Ingenuities

1997
Written by Stephen Minch
Work of Ken Krenzel
210 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with drawings by Kelly Lyles
Language: English
76 entries
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Jon Racherbaumer Introduction
v
Ken Krenzel Primordia Rerum: Magical Magic essay on hands-off magic
 		vii
Chapter One: Out of Hand
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Ken Krenzel Box Top card comes to top inside case, cased version
Inspired byRelated to 3
Ken Krenzel Simulacrum Mirabundum two decks, number and card freely named, another card selected, then in second deck one deals to the selected card and effectively cuts the deck there before counting to named number where the named card is
Inspired by 9
Ken Krenzel Spectator's Stop When Ready Force cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition, done in the hands of the spectator
Inspired by 13
Ken Krenzel Remote Change out-of-hands, double facer
Inspired by 17
Ken Krenzel Open Prediction: A New Angle lap
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Tony Slydini Imp-Pass
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Edward Marlo, Ken Krenzel Adjustment Misdirection to add palm in Tenkai Palm
Related to 22
Ken Krenzel Halfway to Hell card in sandwich vanishes and reappears in deck, out of hands, two double facers
 		24
Ken Krenzel, Harry J. Smith Shoe-in force from card case from where cards are removed one by one, ungaffed method
Inspired by 29
Ken Krenzel, Karl Fulves The Other Shoe force from card case, ungaffed
Inspired by 33
Chapter Two: Things Change
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Ken Krenzel Around the World in Several Ways face up card is pushed around the deck when half way outjogged, transforms, two methods
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Edward Marlo Center Reverse injogged card is reversed to bottom when deck is turned over, Bottom Reverse from Center
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Ken Krenzel Change at a Rapid Clip four aces appear face up on the deck one by one
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Ken Krenzel Tabled Clip Change
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Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo K-M Move
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Dr. Jacob Daley Double Turnover Reverse reversing second card
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Ken Krenzel Slip-Lap Change top card is lapped
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Ken Krenzel Sequence Mechanique card turns over, rises to the top, triumph sequence
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Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
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Ken Krenzel It's a Wrap card rises from center to top face up with no handling
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Frederick Braue, Ken Krenzel Side Steal Reverse as deck is turned over, with credit information
Related to 68
Ken Krenzel Wrap Color Change
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Chapter Three: Escaping Cardville
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Ken Krenzel Pocket Passport first in performers hands, then in spectator's hand and pocket
Variations 75
Max Malini Malini Subtlety
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Ken Krenzel Flipperoon visual
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Ken Krenzel Coin-Card Gimmick double backer with coin glued on one side
 		79
Looy Simonoff Flippant Change brief
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Ken Krenzel Obstacle Course coin through glass, then coin into cased deck next to selection
Inspired by 86
Ken Krenzel Fake Pick-Up from card case
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Ken Krenzel Flippant Alchemy doing "Flippant" with double sided coin
Inspired byRelated to 92
Ken Krenzel Flip-Over View
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Ken Krenzel Visible Transposition two copper-silver-coins
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Jules DeBarros DeBarros Display Two-Card-Monte move with two double-sided coins
 		96
Ken Krenzel Poor Miser sequence for Miser's Dream routine
 		97
Ken Krenzel The Million Penny Mystery pencil vanish and appearance, clean
Related to 100
Chapter Four: New Tools
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Ken Krenzel Peak Decks approaches for the Taylor Peek Deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 111
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor Peek Deck brief, glued pairs
 		111
Ken Krenzel A Natural False Cut
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Ken Krenzel Top-Cover Dribble Pass
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Ken Krenzel, Irv Weiner Mr. Fingers Goes to the Bottom fan steal into bottom palm
Inspired by
  • Irv Weiner (Hugard's Magic Monthly 15/6)
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Ken Krenzel The Eclipse Production aces appear reversed in face down spread without cover
Related to 128
Ken Krenzel Opti-Stack aces inserted in fan
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Chapter Five: Tall Tales and Short Cons
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Ken Krenzel The Lost Aces of Louie the Loser aces visibly vanish when dealt in poker deal, reappear in one of the other hands
 		137
Bottom Tenkai Palm bottom card into right hand, here called Marlo Palm Position
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Ken Krenzel, Lennart Green JB Kop Laser Deal "Laser Deal" with JB Kard Kop
Related to 139
Herb Zarrow, Ken Krenzel Block Addition Version
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Ken Krenzel Cloning Queens Queen is split in two, split again, miniature Queen appears, they all melt back into one
 		145
Edward Marlo K.M. Move with Reverse Fingering
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Ken Krenzel The Last Heist four touched cards are jacks, distributed and come together, repeat, they change back color
Related to 152
Dai Vernon, Lin Searles Strip-Out Addition Handling
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Tommy Wonder, Ken Krenzel Wonderrevers Handling
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Ken Krenzel Gravity Travelers
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Ken Krenzel Gravity Center Steal cards palmed out of center when deck is dropped into pocket
Inspired by 161
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo, Gary Kurtz False Breast Pocket Extraction one of several cards palmed in left hand
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Edward Marlo, Ken Krenzel Transfer with Jacket
Related to 164
Double Steal card from double is palmed off
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Ken Krenzel Under Wraps performer knows position of selection in shuffled deck, wrapped in a napkin, deck switch, memorized deck
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Ken Krenzel Wrap Switch as deck is wrapped in napkin at table edge
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Bert Allerton, Ken Krenzel Stabbing to Any Named Card deck wrapped in napkin
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Ken Krenzel Poles Apart widely separated black Twos come together to sandwich selection, then travel away again, two double facers
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Charles Nyquist Ribbon Spread Hide-Out
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Ken Krenzel Sand-Witches red queens disappear face up from deck, reappear in middle sandwiching selection
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Frederick Montague, Ken Krenzel Empty Bluff Pass directly to top
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Dai Vernon Reverse Fan Load
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Edward Marlo Rise-Rise-Rise Tabled Palm
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Ken Krenzel Sluggard's Monte three slow-motion sequences:
  • The Slow Show
  • Slow Second
  • Slow Slip
Inspired byRelated to 186
Ken Krenzel Strip the Leader two leader card in front of two shuffled piles, they become black and red pile, follow the leader phase, they shuffle again by themselves, stripper deck
Related to 195
Ken Krenzel, Kenton Knepper, Larry Becker Fired Up equivoque selection process, single prediction card in case, approach to Kenton Knepper's "Kolossal Killer"
Inspired by 200
Ken Krenzel Leaving Cards in the Case two methods
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Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2010.