Illogical Things

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Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Ueberall und Nirgends "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste VI."Related to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7) 99
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Ueberall und Nirgends explanation partRelated to Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8) 115
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates, including Hofzinser's patter The Art of Magic 55
T. Nelson Downs Everywhere and Nowhere - New Method The Art of Magic 63
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere with Assistant coding free selection to assistant who provides duplicates The Art of Magic 69
T. Nelson Downs The General Card several spectators choose a card, they are all the same, whole deck is shown the same, then different again The Art of Magic 71
Jack Merlin Here There and Everywhere ambitious card, then stop trick, twice the card is at the stopped position Merlin's Master Miracles 15
Jack Merlin Three Card Force and Floor Change card is forced several times, then put under foot of spectator who thinks all cards are the same, then card under foot changes and deck is normal Merlin's Master Miracles 11
Laurie Ireland Here There and Everywhere Card Routine card always on top, then all cards are the same eventually card is found in pocket Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1934) 2
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere 1. (using two duplicates)
2. Using a Short Card
3. With a Borrowed Deck
4. With an Ordinary Deck without Duplicates		 Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 112
Theodore Annemann The New Nightmare Effect selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 7) 27
Unknown Seeing is Believing card put in envelope turns out to be later selection Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 155
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere reprintedRelated to Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 316
Unknown The Unseen Card spectator pockets unseen card, later selection is this pocketed card, svengali deck Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 250
Unknown The Dream Card card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be later selection, index Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 333
S. H. Wimbrough Card from the Pocket - Another Presentation lazy man's card to pocket, pocketed card in beginning is later selection Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 342
Unknown Everybody's Card several spectators all select the same card, slick card Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 97
Paul Rosini Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates Greater Magic 567
Lu Brent Three Chances two duplicates The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 42) 286
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere with a Borrowed Deck stranger cards Expert Card Technique 367
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicatesVariations Expert Card Technique 309
Edward Marlo Everywhere and Nowhere (using a borrowed deck and no duplicates.) Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto) 14
Theodore Annemann The Ghost Card stranger card, card is put in envelope Expert Card Technique 363
Laurie Ireland Magician's Lucky Card card in pocket turns out to be selection Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940) 14
Stuart Towne, Don Diavolo The Time Formula fairly selected card (6 duplicates used) predicted via mirror writing, time traveling presentation The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 96) 591
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Hallucination several spectators remember a card, all the same which is produced from pocket The Stripper Deck 29
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue "Well, I'm D----d!" double facer and duplicateRelated to Prepared Cards and Accessories 5
Theodore Annemann The New Nightmare Effect selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 74
Warren Wiersbe This Card gets Around! (Wiersbe's version of Everywhere and Nowhere), impromptu Action with Cards 2
Jean Hugard An Optical Illusion four unknown cards selected and placed in performer's pocket, six piles are formed, all ontaining aces, aces are eventually found in pocket Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 5) 75
Robert Weill Here, There and Everywhere with card to pocket ending My Best 54
Edward Marlo Everywhere & Nowhere (at the table) ungaffed Marlo In Spades 32
Unknown Grab-Bag Card cards are withdrawn from packet, remaining card is selection The Royal Road to Card Magic 96
Unknown All Change Here Hindu Shuffle The Royal Road to Card Magic 197
Unknown Everywhere and Nowhere The Royal Road to Card Magic 260
Unknown Top-Change Byplay The Royal Road to Card Magic 220
Paul LePaul A Deft Illusion The Card Magic of Le Paul 175
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Another Here, There and Everywhere using Baker's Cherchez la Femme standInspired by Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 5
