Card Case

243 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Opening a Sealed Pack
1889 Tricks with Cards 124
Unknown Resealing a Deck
1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 230
Unknown Resealing a Card Case
1897 New Era Card Tricks 91
Ernst Ehrhardt Die aufdrängliche Karte "Ernst Erhard", card rises out of cased deck, slit in case, as out for missed classic force
 		Jan. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 1) 3
Unknown Resealing Deck
1909 The Art of Magic 179
Stanley Collins Deck Switch with case, shell
 		1920 Deceptive Conceptions in Magic 29
Tom Sellers Swing spectator remembers bottom card of half that has ben cut off onto case, it vanishes later, card attached to card case that can be pivoted out
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 19
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Mental Masterpiece impression device on card box, carbon
Variations 1935 Mental Bargain Effects 5
Harry J. Smith Automatic Seconds card(s) at any number(s) using second deal from card case with slit
Variations 1936 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36) 88
Charles T. Jordan Thinned Case thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 269
Theodore Annemann Mental Masterpiece carbon case
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 304
Capt. J.E. Stone VI. Using a Prepared Cardcase deck shell
 		1938 Greater Magic 208
Theodore Annemann Carbon Card Case
1938 Greater Magic 494
Robert Parrish Okito Box Deck Switch openly placing bottomless box (quasi a deck shell) from deck to another deck (see Blizzard Switch)
 		1939 Do That Again! 35
Purvis W. Miller The Miller Card Case extra compartment for adding cards
Variations 1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 17
Theodore Annemann Time to Shine new deck opened, shuffled, put back, performer knows cards in order, whole in case and shiner
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 123) 716
Unknown The Rising Cards and Card Case half the pack and case have holes
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 237
Bill Simon Automatic Writing spectator selects a card, another writes a number on it, both informations are divined by automatic writing, bottomless case
 		1952 Effective Card Magic 105
Clayton Rawson Rawson Card Reading peek box that can be shown from all sides
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 87
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Card Reading peek box that can be shown from all sides
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 89
Ken Brooke Presentation of the Vanishing Card Case and Cards case vanishes, is produced from pocket, deck vanishes and is produced from case
 		1956 Unconventional Magic 33
Ed Mellon A Case for Mentalism shuffled deck, stopped at card is predicted
 		1959 The Cardiste (Issue 12) 5
Gerard "Bruno" Bruning Prison Card in Box cards in card case secured with rubber bands, card visible through window cut from card case changes into selection
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 14
Dan Tong Masterpiece Variations
Inspired by 1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 379) 345
Karl Fulves Paper Clip Holdout inside case
Related to
  • p. 122 for idea by George Blake
Variations 		July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 112
Sid Lorraine, Karl Fulves Modified Paper Clip Holdout inside case
Inspired by Sep. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 11) 122
Don Nielson, Karl Fulves Visible Deck Switch two decks held together, both with three-sided double-color cases
 		Nov. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1) 134
Dr. William Weyeneth Rätselhaftes Verschwinden method to get rid of a card, shimmed card and magnetic card case
 		1967 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 6) 87
Unknown Leaving Card back in Case small preparation
Related to
  • November 1968 Magic Circular
 Oct. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 289
Murry Graham Case as Jail Cell with slits cut out
Related to Dec. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 2) 306
Theodore Annemann Mental Masterpiece carbon paper box
 		1971 The Esoterist 18
Peter Kane The Incredible Shrinking Card Case
Also published here 1971 Another Card Session with Peter Kane 1
Peter Kane The Ring in the Card Case
VariationsAlso published here 1971 Another Card Session with Peter Kane 19
Marconick Case Card card penetrated case, gaffed case with slit
VariationsAlso published here 1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 79
Brother John Hamman Deck in Parvo case shrinks, for credits for gaff see page 50
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 35
Steve Spillman Magic Mirror shiner on card case
 		1972 Magick (Issue 62) 308
Karl Fulves A Gaffed Card Case gaffed case to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application, perhaps memdeck
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 21
Marconick Case Card card penetrated case, gaffed case with slit
Also published here 1973 Lecture Notes No. 1 10
Unknown Window Case
1974 Card Cavalcade II 83
Karl Fulves Flying Clipper joker with paper clip and aces in case, chosen ace penetrates table with clip on, case with slit
