Using Cards

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Unknown To place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them together by a Simple Cut Modern Magic 47
Unknown The Inseparable Sevens Eights as Sevens, robbers Modern Magic 77
Unknown The Inseparable Aces three x-cards behind, robbers Modern Magic 79
Unknown The Affectionate Quartette four-of-a-kind distributed in deck comes together again, various methods Tricks with Cards 90
Unknown Card comes to Top/Bottom on hand or with paper-wrapped deck, long card Tricks with Cards 42
Unknown Tricks with Biseauté Cards - The Attractive Power of Gold three selections come to bottom of three piles, then to bottom of pack after shuffle, presented with coins, stripper deckRelated to Tricks with Cards 43
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Pairs several spectators remove two cards each and place them face to face, performer receives one card and names the other, then the pairs come together again in the deck More Magic 84
Unknown Die unzertrennlichen Buben No. 27, three Jacks put on top, middle and bottom, found in center together after cut Der Kartenkünstler 32
Unknown Die wandernden Karten four selections are returned to different positions, yet appear next to each other in deck Der moderne Kartenkünstler 42
Unknown Die beiden Unzertrennlichen two selections appear next to each other, two methods Der moderne Kartenkünstler 67
Unknown Die geflohenen und wieder eingefangenen Haremsdamen three Queens placed on top, bottom and center, all together after cut, also two methods for four Queens, in one of which all four come back to the topRelated to Der moderne Kartenkünstler 106
Unknown Singular Transposition two cards travel from middle to bottom, two methods (pseudo duplicate pairs) New Era Card Tricks 182
S. W. Erdnase The Three Aces Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds, distributed Aces are together after one cutRelated to The Expert at the Card Table 202
Unknown Suggestions for its Use selection appears at bottom with small explosion, chemical Later Magic 61
Unknown The Siamese Aces two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck, sucker elementVariations The Art of Magic 89
Charles T. Jordan The Inseparable Aces aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 13
Laurie Ireland Instant Card Location getting a named card to top in memorized deck
- The Top 15 cards
- Method of Locating Cards from Number 15 Down to Bottom of Deck		 Ireland Writes a Book 16
Unknown The Burglars - A Story Trick Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 10
Unknown Another Version of "The Burglars", two duplicates and rubber bands Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 13
U. F. Grant Siamese Twins two selections come together in deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 154
William Larsen Two Card Location two selections come together in deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 175
Unknown Reunion two chosen cards come together in pack, stripper deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 270
Unknown Magicardo deck with hole and ribbon through it, penetration from middle to top of deck despite this Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 305
Charles T. Jordan Inseparable Aces aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 356
Unknown Think of a Card a selection travels next to another thought-of card, svengali deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 250
Unknown Companionable Kings kings come together in middle after spectator's shuffling, stripper deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 265
Unknown Wandering Jacks Fragment jacks from middle to top and bottom Greater Magic 185
Sam Leo Horowitz The Mystery of the Penthouse four distributed jacks come together with one cutRelated to Greater Magic 145
Martin Gardner Synthetic Seconds two selections travel together, presented as second deal demonstration, stoogeRelated to The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 272
Orville Wayne Meyer The Burglars More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 17
The Great Maurice Card Finesse two cards lost, deck covered in paper, selections come to top and bottom, duplicates in paper The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 109) 649
Bert Allerton Aces Up aces placed in middle jump to top and bottom More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 34
Fred Rothenberg A Double-Dyed Swindle wrong card reverses, selection rises to top, previously reversed card jumps in pocket, double facer More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 46
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Money Talks three selections come to bottom of three piles, then to bottom of pack after shuffle, presented with coins, stripper deckRelated to The Stripper Deck 17
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Canny Coincidence two selections come together on bottom of deck after spectator shuffled The Stripper Deck 26
Unknown Birds of a Feather two separated cards in deck come together Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 1 219
