81,828 entries in Cards
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Edward Marlo Mechanical Second Deal
Also published here 2022 26
Friedrich Roitzsch Out of this Card Box starts with shuffled deck
Related toAlso published here 2022 30
Karl Fulves Combo System memorizing red/back order
Also published here 2022 30
Friedrich Roitzsch Instructions for a Miracle signed card appears bound in spiral-bound booklet
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 37
Thumb Clip Steal bottom card of double
2022 43
Helge Thun, Thomas Fraps Instant Camera Card deck is used as an instant camera card, blank card (picture) turns into selected card
Also published here 2022 8
Thomas Fraps Miller Change Variation inside cellophane of case
Also published here 2022 12
Helge Thun Hände Hoch! on performing stand-up card magic, featuring a fingertip rest position for the deck
2022 15
Helge Thun Doppelt Hält Besser Hoch 3 three signed cards are found with rubber banded deck in different ways (band effect, transformation, under a box, located in pocked in cased deck, card through silk with rubber-banded case) twice, last card appears folded and rubber-banded in small clear box
2022 21
Hiroyuki Sakai, Nicolai Friedrich Band on the Run plus Transformation rubber band vanishes from around deck to trap selection in center, that card changes into another card
Also published here
  • "Herbert und Hermine" (Nicolai Friedrich, Magie, Feb. 2020)
2022 24
Helge Thun Action Fan Palm card is palmed while closing the fan
Also published here 2022 43
Helge Thun Die Taschen voller Geschenke seven cards selected, six are found in different ways and lost again, then those six cards are removed from different pockets, last card folded in match box
2022 47
Earl Nelson, Eric Mason "Up" Set
2022 53
Martin Lewis End Grip Spin
Also published here
  • Cards as Weapons, Ricky Jay
2022 56
Dai Vernon Vernon's Five Hands performer blindfolded, five hands dealt, one for performer, four spectators remember a card and put it back in any position in their hands, deck shuffled and dealt, no one has his selection, they are not in performer's hand, on next deal everyone gets his selection and performer names them
Inspired byRelated to 2022 1
Setting a Bridge at inner end in packet above break
2022 2
Dai Vernon Vernon's Mind Bridge spectator thinks of a card in a bridge hand, deck shuffled and dealt out again, spectator indicates the hand that contains his card, performer stops at selection while dealing through those thirteen cards
2022 4
Edward Marlo Marlo's Flexible Prediction Plot strategy for writing a prediction on a cigarette paper, putting it in a card case, and switching it for one of about six outs, cards or other items
2022 7
David Malek Malek's Instant Memorized Deck position in shuffled deck is named and performer knows card, memory presentation
  • Additional Handling (convincer by Darwin Ortiz)
Also published here 2022 12
Randy Wakeman Jack Lives Matter Aces cut to one by one, they change to Jacks, Aces found again at once
2022 14
Randy Wakeman The Warmth Of Your Touch HaLo Cut production sequence
Also published here 2022 14
Frank Shields Four Card Display Move
Also published here 2022 16
Gary Plants It's Not Here card chosen from fourteen-card packet, selection vanishes, reappears face up
Inspired by
  • "Where Has It Gone" (Hideo Kato, Genii, Sept. 1969)
2022 18
Light-Reft Spread Pass reverse spreading the halves
Related to 2022 19
Geno Munari Geno Munari's Middle Deal Aces Aces dealt face up into named hand in seven-handed game, center deal demo
2022 23
Harvey Rosenthal Almost Self-Working named four-of-a-kind out-jogged and pushed in again, then all four cards are shown reversed in different positions
2022 25
Harvey Rosenthal Tenkai Palm Turnover cards stolen into right-hand Tenkai palm, deck turned over and cards inserted again in different positions
2022 25
Tom Gagnon No Palm Card In Case card inserted in tabled spread, later found in case
Inspired by 2022 28
Geno Munari Geno Munari's Thought Wave card thought of, eight piles shown to spectator to ask whether he sees one of the same value etc., deck shuffled at the start, age cards
2022 30
Troy Hooser Troy Hooser's Clipped paper clip attached to top card, card chosen in center, then top card shown to be selected card
2022 34
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Signature Finders three cards are signed on the back and put under case, signatures jump to the backs of three other cards twice
2022 36
Altman Trap with Push-Off going from the Altman Trap to a push-off with base of left thumb
2022 40
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Sanvert's Shuffle Tracking Aces Aces lost into four piles, then cut to again, breather
2022 43
Steve Ehlers Making the Rounds two selections, first travels to two different pockets, then to tabled sandwich, second selection travels twice under the case
2022 47
Steve Ehlers The Discrepancy Switch breakless turnover type switch of one of two cards, as face-down card in tabled sandwich is shown
2022 49
Jeff Altman Jeff Altman's Four Card Trick a card changes into four selections one by one
2022 51
Edward Marlo Bottop Change
2022 52
Gary McCoy Double Lateral Bottom Deal Aces four tabled packets made with Aces showing on top
2022 54
Tom Gagnon The Lateral Bottom Deal left hand holds packet palm down, when turned palm up the bottom card is dealt out on inner end, as deck is cut and top portion is turned over and top card apparently thumbed off
  • The Grip
  • The Loosening
  • The False Deal
  • The Simulated Push-off
Also published here 2022 54
George McBride Missed Match two cards dealt to with named numbers, they're not mates, but mates are found when dealing twice to their added value
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 59
Deane Stern Free Choice five cards removed from face-down spread, one chosen and lost, spectator finds it again, other cards are shown to be Aces
Inspired by 2022 60
Art Altman Double Undercut Palm
Also published here 2022 60
Theodore Annemann An Improvement A La Carte equivoque force of one of five tabled cards in cross layout
Related to 2022 62
Newell Unfried Fred G. Taylor Curious Count handling of the broken count force
  • Variation
Inspired by 2022 63
Tom Gagnon A Fan of Müller's Three-Card Catch one-handed sandwich throw with deck in one-hand fan configuration, selection really stripped from center
Inspired by 2022 64
Roger Klause Klause's Overworked Card Triumph type of effect, one card travels from bottom to top and turns every reversed card over
Inspired by 2022 66
Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve illustrations don't seem to match
2022 66
Jim Turnpaugh Destiny two selections lost, first found with Triumph and placed aside, then same selection is found again reversed in deck and first found card is now second selection
2022 68
Martin A. Nash Optical Revolve Handling
Also published here 2022 69
Tom Gagnon Inverse Spread Switch card is reversed or odd-backed in center of tabled spread, top portion scooped up and card switched, brief
Also published here 2022 70
Jim Molinari Spade and Archer seven cards end up in sandwich, those lead to selection eventually
Inspired by 2022 72
Tom Gagnon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Inspired by 2022 75
Tom Gagnon Flexible Turnover Move normal card and double facer
Also published here 2022 78
Francis Carlyle Paddle Move
2022 79
Tom Gagnon Top Card Cover Spread Pass
Inspired by 2022 80
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Ribbon Spread Card Fold fourths, when picking up tabled spread, card pre-scored
2022 83
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control center card rides under cards when spread on table
Also published here 2022 84
Giancarlo Scalia One-Handed Ascanio Spread
  • Four as Three
  • Five as Four
Also published here 2022 88
John Rakinakis Rackanacus False Cut credited to Vernon in Vernon Chronicles
Also published here 2022 90
Vic Trabucco Trabucco's Turnover Switch bottom cards half-passed under four-card spread on top of deck, then all eight cards are flipped over
2022 92
Harvey Rosenthal Rosenthal's Favorite Multiple Shift get-in for Bluff Shift and spread pass clean-up
Inspired by 2022 94
Harvey Rosenthal Reverse Cull Handling bottom card transferred somewhere into center, right-hand end grip, card in clip palm
2022 94
Heel Break Transfer from heel to fourth finger, brief
2022 94
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift Vesser typo, all Aces shown as they are inserted
Inspired by 2022 96
Cliff Green Cliff Green Double here incorrectly called Marlo's "In-a-Jiffy Double"
Also published here 2022 97
Howard Hamburg Kosky-Hamburg Switch Subtlety hidden card slid into view as double is pushed forward
