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

This publication has been reviewed by

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	Branding and Magic			Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	790	Articles / Business and Publicity
Scott Baird	Lysdexics Webare	intro on spelling effects		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	794	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Kyle Leon	Impromptu Speller	card selected and spelled to	Inspired by Spelling a Card (Lawrence "Larry" Grey, 1937)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	795	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
	Convincing Tilt to Bottom	bluff insertion		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	795	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Corey Harris	Spelling to the Aces	Aces lost and spelled to, a Royal Flush shows up as well as climax, faro		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	800	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Andy Choy	Handy Speller	selection spelled to, spelling system		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	803	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Michael Pilkey	ACAIN	"Any Card at its Name", selection lost, spectator spells to it without performer having seen its face	Variations Scott's Impromptu ACAIN (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	806	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Scott Baird	Scott's Impromptu ACAIN	"Any Card at its Name", selection lost, spectator spells to it	Inspired by ACAIN (Michael Pilkey, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	808	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Chris Bruce	Sandwich to Stack	sandwich trick with faro shuffles, ends in a wanted stack	Inspired by Central Intelligence (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	809	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous
Patrik Kuffs	Very First Impression	card named, it is seen to have a corner cut off, card then restored		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	812	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
John Carey	Choice and Chance	spectator does cutting sequence, then words are spelled and a four-of-a-kind is found		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	813	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
John Bannon	Double Dutch False Cut	spectator can do it, top stock, four packets from hand to table and then assembled		Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	813	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Partial / Top Stock
Scott Baird	Inevitable Reinvention	on crediting and reinvention, credit corrections	Related to Ambitious Aces (Mystic Slybaba, 2023) Simply Change (Elisav "Biz" Bizau, Luka Kratsashvili, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	816	Articles / Articles
Elisav "Biz" Bizau, Jan Logemann	The Automatic Bottom Palm	The Sleight Corner swing cut cover	Related to "The Autopilot Bottom Palm" (Aaron Fisher)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	818	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Scott Baird	Splell	incorporating humorous spelling trick into procedure of Si Stebbins Secret	Inspired by The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, 1988) Related to S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	820	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 / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 5	May 2023	822	Articles / Articles
Ryan Schlutz	RNG	"Random Number Generator" small card with numbers on both sides in a grid is torn, pieces tossed and the numbers showing are added, card at that position predicted Additional Handling Further Thoughts	Inspired by Card at Any Sum (Ryan Schlutz, 2017) Also published here RNG (Ryan Schlutz, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	828	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Edgemarked Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Bill Citino	Making a Difference	three silver coins in purse, copper coin in hand transposes with silver coins in purse, asymmetric, see next issue for additional credits	Inspired by Differences (Scott Robinson, 1995) Related to Additional Credits (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	836	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
	Under Purse Switch	purse handed over from hand to hand		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	838	Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
David Roth	Scoop Addunder		Also published here Scoop Addunder (David Roth, 1981)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	839	Coin / Sleights / Addition
	Purse Swindle Move	not all coins inserted in purse		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	839	Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
Al Baker	Steal from a Fan	coin pulled in hand from fan of coins		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	840	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals
Scott Baird	A Nightmare in Red and Blue	named card from one deck is signed and lost, another deck is uncased and signed card found inside, its back changes to match the second deck, "same deck" approach	Inspired by Nightmare In Black (Don Nielson, Karl Fulves, 1967) Related to "A Scarf Called Moebius" (Roy Walton, Pentagram Vol. 12 No. 4, Jan. 58, p. 25)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	842	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Baird	Cased Deck Switch Handling	using two red/blue cases	Related to Fryed Switch Deck (Charlie Frye, 2013) "Naked Deck Switch" (Charlie Frye, marketed) "A Scarf Called Moebius" (Roy Walton, Pentagram Vol. 12 No. 4, Jan. 58, p. 25)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	845	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	847	Articles / Columns
