	Cerebral CSB	travelling routine with copper, silver and brass coin, chosen one travels in multiple out scenario with purse or Okito box		Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	64	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous
	Friction Pass from Purse			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	67	Coin / Sleights / Holding coins back while throwing to other hand Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
	Wrist Transfer Steal			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	68	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Stealing Coin out of Hand
	Coin Box Dump Steal			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	70	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Miscellaneous
Gwyn Auger	Let's Get Social	Growing Online Instagram Styles		Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	72	Articles / Business and Publicity
Scott Baird	Undo Two	two cards chosen by cutting to them and replacing the packets, four Aces are put in face-up pairs in deck, after a faro they sandwich the selections	Inspired by Prior Commitment (Simon Aronson, 2001)	Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / UnDo Influence
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	86	Articles / Columns
John Carey	Equicoins	one of five coins predicted	Inspired by Equivox (Christian Chelman, 1993)	Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	88	Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Propless / Equivoque
Jay Sankey	Why You Might Not Feel Successful	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	90	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 2	Feb. 2022	95	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	97	Articles / Columns
Michał Kociołek	Match Up	two sets of Ace-through-Five, Do As I Do type matching with performer and spectator	Related to The Dream of a Hermit (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1941) "The Oracle System" (Ben Seidman, marketed routine)	Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates are put down alternating Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet ESP Cards / Matching
Gwyn Auger	Let's Get Social (and Professional)	Is there a point to using LinkedIn as a magician? Tips for using LinkedIn as a Professional Magician		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	106	Articles / Business and Publicity
Scott Baird	S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins	presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle	Inspired by The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, 1988) Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, 1991) Related to Splell (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	110	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Scott Baird	Pockets of Candy	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, it is found in pocket, then the card if suit and value are combined vice versa as well, faro	Inspired by Caandy (Chris Mayhew, 2017)	Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	114	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Baird	Congratulations	winner of HermitMagicChallenge		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	122	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Your Next Challenge	HermitMagicChallenge		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	123	Articles / Columns
Michael Pilkey	SIRIously Mental	iPhone reveals a chosen song	Also published here SIRIously Mental (Michael Pilkey, 2017)	Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	124	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Caroline Ravn	The Power of Great Pictures			Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	128	Articles / Business and Publicity
Rico Weeland	The Structural Problem of the Homing Card Plus	"(and Alternate Endings)"	Inspired by Homing Card Plus (Francis Carlyle, Philippe Socrate, Jimmy Grippo, Roberto Giobbi, 1996)	Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	132	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Rick Holcombe	Lost In Thought	spectator cuts deck and makes up a card by using suit and value of the two cards at that point, the created card is predicted as a blank-faced card, the actual selection is nowhere to be found		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Rick Holcombe	Dribble Cross Cut Force	spectator says stop during dribbling		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	140	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
Jay Sankey	Why You Need To Forget New And Better	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	142	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 3	Mar. 2022	144	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	147	Articles / Columns
Joshua Jay	Casual Cassandra	card placed on case, card chosen, it turns out to be card that has been removed which has now vanished	Inspired by The Cassandra Quandary (Guy Hollingworth, 1999) Also published here Casual Cassandra (Joshua Jay, 2019)	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
R. Paul Wilson	Open Steal	card from case stolen with right-hand packet	Also published here Open Steal (R. Paul Wilson, 2019) within "Deadlier than the Male" (R. Paul Wilson, Alias, 1996)	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	154	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Giacomo Bertini	The Palm Shuttle	showing both hands empty while transferring one coin from hand to hand, pinky transfer to classic palm, then to deep back clip of other hand	Related to The Vanish Which Elevates Tenkai (Hiroyuki Sakai, 2013) Palm-to-Palm Transfer (Giacomo Bertini, 2022) Also published here Bertini Clip Aquitment (Giacomo Bertini, 2020) System for Amazement, 2018	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	158	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Giacomo Bertini	Deep Flash Production			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	164	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Scott Baird	Four Card Symphony	four cut-to cards are found, all cards in last packet are named	Inspired by Four Part Harmony (Simon Aronson, 1990)	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	173	Articles / Columns