2022 101
Harvey Rosenthal, Peter Duffie Rosenthal-Duffie Riffle Force with break
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie, Move Mastery Vol. 3
2022 103
Bernard Bilis Bernard Bilis Add-On Moves two methods to steal cards from deck or packet with one hand and add them to packet into right hand, see following entries
  • First Method
  • Second Method
2022 104
Bernard Bilis The Bilis One-Handed Side Steal card from center is in-jogged, pivoted out one-handed similar to Chris Power palm, then palmed as deck is set on table
Related toVariations 2022 104
Bernard Bilis The Bilis One-Handed Side Steal Variation deck transferred to right hand which then completes the palm steal as deck is set on table
Inspired by 2022 105
Bernard Bilis Raise Rise Palm Steal card from center secretly pushed out and right hand flat/Tenkai palms it in gesture
2022 106
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 108
Giancarlo Scalia Scalia's Phantom Load without end grip
2022 110
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Vertical Takeoff performer starts vertical ribbon spread, stops in the middle and thumbs off a card, then continues the spread, the card is a selection
  • Method One: Outward Deal Variant
  • Method Two: Inward Bottom Deal
Inspired byVariations 2022 112
Tom Gagnon Topping the Vertical Takeoff face-up version with cover card
Inspired by 2022 114
Jack Carpenter Carpenter's Cut Card Hop
2022 116
Jack Carpenter One-Handed Table Spread Shift to the bottom, ribbon spread cover, cover cards, "LeClaire Pass"
2022 118
Jack Carpenter Slap and Tap one-handed table shift
Inspired by 2022 120
Giancarlo Scalia Chaotic Direct Steal palm/drag steal during table wash shuffle
2022 122
Steve Beam Beam's Red & Black Shuffles intro
2022 124
Steve Beam Shuffle Number One three-shuffle sequence
2022 124
Steve Beam Shuffle Number Two
Inspired by 2022 125
Tom Gagnon Fan Glimpse to Hindu Shuffle one-handed fan after peek, followed by hindu shuffle control
Inspired by 2022 126
Tom Gagnon X-Step after One-Hand Fan
2022 127
Tom Gagnon Fan Glimpse to Overhand Shuffle one-handed fan after peek, followed by overhand shuffle control
Inspired by 2022 128
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Flustration Display deck in right-hand end grip, bottom card shown, a few cards spread onto the table, bottom card of right-hand part shown again, repeated a few times
2022 132
Tom Gagnon One-Handed Versatile Get Ready deck in right-hand end grip, bottom card displaced for tabled Gagnon Spread Control applications
2022 132
Tom Gagnon One-Hand Behind the Back Force
Inspired by 2022 136
Edward Marlo Outward Throw Bottom Deal
Also published here 2022 136
Giancarlo Scalia Scalia's One-Card Bluff Cut ends with stepped configuration
2022 138
Steve Beam Upside-Down Reverse action reverse with master move start (or deep lateral palm for multiple cards), overhand shuffle cover
2022 139
Giancarlo Scalia Giancarlo Scalia's Ribbon Spread Convincing Control
Inspired by 2022 141
Giancarlo Scalia Tabled Double Pick-Up
2022 141
Roger Klause Top Card Cover S.W.E. Shift
Inspired by 2022 144
Gordon Bruce Bruce's Top Card Cover S.W.E.
Inspired by 2022 146
Ron Bauer Bauer's Riffle Action Palm single card
Also published here 2022 147
Newell Unfried The Flick under-the-spread force handling to get card into view
2022 150
Newell Unfried Koynini Force divination of a card
Inspired by 2022 151
Gordon Bruce Tilt Clincher
2022 152
Gordon Bruce Depth Illusion Convincer right first finger adds to illusion, also for front tilt
2022 153
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Depth Deception subtlety, card apparently sticks out from the side and is squared in on table
Inspired by 2022 154
Gordon Bruce Double Rise one half in front of spectator and one in front of performer, top cards remembered by each and put in each other's half where they rise to the top, using tilt
2022 156
Gordon Bruce Ambitious Tilt Aces Aces put on top, then inserted into center one by one, they rise back to top, two tilt breaks
Inspired by 2022 157
Tom Gagnon Bluff Tilt ribbon spread tilt throw-off, card travels to bottom
2022 159
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #2 with corner-shorted deck except Aces
Inspired by 2022 160
Bluff Spacing Insertion
2022 161
Bill Simon Airing the Strip-Out deck beveled for easier strip-out
Also published here 2022 162
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control from Corner Shorted Deck starts without jogs or breaks
Inspired by 2022 162
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #3 Aces corner shorted
Inspired by 2022 164
Tap Jog tapping deck onto table on a corner to jog out corner-shorted cards
2022 166
Tom Gagnon Not So Simple Multiple Shift Gagnon Spread Control to get the cards to the bottom after the cut
Inspired by 2022 169
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Negative Strippers deck corner shorted except Aces, strip-out handling in tabled riffle shuffle position
2022 173
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Extraction Move getting cards to bottom with strip-out during hindu shuffle in corner-shorted deck
2022 174
Tom Gagnon Technicolor Elevator Revisited odd-backed, using Gagnon Spread Control, one deck corner-shorted
Inspired by 2022 176
Bob Chesbro Grabbing a Nightcap chosen card appears on piece of paper between two bottle caps
Inspired by 2022 209
Tom Gagnon Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired byVariations 2022 220
Tom Gagnon Simplex Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired by 2022 224
Tom Stone Mittens two signed cards appear inside oven mittens that the performer wears during the effect
Also published here 2022 1
Juan Tamariz The Shovel the Ace of Spades is introduced as the shovel, selection shuffled into deck and seven cards selected face down and placed on the table, one is chosen, turned over with the shovel and it turns out to be the selection
2022 9
Juan Tamariz Color Separation Finale deck ends up separated into red and black cards, starting from Mnemonica
2022 13
Juan Tamariz Prologue - A Preliminary Trick found by spinning a pocketknife
Inspired by 2022 20
Juan Tamariz Pure Olive Oil and Water 4&4, visual change of four stepped cards held in the hand
  • Another Version
  • Personal Observation
  • History
  • Sleights and resources
  • Variations
  • Abridged Bibliography
2022 32
Juan Tamariz Color Change four cards in stepped condition, similar to Erdnase/Houdini Color Change movements
2022 34
Victor Piña Comodín Cameleón Joker transform to three selections one by one and back to Joker
2022 8
Victor Piña ¿Empezamos? four blank cards change to Aces, then entire deck is printed
2022 16
Pedro Bryce Color Change Sequence one of four in packet
2022 21
Victor Piña Todo Dorsitos four Aces change to double backer and then back to Aces
2022 30
Victor Piña Double Laydown using Stewart Gordon Double Lift, one is double card
2022 31
Victor Piña Sándwich Trifásico three phases, last phase Jokers vanish in the hand and appear next to selection
2022 46
Gabi Pareras Extensión con Twist brief, three cards are turned over and pivoted while hiding a card, Twist de la uña
2022 52
Victor Piña Doble Sándwich con Huevo two selections, one found turned over in the deck, then mate appears and second is selection is sandwiched in between, as a climax sandwich transforms with first selection sandwiched between second selection and its mate
2022 60
Victor Piña Dejada simétrica desde culebreo laydown from Ascanio spread, hiding one card
2022 68
Victor Piña Volpiña one card reverse with card from center while riffle shuffling deck in the hands
Related to 2022 72
Juan Tamariz Decrypting values of cards equal letters, spectators may name letters to match numbers, chosen cards form name of spectator and group of cards turns out to form the birthdate of spectator
2022 9
Juan Tamariz Suicide Poker from a shuffled deck, four good hands, performer wins with four Aces, culling
2022 14
Juan Tamariz A Suit to Order several spectator select cards, all are from same suit and in order
Related to 2022 18
Juan Tamariz Progressive Color Change using two gaffed cards
2022 24
Juan Tamariz Palming Tip crotch position
2022 30
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Double Flying when dealt through deck named four-of-a-kind is missing, cards return face-up at different parts in the deck, repeated with other four-of-a-kind, impromptu version
Inspired by 2022 31
Christian Scherer Ferrofluid routine about magnetic pen, signed card travels to top of deck, sticks to pen and ends up in card case
2022 3
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2022 7
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
