Rough and Smooth (not full deck)

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Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue Thirty Card Mysteries 71
Jean Hugard Diachylon history and basic information, more sticky than rough-smooth Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 104
Eric C. Lewis King of Clubs "King of Clubs" forced and name of local club appears on backs of some cards The Jinx 51-100 (Issue Summer Extra 1939) 409
Dr. L. Rothbart Coloroto four-of-a-kind changes front and back with partial rough-smoothAlso published here The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 71) 481
Theodore Annemann The Roughened Card Formulae The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 71) 482
Unknown Infiltration More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 33
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue "Well, I'm D----d!" double facer and duplicateRelated to Prepared Cards and Accessories 5
Ned Rutledge Well, Well! face up ace should find spectator's cardRelated to My Best 31
J. B. Bobo A New Key Card single rough-smooth pair Watch This One! 31
Unknown Appendix A where to obtain roughing fluid Rough & Smooth Possibilities
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Giant Monte odd-backed queen cannot be followed, changes in joker as kicker, partial rough-smoothInspired by Rough & Smooth Possibilities 1
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Poker Hand Routine pair of deuces changes into Royal Flush, backs change as well, partial rough-smooth Rough & Smooth Possibilities 3
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Restless Cards seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smoothAlso published here Rough & Smooth Possibilities 5
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Hallucination two spectators look at the same card which is placed on one hand, they have seen different cards and the card changed to a third one, suggested with Walt Disney cards Rough & Smooth Possibilities 14
James G. Thompson Jr. Pocket Seance blank cards, name is divined and message appears The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 150) 601
Peter Warlock Rhinegold by spectator, with card stand and envelopes The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 180) 720
Jack Yeager The Vanishing Reds fan of ten cards, red and black alternating, then all red cards vanish and are produced from pocket Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 24
Edward Marlo Ambitious Card Routine roughed duplicate Unknown 11
Edward Marlo Unknown - Effect No. 1 stop trick as prediction, several methods, some with roughed cards, impromptu double backerInspired by Unknown 1
Edward Marlo Unknown - Effect No. 2 two selections appear at selected numbers up to ten, several methods, some with roughed cards, impromptu double backer Unknown 1
Don Alan Card in the Egg card is selected and miniature version found in plastic egg, all cards in deck are the same as climaxVariations Close-Up Time wit Don Alan 9
Milbourne Christopher Postcard Prophesy chosen postcard is predicted, X on the back More One Man Mental Magic 12
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Hardell's Three Card Monte with whole deck, duplicates, climax all three cards are the same The Cardiste (Issue 11) 8
George Armstrong Living or Dead? rough smooth cards Magic of the Mind 41
Jochen Zmeck Ein Zweimännertrick Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 22
Unknown Die Kartenwanderung Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 22
Jochen Zmeck Ein neuer Sechskartentrick partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 16
Jochen Zmeck Die Präparation how to gaff for rough-smooth, different recipes and how to apply them
1. Standard-Tinktur
2. Kolophonium-Lösung
3. Mastix-Lösung		Related to Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 7
Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein, Jochen Zmeck Der Hexenring cards travel from glass to glass, partial rough/smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 23
Arthur Rasper Karo Dame auf Wanderschaft four blank cards in three glasses each, the Queen of Diamonds travels into chosen glass, then around to another glass, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 25
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Kümmelblättchen partial rough-smoothVariations Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 26
Arthur Rasper Die im Quartett wandernde Karte partial rough-smooth with three sectionsInspired by Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 27
Arthur Rasper Kartenpaar-Wanderung von Glas zu Glas two Aces in one glass transpose with King and Queen of Clubs in another glass, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 30
Malvano Kartenwanderung twelve black cards in one envelope, three red cards from twelve red cards named, they travel across Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 32
