4,248 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jon Racherbaumer Olram Aces three double facers
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
16
Edward Marlo Unlimited Count
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
20
John Guastaferro Vino Aces McDonald's version
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
21
David Regal Regal's Alternative Vanish
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
23
Terry Hedges D'emergency Card wrong card changes to selection with help of humorous Emergency Card with message on it
Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
28
Allan Slaight The Eclectic Deck stack for seventeen effects
  • 1. one of five cards thought of and located
  • 2. card location
  • 3. face-up deal stopped, value used to count to selection
  • 4. spelling to thought-of card
  • 5. open prediction
  • 6. card from packet to pocket
  • 7. two-card transposition
  • 8. card from hand to pocket
  • 9. Aces stacked, then Royal Flush dealt
  • 10. five good hands dealt
  • 11. blackjack demo with rubber-banded deck
  • 12. bridge demo with all Spades
  • 13. three-way transposition
  • 14. two selections reverse
  • 15. card chosen, spelled to and some matching cards found
  • 16. Ace assembly (not explained)
  • 17. Mind Mirror challenge location
  • Final Thoughts
  • Closing Credits (credits for all effects)
Also published here
  • Ibidem #32, July 1967
2008 36
Allan Slaight Seden-Tear-Y initialed card restored except torn corner, then corner as well, method to make two duplicate tears
Inspired by
  • Wilbur Kattner, Linking Ring, Feb. 1945
2008 52
Helder Guimarães Aces and Glass (or "The second quickest trick of the world!")
visual with one pair in a wine glass
2008 (ca.) 5
Fred Robinson Up Both Sleeves two selections to performer's sleeves, double facer
2009 201
Ken Krenzel Facial selection reverses and comes to top, then small packet printing and unprinting
2009 117
Ken Krenzel Openly Ignored double facer
2009 153
Chris Mayhew Dairy Queens four double facers
Also published here 2009 13
Yannick Chretien Reflipped Vanish cards dropped on face-up cards
Also published here
  • Yannick Chretien's "Reflipped" in "Magic Magazine" 8/2004
2009 15
Michael Weber, U. F. Grant Half-a-Cheek on the Photocopier "(Triumphotocopy)", staging for Cheek to Cheek in which deck is placed on photocopier
Variations 2009 3
Jon Racherbaumer Gaming the Rules "no joker" prediction with a full deck of jokers as climax
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 10
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Scoop Switch wild card switch
2009 11
Jon Racherbaumer Snap-Slap Transpo
2009 14
Jon Racherbaumer Wide-Open Prediction with repeat
2009 50
Bob Ostin The Looper Dutch Looper elaboration
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
377
Bob Read Trial Run card chosen from packet is predicted via odd-backed card, the repeat phase
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
389
Karl Fulves Deuce On The Loose "Unexplained"
producing any named Two from cased deck as top card, miming a cut, quartet card, posed as a problem
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
403
Karl Fulves Trick Poker five unknown cards chosen, performer produces four Jacks and puts them face-down before spectator, then performer's hand has the Jacks and spectator's the Aces
  • Trick Poker II
Related toVariations 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
416
Karl Fulves Dr. Jackyl four Aces shown, vampire card dropped on top, named Ace vanishes
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
418
Karl Fulves Blankety Blank "Color Erase"
card with open cut-outs, put on deck, it becomes blank, then it changes into named Two value
2009
Xtra Credit (Issue 3)
12
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
David Solomon Blank Thought blank card appears in sandwich which then becomes selection
Also published here 2009 23
Trevor Lewis A Good Deal four cards with letters, words are formed matching story
2009 23
Trevor Lewis The Eyes Have It using The Eye Chart, three phases, spectator divines and locates cards, then she selects cards which were predicted
2009 73
Trevor Lewis The Full Monte with gaffed cards, multi-phase routine
2009 108
Wayne Dobson Fluke number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
Also published here Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
67
Joseph K. Schmidt On The Rise with horseshoe magnet drawn on a card
  • Part 1: The Magnetized Finger
  • Part 2: The Second Rise
  • Part 3: The Polar Hands
  • Part 4: The Closing Gag
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 9)
21
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Jack Parker Up The Farmyard Path cards to card case, also to ring in Double Facers
Dec. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 12)
21
Dani DaOrtiz Las cartas de Hofzinser - La carta transparente (o la falsa carta transparente) on Hofzinser's transparent cards and how to make them
  • Creación de las cartas transparentes
  • A tener en cuenta
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
137
Dani DaOrtiz Triple transparencia hofzinser transparent card routine, card reflection changes twice
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
Dani DaOrtiz Cuatro y Seis Hofzinser transparent card as multiple out
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
Dani DaOrtiz Transparencia real on using a transparent card, without second card value
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
Dani DaOrtiz Mensajes, dibujos o miscelánea more ideas on Hofzinser's transparent card
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
Juan Escolano El juego que yo hice a Ascanio four blank cards change into four Aces with faces and backs
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 8)
178
Nick Trost Card Cloning two Joker and a Five of Hearts, three more Fives of Heart appear, then Joker also become two more Fives
Inspired by 2009 518
Nick Trost Twisting 1-2-3-4 front and backs change
2009 519
Nick Trost 4 Flush! wild card routine with six cards, blank
Also published here
  • marketed 1970
2009 530
Nick Trost Ace in the Hole poker hand changes, half face/back cards
Related to
  • "Jack Pot" (marketed by Harry Stanley in 1955)
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1974
2009 535
Al Thatcher Al Thatcher's Routine poker hand changes
Inspired by 2009 539
Anthony Owen The No-Palm Signed Card to Wallet signed card to normal wallet
Inspired by
  • a routine by Dean Nicholas in "Abracadabra" 1993.
2009 6
Anthony Owen Sticky Intruder card with mark on face is chosen
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 9
Anthony Owen The Light Bulp odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 14
Angelo Carbone Bonking King and Queen placed face to face, pictures transform, coitus presentation
2009 18
Anthony Owen Caravan Travellers Kings travel to table and change to Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 22
Max Maven Days Of Your divination of zodiac sign, cards with all signs used
2009 29
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here 2009 16
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here 2009 16
Caleb Wiles Make a Wish drawing on back of card changes, ideas for Birthday, Christmas, ...