2022 10
Steve Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
2022 12
Matt Schulien, Edward Marlo Card to Card Case Extraction
2022 14
Joshua Jay A Stack that Suits on choosing a memorized stack
2022 3
Joshua Jay Switching Stacks without Looking Back
2022 6
Joshua Jay The Particle System at a Glance
2022 8
Joshua Jay A Closer Look on the Particle System
  • A Problem, a Solution, and a Realization
  • Seamlessness
  • No Risk
  • Stack to System
  • Ready for the Fight
2022 12
Joshua Jay Elements of The Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Elements
  • Memorizing Particle Stack
  • Memory Aids
  • Getting into Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Subtleties
  • Putting in "The Work"
    • Marked Cards
    • One Short Card
    • Breather Cards
2022 23
Breather Crimp
2022 40
Joshua Jay Weighing Across combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
Also published here 2022 45
One-Handed Slip to Bottom top card dragged to bottom with thumb behind back
Also published here 2022 46
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Also published here 2022 52
Joshua Jay Multiple Tent Vanish Handling
Also published here 2022 53
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 60
Joshua Jay Particle Pair any pair of mates named, then a card is chosen, it is found between the named mates
Related to 2022 66
Gary Ouellet Touch Force
2022 67
Joshua Jay The Same, But Different three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by 2022 72
Joshua Jay Push-Up Display deck with out-jogged cards, hand moves up to show faces, one of the cards is switched
2022 74
Andi Gladwin The Reverse Cull intro
2022 1
Andi Gladwin The Basic Sleight
2022 2
Andi Gladwin Three Alternative Handlings reverse cull handlings with references
2022 7
Andi Gladwin History credit information with many early sources
2022 10
To have a card... early under-spread-force handling
Also published here
  • Asti Manuscript, ca. 1700 (Gibecière, Winter 2013, p. 53)
2022 11
To make a Card touched by a person's finger to be any particular card early under-spread-force handling
Also published here
  • The Notebook (Will Houstoun, 2009, 1800s manuscript)
2022 13
The Slipped Card early under-spread-force handling
Also published here
  • The Magician's Own Book, George Arnold, 1857
2022 15
Hubert Picton Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card reverse cull as key card placement
Also published here
  • Stanyon's Magic, Vol. 4 No. 2, Nov. 1903
2022 17
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Hide-Out" Card Sleight showing that a card is apparently missing while spreading through deck, reverse cull
Also published here 2022 19
Andi Gladwin Flickin' Hofzinser flicking the selection in under-the-spread force
2022 27
Andi Gladwin Indifferent to Hofzinser removing the card from spread after under-the-spread force
2022 30
Andi Gladwin Hoftake under-the-spread force handling
2022 33
Andi Gladwin Spread Grab Force spectator reaches into spread and takes a bunch with reverse-culled force card at the bottom
  • A Simple Force
  • Grab Cut Force (cross cut force continuation)
  • Reversal
2022 34
Andi Gladwin Swivelswitch card turned face down in spread, bottom deal type switch
2022 37
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double double lift from a spread, starting with reverse cull
Also published here 2022 41
Andi Gladwin Culling a Card Second From Bottom inserting a culled card to second-from-bottom
2022 47
Andi Gladwin Hiding Something About a Card showing bottom card of fanned portion while covering part of it
2022 47
Andi Gladwin Preparing for a Force reverse culling bottom card into center
2022 49
Andi Gladwin As a Switch card shown as in-the-hand spread is broken, card then tabled
2022 49
A. Berkeley Davis Repositioning a Card card and position thought of in packet, it is then lost and located, featuring addition of a card from the face to the back of a packet
Also published here
  • within "Slide and Hide" (Linking Ring)
2022 51
Andi Gladwin Reverse Elimination Force sections of the deck eliminated in stages until one card remains
2022 53
Andi Gladwin Adding a Roughed Card positioning a roughed card next to another card
2022 53
Andi Gladwin As a Packet Add-On addition of a card from the face to the back of a packet
2022 53
Andi Gladwin As a Business Card Prophecy Style Move
2022 54
Andi Gladwin Memorised Centre Deal performer apparently memorises order and then deals out Aces to himself
Inspired by 2022 57
Top Stock Rosette Shuffle
2022 57
Troy Hooser Reverse Cull Stacking
Related to 2022 59
Andi Gladwin All Over Displace Aces put face-up on top, they vanish and are instantly distributed throughout deck
Also published here 2022 61
Andi Gladwin Scatter Daley Aces distributed all over deck as finale to Cavorting Aces
2022 65
Andi Gladwin The Versatile Sandwich Sequence reverse-cull loading a card between two reversed sandwich cards in the middle of the deck
2022 69
Andi Gladwin ATM Sandwich flourishy sandwich sequence
Inspired by
  • "ATM Flourish" (Oliver Sogard)
2022 70
Andi Gladwin Vanishing Sandwich card travels from card case to sandwich in the deck
2022 71
Blank Faced Card in Case box shown empty despite card inside
Related to
  • "A Spectator Does a Trick" (Frank Lane, Linking Ring, Aug. 1937)
2022 71
Andi Gladwin Synapse quartet distributed face up in deck changes places with another four-of-a-kind on top of deck
Inspired by 2022 73
Andi Gladwin TATFUS "Tabled Any Time Face-Up Switch"
ATFUS handling in which deck is on table, using count cop & transfer
Also published here 2022 74
Andi Gladwin Kissing Cards two Kings always return to center face-to-face
  • Additional Phase
Inspired by 2022 77
Andi Gladwin The Gladwin Thrust spectator stabs card reversed next to selection under the table
Inspired by 2022 84
Andi Gladwin Collect Me Quick Collectors as skill demo
  • Easy method
  • Difficult method
2022 88
Edward Marlo Bottom Unit-Upjog Addition see page 97 for credit information
2022 90
Andi Gladwin Multiple Reverse Cull two methods to reverse cull two or three cards simultaneously
  • Double Bottom Reverse Cull
  • Double Reverse Cull
Related to 2022 101
Andi Gladwin Splitting the Arrow push-through failure, then repeat with sandwich cards around selection
2022 104
Andi Gladwin Sandstorm collecting cards are fairly distributed yet appear face up on top with selections in between
Inspired by 2022 107
John Carney Method One four pieces placed on deck, card visibly restores
Also published here 2022 1
Looy Simonoff Flippant
2022 3
John Carney Method Two spellbound restoration
Also published here 2022 6
John Carney Method Three with deck in hand
Also published here 2022 11
John Carney Method Four with deck in hand
Also published here 2022 14
John Carney Other Approaches four ideas
Also published here 2022 17
John Carney Bonus Effect pile of pieces dumped on table, one card restored from it, then all pieces restored to packet of cards
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 22
David Ben The Principles of Deception Aces lost face up, center deal demonstration
  • Notes on The Principles of Deception
Inspired by 2022 10
Juan Tamariz Unique Double Prediction performer takes two prediction cards from shuffled deck, card freely named, one prediction is a joker (gag) and the other one matches the card
  • First Improvement (memorized deck)
  • Second Improvement (top change substitute)
  • Third Improvement
  • Fourth Improvement
2022 9
Modified Mexican Turnover both cards start face down and end face up
2022 10
Juan Tamariz Perpendicular Mexican Turnover card slid under tabled card in perpendicular position
2022 13
Juan Tamariz The Peruvian Turnover one corner of tabled card is crimped
Related to 2022 14
Juan Tamariz The One-Armed Tribute routine performed one-handed with both hands simultaneously, one half on either side
  • Phase 1 - Ambitious Cards (deck cut in half, top card of both halves shown with one hand each and put in center of the half, they come back to top)
  • Phase 2 - Stop Together (cards lost in both halves again, both dealt simultaneously and spectator says stop, both cards are at that position)
  • Phase 3 - Slop Shuffle (tabled slop shuffle triumph with two halves, both done one-handed)
  • Phase 4 - Through the Table (both cards lost again, they travel through the table from each half)
  • Encore - Color Separation
2022 16
Tabled Double Lift brief, with both hands simultaneously
2022 17
Juan Tamariz Lapping Choreography tabled palm and subsequent lapping, both hands simultaneously
2022 25
Juan Tamariz Set-Up Strategy while locating a chosen card
2022 30
Juan Tamariz Packet Number Force twelve cards take, two six-card packets made, one chosen and values added