Jochen Zmeck Der abgedankte König King changes into blank card with "I resigned", partial rough-smoothRelated to Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 5
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Leichte Kartenverwandlung one card from a small packet changes, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 5
Arthur Rasper Mehrfache Kartenverwandlung four cards transform on both sides multiple times, partial rough-smooth in three sections Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 6
Arthur Rasper Der Tempel der Venus three cards, some transformations with story presentation, partial rough-smooth in three sections Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 7
Arthur Rasper Der halbe Zauberspruch three Tens of Hearts, one changes to a King, then it changes back half-way (divided card is shown openly), then back to a Ten Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 9
Arthur Rasper Die sich drehende Karte three cards, center one turns over, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 17
Unknown Die Karten-Guillotine three cards with holes, center card penetrates finger through hole, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 24
Trevor H. Hall, Jochen Zmeck Ein R.-G.-Vierastrick partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 27
Don Tanner O. Henry Monte - Two Card Monte Perfected with traveling kicker, see also p. 336 for ideas by Sid LorraineVariations The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 376) 331
L. K. Stevenson More on the Monte Inspired by The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 378) 340
Ralph Greenwood Three Card Monte Idea The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 394) 406
Murry Graham Rough Smooth Card on Ceiling not-so-serious idea The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2, No. 2) 71
Edward Marlo Named Red Card in Black Packet solution to Miesel's problemInspired by The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1, No. 10) 51
James G. Thompson Jr. The "In" Card two cards, written on blank card, card stabbed in center Between Two Minds 19
Unknown Die verrückte Zehn ten cards, two spectators chose one each by naming a number which is counted to, they are the same card, the rest are duplicates of another card Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 4
Jochen Zmeck Vorherbestimmt oder vorausgesagt? four Queens in envelope, one is named, it is odd-backed and reversed, repeated with Kings, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 7
Unknown Kartenverwandlung three cards shown, center card tabled, it changes, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 13
Jochen Zmeck Kartenverwandlung trotz anderer Rückseite three cards shown, center odd-backed card tabled, it changes, partial rough-smoothRelated to Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 13
Arthur Rasper Sittenpolizei packet trick with story presentation, pin-up girl on card as finale, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 14
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Die verwandelte Dame pin-up girl on card as finale, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 16
Conrad Schmoranzer, Jochen Zmeck Die Kontrollkarte cards put in glass, spectator selects card that are added, the pairs do not match, then they do, partial rough-smoothInspired by
  • "Die Kontrollkarte", MAGIE, 4/1963
 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 17
Jochen Zmeck Karten verwandeln sich two cards chosen, two wrong cards found, they are put face-to-face and change to selections, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 18
Jochen Zmeck Die Kartenfabel Seven, Eight and Nine of Diamonds change into Aces, then into other cards, then back into original cards, story presentation, partial rough-smooth in three sectionsInspired by
  • "Die unzufriedenen Piks" (MAGIE)
 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 20
Jochen Zmeck Irrtum using picture card for children for transformation routine, partial rough-smooth Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 22
Jochen Zmeck Tuwit Inspired by
  • Ken Brooke in "Feke Card Tricks" (Stanley)
 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 24
Tan Hock Chuan Ruhelose Karten seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smoothAlso published here Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 26
Arthur Rasper Das Farbkartenmedium five color cards are placed in stand or glasses, spectator gets another five cards and manages to place them to the matching cards, partial rough-smoothInspired by Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 27
Jochen Zmeck Symbol-Trix five ESP cards, one put aside, four spectators each look at a card, they all have the same, but this one is not there but the one on the table Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 29
Arthur Rasper Der neue Geisterblock blank cards shown from both sides, one chosen, put in envelope with two holes, card marked through holes, yet a message appears on cardInspired by
  • Out-to-Lunch principle
