Props

155 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Changing Card-boxes, and Tricks performed with them
1876 Modern Magic 134
The Card Tripod switching device
 		1876 Modern Magic 139
The Changing Card-Drawer Drawer Box for card tricks
 		1876 Modern Magic 347
The Changing Ladle on a stick, to change flat objects, as card burning, paper switch or Q&A device
Related to 1876 Modern Magic 358
Card-Boxes No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4: "Card-and-Bird" Box
No. 5
No. 6: Bland's Brass Card-box
No. 7: The Card-Drawer
No. 8: The Double Card-Drawer
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 151
Das Verwandlungsbuch using a book to switch cards or flat things, card case prop alternative
 		Apr. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4) 62
The Card Box prop
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 138
The Mechanical Card Box prop
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 139
The Brass Card Box prop
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 141
The New Brass Card Box prop
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 142
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Under Handkerchief Switch of torn pieces
 		1910 Kartenkünste 184
Orville Wayne Meyer P&L Metal Card Box Switch
1935 The Jinx (Issue 4) 15
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch card is sticking out of pocket and switched as it is removed
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 28
Mental Coincidence two cards from two deck put in pockets match, one switched in pocket
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 77
John Goodrum Switch with Envelope
1937 You'd be Surprised 30
Arthur Leroy Breast Pocket Switch miscredited to Hal Leroy
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 328
Eddie Joseph Envelope Load and Switch card loaded into envelope from top of deck, card apparently put into envelope but left on top of deck
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 37
Orville Wayne Meyer P&L Metal Card Box Switch
1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 72
John Scarne John Scarne's Master Change card put in envelope changes
Related toVariations 1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 217
Bruce Elliott Card Box prop without a flap, for magicians
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 75) 307
Bruce Elliott Lu-Site box to exchange cards
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 151) 609
Card Switch behind Envelope
1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 141
Dr. William Weyeneth Notizblock als Hilfsmittel für Vorhersage einer zu ziehenden Karte loading or switching a card using a gaffed note pad
 		1960 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 4&5) 984
Dai Vernon Switching a card in an envelope
Related toVariations 1961 Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic 29
Switch under Cover as magazine is transferred from hand to hand
 		1968 Four Cards Through A Newspaper 3
Switch under Cover as magazine is transferred from hand to hand
 		1970 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 2) 24
Derek Dingle Card Switch with Cardboard under cardboard
Variations 1971 Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins 31
Edward G. Brown The Force Card Is Substituted for a Chosen Card by Means of Apparatus
1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 195
Roger Smith The Basic Switch with cardboard, with variations
Inspired by 1974 Revolutionary Card Compositions 2 4
Karl Fulves Mechanical Switch using card case with slit
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 64
Karl Fulves With A Card Box Vector Switch variation
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 214
Ben Christopher Ben Christopher Ideas using folded origami wallet
1. A Transformation (card)
2. Ghost Town
3. An Origami Bet
4. A Vanish (card)
5. Two City Up-Down
6. Transpordgami
Inspired by May 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7) 965
Michael Carrion Switch with Close-up Mat
Aug. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10) 1041
Bruce Cervon Card Case Switch gaffed card/transformation happens isolated in card box, card under cellophane
 		1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 6
Philip T. Goldstein ESP spectator writes down name of a card and second spectator selects the card from deck, locking card box
 		1976 Magick (Issue 154) 767
Carl Herron Switch-Case Himber-type switch case, magnetic
 		1977 Magick (Issue 184) 919
Roy Johnson Flawless envelope switch with stack
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1977 Third Dimension 24
Roy Johnson Envelope Switch switching a card while handling an envelope
 		1977 Third Dimension 49
Rudolf Braunmüller Bücher ideas with books
  • as coin tray
  • as impression device
  • to add cards or switch cards
 		Mar. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 10
Robert Albo Card Changing Trays tree types
  • Willman
  • Himber
  • Thayer
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 40
Card Tripod stand with lid, to change / restore card, single and double change tripod
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 41