  • Other Presentations
Related to 2009 57
Jim Steinmeyer The Full Monte "A Card Trick On the Stage"
extra-large jumbo cards, set down on three chairs
2009 111
Tom Stone The Collective Blink Signed Card handling, by-play with Joker that travels from table back into deck
Also published here 2009 9
Sixten Beme Beme's Corner signed card torn into four pieces, one piece chosen and it changes back color
2009 13
Chris "Doc" Dixon Double Duty card is turned over and both sides shown to two spectators, one thinks of reversed card other can think of any card he sees, both cards are divined
2009 26
Tom Stone Among the Mad Men odd-backed handling for Daryl's effect
Inspired byAlso published here 2010 53
Tyler Wilson Sweeotch card folded up and in mouth turns inside out, then transposes with card in spectator's hand
Inspired by 2010 64
Theodore DeLand Fadeaway Card used as eerie vanish in Open Travelers
2010 48
John Guastaferro Vino Aces McDonald's version
Related toAlso published here 2010 129
John Guastaferro Hofzinser Ace Vanish using transparent gaff for vanish sequence
2010 134
Michael Weber, Paul Curry An Old (sheared) Black Ram2 variations on Curry's idea:
  • Easy
  • A Little More Work
  • Even More Work (position of selection named)
  • Great Minds Think Alike (further credits)
  • And For Those Who Read This Far
Inspired byRelated to 2010 3
Christoph Borer Shuffle Transpo two decks, one shuffled face up in face down one not, then the conditions "shuffled" and "not shuffled" transpose
2010 34
Karl Fulves Future Self cased card turns out to be later signed selection, half a Joker is cloned
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
433
Karl Fulves Zwindle card changes into right card in z-fold wallet, red/blue double backer
2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 8)
44
Román García La Carta Escupida torn corner travels between Jokers on the table, then card visibly is restored
2010 15
Román García El Muro de Cristal four cards signed on the back, through transparent handkerchief, covered with postcard
Inspired byRelated to
  • Gabi Pareras' "Ases clandestino" in "Sequencias"
2010 165
Román García Los Agujeros Viajeros four hole travel to one corner of signed card, one by one
2010 231
Troy Hooser Three Eyed Jacks Four jacks and selected card changes places
2010 102
Jack Parker Kentucky Fried Aces two Aces change to Kings, then the four Kings change to four Aces
  • Step 1: Finger Licking Good
  • Step 2: The First Switch-Out
  • Step 3: The Second Switch-Out
  • Step 4: The Big Finish
Jan. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 1)
18
David Acer, Bedros "Spidey" Akkelian Squancho 2.0 stickman drawn on top card, wrong card found by this card, card turned face-up and it now is selection itself, stickman changes into disfigured stickman after clapping the card
Also published here May 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 5)
16
Jim Steinmeyer The Khardova Deck
  • Conjuring
partial rough-smooth
Related toVariations May 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 5)
36
Peter Lamont Shape Up and Shape Down spectator stops during deal of ESP cards, stopped-at card is predicted, repeat
Inspired by
  • "Shape Up" (Max Maven, Videomind Vol. 2)
June 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 6)
19
Jim Steinmeyer, Mark LeBerthon Khardova and Over Again ... further suggestion
Inspired by Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
46
Juan Tamariz A Case of Intuition spectator locates card that another spectator selected in corner of room, rising card gaff
Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
66
Jim Steinmeyer Pasteboard Under Glass
  • Conjuring
card to bottle, bottle switch
Dec. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)
46
Ian Baxter Trustworthy spectator stabs reversed card next to his selection
  • Thrust You Were Fooled 1
  • Thrust You Were Fooled 2
Dec. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)
93
Jesús Duque Localización Color-Flash color changing deck routine
2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 14)
416
Lance Pierce The Wilde Carde
Inspired by 2010 29
Alexander de Cova Boxed Transposition signed card from deck to case between Aces, spectator handles double facer
Also published here 2010 33
Steve Dacri Color-Changing Deck
2010 40
Cameron Francis George's Secret card lost, bill is folded and unfolded, a hole is now where the head on the printing was, portrait is stuck to back of selection, it vanishes again and bill is restored
Inspired by
  • "Sticky Greatness" (Cameron Francis, The Budget, Dec. 2010)
2010 87
Joshua Jay Predictamation cut-off packet correctly estimated, four Aces found along the way, "You will run out of cards" message on a post-it on a card
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade, May 2010
2010 112
Bob King Color Cut color changing back kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 2010 124
Philip T. Goldstein Cycle backs of four cards change color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 2010 160
Philip T. Goldstein Cycle Exchange daley's last trick with color changing back kicker
Also published here 2010 161
Philip T. Goldstein Cycle Twist twisting four cards, one by one, with color changing back kicker
Also published here 2010 162
Philip T. Goldstein Cycle Elevator packet elevator with color changing back kicker
Also published here 2010 163
Steve Shufton Co-Signed card signed on back by performer and on face by spectator, cut and restored
  • Making it Even Stronger
2010 227
Ryan Swigert Hancock in Your Pants two signed cards to pocket, with 52-on-1 gag
2010 236
Dan Tong The Tel-Tale Joker spectator takes a card from handkerchief-covered deck and puts it face up on top, Joker goes under handkerchief and then whispers card to performer, card is also predicted
Variations 2010 239
Tom Stone The Forbidden Palm black art
Also published here 2011 69
Tom Stone Black Art Card construction of card with black back
Also published here 2011 70
Tom Stone Signed Transformation
2011 161
Tom Stone Occhamman Card "signed card" with mark on isolated card
2011 166
Ken Krenzel, Tom Stone Monte Plus Plus Variation with a double backer
2011 170
Tom Stone The Collective Blink Signed Card handling, by-play with Joker that travels from table back into deck
Also published here 2011 180
Helder Guimarães Three Cards and a Box (or "We all have a magician inside us!")
three selections, under box, under cellophane, folded in box
2011 49
Helder Guimarães Aces and Glass red and blacks isolated in glass and on table
2011 103
Denis Behr, Christian Scherer Cemented ACAAN Scherer's glued stack principle applied to "Shuffled ACAAN"
Related to 2011 63
Helder Guimarães Deepest Sympathy
2011 8
Helder Guimarães, Charles Reynolds Force of Nature using group of mis-index cards, two handlings
Inspired by
  • "Force of Thought" deck (Charles Reynolds)
2011 22
Helder Guimarães Cart Before the Horse
2011 27
Gary Plants What Are The Chances? cards chosen from two decks match
2011 18
Ryan Schlutz A Lesson in Gravity two sandwich cards with black holes on them used for multi-phase sandwich routine
2011 37
Woody Aragón The Transparent Travelling Spots pips on selected card move to transparent card
2011 213
Woody Aragón Examinable Cannibals
2011 219
Woody Aragón Winner's Intuition spectator chooses ten cards from a deck, places five cards each into two boxes, and magician determines which box has winning hand multiple times
Related to 2011 231
Woody Aragón The Psychic Deck spectator-shuffled deck answers questions about thought of person
Inspired by
  • "Color Sense" (Norman Gilbreath)
Related to
2011 241
Jörg Alexander Weber Duell in Deadwood two-phase transposition with story presentation
2011 28
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild Card Turnover Switch
2011 35
Jörg Alexander Weber FantASStisch gaff combo
Inspired by 2011 59
Push-In Change Vanish with references
2011 69
Paul Romhany Making the Cards
2011 5
Paul Romhany Repeat with the Devil six card repeat presentation
2011 17
Paul Romhany Bunny Repeat five card repeat presentation with rabbit images
2011 23
Patrick Page The Davenport Deception deck is face up on table, a coin is placed on the top card and flash paper is ignited on the coin, the card under coin changes
2011 54
Patrick Page Jumbo One in the Middle jumbo card transformation, construction details for special Ever Change Card
2011 62
Patrick Page One in the Middle in the hands monte
Related toVariations 2011 219
Patrick Page Acrobatic jacks and kings transpose
2011 228
Patrick Page Brainchild one of ten cards is named, named card has different colored back
2011 229
Patrick Page Double-Mirage Part 2 two methods, with monte theme
2011 234
Patrick Page One More Time odd cards vanish among three other cards one at the time, then card changes to match other card
2011 235
Robert Parrish About Face two odd-backed cards, only the faces transpose
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
565
Robin Robertson Imperfect Strangers "Strange Interlude"
three prediction cards in envelope don't match selection, but the backs do which are suddenly rainbow backs
Inspired by 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
573
Jerry K. Hartman Strange But Perfect "Strange Interlude"
three prediction cards in envelope match selections, the backs also match which are suddenly rainbow backs