Joe Karson Kindred Spirits two selected cards found together in the deck My Best 18
Sid Lorraine The Four Burglars two parts My Best 144
Frank Ducrot Card Through Card two cards, gimmick The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 77) 315
J.C. Whyley Elusive Lady with three cards, reprint from "Abra"Variations The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 193) 770
Cy Endfield "Blackie is with us!" jacks travel together in center, card appears between them Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic - Part I 24
J. Stewart Smith The Inseparable Sevens four Sevens in the deck come together twiceInspired by
  • Al Leech
 One More Thought on Cards 21
Edward Marlo The Separating Aces four Aces distribute in the deck, three methods, all cards face-downVariations The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 338) 162
Edward Marlo Magical Seven selection reversed in face-up portion travels down into lower face-down portion into seventh position, five phases/methodsRelated toVariations The Magic Seven 2
Bert Allerton Named Card to Top The Close-Up Magician 37
Al Leech Kings On The Loose red Kings change to black, then reverse and travel around in deck (Ireland's Card Annual 1957) A Last Look at Leech 34
Max Malini The Siemese Aces two aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deckInspired by Malini and His Magic 70
Harry Lorayne Four More four cards separated in deck, come together to form sandwich Personal Secrets 17
Jack Avis "Wandman" Transpo card moves from one position in deck to another, by throwing dice, using Walter Wandman dice box The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3, No. 7) 175
Ken Krenzel Ken's Separation kings placed on top, instantly spread and they are distributed Expert Card Mysteries 153
Roy Walton The Happy Wanderers three cards in the middle, two travel to top and bottom, then cards are found in the middle again with one card reversedVariations The Devil's Playthings 39
Edward Marlo How Many card placed on table, cards dealt onto it, rises to top Advanced Fingertip Control 142
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Pressed Between signed card pressed from top to center between sandwich cardsRelated toVariations Kabbala - Volume 1 (Vol. 1, No. 4) 33
Roy Walton Below Zero visual small packet elevatorInspired by
  • Bob Ostin's "Submarine Card"
Variations		 Cardboard Charades 44
C. M. Coles New Card Location selection appears on bottom of chosen pile The Living End 14
Karl Fulves Eliminator card travels from quartet on top to center of pack Packet Switches (Part One) 5
Karl Fulves Double Play 6-card packet is cut and the cards distribute in an impossible way for an apparent straight cut Epilogue (Issue 18) 165
Charles T. Jordan Elasticity card inserted in middle of banded deck, deck tossed in air, selection appears at face, from the 1920s The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8, No. 12) 682
Edward Marlo Exhibitionism card vanishes from top and reappears at its initial position The Unexpected Card Book 193
Edward Marlo A Quickie card vanishes from top and reappears at its initial position, using Charlier Pass as secret move The Unexpected Card Book 192
Edward Marlo Stranger in a Harem spectator finds selection among five cards, queens turn over at once, selection vanishes from top and reappears between reversed queens in center The Unexpected Card Book 194
Neal Elias 2 Jacks Again Jacks travel from end of faced deck to center and around the deck (four phases)Related to Epilogue (Issue 22) 209
Edward Marlo A Quickie card vanishes from top and reappears at its previous position Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 28
Jon Racherbaumer Off-Shoot two sandwich cards separate next to two selectionsRelated toVariations Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 13
Karl Fulves Paper-Clip Variation queen rises to top of two-card packet, other card changes Methods with Cards - Part 2 101
Karl Fulves Matter Through Matter slits in cards openly shown, they pass through each otherInspired byRelated to Methods with Cards - Part 2 105
Karl Fulves Topological Trap sandwiched card penetrates sandwich cards, a corner secretly foldedVariations Methods with Cards - Part 2 109
Paul Harris Press three face-down cards dropped on aces and pressed, the alternate into collectors configurationVariations The Magic of Paul Harris 39
Roy Walton Jail Break four aces vanish from between two jacks in the middle of the deck and appear on top one by one Trigger 9
Philip T. Goldstein Nijinsky Two selected ace travels into deck, card in hand, stranger Card Cavalcade Four 117
Jean Faré Thru Four Aces pass through wallet / magazine, with four Kings appearing as a surprise Card Tricks, French Style 5
Unknown Villa Raffke oder Die Einbrecher four robbers Einfach Wunderbar - Wunderbar Einfach 55
Karl Fulves Card Problems (A) spectator remembers card and its position, deck cut, card is still at same position, posed as a problem Interlocutor (Issue 17) 65
Karl Fulves Blind Ambition one card penetrates another Shape Changers 34
