Top Change

242 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To "Change" a Card - Third Method top change
 		1876
Modern Magic
30
To Change a Card - Second Method top change
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
20
End Grip Top Change
Oct. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2)
18
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Chicagoer Kartendruckerei end grip, for one or multiple cards, with display choreography
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
7
Das Filieren der Karte - I. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
grip change
 		Oct. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10)
146
Das Filieren der Karte - II. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
bottom change with different cover actions, also a top change cover
 		Nov. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 11)
162
The Top Change
1897
New Era Card Tricks
18
The New Top Change end grip
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
20
Das Filieren der Karte - III. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
end grip, also with packet (no details for packets though)
 		June 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 6)
84
Changes - The Top Change old style with finger change
 		1902
The Expert at the Card Table
147
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Filieren Hofzinser Top Change
 		1910
Kartenkünste
21
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Top Change Variation
1910
Kartenkünste
35
The Top Change
1933
More "Eye-Openers"
3
Theodore Annemann Top Change Tip
June 1936
The Jinx (Issue 21)
119
Jean Hugard The Top Change credit information
 		1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
42
The Fadeaway Card Change
Related toVariations 1940
Expert Card Technique
81
The Throw Top Change
1940
Expert Card Technique
85
Top Change from end grip
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
313
Laurie Ireland Misdirection Card Change misdirection for top and bottom change
 		1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
3
Top Card Change - Method 3 old style with finger change
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
182
Top Card Change - Method 4 end grip
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
183
Deal Change
Apr. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 6)
23
Deal Change
Aug. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 16)
67
Eddie Joseph The Top Change left thumb does not push card off, back of right first finger does
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
13
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Top Change - Double Lift doing double lift after top change as convincer
 		1943
Tricks and Sleights
27
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A New Top Change
Related to 1943
Tricks and Sleights
32
Frederick Braue On the Top Change brief tip
 		Dec. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)
377
Top Change
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
216
Top and Bottom Changes handling tips
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
222
Arthur H. Buckley Exchanging a Card in Passing - Top Change four choreographies
 		1948
Principles and Deceptions
168
The Top Change
1948
The Card Expert Entertains
72
Paul LePaul The Top-Change four methods
 		1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
77
Paul LePaul Cover for the Top Change
1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
149
Dai Vernon The De Kolta Change sleeve rubbing cover, pips of card change to suit clothing
Variations 1950
Expert Card Technique
450
Dai Vernon Tips on Changes
1950
Expert Card Technique
451
The Top Change
1953
"Come a little closer..."
36
The Top Change
1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
10
Cy Endfield, Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon The "Hofzinser" Top Change
Variations 1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II
41
Ken Beale, Francis Carlyle Erl & Water 3&3, three-card spread in each hand, bottom card of right-hand spread switched with top card of left-hand spread in top change action
Inspired by July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
14
Edward Marlo Double Hit Top Change single card placed on deck, double turned over, then second card extracted instead of top card
Related toAlso published here Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
4
Dai Vernon The Top Change including several tips and exercise with case
Variations 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
63
Max Malini Top Change more on attitude than technique
 		1962
Malini and His Magic
79
Edward Marlo Marlo Top Change variation of previous item
Related to 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
33
Edward Marlo Marlo Top Change No. 2
Related toVariations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
35
Edward Marlo Marlo Change
Variations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
82
Edward Marlo Double Hit Top Change single card placed on deck, double turned over, then second card extracted instead of top card
Also published here 1972
Packet Magic
48
Dr. H. Walter Grote Dr. Grote Effects No. 652, list without further details:
  • 1) Four ace trick using second deal
  • 2) Thru tunnel effect with reversed card
  • 3) Drop change in mid-air
  • 4) Cigarette thru hank
  • 5) Top change using card as cover
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
180
Martin A. Nash The New Hofzinser Change breakless, see p. 442 for additional crediting
Related to 1975
Ever So Sleightly
39
Dai Vernon Top Change Misdirection (Mistitled as Suggestion for Spread Location) Drop card on the floor as misdirection for top change
