The Illusioneer

translation of French edition by C.C. Éditions from December 2014
2019
Written by Vincent Delourmel, Frantz Réjasse, Carlos Vaquera
Work of Carlos Vaquera
300 pages (Hardcover), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Sarah Métais
Language: English
89 entries
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Carlos Vaquera Inspiration by way of introduction
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Carlos Vaquera Special mentions...
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Chapter 1 - Cards
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Carlos Vaquera The Queens' Shadows red Queens travel to the top of cut deck, black Queens appear and all assemble on top of one pile, Aces appearanc as additional climax
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Daniel Rhod Four-as-Two Spread variation of the D'Amico Spread
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David Bendix, Arthur Hastings Close-Up Top Change II sort of Le Temps Switch with one card face up
Also published here
  • "Close-Up Top Change II" (Arthur Hastings & David Bendix, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 14, No. 5, Oct. 1956, p. 481)
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Carlos Vaquera A Fine New Trick two cards change places and then transform into nines, based on a french pun
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Louis Falanga Card Switch on the deck, using a double lift sequence
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Second-From-Top Change Variation break
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Carlos Vaquera Franco triumph, first Aces are cut to, then spectator stops at a face-down card which turns out to be selection, rest of the deck all found in same orientation
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Paul Harris Tilt Convincer
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Frank Simon Versatile Spread Control
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Carlos Vaquera Les Pensées deck shuffled face up into face-down, selection rises from deck and all other cards end up facing same way
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Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser
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Carlos Vaquera Every Which Way
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Larry Jennings L.J. Display riffling both ends
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Carlos Vaquera On the Craftsman on being a craftsman vs. an artist
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Carlos Vaquera Running Pack selection appears between two Queens, repeated with Queens inside case, then Queens and cards travel on and under card case one by one
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Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Switch without credit
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Carlos Vaquera Black Jack black Twos as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired by 53
Carlos Vaquera, Edward Victor A Hell of a Poker Game four Aces with Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 57
Carlos Vaquera On the Expert Teacher on finding and having a teacher
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Carlos Vaquera Clones three blank cards change into selection, then turn blank and into second selection
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The Optical Force dribble onto table and end grip transfer after tabling top half
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Daniel Rhod Intervisual Count five as four, brief
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Carlos Vaquera Traveling Signatures two packets of blank cards, signatures travel from packet to packet several times
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Jean-Pierre Vallarino Rumba Count
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Carlos Vaquera Weighted Cards face up Eight placed face-up among four twos and penetrates cards one by one and eventually ends up on top, Twos change to Queens as kicker
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Carlos Vaquera, Arturo de Ascanio Las Palmas Spread Variation with outjogged card
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Carlos Vaquera Cards to Pocket two card transposition with pocket, followed by a card to pocket sequence, entire deck travels to pocket as climax
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Carlos Vaquera On Naturalness
  • Another reality
  • Our two kinds of "naturalness"
  • Understanding versus letting yourself go
  • Rituals
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Carlos Vaquera Damask while trying to find selection Ace of Spades appears several times and is always placed on the table, cards turn out to be the four Aces and they change into Queens, Triumph and transformation back to Aces as kicker
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Snap-Over Change
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Marc Serin Packet Reverse secret turnover of faced-deck in process of Triumph routine
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Carlos Vaquera The Queens' Return Queens switch places with three indifferent cards, repeated
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Carlos Vaquera Indifferent-Aces-Queens Transposition single card transposes with Aces, Aces change into Queens
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Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
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Carlos Vaquera Countdown Ace to Four of Hearts and Ace to Four of Spades, cards change places one by one and rise up in the packet
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Dai Vernon Optical Move Optical Monte Move
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Carlos Vaquera On Music
  • Musical accompaniment
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Carlos Vaquera Traveling Aces - Invisible Palming Aces change to Queens as kicker
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Lay-Down three as two
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Frederick Braue Braue Addition
