Miscellaneous

120 entries in Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Card-Boxes No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4: "Card-and-Bird" Box
No. 5
No. 6: Bland's Brass Card-box
No. 7: The Card-Drawer
No. 8: The Double Card-Drawer
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
151
Professor Hoffmann Deck Pull
1889
Tricks with Cards
199
The Card Box prop
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
138
The Mechanical Card Box prop
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
139
The New Brass Card Box prop
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
142
Carl Willmann Der Spaziergang einer Karte card(s) pushed into fist, false transfer
 		July 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7)
100
Karl Meyer Die Eskamotage einer oder mehrer Karten "Schule der Magie"
false transfer with card or packet of cards, photograph illustrations
 		Feb. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 2)
17
Small Packet Vanish with Excelsior Clip spring clip
 		1909
The Art of Magic
22
Pockets topit, application for billiard ball or deck of cards
 		1938
Greater Magic
628
B. B. Low Card Vanish underneath Handkerchief dummy stick sewn in handkerchief
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
593
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method
 		1940
Fast Ones
11
Martin Gardner Card Vanish Sequence Hide-Out Principle, deck shown in sections, card to vanish is reversed
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
14
Self-Contained Card Vanish vanishing two cards from three card packet
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
185
Neal Elias Torn Card Vanish with Pull
1946
At the Table Tricks
13
Hideout Principle showing that no Aces are in rest of deck while deck is shown in sections
Related to 1950
Lucky Aces
2
John Scarne Master Change Used as a vanish; pretend load of a card into an envelope
 		1953
"Come a little closer..."
35
Franklin V. Taylor Frank's Vanish card vanish under handkerchief, scotch tape
 		Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1193
Edward Marlo E. As a Vanish substitute for tent vanish
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
76
Edward Marlo Half Card Force & Vanish half card attached to borrowed deck for force and instant vanish
 		1961
Card to Wallet
23
Edward Marlo Impromptu Steal of a Card card stuck to another card the is removed
 		1961
Card to Wallet
25
Cliff Green The Vanish signed card vanishes from face of pack, reappears in pocket
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
58
Cliff Green The Vanish Absolute from face
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
60
Edward Marlo A Marlo Miracle card vanishes via double push-off deal, then it is stabbed in paper-wrapped deck
 		1962
Estimation
64
Dai Vernon Another Smear gum from envelope
 		1962
Early Vernon
55
Max Malini Malini's Card Vanish vesting
Related to 1962
Malini and His Magic
66
Double Facer Vanish card unloaded on deck
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
22
Stanley Collins Collins Ace Vanish
1969
Expert Card Mysteries
127
Edward Marlo Stanley Collins Ace Vanish Variation
1969
Expert Card Mysteries
151
George Lee Single Card Vanish below post card
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
152
The Push-Pull Vanish card apparently sandwiched, really placed on bottom
 		July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
67
Gene Nielsen Emanon Vanish A/K/A Meltaway
1971
Expert Card Chicanery
18
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Vanish prayer vanish
 		Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
111
Karl Fulves Fake Placement under Mat
1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
73
Marconick A Card Vanish from the Table card on table is covered with hand
Also published here 1973
Original Magic 5
8
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Vanish
1974
Magician Nitely
17
Ben Christopher Ben Christopher Ideas using folded origami wallet
1. A Transformation (card)
2. Ghost Town
3. An Origami Bet
4. A Vanish (card)
5. Two City Up-Down
6. Transpordgami
Inspired by May 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 7)
965
Peter Alexis Peter Alexis Ideas using folded origami wallet, four ideas
Inspired by May 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 7)
965
Karl Fulves Unload Vanish card in right hand is secretly unloaded on deck
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
9
Jerry K. Hartman Revolution-ary Vanish Vanish
Inspired byAlso published here 1975
Card Fare
56
Edward Marlo The Vanish method for Vanishing a Sandwiched Card
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
233
Rick Johnsson Tenkai Vanish from a Book while riffling pages of book and inserting the card
 		1976
Practical Impossibilities
37
Rick Johnsson Lift-Off palming one tabled card into Tenkai palm, as a vanish
 		1976
Practical Impossibilities
59