Robert Albo Card Boxes various models
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 42
Card Ladle on a stick, to change card
Related to 1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 200
Richard Kaufman, Bruce Ikefugi A Card in Bill Switch: Standing switching a card that's wrapped in a bill
 		1979 CardMagic 20
Richard Kaufman Another Card in Bill Switch: Still Standing switching a card that's wrapped in a bill
 		1979 CardMagic 22
Richard Kaufman One More: This Time Sitting switching a card that's wrapped in a bill
Inspired by 1979 CardMagic 24
Jack Yates Wallet Switch
1979 Card Caprice 4
Card Switch behind Envelope
Dec. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3&4) 112
Ken Brooke Any Magazine or Book a Switching Tray switch with magazine or book
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 184
Card Switch with wallet
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 6) 109
Tommy Wonder Clear Envelope Switch using clear plastic envelope with bills and card in it
 		1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6) 1056
Thomas Alan Waters Envelope Card Switch
1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 227
Bruce Ikefugi Card-From-Bill Switch as single card is removed from folded bill, lapping
 		July 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 7) 795
Card Switch with Envelope double lift, with deck in hand
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 54
Meir Yedid Envelope Switch switch with prediction envelope as cover
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 300
Switch under Cover as newspaper is transferred from hand to hand
 		1985 Magic By Gosh 108
Pat Conway The Conway Cigarette Case metal cigarette case as switching device, can be opened by spectator
Inspired by 1987 The Pat Way to Con 28
José Carroll The Card in the Glass No. A), card put in wine glass changes
  • Variation (unload on the deck)
VariationsAlso published here 1988 52 Lovers 34
Paper Clip Switch "Origin of the above switch is unknown. I've used it for about 25 years."
Related to 1988 Interlocutor (Issue 49) 226
Alexander de Cova Der WäschekIammer·-Austausch cloth pin switch
Also published here 1988 Unterhaltung durch Illusion 7
Larry Jennings Wallet Deck Switch
1989 Seminarheft 17
Jay Sankey Paper Clipped Switch
Related to 1990 100% Sankey 38
Alexander de Cova Cloth Pin Switch
Also published here 1990 Horizons 13
Karl Fulves Deep Thot Switch two things stuck in book, topological switch when turning book in several steps
 		1990 Cheat Sheet (Issue 1) 4
Don Alan "Big Deal" Switch with jumbo card or similar object
 		1991 Carneycopia 124
John Carney Simple Switch with jumbo card or similar object
 		1991 Carneycopia 125
David Harkey Whiplash Principle card under case on table, part sticking out, case flicked off the card, card secretly shoots inside case, see later in the routine as switch
 		1991 Simply Harkey 121
Billet Switch with Wallet apparently removed from wallet
 		1991 The Ghostwriter 10
José Carroll, Alexander de Cova Card Steal from Glass to behind wallet
Also published here 1991 Am Close-up Tisch 17
Alexander de Cova Wallet Extraction Switch as card is removed from wallet
Also published here 1991 Am Close-up Tisch 18
Switch in Pocket from Tarbell Course
 		1992 Don't Blink 57
José Carroll, Alexander de Cova Card Steal from Glass to behind wallet
Related toAlso published here 1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 58
Alexander de Cova Wallet Extraction Switch as card is removed from wallet
Also published here 1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 58
Alexander de Cova Der Wäscheklammer-Austausch cloth pin switch, with credit information on p. 111
Related toAlso published here 1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 113
Richard Himber, Steve Dusheck Another Force magnet in wallet used to steal selection
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 132
Steve Dusheck Cardeen two cards placed face to face, half-size card is produced, switched or vanished from them
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 139
The Switch Big Deal type, under envelope
 		1993 Card File 104
Alex Elmsley Breast Pocket Switch card in LTP for card openly in breast pocket
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 209
Meir Yedid, Bernard Bilis Fake Pocket Extraction card sticking out of breast pocket, left hand with deck apparently removes it
 		1994 Magical Wishes 73
Robert Parrish Card Switch with tube that covers glass
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 38
Simon Aronson Plastic Sleeve Switch with divider
 		1995 Simply Simon 94
Edward Marlo, Matt Schulien Card from case extraction visible card actually in case is switched for card on outside of case during extraction
 		1995 Labyrinth (Issue 3) 26
Tommy Wonder Clear Envelope Switch using clear plastic envelope with bills and card in it
 		1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 67
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Switching Cardboard folded paper
Related to
  • "Love Laughs" (The Sphinx, Nov. 1928, p. 430)
 1996 13 Prophets 5
U. F. Grant Grant Switch Switch mini cards that are paper clipped on opposite sides of poker sized card, in the action of revealing the faces
