48,645 entries in Cards / Effect Themes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Gene Maze Daley's Ghost
Related to 1994 146
Gene Maze Ace to Five Reprise
1994 151
Gene Maze Maze Cards Across ten red and ten black cards, three cards travel across to different positions in other packet
1994 154
Gene Maze Wild Card Nos. 1 & 2 No. 1: front and backs change
No. 2: routine with three selections
1994 158
Gene Maze Blockbuster Aces with poker hands in all packets as finale
1994 166
Gene Maze Ezam Aces three cards put on each of the face-up aces, they turn face down, then face up again, then backs change color
1994 168
Gene Maze "Going Up!" four jacks, three cards dealt on each, they travel upwards to different positions in their packets
1994 171
Gene Maze Uncle Charlie's Aces ace assembly, then 3 card transposition
1994 173
Gene Maze Mercury Aces
1994 176
Gene Maze Maze's Progressive Aces using two bottom deals and two switches
1994 181
Gene Maze Disassembly of the Aces
1994 189
A Card & Egg Trick trick wand, reprinted from Vol. 1 No. 1 of "The Wizard", Sept. 1905
Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
4
Basil Horwitz Body Language Challenge body language reading presentation
Also published here Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
7
Dave Campbell Cannibals & Missionaries unusual routine with cards with pictures on them
Also published here Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
18
Alexander de Cova, James Swain Triple Prediction prediction from wallet, values written on blank cards, blank-backed deck
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 10
Alexander de Cova Four Aces in Motion load under ash tray from palm
1994 12
Alexander de Cova, Toni Forster Dynamite Prediction Koran prediction
Also published here 1994 16
Alexander de Cova Impossible Card to Wallet Bendix Bombshell
1994 21
Alexander de Cova Wild Card Exclusiv
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 23
Alexander de Cova Blank Thought Surprise blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card and it becomes named card in mirror
Inspired by 1994 26
Alexander de Cova All Backs Display
1994 27
Alexander de Cova On the Devilish Aces lost and found, change to Kings, Aces found again
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 32
Alexander de Cova Vanishing Deck under silk, ditched in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 35
Alexander de Cova Mac Donald's Aces getting into it, presentation ideas
Also published here 1994 39
Alexander de Cova Boxed Transposition signed card from deck to case between Aces, spectator handles double facer
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1994 42
Alexander de Cova, Roy Walton Ambitious Riser tabled, apparently visual penetration to top
Inspired by 1994 52
Alexander de Cova Triple Transposition two card transposition with one card in wallet, repeat, then card becomes bill, in wallet are matches and in matchbox the folded card
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 53
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Seven-Card-Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of pack, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 151
Juan Tamariz Effect 1 - The Direct Sandwich
1994 13
Juan Tamariz Effect 2 - Hidden Sandwich
1994 14
Juan Tamariz Hidden Sandwich between 4 Aces "Variation of effect 2"
1994 14
Juan Tamariz Effect 3 - Anti-Ambitious card to bottom
1994 15
Juan Tamariz Effect 4 - Two Cards Over two selected cards turn over one by one
1994 16
Juan Tamariz Effect 5 - Repoker Of The Chose four selections are controlled in one hand, aces, royal flush, with impromptu version
1994 16
Juan Tamariz The Collectors using TPC load of all three selections at once
1994 21
Jim Krenz TPC In Card Case
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 24
Angelo Carbone Humbug deck vanish based on optical illusion
  • How to hold Humbug
  • Where to hold Humbug
  • Lighting Conditions
  • Ditching the Deck
  • Taking Care of Humbug
Variations 1994 4
Angelo Carbone Deck Vanish I deck vanishes except for selection and its mate, using Humbug
1994 7
Angelo Carbone Deck Vanish II deck vanishes except for selection, using Humbug
1994 9
Angelo Carbone Imaginary Deck deck on table, second deck vanishes from hand, hallucination presentation, using Humbug
1994 10
Angelo Carbone Cased Vanish deck vanishes from case except for selection, using Humbug
1994 11
Angelo Carbone Tight Squeeze red-backed deck is "merged" into blue deck, it's still one deck but red-blue alternating, optional rough-smooth, using Humbug
1994 13
Angelo Carbone Deck Through Case using Humbug
1994 13
Angelo Carbone Deck Through Table using Humbug
1994 14
Angelo Carbone Elevator Card outjogged card travels visually upwards next to selection, using Humbug
1994 16
Angelo Carbone Visual Deck to Pocket using Humbug
1994 17
Paul Gertner UniCoin credit information
1994 61
Paul Gertner Deck Ping Chien switch in which coin or torn card corner is secretly dropped out of deck
1994 63
Paul Gertner Paul's Opener card repeatably chosen, travels to pocket, corner torn off and still chosen as whole card and torn corner transforms
Variations 1994 87
Paul Gertner The Flick with Cards card secretly flicked across table with thumb
  • The Flick Switch
  • The Flick Split
  • Card in Wallet
Related to 1994 91
Paul Gertner Four-Card Monte four deuces change into kings
1994 93
Paul Gertner The Four Kings spectator does not find card but four indifferent ones, change into four-of-a-kind
1994 96
Paul Gertner Slow-Motion Collectors
Inspired by 1994 101
Paul Gertner The Vanishing Card Stab wrapped in paper napkin and stabbed with knife, deck vanishes as climax
1994 103
Paul Gertner Those are the Aces, Those are Not aces between spectator's palm, selection added, selection vanishes and reappears reversed in deck, repeat but this time aces travel to deck and indifferent cards are left behind
Inspired by 1994 106
Paul Gertner The Peter Pan Trick "(The Shadow Cards)"
packet trick in which three cards turn blank and back
1994 110
Paul Gertner Black Jack Surprise bust blackjack hand changes into four aces
1994 113
Paul Gertner, Brother John Hamman Poker Palm Shift Variation poker hand changes multiple times
  • Displaying the First Hand
  • The Hand Changes to Contain Thee of a Kind
  • The Hand Changes to Four of a Kind
  • The Hand Changes to a Royal Flush
Inspired by 1994 115
Paul Gertner The Card in the Candy Box
1994 131
Paul Gertner Skinning the Card to Cardcase loading case from Kelly Bottom Placement
Inspired byRelated to 1994 134
Paul Gertner The Headache Trick aspirin tin put on table, card to case announced, instead the tin comes out of case and card is folded inside it
1994 137
Paul Gertner Unshuffled
Related to 1994 143
Paul Gertner Photocopy photocopy of palm shown, card vanishes and travels into photocopy (Himber Wallet) and on this the card appeared as well
Variations 1994 149
Paul Gertner The $100 Card in Wallet into envelope, with bill
1994 157
Paul Gertner That's Ridiculous four aces on table in different spots, coin appears from jokers and travels to under each card, then coin produced from under all cards, two more coins, two bigger coins and jumbo coin