Edward Marlo Fake Palm Vanish similar to Rub a dub
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
28
Karl Fulves Box Cop - Note card placed in box is palmed away
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
233
Gene Maze Vanish From Sandwich card is palmed out as sandwich is shown
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
312
Looy Simonoff Kenomental fair selection is marked on face. two possible effects: card is found by spectator from back or vanishes from deck
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Frank Garcia Lapping Vanish
1978
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11)
8
Father Cyprian False Transfer under Hand
1978
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 11)
15
Card Guns card placed on barrel of gun vanishes, several versions
 		1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
85
Ash Vanish cigar/cigarette ashes on back of card for impromptu rough and smooth work
 		1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
170
Gordon Bruce Butterfly Vanish one card vanishes between two cards
 		May 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 5)
672
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Prayer Vanish
1979
Tearable
2
Marconick Disparition d'une carte sur la table card on table is covered with hand
Also published here 1979
New Original Magic — Volume 3
10
Edward Marlo The Marnase Change and Vanish
  • As a Vanish
  • As a Change
Variations 1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
23
Jon Racherbaumer Kicky Variant
1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
25
Michael Ammar The Clip Card Vanish vanishing torn pieces of card in paper clip
  • Alternate Handling
Also published here 1980
Encore I
27
Karl Fulves Push Out simple ribbon spread hide-out application
 		1981
Side Steal
8
Charles Nyquist Ribbon-Spread Hideout
Nov. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 11)
561
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Jan. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1)
579
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
2
Edward Marlo Non-Saliva Vanish
1983
Marlo without Tears
40
Gene Gordon World's Fastest Card Trick card vanish, with variation
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
23
Bob Stencel The Final Card final card vanish for cards to pocket / up the sleeve, with a handkerchief
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
57
Seth Kramer An Instant Card(s) Vanish false transfer and unload on spread deck
Related to July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1090
Alex Elmsley Handwashing Vanish
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
135
Alex Elmsley Hand Washing Vanish
1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
156
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Prayer Vanish
1990
Focus
114
Jerry Mentzer Double Back Tip reversed card vanished form pack
 		1991
Card to Wallet
86
Edward Marlo Magnet Steal
1991
Card to Wallet
96
Michael Ammar Clip Card Vanish vanishing torn pieces of card in paper clip
Also published here 1991
The Magic of Michael Ammar
54
Alex Elmsley Erdnase's First Transformation as a Vanish
Related to 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
140
Edward Marlo Palmed Saliva handling saliva
 		Apr. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 4)
1
Jerry K. Hartman Revolution-ary Change
  • Revolution-ary Vanish
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
113
Harry Houdini, S. W. Erdnase Houdini/Erdnase Transformation as Vanish
1992
The Collected Almanac (Issue )
xl
Martin Gardner Hide-Out showing cards in packet while hiding selection
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
4
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Mar. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 7)
55
Bob Veeser The Force that isn't There forcing a card that is no longer in the deck, ungaffed
 		Sep. 1993
The Olram File (Issue 13)
5
Scott Robinson Card It Away on the deck, card is apparently removed and melts away
 		1993
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)
856
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Vanish
1993
Fechter
138
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Also published here 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
126
Spread-through Vanish
1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
34
John Scarne Fake Envelope Insertion
1996
13 Prophets
34
Baltazar Fuentes The Fake Take top card apparently taken into right-hand end grip (and here put in pocket)
 		1996
Arempi
2
Jim Steinmeyer Card Vanish from Fan card sticking out of small-packet fan vanishes visually
 		Oct. 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 2)
83
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
1997
Jennings '67
235
Ken Krenzel, Lennart Green JB Kop Laser Deal "Laser Deal" with JB Kard Kop
Related to 1997
Ingenuities
139