Al Leech The Black Jacks Card Man Stuff 15
Malcolm Davison Finding the Lady is Easy three signed blank cards, two are found by performer and third one turns out to be the blank card held by spectator since the beginning Magic of the Mind 76
Dai Vernon Everywhere and Nowhere ungaffed Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic 69
Max Malini Malini's Transposition The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 49
Edward Marlo Further Applications of the Reverse Fingering Action with K. M. Move to repeatedly show the same card after it has apparently been dealt to table The K. M. Move 8
Max Malini Card Magic six spectators select the same card from six decksRelated to Malini and His Magic 24
Jochen Zmeck Hypnose multiple spectators chose the same card, routine for Svengali type decks Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil I 11
Harry Lorayne, Al Leech One-Eyed Jack Sandwich card sandwiched, sandwich in middle of deck, turns out to be later selectionRelated toVariations My Favorite Card Tricks 4
Fred Kaps The Three Jokers using three glassesAlso published here Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 209
Jochen Zmeck Symbol-Trix five ESP cards, one put aside, four spectators each look at a card, they all have the same, but this one is not there but the one on the table Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil III 29
Roy Walton Transposition of a Signature Variation different colored back The Devil's Playthings 60
Roy Walton Card Case mystery card in case, four queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selectionInspired byVariations The Devil's Playthings 57
Tony Kardyro The Ultimate Transfer card is put in envelope or card case, turns out to be later selection Expert Card Mysteries 132
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley signed card in ---- two methods Hierophant (Issue 3) 142
Allan Ackerman Everywhere and Nowhere three cards become the selection and change into aces Magic Mafia Effects 9
Gray Leese 4-Card Quadrille signed prediction card turns out to be card selected & initialed by spectatorRelated to Epilogue (Issue 9) 66
Karl Fulves Quadrille Notes Related to Epilogue (Issue 9) 70
Edward Marlo The Reversible Peek openly turned over card turns out to be later peeked card Advanced Fingertip Control 109
James G. Thompson Jr. Joint Signature "based on a card problem entitled Two-Card Quadrille", card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the faceVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 12) 365
Edward Marlo Simplex or Complex three selections turn out to be the same card, two methods Hierophant (Issue 3) 116
Roy Walton Back Into Time similar to "Time Machine", see also p. 388Related to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 11) 363
Allan Ackerman Lunch several methods for "One-Eyed Jacks" sandwich effect, with loading techniques
Tilted Sandwich:
- Gaffed
- Ungaffed #1
- Ungaffed #2
The Ultimate Approach:
- The Load In
- The Palm Switch
- The No Palm Approach
- Ungaffed #3		 The Esoterist 34
Karl Fulves In The Sleeve card openly placed in performer's sleeve turns out to be later selectionVariations The Book of Numbers 29
Roy Walton Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixedVariations Cardboard Charades 22
Edward Marlo They're All Alike ambitious type routine shown, people think they're all the same, but they're all blank Kabbala - Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 62
Jon Racherbaumer Comments defining:
- Everywhere & Nowhere
- The General Card
- The Universal Card		Related to The Universal Card 4
Edward Marlo Signature Rush unknown sandwiched card turns out to be later signed selection, four methods Kabbala - Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 92
Orville Wayne Meyer Something Screwey sucker element, three spectators select same card, card ends up in pocket The Living End 78
Alex Elmsley, Michael Skinner Miracle Worker between your palms Super Subtle Card Miracles 204
Karl Fulves Cased Card card in case turns out to be later signed selection, Between Your Palms variation Notes From Underground 40
Karl Fulves Locked Room card in metal box turns out to be later signed selection, second method with card case or envelope Notes From Underground 49
Roy Walton Surprise Surprise five freely selected cards put aside and turn out to be Aces and later chosen selection Card Script 31
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger cardVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5) 606
Edward G. Brown Everywhere and Nowhere Variations The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 27
Lin Searles Quick Classic Aces change into selection one by one, then selection from pocketInspired by
  • "Future Classic" (Ed Marlo)
 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 670
Karl Fulves Gambler's Switch card sandwiched at beginning Packet Switches (Part Two) 90
Karl Fulves Direct Sandwich Related to Packet Switches (Part Two) 88
Karl Fulves "X" Card To Wallet card with X on back is put in wallet in beginning, turns out to be signed card later Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part Two 38
