Duffie, Peter

1995
Written by Peter Duffie
Work of Peter Duffie

269 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English

83 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Michael Close (Magic, Vol. 5 No. 1, Sep. 1995, p. 74)
Peter Duffie (Magic, Vol. 7 No. 1, Sep. 1997, p. 27)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Roy Walton	Introduction			8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Duffie	Foreword			9	Articles / Biographical Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Duffie	On Bottom Dealing	some general comments		13	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / General Comments
Peter Duffie	LePaul Second Deal as Double Lift Substitute	for packet, comments		14	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Push-Off
Peter Duffie	The Three Packet Shuffle		Inspired by A Personal Triumph (Peter Duffie, 1984) "One Thirteenth" (Steve Pressley, Endless Possibilities)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Topsy-Turvy Aces
Peter Duffie	Mis-Read Palmistry	using pseudo mates		23	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Peter Duffie	City Slickers	Kings find Queens		26	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Peter Duffie	Marriage on the Rocks		Related to Royal Mates (Nick Trost, 2011) Variations Marriage-Go-Round (Allan Ackerman, 1998) Royal Marriages Routine (Nick Trost, 2011) The Royal Marriage Trilogy (Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie, 2012) Home Wrecker (Scott Robinson, 2018)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Peter Duffie	Sherlock Never Married	Ace Change kicker	Inspired by "Sherloct" (Phil Goldstein, Abracadabra #2410)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Peter Duffie	Baker Street Branch	a certain value is needed and chosen	Inspired by "Sherloct" (Phil Goldstein, Abracadabra #2410)	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Dearly Departured		Inspired by Change of Departure (Peter Duffie, 1982) Variations Fast Tracker Jacks (Jack Carpenter, Jamie Masterson, 2024)	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Peter Duffie	Exodus			49	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Peter Duffie	The Lucky Ten	two piles dealt, top card of one pile is thought-of number, top card of other pile selection "No Crimp But Still Lucky"	Also published here The Lucky Ten (Peter Duffie, 1991)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Peter Duffie	Just for Starters		Inspired by Two Hands: Four Aces (Al Leech, 1965)	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Aces Apace	red Aces in deck change place with black Aces, visual surprise ending	Also published here Aces Apace (Peter Duffie, 1993)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Peter Duffie	Aces at Once	selection included		64	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Peter Duffie	Divisory Capacity	two cards chosen, deck ends separated in reds and blacks with cards in other halves	Inspired by 2 Shuffles Harry (Brother John Hamman, 1978) Variations Divided We Lie (Peter Duffie, 1997) Also published here Divisory Capacity (Peter Duffie, 1992)	69	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Peter Duffie	Credit Information			69	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Peter Duffie	Widowed	in Sandwiches	Inspired by Black Widow (Alan Brown, 1969)	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Peter Duffie	The Claustrophobic Cards	in Sandwiches	Inspired by Black Widow (Alan Brown, 1969)	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Peter Duffie	Triple Trauma	small packet, reverse faros	Inspired by "A Tribute to Fulves" (Mike Rogers, The Complete Mike Rogers)	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Peter Duffie	The Ultimate Truth		Inspired by Tarradiddle (Peter Duffie, 2004) Related to Packet Calculator (Dai Vernon, 1988) Variations The Penultimate Truth (Stephen Tucker, 1993) Alternate Opening (Bernard Rasmussen, 1995) Karten Lügen Nie (Franz Kaslatter, 2020) Also published here The Ultimate Truth (Peter Duffie, 1991) The Ultimate Truth (Peter Duffie, 1992)	84	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Peter Duffie	A Pocketful of Lies	packet in pocket, cards removed to answer truth or lie	Related to The Ultimate Truth (Peter Duffie, 1995)	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Bernard Rasmussen	Alternate Opening	for "The Ultimate Truth"	Inspired by The Ultimate Truth (Peter Duffie, 1995) Variations Truth Serum (Peter Duffie, 1995)	87	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Peter Duffie	Truth Serum		Inspired by Alternate Opening (Bernard Rasmussen, 1995)	90	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Peter Duffie	Widespread	on the pack	Inspired by Across The Universe (Peter Duffie, 1984)	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card
Peter Duffie	A Hint of a Tint	Universal Card with color changing deck kicker	Inspired by Across The Universe (Peter Duffie, 1984)	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card
Peter Duffie	Pokericulous		Inspired by "Pokericulum" (Stewart James) Related to The Honest Cheat (Roy Walton, 1991)	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction
Peter Duffie	Four-Knowledge		Inspired by Daley's Spread It Card Trick (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Spread It Card Trick Improvement (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Related to Four-Knowledge (Without Seconds) (Peter Duffie, 1995) Variations Surprise Prediction (Roy Walton, 2016)	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Paul LePaul, Peter Duffie	LePaul Second Deal Handling			104	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Push-Off
Peter Duffie	Four-Knowledge (Without Seconds)		Related to Four-Knowledge (Peter Duffie, 1995)	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Peter Duffie	A Great Deal of Thought	overhand shuffle placement	Inspired by A Great Deal of Thought (Peter Duffie, 1991)	110	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Peter Duffie	Triggered Hofzinser		Inspired by Trigger (Roy Walton, 1976)	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Peter Duffie	No-Trigger Hofzinser			116	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Peter Duffie	A Mild Solution			117	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Peter Duffie	Caprice	two Jokers placed in in the two side pockets, two selections transpose with those Jokers, pocket ruse, then selections travel to the pockets once more	Inspired by Double Fantasy (Peter Duffie, 1984) The Extractors (Peter Duffie, 1984) Also published here Caprice (Peter Duffie, 1996)	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Two Timing	two cards at positions remembered that are determined by a chosen hour, two piles made, selections end up at same positions	Also published here Two Timing (Peter Duffie, 1991)	126	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Jet Lag	actually different effect		128	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Peter Duffie	Centerpoint	pseudo explanation/teaching, card in center of packet rises to top after counting the packet, pass and alternate top/bottom deals	Variations The Peewee Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2000) Also published here Centrepoint (Peter Duffie, 1991)	131	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Peter Duffie	Cardtell	Variation of "Centerpoint"	Also published here Cardtell (Peter Duffie, 1991)	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Peter Duffie	Sleuthsayers		Also published here Sleuthsayers (Peter Duffie, 1991)	136	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Peter Duffie	A Willfull Sandwich Transposition		Inspired by The Pre-Digested Sandwich (Harvey Rosenthal, 1990)	140	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches
Peter Duffie	Fortuitous Card Catcher	off-beat presentation for Ace assembly	Inspired by The Official Card Catcher (Peter Duffie, 1991)	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Peter Duffie	The Case in Hand	with selection and Case	Related to Daley's Psychological Matching Up Trick (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972)	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Peter Duffie	Red an Black Scenario			152	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Epitaph for a Card Cheat	one-at-a-time reduction of hands	Inspired by Four Flusher (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Related to Suicide Build (Tom Ransom, 1957)	156	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Peter Duffie	Fastack	with bluff, interesting	Related to The Judas Shuffle (Peter Duffie, 1991)	161	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking
Peter Duffie	The Judas Shuffle (and Applications)	To Stack Four Aces for a Four-Handed Game To Stack the Aces for Any Number of Hands To Stack a Royal Flush (5 Cards) The Judas Fastack Shuffle	Also published here The Judas Shuffle (Peter Duffie, 1991)	167	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking
Peter Duffie	Eleven Plus	chosen pair of cards adds to eleven which is predicted, using dealing into two piles repeatedly (stay stack principle)	Variations The Eleven Routine (Nick Trost, 2009) Also published here Eleven Plus (Peter Duffie, 1991)	170	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Packet
Peter Duffie	Eleven Plus Plus	stay stack principle	Inspired by Eleven Plus (Peter Duffie, 1991)	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Packet
Peter Duffie	Almost But not Quite		Inspired by Almost Impromptu (Roy Walton, 1969) Eleven Plus (Peter Duffie, 1995)	174	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Peter Duffie	The Working Assambly		Inspired by The Scottish Assembly (Peter Duffie, 1993)	176	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Peter Duffie	Mixed Reaction	Miraskill & Gilbreath	Variations Face-Up, Face-Down Routine (Nick Trost, 2015)	182	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miraskill & Variations
Peter Duffie	The Maze Connection	four times stop, off-beat effect	Inspired by Countdown Aces (Lin Searles, 1973) "The Numerical Cards" (Gene Maze, from personal correspondence)	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Peter Duffie	The Vegas Connection	Gilbreath thing		190	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Flight of Hand	three Selections travel from between Aces to Kings, credit information		194	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Travel & Transposition
