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84 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
U. F. Grant U Can't Do As I Do double facer
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
131
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here Jan. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 28)
173
Louis Lam Predicto four aces are shuffled by each performer and spectator, they chose the same which is also predicted on slate, jumbo cards recommended
 		1937
Watch Me Closely
7
Do As I Do - You Can't layout with four Aces and four indifferent cards
Variations 1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
42
The Five Cards Do As I Do - You Can't double backer
 		1938
Greater Magic
485
Kent Arthur Spurious Pelf "do as i do" sequence with spectator and 5 bills each, selected bill remains upside down
Related to Sep. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 60)
429
Edward Marlo, Jean Hugard Do As I Do - U Can't Unless I Want U 2 eight cards for performer and spectator, basically 4&4 oil & water effect, two methods, Hugard's and Marlo's
Inspired byAlso published here 1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
37
Edward Marlo, Jean Hugard Do As I Do - U Can't Unless I Want U 2 eight cards for performer and spectator, basically 4&4 oil & water effect, two methods, Hugard's and Marlo's
Inspired byAlso published here 1941
Amazing — Isn't It?
13
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
272
Jean Hugard The Automatic Deck and Opening Routine complete routine, deck rises from case, then cards are riffle shuffled twice, Hearts are removes and story told matching the cards, then second suit is removed and performer turns over same card spectator, as climax cards are spelled and turned over in an other suit, interlocking chains principle

  • I. The Rising Deck
The Automatic Deck - Routine
  • II. A Card Fairy Tale
  • III. Matching Cards
  • IV. Spelling Extraordinary
 		Apr. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 11)
209
Bert Allerton Community Do As I Do up to eight spectators follow along with a packet of card and locate their own card
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
5
Do it and Fail red black dealing sequence
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
100
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
 		1956
Annemann's "No Code" Telepathy
8
Rolf Andra Zweimal vier Asse do as I do type, using eight cards each, Aces end up together
 		1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 1)
401
Pol Pollux, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) T-Wi-T Trick. "Tu wie ich tu" do as I do routine with twelve cards each, annotations by Ron Wohl
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
604
Ken Brooke The Faulty Follower
VariationsAlso published here 1959
Feke Card Tricks
3
U. F. Grant Little Miracles I. do as I do with packet and double facer, no ESP relation
 		1960
ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit
6
Milton Kort Kortially Yours Vernon's Variant type of effect, each person handed five cards and cards are turned face up and down (do as i do), in the end all the cards are face down except their selection
Related to 1962
Kort Is Now In Session
7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Variant four cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
226
Jochen Zmeck Tuwit
Inspired by 1967
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III
24
Martin Gardner More Monge more notes on the Monge Shuffle:
  • References
  • Recycling the Deck
  • The M/S Shuffle
  • Tricks (position of selection predicted & Do as I Do)
  • Analog of the M/S Shuffe
Related to Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
29
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Faites Commes Moi (5 cartes) spectator and performer have five cards each, cards are turned-over and spectator is not able to follow
 		1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 1)
15
Verne Chesbro Acrobatic Jokers Do As I Do
1969
Ultimate Color Separation No. 2
7
Lady Valerie, Gene Nielsen Star Mate with zodiac cards, matching, locking-flap Card Box
 		1970
Magick (Issue 7)
33
George Sands You Do As I Do spectator is not able to follow, each person has four cards, three phases
Inspired by 1971
By George, It's Sandsational
9
Max Williams, Milton Tropp Topsy-Turvy Follow Me selections appear face-up in spectators' packets
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
116
Herb Zarrow Herb's Variant four cards, with selection that travels into deck
Inspired byVariations Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
72
Jerry K. Hartman A Common Mistake Vernon's Variant type of effect (Do as I do packet trick) where spectator cannot follow instructions, ending is each spectator get an Ace reversed in packet
Inspired by
  • "Kortially Yours" (Milton Kort, Kort is Now In Session, 1962)
Related to 		1973
Means & Ends
23
James G. Thompson Jr. Ah One Anna Two...
July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
196
Paul Diamond How About That! two packets from different decks
Related toAlso published here
  • marketed ca. 1966
 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
9
Jack Avis Five Card Do As I Did
July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
226
Karl Fulves Entropy Ace to Five removed and mixed, then back in numerical order
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
206
Karl Fulves Calculated Colors 3&3 or 4&4, weird mixing procedure, "mathematical oil & water"
Variations 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
208
Lawrence Nudelman Do As I Do with four bills and Elmsley Count
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 5
1
Peter Duffie Aces With A Twist Twisting the Aces with "do as I do" element, red and blue backed sets, in the end Aces change places
Variations Jan. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)
209
Bob Ostin A Use for the Faulty Follower (Vernon't Variant) ideas for Vernon's Variant (here called Faulty Follower)
  • To Add a Card
  • Lucky Charm Idea
Inspired byAlso published here 1976 ca.