Karl Fulves Theory Transpo unknown card on table, Ace between Jacks, Jacks vanish and card on table turns out to be the two Jacks Notes From Underground 25
Jerry K. Hartman Teleapathy Reversed card at the beginning shown to be the thought of card impossibly, something like Mystery Card Means & Ends 66
Harvey Rosenthal Tilt Prediction previously reversed card turns out to be later selection, two methods Epilogue (Issue 20) 183
Larry Jennings Card Minus One no duplicate Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2)) 274
Karl Fulves Impromptu Elmsley two methods Methods with Cards - Part 1 39
Michael Carrion Mirage card placed under close-up mat, two cards chosen, one signed, card under mat turns out to be later signed selection, duplicateInspired by The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10) 1044
Derek Dingle The Regal Royal Flush "duplicates" are produced and changed to Royal FlushVariations Afterthoughts 66
Karl Fulves Eye Witness two red Fours together in deck, spectator remember card above pair, another card below pair, they name the same card which is then shown not to be in deck, then appears sandwiched between FoursInspired by Methods with Cards - Part 3 165
Jerry Mentzer In Case kings and "mystery card" placed in case in beginning Card Cavalcade 3 11
Jim Lee Into the Case "Magical Lee" card placed in case in beginning is later selection, double backer Card Cavalcade 3 21
Karl Fulves Revised Prophecy joker turned over at beginning turns out to be later selection Methods with Cards - Part 1 57
Karl Fulves Speed With 7's card sandwiched in beginning in deck turns out to be later signed selection Methods with Cards - Part 3 222
Karl Fulves Using Sleeves two cards placed in sleeve, then card signed in deck, two cards removed from sleeve and one is signed selection, tape on sleeve for stealInspired by Methods with Cards - Part 3 199
Edward Marlo More! four additional handlingsRelated to Kabbala - Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 2) 20
Jon Racherbaumer, Ed Brown Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber using Himber Wallet and StrangerRelated to Kabbala - Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1) 1
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Talismanic Card In Wallet with Himber wallet, duplicateRelated to Lecture Notes 1 12
Bernard Bilis Everywhere Everywhere and Nowhere variation, five cards shown to be the same card before changing into five selections Close Up, French Style 11
Edward Marlo Marlo's Deal Switch Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 3
Edward Marlo No Way previously tabled card turns out to be later selection, becomes second selection, first from pocket Kabbala - Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 5) 69
Peter Duffie Card In Case... Transposition transposition with signed odd back card Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12) 289
Jerry Mentzer, Jim Lee In Case Magical Lee prediction put in case, turns out to be later selection signed by spectator on face and performer on back Second Lecture 18
Philip T. Goldstein Palm Off Scattershot 11
Arturo de Ascanio La Fuerza Motriz del Pensamiento three Aces change into selection and back, selection is eventually found in performer's pocket, duplicatesAlso published here
  • Misdirection" N° 1, 1964.
 La Magia de Ascanio - Vol. 1 15
Larry Jennings A Handling of "Between your Palms" Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling 39
Gene Maze Signed Card To Wallet signed card - effect Packet Switches (Part Five) 324
Harvey Rosenthal A Sandwich Switch Packet Switches (Part Three) 124
Edward Marlo More Reversos three cards between four Aces turn out to be later selected card (collectors type) Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 270
Harvey Rosenthal Tilt Sandwich I - V sandwiched card on top of deck Packet Switches (Part Three) 144
Karl Fulves Soliloquy single card on table turns out to be later signed card, sleeving, see also top of p. 36 for lapping method Impromptu Holdouts 33
Karl Fulves Celestial Navigation red-backed and boxed card is selected from blue deckRelated to Packet Switches (Part Four) 237
Allan Ackerman Downers and Uppers same card occupies three positions Here's My Card 42
Ken Krenzel The Purist's Mini Hofzinser The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 168
Karl Fulves One Card Isn't two cards place face-down on table, then selection made and signed, one of original cards becomes selection Transpo Trix 68
Unknown Alle wählen diesen König several spectators chose the same card Einfach Wunderbar - Wunderbar Einfach 62
Jerry K. Hartman Betricks and Between Card placed between two Jokers turns blank, card placed aside previously is now the cardInspired by Loose Ends 56
Richard Kaufman Palms For The Poor card case instead of spectator's palmsRelated to CardMagic 117
Richard Kaufman Quick Hofzinser Quick small packet stuff Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 10) 253
Martin A. Nash The Sandwich Center mates on top, signed card presentation Sleight Unseen 393