Related to 1994 183
Jon Racherbaumer Bombshell Twins free selection travels into Bendix Bombshell wallet twice
Inspired by 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
15
Stewart James The Gnikool Device a duplicate of freely chosen card is added to a deck via deck switch before replacement
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
16
Marvin Johnson LSDM Aces
Inspired by 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
19
Marvin Johnson LSDR Aces
Inspired by 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
20
Edward Marlo Clipper Passage top card paper clipped and placed in table, transforms into selection
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
24
Neal Elias Deuce Sandwich Ideas three handlings, dated 1956
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
26
Marty Kane Better Than Best Lie Speller simplified
Inspired by 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
31
Marty Kane Simplex Lie Speller
Variations 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
32
Marty Kane Complex Simplex Lie Speller
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
32
Jon Racherbaumer Whose Oil and Water? credit essay, seven pages
Variations 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
33
Scott Robinson Lunch on the Go named card ends up between jokers
Inspired by 1994 923
Ken Krenzel Progressive Sandwich
Inspired by 1994 925
Steve Beam Circling the Sandwich
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 926
David Solomon The Flip Side with ace to four
Related to 1994 928
Grace Ann Morgan The $ 1,000,000 Test three cards are divined
Inspired by 1994 939
Grace Ann Morgan The Perfect Stopper spectator deals card on table and can stop anywhere, performer knows / names card
Variations 1994 940
Doug Canning Down for the Count two decks, card is named and put in a deck, cards next to it form a number and same card in other deck found at this position
1994 941
Steve Beam, Mike Beam Credit Limit humorous routine with lot of gags, spectator's credit card to wallet, apparently card is cut into pieces
1994 946
Robert E. Neale (E)VIL(E) four cards with letters e,v,i,l are put down to form different words, one back changes color
1994 952
Billy McDonnell Acey Deucey Squared ace of clubs and two of clubs change places twice, then they turn into ace and two of diamonds, as Billy McDonald
Inspired by 1994 953
Aldo Colombini Follow the Ruler impressions with a carpenter's ruler, eventually selection is formed
Also published here 1994 956
Barry Wood Practical Jokers selection rubbed on spectator's hand vanishes and appears between jokers under his hand, effect is repeated and first selection transforms into second
1994 957
Tom Craven Blind Side named number is counted to, card is noted and rest of the cards are blank
Inspired by 1994 959
Steve Beam Tenkai Charlie ambitious card move
Also published here 1994 962
Steve Beam Out on a Limb selection pushed in with arm is produced on fingertips
Also published here 1994 963
Steve Beam Limb Lead-In card vanishes on knee and appears back on deck
Also published here 1994 965
Doug Canning Jinxed Variation
Inspired by 1994 967
Billy McDonnell Tuned Fortune card put in box then two black queens change into red queens and card in case turns out to be selection
Inspired by 1994 971
Billy McDonnell Pocket Poker named aces travel to pocket one by one, then they travel again all together
Variations 1994 972
Billy McDonnell Resurrection a Ghost one of four queens changes into selection
Inspired by 1994 974
Billy McDonnell Leadership ten red and ten black cards
1994 976
Billy McDonnell Even Odds 6-9 of clubs, odd and even cards separated, even ones change
Inspired by 1994 977
Billy McDonnell Pocketing the Queens
Inspired by 1994 979
Billy McDonnell Three-Peat one to four of clubs, one is named and changes into selection
Inspired by 1994 980
Billy McDonnell Quadruple Cross two sandwiched cards transpose, then both card in one, four kings in other pile
Inspired by 1994 982
Billy McDonnell Shifty Poker Palm flush changes into full house, five aces and royal flush
Inspired by 1994 984
Joe Rindfleisch Between the Sheets signed card in toilet paper, roll of toilet paper has to be unrolled first
1994 994
Basil Horwitz Matching ESP spectator pairs up sixteen ESP cards, they all match
1994 35
Basil Horwitz A Third Eye Experience cards held to forehead, performer stops at selection, blindfolded
1994 51
Bob Gill An Alternative Handling cards held to forehead, performer stops at selection, blindfolded
1994 53
Basil Horwitz Fingertip Prediction three blue-backed cards are sealed in an envelope, three red-backed card chosen by spectators, they match
1994 55
Basil Horwitz A Mindreading and Premonition Experience deck is shuffled, five cards selected, four are divined by performer and last predicted
1994 61
Basil Horwitz Challenge Aura Card spectator finds mate
1994 65
Basil Horwitz Out of Hand & Out of Sight Experience blindfolded think stop
1994 69
Basil Horwitz Challenge Super Memory Test Number 1 spectator names number from one to twenty-six, performer names card
1994 71
Basil Horwitz Challenge Do As I Do
1994 75
Basil Horwitz £100 Card Test blindfolded, card prediction in envelope
1994 77
Basil Horwitz Challenge Super Memory Test Number 2 apparently memorizing the deck, able to name card after chosen position
1994 81
Basil Horwitz Mindreading, Clairvoyance and Mindcontrol Experience card is divined and found
1994 85
Basil Horwitz Challenge Psychometry Number 2 cards in pocket, performer removes cards one by one and stops at selection
Related to 1994 87
Aldo Colombini Lite Switch two card transposition, duplicate
Also published here Mar. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 1)
4
Michael Ammar Time is Money deck of cards is produced, then deck change into fan of bills
June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
4
Dave Oestreicher Jaelous Jack colored stickers on back and front of a playing card change color and change places
June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
5
Joel Givens Super Duper instant camera, blank card gets face of chosen card inside case, both are signed
VariationsAlso published here June 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 2)
10
David Neighbors Colorful Rip-Off Triumph cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
1
Daryl Triumph Cutting Display
Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
4
Gary Ouellet, Patrick Raymond Lethal Prediction
Related to Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
8
Philip T. Goldstein Whisp Whisperers plot, four Jacks "whisper" three selections then different colored back of jacks and selections transpose
Inspired by Dec. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4)
12
Gary Kurtz Shrinker deck is removed from card case, case shrinks to a small one and is immediately examinable
1994 1
Ray Kosby Deep Thought one of about twenty
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 1
Ray Kosby Venus Flytrap cards outjogged near the bottom visually sandwich card near the top
1994 3
Ray Kosby Re-cased "If your audience does not notice the effect, do not mention it."