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 191
U. F. Grant Grant Switch
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 205
David Solomon Switching Envelope with window cut out
Variations 1997 Solomon's Mind 121
Ken Brooke Das Magazin- oder Buch-Austauschtablett switch with magazine or book
Also published here 1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1) 33
Gary Kurtz Boxed Card Switch Switching card in a box for one under the box
 		1999 Magic Atlas 103
Jay Sankey, Alexander de Cova Paper Clipped Switch
1999 Magic Atlas 108
Shiv Duggal Flap Hold-out card placed under case, end under flap, as switch
Also published here Mar. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3) 19
Shiv Duggal Rub-a-Dub Vanish as Switch under Case card apparently placed under case
Also published here Mar. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3) 21
Stanley Collins Flip Switch switch with cardboard cover, use in assembly routine
Related to
  • Card Conceits (1925)
Variations 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 70
Don Alan Big Deal Switch with jumbo card
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 65
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Under Handkerchief Switch of torn pieces
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 133
R. Paul Wilson Box-Witch card on card case is switched, with several applications
 		2002 13 26
Ken Brooke Switch under Jumbo Card
2002 Dobson's Choice 18
Transfer Switch under jumbo card
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 8
Derek Dingle Licked at Last Steal card apparently put in envelope, stolen back to deck
 		May 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5) 26
Gene Taylor The Clear Exchange card in plastic sleeve is seen to be Joker, it is removed and changed into previous selection, featuring a method for switching a card with a clear plastic sleeve
Inspired by Feb. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1) 34
Karl Fulves In The Money switch of a single card with bills
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 47
Karl Fulves From X's to Bullets switch of a single card with bills
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 50
Steve Beam Gravity Versus Resistance card switch inside pocket
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 83
Alexander de Cova Tea Time small tea sieve for dump-out switch of any small item
Also published here 2006 The California Lecture 2006 9
Kostya Kimlat Reloaded Cardcase "Schulien Reloaded", card comes from box, is apparently removed but still inside via switch
Also published here 2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 225
Max Nelson Cased Prediction unknown card is placed in card case, it is predicted, sticky blank-backed card
  • Antinomy Perspective (Gene Taylor): idea to have rest of deck blank or all red
 		Mar. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1) 30
Alexander de Cova Teatime small tea sieve for dump-out switch of any small item
Also published here 2007 Seminar 2007 2
Shiv Duggal Flap Hold-out card placed under case, end under flap, as switch
Also published here May 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5) 18
Shiv Duggal Rub-a-Dub Vanish as Switch under Case card apparently placed under case
Also published here May 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5) 18
Karl Fulves Dollar Dodge card switch with bills
 		2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 364
Karl Fulves Z-Switch "one of many"
switching a card with z-fold/himber wallet
 		2010 Xtra Credit (Issue 8) 46
Karl Fulves Out Back "simple double hinge"
flexagon type paper folder, card changes in it
 		2010 Xtra Credit (Issue 8) 50
Tom Stone Switch with Card Case heavily gaffed
 		2011 Maelstrom 162
Tom Stone Homer's Case switch or vanish of card put beneath case
 		2011 Maelstrom 165
Alexander de Cova Cloth Pin Switch as folded card is pulled off cloth pin
 		2011 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2 17
Alexander de Cova Cloth Peg Switch
2011 Seminar-Leviten 5
Jörg Alexander Weber Switch with Bills
Inspired by
  • Dice Switch on "Gambling Protection Video Vol. 4" (Steve Forte, 1986)
 2011 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 3 34
Jörg Alexander Weber Switch with Bills II
2011 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 3 37
David Acer Double-Sided Card Case to switch a torn card that is on it under a rubber band
 		2011 More Power to You 51
Tom Stone Suitcase Card Switch on top of table, hole in suitcase
 		Feb. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2) 40
Tom Gagnon Z-Box flat object switched while pushing it away with card case
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 144
Tom Stone A La Puga! card in glass is any named card, featuring black art switch
Inspired by
  • "Card and Glass" (Miguel Puga)
 Mar. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3) 49
Guy Hollingworth Switch switching card under wallet
 		2013 Just Be Croz 51
Alexander de Cova Cloth Pin Switch
Also published here 2013 Horizons — Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1986 23
Alex Linian Clear Glass Switch as folded card is dumped out of glass