Howard Schwarzman Night Riser black Aces on table, half deck on each, they rise to top of other packet, red Aces on bottom
- Notes By Karl Fulves		Inspired byVariations The Chronicles (Issue 16) 1224
Roy Walton Dagwood's Eats packet trick with story about sandwich, cards which symbolize meet end up in center, transformation of faces and backs as kicker That Certain Something... 6
Karl Fulves The Optical Trap sandwiched card is suddenly no longer between other cards when 3-card-spread is turned over, see also Cervon MonteVariations Color Quik 8
Karl Fulves Unmix Problem some reds and black mixed, spectator choses which color comes to top one by one, posed as problemRelated to Color Quik 34
Paul Harris The Uncut Version two half cards are put on deck where they visually grow and penetrate each otherRelated toVariations Close-up Fantasies - Book II 45
Paul Harris The Uncut Version of The Uncut Version two half cards are put on deck where they visually grow and penetrate each otherRelated to Close-up Fantasies - Book II 57
Ken Simmons Penetrating Transposition one selection reversed in deck, other selection penetrates within aces within packet of four aces, then the cards transpose Close-Up With Cards 44
Paul Harris Electric Aces Invisible Palm, Elevator, card through deck, card through spectator's hand Close-up Fantasies Finalé 15
Tom Craven Rising Sandwich card peeked at in bottom half appears between sandwich cards in top half Best of Friends 441
Unknown The Burglars - First Version Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 47
Unknown The Burglars - Second Version Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 48
Jerry Sadowitz Born Free two red Fours faced on face of half the deck, half turned over, Fours still on face, then they travel to center, then to other half Spell-Binder (Vol. 2, No. 15) 290
John Carney In the Hands Monte monte sequence - last phase has money card penetrating hands and deck onto spectators hand Carney Knowledge 34
Ross Bertram The Flasher bottom card comes to top, Tenkai Palm Transfer Bertram on Sleight of Hand 156
Ross Bertram Bertram's Descending Card card inserted in middle sinks to bottom, tabled Bertram on Sleight of Hand 110
Karl Fulves Submarine Ace Ace sinks down next to chosen cardInspired by After Jordan 4
Paul Harris Whirlpool card with spiral tear used for visual penetration/restoration A Close-Up Kinda Guy 94
Paul Harris Bizarre Penetration penetrations using three cards A Close-Up Kinda Guy 102
David Britland Nautilace card penetrates from center to bottom of three-card crosswise packetInspired by Deckade 11
Edward Marlo On Submarine Card sandwiched card travels to bottom of sandwich, half card gaff Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 243
Paul Harris Bushwhacker card penetrates other cards, apparently three cards used, no slitAlso published here Close-up Seductions 1
Bruce Cervon Cervon Monte "basic routine", three cards, visual and impossible penetrations
- Phase I - Court card from center to top
- Phase II - Court card from center to bottom
- Phase III - Court card leaves center without a move
- Phase IV - How the card moves
- Phase V - Court card moves when it's face-up		Inspired by
  • item in "Abra"
 The Cervon Monte 8
Bruce Cervon Cervon Monte, Packet Version three blue-backed and 1 red-backed card
- Phase I - Court card from center to top
- Phase II - Court card from center to bottom
- Phase III - Court card leaves center without a move
- Phase IV - How the card moves
- Phase V - Court card moves even when it has a different colored back		 The Cervon Monte 17
Bruce Cervon Cervon Monte, Gaffed Version - Phase I - Court card from center to top
- Phase II - Court card leaves center without a move
- Phase III - Find the Court Card Again and Again and Again
- Phase IV - Court card moves when it's face up		 The Cervon Monte 28
David Britland April - The First Effect a spot card is pushed visibly through Queen of Spades, which is examined before and after A Lady Through and Through 1
David Britland June - The Second Effect two cards with narrow open slits, signed chosen card sandwiched and penetrated with other cardInspired by
  • "Submarine Card" (Bob Ostin)
 A Lady Through and Through 6
David Regal Perfect Penetration half card gaff Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8, No. 2) 1021
Larry Jennings The L.J. Add-On First Effect (Four Robbers Variation), Second Effect (Ace Assembly) The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 4 97
Larry Jennings The Close-Up Illusion three cards, one penetrates one of the the others visually, slit in card Lake Tahoe Card Magic 70
Martin Gardner The Unconfused Joker reversed joker is besides selection in deck, when joker is moved in spread the selection followsRelated to The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 25
Audley Walsh, Bert Allerton, Frederick Braue Aces Up black aces put in center, the appear at top and bottom, red aces appear in repeat The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 25
Ben Harris The Two Card Illusion - Osmosis two cards, one penetrates the other, then both change Out Of His Mind! 37
Dai Vernon Driven to the Depths card travels inside faced deck The Vernon Chronicles - Volume 2 150