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
226
The Top Change brief
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
95
Francis Carlyle Sucker Tricks
  • false bottom change
  • all cards alike using top change (Johnny Paul)
  • card on forehead
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
96
Frank Shields Top Change
Inspired by 1975
Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields
2
Dai Vernon Changes comments on Top and Bottom Change
 		1976
The First California Lecture
7
Harvey Rosenthal Top Change Switch three cards are restacked and switched twice
 		1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
4
Gene Maze Tabled I tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
276
Gene Maze Tabled II tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
279
Gene Maze Tabled V tabled top change
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
285
Paul Harris The Two-For-One Top Change single card is exchanged for a double
Related toAlso published here 1977
SuperMagic
124
Dan MacMillan Centop Change card in hand with card in-jogged from center
 		1977
The Gamblers' Palm Revisited
45
Ross Bertram An Effective Top Change top card shown one-handed and removed with other hand
Related to 1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
67
Top Change with cover
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
60
Richard Kaufman The SecondFromTheTop Change
Related to 1979
CardMagic
84
Earl Nelson Slow Motion Top Change
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1979
Variations
12
Hofzinser Top Change misnomer
 		June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
350
Gene Maze R.T. Top Change tabled, one handed
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
18
Cy Endfield, Charlie Miller Hofzinser Top Change with Charlie Miller ruse for stroking the card
 		Apr. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 4)
834
Two For One Hofzinser Change
Oct. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 10)
920
Cy Endfield, Roger Crosthwaite Hofzinser Card Change
Oct. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 10)
924
Rovi Top Change while turning card over
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
26
Andrew Galloway The Top Change technique and misdirection applied
 		1980
Diverting Card Magic
11
Ben Harris Backwards Center Deal Switch card injogged and held onto instead of top card as deck is moved forward
 		1980
For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only!
9
Ben Harris Slip Change Bilis Switch, bottom card of sandwich switched as center card is dragged out
 		1980
For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only!
33
Ken Brooke The Top Change - May Way
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
27
Hofzinser Top Change As Transformation
1981
Cardworks
155
Richard Kaufman The SecondFromTheTop Change brief
 		1981
Cardworks
157
Roy Walton Seconds In card apparently placed on top but slid underneath top card, slow motion top change
Inspired by
  • move by Verne Chesbro
Related to 		1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
190
Derek Dingle Top Change Take featuring the "New Theory on Vernon's..."
 		1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
163
Ken Krenzel The Top Change discussion of Krenzel's method
Variations 1982
Best of Friends
224
Richard Kaufman Second-from-top Card Change
1982
Best of Friends
233
Al Koran Al Koran's Top-Change Card held in End Grip, some handling finesses
 		1982
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard
78
Jerry Sadowitz Asymmetric Top Change one to four
 		June 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)
268
Meir Yedid The Top Change
1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
87
Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
Also published here 1982
Audience Involvement
7
Edward Marlo The Hittop Change
Related toAlso published here 1983
Marlo without Tears
23
Ross Bertram Another Top Change
1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
90
Ross Bertram Far Out Double Lift starts with single card that is fed in underneath top card
Related to 1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
102
Ross Bertram Close-Up Double Lift starts with single card that is fed in underneath top card
Related to 1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
104
John Aukes Double Lift With One Card putting a card under top card, slow-motion top change style
 		July 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1251
Top Change
1984
The Best of Close-Up Magic
116
Peter Duffie Business for the Top Change spectator apparently saw a switch
 		1984
Close-Up to the Point
16
Jerry Sadowitz Asymmetric Top Change one to four
 		1984
Contemporary Card Magic
25
Richard Kaufman, Ken Krenzel Hofzinser Top Change to change miniature card to normal sized card
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
44
Russell T. Barnhart Top "Snap" Change similar to so-called Hofzinser type Top Change
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
209
Walter E. Cummings Karate Top Change not really similar to classic top change
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
336
Frederick Braue Braue Top Change (1943)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
3
Daryl Martinez The Top Change
1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
10
Larry Jennings Jennings-Hofzinser Change
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
48
Earl Nelson Slow Motion Top Change
1986
Killer Klose-Up
29
Karrell Fox "Slo-Moshun" Color Change slow top change
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
51
Randy Wakeman, Edward Marlo Flexible Hittop Change
Inspired byRelated to 1987
Special Effects
5
Interrupted Top Change from end grip