1994 7
Ray Kosby Smudge case as vacuum cleaner for picking-off-a-pip, Ace in case then
1994 9
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Sleighty Retouched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value, involving transformation
Inspired by 1994 11
Bob Farmer Ten Cards, Twenty Fingers, Unlimited Cash marked Jonah, optional stripper deck to take the set out after an honest shuffle of the deck
1994 15
Bob Farmer The Game of 31 Ace through Six on table, numbers added until in turn until 31 is reached, performer always wins
Related to 1994 18
Bob Farmer Svengali Monte monte type betting routine with the deck cut into three piles, optional clean ending
1994 22
Bob Farmer, Theodore DeLand Two-Card Monte
1994 27
Bob Farmer Three-Card Monte with gaff/flap
1994 28
Bob McAllister, Christian Scherer The Fastest Trick in the Universe variation, using bill
Inspired by 1994 7
Paul Harris, Tommy Wonder, Christian Scherer The Ultimate Ripp-Off
Inspired by 1994 9
Meir Yedid Walk-Around Triumph without table
1994 17
Meir Yedid Odd-Even Location one fair riffle shuffle, three cards removed from deck while performer's back is turned, after looking through the deck, the performer names the cards
Inspired by
  • "Scan Location" (Mark Mitton)
1994 31
Meir Yedid Flight Fantastic two cards from red-faced packet travels to black-faced packet
Inspired by 1994 41
Meir Yedid Card To Bra card removed out of performer's shirt
1994 50
Meir Yedid Wildcard #2001 five Tens, sticker on one multiplies, then they change into Royal Flush, trade show presentation
1994 65
Meir Yedid Direct Transpo one card in shirt pocket
1994 69
Meir Yedid Yedid Alignment Variant quick three-way sequence
1994 77
Meir Yedid Quadruplic-Ace-Tion II Quick-Three-Way & Six Card Repeat combination with selection
Inspired by 1994 82
Meir Yedid Extra for Experts additional ideas for Predict-Perfect
1994 19
Sam Schwartz Sam's Monte
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
61
Karl Fulves Shadow Play spectator remembers card at small number, two decks used to count down after some procedure, selection in both decks at same position
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
Karl Fulves Little Nothings loading the spectator's wallet during apparent money exchange before performance, force of mate with counting and down-under deal procedure
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
John Scarne, J. W. Sarles One Hand Ace Cutting using bridge (spring and riffle shuffle)
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
66
John Scarne Knockout Aces spectator says stop four times during (slip) overhand shuffle, four Kings found, repeat with Aces kicker
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
67
Art Altman Altman's Upside Down reproduction of ad copy
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Nov. 1928
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
68
Art Altman Teaser from 1928
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
68
Karl Fulves Chance Encounter dealing procedure used arrive at numbers, when added two numbers are calculated, they are the key numbers of two hotel keys, using 14-15 stack
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
71
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #1 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
77
John Scarne The Apparent Miss "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player, apparent miss in third Ace
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
77
John Scarne 3 Aces and a Kicker "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for first player, fourth Ace as kicker
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #2 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, crimp
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #3 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, fourth Ace after spectator shuffle
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
Victor Farelli Farelli on Leipzig ad reproduction, no method
Also published here
  • The Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 8
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
79
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
81
Karl Fulves Little Nothings - part one two packets dealt until the Ace of Spades is seen in one pile, remaining cards are twelve cards, number is forced
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
83
Karl Fulves Intruder Threes on table, one put with three indifferent cards, they change to Threes, tabled cards change to Fours, computer virus presentation
Inspired by
  • Roy Walton trick from Linking Ring ca. 1986/87
Related to
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
88
Mel Bennett Card 37 number force for 37 with calculator
Inspired by
  • "Letter for a Stranger" (Stewart James)
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
88
John Scarne Watch The Ace short bottom deal demonstration, with bluff phase where it is apparently seen, then spectator tries it but the bottom card is now in his pocket
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
91
John Scarne Quick Two Deck spectator and performer shuffle a deck, same card at bottom because they both "cut and shuffled the same way"
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
92
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix 4&4
Related toVariations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves Mixed Marriages 4&4, reverse mixing phase
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves First Future card sandwiched in center with sandwich cards outjogged, top card shown and moved to bottom, when sandwiched card is pulled out it is this selection
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
94
Herb Zarrow Think Ace four Aces removed and one thought of, shuffled back, one half jogged, face-card of lower half changes into thought-of Ace once named
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
97
Mel Bennett Junk Bonds forcing one pile out of a few, for Ace assembly, using spelling
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
100
Karl Fulves Crime Pays Naught four Kings and four Sevens, one card exchanged but nothing changed, then two and three
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
101
Karl Fulves Freeze Frame two decks, performer signs one in his deck and spectator in his, decks exchanged but each still has his signed card in the deck
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
103
Mike Schwartz Stab Stab Stab deck rests on edge on table, performer stabs joker quickly into side a few times, last time next to selection
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
105
Karl Fulves Black Prediction third cut off, one card selected from the pile and "black" written on back, card selected by cutting and turning top half over behind back, only black card
Related toVariations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
105
John Scarne Remote Control card travels to a spectator at back of room, bogus signature
  • Footnote to History (giving real method for "Western Union Trick")
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
106
Karl Fulves Interim Report on All Backs, secrecy
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
107
Sam Schwartz Sam's Spell name spelled and card at that position remembered, later found, also number would work
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
108
John Scarne Card to Wallet signed card to rubber banded wallet, credit information on the wallet plot
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
109
Paul Swinford Even Further
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
112
Tony Bartolotta Impact Slates card and number written on slates
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
113
Karl Fulves, John Scarne He Finds It card selected by cutting and turning top half over behind back, it is a previously named Ace
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
114
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
116
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Blank Look performer finds selection in reverse fan
  • Second Method (Karl Fulves)
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
117
Jack Avis Jack Avis on Scarne's Run-up Systems
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
120
Mel Bennett Three Card Tricks six-card pyramid layout, folding, number nine can be forced
  • Cheaper By The Dozen (forcing twelve)
  • At The Strike of 10 (ten-card pyramid, forced 25)
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
119
Karl Fulves, Jesse Demaline Numeration Ace through Six given to spectator, one chosen, performer has packet behind back and gives back five, chosen one is missing, posed as a problem