  • Strange But Perfect II
Inspired by 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
574
Karl Fulves A Stranger In You Future "Strange Interlude"
backs of three prediction cards match instead of fronts, variations
  • In The Envelope
  • The Eight-Back Way (four double backers)
  • When Strangers Meet (ungaffed)
  • Strangers On A Train
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
577
Karl Fulves Multiple Cut Deeper Force double backers alternate with cards
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
577
Joe Stuthard The Stuthard Addition five cards stuck together, spectator cannot find Queen from back, it has vanished
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
590
Karl Fulves Hole Card Rise deck with hole though center, a card rises
  • KF Note (plug falls out of deck as intro)
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
606
David Acer Mad Card Disease 2.0 card torn into quarters, index corners transposes with non-index corners repeatedly, then restore
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Miracle Mates" (Bob Bell, marketed by Micky Hades, 1963)
2011 49
David Acer, Jay Sankey Misguided Angels 2.0 angel on the back of Bicycle card rotates 180 degrees
Inspired by 2011 69
David Acer Swiss Pack many holes appear in chosen card, then the deck has a big hole through it
Also published here 2011 79
David Acer, Bedros "Spidey" Akkelian Squancho 2.0 stickman drawn on top card, wrong card found by this card, card turned face-up and it now is selection itself, stickman changes into disfigured stickman after clapping the card
Also published here 2011 87
David Acer Wormhole hole punched in card is slid off and put onto paper coffee cup, coffee is poured out of it
2011 163
Max Maven Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here 2011 1
Max Maven Will O' the Whisper Joker put in the deck, two cards on either side are remembered, then Joker vanishes from deck and appears in card box, eventually two cards are divined
Also published here 2011 1
Wolfgang Moser 31/2 Card Monte multiple phase monte, tearing off corner
Inspired byRelated to 2011 10
Tom Gagnon Technicolor Elevator odd-backed, using Gagnon Spread Control, split-back card
Inspired byVariations 2011 104
Mark Elsdon Parlour Monte
Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
76
Chris Westfall Cheeky Triumph color changing deck + Triumph, uses variant of Cheek-to-Cheek deck with twenty-five red/blue double backers
Related to
  • Genii Speaks (Richard Kaufman, 2011)
  • "Technicolor Cheek to Cheek" (R. Paul Wilson, Aldo Colombini, marketed)
  • "Spectrum" (R. Paul Wilson, 2005, marketed)
Also published here
July 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 7)
22
Chris Randall Red Rising odd-backed ambitious card visually appears on top
Sep. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9)
18
Jim Steinmeyer A Most Mysterious Case
  • Conjuring
shrinking card case
Nov. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 11)
30
Jon Armstrong, Aaron Fisher Sandwich Card Transformation
2011 30
Justin Higham Clearvoyant with a deck of blank clear transparent cards
2011 24
Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham Two-Faced Hand Muck fake muck demonstration
2011 31
Edward Marlo Purist Card Puzzle nine double-enders
Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
20
Aaron DeLong The Anything Card selection shown at every position in four-card packet, they become all backs, all vanish except one card with a message on it
  • The Jumping Gemini Sequence
  • The Diminishing Lift Sequence
  • The All Backs Sequence
  • The Anything Card Revealed
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
28
William Goodwin The Tumblers four Jokers (with one-way faces) change orientation, with credit information on the plot
  • Notes (additional approaches)
Related to
  • "Pointer" (Phil Goldstein, marketed 1976)
2011 6
Nick Trost Super Split four half cards selected from deck that has been cut in half, matches divided prediction, transposition follow-up
Inspired byAlso published here
  • marketed 1982
2011 771
Nick Trost Jokers to Aces twisting routine with Jokers, they change into Aces as climax of which fronts and backs are shown
Inspired by
  • "NFW!" (Gary Freed, marketed 1999)
2011 788
Nick Trost Wild Deuce four packets made, top card of one is chosen, it is a Two and matches a sandwiched prediction card, other three top cards are also Twos
Inspired by
  • manuscript "Las Vegas Odds" (U. F. Grant, 1973)
Also published here
  • marketed 1974
2011 792
Nick Trost The Deuce You Say! named Two is reversed and odd-backed in packet of Twos
Inspired by
  • "King's Choice" (Marconick, marketed ca. 1974)
Also published here
  • marketed 1974
2011 794
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah Think of an Ace named Ace is shown reversed, divided face/back cards
Inspired by
  • "Think Ace" (Ed Marlo, The Linking Ring, Sep. 1963)
Also published here
  • marketed 1965
2011 798
Nick Trost Dealer's Choice six blank cards are printed into pairs of blackjack hands
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1975
2011 800
Al Thatcher Al Thatcher's Version six blank cards are printed into pairs of blackjack hands
Inspired by 2011 804
Francis Carlyle, Darwin Ortiz Mishmash Force Handling
2012 137
Mark Ennis The Uninvited Guest card from one sandwich to another
Inspired byRelated to 2012 221
Darwin Ortiz New Darwin's Wild Card updated handling
Inspired by 2012 261
Tyler Wilson That's What Key Said selection is not on face, but falls out of deck when slapped, pseudo key card explanation as presentation
2012 47
Karl Fulves Intervention unknown card in case, signed card appears in sandwich, then sandwich cards put in case, unknown card there then is selection
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
666
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 7
Peter McKinnon No, Really with selection, after gag card actually appears in case
Related to 2012 19
Shane Cobalt, Derrick Chung The Visible Deck peeked at card turns over, a second selection is predicted, fair look, using a special peek-deck pair
2012 2
Shane Cobalt Peek Force Handling deck higher than usual, peek-force pair
2012 4
Shane Cobalt Credits on the peek-deck cards
Related to 2012 8
John Born Queens Prediction spectator names a card, card is found inside box, the word "NO" printed on box (for a gag) transforms into the card's name
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 168
John Born "My Cards" Words on card box change to different spectator's names
2012 173
John Born, Tatanka Tan Card under Spectator's Shoe Signed selection appears under spectator's shoe, can be done with memorized deck or impromptu, includes variation where deck appears under magician's foot, using Aaron Fisher's Panic gimmick
Inspired by 2012 182
Shane Cobalt 50 Faces North
  • With A Borrowed Deck
2012 2
Steve Beam 'Walt on the Beach' Variation The Layover, using double facer cards
2012 32
Tom Stone Scouting Party rather visual, table spreads, accidental reinvention of "Les Facteurs"
Related to Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
41
David Acer Transformers three cards are chosen, they change into the four Aces with pseudo-vanish presentation, as lead-in to McDonald's Aces
Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
46
Michel Huot Ultimate Aces three indifferent cards placed on leader Ace, three Aces visibly change into indifferent cards and Aces are found on leader Ace, follow-up for McDonald's Aces
Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
49
Michel Huot Spring Change with multiple cards/double facers
Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
49
Jeff Prace Slo-Mo Coin coin cut, then the coin visibly moves along in-the-hand spread towards selection
Apr. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)
56
Josh Janousky Charged Up battery rolled along tabled spread stops at selection, card clings to battery
Apr. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)
57
Keith Fields Burger Kings using two sets of double facers
  • Backfire Option 1: The Asher Twist
  • Backfire Option 2: Vernon's Through-the-Fist Flourish
Inspired by Apr. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)
59
Brady White Automatic Second Deal automatic push-off by having a small piece of extra corner glued on the face of the top card
Also published here
  • Genii, Feb. 1946
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
47
Miguel "MagoMigue" Puga Transposición Imposible transposition of two cards on close up mat, black art
2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 20)
635
Carl Willmann, L'Homme Masqué La Bara Disminución del Hombre Enmascarado gaff set
Also published here 2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 21)
690
Tony Cachadiña, John Bannon Cazador de autógrafos spectator's initials are transferred from red to blue card
Inspired by 2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 22)
710
David Gabbay Fair & Square unique plot, 52-on-1 card is “charged” through a square credit card reader attached to card case, selected card vanishes from the 52-on-1 and full-sized selection appears inside card case
2012 20
David Redondo La Baraja Planchada complete flat card case is shown, then performer blows it up and it turns into normal and full card case
2012 23
Jim Krenz All Expense Paid Trip three cards travel from packet to packet, no touch condition