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 62
Karl Fulves Mechanical Switch using card case with slit
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 64
Michael Boden Pack Production deck from silk handkerchief, half case as holder
 		1975 Cards and Cases 11
Unknown Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Related to
  • an item in The Gen
Also published here 		1975 Cards and Cases 18
Unknown Pack Rises From Case rubber band in case
 		1975 Cards and Cases 20
Peter Kane Pack Jumps From Case rubber band in case
 		1975 Cards and Cases 23
Unknown Another Pack Rises slit in case and metal gimmick to push deck up
 		1975 Cards and Cases 24
Peter Kane The Ring in the Card Case
Also published here 1975 Cards and Cases 26
Peter Kane Holdout Case using case to get hold of small ball, coin, etc after some card tricks
 		1975 Cards and Cases 30
Peter Kane The Incredible Shrinking Card Case
Also published here 1975 Cards and Cases 31
Unknown Initialled Card Into Another Pack signed card travels into another deck in pocket, loaded from bottom end of case
 		1975 Cards and Cases 34
Bruce Cervon Boxed Deuce Sandwich using gaffed card
 		1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 8
Al Baker The Forces Within three selected cards are divined, Al Baker's Card Case, gaffed case to force cards
 		1976 The Third Ecstasy 24
Simon Lovell, Ron Wilson Atomic E.S.P. joker changes to selected card, deck vanishes from case
Also published here Aug. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12) 614
Ross Bertram The "Brain-Wave" Deck double ended card case for extraction both ways
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 161
Philip T. Goldstein In Case Of ESP chosen ESP card is revealed, gaffed case
 		1978 Notions 12
Philip T. Goldstein In Case of ESP chosen ESP card is revealed, gaffed case
 		1978 The Phil Goldstein Convention Lecture 6
Philip T. Goldstein In Case Of ESP chosen ESP card is revealed, gaffed case
 		1978 A Transatlantic Lecture 6
Paul Harris Absorption card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)
Also published here 1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 42
Larry Becker Super-Vision some card in box are divined by sense of touch, spectator stops at card which is predicted in envelope
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 111
Al Koran Peek Card Case
Dec. 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 12) 771
Karl Fulves Cuts Both Ways knife stabbed through case, card inside unharmed
 		1979 Jack In The Box 23
Karl Fulves Flap-Flap case gimmick with double flap
 		1979 Inner Sanctum 28
Karl Fulves Zap Flap clean-up for Flap-Flap gimmick
 		1979 Inner Sanctum 45
Karl Fulves Break In sight gag in which deck is cracked like an egg
 		1979 Card Under Glass 85
Karl Fulves Paper Clip Holdout inside case
 		1979 Card Under Glass 94
Karl Fulves Epigram I card placed behind case vanishes
 		1979 Cryptology 114
Karl Fulves Three To Go one of three cards vanishes, using case as method
 		1979 Cryptology 117
Paul Harris El Warpo card case turns inside out
 		1979 Close-up Entertainer 44
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 27
Edward Marlo First Effect deck removed from case, case shrinks, miniature deck removed
 		1981 21st Century Card Magic 1
Dr. James Nuzzo Do it for Ozzie shrinking card case, lapping, using "Open Side Card Case"
 		1981 21st Century Card Magic 2
Edward Marlo Second Method shrinking card case
 		1981 21st Century Card Magic 4
Edward Marlo Third Effect two decks removed from card case, then case shrinks and miniature deck is removed
 		1981 21st Century Card Magic 4
Don England Deck Lapping from Case
1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 25
Thomas Alan Waters Trionic three phases
  • card is seen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • card is unseen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • prediction of a selected card
 		1981 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic) 71
Roger Crosthwaite The Eidetic Prediction card is placed in the box, spectator think of a card, that card is divined and later found to be the card put in the box in the beginning
 		1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 11
Roger Crosthwaite The Crosthwaite Card Case
1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 11
Roger Crosthwaite The Geiger Mystery card is located by sound, then it vanishes between two others and is found to be the card put in the case in the beginning
Inspired by 1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 18
Roger Crosthwaite The 2nd Geiger Mystery
Related to 1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 22
Karl Fulves Alter Ego same gaffed case as in "Nightmare in Black"
 		1981 Milennium Aces 39
Michael J. Gerhardt Absorbing Penetration one side of card case becomes blank
 		May 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5) 630
Marconick Card Case Revisited deck cased and rubbed over hand, selection appears, slit in case
Variations 1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II 45
Ray Grismer, Peter Kane Watch, Look and Listen ring and string routine with ring to card case finish
 		1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II 76