Tomás Giammarco	Strange Concordance 23332	spectator says stop during running cut, then two cards chosen, their values are used as digits and tell how many cards are cut off, then digits are reversed and the number of cards changes to match, set-up available from Mnemonica stack		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	848	Propless / Mnemonic Aids Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8 Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Number of Cards increases, diminishes Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Mnemonica (Tamariz) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Dan Waterman	Crimp Stab	deck with selection dropped onto table while a Joker is tossed face up in the deck next to selection, breather, also as a flashy three card revelation sequence		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	851	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
J. Gordon O'Genski	Double "Pancake" Revelation	flourishy revelation of two cards, brief	Also published here Double "Pancake" Revelation (J. Gordon O'Genski, 1985)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	853	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Chris Bruce	A Gambling Demo	multi-phase impromptu gambling demonstration, selection shuffled to named positions and more Phase 1: Card to position 3-8 Phase 2: Second Deal demo Phase 3: Card to position 11-20 Phase 4: The card is lost, and then produced after a series of cuts Phase 5: Find the selection after the cards are shuffled		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	855	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Brandon Sheffield	Lucky Coin And Purse	folded card transposes with coin, using Quiver wallet by Kelvin Chow, with impromptu handling and handling using purse frame		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	858	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / with Other Object Purse Frame
Brandon Sheffield	Coin to Folded Card Transformation	visual		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	859	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation - card-object / Other Object Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object
Scott Baird	Flash Ribbon	coin is hanging on string, string light and it burns in a flash, coin now hanging on red ribbon		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	861	Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Transformation Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Jay Sankey	The Rewrite Phenomenon	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	864	Articles / Columns
James Mollenkamp	Four Lessons I Learned on Composition From The Miser's Dream			Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	866	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Articles / Articles
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	The Biz Cascade Control	The Sleight Corner from center to top during waterfall flourish	Related to Miller's Cascade Control (Charlie Miller, Paul Chosse, 1992)	Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	868	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Cascade & Waterfall Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 6	June 2023	870	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	A Diary Entry From Scott		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	874	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Joke Matrix	four coins in square formation, one card on a coin, one-by-one assembly, suggested second phase: backfire routine by Shoot Ogawa (only effect description)	Inspired by One-Card Backfire Assembly routine shown in lecture by Shoot Ogawa	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	875	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / One Card Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix
	Pick-Up Load	coin loaded under card as it is turned over		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	880	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Michael Rubinstein	Purse Transpo Surprise	copper and silver coin removed from purse, they transpose, then vanish and are found back in purse, then they grow to dollar size		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	881	Coin / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
Michael Rubinstein	ROPS Click Pass		Also published here R.O.P.S. Click Pass (Michael Rubinstein, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	882	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Michael Rubinstein	Tap Load	loaded as hand is opening, loaded coin tapped with openly held coin from other hand	Related to Tap Load (Michael Rubinstein, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	884	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Michael Rubinstein	Matting	ditching coins under mat	Also published here Matting (Michael Rubinstein, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	885	Mat & Close-up Pad Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Kyle Leon	Name and Place	name and place are written on two business cards which are folded and secured with paperclips, both are divined and assigned	Inspired by The Name Place Routine (Robert Cassidy, 1995)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	888	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Millard Longman	Acidus Novus	method for reading information on folded card	Also published here Acidus Novus (Millard Longman, 1979)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	891	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Jay Sankey	Paperclipped Switch			Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	895	Billet / Switches
József Kovács	Centrifugal Triumph	Triumph in which two sandwich cards are reversed at end that sandwich two selections	Inspired by Trapper Keeper (Karl Fulves, 1994)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	898	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Kevin Fox	Centrifugal Lift	center double lift with top half in right-hand end grip, side-jogged card is then revolved onto top of deck one-handed	Also published here Centrifugal Lift (Kevin Fox, 2006)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	899	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Center Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Scott Baird	These Are Not Cats	on artificial intelligence		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	901	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge		Variations Challenge Accepted (Chiam Yu Sheng, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	902	Articles / Columns