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Also published here 1997
Card Stories
81
John Scarne Master Change used as a vanish; pretend load of a card into an envelope
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
2
Double Deal Vanish to make a card disappear
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
935
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Hide Out showing spread between the hands and hiding a card at back
 		2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
46
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here July 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 11)
79
Euan Bingham Imperceptible Vanishes using Scorpion Change, turning faced deck over
 		2003
Free From Filler
25
Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer Card Vanish in Spread when spread is turned over
Also published here 2003
Artificial conclusions
18
William Goodwin, Carmen D'Amico, Roy Walton Paint Brush Change as Vanish one of several cards vanishes, see also Carmen D'Amico's "Double Lift Upset" (Compleat K.M. Move, p. 11), for credit correction see Issue 11, p. 1
Related to July 2004
The Penumbra (Issue 8)
10
Harry Houdini, William Goodwin, Larry Jennings Houdini Color Change as Vanish
July 2004
The Penumbra (Issue 8)
15
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here 2005
Overlap
100
Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer Card Vanish in Spread when spread is turned over
Also published here Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
25
Tom Stone Homer's Case switch or vanish of card put beneath case, case with hinged card
Also published here 2007
Flatland Fever
17
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
  • Base Line Vanish
  • Single Handedly
  • Emerge
  • Move It Or Lose It
  • This Little Pigment
  • Shrinkage
  • Tiger Bomb
Also published here 2009
Hello Columbus!
9
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
  • Base Line Vanish
  • Single Handedly
  • Emerge
  • Move It Or Lose It
  • This Little Pigment
  • Shrinkage
  • Tiger Bomb
Also published here 2009
Green Eggs & Cam
1
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
  • Base Line Vanish
  • Single Handedly
  • Emerge
  • Move It Or Lose It
  • This Little Pigment
  • Shrinkage
  • Tiger Bomb
Also published here 2010
Reinventing the Real
33
Tom Stone Homer's Case switch or vanish of card put beneath case, case with hinged card
Also published here 2011
Maelstrom
165
Card Lap while putting two cards together
 		2013
Lecture Notes
5
Lionel Gallardo Belly Strippers Vanish of a playing card wrapped up in the magician's sweater or tie.
Also published here 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
100
Andy (The Jerx) The Jerx Torn-Corner Handling Vanish of torn pieces of a card
 		2016
The Jerx
232
Helder Guimarães Palm Vanish face-up card on deck is placed in right palm and vanishes
Related to June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
38
Joel Givens Card Vanish apparently openly palmed, unload on deck
 		2018
False Anchors — Volume Three
8
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Prayer Vanish
2019
Seminar 2019
25
Benjamin Earl Top Change Vanish using top-change dynamics to affect a visual vanish in the off-beat
 		2019
The Shift #2
26
Helder Guimarães By Mistake - The Perpendicular DMB Spread Control out-jogged card switched as in-the-hands spread is lowered
  • as a vanish
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
108
Erdnase Color Change Vanish
Jan. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1)
63
Joel Givens Card Vanish apparently openly palmed, unload on deck
 		2020
False Anchors
80
Jon Racherbaumer Wow x Four biddle trick handling, card selected from five tabled cards vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
 		July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
55
Alexander Hansford Optical Alignment Vanish to visibly vanish one of four cards
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
146
Lionel Gallardo Belly Strippers vanish of a playing card wrapped up in the magician's or spectator's sweater or tie.
Also published here 2021
Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I
47
Paint Brush Change Unload bottom card of face-up packet secretly turns over and unloads on deck
Related to Jan. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 10)
264
George McBride Card Vanish on Deck out-jogged
Inspired by
  • Sandwiches, Tony Chang, Download
 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
62
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
105
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Out-jogged vanish out-jogged card vanishes when hand is waved over it, referring to this technique it says “Jean-Pierre uses an original sleight”
 		2022
Vallarino
268
Joshua Jay Rub Vanish one half is rubbed on the other half which has a card or cards face up, they vanish
 		2024
Particle System — Notebook
43