1,734 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Sam Schwartz All Red 2&2, two reds and two blacks mixed, they all change to black, repeated with another set of red and black cards, then all eight cards change to red
Inspired byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1308
Stephen Clark Mira-kil face-up/face-down
Inspired byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1329
Karl Fulves Blackgammon "Believed to be the simplest approach in the published literature to the effect where the spectator guesses the colors."
Also published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1342
Karl Fulves Gargoil oil & water combo with follow the leader, no method
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
163
John F. Mendoza Face Up Red-Black Shuffle red and black cards are riffle shuffled multiple times, yet they stay separated
1980 19
Bob Hummer Hummer's Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toAlso published here 1980 6
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer Hummer's Swindle spectator takes sixteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile behind his back, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and without looking reverses all cards back in order
Also published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Little Moonies CATO routine, cards with moon faces printed on them, one way they are smiling held the other way the are sad, spectator marks two cards on the pack and cuts them in the deck, performer takes cards behind back, all moons are in smiling orientation except marked two
Also published here 1980 8
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other (1940)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 9
Bob Hummer Mother Goose Force to force a page, based on the Miraskill idea
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's "Mother Goose Mystery"
1980 99
Martin A. Nash Colors on the March
Also published here 1980 8
Ray Grismer Clean-Up method for the clean-up after classic OOTW
1980
Magick (Issue 260)
1298
Uriah Fuller Psi-Con performer separates reds and black cards from a shuffled deck
1980
Magick (Issue 262)
1308
Arturo de Ascanio Öl und Wasser 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, multiple phases
1980 6
Arturo de Ascanio Agua y Aceite "Por Culebreos" 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Also published here 1980 2
Keith Davies Oil Shake 4&4, mixing climax
Inspired by 1980
The Talon (Issue 6)
87
Ken De Courcy The Red and Black Computation spectator places some red and black cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers, with selected card
Inspired by 1980 21
Al Smith Jazlik 4&4
Inspired by 1980 37
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1980 17
Steve Dobson "Incrediblack" odd-looking shuffle sequence separates deck in colors except selection
Nov. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 11)
558
Stephen Minch San-Sub
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 12)
572
Richard Kaufman Red-Eye Special red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
1981 64
Roy Walton Letters three suggestions for effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
1981 68
Ken Krenzel Scene: August 23, 1980 suggestion for this effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
1981 71
Harry Lorayne Scene: September 8, 1980 suggestions for this effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
1981 72
Edward Marlo Marlo's "Card Thirteen in Spades" spectator selects all spades, deck with all spades
Inspired by
  • Racherbaumer (New Pentagram, Nov. 1979)
Related to
Nov. 1981
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 11)
80
Don England Very Simple R/B Triumph red-black separation climax
1981 21
Karl Fulves Turncolors four reds and four blacks are shuffled and four cards of the same color turn over one at a time
1981 79
Karl Fulves By Two And Two one riffle shuffle, then pairs turned up, when odd-colored, the next pair is also odd-colored, when match, then the next is match
1981 54
Ken Simmons Color Transposition ten red cards, ten black cards, selection travels into other packet
1981 27
Leslie Scalbert, Fred Castle, Roy Walton Oil and Queens Variation on original trick by Walton, done with jumbo cards - Oil and Water with four Queen kicker
1981 4
Jack McMillen, Charles Nyquist The San Francisco Shuffle deck is separated by red an black, performer and spectator give the deck a riffle shuffle and colors do not mix, Tamariz "accidental Zarrow Set-up"
1981 11
Karl Fulves Checkers "Two Tricks"
three reds and three blacks alternated, dealing procedure to separate colors or turn every other card over
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1363
James G. Thompson Jr. Punktum! routine with blank cards and colored spots/circles on them
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade 1967
Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