Patrik Kuffs	Stupid Reversal	as top (double) and bottom cards are displayed	Related to Double Turnover Reverse (1933) Variations Triumph Get-Into (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	904	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Scott Baird	Triumph Get-Into		Inspired by Stupid Reversal (Patrik Kuffs, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	905	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Chiam Yu Sheng	Jumping Strand	rubber band around first and second finger jumps to third and fourth finger, slow-motion approach		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	907	Rubber Band / Penetration / Finger or Wrist
Jim Turnpaugh	Cross Over	short Follow the Leader sequence with six red and six black cards		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	910	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
James Mollenkamp	Cards to Pocket for Standup	ten cards to pocket, with glass, using one palm, card with mirror back		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	912	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Up the Sleeve type Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Black Art Back Glass / Mirror Glass
Jay Sankey	Give Yourself Permission To Relax	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	914	Articles / Columns
John Carey	Riobóo Style	card lost and found at small number determined by counting a cut-off pile	Inspired by "In the Bluff" (Ramón Riobóo, Thinking the Impossible, 2012)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	916	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Harvey Rosenthal	Card Control	card at bottom of right-hand half shown, then transferred to top of left-hand half, right section spread on table, card dropped on top, rest spread over it, control to bottom		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	916	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	The Flipbrush Change	The Sleight Corner top card turned over, it changes visually as it is taken off with the right hand, as immediate follow-up to paintbrush change to change card back		Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	918	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Scott Baird	Additional Credits		Related to Making a Difference (Bill Citino, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 7	July 2023	920	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	924	Articles / Columns
Paul Gordon	Darned Pain in the Neck	performer spells to three Aces but gets same wrong card every time, ends with Moracle to find wrong card again and Aces on top of anti-faroed packets	Inspired by That Darn Four of Clubs! (Robin Robertson, 2007) Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Also published here Gold Dust Companion, 2014	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	925	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Scott Baird	Fabulous Jumping Jokers	mystery card tabled, selection jumps from deck to between Jokers, selection put back in deck, Jokers used to pick up mystery card which turns out to be selection, Jokers change to two mates of selection, Jokers found in deck sandwiching last card to complete four-of-a-kind, two handlings	Inspired by The Fabulous Jumping Card (Ken Krenzel, 1992)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	929	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
	Under-the-Spread Force	brief		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	931	Cards / Sleights / Force / Spread Force
	Covered Addition Sandwich Load	bottom card of sandwich slipped into break under top card	Related to Covered Secret Addition (P. Howard Lyons, 1957)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	932	Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques Cards / Sleights / Additions / from the Top of the deck
Scott Baird	Tabled Monte Plus Switch		Inspired by Monte Plus (or Hallucination) (Trevor Lewis, 1978)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	934	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
John Carey	The Unknown Future	unknown card tabled, any card named, two Jokers taken out of the deck to turn over unknown card which is named card		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	938	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Tabled Card is Named Card
Kyle Leon	Predetermined Roll	invisible dice are rolled, total counted to in deck, card at that position is predicted on the back of another card, 1-0-1		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	940	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Jason Connolly	Aces for Alicja	Ace production with Triumph for last Ace Bonus idea 1: Colour Ace Cutting (color changing backs of the Aces) Bonus idea 2: Named Card Triumph		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	946	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Color Changing Back Kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Think Triumph & Named Triumph
Scott Baird	Hofzinser Makes Good	Ace matching the suit of a selection turns face-up, then down, then changes into selection, other three Aces change to match selection		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	950	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Scott Baird	Strip-Out Addition & Switch	cards stripped out in two phases		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	951	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	956	Articles / Columns
