Miscellaneous

231 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Albert Fellows, Stanley Collins Bottled Sunshine longer routine, tissue paper bursts into in fire, hole is burnt in a playing card with a reading-glass, three candles catch alight, third candle begins to melt
 		1920 Deceptive Conceptions in Magic 90
Unknown The Broadway Rise - A New Impromptu Rising Card Effect rises at right angle
 		1934 Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 51
Theodore Annemann Highly Improbable torn card put in handkerchief, joker in card case, torn card reappears stapled together with joker except one piece
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 145) 811
Bert Allerton A Close Fit optical illusion in which envelope seems to small to fit a playing card
Variations 1942 Cut the Cards 5
Walter Behm Trio three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
Also published here 1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4) 9
J.C. Whyley Elusive Lady with three cards, see p. 781 for credit information by Sid Lorraine
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 193) 770
Walter Behm Trio three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
Also published here 1949 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 1) 7
Bert Allerton New Papel Blanco blank card is signed, face of a card appears on its back, then blank card vanishes
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 241) 963
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 1951 Pet Secrets 22
Dr. Ben B. Braude It's the Humidity pips fall of from aces, leaving blank cards
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 253) 1012
Charly Eperny Eperny's Kartenstern six cards are placed inside an envelope, envelope is burnt and miniature duplicates appear on a card star, those cards are fused together and then placed inside a money printing machine and cards come out in a long ribbon
 		1961 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 4) 82
Bill Derman Short Division Seven in Diamonds put in envelope and cut in two, in one half is half a Three of Diamonds, in the other Four of Diamonds, the two selections, see also p. 388
 		Winter 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio) 226
Karl Fulves Five Into Four Five of diamonds is cut in fourth and puzzled together so a center section is missing, face changes to Four of diamonds
Related toVariations 1971 The Book of Numbers 42
Roger Smith The Four Sided Card card on the deck is turned over four times and different sides are shown
 		Feb. 1971 Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 7) 4
Tom Batchelor The Folded Card selection is found folded in half in center of deck
 		1971 Canadian Card Control 39
Tom Batchelor Three Card Location first two cards are found folded in half in the deck one by one, third card folded in quarters in matchbox
 		1971 Canadian Card Control 41
Tom Batchelor Through Thick and Thin block of twelve glued cards, thick card introduced as transformed selection, thick card used to find the Aces
 		1971 Canadian Card Control 45
Karl Fulves Matter Through Matter slits in cards openly shown, they pass through each other
Inspired byRelated to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 105
Karl Fulves Torn And Quartered signed card torn in half is restored after some topological stunts with another openly slitted card, half slit remains
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 112
Unknown Cannibal Climax cards with cut out centers
 		1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 10) 135
Jerry Andrus Bill and Card card and bill are folded up together and unfolded, card has no crease
 		1977 More Sleightly Slanted 14
Ken Krenzel Ken Krenzel's Version business card is at once stapled to selection
Inspired by July 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 7) 80
Paul Harris Pen-Ultimate* card clipped on pen is covered and then impaled on pen
 		1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 1
Paul Harris Absorption card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)
Also published here 1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 42
Paul Harris Cardician's Blendo Four and Six melt together to a Ten spot
VariationsAlso published here 1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 136
Karl Fulves Op-Trik optical illusion with Tally-Ho Circle Back, card flicked an center apparently does not move
Related to 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 5) 1109
Karl Fulves Notes hypercard constructed from double facer with attached back piece
  • Elastrik
  • Oddments
Inspired by 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 11) 1173
Paul Harris Side-Winder card repeatedly appears perpendicular in deck
Variations 1979 Close-up Entertainer 10