 		1987
Covenant
27
Thomas Hierling Thoughts on the Top Change
1987
New Wave Close-Up
87
Fan Top Change bottom card of right-hand fan is switched
 		1987
Fantasia in As-Dur
32
Bruce Cervon The Tabled Top Change
1988
The Cervon File
181
Larry Jennings The Tactile Change T.N.T type change, top change alternative, see third method of "Wrist Stroke Changes"
Related to 1988
The Cardwright
165
Top Change face up, back color transformation
 		1988
Seminarheft
16
David Williamson Top Change body language and technique
 		1989
Williamson's Wonders
74
Harry Levine The Revolution Change
1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 27)
470
Harry Levine Hofzinser Top Change break handling
Inspired by 1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 27)
472
Top Change face up, back color transformation
 		1989
Seminarheft
29
Justin Higham Visual X-Change consecutive Endfield/Hofzinser top changes with fifth card from top
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1989
West End Card Session
22
Gary Kurtz The Top Change
Also published here 1989
Misdirection and Direction
13
Hofzinser Type Top Change
1990
Ultra Cervon
44
Gary Ouellet The Slider Top Change First Variation: The Inertia Change
Second Variation: The Wrist Snap Change
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
218
Gary Ouellet The Slider Switch while hand is turned over, with one or several cards
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
222
Earl Nelson Slow Motion Top Change feeding card under second card
 		1990
Top Secret Stuff
112
Charles Penton The Fan Top Change
1991
Card to Wallet
24
Alex Elmsley The Tabled Top Change one-handed
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
107
Top Change face up, back color transformation
 		1991
Magie
21
Ken Brooke Das Filieren
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
174
T. Page Wright A Throw-Out Change throwing card as cover for top change
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
112
Justin Higham Easy X-Change Stroke Change look
Inspired by Feb. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 8)
61
Gary Kurtz Der G.K. Top Change
Also published here 1992
Prinzipien in der Praxis
18
Gary Kurtz Another example: The Top Change
Also published here 1992
Leading with your Head
13
Richard Kaufman Inner-Workings several credits are discussed
  • J. N. Hofzinser
  • Edward Victor
  • Henry Hatton and Adrian Plate
  • Alex Elmsley
Related to Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
51
Mason, Gerald Deutsch, Bernard Bilis Covered Top Change
June 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6)
2224
トップチェンジ (Top Change)
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Larry Jennings ホフジンサーの方法にもとずくトップチェンジ (Top Change based on Hofzinser's method) Card clipped between index / middle fingers
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
79
Eddie Fechter, Dan Block Top Change Handling card held from above
 		1993
Fechter
69
Top Change finger change
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
115
Vicente Canuto Capitulo 15: El Enfile general comments on the top change
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
291
Vicente Canuto Enfile Por Encima
  • Expresión corporal y de miradas
  • Comentarios
  • Ejercicios de entrenamiento
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
292
Cy Endfield "Hofzinser" Top Change
1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
141
Alex Elmsley Interrupted Top Change as card is placed right-jogged on deck
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
252
Meir Yedid Injog Top Change deck held with top towards body, grip change
 		1994
Magical Wishes
70
Roger Crosthwaite On the Top Change
1994
Roger's Thesaurus
15
Roger Crosthwaite Off-the-Face Switch slow-motion type
Inspired by 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
26
Michael Vincent Second-from-Top Change
  • Third-from-Top Change (or more)
Related to 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
124
Gordon Bruce Spread Switch two cards displayed in spread condition, one taken in each hand with deck in left hand and one switched
Variations
  • Eric Mason (Stuff, 1985, p. 34)
 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
205
Dan Tong New Way Top Change card in right hand is Tenkai palmed as it is brought to the deck, switched for top card
 		1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
151
Roberto Giobbi The Top Change introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
231
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Roberto Giobbi The Top Change
1995
Card College — Volume 1
233
, Roberto Giobbi Top Change Covers five different natural situations
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
236
Roberto Giobbi The Top Change as an Out for the Classic Force
1995
Card College — Volume 1
238
Hippie Torrales While Burned slow motion top change handling
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 10)
2566
Gary Kurtz The G. K. Top Change
Also published here 1995
Lecture Notes 1995
20
Tommy Wonder Top Change Handling
1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
86
Paul Harris The Two-For-One Top Change single card is exchanged for a double
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)
148
Pablo Domenèch Top Change Handling bottom card of a small fan, choreography
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
87
Eddie Tullock Eddie's Technical Top Change
  • Doing the Top Change With Motion
 		1996
Tullock — The Phantom Founder of Trade Show Magic
10
Hippie Torrales While Burned top change handling
Also published here 1997
Karten à la carte
85
David Williamson The Spread Top Change
1997
Trephine
8
Simon Lovell TopChangethinks
1997
Simon Says!
