Two Cards change position

58 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Two Cards change position
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Transposition Extraordinary
Variations 1940
Expert Card Technique
292
The Double Leaper
1940
Expert Card Technique
317
Walter B. Gibson Perplexity two cards in twenty card packet at unknown positions change place (more or less)
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 88)
553
Edward Marlo Number Transpo card at chosen position changes to different chosen position
VariationsAlso published here 1942
Deck Deception
13
Stewart James Memo-Graphia two cards and their positions remembered, they transpose and a calculated number is predicted
 		1944
Jamesosophy
4
Edward Marlo Number Transposition card at chosen position changes to different chosen position
Also published here 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
17
Royal H. Brin, Jr. Simplicity Transposition odd and even number thought of by two spectators who remember cards at those positions
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
41
Walter B. Gibson Switcheroo No. 54
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
96
Edward Marlo Solutions to a Problem deck is cut and put face-to-face, number named and card in lower half remembered, card in upper half at same or different number also remembered, the card transpose, Thomas Wright problem
  • Solution No. 1
    • Notes on the Above (half pass suggestion)
  • Solution No. 2 (cards transpose and also turn over)
  • Solution No. 3
  • Solution No. 4
  • Solution No. 5
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
21
Alex Elmsley Double Control transposing top card with selection at certain position with faro shuffles
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
15
Ken Beale Brown Transpo two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure, one counted from the top and one from the bottom, they change position
Inspired byVariations July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
16
Dai Vernon Novel Card Transposition card on table with card at chosen number in deck
 		1962
Early Vernon
47
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diception Transpo two selections made from two halves with Diception procedure, one counted from the top and one from the bottom, they change position
Inspired by Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
17
Paul Swinford Transmigration
1968
Faro Fantasy
13
Paul Swinford Positions Across two halves from different decks
 		1968
Faro Fantasy
14
Paul Swinford Switcharound
1968
Faro Fantasy
23
Karl Fulves The Fourth-Order Deck discussing transpositions of two cards within the deck
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
12
Karl Fulves Other Forms Of The Transposition transpositions of three or more cards within the deck with some examples (2n cards in a deck), Examples 7-10
Related to 1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
12
Karl Fulves Three Way Transposition note
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
15
Roy Walton The Karl Le Fong Trick two cards noted by throwing three dice, cards change places
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1969
The Devil's Playthings
16
Karl Fulves Unit Transpo two five-card packets with different backs are put together after a selection is made from each, three faros, selections are in odd-backed piles now
Related to 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
58
Edward Marlo "X" the Unknown selection's position noted by spectator, second selection appears at this position
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
125
Karl Fulves Thot Dice two cards change position, selected with dice
Related to 1973
Notes From Underground
1
Gene Finnell Transmigration two cards and their positions thought of in two sixteen-card packets, Klondike shuffles and "can you see your card here?", finally the cards end up in each other's position
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
15
Edward Marlo, Jean Hugard Simplex Card Transposition cards at different positions transpose
Inspired by 1976
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
106
Larry Jennings Number Transposition
Related toAlso published here 1977
Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling
37
Murray Bonfeld Shuffled Interchange two spade cards are named, their position in the deck is transposed with faros
 		1977
Faro Concepts
34
Ken Krenzel The Impromptu Zig Zag two isolated packets
 		1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
105
Herb Zarrow Zigs & Zags card in one packet at thought-of position transposes with one in a second packet
Inspired by
  • George Kaplan's "Zig-Zag" (Hugard's Magic Monthly)
Also published here 		May 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 5)
53
Karl Fulves Work Notes
  • Not considered here (mathematical transpositions)
  • Also Not Considered (topological transpositions)
  • Other Areas
Related to 1978
Transpo Trix
79
Jon Racherbaumer Zippy Zig-zag
Jan. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 1)
147
Roy Walton Der Karl Le Fong Trick two cards noted by throwing three dice, cards change places
Also published here Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
144
Roy Walton The Karl Le Fong Trick two cards noted by throwing three dice, cards change places
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
7
Edward Marlo Zig-Zag two methods
 		1982
Best of Friends
166
The Interchanging Cards
1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
24
Larry Jennings L.J. Ten Card Problem Variation
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
81
Paul Swinford Transmigration sixteen cards sorted with sorting rod, two people remember one of the cards, their positions transpose after a few sortings, Binarial Transposition
 		1986
The Cyberdeck
21
Paul Swinford Identity Crises two cards selected and put reversed in deck, deck sorted with sorting rod, selections occupy each other's position, "reflected symmetry", with variation
 		1986
The Cyberdeck
26
Peter Duffie The Soft Shoe Shuffle three spectators count to chosen numbers and remember cards, then spectators move around and the cards are now at their new numbers
Related to 1992
Obsession
10
Doug Edwards Fake-Take Count
Apr. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 4)
2201
Karl Fulves Cheap Trick "Two Tricks with Dice" No. 1
red and black packet, two cards chosen with dice throws and packets combined, the chosen cards transpose
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
15
Gary Plants Quick Transpo breather crimp
Inspired by 1993
Card File
178
Alex Elmsley Double Control transposing top card with selection at certain position with faro shuffles
Also published here 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
312
Jerry Sadowitz Two Cards at Play top card transposes with card at chosen position
 		1997/98
Thanks To Zarrow
8
Karl Fulves Transposed Thoughts No. 65, packet sorted in blacks and reds by spectator, two spectators remember bottom card of their pile, all assembled, performer transposes the two cards at their positions behind his back
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
98
Tony Bartolotta Number Affinity No. 81, two cards at their positions change
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
121
Karl Fulves The Lost Die No. 54, two cards change position in small packet, selected with a visible and a drawn die
Related to 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
123
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Separated at Birth
2004
Diamonds from Coal
76
Jack Avis Thought Card Transposition spectator remembers card and its number, performer also in different section, the cards are counted to and they transpose
 		2006
Rara Avis
128
Edward Marlo, David Solomon What's Your Number? selection at specific number in face-up half of deck transposes with card at number in face-down half, half pass
Inspired by 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
145
Karl Fulves Altered Mates 203rd/cut deeper force application with counting, two cards at two positions transpose
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
271
Herb Zarrow Zig & Zags card in one packet at thought-of position transposes with one in a second packet, memorized deck suggestion
Inspired by
  • George Kaplan's "Zig-Zag" (Hugard's Magic Monthly)
Also published here 		2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
213
Karl Fulves Crossfire spectator names card from half the deck and a number, performer as well from other half, when counted to, the other cards shows up at the numbers
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
513
Roy Walton The Plot Thins two groups counted, cards at that position remembered, then each card is at the other's position
Also published here 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
564
Nick Trost Swindle Switch with Cards and Dice three dice thrown, two spectators remember top and bottom total of throw and then cards at these positions, after a swindle switch procedure the cards are at opposite positions
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
719
Roy Walton The Plot Thins two groups counted, cards at that position remembered, then each card is at the other's position
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
60
Jim Steinmeyer, Walter B. Gibson Two-Way Switch two cards remembered with their positions in twenty-card packet, they eventually are found at opposite positions
Inspired by 2020
Curious Impuzzibilities
4
Larry Jennings Number Transposition
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
482