65 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Turning Time Back
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Stuart Towne*, Don Diavolo* The Time Formula fairly selected card (6 duplicates used) predicted via mirror writing, time traveling presentation
Related to
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
591
Edward Marlo The Time Machine 3&3, three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time, writing of time written on a business card vanishes
Variations
Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
2
Roy Walton* Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine", see also p. 388
Also published here
Related to
Variations
Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
363
Roy Walton* Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Variations
1971 22
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck
Also published here
1980 1
Peter Warlock Das Wicks' Thema time turned back, illustrated with
  • Triumph (cheek to cheek)
  • linking ropes
  • transposing balls in glasses
  • numbered dice
Also published here
  • Pentagram, 1955
Inspired by
  • "Lost Time" (Charles Wicks, The Magic Wand)
May 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
33
Roy Walton* Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Variations
1981 69
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton* Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired by
Variations
1983 56
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Also published here
Inspired by
1987 16
Roy Walton* Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine"
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1988 165
Jerry Sadowitz The Backward Card Trick "begins by revealing a card that has not yet been selected, after that things get even more perplexing."
1989 20
Gary Kurtz* Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet
Variations
1990 11
Gary Kurtz* Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet, revised handling
Also published here
Inspired by
1992 7
Dan Fleshman Malini-Freeman Twist Time Machine meets Inversion
July/Aug. 1992
The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 12)
130
Sid Fleischman* The Wrong Way Card Trick card trick performed backwards, card first produced from pocket and shown, then lost, then selection made, it's another card that changes into original card, selection then produced from pocket
1993 114
Darwin Ortiz Time and Again
Inspired by
1995 86
Gary Kurtz* Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet, revised handling
Also published here
Inspired by
1995 14
Paul Cummins The Trick that never happened red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Inspired by
1996 7
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck
Also published here
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2)
249
Stephen Clark Event Horizon "Impromptu Time Paradox"
sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, future trap
Related to
1997 132
Steve Freeman The Time Machine two-card transpo plus Ambitious Card theme
Related to
Variations
1998 588
Michael Skinner Skinner's Time Trick Finesse
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
25
Roy Walton* Back Into Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Variations
2001 8
Paul Cummins The Trick That Never Happened red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Inspired by
May 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 9)
80
Roberto Giobbi All's Well That Ends Well red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Also published here
Inspired by
2003 1361
Edward Marlo, Ron Bauer Time Machine three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time
Inspired by
2004 2
Ron Bauer Some Miscellany on Time Travel
2004 23
Jay Sankey Back In Time slop shuffle with time travelling presentation
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2004 1
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Greek Time Machine face-up version of Steve Freeman's Time Machine
Inspired by
Variations
2006 28
Dan Buck, Dave Buck, Theron Schaub A Game with a Ghost card to pocket finale
Inspired by
2006 28
Joshua Jay Expertalk: Joshua Jay on Triumph: Totally Triumph in the hands, turning back time presentation
Also published here
Inspired by
Nov. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 3)
82
Scott Robinson HG's Pocket two cards placed in pocket and returned to deck, they travel back into pockets, time travel presentation
Also published here
2010 18
Dani DaOrtiz Time Moves in Reverse
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
number named, card counted to, it is torn and vanishes, found restored at same position minus one corner
Related to
May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
34
Chris Piercy One Step Further slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
Dec. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 4)
65
Jay Sankey Back in Time slop shuffle with time travelling presentation
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2012 387
Donavon Powell One Step Further Variation slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Also published here
Inspired by
Feb. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 6)
69
Jerry K. Hartman Back to Back Into Time card out-jogged in center shown and pushed in, top two cards shown and placed together in center, then out-jogged cards are only one card and the pair back on top, asymmetric Time Machine
Also published here
Inspired by
May 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 9)
67
Gabi Pareras La Máquina del Tiempo time machine type effect, card placed in center transposes with card on top
2014 16
Benjamin Earl Selected Time Travel card changes into selection with time travel framing, with time traveling trick references
Also published here
Inspired by
2016 7
Mike Pisciotta The Time Lord Time Machine with humorous prediction finale
Also published here
Inspired by
2017 1
Mike Pisciotta Jokers Thru Time signed card type effect with four Jokers and four-for-one transposition
Also published here
Related to
  • "Time Traveler" (Ramon Rioboo)
2017 10
Michael Skinner Skinner's Time Trick Finesse
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
2017 114
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Also published here
Related to
2018 23
Scott Robinson H. G.'s Pocket two signed cards are openly placed into different pockets and openly removed, then they magically travel back to pockets, time-travel theme
2018 187
Alberto de Figueiredo Back in Time back in time presentation, card in wallet vanishes and is selected by spectator, then it is signed vanishes from deck and appears back in wallet, Himber
2018 197
Benjamin Earl Selected Time Travel card changes into selection with time travel framing, with time traveling trick references
Also published here
Inspired by
2019 19
Mike Pisciotta The Time Lord Time Machine with humorous prediction finale
Also published here
Inspired by
2019 1
Mike Pisciotta Jokers Thru Time signed card type effect with four Jokers and four-for-one transposition
Also published here
2019 7
Benjamin Earl M-Theory ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears
Inspired by
2019 23
Roberto Mansilla Volver al Presente card at named number is signed, vanishes among odd-backed four of a kind and appears back at initial position
Inspired by
2019 119
Helder Guimarães Crossing the Mirror "Welcome to Wonderland"
signed selection out-jogged in tabled half, top card of other half shown and outjogged, the cards kind of transpose à la Time Machine effect
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
2019 288
Ryan Plunkett The Time Machine top and bottom card shown, another card selected, all cards lost in the center, selection emerges from deck and top and bottom cards return as well
  • A Tapered Variant (version with stripper deck)
Inspired by
Variations
2020 85
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Also published here
Related to
2020 95
Nick Vlow DMC-12 handling for time machine, using Raise Rise
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
2020 263
Larry Jennings Triumphantly Turning Back Time Time Machine, followed by Triumph
Inspired by
Related to
2020 245
Scott Robinson H.G.'s Pocket two cards placed in pocket and returned to deck, they travel back into pockets, time travel presentation, two pseudo-signed duplicates
Also published here
2020 26
Paul Cummins The Trick That Never Happened red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here
Inspired by
2022 80
Joshua Jay Expertalk: Joshua Jay on Triumph: Totally Triumph in the hands, turning back time presentation
Inspired by
2022 803
Chris Piercy One Step Further slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
2022 1166
Donavon Powell One Step Further Variation slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Also published here
Inspired by
2022 1187
Jerry K. Hartman Back to Back Into Time card out-jogged in center shown and pushed in, top two cards shown and placed together in center, then out-jogged cards are only one card and the pair back on top, asymmetric Time Machine
Also published here
Inspired by
2022 1206
Francesco Fontanelli The Time Machine top and bottom card shown, another card selected, all cards lost in the center, selection and top and bottom cards return again
Inspired by
2024 14
Roberto Giobbi Thinking About Time
2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue July 12)
205
Joshua Jay Back In Time Hollingworth's in-the-hands Triumph with Sankey's time travelling presentation
Inspired by
Variations
2024 80
Joshua Jay Bigger Back in Time version with three selections that spell out the current time
Inspired by
2024 86