146
Gustave Bollag Ein Tip zu "Out of this World" using a rainbow deck
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
70
Roy Walton Oil and Queens transformation kicker
Also published here 1981 6
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 mixed
Also published here 1981 69
Roy Walton Coincidence in Colour with packet
Also published here 1981 109
Roy Walton An Illogical Conclusion four red cards are changed with four face down cards on the table one by one, cards in the hand remain always red and spectators assume face down cards are red too, they are shown to be black eventually
Also published here 1981 111
Roy Walton Choosy Choice spectator guesses suits correctly
Also published here 1981 125
Roy Walton Divided We Stand kind of small-packet OOTW
Also published here 1981 219
Derek Dingle Oil and Vinegar transformation kicker
Inspired byVariations 1982 167
Jon Racherbaumer Vanishing Oil and Water 4&4, all cards become blank, gaffed
1982 86
Jerry K. Hartman Hue View using twenty cards
Also published here Jan. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1)
582
Richard Vollmer Very Nice Oil+Water 4&4, all red kicker
Variations Sep. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9)
673
Reinhard Müller, Justin Branch "Mish Mosh" gilbreath and dealing procedure to separate suits, non-faro method of a Justin Branch effect
Variations 1982 314
Philip T. Goldstein Ascension transformation kicker
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1982 473
Ron Ferris, Harry Lorayne Firestorm Two top cards of freely cut to packets are divined, one ahead, red black separation kicker
1982 513
Ian Land Getting Lost in the Shuffle Hofzinser Ace Trick combined with Triumph, optional red black separation climax
Aug. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)
1044
David Solomon Refined Oil and Water 4&4
Variations 1982 125
Karl Fulves Ices and Kings four Aces, four Kings, two cards exchanged, stay separated, and so on, credit claim
Related toVariations 1982 6
Karl Fulves Iced Notes comments on previous trick and presentational ideas
1982 10
Karl Fulves Bounce Black 4&4, all cards end with same color
1982 46
Karl Fulves Tactics four spot cards & four picture cards, "Pair Poker", spot cards transform into kings
1982 47
William P. Miesel Water and Oil Barrons
Inspired byVariations 1982 29
David (Foote) Drake Out of this Alphabet abc card variation, first red black separation then also consonants and vowels
1982 64
Christian Scherer Öl und Wasser 4&4
Inspired by 1982 65
Christian Scherer Öl und Wasser Encore 4&4, with two extra cards
1982 71
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Red and Black behind back
1982 4
Eoin Taylor Out of Town intro for Out of this world
Feb. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)
190
Harvey Rosenthal Another Technicolor Oddity with five red and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
387
William P. Miesel Mini Oil and Water 2&2, four phases
Also published here 1982 24
Peter Kane Passing the Alternation two packets with each four red-backed and blue-backed cards, one packet separated and one alternated, that state transposes
1982 60
Peter Kane The Red/Black Blues after a riffle shuffle the deck is separated in packets, red/black distribution predicted
Inspired by 1982 77
Paul Curry Rot und Schwarz spectator arrange the deck, cards are in red/black pairs except the Aces
Also published here July 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
68
Edward Marlo Clearly Oil and Water 4&4, two extra cards, four phases, spectator assists
1983 223
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byVariations 1983 56
Daryl Martinez Sunrise four of a kind, reds come back to top even though when alternated
1983 91
Richard Kaufman Every Everywhere two selections, each appears "on top, bottom, in center", red-black kicker
1983 95
Ken Krenzel "Unique" Application of Roy Vasquez' "Unique", cards put in case, one color jumps out
Oct. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 10)
830
Magic Ronnay The New Oil and Water Routine with eight identical red and eight identical black cards, five phases
Oct. 1983
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1161
Paul Harris The Perfectionist red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated
Related toAlso published here 1983 55
Paul Harris Transposed Perfectionist reds and blacks transpose
Also published here 1983 61
Paul Harris Mixed-Up Perfectionist reds and blacks mix themselves
Related toAlso published here 1983 64
David Britland O + W 4&4, one mix and one un-mix
Variations 1983 6
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Out of Our Minds
1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
20
Paul Brignall A Load Of..... blank cards with stickers
Inspired byVariations 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
23
Stephen Tucker So These Must Be...
