Miscellaneous

103 entries in Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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
Unknown The Card Box prop
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 138
Unknown The Mechanical Card Box prop
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 139
Unknown 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
Unknown Small Packet Vanish with Excelsior Clip spring clip
 		1909 The Art of Magic 22
Unknown 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 deck shown in sections, card to vanish is reversed
Related to 1942 Cut the Cards 14
Unknown Self-Contained Card Vanish vanishing two cards from three card packet
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 185
Neal Elias Torn Card Vanish with Pull
1946 At the Table Tricks 13
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
 		1954 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (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, alternative to credit card force
 		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
 		1962 Estimation 64
Dai Vernon Another Smear gum from envelope
 		1962 Early Vernon 55
Max Malini Malini's Card Vanish vesting
 		1962 Malini and His Magic 66
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
Unknown The Push-Pull Vanish card apparently sandwiched, really placed on bottom
 		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
 		1972 Epilogue (Issue 14) 111
Karl Fulves Fake Placement under Mat
1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 73
Karl Fulves Unload Vanish card in right hand is secretly unloaded on deck
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 9
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. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7) 965
Peter Alexis Peter Alexis Ideas using folded origami wallet, four ideas
Inspired by May 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7) 965
Jerry K. Hartman Revolution-ary Vanish Vanish
Inspired by 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
Unknown Card Guns card placed on barrel of gun vanishes, several versions
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 85
Unknown 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
Edward Marlo The Marnase Change and Vanish
  • As a Vanish
  • As a Change
Variations 1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 23
Jon Racherbaumer Kicky Variant
1980 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
 		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
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 1
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
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 4
Bob Veeser The Force that isn't There forcing a card that is no longer in the deck, ungaffed
 		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
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 126
Unknown 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
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
John Scarne Master Change used as a vanish; pretend load of a card into an envelope
 		1998 Come A Little Closer 2
Unknown 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
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
 		2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 10
Harry Houdini, William Goodwin, Larry Jennings Houdini Color Change as Vanish
2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 15
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
 		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
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
 		2011 Maelstrom 165
Unknown 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.
 		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 by 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 108
Unknown 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