Karl Fulves Mate Two two cards torn in half, spectator takes two halves of one card, yet they do not match
 		1979 The Chronicles (Issue 13) 1194
Karl Fulves Center Fold joker placed into deck behind back, then two selections made, half the joker (which is suddenly torn) found besides each card
Also published here 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 17) 1234
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Paradox geometrical puzzle with a playing card that makes a full card face-down, but a piece is left over when assembled face-up
  • The Turnover Tactic
  • Business Card Variation
  • Reference File
Variations 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 18) 1235
Karl Fulves Another Link old topological puzzle in which three parts must be linked, credit information on no-gaff linking cards
Related to 1979 Interlocutor (Issue 36) 142
Jerry K. Hartman Elastic Ace card chosen von miniature deck, four regular-sized Aces shown and tabled face down, when selection is brought together with Ace of same suit, the Ace becomes the miniature card and vice versa
Inspired by 1979 Elastic Ace 1
Jerry K. Hartman In Staple Condition business card becomes stapled to selection
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1) 293
Roy Walton Detective Story packet has more sides than it should
Also published here Jan. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 1) 786
Karl Fulves The Optical Trap sandwiched card is suddenly no longer between other cards when three-card-spread is turned over, see also Cervon Monte
Related toVariations 1980 Color Quik 8
Karl Fulves The Moving Pip pip missing on card that is cut in pieces, when re-arranged pip moved
Related to 1980 Curioser 9
Ben Harris Blendsation card blendo between sandwich cards
Inspired by 1980 For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only! 38
Stephen Tucker Abort selection vanishes with a big bang and four parts appear on the back of the four aces, see also p. 269
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5) 89
Peter Duffie Half & Half two spectators select a card, in each half of the deck a card reverses, since both chose the same card, turned over cards are half of the selection
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 6) 103
Ben Harris Dimensional Relativity signed cards turns inside-out so that it has blistered rough surfaces on the outside and when peeled apart the signed surfaces show up again, deck also changes color for some reason
VariationsAlso published here 1981 Dimensional Relativity 3
Hippie Torrales TH Spinning Wheel optical illusion with Tally-Ho back
 		Jan. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1) 587
Nick Pudar Fold-er-ol folded card in case, unfolded card outside box, the folds transpose
 		1982 Best of Friends 280
Andrew Pargeter Card-Trek two cards pushed through "tunnel" formed by two other cards transpose, slit
Variations 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6) 1050
Daryl Martinez Half and Half two smaller playing cards folded, half of them changes places resulting in "misprinted" cards
 		1982 Something for Everyone 2
Steve Beam Card Compression four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes
Also published here 1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 35
Bobby Bernard Blankety Blank pips of selection travel to pocket, deck is blank
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13) 242
Roger Curzon, Les Johnson Penetrating Pips pips from a card vanish in two steps and appear on back of the card
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer)) 10
Alex East Hamman Out-Sexed two cards, picture of nude lady on back of one card, travels to other card
Inspired by 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18) 348
Terri Rogers Marvellous idea for Tucker's Jigsaw, unsolvable puzzle, four pieces of a card
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 10
Paul Sorrentino, Mark Lefler Tearable tear in card moves from long side to short side
 		Apr. 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 4) 757
Paul Harris Bee Bop Blendo
1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 13
Daniel Kalanowski Looking Glass two variations, selections is reflected on top of the deck
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 26) 509
Hal Meyers Laser Splice toy space gun used to cut/splice selection in half
Inspired by
  • Jim Lee's "Karate Card"
 1983 Off the Wall 2
Robert E. Neale Submarine Card spectator holds card frame with center torn out, its orientation changes while spectator closes his eyes
Variations 1983 Trapdoor Card 3
Karl Fulves Stepping Thru A Playing Card presentation for Neale's effect
Inspired by 1983 Trapdoor Card 5
Karl Fulves Double Talk presentation for Neale's effect, apparently delaying it