Larry Jennings Direct Flight Card to Case card to box, slit case
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 A Visit With Larry Jennings 8
Karl Fulves Threadless DeKolta three selections, cards in case, handkerchief
Inspired by 1982 Wireless II 13
Phillip Young Color Changing Card Case
1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 9
Phillip Young Fifty-Two Divided by Two Equals One Hundred Four card case change into two smaller card cases
 		1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 12
Unknown Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Also published here 1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 34
Unknown Stunning Production card penetrates case when cased deck is slapped out of hand, case with slit
 		1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 44
Peter Kane The Expanding Deck playtime deck in case, changes to poker-sized case
Also published here
  • lecture notes "A Real Live Card Session with Peter Kane"
 1982 Kane 73
Peter Kane The Nudest Nudist Deck with card case transformation kicker
  • Printing the Card Case
 		1982 Kane 130
Unknown Deck Shell
May 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5) 769
Larry Jennings Astro-Card card visually disappears on top of card case and appears within, slit card case
 		1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 9) 73
Paul Sorrentino Boxcards case that can produce things like four dice after full deck has been removed from it
 		1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 161
Michael Powers The Convertible Case miniature card case grows into normal case, deck put inside
 		1983 Powerful Magic 74
Michael Powers The Power Case Arrco case has holes, gaffed case which can simulate that something is in it or not with sliding card section
  • Applications (see next entries)
 		1983 Powerful Magic 77
Michael Powers The Vanishing Deck using Power Case
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 82
Michael Powers Color Changing Deck using Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 83
Michael Powers Signed Card Appears in card case, using Power Case
  • Variation
Variations 1983 Powerful Magic 84
Michael Powers A Thought getting the spectator to sign on a different card than he thinks, low spot card, using Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 85
Simon Aronson Simon Aronson's Idea signed card appears in card case, using Power Case
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 85
David Solomon, Tom Niesen Cased Inversion deck turns over in case with hole except selection, using Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 86
Jay Sankey Celluloid Sell color change in case with hole, also signed, using Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 87
Jay Sankey Sponge Ball Production in Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 87
Jay Sankey Business Card Business business card appears in card case with hole, using Power Case
 		1983 Powerful Magic 88
Jay Sankey Meltdown cards in case are wrapped in foil which is vanished and reappears around deck as finale, using Power Case
Related to 1983 Powerful Magic 89
Michael Powers Packman cigarette pack transforms into cased deck of cards
 		1983 Powerful Magic 90
Michael Powers The Ultimate Color Changing Card Case
  • Overview
  • Tools
  • The Construction
  • Afterthoughts (credit information)
  • The Color Change
Variations 1983 Powerful Magic 94
Edward Marlo The Marlo Handling
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 104
Unknown Deck Shell
1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. Summer Extra) 221
Pascal Monmoine Chameleon
May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1231
Simon Lovell, Ron Wilson Atomic E.S.P. joker changes to selected card, deck vanishes from case
Also published here 1984 The Best of Close-Up Magic 122
Dick Koornwinder For a special occasion card case opened like a tin, sight gag
 		1984 Diverting Kreations 10
Jon Racherbaumer Flicks and Kicks coin vanishes and reappears in card case, flicking coin under card case as it is apparently picked up, card case has small legs on one side
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, Sep. 1980
 1984 At The Table 151
Michael Rubinstein Case Solved marked coin and card travel into card case (with slit)
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 53
Louis Falanga The Cellophane Connection gaffed case to switch, add, subtract, appear and vanish cards
 		1985 Lake Tahoe Card Magic 46
Steve Beam The Color Changing Card Case
Also published here 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 9) 149
Frederick Braue FB Everywhere and Nowhere joker put in case, then selection found several times and put in glass, they change into indifferent cards and cased card is selection (1944)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 3
Richard Kaufman Transparent Lies in effect a large hole in card case disappears with divination presentation
 		1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 27
Robert Gardner Apex Escape tilt with cased deck, selections are immediately palmed away
 		Mar. 1986 Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 3) 1186
