The Cardiste

"Dedicated to the Art of Cardistry"

1957-1969
Written by Russell "Rusduck" Duck
Work of Russell "Rusduck" Duck
217 pages (Stapled), published by Selfpublished
No illustrations
Language: English
158 entries
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Russell "Rusduck" Duck To A Memory to Ted Annemann and The Jinx
 		1 Feb. 1957 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Strictly Straight performer always gets a straight, from five to two hands, then performer deals and can chose if dealer gets top or bottom card, progressive poker deal, Gilbreath precursor
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
Related to 		1 Feb. 1957 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Bridge progressive bridge deal, four rounds, always winning hand
 		1 Feb. 1957 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Forever Royal - And Yet Again! eight hands, performer always gets a royal flush, as a climax all have good hands and performer almost has a royal flush, then he exchanges the wrong card and gets the missing one
Inspired by 1 Feb. 1957 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck "Stay-Stack" System general observations, also with two decks
 		1 Feb. 1957 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck A Few Tips on the Perfect Riffle Shuffle
1 Feb. 1957 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on the reception of Cardiste Nr. 1
 		2 May 1957 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Zens-Ational see No. 8 for credit information
Inspired byRelated to 2 May 1957 3
Charles Hudson Hocus Pocus six hands, five rounds, ends with royal flush
Inspired by 2 May 1957 5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Nudeck Speller any named card is spelled to, see credits in No. 8
Related to 2 May 1957 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck "Sneaky Pete" Repeat mathematical puzzle, cards as objects, story
Inspired by
  • Jack LeDair's "Tricks for Trouper" in "Abracadabra" April, 6/1946
 2 May 1957 9
Ronald B. Edwards An Oddity mathematical oddity
 		2 May 1957 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T poker deal then back in order with a second round
 		2 May 1957 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favourites: Faro Quotes from "Greater Magic" and "Expert Card Technique"
 		2 May 1957 14
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge with faro shuffles or milk build shuffles
VariationsAlso published here 2 May 1957 15
The Milk Build Shuffle
2 May 1957 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
3 June 1957 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Four-Way Deal straddle grip for doing tops, seconds, centers and bottoms
Related to 3 June 1957 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Top Card Deal and dealing action, "Rusduck Grip and Deal"
 		3 June 1957 4
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bottom Deal straddle grip
 		3 June 1957 5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Second Deal
3 June 1957 5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Middle Deal all cards above are pushed over, estimation or edge marked
 		3 June 1957 5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Poker Deal shuffled deck, marked
 		3 June 1957 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bridge same concept as The Poker Deal
 		3 June 1957 7
William P. Miesel The Lost Ace four cards are shown as the ace of spades, then they transform into the other three aces and the king of spades
Related to 3 June 1957 8
Second Deal one handed from a small packet
 		3 June 1957 8
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Seven performer talks about the number seven, spectator puts a card in the deck, cards next to it equals seven, variation where all four cards are stabbed into the deck (Rusduck), see credits in No. 8
Related toVariations 3 June 1957 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Sermonette! using words with the initial letters of the 52 cards
 		3 June 1957 11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bridge Deal four suites are dealt, follow up to Sermonette!
Related to 3 June 1957 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Fantasies spectators get remembered hands again, poker and bridge deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations 3 June 1957 14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Si Stebbins Stack
Related toVariations 3 June 1957 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Wanted Column
3 June 1957 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
4 Sep. 1957 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poker Poser stud deal
 		4 Sep. 1957 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Study in Stud system for coding/designating a card with four cards, for a stud deal
Related toVariations 4 Sep. 1957 4
Tom Ransom Suicide Build progressive poker deal, from five to two hands
Related toVariations 4 Sep. 1957 7
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Seven II cards are shuffled and cards from 8 to As removed, shuffled again and picture cards removed, then with the number seven all quartets are counted to
 		4 Sep. 1957 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Snibbets Rusduck's system for Si Stebbins, speller
Related to 4 Sep. 1957 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bottom Run-Up
4 Sep. 1957 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Flip Deck cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to 4 Sep. 1957 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favourites
4 Sep. 1957 15
Tom Ransom On the Stay-Stack System cards do not have to be cut in center for the faro, handling idea
 		4 Sep. 1957 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perpetual Separation faro oddity, stack, dealt into eight hands, relation of suit and odd/even stays intact
 		4 Sep. 1957 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck More on the Stay-Stack
4 Sep. 1957 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
5 Feb. 1958 1
Max Katz M. K. Telephone Code System coding a card with four cards, see Interlocutor reference for credit information
Inspired byRelated toVariations 5 Feb. 1958 3