Inspired by 1983 Trapdoor Card 5
Robert E. Neale The Trapdoor spectator holds card with trapdoor with hole cut-out, it is entangled in seemingly impossible way while spectator closes eyes
VariationsAlso published here 1983 Trapdoor Card 6
Robert E. Neale Streamlined Trapdoor simplified design
Inspired by 1983 Trapdoor Card 9
Karl Fulves Easy Unlink simple topological unlinking
 		1983 Trapdoor Card 11
Karl Fulves Sand Trap ideas posed as a problem:
  • small packet counted, quarter card appears within packet, on next count half card, and so on until full card
  • also in reverse as vanish
  • cannibals
  • quarters assemble and restore
  • progressive unprinting (Sam Schwartz)
Variations 1983 Bob Ostin's New Submarine Card 39
Ben Harris Prime-Hole-Card card torn in half, restores (bluff), then center torn out, rest torn into four pieces which become eight pieces
  • Part One. The Torn and Restored Sequence
  • Part Two. The Shatter Climax
 		1983 Prime Hole Card 3
Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez Regeneration King torn into four pieces, the pieces change to full-sized cards
Variations 1983 The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas 75
Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez The Un-Box Signed card is pulled from case, case turns out to be completely sealed
 		1983 The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas 86
Doug Bennett Triple Whammy joker has torn corner off, finds selection, now joker is intact and selection has corner torn off
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 81
Father Cyprian Card in Hand card drops folded in spectator's hand
 		1984 Arcane (Issue 12) 170
Father Cyprian Psychokinetic Card card apparently folds itself on spectators palm
 		1984 Arcane (Issue 12) 170
David Britland April - The First Effect a spot card is pushed visibly through Queen of Spades, which is examined before and after
 		1984 A Lady Through and Through 1
David Britland June - The Second Effect two cards with narrow open slits, signed chosen card sandwiched and penetrated with other card
Inspired by
  • "Submarine Card" (Bob Ostin)
 1984 A Lady Through and Through 6
Karl Fulves Topological Card Tricks chapter intro
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 70
Unknown Moving Parts No. 51, four cards torn and then laid out face-up and face-down, halves that do not match suddenly match, cards interlocked with slits before tearing
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 71
Richard Kaufman Starfish King torn into four pieces, the pieces change to full-sized cards, four duplicates of original King, then they change into different Kings
Inspired by 1984 Abstract 4
Bob McAllister The Fastest Trick in the Universe folded card turns itself inside out
Variations Nov. 1985 Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 11) 1129
Nick Pudar Perspective picture of joker gets smaller and bigger on card
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 253
Larry Jennings The Close-Up Illusion three cards, one penetrates one of the the others visually, slit in card
VariationsAlso published here 1985 Lake Tahoe Card Magic 70
Martin Lewis The Kings Cut Out Figure of King of Diamonds disappears, leaving a card with a hole. King appears stuck on Queen of Diamonds
 		1985 Martin's Miracles 59
Steve Beam Card Compression four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes
Related toAlso published here 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 9) 151
Frederick Braue The Tunnel deck in Charlie cut position with two packets, card slid through the opening reverses
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 5
Terri Rogers Star Gate two cards glued back to back crosswise with hole in center, after some folding they are face to face
  • The Effect
  • The Method
  • The Handling
  • Presentation
  • Construction
  • Finally...
Inspired by 1985 Star Gate 3
Unknown Reaching through a Playing Card No. 29
 		1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 54
Unknown The Other Genius Test No. 34, card frame and other pieces have to be taken apart, puzzle
 		1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 59
Robert E. Neale The Trapdoor No. 63, card frame turns inside out while spectator is holding it
VariationsAlso published here 1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 112
Ben Harris Instant Fold #1 card folds itself into quarters in a flash
 		1985 Out Of His Mind! 59
Ben Harris Instant Fold #2 card folds itself into quarters in a flash
Inspired by 1985 Out Of His Mind! 62
Eric DeCamps The Inverted Card short ambitious card sequence, card turned inside out and split, using blank-faced and blank-backed card
Inspired by 1985 The Magic of Eric DeCamps 22
Richard Kaufman Transparent Lies in effect a large hole in card case disappears with divination presentation