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Fake Count	off the top of the deck, starting with block	Related to Vernon's Fake Count (Dai Vernon, 1972)	196	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Peter Duffie	The Protection Racket	three Selections travel from between Aces to Kings		199	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Travel & Transposition
Peter Duffie	Only a Game	Down under Deal, spectators get matches	Also published here Only a Game (Peter Duffie, 1991)	202	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Peter Duffie	Rooms for Maneuver	à la Hotel Mystery	Also published here Rooms for Maneuver (Peter Duffie, 1992)	205	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Palindrome Cards
Peter Duffie	Two Decks But With a Single Thought	named card travels from one deck to another, two prepared decks	Inspired by Oddity! (Edward Marlo, 1964) Also published here Two Packs But With A Single Thought (Peter Duffie, 1992)	209	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	The Self-Seekers		Inspired by "Jubilee Countdown" (Roy Walton, Fifty Years Later) "Chiefly Yourselves" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring)	213	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Within You Without You		Inspired by The More Things Change (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982)	217	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / The More Things Change (Pocket Interchange)
Peter Duffie	Re-Scan Variant	using spelling	Inspired by Aces on Impact (John Scarne, 1993)	223	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	No Two Ways About It	two signatures transpose	Inspired by Changing Sides (Peter Duffie, 1991) Writing A Wrong (Peter Duffie, 1993) Related to Signature Transposition (Peter Kane, 1972)	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects
Peter Duffie	Changing Sides	two cards signed on back, they transpose	Related to Signature Transposition (Peter Kane, 1972) Also published here Changing Sides (Peter Duffie, 1991)	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
Peter Duffie	Thoughts on the Bottom	estimation & Bottom Deal	Related to Mental Thought Control (Joe Rindfleisch, 1998) Variations Red Herring Location (Paul Cummins, Peter Duffie, 2002) Also published here Thoughts on the Bottom (Peter Duffie, 1992)	232	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	The Final Solution		Inspired by Hofzinser in My Pocket (Peter Duffie, 1982)	235	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Peter Duffie	The Packet Palm	as packet is turned over		242	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Peter Duffie	Center Block Palm	from center or top, multiple cards	Inspired by The Day Double Lift (Walter "Sonny" Day, 1995)	244	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
Walter "Sonny" Day	The Day Double Lift	interesting push-off	Inspired by The Drawback Double Lift (Paul Curry, 1974) Related to L.J. Double Pushoff (Larry Jennings, 1986) Left Litte-Finger Push-Off (Jack Avis, 1992) Variations Center Block Palm (Peter Duffie, 1995)	247	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Peter Duffie	The Grift Shift	bluff type		248	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Peter Duffie	The Nulling Factor	clean up for reversed deck under top card	Inspired by "Nullifactor" (Stewart James, 1951)	250	Cards / Sleights / Turnover Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Peter Duffie	The Correction Pass	for cleaning up a faced deck	Inspired by Turnover Half Pass (Paul Curry, 1941)	252	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
Peter Duffie	The Double Innercut	top card to anywhere near bottom		253	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Peter Duffie	The Double Overcut	bottom to top	Related to Multiple selection control (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995)	255	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Peter Duffie	The Production Cut			257	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Peter Duffie	Peek Break Technique	for getting break above selection		258	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Stanley Collins	Stanley Collins' Replacement	for a normal double lift handling		260	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Unloads
Peter Duffie	Spin Cut Lapping			262	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
Peter Duffie	Toss-In Lap Switch	card is switched/lapped as it is tossed through deck	Related to Lightning Stab Change (Bruce Ikefugi, 1979)	264	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	P.O.U.S. (Palm Off Utility Sleight)	in the act of apparantly turning packet over	Inspired by Palmed Addition Utility Sleight (Peter Duffie, 1993)	266	Cards / Sleights / Turnover Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Duffie's Depth Deception	subtlety	Variations Gagnon's Depth Deception (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	268	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt

Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2004.

Duffie's Card Compulsions