Karl Fulves Null And Void card placed into case, selection underneath vanishes and earlier card inside is selection Jack In The Box 12
Daryl Martinez Holding On between your palms with four-of-a-kind kickerVariations Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 38
Edward Marlo I Won't Even Look using Ed Brown Wallet (see Kabbala reference), two methodsRelated to Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 53
Gene Maze Between the Slices (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 1) The Gene Maze Card Book 84
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman Where, Oh, Where? (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 2) all blank climax The Gene Maze Card Book 85
Gene Maze Space Age Illusion (Everywhere and Nowhere No. 3) The Gene Maze Card Book 86
Edward Marlo The Unknown Card - It Can't Be card placed aside is later chosen selection, two methods Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 291
Gene Maze An Open Sandwich The Gene Maze Card Book 32
Kevin Davie Sign There signed card travels to other deck and changes back color Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 4) 826
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck Close-up Fantasies - Book II 1
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 beginningInspired by The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 18
Roger Crosthwaite The 2nd Geiger Mystery Related to The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 22
Roger Curzon Variations Variant Inspired by
  • Earl Nelson's "Between your Point of Departure" in "Variations"
Variations		 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8) 137
Karl Fulves Everywhere odd-backed version, posed as problem Interlocutor (Issue 46) 183
Don Costello The DC Sandwich sandwiched card Side Steal 40
Karl Fulves Past Performance sandwiched card Side Steal 43
Karl Fulves Trapped in the Past sandwiched card Side Steal 40
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 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 11
Shiv Duggal Aces 'A' Go-Go Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13) 249
Derek Dingle Everywhere and Nowhere in the Air The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 157
Derek Dingle Regal Royal Flush "duplicates" are produced and changed to Royal FlushRelated to The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 158
Tommy Wonder Everywhere and Nowhere double facerRelated to Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 1) 979
Neal Elias Everywhere and Nowhere ends with selection reversed in deck Fork Full of Appetizers 13
Bob Chesbro Card in the Eye folded unknown card stuck in eye, turns out to be later signed selection The Tipnician 26
Thomas Alan Waters 4ce with cards and boxesRelated to
  • George P. Sanderson's "The Feminine Influence" in "Right Under Their Noses"
 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 504
Ian Land Back Palm case instead of palmInspired by Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 11) 1135
Edward Marlo Future Classic Double-Cross duplicates are produced, see Regal Aces Marlo without Tears 114
Richard Kaufman Every Everywhere two selections, each appears "on top, bottom, in center", red-black kicker The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 2 95
Edward Marlo The Four Eightses Classic four cards change to Aces, duplicates, Kings, with selection in pocket Marlo without Tears 214
Edward Marlo A Hull of a Trick Inspired by Marlo without Tears 102
Edward Marlo The Money Card Inspired byRelated to Marlo without Tears 29
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card Variations The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14) 125
Jon Racherbaumer Future Trap faro, two handlingsInspired by
  • "Signus X 1" (Duffie & Sadowitz, Contemporary Card Magic9
 Facsimile (Issue 1) 24
Reinhard Müller Off Colour Jack-Which with two odd-backed jokers Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25) 484
Stephen Tucker Behold odd back card in pocket is signed cardInspired by
  • Horace Bennett's "Comedy Card to Pocket" in "Bennett's 4th Book"
 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32) 627
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentationInspired byVariations The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 56
Jerry Sadowitz Why Not Cards Hit 14
Peter Duffie Signus X II no duplicate of selection, but two JokersVariations Close-Up to the Point 9
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace all blank finish Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 297
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere two duplicates The Cardmanship of Roberto Giobbi 12
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace with all blank faces kicker Fork Full of Appetizers - Book 2 59
Simon Lovell Simon Lovell's Ambitious Card Routine more everywhere and nowhere routine, card in case finale The Best of Close-Up Magic 107
Philip T. Goldstein Sans Fronds without palmingInspired byAlso published here The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 96