 		1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 27
Masao Atsukawa Fair Exchange two jigsaw puzzles fit face down but not face up
 		1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 90
Gaëtan Bloom Impossible Is Not French Card balances on edge, torn card balances on torn edge
Variations 1986 Gaetan Bloom 86 8
David Britland Parallax card reverses while spectator holds it, with cut
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1986 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 1) 14
David Regal On Your Mark drawn X comes off card, leaves hole
 		1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 166
David Regal Mirror Image transposition of two torn pieces folded
Variations 1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 186
Ken Krenzel Slowed Up card turns inside out, only one card
 		Jan. 1987 Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 1) 1297
Meir Yedid Test Tube Alchemy face of rolled card travels to other card, signed backs, rolled up in tubes
 		1987 Meir Yedid's Card Animations 43
Gordon Bruce Gordon Bruce on Parallax coin vanishes and returns in trapdoor of card
Inspired by May 1987 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3) 46
Eric Mason Eric Mason on Parallax name of thought of card appears on paper combined with Parallax
Inspired by May 1987 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3) 71
Mike Gancia Mike Gancia on Parallax card in envelope
Inspired by May 1987 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3) 80
Karl Fulves Backup card appears at right angles between two sandwich cards
Related to 1987 Secret Session — Part One 7
Karl Fulves Step by Step Trapdoor step-by-step instructions of "The Trapdoor"
Inspired by 1987 ca. Trapdoor Card 13
David Britland Parallax card reverses while spectator holds it, with cut
Also published here Oct. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 1) 10
David Britland, Shiv Duggal, Terri Rogers Hatch 22 with additional climax
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Parallax, marketed manuscript
 Oct. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 1) 14
Roy Walton Detective Story packet has more sides than it should
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 23
Matt Schulien, Eugene Burger The Corner in the Glass champagne glass, larger corner
Variations 1989 The Experience of Magic 49
Karl Fulves Staple Condition odd-backed card pushed halfway into deck, stapler moved over deck, card stapled to selection
Related to 1989 Kaleidoscope 35
Martin Gardner MG Trio #3 orientation of head on QS and KH used for monte type guessing game, turning on vertical or horizontal axis ("The principle behind this trick has floated around a while.")
Variations 1989 Prototype 20
Robert E. Neale Heads Turn orientation of head on picture cards
Inspired by 1989 Prototype 22
Karl Fulves Rough House three cards in case, two more put in, then those two come out cut up in pieces, story presentation
Related to
  • Richard Himber's "Surprise Stab"
 1989 Quick Card Tricks 9
Scott Robinson The Toy two folded cards penetrate
VariationsAlso published here 1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30) 535
Ken Krenzel Soft Cards two cards that are face to face are suddenly back to back, gaffed
Inspired byRelated to 1990 Close-up Impact! 3
Ben Harris Dimensional Relativity reprint of effect, card reversed on both sides is placed reversed in deck, rest of deck changes back color, then selection turns "inside out" and becomes kind of a double blank card with both signed sides inside
Also published here 1990 Mad Fax and other Mysteries 76
Michael Powers No Palm Corner in the Glass two handlings
Inspired by 1990 Top Secret Stuff 119
David Harkey Thunder and Lightning unknown card torn in half, one half put in performer's and one spectator's wallet, another card is chosen and signed, the torn halves turn out to be that signed selection
Also published here 1991 Card to Wallet 64
Henry Pettit All Keyed Up hotel key card ends up attached to selection, deck as hotel with 52 rooms
 		1991 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 39) 714
George McBride Blending Bullets Four and Six spot become Ten spot in sandwich
Inspired by Dec. 1991 Profile (Issue 5) 5
David Harkey Under Fire selection ends up stapled into match book
 		1991 Simply Harkey 91
David Harkey Thunder and Lightning unknown card torn in half, one half put in performer's and one spectator's wallet, another card is chosen and signed, the torn halves turn out to be that signed selection
Also published here 1991 Simply Harkey 149
David Harkey Nonplused two decks placed into a single card case
 		1991 Simply Harkey 195
Jerry K. Hartman In Staple Condition business card becomes stapled to selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 Card Craft 616