  • Impromptu Version
(PDF bonus effect from September 2012)
Also published here Sep. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 6)
1
Peter Duffie Phantom Stab II invisible card thrown between two selections in the deck, so basically reversed card appears between two selections
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Wild at Heart", ebook by Kyle MacNeil
2012 39
Gabi Pareras Dama Inquieta (versión con carta de doble cara) la dama inquieta, with Himber wallet
  • A Modo de Prólogo (Joaquin Matas)
  • Introducción
  • Primera Fase
  • Segunda Fase
  • Tercera Fase
Inspired by 2012 175
Max Nelson Super Duper Card gaffed card that is thick, double backer and has a rising card gaff built into it
  • Thick Card
  • Double Backer
  • Rising Card
  • The Card That Selects You (selection shoots out of deck)
  • Switch-a-Roo
  • Big Bullet (card shoots out from incomplete faro condition)
2012 10
Shannon Clark A Mysterious Signature Mystery Card plus Fusion
2012 14
Monte Plus Plus with double facer
2012 16
Ben Train Water Transpo transposition with glass à la John Scarne, with cloth and card becoming wet by itself
2012 27
Tyler Wilson Grimace three decks used for color changing deck / transposition combination, riffling through red/blue alternating deck to simulate a purple deck
2012 43
Tony Chang Side Effects May Occur twisting with unequal four-to-one transposition climax
2013 33
Jason Ladanye The Ultimate Exchange one card torn up face up
2013 117
Patrick Lehnen Blue Hot Mama hole deck changes as a climax, blue-red double backer, see also Luke Dancy “Chicago Closer“
2013 17
Patrick Lehnen InkOgnito signature is taken off the card and replaced finally the card and the deck turn into blank cards and back to a normal deck again, blank card
2013 19
Jim Abrahams, Patrick Lehnen Signatory Piece the magician's writing (phone number) travels on the back of other cards and ends up on signed selection
2013 25
Michael Weber Ha, No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
Related toAlso published here 2013 4
Chris Westfall Cheeky Triumph color changing deck + Triumph, uses variant of Cheek-to-Cheek deck with twenty-five red/blue double backers
Also published here 2013 9
Chris Westfall Three Stooges Second spectator correctly divines the first spectator's selection
2013 38
Steven Hamilton A Welcome Return Nine of Hearts selected, Aces trap three Threes, those Threes then a Five and Four of Hearts, and between those appears the selection, diminishing collectors
Also published here 2013 35
Steven Hamilton Knee Jerk spectator names card, optional use of double backer
2013 44
Steven Hamilton Stressed-out Card in-the hands, deck changes into rainbow deck, red/blue double backer
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 70
Steven Hamilton Lightning Aces Aces vanish one by one from hand and reappear face-up in center of deck, shown one-by one, deck of double backers
Also published here 2013 72
Steven Hamilton Twisting Aces
Also published here 2013 75
Steven Hamilton In the Hands Wild Card three double facers
Also published here 2013 77
Steven Hamilton The Getaway flap gaff, card vanishes from between Jokes with holes and reappears anywhere
Inspired by 2013 82
Steven Hamilton, Vic Allen Blank Jaks card chosen and signed, four double-blank cards, on one appears a 52-on-1 card, the signed selection on another, whole deck blank-faced then
Inspired by 2013 102
Steven Hamilton Fleeting Images blank card becomes three selections one after the other
2013 139
Steven Hamilton Don't Look Back
2013 144
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Sandwich Jokers placed aside, odd-backed card signed and put in deck, it travels between sandwich
2013 20
Jim Steinmeyer Stand Up For McDonald
  • Conjuring
stand-up with glasses
Also published here Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
40
Tom Stone A La Puga! card in glass is any named card, featuring black art switch
Inspired by
  • "Card and Glass" (Miguel Puga)
Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
49
Dominique Duvivier Double Mental two decks, performer and spectator each choose a card, they are the only odd-backed cards and one is shown to be written on the back of the other, the decks transpose, twenty-four double backers
June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
71
Dominique Duvivier Premonition-Telepathy spectator finds a chosen card, then divines one
June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
86
Tom Stone Dr. Griffin's Palm
  • Lodestones
Also published here July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
46
Tom Stone Packet Rub-a-Dub Vanish with step gaff
Also published here July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
47
David Britland The Problem with Premonition
  • Cardopolis
envelope brought out, card selected and shuffled back, any number named and counted to, card is not there, it has vanishes and is now in envelope with the number written on its back
Inspired by Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
16
Edward Oschmann Foo Shunned
Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
48
Tom Crosbie Kickback Collectors collectors, when repeated Aces and selections change places
Inspired by 2013 128
Steve Valentine A Lesson in Impact Three of Diamond chosen, Four of Diamonds pops out of deck, turns out that one Diamond is torn off
2013 111
Robert Cassidy Handling card removed from pocket
2013 52
Alexander de Cova Hofzinser trifft auf Patrick Page two cards travel into wallet, Larsen/Wright/Sellers stab forcing gaff for two cards
Also published here Oct. 2013 16
Alexander de Cova Barocke Transposition II card in pocket transposes with card reversed in deck, then with bill in wallet
Also published here 2013 8
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Blitz-Kartenverwandlung jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean
Also published here 2013 44
Jerome Finley Into the Twilight emotional presentation for Twilight Angels
(website bonus from Mar. 2013)
Inspired by
  • "Twilight Angels" (Paul Harris)
Mar. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 12)
1
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Overbooked Test six business cards and six room key cards, story presentation
Inspired by Nov. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 20)
1
Masao Atsukawa Case Card card with different back in card case is predicted
2013 17
Impression Card Case
2013 38
Hideki Tani Elevator Illusion two blank cards with four windows cut are held above deck, selection can be seen rising up through the windows, then card goes down again and is found reversed in the deck
2013 74
Ichiro Moriya One-Armed Tibetan Gambler performer tries to cut to four Aces, four cards are not Aces but form a Royal Flush when card previously selected by spectator is added
2013 158
Kevin Ho Turducken progressive sandwich in which a string of sandwiches is produced, in the end sandwich with miniature cards shows up
Related toVariations 2014 1
Christian Scherer Der Zigeuner am Oktoberfest Gypsy Curse handling, using larger cards
Inspired by 2014 160
Christian Scherer Die Poesie der Magie shuffled deck separates in four suits, with three glasses and a handkerchief
2014 316
Dr. Stanley Jaks Mental Image five ESP cards are secretly put in six envelopes, performer divines where the cards are by writing them on the envelopes with chalk
Related toVariations 2014 187
Peter McKinnon Arthur prediction card tabled, it cannot be turned over (double backer), then changes into named selection, optional ending in which it cannot be face down
2014 13
Daniel Madison The Middle Deal: The Kennedy Tribute Four Aces placed reversed in four different parts of the deck, dealt out, pseudo center deal demonstration
2014 15
Tomas Blomberg Torn Uncut Card Sheet uncut sheet which contains all the cards of the deck, magician rearranges the pieces of the sheet to make a previously selected card disappear from it, "52 on 1 Gag"
Inspired by 2014 130
Tomas Blomberg, Axel Adlercreutz Cardpool with clean vanishes and reappearances
2014 288
Tomas Blomberg Sunken Christ three cards chosen with performer's back turned, all located, Christ force
2014 300
Bébel Presque la Même Chose, mais à Vue with cards of different colored backs
2014 28
Joaquín Matas Ases Lentos A La Copa with a glass, O. Henry finish
2014 93
Joaquín Matas Asas Matas-Donalds Mac Donalds routine
Inspired by 2014 111
Michael Murray Springboard spectator forms a card by compare it with his selection
  • The Knowing
  • The Killer (approach to Kenton Knepper's "Kolossal Killer")
  • Duplopia (approach to Paul Vigil's "Diplopia")
  • Springback
  • Invisible Deck Application
  • Springboard for the Stage
  • Increasing Accuracy
  • Springboard Suit Exchange for Perfectionists
  • Back Tracking
  • Other Applications
  • Watch This
  • Springboard & Letters
  • Springboard & Colours
  • Closing Thoughts
Inspired by 2014 164
Simon Aronson About Face Hofzinser Ace Problem combined with elements of Between Your Palms / The Signed Card
Also published here 2014 101
Norman Osborn Double Count counting a double faced card twice to show four of a kind
Also published here 2014 105
Simon Aronson Thinking Inside the Box Jokers sandwich, find three selections. Climax is third signed card appears sandwiched between Jokers placed inside card box.
