Magician Produces Three Cards

61 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards / Matching selection / Magician Produces Three Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Louis F. Christianer Correcting a Mistake card is selected and placed aside without looking, three more cards chosen, they are three Kings, first chosen card is an Ace and Kings have changed to Aces
 		1923
Selected Tricks
7
Frank Travers Correcting a Mistake Aces change to Kings
 		June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 142)
800
Arthur H. Buckley The Ladies and the Deuces Experiment No. 21 - with cards to pockets climax
 		1946
Card Control
174
Edward Marlo The Good Magician
Related to
 1947
Marlo In Spades
44
Fours of a Kind dunbury delusion presentation
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
213
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards
Related to
 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
22
Nate Leipzig The Matching Up Trick or Comedy of Errors
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
167
Al Leech The Better Magician
1965
Super Card Man Stuff
55
Dai Vernon Vernon's Matching Up Trick No. 12
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
8
Dai Vernon Vernon's Matching Up Trick Variation No. 19, three different switch-outs, "Dai showed this to Leipzig and it became his favorite trick."
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
10
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's "I Thought So" (Matching Up Variation) No. 262
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
65
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psychological Matching Up Trick No. 340, with pocket finale, two cards can be pre-loaded
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
95
Dr. Jacob Daley Snap Crimp Use For Leipzig's Matching Up Trick No. 552, card chosen, other three found, unclear if transformation is part of it
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
154
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Combination Transposo And Comedy Of Errors For Finish No. 609, doing matching the cards as follow up to a transposition
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
169
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Four Aces And 3 Ten Match Up Trick No. 676, note without content
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
184
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Matching Index No. 683, cryptic
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
185
Harry Lorayne Quick Matching the Cards
1973
Rim Shots
100
Faucett Ross Card Act Description of routine of card tricks

  • Cards Up the Sleeve
  • Matching the Cards
  • Leipzig Four Ace Trick
  • Changing card under foot
  • Twenty Card Transposition
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
200
Herbert Milton Rendition of Matching the Cards
1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
201
Francis Carlyle Matching the Selected Card brief
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
77
Karl Fulves* Sidelines credit information on the following plots
  • Magician Makes Good
  • The Travelers
 		1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #9)
1020
Lewis Ganson Introduction
1977
Matching the Cards
4
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards
1977
Matching the Cards
6
Dai Vernon Note Travelers as follow-up for Matching the Cards
 		1977
Matching the Cards
9
Nate Leipzig Comedy of Errors "wrong" cards dropped on floor, where they then change to match selection
 		1977
Matching the Cards
10
Faucett Ross The Faucett Ross Version
1977
Matching the Cards
13
Faucett Ross Impromptu Matching two four-of-a-kinds, pair exchanged, they transpose back, then ready for Matching the Cards
 		1977
Matching the Cards
15
Roger Smith, Steve Saunders, Ron Hicks The Spell of a Good Magician three thought-of cards spelled to, they then change to Aces to match a fourth card, faro
 		1977
Innovative Magic No. 1
9
Fantomas Three After One free choice, full deck set up in four of a kinds
 		Dec. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 12)
716
Frank Garcia Matching the Cards Sequence three cards tell value, suit, ...
 		1982
The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part I
25
Christian Scherer Vier Damen cards are produced to divine selection, transform into mates
 		1982
Seminarheft
31
Curtis Kam Overdunn indicator cards change into mates of selection, missing sucker element
 		1982
All the World's a Stage
36
Dai Vernon A Match Made in Cincinnati performing Matching the Cards with a new deck, includes cutting to any named value
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
139
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards Forerunner
Variations
 1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
xii
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards Forerunner II
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
xvi
Stephen Tucker Masters of Disguise
Apr. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 4)
1909
Terry LaGerould Las Vegas Final Exam Matching the Cards with Aces and Kings, then Aces cut to by magician
Variations
 1992
Pasteboard Presentations
49
Edward Marlo Easy Packet Switch covered Tent Vanish switch, here as matching trick
 		1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
11
Harry Lorayne My Cup of Tea
Inspired by
Related to
 2001
Personal Collection
519
Karl Fulves* Further Notes on "Magician Makes Good" and Mac McDonald's $100 Ace Routine
 		2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
66
Larry Jennings Magician Makes Good
Also published here
 2005
Up In Smoke
7
Roberto Giobbi The Best Card Trick for Laymen
  • The Genii Session
with Dai Vernon finesses that come from Johnny Thompson
Related to
 Sep. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9)
16
Brian Glover The Hot Card & Magician Makes Good Once Again
  • Working for "The Hot Card"
  • Working for "Magician Makes Good Once Again" (the four-of-a-kind is shown stuck on the four corners of the case in the end)
 		2006
England Up Close
86
Miguel Gómez El mago lo arregla todo
2007
El Placer de la Magia
116
Jack Parker Lead Astray card selected but not shown, three mates produced, selection does not match, mates are changed to match selection
 		Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
22
Karl Fulves* Magician Does Good one of five cards chosen, cards shuffled back, three Aces cut to, selection is Three of Hearts, they change into Threes
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
388
Jason Ladanye The Quick Change Artist
Variations
 2013
Confident Deceptions
17
Gabi Pareras Sobre las Ordenaciones on simplifying and harmonizing stacks, example of Vernon's Matching the Cards
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
780
Steve Reynolds The St. Louis Lesson
  • The Monk's Way
five-phase routine with Kings, Aces, Sevens
Inspired by
 June 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 10)
70
Peter Duffie Lie To Me card chosen and lost, spectator can lie or tell the truth three times and performer cuts to a card that reveals the truth, selection travels to pocket and three cut-to cards transform into mates of selection
 		Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
44
Chad Long Popular three popular cards are placed aside so they are not chosen (Joker, Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts), an Eight is chosen and the three cards change to Eights
 		Sep. 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 301 The Final Issue)
103
Benjamin Earl Stem Cell framing routine differently to get different experiences with same handling, four cards shown one by one and tabled, they change into four Aces, possible presentations:
  • Stem Cell Monte
  • Stem Cell Magician vs. Gambler
  • Stem Cell Sleight of Hand
 		2017
Less is More
103
Johnny Thompson Dai Vernon's Magic Castle Act from late Sixties
  • The Cups and Balls
  • Han Ping Chien
  • Winged Silver
  • Copper/Silver
  • Matching the Cards
  • Ambitious Card
  • Color-Changing Deck
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
81
Harry Lorayne Fourced Match
Related to
 2018
And Finally!
188
Harapan Ong Matching the Cards classic effect
 		2019
A Stack to Forget
53
Harapan Ong Same Data, Different Conclusions Two cards selected. Three cards used to divine color, suit and value of first selection. Those three cards then change into the mates of second selection.
 		2019
A Stack to Forget
57
Larry Jennings Jennings Makes Good Queen chosen, performer cuts to three Aces, first Queen is shown to be an Ace now, Queen reversed in center
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
364
Nick Trost Four Some
Inspired by
 2020
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8
1806
Roberto Giobbi Matching the Cards
Related to
 2021
Sharing Secrets
61
Joshua Jay Matching the Cards set-up is available in Particle Stack
 		2024
Particle System
135
Juha-Matti Ristiharju Four of a Kind - (Matching the Cards)
2025
For Friends
79