2022 31
Juan Tamariz Grand Poker Demonstration "Vernon Formula Plus"
  • I. Blackjack
  • II. Four Kings
  • III. Four Aces
  • V. The Vernon Poker Demonstration - The Formula
  • The Icing on the Cake: Total Color Separation
Inspired by 2022 34
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Stack
2022 41
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Rumba Count see variation on p. 211
2022 3
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Hypnotic Rumba Count more convincing Rumba Count to show whole packet as same card, for when you have two of the same card in packet
2022 4
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Elmsley Count Variations
  • Variation One: cards are dropped onto table as they are counted
  • Variation Two: sort of a combination of Variation One with elements of Rumba Count
2022 6
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's Count accomplishes same thing as Rumba Count, showing all cards in a packet as same card
2022 8
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ping Pong top card (or cards) are retained on top of deck after a straight tabled cut
Inspired by 2022 10
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal card apparently inserted into outer end of deck can be either palmed in right hand or controlled to top, in addition to also having a different card out-jogged in its place, uses modified palm grip (combination of lateral and Tenkai palms), see also application on p. 89
2022 12
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Revolutionary Control card is inserted and seen to be completely squared into deck, deck is cut onto table, card is on top, slight variation without table (p. 16), see also Staircase Multiple Shift (p. 18) for related technique with multiple cards
2022 15
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Staircase Multiple Shift multiple cards inserted into outer end of deck and squared in, deck is given straight cut to table, cards are on top
  • to place shifted cards in group at specific location in deck (really a different technique altogether, D’Amico-Shift style)
2022 18
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 20
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's L.M. card(s) from a face-up packet of cards displayed on deck can be stolen and hidden beneath top card of deck, “…a nice alternative to the Elmsley/Marlo ATFUS…”
2022 21
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False Spread-Shuffle full-deck false shuffle, deck riffled on table, tipped up onto edges to be squared, deck is openly spread in hands, cards are stripped apart
2022 23
Jean-Pierre Vallarino The Vallarino Force spectator says stop as performer thumb-peels through deck, stopped-at card is switched for force card while in out-jogged position, can do with multiple cards out-jogged in a group, also a handling to hide odd-colored backs of the out-jogged cards
2022 25
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Jump Change card openly displayed is apparently placed jogged in middle of deck as deck is given straight cut on table, really card is lapped and jogged card is the original bottom card of deck
  • Variation with a Packet (p. 28): same technique with group of cards, can be used to change four indifferent cards into Aces
  • Variation as a Visual Change (p. 29): same technique to make face-up card change visually
2022 27
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Italian Palm modified grip for classic palm, allows little finger to be free, facilitates loading palmed card to bottom of tabled packet (mucking type of action), see also p. 171
2022 30
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Cascade Four-Card Control and Palm cards (e.g. Aces) inserted as group into center of deck and squared in and deck is either cascaded or overhand-shuffled, Aces are retained on top or can be brought directly into right palm
Inspired by
  • "Cascade Control" (Charlie Miller, Genii, June 1972)
2022 31
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ribbon Spread Palm tabled ribbon spread is flipped face up and then face down again, top card(s) is palmed in process
Related to 2022 34
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Top Palm top card palm
Related to 2022 35
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Bottom Steal Subtleties two small finesses to help make Bottom Steal indetectable, also applicable to a Side Steal
2022 36
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Lateral Bottom Steal different method to get bottom card into lateral palm, see also p. 185
Inspired by 2022 37
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Quick Palm and Perhaps a Switch rapidly palm multiple cards off top of deck with follow-through action of turning deck face up, can switch palmed cards for cards on table via lapping technique as they are turned face up
2022 38
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Come Back card (or cards) is inserted into deck, stolen out and replaced on top in action of right hand reaching to pick up marker to uncap it or transfer it to other hand
2022 40
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Three Color Changes
  • One: fairly standard palm color change, but part of deck always remains in view, giving change more open appearance
  • Two: deck is stood up on table face outward and face card changes, uses lateral bottom steal (see Greater Magic reference)
  • Three: “Wink Change” family
Inspired by 2022 41
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino’s Strip-Out strip-out addition without a break
2022 45
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Crimp putting crimp in inner end of card(s) “in real time”, see also p. 93
2022 46
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino’s Strip-Up deck is held vertically with out-jogged cards facing audience, card(s) are added to back of out-jogged cards as they are stripped out
2022 47
Jean-Pierre Vallarino J.P. Spread Pass variation of LePaul Spread Pass, forward spreading of deck
2022 49
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ultimate MacDonald’s Aces “designed to fool magicians”
2022 53
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Olram Subtlety to hide the double-face nature of one card as four-card packet is displayed front and back
2022 55
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Visual vanish for MacDonald's Aces face-up Ace is used to flip three tabled cards face up, immediately upon flipping them over only three cards are seen and Ace is gone, see also p. 174
2022 57
Jerry Mentzer Push-down color change face-up card in-jogged beneath packet changes as right fingers pass over it
Also published here 2022 58
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's Leader Aces “all-at-once assembly”, three cards placed onto each Ace, three Aces instantly vanish from their piles and assemble with fourth Ace
2022 61
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm obtaining multiple cards off bottom of packet into right lateral palm
2022 61
Mutliple turnover with packet together with spread cards above it, via buckle, see similar technique on p. 73 without buckle
2022 62
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Neutrino Aces signed selection lost in deck, leader Ace is dealt onto table face down with three indifferent cards on top of it, other three Aces are lost in deck, Aces reappear in pile with leader Ace together with signed selection
2022 64
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Shuffle palm top card(s) are palmed in right hand as cards are waterfalled following shuffle
2022 67
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Two-card bottom deal dealing the bottom card of two cards instead of top one, “this is like Dr. Elliott’s second deal technique”
2022 68
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Four Jacks Squared deck divided into four piles in square formation, one Jack on top of each pile, all Jacks assemble atop one pile
2022 69
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Crimp add-on bridge crimp of top cards allows them to be instantly added to a packet that is momentarily touched to them, also applied on p. 94 with deck in hand
2022 69
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Progressive Aces progressive assembly with only one, two, three and four cards in each Ace pile respectively, each Ace is successively lost in deck before being revealed in next pile together with the other Ace(s) already in that pile, Vallarino's approach to David Britland's idea of combining Lorayne and Krenzel (see references)
Inspired by 2022 71