57
Simon Lovell Two-Step Top Change card put on deck for a moment
 		1997
Simon Says!
105
Dai Vernon Top Change Handling accidentally bumping over card case
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
106
Ellis Stanyon Changing the Card at the Top of the Pack No. 1, no grip change
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
254
Ellis Stanyon Stanyon's Method of Masking the "Top Change" No. 2, routined handling
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
255
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note details on top change handling
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
255
Ellis Stanyon Changing the Card by Rubbing It on the Sleeve No. 4, cover for top change
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
258
Ellis Stanyon A New Top Change No. 6, End Grip
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
258
Ellis Stanyon A New Top Change - Variation No. 7, End Grip, as card is tabled
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
259
Justin Higham Reverse Top Change slow motion type
Related to 1999
Collected Card Notes
12
Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
Also published here 2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
69
Cy Endfield The "Hofzinser" Top Change
2000
Card College — Volume 4
818
Wesley James Peel Change Hofzinser Change with different stroking action
 		2000
Ambitious Undertaking
14
Bill Spooner Frontal Attack Top Change card changes into selection, with top change handling
 		2000
Card File Two
113
Simon Lovell Topchangethinks
2000
Son of Simon Says!
101
L'Homme Masqué Top Change
July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
36
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Center Switch top change with in-jogged card in center
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
20
Top Change
Feb. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 6)
73
David Williamson Expertalk: David Williamson on the Top Change
Also published here Sep. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)
116
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Top Change
2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
27
Karl Fulves Further Notes on the Hofzinser Top Change
 		2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
29
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Top Change Variation
2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
42
Top Changing bottom card of Fan mention, brief
 		2003
Tricks
130
Roberto Giobbi Top Change Handling for a kicker transformation at end of routine
 		2003
Card College — Volume 5
1238
David Williamson Top Change Tips
Related to 2003
MagiFest ManiFest
19
Earl Nelson Slow Motion Top Change
Also published here 2003
Variations Revisited
31
Davide Costi A Color Change
2004
Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi
90
Wesley James Peel Change Hofzinser Change with different stroking action
 		2004
Enchantments
186
Top Change
2005
Full Metal Jacket
25
Top Change face up, back color transformation
 		2006
Compilation
60
Gerald Deutsch The Multiple Top Change one or multiple cards
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
286
Top Change face up, back color transformation
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
33
Arturo de Ascanio Double Transformation top change
 		2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
328
Patrick Martin On the Top Change
May 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5)
73
Fred Robinson Top Change with misdirection
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
210
Ken Krenzel The Inertial Top Change extension of the discussion
Related to 2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
109
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Switch
2009
A Clockwork Apple
41
Grace Ann Morgan Top Change
2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
50
Bernard Bilis, Tyler Wilson Bilis Switch Handling one of two
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
66
Tyler Wilson Top Change Credits
2010
Reinventing the Real
71
Roberto Giobbi Cover for the Top Change cough
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 30)
100
Fred Kaps Fred Kaps's Birthday handling for so-called Hofzinser Top Change
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 8)
170
Roberto Giobbi Ten Professional Tips on different things
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 11)
369
David Williamson Mi visión sober El Enfile on the Top Change
Related to 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 12)
339
Patrick Page The Top Change Top-Bottom Change
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
66
Top Change
2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
66
Bernard Bilis Bilis Switch
2014
The EH Team
7
The Top Change
2014
Classic Fantastic
41
Steve Mayhew Top Change while card is turned over
Related to 2014
Mayhew