Edward Marlo The Card in Case card case instead of palms, using dull blank card gaff
Also published here 1986 Thirty Five Years Later 37
Pat Conway Chameleon Cards red and blue cases transpose after being wrapped in two handkerchiefs, sucker presentation
Also published here
  • Abracadabra, 1975
 1987 The Pat Way to Con 41
John Riggs Cold Case using John Riggs' "Cold Fold"
Related toAlso published here 1988 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 24) 408
Brother John Hamman Deck in Parvo case shrinks, then normal card is pulled out of mini case
 		1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 28
Richard Bartram, Jr. Boxer Shorts cards removed from box, immediately case vanishes
Also published here 1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 26) 455
Steve Beam Soap Opera opener gag, a bar of dove soap appears under handkerchief, then it changes into deck of cards
 		1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 26) 457
Ken Krenzel Open and Shut Case using case that permits to cut the cards when taking them out, memorized deck
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 71
Gordon Bruce Ring in Box finger ring to card case
Inspired byVariations May 1990 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 3) 17
Jamy Ian Swiss Stabbing Case deck in case held against piece of wood, knife stabbed into it and case pulled away, selection remains stabbed to wood, case destroyed but deck intact
Also published here
  • Genii
 1990 Thaumatolatry II 2
Scotty York Flap Case card case with blank card as flap in it
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 75
Will Ayling Digital Mechanism card rises from deck, with gimmick
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 16
Tomo Maeda BoxBack card case appears visually around deck
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 39
Ken Kuroki The Talisman Joker stapled to box transposes with selection
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 56
Kuniyasu Fujiwara The Appearing Deck flat empty case is removed from wallet and folded in case shape, deck is removed
VariationsAlso published here 1992 Five Times Five — Japan 63
Hiroyuki Sakai Imprisoned Rising Card out of box, gaffed box
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 88
Hiroyuki Sakai It Doesn't Fit! card flies out of box, several feet high, elastic
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 92
Hubert T. Brill The Spirit's Right borrowed business card in envelope, writing of selected card appears on it, stamp on card case
Also published here
  • Genii, Feb. 1939
 Apr. 1992 Profile (Issue 7) 10
Kuniyasu Fujiwara The Appearing Deck flat empty case is removed from wallet and folded in case shape, deck is removed
Also published here Dec. 1992 Profile (Issue 11) 4
Edward Marlo The Card in Case card case instead of palms, using dull blank card gaff
Also published here 1992 A Final Farewell Lecture 41
Richard Bartram, Jr. Boxer Shorts cards removed from box, immediately case vanishes
Also published here 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 83
Alexander de Cova Magician's Fooler packet is cut from deck and the rest put in card case, one card of the packet is placed reversed in the center of the rest, all cards are divined, peek case
 		1993 Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 15
Bev Bergeron Another Rising Card from cased deck, hole in case
 		1993 Card File 57
Unknown Resealing the Deck
1993 Card File 176
Steve Dusheck Two-Way Out Case three sides blue and three red for Brainwave deck
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 94
Steve Dusheck Edgy edge-marked deck, using case with one side missing
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 113
Gene Maze Cased Lightning deck in case and window on side of case, aces apparently dealt out of this window
Inspired by 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 67
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 Steel and Silver 137
Roger Crosthwaite The Long Pour "Phase Seven: Ending with Style"
cased deck, case suddenly filled with salt
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 34
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 Roger's Thesaurus 64
Doug Conn Conn's Opening featuring addition from card case's cellophane with slit
Inspired by 1994 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 5) 10
Christian M. Thurnes Kong-Case case with hole at side for holding back reversed cards in stripper deck
  • Einleitung
  • Das KONG-Case
    • By the way
    • Das Gimmick
    • Die Grundtechnik
    • Ich bastle mir mein KC
 		Nov. 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1) 6
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
Unknown Resealing a Card Case
1995 Cardshark 86
Theodore Annemann Cased Divination spectator cuts, remembers top card, cases deck, performer divines it, cut-out in case for glimpse
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 87
John Riggs Color Change Case with the Cold Fold
Also published here 1995 The Magic of John Riggs 33
John Riggs Peek Case gaffed case in cellophane
Related to
  • Marc Spelmann's "Glimpse", 2004
 1995 The Magic of John Riggs 36
Unknown Cards from the Case No. 48, from cased deck, slit in case