Jean-Pierre Vallarino, Charlie Miller Miller addition variant top block of cards in spread is up-jogged as one, not using buckle as in the common Miller technique
2022 71
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Obtain break below top card(s) left little-finger break, under cover of right hand squaring cards into deck
2022 72
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog unnamed, but credited to Sadowitz
2022 73
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Packet switch the three face-down cards below the face-up Ace of Spades are switched for top three cards of deck
2022 74
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Believe It or Not three signed selections lost in deck, three Aces are face down on table with a third of deck on top of each and card case on top of fourth Ace, the three piles are turned over revealing three Aces have changed into selections, Aces are under card case with leader Ace
2022 75
Jean-Pierre Vallarino “Behind the Wall” add-on packet is displayed in front of tabled deck and top cards of deck are added on top of it
2022 76
Gambler's cop from bottom of deck and added to bottom of card case
2022 76
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Falling Sandwich two Queens face up on table, card selected and returned, deck spread on table and selection appears between Queens
2022 81
Card ditch on deck two sandwich cards displayed face up, lowermost one is stolen onto deck beneath face down card and top one is carried away, see related action on p. 91
2022 81
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch tip-over style, but immediately upon flipping card face down, the switched-in card is pivoted out and dropped onto table
2022 81
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Secret card transfer cards from bottom of deck are secretly dropped onto tabled card under misdirection, reminiscent of “Highland Hop”
2022 82
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Flying Sandwich card selected and returned and deck ribbon-spread on table, two Queens placed onto spread get sprung into air via ribbon-spread turnover, Queens are caught and selection between them
2022 84
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino Load sandwich load of top card, done on more vertical plane with sandwich cards facing audience
2022 85
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Automatic Sandwich two Queens face up on table, selection lost in deck, wind caused by riffle shuffle shoots selection from tabled packet in between Queens
2022 86
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Sandwich Retention selection travels from between tabled red Aces to tabled black Aces
2022 88
Half Pass brief description, photographs, see also brief description on p. 100 for other photographs
2022 88
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal used here to apparently insert card between two tabled cards and immediately stolen out
2022 89
Half Pass reverses bottom card of two so both are displayed face up, “Asher Twist” type of action with only two cards
2022 90
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Transpo Sandwich signed card placed between face-up Jokers on table, Queen of Hearts (e.g.) is shown and changes into selection and sandwiched card on table is now Queens of Hearts
2022 91
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Secret transfer of cards bottom two cards of a triple, similar to Vernon Transfer, done in action of flipping over top card of triple as bottom two are ditched onto tabled card, dupes allow transfer to be done with face-up cards
2022 92
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Triple Sandwich three selections, Jokers sandwich each one, one at a time
2022 93
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move to remove one card of a double from between sandwich
2022 94
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Click Move quick flourishy display of two cards while hiding a card
2022 94
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Appearance of sandwiched card face-up Jokers held in a spread, face-down card instantly appears out-jogged between them
2022 95
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Fast Four Transpo 4x4 transposition
2022 99
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Gambler’s cop including finessed addition of copped card to bottom of packet placed onto it
2022 100
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Jump Transpo black Kings placed into deck and jump to top, tabled red Kings are turned up and shown to be the red Aces and black Kings instantly change to black Aces
2022 102
Frederick Braue Braue Addition/Switch uncredited
2022 102
Turnover color change similar to Father Cyprian change, two cards changed on top of deck
2022 104
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Wall Aces two selections change places with four Aces
2022 105
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple-card top palm
2022 106
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Half Pass with packet
2022 107
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple-card bottom palm with packet
2022 107
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Left or Right selection jumps from middle to top of deck and then tabled, four Aces tabled beneath card case change into selection and Aces are now where selection was
2022 109
Joe Berg Berg Palm brief
2022 111
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Spectator Cuts to the Aces 1
2022 115
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ribbon-spread ditch cards are ditched from packet in hand onto table spread as it is turned over
2022 116
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Spectator Cuts to the Aces 2 top card of each pile is first gathered and placed into card case but still protruding and in sight, then those cards are shown to be the Aces
2022 117
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Coincidence spectator's selection from one deck matches performer’s selection from another deck
2022 121
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Fan switch out-jogged double-card in fanned deck is separated as single card in right hand is ditched beneath fan, looks like right hand's card was placed beneath jogged card
2022 122
Jean-Pierre Vallarino The Thinking Card prediction card set on glass, card is selected, prediction matches
2022 124
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Kaps/Walton switch uncredited, card shown in spread is switched
2022 124
Side-steal of bottom card to full palm brief, see also p. 203, p. 242 and p. 255
2022 124
Through-the-fist flourish as cover for squeezing double together to adhere
2022 124
Jean-Pierre Vallarino FISM Aces Aces produced one at a time in flashy way
2022 129
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Slip-cut productions three variations of flashy single-card productions beginning with tabled slip-cuts
2022 129
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Tabled pop-out production jogged card is propelled out of deck vertically and caught
2022 131
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Crossed Arms Aces lost in deck, deck given some cuts and Aces are produced all at once in a flashy manner
2022 132
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Packet spin flourish packet is given quick spin flourish as it is tabled
2022 132
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Tabled multiple shift and reversal Aces are inserted into separate parts of deck and squared in with push-through methodology, rest of deck is given undercuts and turned face up, reversing Aces beneath face-up deck
2022 133
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False tabled cut multiple packets on table
2022 134
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Flower Ace Production card is selected – e.g., an Ace – and lost in deck, it jumps to top, lost in deck again, it jumps out of deck and other three Aces instantly appear face up in vertical row on deck
2022 137
Riffle Force brief
2022 137
Dai Vernon Vernon Depth Illusion brief, see also p. 241
2022 138
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Slide Jumping Ace Production one card is shot into right hand, it is turned face up to reveal Ace as other three are produced all at once (one Ace shooting out of deck face up onto table and other two left face up on deck)
2022 140
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Iris Ace Production brief series of tabled cuts and Aces are instantly produced between two halves (“Freeman-Display” formation)
2022 142
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Wrist Production selection appears face up and jogged in deck, surrounded by the four Aces
2022 144