Larry Jennings The Mystery Card see also issue 2, p. 3VariationsAlso published here West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1) 9
Earl Nelson The Flying Signature odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on itRelated to West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1) 56
Frank Simon The Flying Signature, No Palm Method odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on itRelated to West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1) 64
William P. Miesel Signa-Flite odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it, simplified variationInspired by West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2) 41
William P. Miesel Here and Gone three cards change to selection, then become aces Arcane (Issue 13) 181
Randy Wakeman Randy gets Rough on Hofzinser deck cut in three piles, top of each becomes selection, everywhere nowhere, based on Marlo's "'Tis Rough on Hofzinser" (Ibidem) Formula One Close-Up 27
Frederick Braue, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser's Misdirection Everywhere and Nowhere The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 12
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 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 3
J. C. Doty, Brother John Hamman Thanks to JH "The Signed Card" with a new switch Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 8) 1101
Tom Craven Blank(et) Prediction Best of Friends - Volume II 524
Frederick Braue FB Change card placed aside at beginning is later selection The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 4
Frederick Braue Pre-Choice sandwiched unknown card becomes later selection The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 19
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate FISM Madrid 1985 5
Daryl Martinez The Ubiquitous Card small packet is shown all alike Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 94
Edward Marlo The Money Sandwich using envelope out of billsRelated to Thirty Five Years Later 34
Edward Marlo The Card in Case card case instead of palms, using dull blank card gaff Thirty Five Years Later 37
Fred Kaps The Three Jokers Also published here It's So Simple 20
Larry Jennings The Pacoima Solution no signature The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 50
Larry Jennings The Mystery Card Also published here The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 34
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate Mix '86 6
David Regal Everywhere duplicates are produced and change in run of suit Star Quality - The Magic of David Regal 92
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Conjuring con Carney) 11
David Regal The Divining Card Star Quality - The Magic of David Regal 176
David Regal The Divining Card Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 10 No. 1) 1301
Roberto Giobbi Die seltsame Schleife Also published here CardPerfect 135
Peter Duffie Envelope Prediction after Ambitious Card sequence, an odd-backed card in an envelope turns out to be signed selectionRelated to
  • "Black Envelope" (Bob Kohler)
 Inspirations 13
Peter Duffie No Case to Answer odd-backed mystery card, Jacks produced as well, red/blue double backerInspired by Inspirations 93
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentationInspired byAlso published here Card Stories 16
Darwin Ortiz Regal Aces four "Duplicates" are produced and changed to Aces Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 99
Darwin Ortiz The Dream Card odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to walletRelated toVariations Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 81
Larry Jennings Long Distance Sandwich sandwiched card from beginning becomes later selection The Cardwright 14
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate Lecture 9
Simon Lovell Another Departed Point Card placed under spectator's hand from the beginning is the spectator's signed cardInspired by Close Up Magic To Tapdance To 15
Jerry Sadowitz Thanks to Hofzinser signature on back multiplies, appears on card pocketed in beginning Cards on the Table 37
Edward Marlo Impromptu Everywhere and Nowhere So Soon? 50
Randy Wakeman eveRywhere & noWhere two duplicates Randy Wakeman Presents 117
Kevin Bethea It's a Steal card in pocket turns out to be later signed one Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 3) 1613
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card Related to The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 47
Karl Fulves Kid Trix some blue-backed cards torn in half, card selected and signed from red deck, two blue-blacked halves restored and turned over - it is the spectator's signed card Prototype 44
Randy Wakeman The Emergency Card card signed and lost, odd-backed "emergency card" removed from pocket turns out to be previous signed selection Randy Wakeman Presents 4
Philip T. Goldstein Sans Fronds without palmingAlso published here A Phil Goldstein Collection 11
Jerry Sadowitz The Backward Card Trick "begins by revealing a card that has not yet been selected, after that things get even more perplexing." Cards on the Table 20
