The Secrets of So Sato

2016
Written by Richard Kaufman, So Sato
Work of So Sato
191 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Company
Illustrated with drawings by Tomoki Kawashima
Language: English
62 entries
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Richard Kaufman Introduction
9
So Sato Magic Slap selection appears between empty palms
 		11
Top Card Clip Steal
12
So Sato Shrink Vanish single card shrinks via optical illusion, vanishes, reappears in pocket
Inspired by 17
Pivot Vanish
19
Dai Vernon Hand Washing classic to classic
 		21
Gary Kurtz The Empty Hand
Related to 23
So Sato Reverse Highlight clean reversal of selection(s)
 		25
So Sato The Turnover Half Pass
26
So Sato Another "All Backs"
Inspired by
  • "Direct Backs and Faces" (Michael Skinner, video tape)
 30
So Sato The Tabled All Backs Display
31
Coffin Change with clean-up to bottom
 		39
So Sato Bath Towel Mentalism two spectators with half the deck each exchange a card underneath large towel, performer divines them
 		41
So Sato Lucky Number Poker two spectators with poker hands exchange cards to given rules, their resulting poker hand is predicted
 		46
So Sato Lateral Thinking Assembly (a.k.a. Cross Assembler)
four piles in square on table, Kings placed on top, they gather on top of one pile
 		50
Arturo de Ascanio Open Display brief
 		51
Lennart Green Snap Deal
53
So Sato Mote-Monte performer cuts four piles, spectator choses one, top card is Queen, other top cards Kings, or vice versa
  • Shawn P. Tenhoff/Yuki Kadoya Variation
 		56
So Sato Three to One three purses, spectator choses one, content predicts choice
 		60
So Sato So-Lution 1
  • Phase 1: Selecting a Number
  • Phase 2: Forcing One of twelve Court Cards
  • Phase 3: Production of the Card (Climax)
 		62
Display Pass
68
So Sato So-Lution 2 Invisible Deck presentation, presented as an idea
 		72
So Sato The Professor Still Fools Us card "named" by spectator, Dai Vernon's named used to spell to it
 		76
So Sato You Can Count on Dr. Daley no multiple lifts
 		81
So Sato Monte Plus type Switch
82
So Sato Love a Dove Dove Ace from packet to onto case
Related to 86
So Sato Card Case Load on top in offbeat
 		87
So Sato Vertical Three as Four Count Elmsley Count alternative
 		87
Rub a Dub Dub Vanish see also thoughts on page 91
 		90
So Sato Yin Yang Divide six cards chosen, separated into two groups of three and each added up, both totals predicted
 		92
So Sato Warp Wrap deck rubber banded, selection penetrates from center and drops to table, back to center, it vanishes and reappears in wrapped deck in spectator's hands
 		99
Card with Rubber Band Gaff card with strand of rubber band
 		100
Addition from Case when rubber band is removed
 		101
Edward Marlo, So Sato Bottom Deal Exchange Force
101
Jerry Andrus Vanish in Hands lapping
Related to 106
So Sato Bushfire Triumph with open tabled layout
Related toVariations 108
So Sato Mass Destruction Stacking deck cut into piles, spectator shuffles all, yet some set-up is retained
Inspired byRelated to 118
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration winning hand is dealt after spectator shuffles, Mass Destruction Stacking
 		120
So Sato Poker Demon-Stration Plus Mass Destruction Stacking
  • Phase 1: Middle Deal Demonstration
  • Phase 2: Stacking Demonstration (Re-Deal principle)
 		123
So Sato Quartet Shuffle four piles, spectator shuffles in various ways, four of a kind with down-under-deal found, Mass Destruction Stacking
Inspired by
  • "Time Cumbersome Down-Under" (Hideo Kato, PALM Vol. 19, 2001)
 126
So Sato Destroy and Search "If you ask, 'Is this practical for laymen?' I must answer, 'No.'"
Mass Destruction Stacking
 		128
So Sato Kyoto "Okiniiri" Prediction using postcards, Mass Destruction Stacking
 		130
So Sato Blue Print spectator shuffles, order of chosen suit within deck is predicted, Mass Destruction Stacking, interlocking chains
 		132
So Sato Zen Derby horse race plot, Mass Destruction Stacking
 		137
So Sato Mimic Show handling for mis-showing Three as Ace, also for court cards, credit information
Inspired byRelated to 143
So Sato Amnesia Aces alternated with indifferent card on top of deck, Aces come to top
 		148
So Sato Amnesia Lite three Aces alternated with indifferent card on top of deck, Aces come to top
 		153
So Sato Elevator Action Aces lost into deck in piles come together in center
 		155
Tilt to Bottom
157
Riffle Force break
 		158
So Sato Pick Pocket Lesson chosen Ace travels from one half to the other half
Variations 159
Double Lift Reversal top card put in center, another card reversed in process
 		161
So Sato Worker Bee "Collectors" two cards found between three Aces
 		163
Alignment Move Reversal reversing a card in small packet
 		166
So Sato Love a Dove Dove Plus Aces shown, one vanishes and travels into case
Related to 168
Misdirection Lapping top card thumped into lap
 		168
So Sato Outsourcing Sandwich two Aces distributed in deck come together to trap selection
 		170
So Sato Bushfire Triumph Ver. 1.5 with open tabled layout
Inspired byVariations 172
So Sato Seated Half Pass Handling
Related to
  • Peter Duffie (Card Conspiracy, 2003)
 181
So Sato Acrobat Leader
182
So Sato Tabled Bottom Deal tabled, as packet is put down
 		187
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch
190
Data entered by Denis Behr, September 2016.