John Carey	Triple Prediction	spectator cuts three times and a face-up marker card is put at that position, the three cards below the marker cards are predicted	Also published here "My, My Cards, & I" (2017, John Carey)	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Scott Baird	Scott and Soda	international three-coin across, routine with locking Scotch and Soda gimmick		Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	178	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Gaffed / Scotch and Soda
Richard Himber	Himber Click Pass Vanish			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	180	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
	Deep Back Clip Steal			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	184	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals
Homer Liwag	Yin Yam Flim Flam	hand drop, inertia forces deep back-clipped coin to appear with others already there	Also published here The Yin Yam Flim Flam (Homer Liwag, 1991)	Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	184	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Scott Baird, Mike Vance	Misdirection in Sports	The Feint The Shot Fake The Aside The Social Contract The Magic Coordinator		Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	186	Articles / Articles
Jay Sankey	The Power of Defying Expectations	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	190	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 4	Apr. 2022	192	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	195	Articles / Columns
Bill Citino	Coins to Purse	three coins travel into purse one by one		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	196	Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Bill Citino	Purse Dump Steal	coins dumped out of purse, one held back inside		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	197	Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
Geoffrey Latta	False Fan Transfer	one of a three-coin fan is apparently dumped into other hand		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	197	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Gary Kurtz	Gesticulated Changeover			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	198	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Bill Citino	Toss Click Pass		Also published here Toss Click Pass (Bill Citino, 2020)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	198	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
David Roth	Deep Palm Tenkai Pennies			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	199	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tenkai Pennies
Bill Citino	Changeover Throw			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	200	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Ponta the Smith	Undercover Spread	coin spread on fingers with extra coin hidden underneath, one-handed get-into		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	201	Coin / Sleights / Hiding Coins - Display
Kyle Leon	Ultimate Brainwave	named card is shown as only red-backed card in blue-backed deck, unusual gaffed deck		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Kyle Leon	Kyle Leon: Himself, In His Own Words			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	210	Articles / Biographical
Giacomo Bertini	The Production Phase of a new three-coin routine	three-coin production sequence	Related to The final phase of a new three-coin routine (Giacomo Bertini, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	213	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Giacomo Bertini	Curl Palm to Thumb Palm	hand to hand transfer		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	214	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Position Transfers
Giacomo Bertini	Mutobe Palm Transfer	hand to hand transfer		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	215	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Position Transfers
Giacomo Bertini	Pinky Concealment	brief	Related to Additional Credits (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	216	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palming Techniques
Álvaro Pérez Berbel	The Management of Added Information	Writing Collection Election Reading Elevation	Related to "Sobre la técnica" (Jon Zabal, Fechorías, p. 114)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	218	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Mystic Slybaba	Tossed Across	two copper and a silver coin in one hand, two coppers in the other hand, silver coin travels across, using Hopping Halves gaff		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	222	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Patrik Kuffs	P.Q.I.	stand-up presentational ploy Jackpot Coins with squares of toilet paper		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	226	Paper / Miscellaneous Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Scott Baird	A Dream from The Hermit...	cake transformation in dream	Variations Any Cake Called For (Gareth Jones, 2022) The Dream Challenge (2022)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	230	Food / Cake Articles / Anecdotes
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	231	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Gambler, The Magician, and The Psychic	two cards chosen, one removed, all found, using One and a Half Way Deck	Inspired by Two Minds and a Mate (Simon Aronson, 1990) Related to Aura (Andi Gladwin, 2020)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	232	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Scott Baird	One and a Half Way Deck	faces one-way scratch-marked, backs of only one color are one-way scratch-marked		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	234	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
	Card Clocking	mod 10		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	238	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking
Jay Sankey	The Secret to Sharing Your Humour	Sankey Says Humor		Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	240	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits		Related to Pinky Concealment (Giacomo Bertini, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 5	May 2022	244	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	247	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	On Waving Tides	card chosen and signed from blue deck, replaced reversed, deck cased and pocketed, red-backed deck removed from another pocket and signed blue-backed card is found in it, see also p. 294	Inspired by Tidal Wave (Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel, 1983) Related to CAANADA (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	248	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous
	Hindu Shuffle Force	dropping bottom card		Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	252	Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces
	Case Flap between Cards and Deck		Also published here Case Flap between Cards and Deck (2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	254	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous
	Sleeve Deck Displacement	deck apparently dropped into inside pocket, another deck taken from another pocket	Also published here Sleeve Deck Displacement (2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	255	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Transfers & Displacements
Giacomo Bertini	The final phase of a new three-coin routine	three coin vanish one by one, then re-appear together on spectator's hands	Related to The Production Phase of a new three-coin routine (Giacomo Bertini, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	258	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
	False Transfer	coin retained in finger palm		Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	259	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Giacomo Bertini	Palm-to-Palm Transfer	showing both hands empty	Related to The Palm Shuttle (Giacomo Bertini, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	259	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Rick Holcombe	Quantum Conundrum	Daley & Between your Palms combo, streamlined	Inspired by Mysterious (Jack Carpenter, 1992)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	266	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Jerry K. Hartman	Bold Riffle Force	both hands move up, right hand pushes everything forward above a break	Also published here Card Devilry, 2017	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	270	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Ryan Pilling	The Turing Test	paper square with 4x4 images of two different types in chess layout, folded into bundle and a single cut cuts out all the images of one type, a second sheet is folded only once and cut into two halves, the images magically rearranged when turned over again	Inspired by "Bi-Kolor Kut" (Stewart Judah & Leslie Guest, marketed 1931)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	272	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Transformation
Scott Baird	The Dream Challenge	intro		Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	280	Articles / Articles
Gareth Jones	Any Cake Called For	sponge cake changes into any flavor	Inspired by A Dream from The Hermit... (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	281	Food / Cake
	The Dream Challenge	cake changes into any flavor, by pseudonym "EvilDan"	Inspired by A Dream from The Hermit... (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	282	Food / Cake
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	283	Articles / Columns
Michael Rubinstein	Two Coin Turnover	two coins turnover one-handed at once, one of them is double-faced	Variations The Two Coin Turnover Variation (Michael Rubinstein, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	285	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Doubleface-display
Michael Rubinstein	The Two Coin Turnover Variation	two coins turnover one-handed at once, one of them is double-faced	Inspired by Two Coin Turnover (Michael Rubinstein, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	285	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Doubleface-display
John Carey	Teleport: A Card to Envelope	ten cards sealed into envelope, a signed card travels to join them Variation by Scott Baird	Related to Me, My Cards, and I (2017 ebook)	Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	288	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s)
Jay Sankey	Forget About Believing in Yourself	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	290	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 6	June 2022	294	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	Mozart anecdote		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	297	Articles / Columns
Kyle Leon	Cryptic	envelope is tabled, card named, card removed from envelope with text on it, a Joker with many holes is removed from the deck, that stencil/mask is put on the text and the letters in the holes make up the named card	Related to Spyhole (Thomas Alan Waters, 1982)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	300	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Mask or Stencil Prediction
Scott Baird	An Impossible Thing	HermitMagicChallenge		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	310	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	CAANADA	"Card At Any Number - Alternate Deck Approach" card is chosen from blue-backed deck, signed on its back and put back reversed, deck pocketed, red-backed deck taken out, the same card appears reversed at chosen number with signed blue back	Related to On Waving Tides (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	312	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous
Bill Simon	Business Card Prophecy Move			Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	314	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
	Case Flap between Cards and Deck		Also published here Case Flap between Cards and Deck (2022)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	316	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous
	Sleeve Deck Displacement	deck apparently dropped into inside pocket, another deck taken from another pocket	Also published here Sleeve Deck Displacement (2022)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	317	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Transfers & Displacements
Fritz Alkemade	Card Battle Royale	gambler vs magician story, both cut to four Kings, gambler's Kings change to indifferent cards, magician's to Royal Flush		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	320	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Fred Kaps	Overhand Shuffle Hamman Count			Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	321	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count
Rudy Tinoco	Another Nice Oil And Water	4&4, all red kicker	Inspired by Very Nice Oil+Water (Richard Vollmer, 1982)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	324	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Reinhard Müller	Ascanio Spread Fan	uncredited	Related to The Ascanio Spread Fan (Reinhard Müller, 1998)	Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	325	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
Harry Lorayne	No-Get-Ready Double Lift			Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	327	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet
Luka Kratsashvili	Changes in the Box	card is put in card case, left out-jogged, it changes visually Method One Method Two Method Three		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	328	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Patrik Kuffs	The Floating Bag (a.k.a. The Facebook Trick)	paper bag bounced around between the hands to get a photograph where it looks like it is floating, gag, then brick produced from bag		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	334	Stone & Rock Paper / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	We Must Encourage Each Other!	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	338	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 7	July 2022	341	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	344	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Lean Travellers	starts without extra card	Variations Techni-Lean Travellers (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	346	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Edward Marlo	Angle Palm Steal	tabled palm steal		Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	350	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Scott Baird	Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish Handling	with ditch onto tabled deck	Inspired by Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish (Ross Bertram, 1983)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	352	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Single Cards
Kyle Leon	A Cartoon Magic Effect	"ACME", hole in signed selection is pulled off, card is then whole again	Inspired by "ACME Hole" (Lloyd Barnes, marketed by Ellusionist, January 2017) Also published here "Crafting Miracles: A Compendium of Trickery and Deceit - Volume 1" (Kyle Leon, 2019)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	354	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects
Boyet Vargas	All Four Two	four random objects used, chosen one divined with three questions, "First Assumption Binary" Principle (FAB)	Inspired by "Lie to Me", Leo Boudreau, 2009 (The Magic Cafe Forum, Inner Thoughts) Related to Person of Interest (Boyet Vargas, 2024) "Gemini signals" (RW Cosley aka RedDevil, Operation Gemini and Gemini Reading, both 2016)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	362	Games / Instruction Games Random Object / Miscellaneous Magic for Video Calls & Zoom Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Patrik Kuffs	Poketus Subterfuge	behind-the-back load	Inspired by Again - The Card in the Wallet (Franklin M. Chapman, 1936)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	374	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Loading the Pocket for later discovery Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	377	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	A Tune Ahead	three-prediction routine with a musical theme, Siri reveals the last prediction	Inspired by SIRIously Mental (Michael Pilkey, 2017)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	380	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
John Carey	When Two Minds Meet	spectator selects a card by stopping during a deal, then thinks of a different card in that dealt pile as well, both found	Inspired by The Boomerang Force (Michael Murray, 2014) Related to "Think ‘N Sync" (John Carey, Crafted with Carey, 2015) Also published here Me, My Cards, and I (2017 ebook)	Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	384	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Jay Sankey	Learn 10 Expert Public Speaking Tips	Sankey Says 10. Speak slowly 9. Keep it simple 8. Don’t over-memorize 7. Always have a set list and a glass of water 6. Do more with less 5. Order your points carefully 4. The first thirty seconds are critical 3. Always be responding 2. Believe in the value of what you’re sharing 1. Practice, practice, practice		Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	386	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 8	Aug. 2022	389	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	393	Articles / Columns
Gareth Bell	Close-up Comfort in Harry's High Herb	spectator finds Royal Flush, four times Christ Force handling	Inspired by Revolving Aces (Herb Zarrow, 1962) Related to Revolving Aces Lead In (Justin Higham, 1985)	Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	394	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force
Scott Baird	Bigger Deal	Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)	Inspired by "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)	Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	404	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Story Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Lennart Green	Snap Deal	brief		Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	408	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Palm Deals Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Empty Deals (no card removed)
