The Elusive Illusive

2022
Written by Ben Daggers
Work of Ben Daggers
218 pages (Hardcover), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
42 entries
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Pit Hartling Foreword
vii
Ben Daggers Introduction
xi
Ben Daggers Tribute performer blindfolds himself by holding hand over eyes, then deck is shuffled with other hand and spectator gets three Aces while performer gets Royal Flush, missing Ace is found palmed in the hand
Inspired by 1
Ben Daggers Top Palm a la Topping the Deck, after riffle shuffle
 		4
One-Handed Riffle Shuffle
9
Ben Daggers Soft Centre center deal demo, named card and mate and eventually all cards of same color are dealt out, last part is tossed from the deck into other hand
Inspired byRelated to 17
Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan Ireland Shuffle
18
Ben Daggers Modified Cull from the face
 		20
Brent Braun Bluff Swivel Cut
22
Ben Daggers Thinking Like a Layman on getting feedback
 		31
Ben Daggers Triumph for Two Triumph as competition with spectator, who is quicker to sort the cards, two selections
Related to 37
Ben Daggers, Edward Marlo Prayer Cull Variation
Inspired by 39
Looy Simonoff Flippant
46
Ben Daggers Invisible Sleeves three coins from hand to hand, using a coat hanger, seated
Inspired by
  • Ponta the Smith's "Winged Silver" on "Sick" DVD, 2009.
 53
Ben Daggers Tabled Steal to finger palm, while stack of coins is spread on table
 		55
Ben Daggers Shuttle Pass Variation
56
Ponta the Smith Undercover Spread coin spread on fingers with extra coin hidden underneath, one-handed get-into
 		58
Ben Daggers Hands Off ACAAN deck shuffled and placed in glass
Inspired by 67
Ben Daggers Overhand False Shuffle back and forth shuffle, optical parts, also to reverse all but one card
 		71
Dr. Jacob Daley Delight Switch packet switch
 		72
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 81
Ben Daggers One-Track Mind first is stopped at and other three are taken while cards are spread from hand to hand
 		93
Ben Daggers Breakless Classic Force at certain positions, multiple cards
 		96
Ben Daggers On the Classic Force
105
Ben Daggers Mirror, Mirror with wooden mirror frame, spectator mirrors actions
 		114
Ben Daggers More Mirror perfect match routine, with two decks, mirror presentation
 		125
Classic Pass False Cut several packets
 		127
Ben Daggers OPOD (Outjogged Pushoff Double)
133
Juan Tamariz, Gordon Bruce Tamariz/Bruce Unload Subtlety
138
Ben Daggers Technicolour selection is palmed and turns invisible and visible again, then the cards turn over while talking about how the magician glimpses cards, rainbow deck kicker, with variation
  • Phase One: Palming
  • Phase Two: Glimpsing
 		145
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Color Change
150
Cardini Cardini Change
153
Jack Carpenter Impulse Change
160
Ben Daggers Recycling Presentations
163
Ben Daggers Uncommon Sense finding several cards using the five senses and several humorous props
  • Part One: Sight
  • Part Two: Hearing
  • Part Three: Smell
  • Part Four: Touch
  • Part Five: Taste
 		169
Laurie Ireland Card at Any Number Count block deal
Related to 177
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker Revelation
181
Pierric Lockjaw catching a card from dribble with the teeth
 		186
Ben Daggers Illusion of Control selection found at certain position, mates produced and after more shuffles deck is found in order
 		193
Ben Daggers Babel Coins using a coin purse and labelled bottles, seated
 		203
Ben Daggers, Albert Goshman Toss Vanish
206
Ben Daggers Outroduction
217
Data entered by Lorenz Schär.