Chiam Yu Sheng	Backfire Biddle	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish and jump back to deck	Related to "Biddleless" (Think Nguyen, Ellusionist download) "Repeat Escape" (Rich Marotta) Variations A Handling for a "Thought-Of" Variation (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	958	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Scott Baird	A Handling for a "Thought-Of" Variation	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish and jump back to deck, with peeked card	Inspired by Backfire Biddle (Chiam Yu Sheng, 2023) Related to The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	960	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Brandon Sheffield	Compressing Biddle	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish except selection	Related to "Repeat Escape" (Rich Marotta) Variations A Thought for Making This a Two-Selection Routine (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	962	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
	Straight Cut Placement			Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	962	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Scott Baird	A Thought for Making This a Two-Selection Routine	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish except selection, it then changes into a second selection	Inspired by Compressing Biddle (Brandon Sheffield, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	963	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
József Kovács	Faro 21	three packets of seven cards made, one card selected and eventually the whole deck is assembled in three stages, two faros bring the selection under a key card		Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	964	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
James Mollenkamp	On Changing Method and Uniformity of Action			Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	965	Articles / Theory & Essays
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	No Effort Palm	The Sleight Corner top palm at the end of one-handed tabled ribbon-spread turnover	Related to Ribbon Spread Palm (Jean-Pierre Vallarino, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	966	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 8	Aug. 2023	968	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	971	Articles / Columns
Joe Cole	Box Bits	routine with coin box itself, lid vanishes inside box and comes out again, box vanishes and is produced from lid, flurry with lid, lid changes into four coins and another lid is pulled out of box		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	972	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transformation
Michael Kras	One Four All	single card reversed in center transposes with four Aces on top of deck	Inspired by Off Balance Transposition (William Goodwin, 1997)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	978	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Kyle Leon	Worker's Cheek-to-Cheek Triumph	without re-set, deck left shuffled for next performance		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	982	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Michael Rubinstein	Flurry	quick series of vanishes and reproductions, different endings (jumbo coin, stack of coins)	Inspired by The Flurry (David Roth, 1985)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	986	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine
Michael Rubinstein	Fingertip Load		Also published here The Fingertip Load (Michael Rubinstein, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	986	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
Michael Rubinstein	Variation Retention Pass	brief		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	987	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Edward Marlo	Spider Grip Vanish			Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	988	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Michael Rubinstein	Drop Transfer	coin dropped from hand to hand lapping-style in choreographed movement		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	988	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Stealing Coin out of Hand
Michael Rubinstein	Stealth Palm	low purse palm	Related to Getting into Stealth Palm (Michael Rubinstein, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	989	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Michael Rubinstein	Standup Flurry Climax Handling	jumbo Coin Production	Inspired by Standup Flurry Climax (David Roth, 1985)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	990	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Patrik Kuffs	Joker Transpo	card at a position from one to ten is thought of, it is divined with the help of a Joker and transposes with it A Seconds-Less Sequence		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	992	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Boyet Vargas	The Final Destination	spectator hides imaginary object at his person, performer divines where object is hidden with questions The Secret The Basic Effect		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	995	Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects
Boyet Vargas	One Hand In My Pocket	A Note From Boyet Vargas Props Needed On the Questions Let's Do This Again	Inspired by "Manoeda" (Ever Elizalde) Variations One Hand In My Pocket (Boyet Vargas, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	996	Mental Magic / Effects / Which Hand
Boyet Vargas	One Hand In My Pocket	variation with four locations The Questions The Response Let's Do This Again Sample Script With Commentary	Inspired by One Hand In My Pocket (Boyet Vargas, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	998	Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects Mental Magic / Effects / Which Hand
Joe Rindfleisch	Cubicle Coincidence	Rubik's Cube with numbers on the fields is mixed and set down, three cards chosen with shuffle and deal procedure, they form the current time and are also found on bottom side of Rubik's cube which has a magic square for their sum	Inspired by "Cubic" (Francis Menotti, marketed item)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1002	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Rubik's Cube / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Chiam Yu Sheng	Challenge Accepted	poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces	Inspired by HermitMagicChallenge (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1004	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co.