252
Guy Hollingworth Top Change commentary
 		2015
Renovations
5
Helder Guimarães Top Change Handling
Spring 2015
Quarterly (Issue 2)
45
Juan Tamariz Repeat Top Change against second-from-top card
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 21)
179
Roberto Giobbi The Top Change
2016
Standup Card Magic
84
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon The Classic Top Change
  • The Top Change from End Grip (credit information)
  • The Cross Top Change (Vernon)
  • Concluding Remarks
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
96
Benjamin Earl Top Change Practice
2017
Neo-Movement
10
"Magic" Christian Stelzel A Sleight History on the top change, glide and related switches
 		2017
The Top Change
3
"Magic" Christian Stelzel The General Concept of the top change
 		2017
The Top Change
17
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Top Change
2017
The Top Change
25
"Magic" Christian Stelzel, Martin A. Nash Variation of the Marlo Change
Inspired byRelated to 2017
The Top Change
52
Bernard Bilis, "Magic" Christian Stelzel Bernard Bilis's Top Change of One of Two Cards
Inspired by
  • Notes de Conference (1984, p. 32)
Variations 		2017
The Top Change
57
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Top Change with the Second Card from the Top of the Deck
Related to 2017
The Top Change
65
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Top Change with the Third Card from the Top of the Deck... and Further
Related to 2017
The Top Change
69
"Magic" Christian Stelzel To Change Two Cards, One after the Other, with the Top Two Cards of the Deck
Inspired by 2017
The Top Change
75
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Bottom- and Top-Change Combinations
2017
The Top Change
118
"Magic" Christian Stelzel To Change Each of the Four Aces with the Top Card of the Deck: A Solution to the Hofzinser Ace Problem
2017
The Top Change
122
"Magic" Christian Stelzel The Face-Up Top Change faces towards performer
 		2017
The Top Change
127
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Face-Up Top Change with the Face of the Deck in View
2017
The Top Change
130
Denis Behr, "Magic" Christian Stelzel The Literature many references
 		2017
The Top Change
163
Paul LePaul Enfile top change
 		2017
Naypes
104
Johnny Thompson Finessed Hofzinser Snap Change
Inspired by 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
69
Charlie Miller Vertical Snap Change
Inspired by 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
80
Johnny Thompson, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Harry Riser Stage Top Change
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
152
Daniel Garcia Perpendicular Top Change done slowly
Related toAlso published here 2018
Something More
12
Tatanka Tan Tabled Control kind of a tabled top change
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
88
Benjamin Earl Top Change Vanish using top-change dynamics to affect a visual vanish in the off-beat
 		2019
The Shift #2
26
Roberto Mansilla The Mantle of Invisibility
  • Artifices
"(Annotations on an Essay on Cover)"
 		Dec. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 12)
74
Second-From-Top Change Variation break
 		2019
The Illusioneer
28
Cy Endfield "Hofzinser" Top Change
2020
Resigned to Miracles
47
Two-Step Top Change
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
194
David Williamson, Ricardo Rodriguez Top Change
2021
Magia de altura y más
62
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Switch
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
49
David Regal The Relocation Control
  • Material Concessions
slow motion top change handling as control
Inspired by Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
64
Dai Vernon On Telegraphing and naturalness, top change example, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
89
Dai Vernon Card Changes comment on crossing hands, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to
  • Elliott Card Change, Elliott's Last Legacy, p. 92
 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
106
Daniel Garcia Perpendicular Top Change done slowly
Also published here 2022
Something More
17
David Williamson Expertalk: David Williamson on the Top Change
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
8
Hippie Torrales While Burned Change slow motion top change handling
Also published here Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
53
Elisav "Biz" Bizau Why Do Some Sleights Survive? essay on the top change
  • What is a Card Change?
  • So, what exactly is the Top Change?
  • Reason 1 - The Cover
  • Reason 2 - Method and Potential
  • Reason 3 - Its Usefulness
  • Final Reason - Habit and History
  • Conclusion
 		Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
700
Markus Gabriel Filieren / Top Change
2023
Misdirection
47
Earl Nelson Slow-Motion Top Change uncredited
Related to 2024
Carpenter's Conceptions
142