2014 113
Simon Aronson Twice Removed, Once Again Two selections reversed in deck transpose with two Jokers, each sandwiched between Queens, two double facers
Inspired by 2014 127
Simon Aronson Birthday Backer Combining Birthday Book with a special double backer
Inspired by 2014 204
Gabi Pareras La Máquina del Tiempo time machine type effect, card placed in center transposes with card on top
2014 16
Alan Shaxon Neither Has This One back of one selection temporarily changes color
2014 98
Alan Shaxon Find the Lady on Stage with huge cards
Inspired by
  • an idea by Oswald Rae in Will Ayling's "Genii Presentations"
2014 144
Gabi Pareras Nuevo Movimiento Para Los Ases Mac Donals three different choreographies to vanish Aces and show backs of cards, Mac Donalds Aces
Also published here 2014 10
Gabi Pareras Nueva Rutina de Mac Donals Mac Donalds Aces, using two Jokers
2014 17
Mac McDonald, Dai Vernon La Rutina de los 100 Dolares de Mac Donald three double facers, translation from "Ilusionismo" N° 192, 1963
Also published here 2014 2
Gabi Pareras Ases de Mano a Mano using six gaffed cards
2014 8
Gabi Pareras Asamble Triunfal de Ases (Con Cartas Gigantes) Aces appear after triumph, one card is a ten which indicates position of fourth Ace, followed by Assembly, with jumbo cards
  • Ia Fase - La aparición de los ases
  • 2a Fase - Asamblea triunfal
Also published here 2014 17
Gabi Pareras Ases Evanescentes - Nuevo Movimiento para Ases MacDonals three different choreographies to vanish Aces and show backs of cards, Mac Donalds Aces
Also published here 2014 3
Gabi Pareras Ases Flash - El Múltiple Destello Ases come to the top, four selection vanish one by one and end up face up in the deck with Aces sandwiched , transposition of selection and Aces
  • Preparación
  • Aparición Flash
  • Reordenando
  • Nuevo Flash
  • Atrapadas
  • Transposición
Variations 2014 16
Gabi Pareras Triunfo Versión with and without selection
Variations 2014 15
Gabi Pareras Triunfo Blanco all cards but selection turn into blank cards as kicker
2014 21
Gabi Pareras Asamblea Triunfal de Ases Aces appear after triumph, one card is a ten which indicates position of fourth Ace, followed by Assembly, with jumbo cards
  • Ia Fase
  • 2a Fase
Also published here 2014 37
Gabi Pareras El Triunfo del Periódico cheek to cheek
2014 44
Alexander de Cova Zur Leitkarte using double-backer as key card
Related toAlso published here Feb. 2014 488
Alexander de Cova Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand card chosen and put in glass, it matches prediction
Inspired by
  • Ian Adair routine in Magigram
Also published here
Feb. 2014 497
Torn Pieces Switch with Case magnetic
Also published here July 2014 709
Alexander de Cova Eine Kartenforce für den Salon spectator says stop while performer is removed cards from bottom one by one, glide with corner of force card missing
  • Die Basis-Methode
  • Variante mit abgerissener Ecke (corner of card torn off, rest of card travels into anything)
Aug. 2014 748
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Giant Card to Silk jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean
Also published here Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 4)
27
Alexander de Cova Hopa Gimmick two cards travel into wallet, Larsen/Wright/Sellers stab forcing gaff for two cards
  • The Card to Wallet Routine
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 7)
50
Alexander de Cova Key Card using double-backer as key card
Related to Mar. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 7)
54
William Goodwin Color Shake visual color changing deck, using Shake Change, whole deck with divided backs
2014 17
Tom Stone Dr. Griffin's Palm
Also published here 2014 22
Tom Stone Packet Rub-a-Dub Vanish with step gaff
Also published here 2014 24
Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers, Steve Mayhew The Transpo Grippo signed card lost in deck, performer and spectator hold a card, performer's card visually changes into spectator's, spectator's card becomes signed card
Related to 2014 199
Steve Mayhew, Toby Wessel Dolores in a Meadow ambitious card, in the end whole deck are double backers
Also published here 2014 249
Friedrich Roitzsch MacSwitch introduction for McDonald Aces
2015 3
Marcello Truzzi, Michael Weber Double Face Force
Inspired by 2015 14
Michael Weber Ha No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
Also published here 2015 50
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act
  • 1. Triumph
  • 2. Anti-Oil and Water
  • 3. Kings Production
  • Finale - Cards to New Deck Order
2015 35
Steve Beam Longing for the Selected Card selected card apparently found in deck, it becomes longer as it is pulled out, handling for the long card created by Tom Sellers & Harold Beaumont
Inspired by
  • "Long Card Comedy" (Tom Sellers, The Magic Want Yearbook, 1948-49)
  • "Stretching a Card" (Harold Beaumont, Marketed effect, 1952)
2015 48
Steve Beam More than Just a Snappy Dresser selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker
Also published here 2015 53
Tony Griffith Mark of the Reader The selected card vanishes. When the spectator's two attempts to find his own card fails, the values of the two are added to arrive at a total. Turning to that page in a book, the selection is found there.
Related to
  • "Mark of the Reader" (Stewart James, Pentagram, Feb. 1947)
2015 126
Steve Beam Bag Lady Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.
Related to 2015 179
Steve Beam The About-Face Move Semi-automatic half pass.
2015 187
Steve Beam The Lower Forty-Eight four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2015 173
Steve Beam Doubling Down Using factory misprinted cards, the magician predicts the totals of the cards selected by the audience.
Related to 2015 214
Steve Beam Two For the Price of One Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. The spectator is allow to draw cards. Ultimately, he settles on a pat hand. The other side is the magician's hand. It's a royal flush.
Related to 2015 217
Steve Beam Two For the Price of One #2 Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. The spectator is allow to draw cards. Ultimately, he settles on a pat hand. The other side is the magician's hand. It's a royal flush.
Related to 2015 220
Steve Beam Pokerdiction Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. Five other cards, predictions, turn out not to match the poker and. Then suddenly, all cards match on both sides of both hands.
2015 222
Steve Beam Mix and Match Poker Using a factory second deck of cards which is printed on both sides, a spectator cuts and shuffles, and then deals a poker hand. The magician predicted the poker hands formed on both sides.
2015 225
Kent Cummins Kent's Back Palm Change Card vanishes and reappears as a different card
Related to 2015 25
Kent Cummins Not Your Card? No Worries! Wrong card vanishes, reappears as correct card
Related to 2015 27
Woody Aragón, Bob Farmer Aragon Attractor
  • Woody's Effect
  • Vernet
  • Wallet
Related to 2015 31
Brother John Hamman Fan Gaffs cards with stepped fans
2015 84
Bob Farmer Fished In And Chips
Inspired by 2015 89
Peter Duffie Unfair Game two double facers
Inspired by 2015 137
Nick Trost Showdown three phases
Also published here 2015 138
Tom Hubbard Tom Hubbard's Handling
Also published here 2015 141
René Lavand Mahtub seven phases, with Bob Farmer comments:
  • Alternate Deal Five
  • Alternate Deal 7
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 142
Bob Farmer Notes: Showdown/Mahtub
Related to 2015 146
Tom Ellis The Tim Card Poker Deal
Also published here
  • marketed in 2006
2015 147
Bob Farmer Rich Weeviled Brain Enigma three phases
2015 151
Nick Trost Super Showdown four phases
Also published here 2015 155
Bob Farmer Blind Man's Blackjack Showdown with eight cards
  • No Gaff Version
2015 330
Bob Farmer Absolute Power Blind Man's Blackjack with eight cards
  • Blackjack Finale
  • Poker Phase
  • Dice Phase
2015 333
Michał Kociołek Mike Card Deal on extra sheet, idea with reverse Jonah card
Related toAlso published here 2015 402
Eric Stevens Little Peter Pays Triple Three Card Monte routine, all three cards end up being black cards, the red money card is found wrapped in a dollar bill with a business card
2015 9
G Mahjong (赌圣) Simple two card transposition, followed by transposition between card and mahjong tile
2015 60
Max Maven Lost Horizons
  • Lost Horizons
Brainwave with hole in card, selection is the only one with hole, previously chosen by pushing a needle through a fifty-two-on-one card
Also published here
  • New Tops, Dec. 1979
Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
15
David Britland Another Not So Open Prediction
  • Cardopolis
June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
21
Caleb Wiles Make a Wish ... Again!
  • Ringside
drawing on back of card changes, ideas for Birthday, Christmas, ...