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
124
John Scarne Invisible Seconds top half shuffled, four obvious seconds dealt, those four cards are Aces, featuring a Bottom Deal handling from straddle grip
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
127
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix handling detail
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
129
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Magic Teaching card selected, down under deal with a packet, last card used to count to selection, every other card Ace through King
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
130
Karl Fulves Sympathy for the Devil twelve cards removed from shuffled deck, a packet of cards is removed from envelope and both dealt simultaneously, one card is reversed in prediction packet and it matches the card in the other packet and also a prediction
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
141
Karl Fulves Cedric's Applause using a pocket index
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
143
John Scarne Card To Wallet bottom placement loading for wallet
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
143
John Scarne Scarne Card Problems
  • 21 Card Trick with two selections
  • Diagonal Palm Shift with two of three cards
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
145
John Scarne Thought Cards to Pocket one spectator thinks a red card from a five-card packet, another a black card from another packet, shuffled back in deck, both cards named, then produced from pocket
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
145
Homer Liwag Homer Liwag's Dribble Double double lift after dribble pass
1994 87
Lee Asher The Asher Twist
VariationsAlso published here 1994 109
Chris Kenner, Brett Wolf Shifty fake SWE shift to visually let ambitious card move to top, only last phase by Brett Wolf
Inspired byVariations 1994 121
Jackie McClements Half Price Hofzinser card chosen, Kings removed, one turns face up which matches the suit of selected card, other three Kings change into mates of selection
1994 1
Jackie McClements Coincidence My *@*! two cards put aside, two cards touched by spectator are mates of them
1994 3
Jackie McClements Pushthru Eliminator card chosen, incomplete faro pushed through a few times to get clues about the color and suit of card, wrong card is determined, still right card shows up reversed in deck
Also published here
  • The Crimp, p. 212
1994 4
Jackie McClements The Move optionally with "Turnover Palm Addition Move" (Roy Walton)
Also published here 1994 6
Jackie McClements Bye Bye Baby
Inspired by 1994 11
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
1994 12
Jackie McClements Them Or Us two four-card packets transpose
1994 14
Jackie McClements Cardiograph five cards in a row, one of which is selection, doodling around with a pencil on a paper underneath the row, selection found, description incomplete in booklet
1994 17
Jackie McClements Shock Treatment deck vanishes at the end of a four Ace discovery, with variations
A. The basic vanish as an ace discovery
B. The Original 1984 Handling (requiring a Ghost Count)
Related toVariations 1994 19
Melvin Lehair The Gloving Touch card values and indices on glove, ideas with this prop like using it for the free selection of a card
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
1
Jerry K. Hartman Made to Order two four-card packets end up in the same order
Also published here Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
4
Ray Grismer Focal Point spectator removes odd number of cards and remembers center one, packet replaced, performer can name card
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
6
Aldo Colombini Las Vegas three cards end up reversed, suit, value and card itself
Related toAlso published here
  • Colombini's "Top Ten" lecture notes
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
8
Dance With The Devil "Profile Extra" (no creator given)
in the end, all pairs add up to fourteen
Inspired by Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
9
Roy Walton Suitcase four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
10
Roger Crosthwaite The Deck Production from invisible grain of salt, cased, from lap
Related toVariations 1994 4
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Paradigms "Phase Two: Reading the Mind"
Joker grabbed from spread, originally top card
Inspired by 1994 7
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card in fan, gaze method, with fishing
Related to 1994 8
Roger Crosthwaite Finding the Foursome "Phase Three"
1994 11
Roger Crosthwaite The Kilburn Cut estimation cut to locate a card à la Marlo
1994 13
Roger Crosthwaite The Sultan Stab spectator throws indicator card into dribble, shown to be next to King, indicator card changes into King as well as:
  • The Chutney Change
1994 14
Roger Crosthwaite The Khan Reverse
1994 16
Daryl Martinez Martinez Display six-packet cutting sequence
1994 17
Roger Crosthwaite Righting Move Variation for Triumph clean-up
1994 18
Charlier Catch boomerang card caught with left hand
1994 19
Roger Crosthwaite Visual Replacement LTP steal from table edge
1994 21
Roger Crosthwaite Lost and Found "Phase Four: Caressing the Cards"
Kings lost, spectator decides on number of players and who should win
1994 23
Roger Crosthwaite How It's Done "Phase Five: Dealing with Desire"
fake center deal, card dealt onto pile yet appears again when spectator says stop during deal, finally comes from pocket
1994 27
Randy Wakeman Fake One Hand Center
Related to
  • Randy Wakeman Presents, p. 136
1994 28
Roger Crosthwaite The Magic Salt "Phase Six: Making the Magic"
cards dealt on table become invisible, deck penetrates case
1994 31
Roger Crosthwaite Single Deal Vanish card(s) dealt on table vanish, into LTP, see also p. 234 for credit information, also:
  • Multiple Deal Vanish
1994 32
Roger Crosthwaite The Long Pour "Phase Seven: Ending with Style"
cased deck, case suddenly filled with salt
1994 34
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card - Opening Remarks thoughts and references
  • The Selection of the Card
  • The Location of the Card
  • The Revelation of the Card
1994 37
Roger Crosthwaite Personal Roots about the think-a-card plot
1994 41
Roger Crosthwaite Psychological Roots
  • The Eyes Have It
  • The Length of Gaze
  • The Direction of Gaze
  • The Intensity of Gaze
1994 43
Roger Crosthwaite Erdnase Method A "Technical Roots"
Inspired byRelated to 1994 48
Roger Crosthwaite Variation One: Verbal Stop Technique peek-type selection, dressed as think-a-card
1994 49
Roger Crosthwaite Variation Two: Visual Stop Technique riffling through card with short pause
1994 50
Roger Crosthwaite Variation Three: Retention-of-Vision
Inspired by 1994 52
Roger Crosthwaite Erdnase Method B "Technical Roots"
springing face-up with short pause, credit information
Inspired by 1994 52
Roger Crosthwaite Erdnase Method D "Technical Roots"
by the gaze, see following entries, credit information
Inspired by 1994 55
Roger Crosthwaite The Gaze Method - Think-a-Card cards spread through with the faces towards the spectator, observing the spectator's eyes
Inspired byRelated to 1994 55
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Stab performer stabs next to thought-of card, (classic) out for three possibilities
1994 61
Roger Crosthwaite Direct Mindreading
1994 62
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Topper spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into four piles, top card of chosen pile is selection, LTP palm-out and replacement
1994 63
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Jacks two Jacks sandwich "thought-of" (forced) card
1994 63
Roger Crosthwaite Mindreading Experiment 1 card "thought-of" (forced), mate is in case and spectator stops on his selection
1994 64
Roger Crosthwaite Mindreading Experiment 2 card put in case, performer does not know it, mate forced on spectator, glimpse via hole in case, belly stripper suggestion
1994 64
Justin Higham Super Clairvoyant spectator thinks of any card, deals twice the value and drops rest on top, after a reverse faro, the performer knows the value and can fish
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 64
Trevor Lewis Direct Mind Control spectator stops at named card, second deal
1994 68
Cyril Golding Cyril Golding's Method following gaze while spectator looks at fan
1994 70
Justin Higham Spectator Cuts, Magician Delivers
Related to 1994 72
Roger Crosthwaite Flash Aces
Also published here 1994 74
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Premonition unknown and freely chosen card put aside, card peeked at, they match