 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 30
Edward Marlo For the Informed card on deck is shown singly before and after transformation, three methods (tabled and ala Erdnase/Houdini Change) Epilogue (Issue 2) 13
Alton Sharpe The Flying Queens rough-smooth queens Expert Card Mysteries 94
Aldini How to Apply Roughing Fluid Roughingly Yours 6
Aldini Roughly Wild Wild Card Roughingly Yours 11
Aldini Slate-O-Vision ESP card prediction, cards clipped on slate Roughingly Yours 14
Aldini Cardincidence Card freely chosen from packet of blue cards matches card chosen from red packet Roughingly Yours 16
Aldini Aldini's Telstar Deck Freely chosen ESP symbol shown to be face up in the ESP deck as a prediction, back color also different Roughingly Yours 30
Aldini, Joe Berg Explanation of "Super Roughing" Not covering entire surface with roughing fluid, so can easily split the cards up (reprinted from "Rough Stuff" by Joe Berg and Aldini) Roughingly Yours 6
Aldini Roughly Ambitious Ambitious Card routine with packet of twenty cards Roughingly Yours 7
Aldini Monte Aces Aces travel from packet to packet Roughingly Yours 8
Aldini, Bruce Florek The Transverse Travelers Ace Assembly with odd backed Aces Roughingly Yours 9
Aldini Lie Detector Deck Roughingly Yours 12
Aldini Aces on Stand Ace assembly with cards propped on easel Roughingly Yours 18
Aldini ESP-GONE Selected ESP card in packet of five ESP cards turns blank Roughingly Yours 20
Aldini Pre-cardiction Prediction written on blank card, the other spectator writes their name on it. Card freely chosen from six cards Roughingly Yours 24
Aldini Hydrogen Aces Ace Assembly Roughingly Yours 25
Aldini Aldini's Nature Deck Mental Photography Deck type of routine, blank deck prints and unprints Roughingly Yours 31
Aldini, Hen Fetsch Major Miracle Prediction card placed by spectator next to cardInspired by
  • "Minor Miracle" (Hen Fetsch)
 Roughingly Yours 33
Aldini, Tenkai Ishida, Harry Bernard Fooled Monte Two card monte routine Roughingly Yours 34
Aldini Cards to Pocket Thought of card vanishes from packet of four cards, travels to pocket Roughingly Yours 36
Aldini, Tenkai Ishida Remote Control Randomly placed card placed face up into deck, found next to previously selected card Roughingly Yours 36
Aldini Predecktion Prediction written on two cards, correctly predict two freely named cards Roughingly Yours 41
Aldini Compared Mini card placed in envelope as prediction, freely selected card also placed in envelope, later shown to both match Roughingly Yours 47
Alan Shaxon By Popular Request! MC trick, spectator can decide who comes next, and what they have to do, forcing the program of the evening My Kind of Magic 68
Edward Marlo Let's Ambush and Kill "The Collectors" odd-backed collectors cards, rough-smooth, three-way forcing deck Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 230
Edward Marlo Notes on a Miracle Kings are inserted next to Queens by spectator, ten methods (ungaffed, double facers, double backers, roughed)Related to Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 265
Edward Marlo Those Wild, Wild Aces one red-backed AS, four blue-backed blank cards, condition reverses (red-backed blank card and all four blue aces), two methodsInspired by Those Wild, Wild Aces 1
Edward Marlo The Wild Deck "Bonus Effect", four aces removed from deck and changed to blank cards, then whole deck becomes blank Those Wild, Wild Aces 5
Ben Christopher Unlimited Elevator four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King
- Impromptu Method		Related toVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 12) 567
Edward Marlo Success Story kings find queens, rough-smooth The Unexpected Card Book 37
Edward Marlo Signo-Transpo front and back signed card jumps from packet to packet, rough-smoothVariations The Unexpected Card Book 55
Karl Fulves Rough Rider billet switch with cards and roughing fluid to switch billets Close-Up Mental Magic 50
Karl Fulves Three In The Hand two card monte, third card appears, double facer openly shown as finale Methods with Cards - Part 1 42
Peter Warlock Follow The Leader credit information, odd-backed version The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10, No. 11) 1050
Stewart Judah Six-Card Stunner prediction on blank card matches free choice of sixInspired by
  • "Pre-Cardiction" (Aldini, marketed by Joe Berg)
Variations		 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10, No. 10th Folio (Part Two)) 844
Paul Swinford The Swinford Version prediction on blank card matches free choice of sixInspired by The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10, No. 10th Folio (Part Two)) 845
Cicardi Murder, He Said! cards with different people, prediction, murder theme The Compleat Magick - Volume II (Issue 118) 587
Edward Marlo Ambitious Card Routine roughed duplicate Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 128
Edward Marlo Unknown - Effect No. 1 stop trick as prediction, several methods, some with roughed cards, impromptu double backerInspired by Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 112