Scott Baird	Six Card Cheat	poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1008	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Dale Moore	Dale's Last Card Trick	with additional sticky quarter		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1012	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	Slam Change	The Sleight Corner card held perpendicular at long side of deck, it changes, also as split	Inspired by color change of Zach Mueller	Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1014	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Jay Sankey	Change Is Difficult	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1016	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 9	Sep. 2023	1018	Articles / Articles
Tomás Giammarco	Carbon Paper	burn marks vanish from one card and appear on back of signed card under spectator's hand	Inspired by "Carbon Paper" (Jay Sankey, Sankey Secret Files No. 1, video)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1020	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Bertie Mac	Echo Stack	tetradistic stack with calculation rules The Rules Position to Card Card to Position Suits The Echo Stack Determining Cards and Positions in the Full Deck Determining the Next and Previous Cards in the Sequence Practicing Echo	Related to "No Memory Card Stack" (Harry Riser, MUM, Vol. 78 No. 6, Nov. 1988) "Frac Stack" (Bertie Mac, lybrary, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1022	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Echo Stack
Bertie Mac	Hollow/Solid Values			Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1022	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Bertie Mac	Colour Sense	performer deals packet and separates colors		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1025	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Echo Stack
Bertie Mac	Producing the First Fifteen Cards	spelling rules for top section in Echo Stack		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1026	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Echo Stack
Scott Baird	Aces Up, Collectors	Aces turned over, they come together with two (faro) shuffles, Aces then trap the three mates of a named selection	Related to Aces Up, Countdown (Simon Aronson, 1978)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1028	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Baird	Double Agent Collectors	Kings taken out, unknown card chosen and tabled, Kings are supposed to find the three mates collectors-style and find three Nines, but selection turns out to be a King Collectors-sandwich reverses King/Nine composition	Related to Dunbury Sandwich (Robert Walker, David Solomon, 1980)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1032	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Eerie Collectors	selection made, Aces lost face-up in deck, slop shuffle and Eerie Revelation to produce the Aces again at once, Ace taken and mates of selection appear between them	Inspired by Eerie Revelation (Yuji Wada, 1992)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1037	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Yuji Wada	Eerie Revelation		Also published here Eerie Revelation (Yuji Wada, 1992)	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1040	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Paul Gordon	Twisting the Aces Shocker	twisting with Ace through Four of Spades, they change to Aces as kicker	Also published here Card Startlers, 2022	Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1046	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Joe Cole	Coin Box Moves			Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1048	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Joe Cole	Left Hook	switch of bottom part of an Okito box, for a solid block		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1049	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transformation
Joe Cole	Uppercut!	solid block changes back to normal box		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1050	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transformation
Joe Cole	The Solid Deception Display	showing a normal bottom of an Okito box as a solid block, double-face display		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1050	Coin / Sleights / Doubleface-display Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Miscellaneous
Joe Cole	Rolling with the Punches - 1	switch of bottom part of an Okito box, e.g. for a solid block		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1051	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Miscellaneous
Joe Cole	Rolling with the Punches - 2	switch of bottom part of an Okito box, e.g. for a solid block		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1051	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Miscellaneous
Millard Longman	The Alpha and The Omega	on doing readings with coins A Note from Scott Coin Meanings A Secondary Option American Coin Meanings Statistics Coin Cheat Sheet/Reminders Example Readings A Final Word from Scott		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1052	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Kyle Leon, Ryan Pilling	Sloppy Oil and Water	full-deck oil and water with slop shuffle 1. The Slop Shuffle 2. Oil and Water 3. Final Reveal		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1057	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	United Switch	The Sleight Corner one of two cards switched during display sequence on top of deck, one-phase double ambition phase		Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1060	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1062	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 10	Oct. 2023	1064	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1068	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part One		Related to The Point of it All - Part Two (Scott Baird, 2023) The Point of it All - Part Three (Scott Baird, 2024)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1069	Articles / Theory & Essays