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Soft Spots pencil penetrates deck, only selection is really pierced
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 75
Hiroyuki Sakai The Perfect Assistant two signed selections, joker is torn in half face down, in wallet two half cards appear, each half selection, the halves on the table of the former joker match, gaffed
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 95
Steve Dusheck Cardaver card put in plastic case, center removed and put back, zig zag
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 40
Steve Dusheck Chop four cards with hole in them, one card is pulled out partially and it penetrates finger put through hole of other cards
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 65
Scott Robinson The Toy two folded cards penetrate
Also published here 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 109
Karl Fulves Packed taking long cards from a normal case, posed as problem
Inspired by 1993 Verbatim (Issue 5) 40
Steve Beam Card Compression four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes
Also published here 1993 Magic with No Entertainment Value II 4
Harry Anderson The Gang Of Four four cards are chosen, one card is removed and torn in four parts, all four corners match one of the chosen cards
 		1993 Wise Guy 86
Angelo Carbone Tight Squeeze red-backed deck is "merged" into blue deck, it's still one deck but red-blue alternating, optional rough-smooth, using Humbug
 		1994 Humbug 13
Bob McAllister, Christian Scherer The Fastest Trick in the Universe variation, using bill
Inspired by 1994 Falschgeld-Test 7
Aldo Colombini W-Hole odd-backed card with hole in center transposes, two center-pieces of two cards transpose
 		1994 The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini 102
Don Banks, Jim Lambert, Steve Ehlers, Art Gross The Close-Up Billusion bill inserted between two Aces visually passes back and forth from middle to bottom, Aces change into Queens, monte theme, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for additional crediting info
Inspired byRelated to 1994 Labyrinth (Issue 1) 4
Joe Rindfleisch The Illusion Card zig-zag finger with playing card, first finger and thumb, four phases, eventually card is restored
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 143
Joe Rindfleisch The One-Handed Zigzag zig-zag finger with playing card, first finger
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 148
Christian Scherer, Sveroni King Koin Matrix coin matrix, then pictures of cards vanish and indices are found engraved on coins
 		1995 Sveronis King Koins 3
Christian Scherer Spectator's King Koin selection turns blank and index is found on coin, with the aid of some flash cotton everything is back to normal
 		1995 Sveronis King Koins 8
Christian Scherer King Koin in the Hole coin placed on card, card has hole of the size of coin and turns blank, index found engraved on coin
 		1995 Sveronis King Koins 13
Christian Scherer, Sveroni Hol(e)y King! coin penetrates card, card with hole and blank and index found engraved on coin
 		1995 Sveronis King Koins 22
Danny Orleans Dark Corner tarot card is signed and placed on glass of water, corner of card appears in water
Inspired by 1995 Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 18) 81
Paul Harris Absorption card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) 175
Paul Harris Cardician's Blendo Four and Six melt together to a Ten spot
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) 205
Paul Harris Side-Winder card repeatedly appears perpendicular in deck
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 157
Paul Harris Membrane spectator selects card with mark on back, mark on back is transfered onto card case
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 41
James Swain Fortune Telling Cards three "fortune telling" cards change into one selection, blendo
 		1996 Miracles with Cards 90
Peter Duffie Jagged Edge half of a card vanishes and reappears stapled to another signed card
Inspired by 1996 Method in Effect 5
Peter Duffie The 25% Solution corner of selection vanishes and appears stapled onto another card
Inspired by 1996 Method in Effect 6
Karl Fulves The Convert four cards all become bite marks
 		1997 The Vampire Chronicles 61
Karl Fulves Stapled 3-Card Catch sandwich is stapled together after Müller's "Three-Card Catch", posed as problem
 		1997 The Vampire Chronicles 91
Karl Fulves Optikal Illusion three-card fan, in mirror only two cards are seen but simultaneously three from back
 		1997 The Vampire Papers 97
Karl Fulves Stake Out sandwich stapled but only center card is stapled
 		1997 The Vampire Papers 114