William P. Miesel Straight Cheating straights, then four royal flushes as climax
Related to 5 Feb. 1958 6
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Sevens III
Related to 5 Feb. 1958 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Jean Hugard Color Separation separating suits and stacking deck in the hands, see Tom Ransom's idea in No. 6
Related to 5 Feb. 1958 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Fantabulous handling, shuffle
 		5 Feb. 1958 11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites simplified Elmsley idea
 		5 Feb. 1958 14
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		5 Feb. 1958 15
Alex Elmsley Stay-Stack Idea with two decks, face up into face down
Related to 5 Feb. 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
6 Mar. 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Readers Write Ron Edwards, Tom Ranson and Jean Hugard
 		6 Mar. 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Las Vegas Deck ivory and air cushion finish deck in conjunction with Rusduck's four-Way Deal, see No. 8 for history of the principle
Related to 6 Mar. 1958 2
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Stud Students Stumped another approach for coding/designating a card with four cards, for a stud deal
 		6 Mar. 1958 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Fables on bee's not able to fly
 		6 Mar. 1958 4
Ronald B. Edwards The Cocoanut Poker Deal royal flush, special procedure, duplicates
 		6 Mar. 1958 5
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to 6 Mar. 1958 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Full Deck Speller spelling all cards in the deck
 		6 Mar. 1958 8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Revolving Poker with spelling
 		6 Mar. 1958 9
Charles Hudson Major-Minor Do-As-I-Do one deck, spectator choses amount of cards he and performer get, down under deal until one card, mates
 		6 Mar. 1958 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites on doing table and in the hand faros and John Scarne doing a one-handed faro
 		6 Mar. 1958 12
Alex Elmsley Arab Roto-Pack using faros for various placements
Also published here 6 Mar. 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Ambitious 52 cards come to the top in order, mates are always on the bottom
 		6 Mar. 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Winner's Weave in faros, positions after three shuffles, stacking
 		6 Mar. 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on publishing the cardiste
 		7 Apr. 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Re: Stacked Decks
7 Apr. 1958 2
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Koldex Deluxe ten hands, then five hands
Related to 7 Apr. 1958 4
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Version with Any Deck shuffled deck, all cards are memorized and named, the deck is stacked
 		7 Apr. 1958 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Tele-Mental one to four spectators get cards, think of one, mental speller
 		7 Apr. 1958 8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Observations on the Riffle Shuffle
7 Apr. 1958 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Riffle Genuine Shuffle, cards are sprung into released cards from the other
Related to 7 Apr. 1958 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Retaining Top & Bottom Cards
7 Apr. 1958 11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Retaining Entire Order
7 Apr. 1958 11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Riffle Cut cutting the deck while shuffling
 		7 Apr. 1958 11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Zig Zag matched in value and in numerical paired sequence
 		7 Apr. 1958 14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Other Cheek responses by John J. Crimmins, Jr. and Dai Vernon
 		7 Apr. 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on Dai Vernon, Tom Henricks, credits, Ten Card Poker Deal credit information
 		8 May 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Feedback & Boquets by Ronald Edwards
 		8 May 1958 2
Milton Kort Gambling Expose long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four aces
Related to 8 May 1958 3
Milton Kort Stacking Formula as Patter
Related to 8 May 1958 4
William P. Miesel Second and Middle Deals with break
 		8 May 1958 7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Scrambled Straights straights, all hands, Gilbreath precursor (see Fulves' "When Psychics..." reference)
Related toVariations 8 May 1958 8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Re: Las Vegas Deck comments by Stewart James and Dai Vernon
Related to 8 May 1958 9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck From the Middle side palm, card is returned and cards pushed together
Related to 8 May 1958 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Utilitarian move to reposition a card in the deck, while counting cards from hand to hand
Related to 8 May 1958 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck As a Force
8 May 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck As a Speller
8 May 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck As a Stop Trick
8 May 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Card At Any Number
8 May 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Tri-Quad different set-up
 		8 May 1958 14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Information Please
8 May 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Did' Ja Know si stebbins observation
 		8 May 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Stewart James Research Division credits
Related to 8 May 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on Lloyd Jones, Vernon publishing with Lewis Ganson
 		9 June 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alphomega five hands, resets itself, optional climax with ten hands
 		9 June 1958 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Run-Up bringing deck back in order, when doing gambling (dealing) routines
 		9 June 1958 6
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Encore! encore to Koldex, spectators chose a poker hand and after deck is shuffled and cut, they get the same again
Related to 9 June 1958 8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusdux Stack