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Pop-out production deck is given in-the-hands cut and as bottom half is dropped on top, card appears jogged between the halves
2022 144
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Surprising deck is cut into four piles with Aces on top
2022 146
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Flying Production Aces produced one at a time in flashy manner
2022 148
Tabled doube lift brief
2022 148
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Top-card turnover flourish flashy way to flip top card face up, here used to effect a change (following a Double Lift)
2022 148
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card spring into deck single card bowed against table and released, springing it and catching it in deck (next to an Ace)
2022 149
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Reality or Fiction King is inserted into tabled spread perpendicularly, deck is flipped open at that spot and other three Kings are instantly produced
2022 151
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Four Cuts, Four Aces deck is given series of fancy tabled cuts, each time an Ace is produced on top
2022 154
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Aces Triumph deck cut into four piles and an Ace is on top of each, Aces are lost in deck and deck shuffled face up into face down, deck rights itself except for Aces face up in center
2022 159
Packet reversal faced packet is reversed onto table, under cover of other hand fanning a packet
2022 159
Jean-Pierre Vallarino A Royal Triumph spectator cuts packet from deck and shuffles it face up into face down, card is selected/lost in rest of deck and deck is mixed face up and face down with packet, Royal Flush cards are cut to one at a time and finally entire deck is facing one way except selection
2022 162
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Half Pass as both halves of deck are squared together, lower half is reversed, “vaguely similar to the LePaul spread pass,” see also p. 209 for more technical detail
2022 162
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Color Shuffle Triumph ending with Aces facing other direction, entire deck (except Aces) is shown to have changed back color
2022 165
Marc Serin Subtlety for Color Changing Deck dribbling top few cards
2022 165
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Nonsense four Jacks and mystery card are on table, card is selected and signed and left out-jogged in deck, mystery card is inserted between Jacks, out-jogged card is then shown to be indifferent one and mystery card is signed selection
2022 171
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch in fan hidden face-down card in face-up fan is brought into view as right hand inserts a card and immediately steals it out into lateral palm
2022 172
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Dream Wonder mystery card on table, signed selection is placed among four blank cards and instantly vanishes, mystery card is shown to be signed selection, see p. 177 for alternative idea that does not need a Force
2022 173
Dribble Force brief
2022 174
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Visual card vanish signed selection is used to turn tabled blanks face up and instantly vanishes as they flip over, see also p. 57
2022 174
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Collectors three selections lost in deck, Aces are placed face up on deck and instantly spread to show the selections trapped between them
2022 181
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Braue-style switch three of four Aces switched out for indifferent cards, packet seems to never come flush with top of deck before it is tabled
2022 181
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Precise insertion in fan pressure fan with faces audience, top few cards are rotated back the other way behind fan so cards can be inserted between them
2022 182
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ditching cards from packet bottom cards of packet are fed into deck as packet is set onto deck
2022 183
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Fast Collectors Aces held in a face-up fan above deck (not flush with deck), three selections instantly appear between them
2022 184
Ken Krenzel Slide-Under Switch
2022 184
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm from bottom preliminary double undercut to set cards into position to be lateral-palmed from bottom in right hand (then transferred to Tenkai), see also p. 37
2022 185
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Secret multiple insertion three cards in Tenkai Palm are fed between four spread Aces as Aces are gathered from table
2022 186
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ultimate Wild Card standard routine using standard Wild Card set
2022 191
Jean-Pierre Vallarino, Brother John Hamman Hamman Count with a few detailed touches of Vallarino
2022 192
Flushtration Count held in pinch grip
2022 193
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Through-the-fist reversal followed by a “paintbrush” action to effect a change
2022 194
Mexican Turnover one face-up card used to turn other card face-down, face-down card then shown to have changed, double-facer
2022 200
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Reset
2022 201
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple-card switch with packets more novel handling for setting up for Reset
2022 201
Bottom palm from packet side-steal into right palm, brief
2022 203
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Flourishy double display double is pivoted around in hand
2022 203
Palm color change card deposited from palm to make card change, change is delayed, not done visually, see also p. 243 and p. 250 for more visual application
2022 203
Dai Vernon Cop transfer uncredited
2022 205
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Strong four indifferent cards face up in square formation, two parallel face-up spreads are made between the cards, as both hands square the spreads, the four cards instantly change to Aces
2022 206
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Double double obtaining a pair of doubles on top of deck, “hit” style, see also p. 230
(says it’s a slight variation of the technique explained in “Strong Transposition,” but there's no trick by this name in book, Lovick said it likely was an item that was originally supposed to be included)
2022 206
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Shortcut selection lost in deck, deck cut in two, with a wave over one half it visually turns face up, selection is face down in middle of face-up half
2022 209
Spread half pass see also p. 241
2022 209
Edward Marlo Marlo’s “Rise, Rise, Rise” change
2022 210
Jean-Pierre Vallarino English Poker four-card packet is continuously shown to consist of different number of red Kings and black Queens and finally shown to be all Jokers, presentation is about the rules of English Poker, “reminiscent of Bro. John Hamman’s “The Twins”…”
2022 211
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Rumba Count variation
2022 211
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Trio signed selection lost in deck, spectator names number, performer cuts off that exact number of cards and card arrived at is selection, values of four prediction cards are shown to total that amount as well, finally selection’s back is shown to have changed color
2022 215
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer move
2022 216
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Bluff spectator stops performer as he cuts packets to table, card stopped at is selection
2022 219
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch on table top card of deck is apparently dealt onto table, really an “empty deal” and card hidden beneath hand on table is brought into view
2022 220
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card or Money signed selection visually changes into dollar bill, bill placed into clip of pen and changes back to card with a twist of the pen
2022 221
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card to bill card is lapped as bill is brought into view from behind table
2022 221
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Cost $4 performer gives spectators a dollar for each unsuccessful attempt at cutting to signed selection, after third attempt, he shows that selection is in his wallet between last two bills, un-gimmicked wallet
2022 224
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Magic Wallet signed card appears in performer’s wallet, un-gimmicked wallet
2022 227