Kyle Leon	Slop Shuffle Triumph	four-of-a-kind finale instead of selection, with display possible with four reversed cards Variations As a Revelation (using cards with something written on them)		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1070	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Scott Baird	Int. - A Home Office - A Few Minutes After Dawn			Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1075	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Anti-Triumph	cards do not right themselves, they might in optional second phase, gag		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1076	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Scott Baird	Peeked Key Triumph Control	face-up/face-down incomplete faro condition		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1082	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Scott Baird	FUJ-ed Triumph	follow up from FUJ control	Inspired by Up-Standing Triumph (John C. Wagner, 1987) The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, 2022)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1084	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Chiam Yu Sheng	Triumph's World	red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands slop shuffle	Inspired by Triumphant Return (Michael Kaminskas, 1996)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1088	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
John Carey	A.K.A. Triumph	Triumph with four selections and only a sixteen-card packet, Play It Straight type procedure	Related to Play It Straight (Triumph) (John Bannon, 1990)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1092	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Aldo Colombini	Fireworks Control	cards chosen by saying stop during biddle procedure		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1092	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Brandon Sheffield	Trium-Fanned	card thought of from top half of deck Trium-Fanned Two Trium-Fanned From a Peek	Inspired by routine by James Brown	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1094	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Think Triumph & Named Triumph
Andy Choy	Corsican Monte	three cards chosen from three piles by counting a small packet and remembering the card at that position, medium names positions of the selections	Inspired by The Clueless Card Trick (Edward G. Brown, 1973)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1098	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Jay Sankey	Instead of "Adding Something" to You	Sankey Says		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1102	Articles / Columns
James Mollenkamp	A Dedication to Michael Vincent Finale	Aces lost in deck, performer is genuinely blindfolded and deals through deck and removes four cards, they are the four Jacks		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1104	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
James Mollenkamp	Nailnick Methods	two methods while spreading through the deck		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1104	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick
Patrik Kuffs	Kufflydini	comedy routine with named card to fly, then folded to card case	Inspired by The Folded Card in Cardcase (Gary Kurtz, 1995)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1107	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card to Fly Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Box Container (Hennig style) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Jim Turnpaugh	4Fly	routine with blank cards with flys printed on them	Inspired by ReSwindled (Caleb Wiles, 2009)	Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1111	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	Double Undercut Reversal	The Sleight Corner Pughe's Pass powered		Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1114	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1116	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 11	Nov. 2023	1118	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	Another Year Another Book Set		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1122	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part Two		Related to The Point of it All - Part One (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1123	Articles / Theory & Essays
Scott Baird	Beamrules	on a Sean Lock gameshow comedy magic bit		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1124	Articles / Magic on TV
Scott Baird	One Point Five Hummer	mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well	Inspired by Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte (Bob Hummer, 1951)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1126	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
John Carey	CAAN You Believe It?	any number named, digits added and subtracted and that card counted to, it is predicted, extended ten-twenty force and duplicates	Variations CAAN Lite! (John Carey, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1127	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
John Carey	CAAN Lite!	variation with no deck but a printed liste of fifty-two numbers and cards Scott's Thoughts (Scott Baird) Travle Lite!	Inspired by CAAN You Believe It? (John Carey, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1128	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Werner Miller	Hat Trick	spelling lie-detector trick with three cards with colored hats	Inspired by "Il tuo Ferrari" (Werner Miller, 2005, online magazine Visions) Related to Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte (Bob Hummer, 1951)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1129	Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Liar Detection
Boyet Vargas	Out of the Box	spectator moves around on a drawing with 3x5 different objects on it according to instructions, final object predicted, long discussion of why the parity principle works	Inspired by "Around the World" (Wayne Goodman, Remote Control, 2020)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1131	Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Standard Predictions (one or multiple items)
