Switches

23 entries in Pocket Techniques / Switches
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To Change one Pack for another special pockets (pochette) at trousers & profonde, multiple methods
Related to 1889 Tricks with Cards 34
Unknown Cigarette Switch two methods
 		1938 Greater Magic 741
William S. Houghton Gimmick Exchange fake cigar switched for real cigar, pocket switch choreography
Inspired by
  • silk trick with cigar production finale (Frank Lane, Ideas No. 1)
 1943 The Magic 36 12
John Scarne Scarne's Power of Thought No. 147, selected card matches previous prediction.
Related toVariations 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 284
John Scarne, Frank Garcia Automatic Pencil Writing No. 151, pencil lead is crumpled in paper ball. Card is selected and its name appears on the crumpled paper.
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 294
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
1988 The Five Points in Magic 26
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
1991 Workers Number 2 48
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 46
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 1) 9
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
1994 A Workers Series Sampler 13
Juan Tamariz Crossing the Gaze Switch
1995 Cardshark 120
Juan Tamariz Crossing the Gaze
1995 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut 13
Ellis Stanyon Changing the Pack at the Breast Pockets No. 19, pocket choreography with body turn
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 266
Ellis Stanyon Changing the Pack in the Tail Pocket No. 20
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 266
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
2003 Collexion 25
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
2006 Tangled Web 78
Juan Tamariz Crossing the Gaze Switch
2010 Plot Twists 66
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing-the-Gase Switch as a load
 		Dec. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12) 22
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
2016 Gene Anderson — The Book 184
John Scarne Scarne's Power of Thought selected card matches previous prediction, tabled cards are read off and one is miscalled
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 50 No. 5, Sep. 1951
 Mar. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3) 71
Kieron Johnson The La La La Switch offbeat pocket switch for small object
 		2018 The Time Traveller 24
Juan Tamariz Crossing the Gaze Switch
2019 Houchin: Counterfeit & Stigmata 18
Mike Gallo Gallo Subtlety pocket search switch
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 117