Juan Tamariz The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers three chosen cards are selection from beginning, then it vanishes and appears in pocket Sonata 192
John Bannon Twixt The Devil Impossibilia 22
Gary Kurtz Wishful Thinking effect combination Unexplainable Acts 25
Gary Kurtz Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, walletVariations Unexplainable Acts 11
Edward Marlo Marlo's Lost Hull Version nine methods, some with double backerRelated to The Olram File (Issue 1) 1
Jay Sankey "#*@!" folded paper clipped card turns out to be later signed selectionRelated toVariations 100% Sankey 36
Edward Marlo Satirical Signed Card two methods, with commentary on "The Signed Card"Related to That's It 40
Edward Marlo Satirical Signed Card two methodsRelated to Finally! 54
Brother John Hamman, Arturo de Ascanio, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Gary Ouellet Maneater Close Up Illusions 294
John Bannon Do the 'Twixt Inspired by Smoke and Mirrors 157
John Carney Inscrutable joker shows up again and again, four of them change into Aces, presentationInspired by Carneycopia 74
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on foreheadVariations Carneycopia 254
Randy Tanner The Dream Card Revisited no palming Card to Wallet 107
Karl Fulves "X" Card to Wallet Card to Wallet 26
Alex Elmsley Serendipity two unknown cards sandwiched between three of a kind turn out to be later selections The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 1 61
John Bannon Heart of the City card spectator cuts to is predicted, another signed selection travels to envelope which has been on tableVariations Smoke and Mirrors 13
Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz Day-Dream Card odd-backed card to walletInspired by The Olram File (Issue 9) 1
Edward Marlo Commercial Method odd-backed card to wallet, rough-smooth Mene-TekelInspired by The Olram File (Issue 9) 3
Jon Racherbaumer, Eric Eicher Road-Runner Sevens "Fast/Faster/Fastest", three phases, last phase "Hull Version" (signed card type), Six & Seven pseudo duplicatesInspired by Synergistic Sandwiches 8
Tony Cachadiña Card in the Purse (Prediction) folded card in purse shown in the beginning turns out to be signed selection Lecture Notes 6
Karl Fulves Letter of Intent one of three envelopes chosen by exchanging number cards and adding some, number range force Deceptive Practices 20
Jack Carpenter Mysterious Daley & Between your Palms comboInspired byVariations Modus Operandi 13
Ken Krenzel The Fabulous Jumping Card two handlings The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xiv
Jon Racherbaumer The Future Ain't What it Used to be Card Finesse II 235
Jon Racherbaumer, Peter Duffie Time-Warp Sandwich Card Finesse II 239
James Swain Technicolor Mystery red backed selection vanishes from between four blue backed kings and revealed to be mystery card previously put in pocket Don't Blink 107
Karl Fulves By Proxy prediction card reversed on top of face-up deck turns out to be later selection Deceptive Practices 68
Bob Gill The Race Is On odd-backedInspired by New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 3) 15
Karl Fulves A Trap Cut sandwiched card in deck turns out to be later selection Deceptive Practices 42
Marty Martini The Postcard prediction card in envelope turns out to be selectionAlso published here The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 45) 807
Gary Kurtz Hypothetical Possibilities ambitious card, signature vanishes and reappears, wallet, revised handlingInspired by Prinzipien in der Praxis 7
John Scarne Factory Seconds apparently several Sevens of Hearts are in the deck, they are all put aside and change into AcesVariations Rigmarole (Issue 3) 29
Jerry Sadowitz Impossible Prediction reversed card turns out to be selection made later The Marenzel Reverse 5
Karl Fulves Glass House card chosen and signed, odd-backed prediction in glass matches, then it also has signature Verbatim (Issue 5) 46
Gerald Deutsch Jinx Mate Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 6) 2224
Marty Martini The Postcard prediction card in envelope turns out to be selectionAlso published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 45
Muneo Yokoi Split Prediction signed on the back by magician, sealed in envelope. Freely selected card signed and placed in another envelope, signed on the back by spectator. Envelope opened to show the faces match, but that they are also halves of the same card. Volum 5 Lecture Note 26
Alexander de Cova Ordered Surprise shuffled deck ends up in order, at the position of selection is the Joker reversed and signed selection is found folded and secured with cloth pin, brief explanationInspired by Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 4
Peter Duffie Jointly Does It odd-backed card signed on back by performer, another card signed on face by spectator, odd-backed then has this faceInspired by Applications 11
Simon Lovell Another Departed Point Variations Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 5) 2356
Alex Elmsley Only Child handling of "Between Your Palms" without stranger card The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 250