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Double-Stuck Prediction of two selections in the form of jumbo cards (weird twisting revelation), found to be stapled together, and the actual selections are also stapled together
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 99
Richard Bartram, Jr. Orapgami card is folded quickly, as an effect, snap change variation
 		1997 Trephine 163
Richard Bartram, Jr. Tearable card snapped is torn into pieces, as an effect, snap change variation
 		1997 Trephine 164
Terri Rogers StarGate Two card frames glued back to back turn inside out to become glued face to face
Inspired by 1998 Top Secrets 50
Terri Rogers The FlexiCard Flexagon with playing cards
 		1998 Top Secrets 82
Lee Asher The Magic Finger Box of Death finger is bent in folded card
 		1999 Lé Asher 6
David Regal I've Got Your Number Claim check vanishes, reappears stapled on selected card
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 120
David Regal Pasteboard Massacre Magician cuts the deck literally in half to find selection, saws deck in half using a playing card
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 242
David Stone Surprise Index signed card lost in deck, spectator choses three random card and puts coin on one, it is the wrong card, on other side of coin a card index is shown, it matches selection, wrong card changes into selection with matching corner missing
Related toAlso published here 1999 Mietek — Lecture Notes 30
Karl Fulves Quartered four jacks on table, selection placed under one, it magically quarters itself and one quarter is found under each, posed as problem
 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 180
Ben Harris De-Crease folded card becomes un-creased again, only pictures, see Genii reference
Also published here 2000 Quarks & Quirks 40
Karl Fulves Center Fold No. 39, joker placed into deck behind back, then two selections made, half the joker (which is suddenly torn) found besides each card
Also published here 2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 86
David Stone Surprise Index signed card lost in deck, spectator choses three random card and puts coin on one, it is the wrong card, on other side of coin a card index is shown, it matches selection, wrong card changes into selection with matching corner missing
Related toAlso published here 2001 CocOOn 13
David Acer Shift Happens grip on card changes to different corner visually
Inspired by 2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 93
Gordon Bean Corner Kick indifferent card with torn-off corner transforms into selection
Inspired byVariations 2002 Penumbra (Issue 2) 15
Ryan Matney Corner Kicked Again indifferent card with torn-off corner transforms into selection
Inspired by 2002 Penumbra (Issue 4) 16
Ben Harris De-Crease folded card becomes un-creased again, explanation in more detail
Also published here Apr. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4) 32
Andi Gladwin Double Decker Ripper two decks pulled out of a case, pseudo switch presentation
Inspired by June 2002 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12) 26
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 371
Roberto Giobbi, Father Cyprian, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coalaces four aces change into single selection
 		2003 Card College — Volume 5 1178
Jay Sankey Voodoo Card signed and lost in deck, a white index card is folded in quarters and selected card is found folded in the deck. Then corner of selected card is burnt, and index card is found to be burnt in the corner too
 		2003 Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks) 25
Jim Steinmeyer Through the Trap Door two folded cards penetrate each other and change folding orientation
 		Nov. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 11) 72
Scott Robinson That's Wrap climax for The Toy, card is fully gift wrapped, different methods
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 220
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Quarterback two selections, one pops out of deck, one quarter is missing, it is found glued to second selection
Inspired by 2004 Diamonds from Coal 29
Jay Sankey Voodoo file card represents selection, it is folded and selection is then found folded in deck, selection's corner is burned and corner of file card found burnt as well
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 80
Karl Fulves Envelope Illusion optical illusion in which envelope seems to small to fit a playing card, with short card-to-envelope routine
Inspired by 2004 Charlatan (Issue 8) 102
Bob Ostin Ostin's Orifice card with hole is placed face up on table, spectator places his finger through hole and closes eyes, card turns over
Inspired by
  • Mr. E. Ozo's "Out Of Sight" in "The Crimp" Nr. 14.
Also published here
  • "Ostin's Orifice" in "The Crimp" Nr. 40.