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch in spread top card of left-hand’s spread is switched for bottom card of right-hand’s spread as performer turns to right to table it
2022 227
Paul LePaul Spread Pass brief
2022 228
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Wallet load card loaded from beneath wallet to inside via Longitudinal Tenkai Palm
2022 228
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's Ambitious Card “…excels in its delight in palming as the main method rather than the pass”
one phase is similar to “Visual Lift” (p. 237) but with card face down
2022 230
False turnover card (double) displayed face up on deck is apparently turned face down on deck, in reality the lower card of double is turned over on top of visible card
2022 230
Hit Double Lift uncredited
2022 230
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Face-up production on deck bottom card of face-to-face double is stolen out into right palm and deposited on top of deck
2022 231
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch face-up card is flipped face down onto deck and is switched for card clipped in right hand, which ends up out-jogged on deck
2022 232
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Palm replacement palmed card is dropped on top as right hand squares in out-jogged card
2022 232
Stuart Gordon Stuart Gordon Double Turnover
2022 234
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Retention-of-vision switch card is switched as it is brushed across top of deck and seems to always be in view and in motion
2022 236
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Visual Lift one half of deck is out-jogged on other, signed selection is placed face up beneath bottom half and in-jogged, as selection is squared in it visually appears on top of bottom half, then halves are squared together and it appears on top
2022 237
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Double Turnover from beneath top card
2022 237
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Surprise Double Inversion selection rises to top of deck twice, it is out-jogged face up in middle and entire deck turns face up around it, then immediately deck turns back face down around it
2022 241
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Half Pass with out-jogged card all cards beneath out-jogged card are reversed
2022 243
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's Pocket Queens lost in deck and deck is cased, Queens removed from different pockets
2022 244
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False card case insertion deck inserted into card case, simultaneously feeding some cards onto outside of case, unique grip
2022 244
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple-card palm from card case cards flat against case are “top”-palmed
2022 245
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Pocket Transpo Pocket Interchange
2022 248
Spread cull done with small packet
2022 248
Simulated pick-up cards below break in packet are dropped back to where they came from as they are apparently squared
2022 248
Jean-Pierre Vallarino False pocket placement left hand’s card is apparently placed into inner jacket pocket, really placed into right hand that is holding lapel
2022 250
Edward Marlo Cross-body pocket transfer left hand palming card and holding left lapel, goes across to inner-right jacket pocket to produce card
2022 252
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino's Everywhere and Nowhere card is selected in red deck, four blue-backed Aces change one at a time to match the selection, then they all change to Queens and their backs change to red
2022 254
Larry Jennings Jennings Immediate Bottom Placement
2022 254
Arthur Finley Finley Tent Vanish see also variation on p. 274
2022 256
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Tenkai palm replacement turning packet over end for end to motivate replacement
2022 258
Stanley Collins Paintbrush Color Change
2022 258
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Flick color change double-card out-jogged on top of single, left index finger pushes lower card of double inward on top of single card as right finger flicks inner end of single card to effect the change
2022 261
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal technique used here to steal card (double) apparently inserted on bottom of tabled packet and loaded on top, see also application on p. 89
2022 261
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Out-jogged card switch card loaded above out-jogged card from Tenkai palm and out-jogged card pushed into deck
2022 262
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Jinx Switch variant tabled packet switched with bottom cards of deck
2022 262
Jean-Pierre Vallarino In Memory of Geoff Latta Aces face down on table, Kings change into Aces and tabled cards are now the Kings, selected card is out-jogged in deck and vanishes, reappears between Aces
2022 265
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch in spread bottom card of right-hand’s spread is displayed and then switched with top card of left hand as it is brought down to table, see also related technique on p. 227
2022 265
"The brush" gambler’s sleight, muck-style load beneath tabled packet, see also related technique on p. 30 (“Italian Palm”)
2022 266
Book-break maintain finger-break in packet when it is turned over
2022 266
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Out-jogged vanish out-jogged card vanishes when hand is waved over it, referring to this technique it says “Jean-Pierre uses an original sleight”
2022 268
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Triple Travel prediction card says to look at the signed selection in glass, which is shown to have changed into another instruction card, a few more steps of instructions appear magically and finally direct to inside the card case where selection is found
Related to 2022 270
Necktie second deal brief
2022 271
Joseph Ovette, Jean-Pierre Vallarino Master Move for case load to load card in card case, adhesive on card case facilitates load
2022 272
Jean-Pierre Vallarino New Traveling Aces open travelers, Aces appear under forearm, forearm used to hide cards already on table and to secretly separate double on table
2022 274
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Instant multiple top palm double-card is set on top of packet for briefest moment and instantly palmed
2022 274
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Tent Vanish variation not done with palming action of right hand, left hand is jerked forward and card drops to vanish tent card, see also classic tent vanish on p. 256
2022 274
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Han Ping Chien with cards three Aces in right hand and apparently one Ace in left but really also extra card, right hand’s Aces are sprung onto table as a double and a single as Ace from left hand is sprung to table as well
2022 276
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Italian Palm load under mat to vanish card
2022 276
Juan Tamariz A Can of Paint card chosen, the face cards of three packets change to the mates to complete a four-of-a-kind
2022 10
Juan Tamariz Packet Flat Palm flat palming specific number of cards with jog/break
2022 11
Juan Tamariz New Call to the Colors without false deals
  • First Phase (ten red and ten black cards are alternated, an eight-card packet is taken and they change into two reds/two blacks/... order)
  • Second Phase (remaining twelve cards change into two reds/two blacks/... order)
  • Third Phase (the twelve cards rearrange themselves into groups of three)
  • Fourth Phase (the eight and twelve cards are riffle shuffled together, then the colors separate)
  • Fifth and Final Phase (rest of deck shuffled with twenty cards, deck then ends up color-separated)
2022 17
Juan Tamariz Removal Color Separation as a bunch of red and black cards are removed, the rest ends up separated in colors
2022 17
Juan Tamariz Tabled Double Lift Handling top two cards are turned over one with each hand, one is a double
2022 21
Juan Tamariz Seven Brides for Seven Brothers "A Cards Across Musical"
two chosen cards travel across from one seven-card packet to another, with fourteen spectators on stage and dancing presentation
2022 26
Juan Tamariz The Three Stooges three cards chosen, they end up completing three four-card poker hands to straight flushes
2022 34
Juan Tamariz Tweezers: A Two-Card Monte an Ace and a Jack are only handled with the two red Tens as tweezers
  • First Phase (Ace and Jack transpose)
  • Second Phase (Ace and Jack both transpose with the red Tens, one with bent corner)
2022 10
Juan Tamariz Tweezers Throw card out-jogged between sandwich cards, center card apparently thrown onto table
2022 12