Inspired by 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
41
Ellsworth Lyman A Color Changing Trick asymmetric stripper-type preparation, when riffling through the deck the cards are either all red or black, see also p. 58
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, November 1907
1983 4
Chung Ling Soo No-Gaff Svengali Deck outjogging every other card a bit, then riffling through the deck and show them all red or black, see also p. 11
Also published here
  • Goldston's Magazine of Magic, July 1915
1983 14
Karl Fulves Oil And Water credit information on the plot, Hofzinser, excerpt from "Tricks with Prepared Cards" (Donald Holmes, 1913)
1983 104
John Scarne Out Of This World credit information, method by Scarne with part of deck
Related to 1983 109
Andrew Shivas No-Gaff Svengali showing all red or all black, incomplete faro
Related toAlso published here
  • Tricks of the Masters (Goldston, 1942)
1983 113
Karl Fulves The Market In Futures four reds and four blacks, spectator thinks a black, it ends up being only black in red backed
1983 117
Para Separar Colores application D, color separation
1983 6
Juan Tamariz Fuera de este Mundo No. 8
1983 9
James G. Thompson Jr. Traue keinem As! longer routine with Aces and Kings, with following items and 4&4 oil water
Aug. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
62
Ken De Courcy Any Which Way Slop shuffle triumph, deck is shown to fix themselves, red-black separation, except for four reversed Aces, cards are separated during slop shuffle
1983 16
Jean-Pierre Nicod Huile + Eau all cards are black as kicker
1983
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 6)
176
Reinhard Müller Öl und Wasser in Zeitlupe 3&3, with jumbo cards
Inspired by 1983 10
Eugene Burger Out of This World discussing the weak points, Grant's impromptu version
Also published here 1983 64
Edward Marlo Full Deck Oil and Water red black separated deck is faro shuffled and separation preserved
1984 61
Edward Marlo (A) Red Black Sensing mexican joe crimp
1984 215
Karl Fulves Separating the Colors red/black alternating aces on top, two shuffles, separated; using block transfer
1984 183
Ray Kosby Cooking With Oil & Water 4&4, separation and mixing phase
1984 103
Ernst Pancrazi Four Parts Oil 4&4, no extra cards, four phases
Variations Feb. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 2)
883
Reinhard Müller Out of the Escorial I sorting in four suits
1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
147
Reinhard Müller Out of the Escorial II sorting in four suits
Related to 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
149
Reinhard Müller Gilbreath in the Escorial sorting in four suits
Variations 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
150
Jerry Sadowitz The Five of Diamonds oil and queens, followed by royal couples into pockets
Related to 1984 24
Alex East The Magician's Name oil and queens, with colored cards, as a kicker the a name appears
Apr. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1215
Bill Kalush Trapped Triumph combination of Triumph and Sandwich effect, deck in order with card in correct position, with variations
Related to 1984 28
Joseph K. Schmidt, Karl Fulves Miraskil No. 5
Inspired byRelated to 1984 7
Chromatic Caper No. 13, coincidence with number of cards of given suits in a face-up/face-down shuffled deck
1984 19
George Pierce, Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Flying Colors No. 14, deck riffle shuffled twice by spectator, yet it separates into colors
1984 21
Oil and Water No. 15, involving dealing, 4&4
1984 22
Karl Fulves Checkers No. 16, off-beat dealing and turnover of packets, 3&3
1984 24
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs No. 17, two decks dealt in several piles, red black separated, see Pallbearer's Review for references
Also published here 1984 24
Karl Fulves Odd Color Out No. 19, cards shuffled face-up/face-down via CATO by spectator, two selections made, performer handles cards and all face-up cards are red with a black selection and vice versa
Variations 1984 27
Martin Gardner The Color of Thought No. 20
Inspired by 1984 28
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors No. 34, "This routine was independently devised by Gene Finnell, Norman Gilbreath and others"
1984 46
Self-Matching Colors No. 35, alternated red-black stack shuffled, when a pair matches, the performer knows the color, kind of opposite Gilbreath
1984 47
A Devilish Secret No. 36, deck riffle shuffled once, pairs turned up, when a color match occurs, the next pair is a match of opposite colors
1984 47
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy No. 38, performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1984 49
Roy Walton Blind Choice No. 39, first publication, spectator and performer successfully guess colors of four-card packets that are handed out after one riffle shuffle
Variations 1984 50
J. W. Sarles Posi-Negative Cards No. 41, Magnetic Colors variation
Also published here 1984 53
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control No. 42, number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1984 54
George Sands, Karl Fulves Criss Cross No. 48, simplified, Nines through Aces removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it
Inspired by 1984 62
Karl Fulves, Roy Walton The Unmatch Game No. 67, piles made, suit pairs build and remaining cards predicted
1984 99