Sleightly Surprising
10
Jochen Zmeck Plus Eins: Die Ansage classic Do as I Do, the card the ends up reversed in the spectator's packet announces the next trick each time, running gag
 		1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
32
Larry Becker Simpli-City Effect two sets of sixteen business cards with names of cities written on them, Do As I Do and prediction in envelope
Also published here 1978
World of Super Mentalism
55
Harry Lorayne Follow The Leader Reversal spectator and performer reverse count packet multiple times, outcome different, four-card and five-card version
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
17
Ken Brooke The Faulty Follower
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
144
Mike O'Dowd Four Card - Do As I Do spectator and performer have four cards and go through a series of moves, outcome is different
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
32
Milton Kort Kort Aces Each spectator given packet of five cards, after following instructions, one reversed card in each packet, they are Aces, Vernon's Variant type of trick
Related to 1983
Four Ace Intro's
7
Peter Duffie A Commercial Twist Twisting the Aces with "do as I do" element, red and blue backed sets, in the end Aces change places
Inspired by 1984
Contemporary Card Magic
40
Larry Becker "Will The Cards Match" ESP-style order matching with five torn-in-half cards
Variations May 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 5)
1349
Larry Becker Simpli-City two sets of sixteen business cards with names of cities written on them, Do As I Do and prediction in envelope
Also published here 1987
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 6)
223
Daniel McCarthy Now it's my Problem
Aug. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 8)
1813
Ken Brooke Die ungehorsame Karte
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
179
Peter Duffie Only a Game Down under Deal, spectators get matches
Also published here 1991
Imagine
[10]
Peter Duffie Only a Game Down under Deal, spectators get matches
Also published here 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
202
Clayton Rawson, Karl Fulves Simon Says No. 34, five cards each, spectator cannot follow
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
64
Lou Gallo Matedburger two five-card hands, two cards exchanged, they match
 		1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
82
Nick Trost Abra-Card-Abra Performer and spectator's selections match, rest of cards are Jokers
Inspired by 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
201
Nick Trost, Frank Garcia, Dr. Stanley Jaks Kopy Kat Performer and spectator exchange cards from packets, shown to match, other cards are completely different
Inspired byRelated to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
202
Milton Kort Quintimodo Performer and spectator has five cards, Do as I Do effect but audience cannot get same result, diminishing number of cards, credit information on the plot
Inspired by
  • "Quasimodo" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra No. 2589, Sept 1995)
 1999
Kort
31
Milton Kort The Straight-backed Method ungaffed variation of Quintimodo
Related to 1999
Kort
36
Milton Kort Vernon's Variant Variant Similar effect to Vernon's Variant, but with color changing back as a kicker ending (first published in Swami, Vol. I, Issue 2, Feb 1972)
Inspired by 1999
Kort
43
James G. Thompson Jr. Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern with two quartets
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
107
Karl Fulves Cue Cards No. 55, spectator and performer remember card and its position in five-card packets, found by each other
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
82
Philip T. Goldstein 力ルイ千ビンナコネコナンビ千イル力? a/k/a Stack Cats
Related toVariations 2002
Redivider
26
Philip T. Goldstein Senile Felines repeat version of previous trick
Variations 2002
Redivider
29
Philip T. Goldstein Swap Paws
2002
Redivider
31
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Daley's Do-As-I-Do four phases
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
34
Gary Plants Match Me do as i do with mates, four Aces finale
VariationsAlso published here June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
69
Gary Plants Match Me do as i do with mates, four Aces finale
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2004
Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session
22
Bob Ostin Uses For The Faulty Follower ideas for Vernon's Variant (here called Faulty Follower)
  • To Add a Card
  • Lucky Charm Idea
Also published here 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
48
Jack Parker The Three Stooges Ace Assembly routine with three spectators involved, holding each packet (uses McDonald's Aces gaffs)
Related to
  • "Mason's Aces" (Jay Sankey, Revolutionary Card Magic 2, DVD, 2004)
Also published here 		Nov. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. Annual 2005)
23
Peter Duffie Only a Game Down under Deal, spectators get matches
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
Also published here 2005
Card Secrets Unlocked
22
Ken De Courcy Well And Truly Shuffled cards added via bottom-and-lid-style card case, applied to an Ace production in which three spectators follow along with a packet and end up with an Ace reversed each
  • KF Notes
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
106
Dai Vernon 4 card you do as I do
Also published here 2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
51
Jack Parker The Three Stooges Ace Assembly routine with three spectators involved, holding each packet (uses McDonald's Aces gaffs)
Also published here 2007
52 Memories
179
Jack Parker The Three Stooges Ace Assembly routine with three spectators involved, holding each packet (uses McDonald's Aces gaffs)
Also published here June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
33
Jeff Pierce You Do As I Do ... Or Else four cards, with several spectators
Inspired by 2008
Deal or No Deal
30
Joe Rindfleisch Out-Stripped aces found from packets with reverse-faro do-as-i-do procedure
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
272
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here Dec. 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 4)
69
Nick Trost Royal Flush Routine three tricks using two royal flushes
  • Ferris' Royal Flushes (two poker hands change to royal flushes)
  • Last Two Cards Match (Ramasee matching)
  • Royal Mind Reading (two Royal Flushes given to two spectators, they select one card and put it in the middle, hands gathered, mixed and re-dealt, spectators get their Royal Flush with chosen cards transposed, Fulves reference)
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1141
Max Maven Stack Cats, Senile Felines, And The Switchless Rotor
  • Lost Horizons
Inspired by Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
30
Bob Farmer Triharder fifteen-card-packets shuffled and dealt into three piles by both performer and spectator, performer gets them in order, spectator doesn't
  • Mini-me Version (thirteen cards)
Variations 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
9
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bushwhack packet ends up in magic square configuration for 21
Inspired byAlso published here 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #4)
1
Johnny Thompson Expert Vernon's Variant card vanish finale
Inspired by 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
59
Bob Farmer Blackjack Bushwhack packet ends up in magic square configuration for 21
Also published here 2019
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
22
Michael Powers No Palm Match Me
Inspired by 2019
Tesseract
70
Michał Kociołek Match Up two sets of Ace-through-Five, Do As I Do type matching with performer and spectator
Related to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
98
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1082
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here 2025
A Japanese Wonder
40