Related to Aug. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)
30
József Kovács Yet 2 signed selection changes back color, then travels from between Queens back to deck and changes back color to green
Inspired by
  • "Yet" (Aldo Colombini, Card Trips)
Nov. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11)
48
David Britland Revisiting Annemann's Nightmare
  • Cardopolis
selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed on which prediction is written
Inspired by Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
26
David Britland Peek Force Card credit information
Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
26
Max Maven Pentamonition
  • Lost Horizons
one of five ESP symbols chosen, it is the one missing from a packet and found in the envelope the packet came from
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, Mar. 1981
Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
29
Karl Fulves Short Cuts color changing back kicker, short double backer
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
13
Karl Fulves The Bicycle Thief four Kings signed on back are placed in different pockets, then performer cuts to four Kings in deck which do not have signatures, then the signatures appear on them, they are lost and then removed from the pockets
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
17
Ribbon Escape card peeked at in deck with hole through all cards, ribbon through deck and pulled, selection jumps out
2015
Errata (Issue 1)
15
Alexander de Cova Spieglein an der Wand card chosen and put in glass, it matches prediction
Inspired by
  • Ian Adair routine in Magigram
Also published here
2015 30
Alexander de Cova Inner Sanctum bill travels to inside of a playing card
Inspired by 2015 89
Alexander de Cova Das HOPA-Gimmick two cards travel into wallet, Larsen/Wright/Sellers stab forcing gaff for two cards
Also published here 2015 111
Alexander de Cova Tipp zur Leitkarte using double-backer as key card
Related toAlso published here 2015 211
Alexander de Cova Eckenforce glide stop force, bottom card is missing one corner, card to lemon or anything application, simulated corner tear
2015 105
Torn Pieces Switch with Case magnetic
Also published here 2015 124
Alexander de Cova Drei Sekunden Schweben deck balances on fingertip in an impossible way
2015 315
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Blitz-Kartenverwandlung jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean, card with flap-addition so it can be shown from both sides
Also published here 2015 24
Alexander de Cova Barocke Transposition card in pocket transposes with card reversed in deck, then with bill in wallet
Also published here 2015 110
Alexander de Cova Boxed Transposition signed card from deck to case between Aces, spectator handles double facer
Also published here 2015 123
Alexander de Cova Der alternative Abschluss nach Roy Johnson second phase in which a card cut in quarters transposes with another card
Inspired by
  • "Versa Plus" (Roy Johnson)
Also published here
2015 128
So Sato Warp Wrap deck rubber banded, selection penetrates from center and drops to table, back to center, it vanishes and reappears in wrapped deck in spectator's hands
2016 99
Card with Rubber Band Gaff card with strand of rubber band
2016 100
John Lovick, Bruce Cervon Ten-Card Red Rover with a Black Jack Kicker combo of cards to pocket, six-card repeat, homing card
Related toAlso published here 2016 45
John Lovick, David Regal Handsome in Love fair elimination process, last remaining card predicted
Inspired by 2016 69
Jared Kopf, Mike Squires E.G. Brown Revisited - Variation using double backer
Inspired by 2016 36
Vanni Bossi The Secluded Card Rise deck in clear plastic bag, selection rises, optional use of metal crank attached to suction cup
2016 97
Vanni Bossi Tack-Card Gimmick card holding a thumb tack
2016 106
Vanni Bossi, Tony Binarelli Floater card with foam layer
2016 190
Vanni Bossi Sugar Locator Card
Inspired by 2016 190
Ryan Plunkett Patet Pondus
  • 1. Charpentier's Dream: Deck placed in box with cellophane window. Cased deck felt to gradually lose weight, before shown to be empty
  • 2. Invisible Deck Monte: Three deck monte with card cases, cases start out empty, but then one of the boxes felt to suddenly grow heavy - deck produced from it
2016 11
Ryan Plunkett The Mexican-American War three blank cards, predictions written on them, match three freely selected cards
Inspired by 2016 20
Jon Racherbaumer Notes on Peek Decks
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
52
Roberto Giobbi, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser's Triple Prediction three cards in handkerchief in spectator's hands, they turn out to be later signed selections, dropping double backers
Inspired by
  • "Die Drei Kräfte" (Hofzinsers Kartenkünste)
Related to
  • "Winter-Sommer" (Hofzinser's Zauberkünste)
2016 178
Christoph Borer Mc Donalds
2016 95
Henry Harrius Face to Face Anniversary Waltz effect, cards fuse to form double backer signed on both sides
Inspired by 2016 10
Andy (The Jerx) A Very Unusual Camera Phone camera can take pictures a few minutes into the future, predict which cards are dropped face up/down on the floor
2016 313
Pepe Lirrojo P.A.D.O.I. two deck routine, open prediction, two cards spelled two, deck in order and selection vanishes
2016 41
John Hostler A Riddle at Intermission: Sanada Meets Elmsley business card with word written by spectator palmed into wallet and glimpsed, using card with photo of inside of hand
2016 73
John Hostler The Klutzy Mentalist deck sprung on floor, perhaps accidentally, spectator thinks of a face-up card and this can be divined
2016 76
John Hostler Slipknot Deck to make a thought-of card vanish
2016 135
Mike Pisciotta Flying Sandwich sandwich cards vanish from one half and reappear around selection in other half
Related to 2016 1
Joaquín Matas McMoscas McDonald routine, with blank cards and flies
Inspired by 2016 111
Joaquín Matas Las Cinco Cartas Rojas
2016 245
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Joaquín Matas Wild Card Switch in vertical position
2016 257
Steve Beam More Than Just a Snappy Dresser selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker
  • The Chameleon
Also published here 2016 10
Steve Beam The Lower 48 four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Also published here 2016 13
Steve Beam Er sieht nicht nur schick aus selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker
Also published here 2016 8
David Britland The Case of the Missing Hats
  • Cardopolis
adding an extra card for cleaner initial display
cards with magicians and with hats, story trick
Inspired by Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
22
Jim Steinmeyer Epidemic
  • Conjuring
packet of cards with a pink dot on the back of each is shown, card chosen, it gets lots of pink dots on them, using apparatus box
Inspired by
  • Metamorpho Spots, 1960s
Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
32
Alexander de Cova Super Easy Triumph cheek to cheek handling
Also published here 2016 90
Alexander de Cova Racherbaumers Puzzle card changes while isolated in tabled spread, spread turned over twice, science friction
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer effect description, The Talisman, July 1971
2016 109
Alexander de Cova Thanks to Aronson Joker is used to stab between selections in tabled spread
Inspired by 2016 119
Alexander de Cova 52er Gag Karte 52-on-1 card used to load signed cards into wallet by taking triple off deck
2016 231
Alexander de Cova Pocket Card Variation rubber band loops around corners hold cards together
2016 33
Alexander de Cova Chase The Ace jumbo cards, removable false indices and rubber bands
Inspired by 2016 214
Luke Jermay Four Card Blackjack Ten Card Poker style routine for Blackjack
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
30
Joseph Barry Turning Around & Going Home card chosen, four more cards named, they turn over cleanly, then all back except selection, using four 3/4 double backers
Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
34
John Guastaferro Boxing Day deck is thrown in air and transforms into case with selection inside, deck is in pocket
Inspired by 2017 37
John Guastaferro Flash Pocket spectator holds one four-of-a-kind
2017 77
Adrian Vega Carta Predicción four-way out card
2017 35
Adrian Vega Mercury (Jazz Aces) jazz aces with four aces and four mirror cards
2017 41
Wild Card Turnover Switch Hofzinser turnover switch
2017 43
Paul Vigil 3-Card Monte multiple phases, credit information on fake index monte routines
Inspired by
  • "Catch 33" (Lee Asher, 2003, 2013)
2017 41
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Kaiser Con
Inspired by
  • "Kaiser Con" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
2017 51
Joey Burton, Paul Vigil Sosi Switch
Inspired by
  • "Sosi Switch" (Joey Burton, Catch 33)
2017 57
Bruce Cervon Cervon Finale previously unpublished phase
2017 60
Paul Vigil, Bill Abbott The Octopus Deck two spectators think of cards in spread, then two selected with tossed-out deck procedure
  • Phase 1: Up Close
  • Phase 2: Furthur