Greg Boggs	Why You Should Still Consider Performing The Vanishing Bandana			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	412	Articles / Articles Children Magic / Routines
Adam Socha	Double Libido	four-digit number created, four piles dealt accordingly, Aces on bottom and number on top	Inspired by Libido (Ramón Riobóo, 2006) Related to "Bipzwyn (Birthday)" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #48, 1999, p. 438)	Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	418	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Scott Baird	Mexico City Surrealism and Magic			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	421	Articles / Articles
Chiam Yu Sheng	Triumph's Return	red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands	Inspired by Triumphant Return (Michael Kaminskas, 1996)	Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	422	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Dan Buck, Dave Buck	Manfred Shuffle	brief		Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	425	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	426	Articles / Columns
Michael Boden	Which Hand is IT in?		Related to Which Hand is it in? (Patrick Page, 2011)	Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	428	Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Scott Baird	About Michael Boden			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	430	Articles / Biographical
Scott Baird	One Way, All The Way	one-way forcing deck, card signed on the back, it is found from the faces		Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	432	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	Take Your Foot Off The Gas When You Can	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	436	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 9	Sep. 2022	438	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Central Intelligence	"a progressive searchers routine", faro shuffles between each phase	Related to Searchers Undone (Greg Chapman, 2020) Variations Iterant Intelligence (Scott Baird, 2022) Sandwich to Stack (Chris Bruce, 2023)	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	442	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
	Incomplete Faro Control			Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	443	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Scott Baird	Iterant Intelligence	Joker stabbed into deck, suit and value of cards next to it used to make up another card which is found with "Central Intelligence" procedure, then the other possible suit/value combination is also found, faro shuffles	Inspired by Central Intelligence (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	450	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge	crossword puzzle challenge, see p. 513 for solution		Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	458	Articles / Columns Articles / Quiz
Kyle Leon	Close-up Miracle Prediction	handling for Al Koran Five-Stare Prediction, six outs for prediction (including Frixion pen)	Inspired by Al Koran's "Five Star Prediction"	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	460	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Rico Weeland	Thank You, Eddie	Aces vanish from four packets in different ways and are found again at four numbers or values in improvisational manner	Inspired by Fechter's Aces (Eddie Fechter, Del Ray, 1974)	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	466	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Collins Ace Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Chiam Yu Sheng	Zombie Apocalypse	Zombie-themed packet trick with picture cards	Inspired by "Zombie Monte" (Alvo Stockman)	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	472	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Chris Mayhew	Thumbnail	using classic thumb-removal gag to change color of thumb nail		Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	476	Propless / Body Magic
Patrik Kuffs	Drawing a Blank	spectator makes drawing with marker that is not working, drawing is duplicated	Inspired by The Invisible Agents (Al Mann, 1977) Also published here Drawing a Blank (Patrik Kuffs, 2011)	Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	478	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Pen & Pencil / Not Writing
John Carey	The One and Only	one of ten cards signed, other nine cards travel to pocket à la Fifty-One Cards to Pocket		Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	481	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Deck
Jay Sankey	The Secret Psychology of Criticizing People	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	484	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 10	Oct. 2022	486	Articles / Articles
Kyle Leon	Isolation	card selected from one deck vanishes from another deck and travels into pocket (or elsewhere), red-blue Svengali/Menetekel		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	490	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Baird	Card from Purse Frame	selection travels into purse frame, presented as off-beat prediction odd-backed signed version on p. 501		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	496	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Purse Frame
	Automatic Rear Jog	tabled deck		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	498	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
Edward Marlo	Angle Palm Steal	off tabled deck	Also published here Angle Palm Steal (Edward Marlo, 1957)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	499	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Scott Baird	Two-Card Tabled Tenkai Palm	without crimps or preparation, off tabled deck	Inspired by Angle Palm Steal (Edward Marlo, 1957)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	505	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Claude Impériale	Automatic Placement Card to Pocket	card at thought-of position travels to pocket, two handlings	Inspired by The Card from the Pocket (C. O. Williams, 1937)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	506	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	512	Articles / Columns