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger cardVariationsAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 246
Allan Slaight Between Your Palms Handling duplicate Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 2) 2319
Gordon Bruce Palmist's Prediction two signed cards and one thought ofAlso published here
  • Lecture notes Edinburgh, March 1986
 Roger's Thesaurus 204
Allan Ackerman, Roger Klause The 76 Sandwich Las Vegas Kardma 112
Alex Elmsley A Problem with Duplicate Identities two cards are put on table, two selections are shown to be the same, then table cards are turned over and are unchanged The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 166
Alex Elmsley Pocketpick visible card in breatpocket turns out to be later selection The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 207
Billy McDonnell Tuned Fortune card put in box then two black queens change into red queens and card in case turns out to be selectionInspired by The Trapdoor - Volume Three (Issue 53) 971
Karl Fulves First Future card sandwiched in center with sandwich cards outjogged, top card shown and moved to bottom, when sandwiched card is pulled out it is this selectionRelated to Rigmarole (Issue 8) 94
Paul Gertner Paul's Opener card repeatably chosen, travels to pocket, corner torn off and still chosen as whole card and torn corner transforms Steel and Silver 87
Peter Duffie Mis-Read Palmistry using pseudo mates Duffie's Card Compulsions 23
Karl Fulves Top Flight "An Impromptu Card Paradox"
card selected via riffle procedure in center of deck, then top card is shown to be selection, presented as a card being in two places at same time, repeated		Related to The Fine Print (Issue 2) 29
Karl Fulves Persistence of Vision four Kings placed on table, card in center of deck remembered, it is then shown on top and his placed to Kings, back on top of deck, vanished from KingsVariations The Fine Print (Issue 2) 31
Darwin Ortiz The Phantom Card signed card at two positions at the same time Cardshark 124
Darwin Ortiz The Psychotronic Card combo Cardshark 14
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate Connotes 7
Simon Aronson This Side Up playing card with "Instructions" written on them becomes signed selection on one sideInspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman, Randy Wakeman Presents)
 Simply Simon 87
Ken Beale Set Off Trap "Three Impromptus"
sandwiched card on table, card chosen, sandwich cut in deck side-jogged, sandwiched card turns out to be later selection		 Underworld (Issue 1) 10
Darwin Ortiz Time and Again Inspired by Cardshark 86
Paul Hallas Apocalypse Variations Or Additions Inspired by Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 1) 2603
Dominique Duvivier Quicker Than My Shadow Effect similar to Between Your Palms, done with Duvivier WalletInspired byRelated to Magie Duvivier 67
James Swain Final Departure Inspired by
  • "Between Your Points of Departure" (Earl Nelson, Variations)
 Miracles with Cards 187
Baltazar Fuentes The Hyper Space Card card in envelope turns out to be later signed selection, Elmsley-style, two methodsInspired byRelated to Arempi 26
Tommy Wonder Here and Not duplicates, double facer The Books of Wonder - Volume 1 77
Harold Cataquet No-Wallet Card to Pocket Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 8) 2682
Tom Daugherty Misdirection Segue Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 11) 2718
Paul Gordon Emergency Deam Card to pocket with color changing back Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 4) 2634
Joe Rindfleisch Signed Sandwich Special Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 8) 2680
Tom Stone Occhamman Card "signed card" with mark on isolated card The Warpsmith Returns 39
Karl Fulves Jagged Edge prediction in case, selection made, it jumps out of deck halfway when riffled and is "torn off", second half is in case, with second "No Duplicate Method" New Card Rises 27
Dominique Duvivier Past-Tense Prediction Card placed reversed in deck at the start of the trick turns out to be selected card all along, illogical Magie Duvivier 125
James Swain The Airmail Card Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stampInspired by Miracles with Cards 1
Paul Harris The Time Machine using a black piece of cardboard as time machine three Kings vanish and reappear in deck The Art of Astonishment - Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2) 249
Steve Bryant Everywhere and Nowhere Goes Hollywood Inspired by Virtual Foolery 6
Karl Fulves Palmistry four cards with different (rainbow) decks, one taken and openly palmed, it vanishes over deck, all cards are now Ace of Hearts, back to normalRelated to The Fine Print (Issue 6) 142
Reinhard Müller Vision Quest selection in center found on top, then put among four jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the jacksInspired byAlso published here The Fine Print (Issue 6) 149
Matt Grover Let Me Dust Off a Spot For You To Sit Your Ace three wrong cards change into selection and back, selection appears on performer's foreheadInspired by Trephine 7