Steve Beam Thru card is dropped face up on the deck, it penetrates deck and is stopped in the middle by selection, drop change The Trapdoor - Volume One (Issue 25) 433
Scott Robinson The Toy two folded cards penetrateAlso published here The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 30) 535
Terry LaGerould Penetrating Reds not exactly Daley Effect Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13, No. 5) 1783
Harry Lorayne, Larry Jennings, J.C. Whyley Melt-Through slit-gimmick for three card penetration Trend Setters 104
Harry Lorayne Upward Bound card is controlled to any small number from top, passive Trend Setters 194
John Bannon The Unreal Work queens placed on top, they jump to bottom, middle, top, sleeve Impossibilia 6
Ken Krenzel Soft Cards two cards that are face to face are suddenly back to back, gaffedInspired by Close-up Impact! 3
Scott Robinson Fan Belt packet penetrates card fan, variation where selection ends up reversed in the spread The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 32) 574
Karl Fulves Upwardly Mobile named ace jumps from bottom of deck to top 28 Card Tricks 11
Jack Carpenter No Table Aces aces face up at different positions, all travel to top one by one, then distribute back to original positions Modus Operandi 34
Alexander de Cova, Ray Grismer Glaces II deck in glass, four cards appear at face of deck on at a time with silk coverInspired by
  • "Glaces" (Ray Grismer)
 Ein Profi packt aus... 96
Scott Robinson Changing a Fan Belt left hand's fan penetrates right hand's fan, selection ends up in other fan reversed The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 47) 848
Scott Robinson The Toy two folded cards penetrateAlso published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 109
Karl Fulves Astral Aces four odd-backed aces cut into deck, suddenly they're together in deck, they change into 5-card royal flush Crooked Tales 68
Gene Maze Big Oversight aces put on top, instantly poker hands are dealt out and aces receivedInspired by
  • "Oversight" (Roy Walton) & Duffie variation
 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 98
Ray Kosby Venus Flytrap cards outjogged near the bottom visually sandwich card near the top Tricks 3
Angelo Carbone Elevator Card outjogged card travels visually upwards next to selection, using Humbug Humbug 16
Jackie McClements Card to Any Number number between ten and twenty named, card from that position removed and placed on top, it instantly penetrates back to original position Shock Treatment 12
Angelo Carbone Out of Order four cards riveted together, center two cards exchange, examinable
- Effect
- What you receive
- How it works
- Set up
- Performance		Related toVariations Out of Order 1
Bob King, Ted Biet, Angelo Carbone, Jon Allen, Duane Henry, Frank Chambers, Michael Mander, Nick Fitzherbert, Harry Lorayne Bonus Section various tips on preparation & performance of "Out of Order" Out of Order 8
Karl Fulves The Three Burglars No. 9, updated version with a coin Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 15
Paul Harris The Uncut Version two half cards are put on deck where they visually grow and penetrate each other The Art of Astonishment - Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2) 235
Paul Harris Bushwacker bushwhacker, card penetrates other cards, apparently three cards used, no slitAlso published here The Art of Astonishment - Book 3 (Issue Close-up Seductions) 185
Michael Close The Wishing Trick named card comes to top, any card at any number, memorized deck Workers Number 5 126
Michael Close, Roy Walton The Smiling Mule any named card appears in sandwich, memorized deckInspired byRelated to Workers Number 5 143
Gene Maze King Cut three kings placed in the deck join the fourth king on top The Trapdoor - Volume Three (Issue 61) 1182
David Regal Drop Through card "drops" through deck Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20, No. 7) 2813
Ken Krenzel Poles Apart widely separated black Twos come together to sandwich selection, then travel away again, two double facers Ingenuities 175
Karl Fulves Necromancer three selections rise to the top one by one, last one into the case, packet with cut-out hole The Vampire Chronicles 38
Karl Fulves Vampire Cull any Seven named, four Sevens outjogged and pushed in again, named one rises to top The Vampire Chronicles 68
Karl Fulves Matter Thru Matter suggestion for vampire themed effect, see referenceRelated to The Vampire Papers 98
David Regal Over & Out Four Kings penetrate through the deck to fall on table, with selection between them Close-Up & Personal 30
Doug Conn Quadruple Bypass sandwich effect, center card penetrates à la Close-up Illusion, it stretches and finally shrinks Tricks of my Trade 182
Larry Jennings Close-up Illusion Related to Tricks of my Trade 185
Karl Fulves The Flash two selections placed under half the deck each, they rise to top, Ace production finale, Slip Force applicationInspired by Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1) 8
Peter Duffie Looking Upwards King vanishes from top of deck and appears next to selection New Inspirations 17