Edward Marlo Unknown - Effect No. 2 two selections appear at selected numbers up to ten, several methods, some with roughed cards, impromptu double backer Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 112
Edward Marlo more mental reverses methods 4, 5, 6 Kabbala - Volume 3 (Vol. 3, No. 5) 64
Stephen Minch Anthropophagic Jacks Jack put on card, card becomes blank with bone picture, more cards become blank between two Jacks, rubber-banded Three become miniature card, card with fly picture vanishes, Jacks transform in flap card case, partial rough-smooth Creations of a Magical Madman 11
Sam Leo Horowitz Five-Card Brainwave two poker hands dealt, one card chosen, when re-dealt, this card reverses itself, two phases, double backers and rough-smoothRelated to Four-Card Brainwave 14
Philip T. Goldstein Prints Charming three cards, hand acts as a printing press Notions 6
Philip T. Goldstein Back Gammon packet all backs, changing back kickerRelated toAlso published here Pabular (Vol. 4, No. 11) 597
Unknown Ash Vanish cigar/cigarette ashes on back of card for impromptu rough and smooth work Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 170
Edward Marlo An Approach to D.F. Aces deal four Aces face down, yet they are double facers, roughed Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 172
Bob Hummer Hummer's Magic Carpet divination of a four letter word from a list, with handkerchief and alphabet cards (1945)Related to Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 25
Mike Caveney The Homing Card Comes Home four jumbo cards turn into blank cards on by one Magicomedy 77
Philip T. Goldstein Prints Charming three cards, hand acts as a printing press shuffled lecture 5
Philip T. Goldstein New Wave spectator reverses one of five ESP cards, same is reversed in packet in envelopeVariations shuffled lecture 3
Philip T. Goldstein New Wave spectator reverses one of five ESP cards, same is reversed in packet in envelope 12/12 1
Thomas Alan Waters, Bob Hummer Grayze divination of a card, five cards on the table, covered with a handkerchiefRelated to Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test) 420
Thomas Alan Waters Tricessive one behind triple prediction, ESP Symbol, vowels and one of five cards Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 483
Karl Fulves Roughing Fluid history of its development A History of the Brainwave Principle 17
Al Baker Number Force with cards, waxed or roughed A History of the Brainwave Principle 80
Dr. L. Rothbart Coloroto four-of-a-kind changes front and back with partial rough-smooth, see also p. 89 for comment by John CrimminsAlso published here A History of the Brainwave Principle 74
Karl Fulves The Market In Futures four reds and four blacks, spectator thinks a black, it ends up being only black in red backed Worknotes On Brainwave 117
Basil Horwitz ESP Mindreading Plus Mindcontrol spectator divines ESP card of other spectator The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz - Volume 2 20
Randy Wakeman Randy gets Rough on Hofzinser deck cut in three piles, top of each becomes selection, everywhere nowhere, based on Marlo's "'Tis Rough on Hofzinser" (Ibidem) Formula One Close-Up 27
Philip T. Goldstein Rackjobber FISM Madrid 1985 4
Unknown Scott's Rough recipe for roughing fluid The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 19
Thomas Alan Waters Spywave word and alphabet cards, word is selected and fitting letters reverse in alphabet deckInspired by Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx) 694
Philip T. Goldstein Back Gammon packet all backs, changing back kickerRelated to FISM Madrid 1985 6
Frederick Braue FB Everywhere and Nowhere joker put in case, then selection found several times and put in glass, they change into indifferent cards and cased card is selection (1944)Related to The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 3
David Britland Consumer Control chosen ESP card is reversed in packet in envelope, partial rough-smoothInspired by Psychomancy 25
Juan Tamariz Roughing Method 4&4 The Magic Way 175
Edward Marlo Invisible Thought Transfer card thought of from ten-card packet vanishes, reappears in odd-backed deck, partial roughing, three methods So Soon? 36
Philip T. Goldstein Overdose two blank cards with question marks on them print themselves into two selections A Phil Goldstein Collection 43
Philip T. Goldstein Back Gammon packet all backs, changing back kickerAlso published here Focus 32
Alex Elmsley Rough Tracker edge marked and roughed locator card The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 1 370
Philip T. Goldstein Digression: Concealed Cards rough-smooth marking method (through handkerchief) Thavant 12
Frederick Braue Card to Wallet duplicate The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 18
Arturo de Ascanio Siempre Cuatro - Acerca de un Juego de Li-Chang six card repeat with four cards, cards are always fannedAlso published here
  • "CEDAM" 1966. P. 636.