1994 77
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 1 one card thought-of and one selected, both predicted via matching cards
Inspired by 1994 83
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 2 card thought-of from spread and card selected, found, no no fishing
1994 84
Michael Vincent Michael's Wild Card three selections and Joker change four Jokers and then to four Aces
Inspired by 1994 86
Roger Crosthwaite Miracle Change Effect card changes into selection
Inspired by 1994 89
Roger Crosthwaite Sandwich Sequence card appears between tabled red Queens, then to black Queens and back, Visitor
  • Phase One: The Trap
  • Phase Two: The Escape
  • Phase Three: The Return
Inspired by 1994 94
Michael Vincent Ultra Clean Sandwich named card appears between tabled sandwich cards à la Marlo
1994 98
Roger Crosthwaite Purist Sandwich
Inspired by 1994 100
Bob Irons Gambler's Aces breather crimp, tabled
Variations 1994 104
Roger Crosthwaite Free Count Aces Aces cut into deck, found again
  • Variation One: Faro Shuffle
  • Variation Two: Overhand-Faro Combination
Inspired by 1994 109
Edward Marlo Moveable Coincidence two cards chosen by saying stop when finger is moved along fan match
1994 112
Chris Power Card from Box deck case, selection penetrates case, palmed out from case
1994 122
Michael Vincent Michael's General Card Joker changes into three previous selections one by one
1994 123
David Carré Total Cull shuffled deck, routine after which the deck is sorted into fours-of-a-kind or new deck order
  • Phase One: The Nine/Ten Trick
  • Phase Two: The First Ace Trick
  • Phase Three: Four Aces Lost and Found
  • Phase Four: Four Quick Ace Discoveries
  • Phase Five: The Cour Cards
  • Phase Six: The Separation
  • Phase Seven: The Complete Assembly
  • Phase Eight: The Lull before the Storm
  • Phase Nine: The Grand Finale
  • Variation: Another Sort
1994 135
Roger Crosthwaite The Immediate Center break, mention of "Out of this Escorial" (by Kevin Reay)
1994 151
Guy Hollingworth Reset Routine ends in New Pack Order
Also published here 1994 154
Justin Higham Interlaced Transformation three cards between Aces in center, Kings on top, Aces now on top and Kings in center with the three cards
Inspired byVariations 1994 160
Roger Crosthwaite To Another World starts from shuffled deck
1994 163
Roger Crosthwaite Follow Up card peeked in red half travels to black half
1994 165
Justin Higham Phantom Aces position of Aces announced after spectators shuffle the deck, one-by-one production, last one stabbed with another card by spectator
Inspired by 1994 166
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield Twist and Vanish biddle trick, five-card twisting routine, cards turn over one by one, selection vanishes at the end
Related to
  • Inside Out No. VI (1989, Justin Higham, p. 14)
1994 174
Jack Avis Siva's Twist and Vanish biddle trick, five-card twisting routine, cards turn over one by one, selection vanishes at the end
1994 178
Cy Endfield Shock Treatment "Twist and Vanish", biddle trick with thought-of card (one out of three), five-card twisting routine, cards turn over one by one, selection vanishes at the end
1994 180
Jack Avis Another Call, Another Place bottom deals instead of second deals
Related toVariations 1994 186
Jack Avis A Change of Identity four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1994 190
Justin Higham Identity Cards alternate handling, whisperers
Inspired by 1994 198
Roy Walton Leave 'em Laughing spectator choses one of the four Aces and mixed them up, Ace located, all change to Jacks
VariationsAlso published here 1994 203
Gordon Bruce Palmist's Prediction two signed cards and one thought of
Also published here
  • Lecture notes Edinburgh, March 1986
1994 204
Peter Duffie Those Enigmatic Royals
  • Phase One (based on Card Puzzle)
  • Phase Two (based on Happy Families, court cards mixed and the suits unite again via spelling)
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1994 206
Iain Girdwood Adagio for Strings two cards in two suit runs from Ace to Ten transpose
Variations 1994 209
Steven Hamilton Thinking Out Loud card built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other, that card turns over, then Triumph with four cards reversed at finale, the constructed card and its mates
Also published here 1994 210
George McBride Where Regals Dare
Inspired by
  • "Topsy Turvy or Slow Motion Plus" (Trevor Lewis, New Pentagram, Jan. 1972)
1994 213
Paul Weir Quantum Leap selection put between Queens, two Aces cut face-up in deck, selection is named (whisper like) and travels to Aces in deck
Inspired by 1994 216
Roger Crosthwaite The Deck Production further comments
Related to 1994 222
Roger Crosthwaite The Gaze Method credit information
Related to 1994 223
Roger Crosthwaite Three-Way-Out Location for think-a-card, card found by stabbing another next to it
1994 224
Jerry Mentzer Torn and Restored - A Versatile Idea handling the torn pieces
Inspired by 1994 49
Mike Bornstein Double Matchit card chosen and lost, dollar bill changes into matchbook, mini card inside which matches selection
Also published here 1994 67
Michael Close The Frog Prince card folded in origami frog transposes with selection
Also published here 1994 12
Michael Close Red/Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape
Also published here 1994 20
Ali Bongo Four Kings Easy Kings vanish and appear in envelope, with four glasses, brief
Also published here 1994 1
Alan Shaxon Eine professionelle "Kartenwanderung in die Tasche" five cards travel to pocket, then they shrink and appear as jumbo cards in the pocket
Also published here 1994 2
Alan Shaxon Die unsichtbare Karte und Umschläge An invisible though of card is put in an invisible envelope and sealed in an empty visible envelope. Envelope and correct card appear.
Also published here 1994 6
Alan Shaxon Und wieder wandern drei Karten with handkerchief
Also published here 1994 20
Alan Shaxon Milton Asse Aces are placed in the deck and everything inside a wine glass, Aces appear one by one under cover of a handkerchief, variation of Herbert Milton trick
1994 32
Alan Shaxon, Robert Harbin Die Spielkarte in der Flasche card travels inside empty whiskey bottle which is inside cigar box
VariationsAlso published here 1994 37
Michael Weber The Knowledgable Knife or The Klever Kleaver signed card, through newspaper sheet
1994
Michael Weber Stocking Feat snake basket with sock, Alka Seltzer powered
Inspired by
  • "Sorcerer's Serpent" (Bruce Elliott, Magic as a Hobby, 1948, p. 109)
1994
Jon Racherbaumer Stranger Succession Aces credit information
Inspired by 1994 1
Doug Conn Chameleon Sandwich sandwich effect followed by color changing deck surprise
Also published here 1994 4
Jon Racherbaumer Eddie Marlo Lives! card chosen with mathematical procedure, packets counted and digits added, selection found by spelling the trick's title, faro
Inspired by 1994 13
Tony Slydini Slydini's Presentation of 9999 Miracle
Inspired by 1994 14
Simon Lovell, Gary Plants Jacked Black! card and position remembered, then another value added and card ends up at this position, switchless switch placement
1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer Bravura Transposition two tabled cards transpose
Inspired by
  • "Pushover" (Gordon Bruce, Half an Hour with Gordon Bruce, 1986)
Also published here
1994 16
Bob Sheets Killer Kitsen Miracle Dutch Looper gaff, three phases
  • Flap-Flip Move
Inspired by
  • "Kitson Miracle" (Patrick Page)
1994 1
Jon Racherbaumer The Curse of Scotland card chosen (Christ force), another card chosen and put reversed in center, then match and reversed card is between other cards of that value
Inspired by 1994 9
Jon Racherbaumer Playing the Light on using a shiner, Eddie Fay, with red-black location effect with hidden clocking
1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Glimpse spectator cuts off packet and remembers bottom card
1994 19
Jim Krenz Savage Card all cards from deck change into selection, Himber wallet
Also published here 1994 1
Jim Krenz (Son of) Dracula Goes Wild! Wild Card with Dracula theme
Also published here 1994 8
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
1994 14
Jim Krenz Invisible Triumph spectator shuffles, all cards roughed on back
Related to 1994 18
Steve Dusheck Universal Gimmick hook-up for invisible thread that can be attached to clothing, with weight to pull back thread, with applications:
  • rope floats to hand
  • third tassel gag for Chinese sticks
  • rising card with card floating to hand
  • as pull, match or coin vanish
Inspired byVariations
  • "Invisible Thread Retractor" (Steve Dusheck, marketed 1978)