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 92
Steve Beam Color Changing Card Case
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 75
David Acer The President's Message bill rubber banded to card case is shown and initial, name of selection appears written on it
VariationsAlso published here 1995 Natural Selections 123
Edward Marlo The Prepared Case card can be loaded into it in pocket
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 333
Unknown Resealing Card Case
1996 Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 16
Tommy Wonder The Shrinking Card-Case
  • Design One
  • Design Two
 		1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 117
Paul Harris Absorption card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) 175
Paul Harris House Guest in card case there appears a doll-house scenery, just an idea
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Conversations from the Edge) 305
Paul Harris, Eric Mead Angel Case paper and pencil is put in card case, rattles, message appears on paper (case can switch pieces of paper)
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 27
Paul Harris El Warpo card case turns inside out
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 131
Ariel Frailich Resolution two methods for Aviator Aces problem, named ace rises out of box
Inspired by 1996 New Card Rises 51
James Swain, Larry Jennings The Jennings Box slit in case
  • Version One (card into second cased deck in wallet)
Inspired by 1996 Miracles with Cards 134
Larry Jennings The Jennings Handling slit in case
Also published here 1996 Miracles with Cards 138
James Swain The Well Traveled Card deck in case and number up to 52 named, signed card dropped on case, it vanishes and reappears inside at named number
 		1996 Miracles with Cards 141
James Swain The Stand In deck in new deck order, put in case, joker outside case changes into named card, joker is at its position in cased deck
 		1996 Miracles with Cards 143
James Swain Annemann's Miracle three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 Miracles with Cards 164
Steve Beam The Color Changing Card Case
Also published here 1996 Magic For The British Aisles 8
Ken Krenzel Box Top card comes to top inside case, cased version
Inspired byRelated to 1997 Ingenuities 3
Karl Fulves Nosferatu card travels from sandwich into case, case suddenly jumps to vertical position on hand
 		1997 The Vampire Chronicles 50
Wesley James Micro-Macro Handling
  • Making My Micro-Macro & Switch Box Gimmicks
  • Single Micro-Macro Card
  • The Switch Box
 		1997 The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James 33
Christian Scherer Schnelldruck blank case is printed
 		1997 Karten à la carte 152
Simon Lovell Sitting Deck Vanish oker changes to selected card, deck vanishes from case
Also published here 1997 Simon Says! 94
Simon Lovell Heartlebox hole also appears in case
Related to 1997 Simon Says! 147
Jörg Alexander Weber Resealing a Card Case
1998 The Book 92
Unknown The Hidden Porthole deck in case, hole in case
 		1998 The Rising Card Book 17
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note hiding punching needle at bottom of card case
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 14
Jörg Alexander Weber Die Präparation der Kartenschachtel resealing card case
 		2000 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1 55
Marc DeSouza Quad-Ringle Plus ring & string routine with ring to card case finale
Inspired by 2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 71
Unknown Glimpse of cased Deck slit in case allows glimpse
 		2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 102
Ben Harris Up Side named card rise challenge posed as problem
 		Apr. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4) 34
Unknown Case as Jail Cell with slits cut out
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 8) 152
Barrie Richardson Devious Deck Switch using a card case
Related to
  • "Cold Case" (Gregory Wilson)
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Aug. 1999
 2005 Act Two 44
Barrie Richardson Double-Sided Peek Box slide covers under cellophane on both sides
Also published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 2002
 2005 Act Two 54
Bob Ostin Pipe Dream cards removed from box, later dice or any other objects are produced from same box
 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 48
Bob Ostin Card Case Hold-Out
2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 96
Max Nelson The Gizmo Box case put on deck, card added to top, here as force
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 4) 28
Jack Avis Perverse Card to Wallet Routine deck put in case, then deck travels to wallet except selection
 		2006 Rara Avis 109
Unknown Glimpse Case with hole
 		2006 Power Plays 171
Vanni Bossi "Card Case" Color Change card transforms when touched with case, slit in case
Inspired by 2007 Lecture Notes Las Vegas 2007 22
Bob Ostin Card Case 'Crib' cheat sheet hidden in card case can be slid open
 		2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 192
Unknown Resealing a Deck
2008 Cabaret Card Magic 13
Joan Font Resealed resealing card case with cellophane, bill and lighter method
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 99