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Carlos Vaquera Leading Ladies Slow Motion assembly, in last phase all cards travel from leader packet to last Queen
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Olram Sequence with three cards
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Palm from Packet after turning packet over
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Carlos Vaquera Day and Night 4x4, three phases, mixing phase in the middle
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Carlos Vaquera Les Rouges et les Noires 4x4, four phases one extra card
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Fred Kaps Angular Move
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Carlos Vaquera On Creativity
  • A four-step guide to becoming creative
  • Time limits
  • Not being happy with just one positive response
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Carlos Vaquera Collec-Ace-tion Aces vanish and appear one by one face up in deck, with Collectors a climax
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Carlos Vaquera Catch Collectors three selections vanish one by one and appear trapped between four-of-a-kind
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Carlos Vaquera Speedy Sandwich selection found sandwiched, then Queens turn into mates of selection form four-of-a-kind
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Spread Pass Variation while stripping out two out-jogged cards
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Carlos Vaquera Sandwich à Trois selections appear between black Aces, then changes to second and third selection, Aces changes to first and second selection as a kicker
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Sandwich Switch on top of the deck
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One-handed Reverse of bottom cards from small packet, transforming sandwiched card in this context
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Carlos Vaquera Delayed Sandwich searchers, indifferent card changes to sandwiched card and back as kicker
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Carlos Vaquera On Stage Fright
  • The theory of stage fright
  • Stage fright and its many incarnations
  • The nerve center
  • Good nerves and bad nerves
  • Symptoms of suffering
  • Bad solutions
  • Good solutions
  • The orthosympathetic system
  • The parasympathetic system
  • The power of imagination
  • Visualization and anchoring
  • The protective bubble
  • Your subconscious and the job it does
  • Autosuggestion
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Carlos Vaquera The Takeover Card top and bottom cards turn out to be the selections, the four cards change to Aces, four card repeat sequence ending with selection
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Carlos Vaquera, Jack Carpenter Diminishing Lift Sequence 5 as 4
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Carlos Vaquera Topsy-Turvy out-jogged face-down card with face-up card over deck, repeated
Inspired by
  • Dan & Dave Buck's "TiVo 2.0" on "Trilogy" (DVD)
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Center Double Lift
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Jerry Andrus Startling Color Change
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. 18. No.4. 1960.
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Lateral Palm Switch
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Carlos Vaquera Escorial flashy card production
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Carlos Vaquera A Melody for Two Playing Cards two card transpo, one card inside performer's pocket
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Carlos Vaquera On Eight Tenets of Magic
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Carlos Vaquera All Backs All Blanks, printing
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Jack Carpenter Impulse Change card sticking out of deck visibly changes
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Carlos Vaquera The New Phoenix Has Arrived! Aces are produced from empty hands one by one
Inspired by 235
Chapter 2 - Coins
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Carlos Vaquera Jacks of All Trades two cards change places and change into Jacks, coins appear under cards as kicker, with variation
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Carlos Vaquera The Traveling Coin coin vanishes and appears in shirt fold
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Carlos Vaquera On Practice
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Carlos Vaquera Chiromancy production of three coins, then they travel to spectator's hand one by one
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Carlos Vaquera Coins through Table four coins, can be done standing up
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Carlos Vaquera Matrix - Premier four coins four cards with backfire ending, repeated with four coins and two cards
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Carlos Vaquera Matrix - Deuxième
Inspired by 271
Carlos Vaquera, Jean-Pierre Vallarino Matrix - Troisième
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Jean-Pierre Vallarino Coin Production four coins one by one, while card is turned over
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Carlos Vaquera Conclusion
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Chapter 3 - Appendices
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Carlos Vaquera My Fan Control fanning cards and closing fan again while retaining jog, classic handling
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Carlos Vaquera The All-Square Control retaining jog during all-around square-up, with addition of turning deck face-up
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Carlos Vaquera My Side Steal same es FB Side Steal, no credit
Related toAlso published here 289
Amílkar Riega Bello The Amilkar Side Steal palm from the center to right hand
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Carlos Vaquera My Add-On Moves two variation
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Carlos Vaquera Matrix - Quatrième
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, July 2022.