Alexandre Moreaux	Damatter	three cards produced one by one from sandwich, those cards becomes sandwich with original sandwich cards	Inspired by Updog (Tyler Wilson, 2013)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	514	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Daniel Garcia	Portal	card visually appears as it is perpendicularly pulled out between two sandwich cards that are bent open, very brief	Also published here Portal (Daniel Garcia, 2018)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	517	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
James Mollenkamp	The Only Sin	on scripting, don't be boring		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	520	Articles / Theory & Essays
Luka Kratsashvili	Hop! Hop!	selection lost, rubber band wrapped around fingers of one hand, card suddenly appears on back of hand under band	Related to Band Slam (Bernard Bilis, 2001)	Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	522	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / In the empty Hands
Jay Sankey	Can You Really Make a Difference in the World?	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	526	Articles / Columns
Amy Kimlat	Hocus Pocus Practice Focus: The Making of a Magician	on her book		Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	528	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 11	Nov. 2022	530	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	533	Articles / Columns
Boyet Vargas	Remote Viewing	four objects drawn on business cards and arranged face-down by spectator, performer divines order of the four cards, using 4CS Deal (Four Card Swindle)		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	535	Magic for Video Calls & Zoom Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Boyet Vargas	4CS (Four Card Swindle) Deal	dealing and collecting a four-card packet multiple times, final order determined by knowing one card		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	537	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Scott Baird	Elbow, Neck, and Foot	three dollars at body parts	Inspired by Elbow, Knee and Neck (Daryl Martinez, 1987)	Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	546	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
	Pick-Up From Floor Vanish	slid under shoe		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	549	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Tabled
Geoffrey Latta	French Pop			Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	549	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / One-Handed
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge	The Drawing Challenge The Prediction Challenge		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	552	Articles / Columns
Kyle Leon	Spot-On	spectator stops dealing at predicted card	Inspired by "Signs" (Joshua Jay)	Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	556	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Chiam Yu Sheng	Dual Snap Change	double color change of card held in one hand and the top card of the deck	Inspired by Snap Change handling in Jeff McBride's Art of Card Manipulation videos	Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	562	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time
Rudy Tinoco	Free Cut, Spell, and Swinford	magician finds three freely chosen cards by touch, smell and with faro sandwich	Inspired by Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard (Ramón Riobóo, 2019) "Do You Believe in Coincidence?" (Nicolas Pierri, Faro Poetry, 2016, p. 23)	Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	566	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Ramón Riobóo	Optical Cutting Deception	three-packet tabled cut, actually only a single cut	Also published here The Optical Cutting Deception (Ramón Riobóo, 2019)	Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	568	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Miscellaneous
John Carey	Objectivity	nine objects written on nine business cards, spectator chooses and pockets three cards, performer has the same objects in the corresponding pockets		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	572	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	They Change Colour	case changes color with deck inside, deck inside as well		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	575	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Jay Sankey	How Are You Limiting Yourself?	Sankey Says		Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	578	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 1 No. 12	Dec. 2022	580	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	583	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Tap-a-Stack	one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa	Inspired by Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, 2005)	Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	585	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	590	Articles / Columns
Michał Kociołek	Synergic	one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection with slight variation by Scott Baird	Inspired by "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)	Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	592	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Chiam Yu Sheng	Playing with Cheese	sandwiched card transposes with tabled red Kings	Inspired by "Royale with Cheese" (Luke Dancy, marketed, 2004)	Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	598	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Glenn West	Coin Thru Table	coin held from lower hand with thumb	Related to Through the Table (John Benzais, 1962)	Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	602	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / Glass Table
Patrik Kuffs	Handkuffs	handcuff escape		Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	608	Handcuffs
James Mollenkamp	Mystic Slybaba - Subconscious Training	on scripting		Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	613	Articles / Theory & Essays