Juan Tamariz Dupless Transpo double lift and miscall
2022 19
Juan Tamariz Double Lift from Spectator's Hand tabled lift but spectator holds the deck
2022 19
Juan Tamariz Polyphony deck cut into three piles, three Queens put in front of the piles, fourth Queen placed aside
  • First Phase (a Queen is inserted the first packet and it comes to the top twice, other Queens lost in their packets, one of the Queens turns face up, the third Queen travels into back pocket)
  • Second Phase (repeat)
  • Third Phase (all three Queens together are put in center and come to top, then turn over at once in different positions, and all travel to pocket)
2022 21
Juan Tamariz Slide-Under Double top and third card (secretly reversed) turned face-down, end grip alignment
2022 22
Juan Tamariz Card from Back Pocket Choreography cop, first searching in wrong pocket
2022 25
Juan Tamariz The New Year Addition perpendicular hide-out at bottom, added under face-up fan
Related to 2022 30
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Total Coincidence first single cards match, then all mates are exactly in the same order
Inspired by 2022 36
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Set-Up sorting a deck in power stack openly by removing cards from the spread during a location effect, with "red-black separation" together with spectators as a challenge game
2022 36
Jerry Andrus Andrus Slop Shuffle with face-up/face-down cards
2022 42
Juan Tamariz Aces Through a Book book examined, Aces signed, one penetrates deck, one the book, one the book to the inside of its pages, one the table, no lapping
2022 9
Switch with Book card on top of book apparently dumped on table, switched for card underneath
2022 10
Paul Harris Book Load card loaded inside book from underneath
Related to 2022 10
Juan Tamariz Another Suit to Order several spectators select cards, all are from same suit and in order
Related to 2022 15
Criss Cross Force
2022 17
Juan Tamariz Two-Pile Stop Force two-pile-stop trick with 1-0-1 set-up with Nines and Tens as force
Related to 2022 18
Juan Tamariz Under-the-Table Stab Force spectator stabs card reversed under the table in the deck next to force card
2022 19
Dai Vernon Hindu Shuffle Force
2022 21
Juan Tamariz Stab Force with Gimmick part glued on back of Joker
2022 22
Juan Tamariz Demonstration Deck Switch in pocket as an action is demonstrated, with witness card on face
2022 22
Juan Tamariz Roulette - A Mnemonica Miracle spectator can decide on either 16 or 32, a packet of cards is selected and the values add up to the chosen number
2022 26
Juan Tamariz Card to number: an improvement card lost in one deck, another deck distributed on table in groups of four, one packet chosen and values added, selection found at that position
2022 28
Juan Tamariz Multiple Divination four cards given to five spectators each, with honest riffle shuffle after the selection procedure
  • My Version
  • Enhanced Version (showing bigger groups to the spectators during divination phase)
Inspired byVariations 2022 32
Juan Tamariz Anti-Faro Motivation time arrow patter
2022 34
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Version setting up during a location trick
Inspired by 2022 37
Juan Tamariz Version With a Memorized Stack ten cards given to five spectators each, they shuffle, take out any four cards and think of one of them
Inspired by 2022 38
Juan Tamariz A Variation Vernon Style four cards given to five spectators each, showing larger groups à la OOSOOM, card to pocket climax
Inspired by 2022 39
Juan Tamariz A Multiple Glimpse Using TPC (Tamariz Perpendicular Control) with reversed and perpendicular bottom cards under small in-the-hands spread
2022 41
Ben Daggers Tribute performer blindfolds himself by holding hand over eyes, then deck is shuffled with other hand and spectator gets three Aces while performer gets Royal Flush, missing Ace is found palmed in the hand
Inspired by 2022 1
Ben Daggers Top Palm a la Topping the Deck, after riffle shuffle
2022 4
One-Handed Riffle Shuffle
2022 9
Ben Daggers Soft Centre center deal demo, named card and mate and eventually all cards of same color are dealt out, last part is tossed from the deck into other hand
Inspired byRelated to 2022 17
Laurie Ireland, Charles T. Jordan Ireland Shuffle
2022 18
Ben Daggers Modified Cull from the face
2022 20
Brent Braun Bluff Swivel Cut
2022 22
Ben Daggers Triumph for Two Triumph as competition with spectator, who is quicker to sort the cards, two selections
Related to 2022 37
Ben Daggers, Edward Marlo Prayer Cull Variation
Inspired by 2022 39
Looy Simonoff Flippant
2022 46
Ben Daggers Hands Off ACAAN deck shuffled and placed in glass
Inspired by 2022 67
Ben Daggers Overhand False Shuffle back and forth shuffle, optical parts, also to reverse all but one card
2022 71
Dr. Jacob Daley Delight Switch packet switch
2022 72
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 2022 81
Ben Daggers One-Track Mind first is stopped at and other three are taken while cards are spread from hand to hand
2022 93
Ben Daggers Breakless Classic Force at certain positions, multiple cards
2022 96
Ben Daggers On the Classic Force
2022 105
Ben Daggers Mirror, Mirror with wooden mirror frame, spectator mirrors actions
2022 114
Ben Daggers More Mirror perfect match routine, with two decks, mirror presentation
2022 125
Classic Pass False Cut several packets
2022 127
Ben Daggers OPOD (Outjogged Pushoff Double)
2022 133
Juan Tamariz, Gordon Bruce Tamariz/Bruce Unload Subtlety
2022 138
Ben Daggers Technicolour selection is palmed and turns invisible and visible again, then the cards turn over while talking about how the magician glimpses cards, rainbow deck kicker, with variation
  • Phase One: Palming
  • Phase Two: Glimpsing
2022 145
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Color Change
2022 150
Cardini Cardini Change
2022 153
Jack Carpenter Impulse Change
2022 160
Ben Daggers Uncommon Sense finding several cards using the five senses and several humorous props
  • Part One: Sight
  • Part Two: Hearing
  • Part Three: Smell
  • Part Four: Touch
  • Part Five: Taste
2022 169
Laurie Ireland Card at Any Number Count block deal
Related to 2022 177
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker Revelation
2022 181
Pierric Lockjaw catching a card from dribble with the teeth
2022 186
Ben Daggers Illusion of Control selection found at certain position, mates produced and after more shuffles deck is found in order
2022 193
Jim Steinmeyer A Case of Collusion: Variation odd-backed card leaned against glass, spectator selects any card face up, they match, odd-backed rough-smooth menetekel
Inspired by 2022 18
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox: Variation three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck which is put in a glass, performer locates them while deck is in glass, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by 2022 20
Jim Steinmeyer Telesthesia: Variation four Queens are signed and lost after shuffle in paper bag, then quadruple stop trick, each time the card is placed in a glass, they are the Queens again
Inspired by 2022 23
Kiyoshi Satoh Stella after Reset routine the packets are put on top of each other and cards are suddenly alternated in pairs face-up and face-down
Inspired by 2022 ca. 8
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread brief
2022 ca. 17
Kiyoshi Satoh Stardust Collector one double facer, producing mates of chosen cards sandwiched in Collector's fashion
Inspired by 2022 ca. 27
Kiyoshi Satoh, Jonathan Townsend Twonsend Count to show both faces and backs
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 ca. 39
Kiyoshi Satoh Townsend Opec Count
Also published here 2022 ca. 48
Kiyoshi Satoh Midnight Slow Motion four Queens turn into blank cards, front and back
2022 ca. 51
Kiyoshi Satoh Razzle Oil and Queens, with color changing back kicker
2022 ca. 61
Brother John Hamman Hamman Count brief, as Hermann Count
2022 ca. 66
Henry Christ Christ Alignement Move brief
2022 ca. 68
Kiyoshi Satoh Hot Zone - Cool Zone Oil and Queens, front and back of Queens turn blank as kicker
2022 ca. 75
Kiyoshi Satoh Black Poker Oil and Queens, cards change into Aces, then back of all cards change and as a climax Aces change into Royal Flush
2022 ca. 85
Kiyoshi Satoh, Daisuke Sato Interview - The Images on packet tricks, false counts
2022 ca. 96
Kiyoshi Satoh September with two four of a kinds, transformation into Royal Flush as kicker
2022 ca. 97
Kiyoshi Satoh The Lizard with two four of a kinds, transformation into Royal Flush and color changing backs as kicker
2022 ca. 115
Tent Vanish brief
2022 ca. 126
Kiyoshi Satoh Lucy on Fifth Avenue Reset with cards changing backs and turn into Royal Flush as kicker
2022 ca. 131