 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 119
Robert E. Neale Card to Cube Fold folding a cube out of a playing card
 		Nov. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. Annual 2005) 13
Jack Parker Cain & Cord coin appears underneath selection in the deck. Then, card vanishes and reappears folded around the coin
Also published here 2005 The Cheetah's Handbook 39
Ronald J. Dayton Crescent City Rooftops folded card is placed on second folded card to form a house, top and bottom card transpose
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 161
Michael Powers Sawing A Lady Queen in card case with slit through it, card is pushed through case and Queen
Inspired by
  • Ben Harris idea in Magic Manuscript
 2006 Power Plays 42
Michael Daniels Oops! card is torn and restores in spectator's hand into mis-made configuration, "Oops Deck"
Related to Feb. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1) 22
Michael Daniels Fold 'em Oops! card folded and unfolded, it is now mis-made, "Oops Deck"
 		Feb. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1) 25
Max Maven Mis-Made Card Credit Richard Himber's "The Wrong-Way Card" (1948)
 		May 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2) 2
Gene Taylor Warp Central using trapdoor puzzle card as outside wrapper for card warp type routine in which center of inside card goes missing
Inspired byVariations Dec. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. Annual 2006) 11
Gene Taylor Warp Central Plus ends with examinable card
Inspired by Dec. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. Annual 2006) 17
Rene Clement Sense-sational performer bites pieces out of selection
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 191
Jack Parker Cain & Cord coin appears underneath selection in the deck. Then, card vanishes and reappears folded around the coin
Also published here 2007 52 Memories 142
Dani DaOrtiz Gag - Strongest Magician card visibly changes into torn quarters
 		2008 Card Cemetery 36
Oliver Meech Act Accordingly Drawings on blank cards come to life and behave strangely (only suggestions and ideas, no actual method descriptions)
 		2010 Plot Twists 32
Karl Fulves Z Character handling a z-fold wallet, selection torn in half and one half in wallet, another card torn, two halves vanished, half in wallet matches other half
 		2010 Xtra Credit (Issue 8) 46
Angelo Carbone Twister mention of rejected Tenyo effect
 		Mar. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 3) 73
Karl Fulves The Basic Principle of monte with stuck-together cards
 		2011 Prolix (Issue 9) 589
Karl Fulves The Three-Corner Card "Unexplained"
corner of selection torn off and put under case, remaining card signed on back, card put in deck so a part is protruding, prediction card with corner missing shown, it is signed on back and protruding part is now only corner which has vanished from under case, posed as a problem
Inspired by 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 681
John Guastaferro, Tyler Wilson Fusion Alternative Presentation, blendo
Inspired by 2013 Discoveries & Deceptions 14
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Ad Copy blendo, spectator ends up with business card
 		2014 Card Men 27
Tomas Blomberg Torn Uncut Card Sheet uncut sheet which contains all the cards of the deck, magician rearranges the pieces of the sheet to make a previously selected card disappear from it, "52 on 1 Gag"
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 130
Alexander de Cova Die vier Ecken Kartenroutine unknown card torn into four pieces, those pieces turn out to belong to four different cards which have one corner missing each, basically the same effect and method as Joshua Jay's
Inspired by
  • "Hitchcock" (Joshua Jay)
Also published here 		July 2014 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 20) 708
Helder Guimarães Extending the Luck card chosen, coin used to narrow deck down to one card, on back of coin is corner that matches selection, single card is missing this corner suddenly
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2015 The Veriloquent 47
Alexander de Cova Vier Ecken unknown card torn into four pieces, those pieces turn out to belong to four different cards which have one corner missing each, basically the same effect and method as Joshua Jay's
Inspired by
  • "Hitchcock" (Joshua Jay)
Also published here 		2015 Burners — Vol. 2 123
Helder Guimarães 90 Degrees signed card becomes perpendicular when pushed through deck
Inspired by Aug. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 8) 36
Steve Beam Card Compression four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes
Also published here 2017 52 6
Helder Guimarães Extending the Luck card chosen, coin used to narrow deck down to one card, on back of coin is corner that matches selection, single card is missing this corner suddenly
Also published here Aug. 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8) 54
Leo Reed H.I.P. (Hofzinser Inspired Plot) Aces in spread on table, selection changes into Ace of matching suit, on the table are now three Aces and the selection and the spread changes into a permanently glued spread
 		Aug. 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8) 64
Roberto Mansilla ¿Cómo luce el olvido? selections turn blank and face appear on blank cards in glass, covered with handkerchief