 La Magia de Ascanio - Vol. 4 44
Ralph W. Hull El Juego de los Tres Efectos translation by Ascanio
prediction of card, then card travels into other half of the deck		Also published here
  • Ralph Hull's "The Three In One Card Trick" in Trevor Hull's "Testament of R.W. Hull"
 La Magia de Ascanio - Vol. 5 61
Edward Marlo Roughed Think Ace named ace is reversed and odd-backed, double-enders, rough-smooth The Olram File (Issue 13) 13
Thomas Alan Waters Heartbreaker name prediction, cards with half hearts and half names are selected and a name is build, first published in "Genii" Vol. 54, No. 5, 1991Inspired by Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Magazine Miscellanea) 465
Steve Beam Impaired named card between two face up jokers Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 136
Karl Fulves Motion Mate eight card packet, card selected, mate rises out of packet in card case New Card Rises 19
Unknown Rough-Smooth World roughed red-black pairs The Fine Print (Issue 4) 89
Basil Horwitz £100 Challenge Mind Control Test cards from red and blue deck match, red/blue double backer The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz - Volume 4 54
Christian Scherer Spektraldruck blank deck turns into normal deck Karten à la carte 140
David Solomon Technicolor Oil And Water 4&4, gaffed card with divided face Solomon's Mind 101
David Regal Triple Vision Three cards selected from red deck and placed into blue deck - matches prediction Close-Up & Personal 236
Wittus Witt The Smoke Frame selected queen appears in frame Concertos for Pasteboard 219
Davide Costi, René Lavand Three Card Monte Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 80
David Solomon Double Open Open Prediction effect with two cards predicted correctly The Magician's Ltd Cookbook 101
David Solomon Doubly Open Inspired by The Wisdom of Solomon 172
David Solomon Everywhere And Nowhere duplicatesInspired by
  • Ed Marlo method with roughed cards
 The Wisdom of Solomon 174
Bob Ostin The Looper Dutch Looper elaboration Prolix (Issue 6) 377
Tom Stone Among the Mad Men odd-backed handling for Daryl's "Jolly Jumping Jokers" Vortex 53
Patrick Page Acrobatic jacks and kings transpose Magic Page by Page 228
Patrick Page Brainchild one of ten cards is named, named card has different colored back Magic Page by Page 229
Patrick Page One More Time odd cards vanish among three other cards one at the time, then card changes to match other card Magic Page by Page 235
Patrick Lehnen InkOgnito signature is taken off the card and replaced finally the card and the deck turn into blank cards and back to a normal deck again, blank card Lecture Notes 19
Jim Abrahams, Patrick Lehnen Signatory Piece the magician's writing (phone number) travels on the back of other cards and ends up on signed selection Lecture Notes 25
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act 1. Triumph
2. Anti-Oil and Water
3. Kings Production
Finale - Cards to New Deck Order		 The Veriloquent 35
John Guastaferro Flash Pocket spectator holds one four-of-a-kind En Route 77
Harapan Ong Gag Packs packet tricks with four cards
- Change Back (rainbow backs finale)
- One Direction (photos as finale of boy band members)		 Principia 172
David Solomon Colorful Mates spectator selects to cards from red deck, performer inserts them into blue deck next to their mates Solomon's Secrets 68
David Solomon Numerology & You after some calculation with a starting number, a number is formed, the starting number is the only odd-backed value in the deck and the resulting number is written on its backInspired by Solomon's Secrets 110