John Carey	Empowered	spectator peeks a card, performer thinks of one, performer places his card on table, then spectator names his guess for performer's card, performer takes out spectator's card, both shown A Note from Scott	Inspired by Double Thoughts - Single Deck (Edward Marlo, 1953)	Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	616	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
Jay Sankey	Stop Trying to Please Other People!	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	620	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	That's one year in the books			Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	624	Articles / Advertisements
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 1	Jan. 2023	626	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Editor's Note			Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	629	Articles / Columns
James Mollenkamp	Move the piano	on setting up an impromptu performance		Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	630	Articles / Articles
Curtis Kam	Slow Jazz Aces	eight-card assembly, double backer	Inspired by Jazz Fusion (Louis Falanga, 1985)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	632	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	638	Articles / Columns
Patrik Kuffs	EZ Jazzembly	seven-card assembly		Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	640	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Scott Baird	On Miscalling			Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	642	Cards / Principles / Miscalling
József Kovács	Jazz	transformation kicker Variation	Inspired by "Jazz Formation" (Dave Neighbors, The Linking Ring Vol. 92 No. 7, July 2012)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	644	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Scott Baird	On Assembly Discrepancies	general comments, transposition versus travelling in Ace assemblies		Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	648	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Real Gone Aces
Scott Baird	Shredder Aces	MacDonald presentation, first three packets are shreddered in an electric shredder		Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	648	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Electronics / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Scott Baird	COINtortionist	four-coin production with coin roll, one-handed	Inspired by Seven The Hard Way (Reed McClintock, 2002)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	650	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Kyle Leon	Wavelength	brainwave deck construction for any picture card, science friction	Inspired by Inferno (Joshua Jay, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	654	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Gwyn Auger	Take Better Photos			Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	660	Articles / Columns Articles / Business and Publicity
Michael Breggar	Order in the Cortex	deck shuffled, two six-card packets made by two spectators, two cards exchanged from those packets, performer finds them	Inspired by Mental Rescue (L. Vosburgh Lyons, 1939)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	666	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Ronald B. Edwards	Edwards Hold-out	group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred	Also published here Edwards Hold-out (Ronald B. Edwards, 1958)	Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	670	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Jay Sankey	Two Very Upset Guys	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	672	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 2	Feb. 2023	674	Articles / Articles
	A Word from BigBlindMedia	content of this issues comes from BigBlindMedia		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	678	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	679	Articles / Columns
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	The A.C.A.A.N. Game	improvisation game challenge		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	680	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Trick That Cannot Be Explained
Cameron Francis	Cardnection	spectator touches a card which is reversed, it turns out to be a previous selection		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	682	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Simon Aronson	Head Over Heels Move			Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	682	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	686	Articles / Columns
John Bannon	Blind Pebble Ace Fling	value on card indicates how many seconds the performer has to find the Aces, three are found "in the other hand", indicator card changes into final Ace	Inspired by Blind Lemon Aces (Jack Carpenter, 1999) "The King Thing" (Richard Sanders Video)	Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	688	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	KaDribble Change	card is side-jogged and deck is dribbled from hand to hand, side-jogged card changes		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	691	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Out-jogged
Iain Moran	Magician's Nephew	performer and spectator cut to each other's card	Inspired by Sorcerer's Apprentice (Darwin Ortiz, 2012) Also published here on DVD Zen Magic	Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	694	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Liam Montier	Repeater	three spectators each select three cards, they all have the same triple of values, the missing three cards of the same values are found reversed in deck	Inspired by Psychic Coincidence (Nick Trost, 2008)	Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	698	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	Why Do Some Sleights Survive?	essay on the top change What is a Card Change? So, what exactly is the Top Change? Reason 1 - The Cover Reason 2 - Method and Potential Reason 3 - Its Usefulness Final Reason - Habit and History Conclusion		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	700	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Tobias Hudson	Agogo Control	tabled deck is riffled, spectator stops, top half turned, card shown and put face down on table with top-bottom-discrepancy switch		Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	708	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Jack Tighe	Tracking Jennifer		Inspired by Chris Pratt's performance for Jennifer Lawrence on the Graham Norton Show 2016	Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	711	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion)