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
1994 74
Rudolf Braunmüller Die unzertrennlichen Rieseenkarten two jumbo cards cut into four pieces, routine with the pieces, 4&4
  • Phase 1 - "Follow the Leader"
  • Phase 2 - "Öl und Wasser"
  • Phase 3 - "Jazz Asse"
Inspired by May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
99
Die Zuschauer zaubern spelling routine with eight cards
Related to
  • Roy Johnson routine in Abacus, ca. 1993
May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
105
Roy Johnson Plastifiziert card with corner torn off appears in sealed laminated case, Intercessor type duplicate
Also published here May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
111
Roy Johnson Eckenfiziert corner of cards travels inside lamination where rest of card already is
Also published here May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
113
Stephen Tucker Kontrakt Killer Karten mafia story trick, four Kings travel back on top then selection is found
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
169
Philip T. Goldstein Kartendruck four blank cards, four times one King among three blanks, then four Kings
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
170
David Britland Rot/Schwarz using quick 3-way moves
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
171
Stephen Tucker Zwei für den Preis von einem torn and restored card, humorous revelation of two selected cards, Four torn to show Ace and Three
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
172
Stephen Tucker, Rudolf Braunmüller Freitag blank cards are cut to instead of Aces, Aces not working today, gag
Inspired by July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
174
Bill Worsley So ein Schwindel with change bag and slips of paper
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
176
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Kannibalen-Story
  • Die David-Britland-Version
  • Die Stephen-Tucker-Version
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
177
Harvey Rosenthal Harvey Rosenthal Umkehr while showing top and bottom card
Also published here July 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4 & 5)
183
Christian M. Thurnes Der Grundeffekt: Karte in (KONG-)Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
8
Christian M. Thurnes Die Verzichterklärung card to case with message on card, Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
11
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Jackentasche (außen) using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
12
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Jackentasche (innen) using Kong Case, Topit with connection to outside pocket
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
14
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Brieftasche using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
14
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Irgend Etwas using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
14
Christian M. Thurnes Das sichtbare Spiel card travels into another deck, using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
15
Christian M. Thurnes Karte in Ringkästchen using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
16
Santo Karte aus dem Sack deck tossed into paper bag with clothes pin and shaken up, pin is on selection, using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
18
Santo Dreifaches Kartenfinden three selections found in cloth bag, using Kong Case
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
19
Alexander de Cova Eine Dame zaubert spectator performs card in (Himber) wallet for performer
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
30
David Burmeister Object D'art card selected using dart, cards attached to board, written prediction
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Kenton Knepper Linguistic Deception lists with words, chosen words are divined
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. Quarterly Supplement #1)
18
Jean Boucher Psi-Touch cards shuffled behind back
Inspired by 1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 6)
27
Lee Earle Topologo paper with various logos is folded and cut, one logo is selected and divined by performer
Inspired by 1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 7)
30
Ted Lesley The Kismet Connection spectator cuts to a card which matches card from second deck which was placed in envelope
Related toVariations 1994 27
Ted Lesley Two Decks with But a Single Thought a spectator selects card and places it unseen inside an envelope, other spectator selects same card, Kismet envelope
1994 34
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
1994 37
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994 42
Ted Lesley Nap on the Ridge winner receives the deck
1994 49
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 1994 52
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Tablecloth magnets under tablecloth, plate lifter used, to cue spectator, move objects etc.
  • The Dung Beetle Revelations
  • The Living Dead
  • Greased Ghost (Haunted deck with plate lifter method)
  • Grand Mal Geller (spoon in bag moves and bends)
Related to 1994 132
Ted Lesley Pro-monition Premonition routine, card found in performer's pocket
1994 149
Ted Lesley Sign Onboard signed card travels to envelope, Teleport Envelope
Related to 1994 194
Ted Lesley Herald from the Invisible Realms an invisible though of card is put in an invisible envelope and sealed in an empty visible envelope, including sticker with named number, Teleport Envelope
Related to 1994 196
Ellison Poland Slough-Off Speller
1994 7
Ellison Poland Si-Slough divining a selection by glimpsing next card during faro slough-off
1994 10
Peter Duffie King For A Day Kings lost, named King spelled to, spelling piles have other Kings on top, slough-off faro
1994 12
Peter Duffie Thought Up Plus spectator cuts, remembers card and replaces, card rises, faro, "is it one of these?"
Inspired by
  • "Thought Up" (Peter Duffie, Ulterior Motifs, 1992)
Variations
1994 14
Ellison Poland A Mental Case cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Inspired by 1994 17
Ellison Poland The "Out" Of Last Resort out for lost card or finding thought-of card, lots of questions "is it one of these?", faro
Inspired by 1994 19
Peter Duffie The Impromptu Imposition suit and value of selection found by cuts, selection is then spelled to
1994 21
Peter Duffie The Future Packet number of cards cut off by spectator is predicted via the sum in another packet
Inspired byVariations 1994 25
Ellison Poland A Variation of Diaconis' "Les Cartes"
1994 28
Ellison Poland Monte-Finale money card vanishes, suggesting different tabled switches
1994 34
Ellison Poland Ambitious Aces Aces on table, three cards on each, all packets inserted into deck one by one, Aces are on top
1994 39
Ellison Poland The Garden Path several cards including selection are tabled, selection is later indifferent card and found somewhere else
1994 42
Ellison Poland Marked Matcho No. 2 two decks
Related to 1994 49
Ellison Poland, George Vaughn Boisvin A Pitchman's Spiel presentation for card fans, color changes, productions, diminishing cards
Inspired by 1994 51
Ellison Poland Another Solution To Curry's Open Prediction Problem
Inspired by 1994 55
Ellison Poland In And Out card penetrates another
Related to
  • Will Goldston's stand-up version in 1923
1994 60
Tony Econ The Econ Poker Deal Aces apparently stacked for performer in two shuffles, Aces are seen to be dealt to another hand, performer ends up with Straight Flush, faro
1994 82
Tony Econ Econ's Triple Coincidence card reversed in a deck, card selected in other deck, same card found at same position, cards found to be of the other decks
Also published here 1994 85
Ellison Poland A Gambler's Switch as hand is waved over single tabled card, transposition application
Inspired by 1994 87
Harry Milliken No Seconds Dunbury
Inspired by 1994 90
Ellison Poland Jack Of Diamonds Joker is supposed to find card, it changes into selection of which there is now a duplicate
Inspired by
  • routine in The Linking Ring, Feb. 1993
1994 93
Gary Ward Thunk Cards one of four blank cards changes into duplicate of selection and back to blank
1994 98
Gene Maze No Cover Aces Number One seven card assembly
Related to 1994 101
Gene Maze Sandwich Aces three Aces are sandwiched between two cards each, they assemble to a leader packet one by one
1994 106
Gene Maze No Cover Aces Number Two
Related to 1994 111
Gene Maze No Name Coincidence spectator and performer deal and stop at one card, they match
1994 115
Ellison Poland Ubiquitous Readers performer names cards from their back one by one, consecutive switches