Inspired by
  • "The Octopus Deck" (Bill Abbott, 2008)
2017 197
Paul Vigil The Divided Card credit information
2017 225
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2017 41
Harapan Ong Alternative Facts Wrong card taken out of spread is changed into spectator's selection as a surprise
2017 30
Harapan Ong SpreadShot Transposition Flashy two card transposition, in which card is spun into the air from a spread, transforming and transposing with the other card
2017 35
Harapan Ong You'll Float Too Visual Oil and Water routine, cards separate during a dribble
2017 38
Michał Kociołek Middle pseudo center deal, double-facer
Related to 2017 15
Bob Farmer I Predict a Red Backed Card odd-backed tabled card turns out to be later thought-of card, red/blue double backer
  • The Spectator Picks the Mystery Card
2017 24
Bob Farmer The Magic Red Card of Mystery odd-backed card is put on deck and vanishes, turns out to be later signed selection in center of deck, red/blue double backer
2017 27
Bob Farmer Double-Back Vanish with odd-backed card, red/blue double backer, see page 31 for credit information by Max Maven
2017 28
Bob Farmer Hand O' Doom Triumph with thought-of card, card vanishes and travels into spectator's pocket to some other cards already there, cue card on card with a hand design on it
Also published here 2017 39
Bob Farmer The Bammo Oblivion Deck freely named card becomes double-blank card in deck, other three cards of same value are there
Related toVariations 2017 51
Bob Farmer The Bammo 50% Oblivion Deck single deck version
Inspired byRelated to 2017 70
Bob Farmer The Tele-Psychic-Omatic Deck thought-of card (one of thirteen) is not in deck, it has become a blank card, peek-pairs
Inspired by 2017 77
Steve Beam Elimineight Card "randomly" generated from down under deal made to vanish, appear in card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Dec. 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1))
34
张国洲 Jojo Color Change Deck Blue deck changes to red step by step, first a few cards, then with slow motion change, then whole deck changes, gimmicked
2017 11
Mike Pisciotta Simple Evanescence "Repeat No Palm Card to Wallet"
Also published here 2017 16
Steve Beam More than Just a Snappy Dresser selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker
Also published here 2017 44
Adam Wilber The Splits a Four is split in two Twos, then Aces, without deck
Mar. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 3)
48
Tom Stone Backs & Water 4&4, mixed face-up/face-down, visual, accidental reinvention of trick in Tamariz reference
Related to July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
49
Leo Reed H.I.P. (Hofzinser Inspired Plot) Aces in spread on table, selection changes into Ace of matching suit, on the table are now three Aces and the selection and the spread changes into a permanently glued spread
Aug. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8)
64
Max Maven Thirteen at Dinner with Eugene transformation kicker
Inspired by
  • "Thirteen at Dinner" (Robert Neale, Life, Death and Other Card Tricks, 2000)
Also published here
Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
96
Anthony Owen Sticky Intruder card with mark on face is chosen
Also published here 2017 48
Anthony Owen The Light Card odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet
Also published here 2017 51
Anthony Owen Caravan Travellers Kings travel to table and change to Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 63
Anthony Owen Sticky Blue Danube fusion of two cards, signed on both sides
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 68
Anthony Owen Holey Security Guards, Robin! Holy P.O.D., flap gaff, cards can be examined
2017 129
Anthony Owen, Marc Paul, Andy Stone Killer Kombustion named card predicted in envelope, inspired by Kolossal Killer
2017 161
Anthony Owen Who Wants to Be a Magician? "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" theme, comedy questions and answers on cards, spectator always selects correct answer
Also published here 2017 199
Roberto Mansilla ¿Cómo luce el olvido? selections turn blank and face appear on blank cards in glass, covered with handkerchief
Also published here 2017 125
Roberto Mansilla Appearing Cards deck in glass, two selection appear on top of deck, with handkerchief
2017 138
Roberto Mansilla Hi Germain deck in glass with joker on top, two selections appear in front of joker, one by one, with handkerchief
2017 147
John Hostler Reciprocal Discovery two spectators face on stage and select a card from two decks, they match, SBS
  • 20/20 Variation (No Glasses)
2018 39
Bob Farmer The Bammo Brain Bamboozler two spectators think of a red and a black card, both cards vanish and are removed from the pocket before they are named, using version of John Kennedy's "Mind Power Deck"
Inspired by
  • "The Divine and Conquer Deck" (Leo Reed)
2018 1
Miika Pelkonen Auto Sandwich Two cards appear between two advertisement cards in the deck
Related to Apr. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1))
42
Mathieu Bich 3rd Hand Sandwich Jokers placed on top and bottom of deck, when pulled away, card appear between them
Apr. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1))
50
Ryan Plunkett Muck Off magician demonstrates switching card on table for card in sleeve, has spectator try it too, then produce Royal Flush from spectator's sleeve
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
56
Shannon Clark Back to the Beginning Card chosen and lost, deck becomes all backs, then restore except for selection which is now inside out (Hofzinser card), then it restores
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
66
Johnny Thompson Les Quick Cartes three cards become duplicates of a selection, then another and a third selection, duplicate
Also published here 2018 83
Edward Marlo, Johnny Thompson The Empty Balloon
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 117
Johnny Thompson KF + BC + EM2 = Another Universal card changes into three different selections in three different ways and back to blank
Also published here 2018 123
Johnny Thompson Mixed Macs four Ace routine that includes the following routines
2018 159
Johnny Thompson The Assembly three double facers
2018 172
Charlie Miller MacDonalds Clean-Up gathering the double facers during routine for easier clean-up
2018 174
Johnny Thompson Adding the Gaffs for McDonalds Aces, two methods
2018 181
Johnny Thompson The Prowling Jokers three-phase sandwich routine
  • selection appears between Jokers held in hand
  • single cut makes wide-apart Jokers trap selection
  • Joker tossed next to selection
Inspired by 2018 199
Camilo Vázquez Tossed in the Deck joker tossed next to selection
Inspired by 2018 206
Jimmy Grippo, Johnny Thompson Grippo's Card to Envelope sealed empty envelope is passed through deck, then signed selection is found inside, duplicate or divided card (see reference), originally done with pocket index by Grippo
Related to 2018 119
Jamy Ian Swiss Card Vanish Suggestion using gaff instead of duplicate for clean vanish
Related to 2018 125
Johnny Thompson The Johnny Thompson $100 Prediction spectator stops face-up deal, card predicted, four-way out
  • Forcing Deck
  • Himber Wallet
  • The Four Wallets
  • The Outs
2018 299
Christian Scherer Nie Wieder! three card monte with jumbo cards, multi-phase routine
Inspired by 2018 3
Denis Behr The Dark Force spectator reverses any card below table, forced
Related to 2018 41
Denis Behr Haunted Herbert haunted deck into three directions, ends relatively clean
  • Tabled Handling
  • In-the-Hands Handling
Inspired by
  • "The Haunted Pack" (Edward Victor, Further Magic of the Hands, 1946)
Related to
2018 74
Ryan Schlutz Boxy Waltz selection travels into case, then transposes with second selection, then fusion finale
Also published here 2018 5
Ryan Schlutz The One With The High Five card torn in half and halves mixed in paper carton, two halves chosen by spectator, they match
Inspired by
  • "Intercessor" (Gaëtan Bloom)
Also published here
2018 29
Harapan Ong Sandwich-ception progressive sandwich in which a string of sandwiches is produced, in the end sandwich with miniature cards shows up, center card removed and it becomes normal sized
Inspired by 2018 95
Harapan Ong Oops selection made, sandwich cards removed one of which is the selection by apparent mistake, corrected with visual transformation
Inspired byRelated to 2018 100
Harapan Ong Three Chances three duplicates of selection produced from red Jacks, those three cards become red Jacks with sandwiched selection
Inspired byVariations 2018 103
Discrepancy Sandwich Display with double facer
2018 104
Harapan Ong Bigger Transpo transposition between the Queens and selection, four miniature cards are found on face of original selections and Queens change into giant version of selection
Inspired by
  • "Bigger Finish" (Jay Sankey, marketed product)
2018 109
Harapan Ong Extensions to the Cheek to Cheek Deck section intro
2018 124
Harapan Ong Dude, You're not even Trying competition with spectator who rights half a face-up/face-down mixed deck faster, spectator's end up mixed again while performer's magically unmix