James Swain Shush three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved 41
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 69
Karl Fulves X-Ray Card Case accordion/flexagon fold with card case, two cards underneath paper straps/grid, they transpose
 		2009 Xtra Credit (Issue 4) 22
Steve Beam Packaging placing text on card case for presentational ideas:
  • Seconds
  • Pre-Mixed
  • All-Backs
  • Ordinary
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 44
Max Nelson Gizmo Box for switching
Related to 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 285
Karl Fulves In The Box placing any card at any number with riffle shuffle, posed as a problem, with gaffed box to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application
Also published here 2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 515
Tom Stone Switch with Card Case heavily gaffed
 		2011 Maelstrom 162
Tom Stone Homer's Case switch or vanish of card put beneath case
 		2011 Maelstrom 165
Unknown Peek Case
2011 Knew & Improved 11
David Acer Double-Sided Card Case to switch a torn card that is on it under a rubber band
 		2011 More Power to You 51
David Acer The President's Message bill rubber banded to card case is shown and initial, name of selection appears written on it
Also published here 2011 More Power to You 119
Barrie Richardson Devious Deck Switch - A Modest Renovation using a card case
Inspired by 2011 Curtain Call 209
Dani DaOrtiz, Howard Hamburg El Corte Diagonal slit in card case, moves and ideas, dated to 1972 and apparently shown to Cervon and Jennings
  • Preparación del estuche
  • Sacar carta al insertar la baraja
  • Insercción de una cara (sin baraja)
  • Insercción de una cara (con baraja en el interior)
  • Insercción de una cara (desde el empalme)
  • Traslado de cartas a la baraja
  • De la baraja al empalme del tahur
  • Orientación de la ranura
  • Versión de la doble firma
Related to 2011 El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 16) 464
Unknown Peek Case
2012 Blackpool Twenty Twelve 11
Peter McKinnon The Blackpool Prediction named card apparently travels into card case, only gag message found inside
  • WTF!?! (case shown empty in advance)
  • BottomFeeder
Related toVariations 2012 The Blackpool Prediction 7
Adam Wilber Fah-Q prediction of named card announced to be written in case, nothing seen, writing suddenly appears inside
Inspired by 2012 The Blackpool Prediction 31
Randy Atha Pinoterae case moves by itself, signed folded card found inside, hermit crab used for animation
 		Aug. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 8) 36
Jason Ladanye Deck Lap from case
 		2013 Confident Deceptions 151
Unknown New Deck Cooler resealing deck
 		2013 Confident Deceptions 219
Roberto Giobbi How To Prepare a Sealed Deck
2013 The Art of Switching Decks 21
Tom Gagnon Z-Box flat object switched while pushing it away with card case
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 144
Unknown Bicephalous Card Case case that can be opened on both sides
 		2013 Numbers, Cards... and Time! 12
Dr. Stanley Jaks Q. T. with peek case
Also published here
  • "Q. T." in "Ibidem" #29, 1963
 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 215
Unknown Resealing Card Case
2015 Renovations 43
Eric Stevens The Wall Prediction is taped to card box, can predict spectator's freely named choice of color, shape, anything,
 		2015 Skybound 55
Vanni Bossi The Case of Mistaken Identity two selections, deck cased, one selection appears on palm, it changes into second selection
Inspired by 2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 84
Vanni Bossi Color Change with Case paint brush type change when stroking single card with cased deck
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 86
Vanni Bossi Resealing the Wrapper, Come Bossi
2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 188
Christoph Borer Razored Deck - Für Salon und Bühne razor blade card trick
 		2016 21 149
John Guastaferro Boxing Day deck is thrown in air and transforms into case with selection inside, deck is in pocket
Inspired by 2017 En Route 37
Adrian Vega Ending CardBox case changes to a printed jumbo card where "The End" is written on it
 		2017 Area 52 83
Johnny Thompson Signed Card to Miniature Card Box folded, sound gimmick in box
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 293
Bill Cheung, Áriston Any Card Rising Rising Card, any card can be named
 		2018 Lecture Note 2018 10
Matt Baker S.O.L. card selected by spectator under very stringent conditions, magician is still able to divine its identity, x-ray case
 		2019 The Buena Vista Shuffle Club 233
Michael Rubinstein Case Solved coin and card travel into card case on table
Also published here
  • My Close-Up Collection, 1985
  • Penguin Two Live lecture, 2016
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 277
Joshua Jay The Trojan Box
  • The River
card case to add a packet to the deck
  • Construction of the Box
 		June 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 6) 56
Joshua Jay The Trojan Deck using thin cards to add more cards using "The Trojan Box"
Related to
  • "The Trojan Deck" (Joshua Jay, marketed effect)
 June 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 6) 59