Karl Fulves Flim Flam No. 69, chosen red card is only red card in black seven-card poker hand and vice versa
Inspired by 1984 103
Reinhard Müller Out of My Mind
Jan. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 33)
645
Stephen Minch Blind Out of this World No. 7, with two spectators simultaneously and shuffled deck, one color punched, performer genuinely blindfolded, see also page 24
1984 17
Stephen Minch Color Separation No. 8, performer separates colors by touch, punch, performer genuinely blindfolded
1984 21
Peter Duffie The Outer Limits
Variations 1984 24
Steve Draun Getting On With This World two-pile deal, seated or stand-up
Also published here 1984 62
Juan Tamariz, Bernard Bilis Mini Fuera de Este Mundo with ten cards, divided in half, dated to 1976
1984 74
Peter Alexis Rot-Schwarze Magie spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Also published here Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
116
Brother John Hamman Comeback 2&2, oil water with four Jacks, transformation into Aces
Also published here 1984 18
Stephen Tucker Oil and Kings
Jan. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1015
Dick Cavett A Bit for "Out of this Universe"
Related to Jan. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1020
John W. McClure Oil and Water Supreme 4&4, odd-backed, no extra cards
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1083
Mike Bornstein Supreme Oil and Water 4&4
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1085
James Swain Slow Motion Oil and Water 3&3
July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1088
Ron Ferris "X To See"
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 12)
1151
Brother John Hamman New Shuffles Harry starting with shuffled deck
Related to Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
362
Jon Racherbaumer Convincing Technicolor Oil & Water 4&4
Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
377
Jonathan Townsend Full-Deck Oil and Water actually Triumph
1985 45
Bob Farmer Mixdemeanor 4&4, oil & water in reverse
1985 430
Charles Hudson The Visine Trick all black climax
Inspired byRelated to 1985 506
Edward Marlo An Oil and Water Phase 4&4, with remix phase
Related to 1985 66
Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon Oil & Perrier 4&4, three phases
1985 57
Philip T. Goldstein Queens & Water oil and queens variation
Jan. 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 9)
1273
Philip T. Goldstein Brackets faces of red cards vanish in the end (blanko) and their backs change as well, see also page 1991 in issue 11
Jan. 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 9)
1277
Steve Beam Shakedown first face up and face down shuffled deck and then red and black cards visually separate, faro condition, cards drop
Related to 1985 141
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers No. 9, paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with card values on paper or card layout (chosen card turned over is only odd-colored at the end)
Also published here 1985 18
Ben Harris Oil and Water Delux 4&4
1985 17
Paul Curry Out of this World
Oct. 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
22
Justin Higham Paddling in the Oil and Water 4&4
Related to 1985 12
Roger Crosthwaite Sepearations Effect 1: Reds and Blacks
four hands dealt, and two cards placed on table, performer matches color sequences of all hands by dealing cards as well, reds and blacks are dealt and eventually colors are separated
Inspired by 1985 38
Roger Crosthwaite Effect 2: Joker Separation 4x4
1985 40
Richard Vollmer Oel und Asse Aces kicker
Inspired by 1985 ca. 2
Ben Harris Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Feb. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)
1174
Leslie A. LeViness Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)
1259
Edward Marlo Olram's Clarified Routine ten red and black cards, one card travels from packet to packet, then packets changes places, eight methods
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1986 3
Edward Marlo Challenge Oil and Water or Try This With a Glide 6&6
Variations 1986 23
Karl Fulves Pristine after riffle shuffle pairs are dealt, all have matching colors
1986 6
Karl Fulves Memory Mix after riffle shuffle performer memorizes order, deck dealt into two heaps, performer announces number of matching color pairs in one heap
Related to 1986 8
Karl Fulves Smart Modem twelve red and twelve black cards, cards shuffled and dealt into two heaps by spectator, paper slips with "match" and "no match" used to predict whether pairs match in color, with variations:
  • Smart Alek (getting some pairs wrong on purpose)
  • Which Colors? (predicting colors as well)
  • Machine Dream (incorporating money machine prop)
  • Read This First
1986 12
Karl Fulves Colorite after riffle shuffle and deal into two halves, performer divines color of top card of spectator's pile, repeated for all cards
1986 20
Gaëtan Bloom S.T.O.W.R.C.T. - The Signed, Torn, Oil, Water, Restored, Card Trick one red, one black card torn into several pieces and mixed. Red and black pieces separate, and one of the card restores
1986 18
Steve Beam Well Shaken deck removed from the deck is in order, then shaken and cards are mixed, see also p. 294 for additional ideas
Related toAlso published here 1986 257
Terri Rogers Curry Flavour only two piles, for history information see David Britland reference
Related toAlso published here 1986 70
Jon Racherbaumer Spectator Rouge Et Noir
