Versa & Throw Switch

76 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Versa & Throw Switch
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
Also published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
31
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
26
John J. Crimmins Jr. Throw Switch Precursor
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
327
Edward Marlo As a Card Addition
Related toVariations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
37
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
30
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
88
Doug Edwards The Quad Switch
Related to 1978
Cardmania
28
Multiple Switch
1979
CardMagic
100
John F. Mendoza The Basic Switch
Variations 1982
Throwing the Switch
1
John F. Mendoza Four for Five
1982
Throwing the Switch
11
John F. Mendoza Just a Touch More
1982
Throwing the Switch
11
John F. Mendoza In the Middle set up for Automatic Deck, using the throw switch
Related to 1982
Throwing the Switch
15
John F. Mendoza Triple Throw Aces change into Queens then into Twos
 		1982
Throwing the Switch
27
John F. Mendoza Just One More Throwing the switch with one card
 		1982
Throwing the Switch
28
John F. Mendoza Throwing the Switch brief
 		1985
Formula One Close-Up
19
Edward Marlo Throw Switch
1986
Thirty Five Years Later
15
Edward Marlo "As An Addition" Switch
1987
Special Effects
107
John Carney Versa Switch
Also published here 1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Uncovered)
21
Roberto Giobbi, John F. Mendoza Throwing the Switch Handling
Inspired by 1987
CardPerfect
83
John Carney Versa Switch
Inspired byAlso published here 1987
Carney Uncovered
[21]
Doug Edwards Placing the Switch Variation of "Throwing the Switch"
Related to July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1515
Throw Switch
1988
The Magic Way
172
John F. Mendoza Throwing the Switch brief
 		1989
Cartas Certificadas
64
John Carney Versa Switch as addition and later as switch
 		1991
52 Lovers — Volume II
12
John Carney Versa Switch including credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991
Carneycopia
89
Jon Racherbaumer Thrown By the Switch? credit essay on the Throw/Versa switch
Related to Sep. 1991
Swipe (Issue 3)
2
Chris Kenner Forfourfor
Also published here 1991
Magic Man Examiner (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Chris Kenner For 4 For
VariationsAlso published here 1992
Totally Out Of Control
46
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
64
John F. Mendoza Throwing The Switch brief
 		1993
Three Professional Card Routines
6
Roger Crosthwaite Delayed Switch
Inspired by 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
95
John Carney Versa Switch
1995
Cardshark
59
Roberto Giobbi, John F. Mendoza, Bill Simon The Toss Switch
2000
Card College — Volume 4
840
Chris Kenner Four As Four Switch
2002
FASDIU II
78
John Carney Versa Switch
2002
Constant Fooling 1
26
Chris Kenner Forfourfor
2002
Constant Fooling 1
150
John Carney Versa Switch
2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
131
Aaron Fisher Catching the Switch
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 12)
44
Mark Aspiazu Throw Change Finesse solving spread-square-spread-square problem
 		Mar. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 10)
5
Aaron Fisher Catching the Switch
Inspired byAlso published here 2003
FISM 2003
34
Chris Kenner For 4 For Switch
2005
Full Metal Jacket
22
David Solomon Throwing Packet Switch cards apparently turned over onto packet but really slid underneath to bottom
Also published here
  • LVMI Lecture Notes
 Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
14
Versa Switch Handling to add only one card when scooping up tabled cards
Also published here May 2006
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 9)
80
Edward Marlo, Chris Kenner Addition Move Variation
2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
208
John Carney Versa Switch
2007
Session
32
Chris Kenner Forfourfor brief
 		2008
Approaching Magic
37
Herb Zarrow Double Lift Substitutes: Method One top card is levered up with left fingers as card is flipped face down
 		2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
344
John Hostler The Tip-Over Switch
Also published here June 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 10)
65
David Williamson Throw-Switch Addition underneath fanned cards
 		Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
18
Chris Kenner 4for4 Switch
2010
Card Magic USA
255
John Carney Versa Switch
2011
Finding The Center
50
Justin Higham Open-Action Fan Addition
2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
8
Justin Higham Multiple-Lift Fan Addition
2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
9
Gabi Pareras Cambio del libro versa-type
 		2012
Arturo de Ascanio - la depuración constante de lo mismo
155
John Carney Versa Switch
2013
Confident Deceptions
23
Arthur Trace, Chris Kenner For 4 For Switch Variation
Inspired by 2013
The Magic Apple Live!
109
Ernesto Melero The Warm-Up switch-out for three of the four Aces, Versa-Switch extension
Also published here Jan. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 5)
67
Daniel Chard In Flight Switch cards shot behind fand of cards à la Instant Replay
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 12)
68
Gabi Pareras Packet Switch similar to Carney's Versa Switch
 		2014
A Fuego Lento — Volumen I
144
Chris Kenner ForFourFor
  • Magic Man Examiner Vault
Also published here Mar. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 3)
16
John Carney B) Metodo del Libro versa switch, no credit
 		2014
Ases Evanescentes / Ases Flash / As Padre
53
Jon Racherbaumer Thrown by the Switch credit essay on the Throw/Versa switch
Related to 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
63
Chris Kenner For 4 For
2016
Panpharos
35
John Hostler The Tip-Over Switch
Also published here 2016
Magnum Opossum
38
Xiaobo Zhou Screw You Addition similar to Versa Switch, add cards secretly to packet on table while scooping it up with deck
Related to 2018
Enthusiasm
39
John Carney Versa Switch as addition and later as switch
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
97
Shimpei Katsuragawa Vivace Switch tabled cards scooped up with hand that holds deck
 		2022
La Campanella
51
Versa Switch Handling to add only one card when scooping up tabled cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
498
John Hostler The Tip-Over Switch
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
866
Ernesto Melero The Warm-Up switch-out for three of the four Aces, Versa-Switch extension
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1177
Daniel Chard In Flight Switch cards shot behind fand of cards à la Instant Replay
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1226
Howard Hamburg Hamburg Four for Four Switch finesse of scooping up first three cards then a single with that block, broken up scoop, transformation application
Related to
  • The Card Artistry of Andrew Wimhurst, 2001, video
 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
108
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Four-Card Add-On with application: four Aces are displayed in a fan and then tabled face up, they are cleanly placed face down onto deck and can then be openly slip-cut into deck, all four Aces remain on top
 		2022
Vallarino
20
Armando Lucero, Benjamin Earl For 4 For Switch Variation
2023
Reality Is Magic
104
Four As Four Switch
2023
Sui — Géneris
92
John Carney Carney's Versa Switch
Also published here 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
90