Kyle Leon	All Star Prediction	spectator stops at a card, it is predicted on folded business card in paper clip, Frixion pen, index on card case (twenty-five outs)	Inspired by Ten-Star Prediction (Kyle Leon, 2023) Al Koran's "Five Star Prediction"	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1140	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Billet / Index Pen & Pencil / Special Ink
Michał Kociołek	Opposites	spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card	Inspired by Opposite Pockets (Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Correspondence regarding Opposites (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1146	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Mnemonica (Tamariz)
Scott Baird	Correspondence regarding Opposites	spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card, two handlings without memorized deck	Inspired by Opposites (Michał Kociołek, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1149	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Brandon Sheffield	Examining Biddle	intro		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1151	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Brandon Sheffield	Sheffiddle	Biddle Trick handling without Biddle Steal A Thought from Scott (Scott Baird)		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1151	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Brandon Sheffield	The Black Hole	four black spot cards face up on top of deck, selection lost, spot cards vanish and appear around selection in center, followed by Biddle Trick version		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1153	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
Patrik Kuffs	The Great Pepperoni Trick	salami sausage slices are used for a card trick, a signed piece is mixed back, followed by stabbing it with a knife under a sheet of paper on the table	Inspired by P.K. Card Stab (Patrik Kuffs, 2004) Variations Scott Slices Up The Great Pepperoni Trick (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1154	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table Food / Sausage
Scott Baird	Scott Slices Up The Great Pepperoni Trick	ungaffed method of the sausage slice card stab	Inspired by The Great Pepperoni Trick (Patrik Kuffs, 2023)	Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1157	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table Food / Sausage
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	Wallet Load	The Sleight Corner ungaffed, involving removal of paper money from the wallet		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1160	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1162	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird, Ryan Pilling	The Prediction Challenge	predicting three things for 2023		Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1163	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 2 No. 12	Dec. 2023	1166	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Extra!	"A new volume of The Hermit"		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1170	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part Three		Related to The Point of it All - Part One (Scott Baird, 2023)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1171	Articles / Theory & Essays
Patrik Kuffs	Billiard Mastery in Two Acts	Act One (spectator writes down a number up to fifteen, deck distributed face up on pool table, balls shot and in another deck is an odd-backed card that matches the card that ends up under the billiard ball with the chosen number) Act Two (now spectator shoots balls and performer has written number, the card on the pool table nearest the ball of that number is odd-backed)	Inspired by Invisible Deck presentation by Eddie Fields	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1172	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Games / Billiard, Pool, Snooker Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Boyet Vargas	Person of Interest	"(Mental Assassin 2.0)" word from a list chosen and person associated with it, both divined after some procedure	Inspired by "Mental Assassin" (Boyet Vargas, e-book, 2018) Related to All Four Two (Boyet Vargas, 2022)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1176	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Numbers / Principles / Age Cards Principle
Boyet Vargas	Word Memorization	Exercise Step One: Create your memory list Step Two: Pegging		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1181	Propless / Memory Stunts / Memory Systems
Landon Stark	MentaliTea - A Pendulum With a Purpose	tea bag lowered onto spectator's hand, it is hot		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1184	Tea Bag Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Werner Miller	The Three of Diamonds Trick	three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling	Inspired by "Chain of Three Diamonds" (Werner Miller, The Mystery Magazine Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010) Variations A Correction for The Three of Diamonds trick (Werner Miller, 2024)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1186	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Joe Rindfleisch	Computerized Deck 2.0	two cards chosen, e.g. Four and Five of Clubs, both found and then the added up sum card Nine of Clubs is found with down-under deal	Inspired by "The Computerised Deck" (Joe Rindfleisch, The Second 16th Card Book Vol. 2, Paul Gordon, 2007)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1190	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Andy Choy, Yathunandh	Corsican Closer	three-phase routine for two performers Phase 1 (card chosen, the second performer finds it from another deck) Phase 2 Card Selections (three cards chosen from different positions and out-jogged, they are at same position in the other deck when dealt in unison) Phase 2 Streamlined Version Phase 2 Sleight-free Version Phase 3 (decks are in same order)		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1192	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Two Decks