Inspired by Nov. 1986
Inside Out (Issue 1)
8
Jon Racherbaumer Well Oiled Reset crediting discussion
Related to Nov. 1986
Inside Out (Issue 1)
16
John Bannon I. Shake Well Before Using red-black-separated cards instantly mix, faro fan
Also published here 1986 22
John Bannon IV. The Cleaved Deck Discovery combination of previous routines, openly red-black separated deck, card location, instant mixing finale, faro fan
1986 25
Dai Vernon Oil Slick 4&4
Related to 1987 169
David Regal Perfectly Oiled 4&4
1987 181
Walt Maddison, Harry Lorayne The Sting as packet trick with royal flush kicker, second handling by Harry Lorayne
Sep. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 9)
1393
John C. Wagner Prediction Out Of This World impromptu, number of mistakes predicted
1987 16
Randy Wakeman Needed a Jump ten red and black cards, single card jumps from packet to packet, then packets transpose
1987 26
Edward Marlo An Oil and Water Story 4&4, four phases, surprise kicker
1987 80
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 16
Steve Draun Out of this World Revisited two piles
Also published here 1987 33
Ron Wilson Way Out of this World spectator shuffles, number of mistakes are predicted
Also published here
  • The New Tops, April 1965
1987 25
Peter Duffie Apartheid
1987 15
Peter Duffie Worlds Apart one riffle shuffle, pairs laid out
Variations 1987 17
Roberto Giobbi Öl und wASSEr oil & Queens handling, bottle with oil and water for presentation
Inspired by 1987 37
David Britland Alchemy four red cards change one by one to black cards, always one red card placed between two black cards
Inspired by May 1987
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)
75
David Neighbors Slow-Motion Oil and Water 3&3, three phases
1987 18
Harry Lorayne Hummer Addition spectator reverses some cards, below table magician reverses more so named total is achieved, as kicker all are one color
Also published here Oct. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
38
Jon Racherbaumer Whose Oil And Water? credit essay
Inspired by Oct. 1987
Inside Out (Issue 3)
10
René Lavand Red and Blacks: "I Can't Do It Any Slower" five phases, one handed, 3x3
VariationsAlso published here 1987 7
Christoph Borer Schwarz und Rot slop shuffle triumph, colors are separated and named card is found among contrasting colors
1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 7)
6
Dai Vernon Commanding the Colors shuffled deck is cut into piles, named color on top of each, snap crimp
Related to 1988 192
Dai Vernon A Sticky Solution sticky edges
1988 207
Dai Vernon It's a Snap snap crimp
Related to 1988 210
Dai Vernon Vernon On Gilbreath
Also published here 1988 212
Edward Marlo Three Trips to Out Of This World three handlings, one using three decks (single color deck approach)
Related to 1988 221
Carroll Mounier Simple Oil/Water Effect 4&4, no extra cards, turning over center two cards
Related to July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1518
Mark Sicher Simpler Oil/Water 3&3, no extra cards
July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1519
Juan Tamariz Application to "Oil and Water" analysis of general effect and variations
  • A Little History
  • 1. Effect in Phases
  • 2. Analysis of General Solutions
  • 3. Analysis of Specific Procedures
  • 4. Choosing the Real Procedure
  • 5. Choosing the Final False Solution
  • 6. Choosing the Procedure-Effect
  • 7. Stops for Specific Procedures
  • 8. Repitition of the effect (Repetition typo)
1988 77
Juan Tamariz Tamariz' Oil and Water 4&4, two phases
1988 85
Juan Tamariz Audacious Method 4&4
1988 129
Juan Tamariz Stripper Deck Methods - I 4&4
1988 132
Juan Tamariz Stripper Deck Method - II 4&4
1988 133
Juan Tamariz Strip-Out Method 4&4
1988 135
Juan Tamariz Tenkai Method 4&4
1988 136
Juan Tamariz Biddle - Finale under the Table 4&4, one color penetrates table
1988 139
Juan Tamariz Anti-Water Finale, Face-up, Face-down 4&4
1988 143
Juan Tamariz Anti Oil and Water: 4 Methods 4&4
  • Biddled Anti-Water I
  • Biddled Anti-Water II
  • Biddled Anti-Water III
  • Biddled Anti-Water IV
1988 144
Juan Tamariz The Pick-up Method 4&4
1988 150
Juan Tamariz Super Oil and Water 4&4, seven double facers
1988 151
Juan Tamariz Double Oil and Water 4&4, face-up, face-down
Related to 1988 155
Juan Tamariz Flip-Flop 4&4, acrobatic flaps ala Zapped
1988 160
Juan Tamariz Two by Two 4&4
  • Alternate Ending
1988 162
Juan Tamariz Under the Spectator's Hand 4&4, spectator does everything
1988 165
Juan Tamariz Antiwater 4&4
1988 168
Juan Tamariz Instant Method 4&4, using TPC and perpendicular spread hide-out
1988 168
Juan Tamariz Yourself 4&4
1988 171
Juan Tamariz Roughing Method 4&4
1988 175
Juan Tamariz With the Whole Deck
1988 177
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy only two piles, three methods
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act)
52
Karl Fulves R5B5 five black and five red cards, card selected from each, they end up being in the opposite packet
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 35)
1407
R. K. Miller Red Limit 2&2, two reds and two blacks mixed, they all change to black, repeated with another set of red and black cards
Inspired by 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 49)
219
Edward Marlo In Oil and Water 3&3, Olram Subtlety application
1988 189
René Lavand Red and Blacks: "I Can't Do It Any Slower" five phases, one handed, 3x3
Also published here 1988 43