Paul Curry Pressto blue backed card is selected, deck put on a red deck and pressed, selection is found in the middle of the red backed cards, second time spectator presses, first published in "Something Borrowed, Something New", 1941 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 122
Harry Lorayne Magnetic Pull selection travels next to reversed card, optional sandwich follow-up Personal Collection 185
Unknown A Card Moves Up No. 7, deck shuffled and taken behind back, performer claims that a card he names is twentieth from the top and makes it come to top New Self-Working Card Tricks 9
Harry Lorayne Alternative Blackjack Jacks placed on top of Aces and squeezed, instantly dealt off in pairsInspired by Personal Collection 479
David Regal Going Through With It card through card Constant Fooling 2 44
Jim Steinmeyer through the Trapdoor two cards penetrate each other, warp finale Artificial conclusions 30
Karl Fulves Trilateral three selections made in blue-backed deck, deck set on top of red-backed deck and tapped, selections are now distributed in red deck Hofzinser Notebook 26
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Kings High red Kings rise through black Kings, then black Kings through deck Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 86
Charles Waller, Karl Fulves Knockout card placed reversed at bottom of deck, dropped on table, it appears on top, air pressure turnover Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 304
Karl Fulves Four Thieves four Kings removed from deck, shown one by one and put in case, there they change into Fours, story presentation
- The Displacement
- Concluding the Trick		 Off The Books (Issue 8) 150
Jerry Sadowitz Magnet reversed card attracts two selections Cut Controls 7
Jerry Sadowitz Curious Cut a single cut brings 3 separated cards together Cut Controls 9
Wesley James Below Zero Minus One "beta", visual small packet elevator, history informationInspired by Enchantments 49
Justin Higham Side-Faro Aces Up aces in the center with one ace face-up, that aces is put on top and other aces follow Tricks with the Side-Faro False Shuffle 4
Harry Riser Four in the Hole Aces lost in deck, a hole card inserted by spectator locates them again, faroAlso published here
  • MUM, May 2001
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 128
Robin Robertson Jumping (Black) Jacks jacks jump from bottom to top in two piles, other jacks and aces appear Best of Friends - Volume III 186
David Regal Observ-Ace-Tion aces are on bottom of four packets, come to top, kings on bottom Best of Friends - Volume III 334
Steve Reynolds Ace, x, x, x, x, Ace Two Aces distribute in the deck to find two selectionsInspired by Route 52 52
Steve Reynolds, Allan Ackerman The Splits Four Kings distribute to find four selections next to themInspired by Route 52 56
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
- Base Line Vanish
- Single Handedly
- Emerge
- Move It Or Lose It
- This Little Pigment
- Shrinkage
- Tiger Bomb		Also published here Hello Columbus! 9
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
- Base Line Vanish
- Single Handedly
- Emerge
- Move It Or Lose It
- This Little Pigment
- Shrinkage
- Tiger Bomb		Also published here Green Eggs & Cam 1
Karl Fulves Deuce On The Loose "Unexplained"
producing any named Two from cased deck as top card, miming a cut, quartet card, posed as a problem		 Prolix (Issue 6) 403
Tyler Wilson SloMoFo jokers on top sink down in stages to sandwich selection Reinventing the Real 72
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
- Base Line Vanish
- Single Handedly
- Emerge
- Move It Or Lose It
- This Little Pigment
- Shrinkage
- Tiger Bomb		Also published here Reinventing the Real 33
Karl Fulves Swiping The Aces "Unexplained"
deck cut in four piles, bottom cards shown as Aces, then they are on top, posed as a problem		 Prolix (Issue 9) 622
Tyler Wilson That's What Key Said selection is not on face, but falls out of deck when slapped, pseudo key card explanation as presentation Seventeen Secrets 47
Harapan Ong Cull the Police! jacks face-up at different position come to top, burglars Close Culls 23
Harapan Ong The Cavorted Aces aces in center, two travel to top and bottom, cavorting acesInspired by Close Culls 19
Ramón Riobóo Open Table Four aces penetrate the table one at a time. Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 10 84
Pit Hartling Cutting a Card to the Top as utility or for "named card to top" In Order to Amaze 56
So Sato Elevator Action Aces lost into deck in piles come together in center The Secrets of So Sato 155
So Sato Amnesia Aces alternated with indifferent card on top of deck, aces come to top The Secrets of So Sato 148
So Sato Amnesia Lite three Aces alternated with indifferent card on top of deck, aces come to top The Secrets of So Sato 153
Vanni Bossi The Fool's Metamorphosis named card rises to top of deck on glass, transposes with joker Standup Card Magic 126
Johnny Thompson Stilted Tilt Ace to Four placed in deck, all come back to topInspired by
  • trick in Ed Marlo's "Tilt!"
 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 129