Also published here 2017 Naypes 125
Patrick G. Redford Velleity named card ends up on top of the deck which is secured by spectator, selection is bent
  • The Bend and Convincer
  • The Cleaning Up
  • Further Advice on Controlling the Called Card
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • Final Thoughts
Related to 2017 Temporarily Out of Order 136
Harapan Ong Flexacard tritetra-flexagon from cards, two cards can be revealed, self-animated
 		2018 Principia 193
Harapan Ong 4, 3, 2, 1 hybrid flexagon to consecutively reveal four cards
Related to
  • hybrid flexagon, Douglas Engel, Journal of Recreational Mathematics 2, 1969
 2018 Principia 205
Patrick G. Redford A Light and Heavy Imagination Trick Description:
  • Phase One: Spectator is unable to lift up the deck from performer's hand
  • Phase Two: Spectator is unable to remove deck from its box
 		2018 Hypnotic Pull 9
Patrick G. Redford The Light & Heavy Card Box
  • Phase One: Spectator is unable to lift up the deck from performer's hand
Variations 2018 Hypnotic Pull 10
Marc Salem Push-Ups Alternate handling for Light & Heavy Card Box
Inspired by 2018 Hypnotic Pull 23
Patrick G. Redford Hypnotic Pull
  • Phase Two: Spectator is unable to remove deck from its box
Variations 2018 Hypnotic Pull 26
Patrick G. Redford Further Thoughts & Variations
  • Overstuffing Method
  • Roughing Method
Inspired by 2018 Hypnotic Pull 36
Scott Robinson The Toy two cards folded into a spaceship, spaceship changes directions back and forth (not a magic effect), one card is pushed through other and then it restores
Also published here 2018 Pure Imagination 13
Joaquín Navajas La carta que se mantiene en pie convincing handling for Gaëtan Bloom's Standing Card
Inspired by 2019 Monedas Personales Y Más 175
Ramón Riobóo The Stapled Card, without Jokers Signed selection appears stapled to a random card
Inspired by
  • "My Stapled Card" (Ramon Rioboo, Thinking the Impossible)
 2019 Second Thoughts 277
Patrick G. Redford Velleity Plus Named card ends up on top of the deck under spectator's hand, selection is bent. The card then returns back to the middle of the deck in a position of spectator's choosing
Related to 2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 88
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay A Moment of Impossibility card signed and put in case with rest of deck, signature visible through hole in case, deck vanishes and reappears in jar, impossible object
 		2020 Parlour Tricks 55
Ryan Matney It's Alive miniature card comes out of torn Queen with spectator's name written on its back
Also published here 2020 Magic for BLM 164
Ryan Matney It's Alive miniature card comes out of torn Queen with spectator's name written on its back
Also published here Feb. 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2) 72
Sultan Al Qasimi Banksy card pushed through deck in right angle, it comes out with one ned cut in shredded strips
 		Aug. 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 8) 62
Larry Jennings The Close-Up Illusion three cards, one penetrates one of the the others visually, slit in card, credit information
Also published here 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 488
Jonathan Friedman Dedlof folded card becomes pristine without wrinkles again
 		Jan. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1) 73
Roberto Mansilla What Does Oblivion Look Like?
  • Artifices
selections turn blank and face appear on blank cards in glass, covered with handkerchief
Also published here Aug. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8) 50
Nathan Colwell The Ship of Theseus introduction to plot, card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
  • The Theseus Plot
  • Script
  • History
 		2021 Theseus 7
Nathan Colwell Theseus - Third Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 17
Nathan Colwell Theseus - Fifth Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 34
Nathan Colwell Theseus - Sixth Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 50
Nathan Colwell Postmortem of the Seventh Solution card signed and a quarter torn out, odd-backed quarter is taken from pocket and restored into its place, repeated three more times, when turned over the card still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 75
Nathan Colwell Postmortem of the Eighth Solution card signed and torn into half, halves replaced one by one with single odd-backed card, when turned over that card still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 77
Nathan Colwell New Horizon card signed and torn into quarters, quarters placed on table in a mis-aligned layout, when turned over they align again
 		2021 Theseus 84
Harapan Ong Harapan Ong's Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters taken from bag, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		2021 Theseus 97
Simon Aronson Simon Aronson's Solution card signed, quarters torn out one by one are replaced quarters from odd-backed duplicate, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature, red/blue double backer
 		2021 Theseus 99
Jonathan Friedman Middle Man
  • WWPD ("What Would Paul Do?", Paul Harris)
one of the four Kings is chosen and signed and placed under the card case, only center portion of that Kings travels into the deck leaving behind a hole in the signed King
 		Dec. 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12) 58