9 June 1958 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Mental Memo
9 June 1958 11
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Lie Detector in Person with three people, memories are written down
 		9 June 1958 11
John V. Hope The Triple Sin three cards are divined, two decks
 		9 June 1958 13
John V. Hope What Is Fame? on the organization "Future American Magical Entertainers"
 		9 June 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck On Jean Hugard
9 June 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice on Lloyd Jones, Lewis Ganson, Vernon, Stewart James, Peter Warlock
 		10 July 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Good Neighbor Policy
10 July 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Charles Hudson Outer Space up to three spectators select thirteen cards, everybody has one card of each value
Related to 10 July 1958 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Automento five cards are found, cards shown in groups, spectator say if their card is among them
Related to
  • trick by Charles H. Miller in "Linking Ring" June, 1958
 10 July 1958 5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Special Memo sending Cardiste to Britain
 		10 July 1958 7
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Enigmatic Enclosure on Bill Miesel and upcoming contributions
 		10 July 1958 8
William P. Miesel Another Spirit Slate after writing appears, slate is still wet
 		10 July 1958 9
William P. Miesel Vacation Time imaginary trip
 		10 July 1958 10
Dai Vernon Vernonesque two cards are found
 		10 July 1958 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck On Magazines Pentagram and the New Gen
 		10 July 1958 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites Elmsley's Restacking Pack
Related to 10 July 1958 14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perma-Stack based on Elmsley's Restacking Pack idea
Related to 10 July 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Kwik Key Kard diagonal crimp
Related to 10 July 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
11 Aug. 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck On Originality Annemann quote
 		11 Aug. 1958 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Re: Outer Space ideas for Outer Space by Mel Brown and Cedric Lindholm
Related to 11 Aug. 1958 2
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Reminiscent on Rusduck's beginning and Izzy Lazar
 		11 Aug. 1958 3
Gerald Kosky Poker Run-Up System no jogs, no breaks, no milk build shuffle
Also published here 11 Aug. 1958 4
Stephen Herald Royal Aces five hands, always getting four aces, royal flush as a kicker, duplicates
 		11 Aug. 1958 6
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Hardell's Three Card Monte with whole deck, duplicates, climax all three cards are the same
 		11 Aug. 1958 8
Ronald B. Edwards Edwardian Aces deck is shuffled, some cards taken, down under deal until five cards remain, four Aces and predicted card
 		11 Aug. 1958 12
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here 11 Aug. 1958 13
J. G. Reed J. G. R. Mental Force five times six cards repeating
 		11 Aug. 1958 13
William P. Miesel Mexicali Move variation
 		11 Aug. 1958 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Did'Ja Notice?
11 Aug. 1958 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice Issue 12 was finally published in "Ibidem" #20, 1960
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Reader's Write Graham Reed, Steve Herald, Mel Brown, Bill Ruesskamp, Jim Glass, Doc Jessome, Ronald Edwards
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Related toAlso published here 12 Jan. 1959 2
Stephen Herald Temperamental Aces follow up for The Lost Ace
Related toAlso published here 12 Jan. 1959 3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alaska three cards are located, dealing seven hands twice
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 4
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Enigmatic Enclosure on Milbourne Christopher presenting the Nap Han Deal on TV
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 4
Ed Mellon A Case for Mentalism shuffled deck, stopped at card is predicted
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 5
John A. M. Howie 1-2-3-4 Aces transform into Ace to Four
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 6
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 7
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Prediction forcing a number with stay stack
  • With Two Decks
Also published here 12 Jan. 1959 8
Bruce Cervon Perpetual Motion Poker fifty cards, progressive poker deal, royal flush at the end
 		13 1969 3
Bruce Cervon Realization
Related to 13 1969 4
Milton Kort A Change of Filling three selection, red twos face up in the deck, first card appears in between, then the card changes twice into the other selections
Variations 13 1969 5
Derek Dingle, John Mernard Ace - Two - Three - Four last card through table, duplicate
 		13 1969 7
Tony Kardyro T.K.'s Ambitious Card Supreme three cards, card reversed in the end
 		13 1969 9
Tony Kardyro T.K's Ambitious Joker joker comes to the top twice then transforms into selection
 		13 1969 10
Charlie Miller Color Switch two decks, color of backs change places
 		13 1969 11
Martin A. Nash A Gambler Sits Down faros and second dealing, several phases, ends with royal flush
 		13 1969 14
Martin A. Nash A Control for Selected Cards with crimp and riffle shuffles
 		13 1969 16
Martin A. Nash A Deck Switch secret pocket in jacket
 		13 1969 17
Paul Swinford The Brain Buster Card Prediction duplicates
 		13 1969 18
Paul Swinford One Suit Mentalism Ace to King and joker, thought of card is divined
 		13 1969 20
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 13 1969 21
Dave Strong Evolution of a Sandwich
13 1969 23
Dave Strong Snap Over Double Lift from the bottom
 		13 1969 24
Johnny Thompson Les Quick Cartes three cards become duplicates of a selection, then another and a third selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 13 1969 24
Larry Jennings The Future Gambler overhand stacking demo, riffle stacking demo, triumph finish
Related to 13 1969 29
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, October 2015.