Roy Walton Long Shot four spectators select the only red cards from about half the deck
Also published here 1988 13
Roy Walton Obsolete Prediction four packets of four cards with different order of red and black cards, chosen one matches the prediction
  • E.S.P. Version
Also published here 1988 16
Roy Walton Match Maker six four-card packets are tabled, spectator makes three groups of two packets each, those turn out to have the same red-black order each
1988 25
Roy Walton Denary Deceit packet out of this world with the help of a ten
Also published here 1988 77
Roy Walton Isolator card selected, cards dealt in two piles by spectator, colors separated except selection, faro
Also published here 1988 78
Roy Walton The Bridge transposition of red and black cards
Also published here 1988 83
Roy Walton Friendly Persuasion separating in suits, unusual procedure
Also published here 1988 87
Roy Walton Another Prediction Trick deck shuffled face-up/face-down, spectator deals in pairs and makes heaps according to orientation of pair, choses one heap, its red/black composition is predicted
1988 94
Roy Walton Second Thoughts on Oil and Water 4&4
VariationsAlso published here
  • Ibidem
1988 104
Roy Walton Separation spectator shuffles a packet with red and black cards and the Joker, packet is shown to have the colors separated and the Joker is between them
Inspired by
  • Karl Fulves problem
Related to
1988 123
Roy Walton Out Of This World Post-Script card changes from red to black in fake explanation
1988 126
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 130
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath "Again" color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
  • Alternative Presentation (no seconds required)
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 134
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Also published here 1988 148
Roy Walton Good Mixers 4&4, odd-backed, instant mix, then backs change to a different color
Also published here
  • Abra, Dec. 1975, Vol. 60 No. 1558, p. 441
1988 154
Ray Grismer Separation by Weight separating high and low, or red and black cards, apparently by weight
1988 15
Helmut Ziegler Öl und (W) Asse (r) deck is dealt into four hands and every packet cut, top card used to count down in packet and four Aces are found, then after riffle shuffle separation of red and black cards
  • Asse
  • Öl und Wasser
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 8)
4
Hiroshi Sawa Face-Up Oil And Water 4&4
1988 70
Daryl Martinez Out of this Hemisphere twenty-card packet version, spectator puts one color on table and other color to bottom, red cards marked
  • The Cards (replacing marks with stripper, one-way or crimp)
  • Totally Impromptu
1989 1
Daryl Martinez From the Back performing the effect face-up and having the backs from two different decks
1989 5
Ken Krenzel Handling for Out of this Hemisphere added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
1989 8
"Zigee the good Gypsy" Verdad Setting up for the routine
1989 10
Jerry Sadowitz A Million to One spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into two equal piles - one is red one black
1989 11
Jerry Sadowitz Split Marriages Royal Marriages theme, instant reverse oil and water with kings and queens
1989 46
Lennart Green Presentation of a simple Camouflage Trick trick during which 1-2-Separation is executed, selection ends up in half of opposite color
1989 5
Lennart Green Four Aces Red/Black aces end up in half of opposite color, 1-2-Separation
1989 6
Mark Sicher Salad Displacement
Feb. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)
1605
Richard Vollmer Oil and Aces 4&4, one packet transforms to aces
Related to Oct. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 10)
1696
Ron Ferris Into Orbit
Variations Dec. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 12)
1726
Brother John Hamman The Disobedient Cards strange procedure and then colors are separated
1989 81
Brother John Hamman The Final Shuffle alternating set-up, spectator overhand shuffles
1989 84
Brother John Hamman Two-Shuffles Harry begins with shuffled deck
Related toAlso published here 1989 87
Brother John Hamman The Pesky Card triumph with red-black kicker and selection to pocket finale
1989 89
Brother John Hamman The Jacks Come Back 2&2, oil water with four Jacks, transformation into Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1989 101
Brother John Hamman The Knavish Deuces oil&water and follow the leader combo
1989 103
Robert Gardner, Walt Lees Reader's Letters letters on "Out of this World"
1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 11)
1989
Karl Fulves Dollar Swindle 3&2, dollar bill placed in packet, color separate to either side of bill
1989 5
Sam Schwartz Interrupted Ices four Aces, four Kings, two cards exchanged, stay separated, and so on
Inspired by 1989 7
Karl Fulves Remix three packets with red-black-mixed cards, two are separated but remix, the third separates
1989 15
Karl Fulves Demi-Device 2&2, featuring a displacement count
1989 21
Karl Fulves Red Handed three reds and blacks, one exchanged, spectator also exchanges cards and they're separated again, posed as problem
1989 55
Karl Fulves Dream Detective card chosen from four red and four black cards, they're odd backed, some cards outjogged and injogged from deck
1989 4
Martin Gardner MG Trio #1 six red cards and black cards in two rows, collected alternating, suddenly they are in pairs r-r, b-b, ...