1994 125
Gene Maze No Cover Assembly Number 3 seven card assembly
Related to 1994 130
Gene Maze More Of The Same - With Kicker transformation kicker
1994 134
Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
1994 140
Steve Pressley New Wave Aces
1994 143
Dan Tong A Transposition two and two cards, table, application of Pad Vanish
1994 149
Dan Tong Stealth Whirley-Bird Card one half is spread randomly into a mess on the table, the other half is fanned, the spectator select a card, put back in fan, it travels to tables cards
Inspired by 1994 155
Aldo Colombini Back and Forth Sandwich black card between black Kings transposes with red card between red Kings
Related to 1994 1
Aldo Colombini Follow This! card chosen, Triumph in which deck except selection changes back color
1994 4
Aldo Colombini Love Affair selection and unknown blue-backed card travel together and fuse into one card
Inspired by 1994 6
Aldo Colombini Easy Location card and its position remembered, it is then found by spelling another card
1994 8
Aldo Colombini Fast Food two cards vanish between three Jokers, they reappear in deck
1994 10
Aldo Colombini Zig Zag three selections match three prediction cards
1994 12
Aldo Colombini F.F.F.F. four selections lost, spectator cuts deck in four piles, Aces on top, selection found in another cut-off packet as well
Inspired by
  • Randy Wakeman effect as performed on FFFF
1994 14
Aldo Colombini North by Northwest three four-card packets, selection jumps from packet to packet
1994 16
Aldo Colombini Missing
1994 18
Aldo Colombini Ranka-Chank Britland style
1994 21
Aldo Colombini Back to the Future two black Aces produced and tabled, two face-down cards are shown in face-up spread, they are the black Aces and tabled Aces are now red Aces
1994 23
Aldo Colombini Never Say Dice Ace, Two and Three of Hearts on table with dice on top with the same number upwards, cards follow when dice are changes, Royal Flush transformation as finale
Inspired by 1994 25
Aldo Colombini Can't Play Your Game ten red and black cards, two selections are told to transpose, packets transpose instead
Related to 1994 28
Aldo Colombini Hats Off three-card location
1994 30
Aldo Colombini Sandwich For You card travels between tabled sandwich, smiling mule gag
1994 32
Aldo Colombini The Old Romantics four Aces of Hearts are produced, the change into the four different Aces
1994 34
Aldo Colombini Mambo Jack selection lost, Jacks change into four Jokers, then into four-of-a-kind matching selection
1994 36
Aldo Colombini Havana Sandwich spectator locates Aces on either side of a selection, selection then travels between two other sandwich cards in the deck, duplicate
Inspired by
  • "Havana" (Andre Robert, Card Creations)
1994 39
Aldo Colombini Poker Coins performer cuts deck into four piles and four cards are left on the table, they are the Aces, coin is found under each
1994 44
Aldo Colombini Triumph Trio Queens are only reversed cards in the end
1994 47
Aldo Colombini Champagne Ace through Four assemble, then change, packet trick with twelve blank cards
1994 51
Aldo Colombini Italian Heart card selected, deck riffle shuffled twice, all Hearts removed, selection remains after down-under deal with all Hearts in order
1994 55
Aldo Colombini The Killer noose formed with a rope only tightens when spectator who is holding the selection pulls it
Inspired by
  • Tom Craven effect
1994 57
Aldo Colombini Formula One tabled card turns out to be later sandwiched selection
1994 59
Aldo Colombini Las Vegas deck shuffled face-up/face-down by cutting piles on the table, two cards end up reversed sandwiching the selection
Inspired by
  • Tom Craven effect
Related to
1994 61
Aldo Colombini Royal Flush spectator finds selection and card that completes a Royal Flush
1994 63
Aldo Colombini Colorado
Related to 1994 65
Aldo Colombini Jumbo airplane is formed with cards, selection is found and four Aces produced as kicker
Also published here 1994 67
Aldo Colombini Ace-mbly Kings assemble and change to Aces
Related to
  • "Acid Test Aces" (Daniel McCarthy, Sly Glances)
Also published here
1994 69
Aldo Colombini Snapping rubber-banded card is inserted and drags out two selections, then the cards changes into third selection
Inspired by
  • Andre Robert routine
1994 72
Aldo Colombini Four Card Display
Related to 1994 74
Aldo Colombini Vortex two decks, various coincidences, then dealing into four piles to find Aces
Inspired by
  • Frank Pemper routine
1994 76
Aldo Colombini Mini & Maxi two card prediction with jumbo Five of Hearts that has a part cut off to predict both the Five and Three
1994 82
Aldo Colombini One, Two, Three, Four Aces change into Ace through Four, then other three Aces are found again
Inspired by
  • Larry Jennings effect
1994 86
Aldo Colombini Open Prediction dealing stopped at two cards, they are pushed reversed in deck, then are shown to match open prediction, then they change back color
1994 89
Aldo Colombini Follow the... Oil and Water 10&10, combining Follows the Leader and Oil and Water, two selections are found as well
1994 94
Aldo Colombini The Silence of the Kings Kings shown, they change into double backers, then Aces
1994 100
Aldo Colombini W-Hole odd-backed card with hole in center transposes, two center-pieces of two cards transpose
1994 102
Aldo Colombini Well Done, Boys! four packets made, on the top are the Kings, on the bottom the Aces
Related to
  • Ed Marlo routine in Sly Glanced, p. 47
1994 107
Aldo Colombini No Fake Wild Card
1994 109
Aldo Colombini All the Best two black Jacks change to match selections
1994 111
Aldo Colombini Foottapper card vanishes from Jacks and reappears reversed in deck, biddle trick
1994 113
Aldo Colombini Koin Kut packet cut off, under that cut-off packet is found a coin, in-the-hands
1994 115
Aldo Colombini The Rubber Illusion card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks
Inspired by 1994 143
Aldo Colombini The Rubber Illusion card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks
Inspired by 1994 143
Aldo Colombini The Card That Gets Confused odd-backed card changes into three selections one by one, then becomes a gag card with various pips printed all over the face
Inspired by 1994 149
Aldo Colombini A Mirror Will Do odd-backed blank card changes into three selections one by one, as a climax the selections become odd-backed
Also published here
  • Genii, 1991
1994 152
Aldo Colombini Out of this Country spectator touches twenty-six cards
1994 155
Aldo Colombini Out of Color separating the backs instead of faces, two back colors
1994 158
Aldo Colombini Out of Apocalypse full deck version
Inspired by 1994 159
Aldo Colombini Half a World Away predicting two mistake cards
Inspired by 1994 162
Aldo Colombini Out of Suits
1994 166
Danny Archer Quiz Show a Jack is openly placed in card case, card is selected and lost in deck, red Aces are placed in card case as well, black Aces sandwich a card in deck which turns out to be the Jack, in card case is selection with red Aces
1994 11
Danny Archer Point It Out card selected from packet and returned and shuffled while magician’s back is turned, he finds selection, using special glasses to see spectator’s fingerprints
Also published here 1994 13
Danny Archer Out Foxed five spectators think of cards, magician reveals them correctly
Inspired by 1994 18
Don Banks, Jim Lambert, Steve Ehlers, Art Gross The Close-Up Billusion bill inserted between two Aces visually passes back and forth from middle to bottom, Aces change into Queens, monte theme, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for additional crediting info
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
4
Jack Carpenter Fate or Free Will? tabled prediction card, spectator picks card and inserts it in deck, cards on both sides of it are black Sevens, inserted card is shown to be a red Seven and prediction is other red Seven
Variations 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
8
Steve Mayhew The Big Fat Hairy Con selection is "invisibly" picked out of deck between two cards, then tossed back into deck where it appears face up
1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
11
Jack Carpenter A "Quickie" Revisited number of cards cut off and card selected are predicted, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for more references
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
14
Jack Carpenter Carpenter's Cannibals cannibal cards eat and then change into all Eights (they "ate" a lot), see reference for a different longer version of routine, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 31) for crediting info
Related to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
16
Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers, Steve Mayhew The Grippo Transpo signed card lost in deck, performer and spectator hold a card, performer's card visually changes into spectator's, spectator's card becomes signed card
Related to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
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Jack Carpenter O'Henry Plays Jazz Aces and four Clubs-cards, Aces transpose with Clubs one at a time to gather in tabled pile, instead of last Ace traveling, all three other Aces transpose back all at once to join it beneath spectator's hand, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 32) for crediting info
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 2)
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Jack Carpenter Full Reverse classic Assembly, one at a time Jacks vanish from their packets and appear in leader packet, then backfire back to their starting packets, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 32) for small technical correction
Related to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 2)
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Jack Carpenter Obliter-Ace-ion Ace vanish one at a time, four random cards are changed into Aces
1994
Labyrinth (Issue 2)
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Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 3
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 5
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 8
Simon Aronson Simon's "Favorite Card" Trick spectator names a card and selects a card, Twisting Ace through Four, last card transforms into spectator's named card, Four is reversed in deck and used to count to selection
Also published here 1994 17
Simon Aronson Mis-Mate card shown and put out-jogged in deck, spectator says stop during biddling count, it is not the mate of the out-jogged card, but that one changes to match the selection
Also published here 1994 22
Simon Aronson The Spectator Really Cuts To The Aces four-way forcing deck
Also published here 1994 27
Simon Aronson Aces Up, Countdown selection lost, Aces put in different places, they turn over together in the center except the one with matching suit, value of selection used to count to Ace, reversed card in Ace packet is selection
Also published here 1994 31
Simon Aronson Under Cover Four-Play Ace through Four travel through handkerchief one by one to join under jumbo card or cardboard
Also published here 1994 35
Simon Aronson Lucky 7 two cards peeked at, Seven turns face up, both cards are counted to from the Seven
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
  • Fifth Method
Also published here 1994 41
Simon Aronson Symmethree three cards peeked at, first selection turns face up, both remaining selections are counted to from the first one using its value
Also published here 1994 45
Simon Aronson Turning the Corner Twisting Ace through Four, last card changes into selection, clean handling
Also published here 1994 48
Simon Aronson The Aronson Artifice spectator stops anytime during dealing, takes two cards, then one of those, it is divined and predicted, Koran meets Gilbreath
Also published here 1994 53
Simon Aronson Stranger Deranger unknown blue-backed selection put in red deck, card chosen from red deck face up, blue-backed deck counted face up and the card just chosen is missing, it is then shown to be the blue-backed card
Also published here 1994 62
Simon Aronson "I'll Go First" spectator and performer both turn a card over in their decks, it matches, sophisticated combination of stacked and invisible deck, with deck switch
Also published here 1994 65
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #1
Also published here 1994 69
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #2
Also published here 1994 73
Simon Aronson Red See Passover
Also published here 1994 76
Simon Aronson Two Card "No Touch" Location spectator cuts off a packet and remembers bottom card, second spectator shuffles same packet and chooses a card, both named by performer
Also published here 1994 88
Simon Aronson Four Stop Intersection four spectators cut to cards, all shuffled, performer deals through cards face up and stops at selections
Also published here 1994 92
Simon Aronson Histed Heisted matrix card divination, last card predicted
Also published here 1994 95
Simon Aronson S-D Plus (or, "Notes on the S-D Location")
three phases
Also published here 1994 100
Simon Aronson Center Cut Location spectator pulls out packet from center and remembers bottom card
Also published here 1994 105
Simon Aronson Draw Poker Deal a), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 120
Simon Aronson Stud Poker Deal b), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 121
Simon Aronson Ten Card Poker Deal c), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 122
Simon Aronson Poker Routines d), routining the previous effects
Also published here 1994 123
Simon Aronson Perfect Bridge Hand e), built into the Aronson Stack, deals a perfect no-trump hand
Also published here 1994 123
Simon Aronson Spelling f), built into the Aronson Stack, spelling bank
Also published here 1994 124
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1994 125
Simon Aronson Shuffle-Bored
  • The Basic Shuffle-Bored Effect (only number of reversed card is divined)
  • The Secret
  • The Set-Up
  • The Procedure
  • Preliminaries
  • The Cancellation Combination
Also published here 1994 149
Simon Aronson Controlled Shuffle-Bored number of reversed cards can be predicted
Also published here 1994 156
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 159
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 160
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1994 161
Simon Aronson Color Discernment performer knows number of reversed red and black cards
Also published here 1994 163
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1994 164
Simon Aronson Prediction Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 165
Simon Aronson Background and Credits
Also published here 1994 167
David Solomon David Solomon's variation of Ed Marlo's "But What About My Number?" spectator thinks of a small number and reverses that many cards twice in the deck, deck shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, performer knows number of reversed cards and the spectator's number coincides with the number of red cards that are reversed
Also published here 1994 171
Simon Aronson Ad-Jacent advertisement card is used to stab between selections in tabled spread, rewritten description
Also published here 1994 173
Alexander de Cova Die Zuschauerin zaubert... spectator performs card in (Himber) wallet for performer
Also published here 1994 9
Alexander de Cova Wild Card Routine
Also published here 1994 10
Alexander de Cova Five Star Prediction Koran prediction, with Himber wallet
Also published here 1994 12
Alexander de Cova Das Photo-Konzept image on photograph changes to match selection or prediction, only as idea
1994 12
Michael Weber Easy Premonition photocopy of fifty-two cards with one reversed, freely thought-of card is missing
Also published here 1994 13
Alexander de Cova Blank Thought Surprise blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, previously tabled card is named card
Variations 1994 17
Alexander de Cova Triple Coincidence prediction from wallet, values written on blank cards, blank-backed deck
Also published here 1994 20
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of pack, three phases
Also published here 1994 24
Alexander de Cova Triple Transposition two card transposition with one card in wallet, repeat, then card becomes bill, in wallet are matches and in matchbox the folded card
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 28
Michael Weber Gaffect card rises, then card rises through rubber band of banded deck and stops halfway with band through center of card
Also published here 1994 9
David K. Cooper That's Not The Half Of It! card put between spectator's hands, face becomes blank and in a locked box is found the selection with blank back
Aug. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 3)
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William Goodwin Opener selection face-up in center, as it is removed two black Kings appear around it sandwiching the selection
Variations Nov. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 6)
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William Goodwin Ambitious Sandwich card pushed in center appears visibly between two stepped face-up sandwich cards on top
Nov. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 6)
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