Elisav "Biz" Bizau, Luka Kratsashvili	Simply Change	side-jogged card changes, see reference for credit correction	Related to Inevitable Reinvention (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	716	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Out-jogged
	Get These Free Gifts From BigBlindMedia			Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	720	Articles / Articles
	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 3	Mar. 2023	722	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Editor's Note			Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	726	Articles / Columns
Boyet Vargas	CKR	"Coin, Key, Ring", one of those three objects chosen and divined, position of first letter of object in alphabet is key to method A Variation from Scott (Scott Baird)	Related to "Bicycle Word Test" (Boyet Vargas) Placement Principle in Michael Murray's "Piece of My Mind", 2014, p. 192	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	727	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	732	Articles / Columns
Kyle Leon	Ten-Star Prediction	spectator stops at a card, it is predicted on folded business card in paper clip, Frixion pen, index on card case	Inspired by Al Koran's "Five Star Prediction" Variations All Star Prediction (Kyle Leon, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	734	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Billet / Index Pen & Pencil / Special Ink
Scott Baird	Kings & Aces	red and black Aces transpose despite the pairs being isolated between Kings, one set in center of deck and one on top	Inspired by Aces in Kings (Jerry Sadowitz, 1989)	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	738	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Mystic Slybaba	Ambitious Aces	red Aces keep jumping to top in four Ace packet, followed by Daley's Last, see reference for credit correction	Related to Sanverted (John Carney, 1991) Inevitable Reinvention (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	744	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
James Mollenkamp	Open Ticket Express		Inspired by Open Ticket (Geoffrey Latta, 2017)	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	748	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Scott Baird	Techni-Lean Travellers	spectator selects four cards, they are shown to be a four-of-a-kind, their backs change color, then an Open Travelers routine is performed with them	Inspired by Lean Travellers (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	752	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Color Changing Back Kicker Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Baird	Card Vanish	false transfer and ditch on deck, red/blue double backer		Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	756	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Bare Handed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Adam Hudson	The Cut It Out Stack	three phase routine secret number of cards counted down, performer produces a card of the same value spectator cuts to and remembers the top card, performer divines it card chosen, performer produces two cards that correspond to suit and value of selection with Alternate Handling		Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	758	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8 Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Adam Hudson	A Winning Formula	number named and card at that position removed, card at another position that's calculated with a previously shown formula is also removed, two packets formed as well, then four-of-a-kind shown with two removed cards and packets		Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	761	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Brandon Sheffield	Fifty-Two 2 One	transposition between selection and whole deck		Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	764	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Jay Sankey	Empathy Will Save Your Ass	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	767	Articles / Columns
Caroline Ravn	Leave Your Dove Pan At Home			Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	770	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 4	Apr. 2023	772	Articles / Articles
Chiam Yu Sheng	Surprise Overture	black Aces sandwich reversed red Aces, they transpose, transformation kicker	Inspired by Overture (Philip T. Goldstein, 1990)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	776	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	781	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Tap Triple Wild Coin	three coins produced and changed one by one and are put into cup, when poured out they have changed into Chinese coins	Inspired by "Stand-Up Wild Coin" (David Roth, Stars of Magic DVD Vol. 9)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	782	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen Coin / Gaffed / Shell
	Pen Behind Ear Vanish			Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	785	Pen & Pencil / Vanish
Howard Cohen	Tap Change	coin changes when tapped with a pen	Also published here The Tap Change (Howard Cohen, 1993)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	786	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Rune Klan	Flipstick Pen to Coin	flipstick against knee, coin bounces up	Related to Flipstick Pen to Coin (Rune Klan, 2004)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	787	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Pen & Pencil / Transformation

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Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2022.

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