Richard Paddon Mystery Card To Pocket handling of Jennings' Mystery CardInspired by Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 2) 2755
Karl Fulves The Chosen unknown sandwiched card cut in new pack order deck, card selected, in its place appears a blank card with X and sandwiched card is selectionVariations The Vampire Chronicles 16
Karl Fulves I, Vampire blank sandwiched card becomes chosen card, sandwich in deck, impromptu handling of "The Chosen", two methodsInspired by The Vampire Chronicles 74
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Twins two cards stapled face-to-face on table, they turn out to be two later signed selections
- Twinterior Design (handling variation)		 Ah-ha! 25
Christoph Borer Die Traumfrau card with different colored back in wallet, turns out to be later signed selectionInspired byAlso published here Seminar 1997 24
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Bottom Feeder cased sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, featuring an strip-out addition type handling to add cards from deck to cards that are taken out of case Ah-ha! 50
Stephen Clark Event Horizon "Impromptu Time Paradox"
sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, future trap		Related to The Fine Print (Issue 6) 132
Peter Duffie Spirits Between Your Palms The Looking Glass (Issue 4) 149
Karl Fulves Red Snapper Ace through Seven of Spades put in frying pan, red-backed mystery card as well, then named card and put in from blue-backed deck, Ace through Seven removed again, only one card remains, it is now red-backed named card The Fine Print (Issue 9) 282
Dave Campbell Fusion selection signed on face, odd-backed card signed on back by performer suddenly has the spectator's signed faceInspired byRelated toAlso published here Five Times Five — Scotland 20
Steve Freeman The Time Machine two-card transpo plus Ambitious Card themeRelated to Card College - Volume 3 588
David Regal Lies Lie Detector premise for Between Your PalmsInspired by Close-Up & Personal 108
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere three indifferent cards and the deck change into spetator's selection and then back to normal, two duplicates Card College — Volume 4 827
Reinhard Müller Afterimages selection in center found on top, then put among four jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the jacks, two versionsInspired byAlso published here Concertos for Pasteboard 131
Peter Duffie, Roberto Giobbi Trapped in the Future an unknown prediction card proves to be one of two selectionsInspired by Card College - Volume 4 834
Karl Fulves Unsolved Disappearances two cards paper clipped face to face on deck, top half cut and turned over, spread and cards next to clipped cards remembered, they vanish and now are the clipped cards Lost Vampire Secrets 145
Steve Bedwell CARDiac Emergency dream card plot, card with emergency sticker on backInspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman)
 Thick Schtick! 18
Steve Pressley, Aldo Colombini Same Time, Same Place card reversed in center turns out to be later selection Standing Room Only 8
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selectionInspired by I'm Dancing 23
Jerry Mentzer Card to Card Case unknown card in case, card signed in deck, Kings added into card case, unknown card later turns out to be signed card Card File Two 158
Karl Fulves Paradox No. 18, sandwiched card turns out to be later selectionInspired byRelated to New Self-Working Card Tricks 29
Harry Lorayne Direct Collect three unknown cards between Aces turn out to be later selectionsInspired byAlso published here Personal Collection 269
Neal Elias Take Another Card spectator takes the same card, it pops out of spread as he is about to take one (gag?) New Card Controls 50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #1 two duplicates Hofzinser's Card Tricks 34
Karl Fulves Further Notes on the plot "Everywhere & Nowhere" Hofzinser's Card Tricks 38
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #2 expanded routineVariations Hofzinser's Card Tricks 118
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Everywhere And Nowhere #3 an additional nine cards change into selection Hofzinser's Card Tricks 122
David Regal Exhibit "A" red-backed card placed on table in beginning turns out to be later signed selection Penumbra (Issue 3) 6
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Can't be bad emergency card placed aside, Aces found instead of selection, emergency card turns out to be selection Ahead of the Pack 108
Ernest Earick A Hand For Mr. Scarne Aces lost in deck, one shuffle, performer deals himself four times the Ace of Spades, transformation into different AcesInspired byRelated to Penumbra (Issue 6) 4
Miguel Gomez E Todas Partes y en Ninguna with three glasses La Magia Española del Siglo XX 329
Roberto Giobbi The Endless Loop finding a card before it is selectedRelated toAlso published here Card College — Volume 5 1269
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Signature Peace card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the faceInspired by Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 105