Related to 1989 19
Martin Gardner MG Trio #2 variation of previous trick
Related to 1989 20
Karl Fulves Mexipo 2&2 oil & water sequence with a card transposition, "As the title indicates, this is a transpo-type trick using a Mexican turnover."
1989 11
Karl Fulves Read No Evil two old pieces of paper, deck cut in three piles, coincidences occur
1989 42
Karl Fulves Follow the Leader & Oil and Water combination, plot suggestion
Related to 1989 iii
Bruce Cervon The Black & White Basic Routine 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
  • Phase One: Simple Show
  • Phase Two: Double Mix
  • Phase Three: Double Mix Again
  • Phase Four: Piano Key Separation
  • Phase Five: The Mix
  • Phase Six: The Proof
  • Phase Seven: The Last Separation
  • Phase Eight: The Magic Wand
1989 1
Bruce Cervon A Handling Touch 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border, display
1989 19
Bruce Cervon Black & White Presentation Tips 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 22
Bruce Cervon Another Simple Show 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border, display
1989 25
Bruce Cervon Multiple Lift Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border, displaying both side at beginning
1989 27
Bruce Cervon Turnover Pass Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border, display
1989 31
Bruce Cervon Wedge Break Oil & Water Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
Inspired by 1989 35
Bruce Cervon Biddle Move Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 37
Bruce Cervon Another Biddle Move Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 39
Bruce Cervon Elmsley Count Opening 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 41
Bruce Cervon Bruce Cervon's Favorite Black & White Routine 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
  • Phase One: The Little Finger Turnover Opening
  • Phase Two: The Novrec Separation
  • Phase Three: The Novrec Separation Again
  • Phase Four: The Piano Key Separation and Back Again
  • Phase Five: The Proof
  • Phase Six: Test Conditions Finale
Related to 1989 73
Bruce Cervon "In the Spectator's Hands" Ending Sequence 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 83
Bruce Cervon Convincing Closing 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
1989 87
Bruce Cervon More on "The Proof" Phase 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
Related to 1989 91
Bruce Cervon The Spotted Black & White Trick 4&4, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border, as climax the black cards have red spots, five phases
1989 95
Michael Weber The Black and White Trick à la Michael Weber 3&3, using cardboard pieces that are black and white without border
  • Separation One
  • Separation Two
  • Separation Three
  • Climax
  • Opening Variation
1989 107
Dai Vernon Hand Separation Displacement
Related to 1989 108
Bob Hummer Infallible
Also published here 1989 12
Karl Fulves Gambler's Dream five red and black cards, one chosen from each, open stacking procedure, two hands dealt and the selections are exchanged
1989 26
Karl Fulves Crazy Colors partial color separation shown after one riffle shuffle
1989 32
Karl Fulves Astral Mind
1989 34
Terri Rogers Mit etwas Curry only two piles
Also published here July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
142
Jon Racherbaumer Karl Fulves: The Great Pretender eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Related toAlso published here Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
7
Juan Tamariz The Triple Colors Routine reds and blacks separated, one card chosen in each half, identified, cards change places, then whole packets change places (one in pocket)
1989/91 159
Juan Tamariz Escorial-76 sorting in four suits, several methods
1989/91 172
Juan Tamariz, Luis Garcia, Gabriel Moreno Half-Escorial half the cards dealt face up, half face down, face up cards change back color
Related to 1989/91 180
Juan Tamariz Short Version cards face down separated in four groups, suit of chosen card all in one pile
1989/91 185
Juan Tamariz, A. Moliné Stage Version
Related to 1989/91 188
Ray Kosby Never The Twain Shall Mix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
VariationsAlso published here 1990 41
Alberto Reyes The Red & Black Capers 4&4
May 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5)
1777
Jerry K. Hartman The Whole World in his Hands small packet
Variations June 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)
1799
Mark Sicher Good Thinking! spectator "knows" colors, suit, values by Intuition
July 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 7)
1806
Doug Edwards Tossed Salad 3&3
Oct. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 10)
1837
Aldo Colombini Paradox
Nov. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 11)
1849
John W. McClure Mock Oil & Water 3&3
Nov. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 11)
1856
Harry Lorayne Out Of This Galaxy one color approach
Related to 1990 75
Ken Krenzel Ruse et Noir eight cards OOTW
Inspired by 1990 76
Edward Marlo Full Deck Oil and Water full deck separates and mixes again
1990 17
Edward Marlo No False Colors
1990 17
Edward Marlo Are You Psychic color of top card guessed by spectator
Related to 1990 18
Edward Marlo Mirror Image spectator and performer have half the deck, performer deals exactly like spectator
1990 31
Edward Marlo, David Solomon Million Dollar Oil And Water Two phase Oil and Water with four reds and four blacks
VariationsAlso published here 1990 14
Gary Ouellet Netherworld
Variations 1990 307
Riley G. Matthews Out of Sight shuffled deck is separated by performer, blindfolded, mistakes are divined
June 1990
Magick (Issue 440)
2200
Simon Aronson Color Feeling behind back, deck switch
1990 91
Philip T. Goldstein Ascension transformation kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 1990 50
Philip T. Goldstein More Oil, More Water 4&4, four phases
Also published here 1990 91
Philip T. Goldstein Mixtant colors mix 4&4
Inspired by
  • a routine by Leslie Guest in "Linking Ring" October, 1929.