Related to 2018 124
Harapan Ong The More you Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down, they become progressively straightened out during more riffle shuffles, four Aces end up reversed
2018 125
Harapan Ong Followers of Christ same Ace keeps appearing or turning over, then Aces find by cutting to them
Related to 2018 130
Harapan Ong The Infinity Reversal reversed card is apparently turned back over in in-the-hands spread
Inspired by 2018 132
Harapan Ong Daley Express visual
2018 153
Harapan Ong Triumph in the Trash multi-phase routine in which two of four jokers are turned over and they reverse again
2018 157
Harapan Ong Blank in the Bin four Jokers become blank one by one and then change back
2018 161
Harapan Ong Remix in the Rubbish four Jokers turn face down one by one, then All Backs phase, then blank, back to Jokers
Related to 2018 162
Harapan Ong King's Overture black Kings sandwich red Kings, they transpose, with second visual phase
Inspired by 2018 166
Harapan Ong Plot Twist transformation kicker
Inspired by 2018 170
Harapan Ong Gag Packs packet tricks with four cards
  • Change Back (rainbow backs finale)
  • One Direction (photos as finale of boy band members)
2018 172
Harapan Ong The Frog Prince card with frog image visually changes into a Jack of Hearts, hand-operated flap style gimmick
2018 199
Harapan Ong 2 + 2 = 4 Four value torn in half, both halves change into a Two each
2018 203
Xiaobo Zhou 被收集者 (The Collected) Standard effect, four Queens find three selections cleanly
2018 38
Jason Ladanye Game Changer fusion with spectator and performer signed cards, presented as "whose card hits the table first during the deal wins" bet
Inspired byRelated to 2018 37
Jason Ladanye Cheaters Aces are apparently marked, special glasses presentation, Aces stacked and during deal change back color, then change back, red/blue double backers, faros
2018 223
David Solomon Blank Thought Revisited with two selections, sandwiched blank card changes into named selection
Inspired by 2018 18
David Solomon Colorful Mates spectator selects to cards from red deck, performer inserts them into blue deck next to their mates
2018 68
Double Faced Christ Force
2018 69
David Solomon Matcho From a Shuffled Deck two cards chosen by Christ cutting procedure, predicted
2018 75
David Solomon, Jordan Cotler Dually Noted two cards predicted on post-it note on back of odd-backed Joker, red/blue double backer
Inspired by 2018 88
David Solomon Numerology & You after some calculation with a starting number, a number is formed, the starting number is the only odd-backed value in the deck and the resulting number is written on its back
Inspired by 2018 110
Sungwon Kim Broken Canvas blank card is torn in quarters and torn pieces transform into quarters of a playing card
2018 22
Bill Cheung Time Traveler Signed card vanish between Jokers, appear inside sealed deck
2018 15
Peter Pellikaan Afgronden four coins in square formation, four duplicate cards, a hole appears in the cards so they can be placed onto the coins with the coins in the holes, holes vanish again
Variations 2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
5
Peter Pellikaan Variant four coins in square formation, four duplicate cards, another card with hole, then a hole appears in the cards, holes vanish again
Inspired by 2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Steve Beam Elimineight Card "randomly" generated from down under deal made to vanish, appear in card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2018 282
Martin Lewis Threesome
  • Making Magic
three cards are put in envelopes, they appear in three small bottles one by one with different methods
Jan. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)
32
Chris Westfall Hat Trick card in baseball cap transposes with tabled card
Apr. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 4)
72
Jim Steinmeyer The Ambitious Young Executive
  • Conjuring
small-packet ambitious card routine for stage, with cards in bulldog clips on a wooden rod, on which the ambitious card turns upwards ("rises")
Inspired by
  • "A Brand New Rising Cards" (Jack Hughes)
June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
62
Jeff Prace No More Card Tricks v2
  • Left-Handed
deck is thrown up and suddenly bound with electrical tape
Inspired byVariations June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
76
Harapan Ong Center of Attention Ace of Spades keeps reversing itself in packet of Aces, ends with imbalanced transposition between Ace of Spades and other three Aces
Also published here June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
80
Philip Simon Tip for No More Card Tricks deck is thrown up and suddenly bound with electrical tape
Inspired by Aug. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 8)
60
Alexander de Cova Boxed Transposition
  • Notizen
signed card from deck to case between Jacks, spectator handles double facer, second phase in which a card cut in quarters transposes with another card
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 9)
74
Jim Steinmeyer Advanced Teleportation
  • Conjuring
Also published here Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
26
Roberto Mansilla Hero: Where One Card Gives Its Life for Another
  • Artifices
card torn in quarters transposes with another card under a glass
Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
44
Theodore DeLand Eureka Card Trick four Kings and an Ace are placed in spectator's pocket, the Ace is removed and put back in deck, Kings then change to Aces in spectator's pocket
Dec. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)
24
Scott Robinson Really Just One Move same effect as “Just One Move” (p. 91) using double-backed card
2018 96
Scott Robinson Severance Pay selected card penetrates folded dollar bill, extra quarter of card (see reference, mistakenly credited to Tony Miller there), see simplified version on p. 128
Inspired by
  • Timothy Wenk’s marketed item, “Misled” (ca. 1980s?)
Also published here
2018 124
Scott Robinson Manifold red-backed Ace of Spades sandwiched between two red Kings transposes with selection, ending up at the designated position that selection occupied in deck
Inspired by 2018 148
Scott Robinson Money Changers four indifferent cards wrapped in dollar bill change places with four Kings on table, indifferent cards’ faces visible throughout, shortened double-ender card gaff
2018 248
Scott Robinson Card change in bill face card of packet inside bill changes as packet is pushed back and forth through bill, using card gaff
2018 254
Alberto de Figueiredo Post-it prediction in three-phases, cards written on post-it, as climax post-it vanishes and appears on face of third card
Inspired by
  • Rick Lax's "Going Postal"
2018 215
Jan Logemann Aphrodites Walzer two signed cards fuse
2019 15
Jan Logemann Doppelt hält besser two odd-backed signed cards are torn, two halves each fuse together back to back, red/blue double backer
2019 18
Wayne Houchin Houdini's Influence Magician shows different photos of different playing cards, spectator freely chooses one, magician shows prediction matches
2019 2
Michał Kociołek Three + One Spelling and coincidence trick, spell with small packet, end with four of a kind production
Inspired by 2019 31
Iñaki Zabaletta Predicción with Cambio al Voltear
2019 95
Iñaki Zabaletta Impostors Comodines Csmbiantes, two Jokers change to selection and back
2019 117
Andi Gladwin Triumphant Failure "A fixed routine"
six cards, blindfold Triumph
2019 47
Mike Pisciotta Simple Evanescence Repeat No Palm Card to Wallet
Also published here 2019 11
Michael Sondermeyer Signa-Tear two cards are torn, halves transpose twice, with signed cards
Inspired by 2019 21
Roberto Mansilla Up the Sleeve card in performer's sleeve transposes with card on table, then one card is held by spectator and while shaking his hand, cards transpose
2019 21
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild Card Switch
2019 27
Roberto Mansilla Predicción Pesadilla selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed to write prediction on its back
Inspired byVariations 2019 149
Tom Gagnon Hof-Sendser Aces Jazz Aces presented as hole card switch demonstration, using transparent Hofzinser card over phone flashlight
Inspired by 2019 12
Tom Gagnon Underhanded Collectors selections lost and deck spread on table, scooped up with four Kings and selection appear between Kings, four double facers, faro
Inspired by 2019 65
Tom Gagnon SCAAN "Spectator Card at Any Number", with the Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by 2019 77
Tom Gagnon Clipped Triple Prediction three cards with paper clip on them, turn out to be later selections
2019 95
Tom Gagnon Twice Clipped Improved two cards predicted with cards from other deck, paper-clipped pairs
Inspired by 2019 97
Tom Gagnon Clipped Transposition paper clipped card on table transposes with reversed card in deck, ribbon spread handling, optional double backer
Related to 2019 112
Tom Gagnon Slipping McDonald In opening sequence to switch in double facers
2019 173