CJ O'Hara	Copper Silver Camera	spectator holds silver coin up and phone picture is taken, coin changes into copper in real life and on photograph	Related to Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, 2022) On Copper Silver Camera (Scott Baird, 2024)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1201	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Scott Baird	Coin Vanish from Photograph	spectator holds coin up and phone picture is taken, coin vanishes in real life and also on photograph		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1203	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed
Claude Impériale	Two Birds One Stone	two cards chosen, one divined with memory feat, the other named as well	Inspired by "Spaced Out" (Roger Golde, Card Treks, 1981)	Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1204	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Adam Socha	Threesome In The Box	spectator inserts card into cased deck, cards above and below are predicted		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1206	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Landon Stark	A comic by Landon Stark			Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1208	Articles / Joke
John Carey	Topsy Turvy Carey	deck in six packets on the table, they are rolled up into an apparent face-up/face-down mix, then all one way again		Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1209	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1210	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 3 No. 1	Jan. 2024	1212	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	published in March 2024		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1216	Articles / Columns
Millard Longman	Bitcoins from Cyberspace	four coins (bitcoin replicas) are produced and vanish, lump of gold appears, one behind		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1217	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Patrik Kuffs	2Kuda	blindfolded performer stabs all balloons held by spectators on six chairs except one of chosen color, color chosen with Rubik's Cube	Inspired by "The Balloon Murder" (Richard Osterlind, The Blindfold Book, 1987, p. 13) "Daze of Color" (Jeff & Tessa Evason, The Linking Ring, Vol. 100 No. 5, May 2020, p. 82)	Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1222	Balloon / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Patrik Kuffs	Rubik's Cube Color Force	spectator mixed cube and then chooses color of center sticker on the upper side		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1225	Color Forces Rubik's Cube / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	On Copper Silver Camera	credit correction, with poem	Related to Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, 2022) Copper Silver Camera (CJ O'Hara, 2024)	Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1227	Articles / Articles
Werner Miller	A Correction for The Three of Diamonds trick	three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling	Inspired by The Three of Diamonds Trick (Werner Miller, 2024)	Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1228	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Adam Socha	Cards at Any Number	several spectators think of numbers and the cards at that positions, one of the cards decided upon, it ends up at the total of all numbers		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1229	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
	Blackjack Roll			Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1230	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
Kyle Leon	Clean Cut Aces	using gaffed deck with fifty 70/30 split cards	Related to Deep Guilt Aces (David Regal, 2002)	Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1231	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Paul Hallas	Three Person Quickie	three cards selected and lost, three more cards selected, they are not the selections but change into them		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1238	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Les Cartes Diaconis Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Jerry K. Hartman	Blow Away Change			Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1239	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Steven Palmer	A Subtle Breather	control sequence with breather card of a named card that is removed from face-up deck		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1240	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Michael Pilkey Obituary			Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1243	Articles / Obituary
Dale Moore	What the Actual Freak	twisting routine with a Royal Flush with rainbow back finale	Inspired by "What the Actual Fcuk" (Paul Gordon, Card Foolers, 2023)	Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1244	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Landon Stark	Face Change Gimmick	picture card held with the face towards the audience with both hands is bent back and forth and changes into another picture card		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1248	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Scott Baird	Zoom & Google Sheets	"A Collection of Low-Tech Digital Ideas and Methods" using Google Suite to share information Using The Google Suite as a Magician How to create a RNG (random number generator)		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1251	Games / Lottery Magic for Video Calls & Zoom
Scott Baird	Lottery Simulation	using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1253	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Games / Lottery Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Magic for Video Calls & Zoom
Scott Baird	Kwame's Lucky Day	using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction Mad Libs		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1258	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1261	Articles / Columns
Elisav "Biz" Bizau	The Metro Control	The Sleight Corner card shown face up in left hand packet, secrets transferred to other packet before first packet is lost into center of other packet		Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1262	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Vol. 3 No. 2	Feb. 2024	1264	Articles / Articles

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