Palindrome Cards

67 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Palindrome Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dai Vernon Order in the Court pseudo gambling game with five cards of Royal Flush
Related to
  • p. 77 for credit information
 Dec. 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 2)
67
Robert Parrish Palindrome Effect worked out "several years ago"
 		Feb. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
82
Stephen Fernandes Ace Thru Five - Five Thru Ace Ace through Five, using glide
 		Jan. 1968
The New Jinx (Vol. 6 No. 69)
282
Larry Jennings Larry's One to Five
Variations 1969
Expert Card Mysteries
51
Roger Smith Count Down Ace to Five, credit information
  • Glide Variation of Count Down
Variations 1971
The K-S Control System
21
James G. Thompson Jr. Ah One Anna Two...
July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
196
Karl Fulves Countback
July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
199
Roy Walton As You Were order of Ace-Four changes several times
Also published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
53
Karl Fulves Countdown
1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
231
Francis Carlyle 1 to 5 Change order of one to five changes
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
22
Dai Vernon Inversion credit information
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
40
Fred Kaps, Nick Trost Inversion Follow-Up
1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
42
Roger Smith Countdown #1 Ace to Five are given down-under-deal and shown in order, then order reverses
Inspired by 1978
The Ultimate Card Book No. 4
5
Roger Smith Countdown #2 with Ace through Five, handling variation
 		1978
The Ultimate Card Book No. 4
6
Roger Smith Instant Reversal Ace through Five in order, Five moved to other end and rest reverses
 		1978
The Ultimate Card Book No. 4
9
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
Nick Trost Five in a Row
Also published here 1979
Impromptu Card Magic
4
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A-2-3-4-5, Reverse! uses extra cards
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
34
Gene Maze Ace to Five Again
1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
35
David Solomon Mr. Clean Ace to 5 and joker, joker travels down card by card in this packet, then order reverses
 		1982
Sessions
103
Oscar Weigle Ennoid
Sep. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)
827
Reinhard Müller Das Ganze Kehrt with jumbo cards
 		1983
Riesenkarten 1
7
Richard Vollmer Instant Sedaps
Oct. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1126
Larry Jennings One To Five
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
154
David Regal Temporarily Out Of Order
Also published here 1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
118
Roy Walton As You Were order of Ace-Four changes several times
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
124
Karl Fulves Sixtet Ace-2-3 reverses order when second set of Ace-2-3 is reversed
 		1989
And a Packet of Cards
40
Karl Fulves The Original Method of "Sixtet"
Related to 1989
And a Packet of Cards
43
Karl Fulves Bid Six biddle count method of "Sixtet"
Related to 1989
And a Packet of Cards
44
Peter Duffie Rooms for Maneuver à la Hotel Mystery
Also published here 1992
Hidden Agenda
5
Doug Edwards No-Reverse Reverse Count with four cards
 		Dec. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 12)
2300
Edward Marlo Brazen Inversion three phases
 		1993
The Olram File (Issue 16)
13
Noel Stanton 1-2-3-4-5 original, credit information
VariationsAlso published here
  • The Gen, 1965
 Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
7
Peter Duffie Additional Comments
Inspired by Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
8
Iain Girdwood Con-Sequence cards change suit in second phase
Inspired by Apr. 1993
Profile (Issue 13)
5
Doug Edwards Reverse Five
Sep. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)
2404
Gene Maze Ace to Five Reprise
1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
151
Peter Duffie Rooms for Maneuver à la Hotel Mystery
Also published here 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
205
Karl Fulves Power of One pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it, two methods
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Paranoiac Pyramid" (Shigeo Futagawa, Jan. 1992, Genii)
Variations 		1997
The Vampire Chronicles
58
Bruce Cervon A Card Puzzle
Related to 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
48
Roberto Giobbi The Palindrome Cards a five-card row magically reverses its order several times
Variations 1998
Card College — Volume 3
585
Roy Walton As You Were order of Ace-Four changes several times
Also published here 1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
19
Philip T. Goldstein Pyramix
  • The Other Month
pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it
Inspired byVariations Mar. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 3)
74
Jon Racherbaumer Magicana Addenda pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it
Inspired by June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
59
Robin Robertson Count Five Returns
Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
9
Stephen Minch 1-2-3-4 credit information
Related to 2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
277
Gabi Pareras Una Prueba de Atención (Con carta extra) a five-card row magically reverses its order, with repetition, extra card
  • Principio de Conservación
 		2004
Afectos
18
Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon A-2-3-4 in Reverse ace to four first shown as ace to four and then four to ace
Related to 2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
12
Nick Trost Five in a Row credit information
Also published here 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
139
David Regal Temporarily Out Of Order
Also published here June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
52
Karl Fulves 1-2-3-4-5 credit information
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
371
Fred Kaps 1-2-3-4-5
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
371
Dai Vernon 1-2-3-4-5
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
372
Karl Fulves Countertype
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
373
Robin Robertson Count 5 Returns dated 1999
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
468
Roy Walton Sweet and Low
  • Trick One
  • Trick Two (with two packets)
  • Trick Three (with two packets that transpose, see reference for correction)
Related toAlso published here 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
469
Roy Walton Sweet & Low III correction
Related toAlso published here 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
503
David Acer Court Order Ace through Four re-order and transpose
  • Part One: Order Out of Chaos
  • Part Two: Reorder Out of Chaos
  • Part Three: Order of Magnitude
 		Oct. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10)
72
Karl Fulves Milton "In Order"
combination of palindrome and sympathetic plots with five cards
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
572
Yu-Hsuan Lin Direct One to Five
Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
45
Roy Walton Sweet and Low
  • Trick One
  • Trick Two (with two packets)
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
67
Roy Walton Sweet and Low Again two packets with surprise
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
191
Helder Guimarães Midas's Touch "The Perception of Luck"
  • First Phase: small packet dealing demonstration with Ace through Five of Spades
  • Second Phase: those five cards are shown in random order, then suddenly sequential order
  • Third Phase: named poker hand is produced from a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
406
Ryan Plunkett Ace on Top order of Ace through Five reverses, multiple phases
Inspired by 2020
Distilled
39
Larry Jennings Numerical Aces Plus One to Four Aces change to Ace through Four, then palindrome phase with those
Inspired by 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
202
Yu-Hsuan Lin Backward Counting with Ace through Five
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1218
Joshua Jay Backward Counting Plus with Ace through Five, transformation into Aces kicker
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1219