 		Nov. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11) 44
Alexander de Cova Das Reißverschluss-Mäppchen card travels into small wallet, switch with card folded in half at a rubber band
 		Apr. 2014 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 17) 541
Alexander de Cova Ein glasklarer Austausch folded card under upside-down glass, switched
Also published here Apr. 2014 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 17) 555
John Gaughan The Card Ladle
  • The Chamber of Secrets
on a stick, to change flat objects
Related to Dec. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12) 18
Alexander de Cova Cardbox Supreme box for folded card to box which allows special switch handling
 		2015 Burners — Vol. 2 241
Alexander de Cova Eine glasklare Sache folded card under upside-down glass, switched
Also published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 3 115
Alexander de Cova AVALON-Umschlag window envelope with card or something similar is visible, it is switched when taken out, credit information
Inspired by
  • "Devil's Dollar" (Sam Berland)
Related to 		2015 Burners — Vol. 3 271
José Carroll The Card in the Glass card in glass changes
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 6
Gypsy Switch with torn pieces
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 6) 8
Roberto Giobbi Innocent Card Switching Wallet transparent plastic wallet
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue June 6) 162
Mike O'Brien Pocket Utility Switch card is sticking out of breast pocket, it is switched as it is removed
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Card in Pocket" (Dave Rumfelt, M-U-M, Nov. 1974)
Also published here 		Feb. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2) 48
Pablo Amira Box Ping Chien rub-a-dub-placement of a card under a case, see Magicana reference for credit information
Related to July 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7) 54
Alexander de Cova Teatime small tea sieve for dump-out switch of any small item
  • Anwendungsmöglichkeiten
Also published here 2016 Burners — Vol. 4 180
Alexander de Cova Der Express-Kartentrick card to nest of two envelopes, using Avalon envelope
Related to 2016 Burners — Vol. 5 139
Ryan Schlutz Box Switch card slid into case, later dumped out, using cellophane
Related toAlso published here 2018 False Anchors — Volume Three 26
Dani DaOrtiz Color Change Inside a Glass card inserted in glass, changes after one-handed fan is waved over glass
 		2018 Card in Bottle 17
Tom Gagnon A Novel Transposition one card in envelope and one in pocket, featuring a switch with an envelope and without deck in hand
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 238
John Gaughan The Card Tripod
  • Chamber of Secrets
switching apparatus
 		Oct. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10) 42
José Carroll The Card in the Glass No. A), card put in wine glass changes
  • Variation (unload on the deck)
Also published here 2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 84
Steve Forte prop muck one of two cards, with item like glass on table
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 512
Ryan Schlutz Box Switch card slid into case, later dumped out, using cellophane
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 98
Sebastian Midtvaage One Shot folded card dumped out of shot glass and switched in the process
 		2020 Magic for BLM 172
Sebastian Midtvaage One Shot folded card in upside down shot glass is switched
 		June 2022 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two) 84
Luka Kratsashvili Changes in the Box card is put in card case, left out-jogged, it changes visually
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
 		July 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7) 328
Dai Vernon Envelope Switch card apparently inserted into envelope, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 76
Andi Gladwin Case Switch cased card is switched, using cellophane
 		2022 Ubuntu 43
Kostya Kimlat Schulien Reloaded card comes from box, is apparently removed but still inside via switch
Related toAlso published here 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 294
Eric Leclerc Padswitch card under mat switched as it is removed and shown
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2010
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 979
Josh Janousky One Card Monte single Queen with "Winner" written on its back changes into a Joker with different writing in card case, featuring switch with case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2013
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1176
Mike O'Brien Pocket Utility Switch card is sticking out of breast pocket, it is switched as it is removed
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Card in Pocket" (Dave Rumfelt, M-U-M, Nov. 1974)
Also published here 		Jan. 2023 Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1) 62
Mortenn Christiansen The Jumbo Five of Hearts Card Trick jumbo card as prediction, card freely chosen is matching, featuring a switch with the jumbo card, Smart-Ass selection procedure
Inspired by
  • Smart-Ass, Bill Abbott (marketed item)
 2023 Notes 10