Also published here
1990 97
Philip T. Goldstein Up & Down Mixtant 4&4 cards mix face up and face down
Also published here 1990 98
Philip T. Goldstein Tiny Water 2&2 cards, red/ blue double backer, marketed in 1975
1990 99
Justin Higham Direct Proposition
Inspired by 1990
Inside Out (Issue Special No. 1)
12
Larry Jennings Oil and Water 4&4, all black finale
VariationsAlso published here 1990 26
Ray Kosby, Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon K. J. V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Related toAlso published here 1990 31
Daniel Rhod Jeu Double packet trick with two red Queens and two black Sixes, including 2&2 oil and water phase, twisting phase
Inspired by
  • earlier version in "Magie Sur Imaginaire" (Daniel Rhod, 1981, p. 33)
Related to
Oct. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 4)
26
José Carroll Oil and Water in a Wine Glass vertical, 4&4, one color disappears as climax
VariationsAlso published here 1991 59
Alex Elmsley Shale Fellow Well Met Oil and Water combined with Follow The Leader, 4&4
1991 34
Alex Elmsley Shale Fellow Well Met - The Contrasting Backs Variant
1991 39
Alex Elmsley A Rebours 4&4
1991 39
Alex Elmsley, Brother John Hamman The Atomic Aces four phase variation on Hamman's "Final Ace Routine", including Oil & Water and Follow the Leaders Phase
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1991 217
John Carney Oil on Troubled Waters 3&3, deck separation climax
Variations 1991 234
John Bannon Shake Well Before Using red-black-separated cards instantly mix, faro fan
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991 26
Edward Marlo I'll Do It Again! two halves on table, face-up card travels from half to half, repeat, red and black sections transpose, three stranger cards
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
1
Edward Marlo Letter to Simmons - Case of the Shuffles red and black cards shuffle themselves, full deck
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
14
Edward Marlo Magnetic Ace & Color Separation aces stay on top even though faro shuffled into deck, deck is shuffled into red-black separation
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
15
Karl Fulves Hideout selection vanishes from packet, the reappears again
1991 38
Scott Robinson Valdez and Water with four aces, four phases
1991 696
Richard Webster Pointing the Bone out of this world, using pictures of aborigine, dead or alive, erasable pen
Apr. 1991
Magick (Issue 454)
2269
John Kennedy Rot und Schwarz
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1989
Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
38
T. Page Wright The Red and the Black card selected, deck shuffled and returned, deck shown shuffled, then top half shown from one color except selection
1991 183
Jon Racherbaumer The Great Pretender: Karl Fulves eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Also published here Sep. 1991 6
John Scarne Triple Knockout order of four red and four black cards changes, using bottom deal
1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)
88
René Lavand Chance
Also published here 1991 41
Jerry K. Hartman Fixit Mixer 4x4
Also published here 1991 376
Jerry K. Hartman Color Culler spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Inspired byAlso published here
  • in "The Linking Ring" April 1981. P. 87.
1991 378
Jerry K. Hartman Hue View using twenty cards
Also published here 1991 381
Jerry K. Hartman Other Worldly forming various piles on the table
1991 383
Jerry K. Hartman World Class
1991 386
Al Smith Colours On Demand
  • Cutting The Colours
  • Dealing The Colours
  • Deckspertise
1991 9
Al Smith Wells Farogill two phases
Inspired by 1991 18
Peter Duffie Miracolour red cards are shown to have "red" written on their back and blacks "black", spectator cuts and shuffle and deals two piles, yet both piles end up in same order
1991 22
Dick Zimmerman Way out of this World two piles
  • Additions and Variations
1992 1
Dick Zimmerman The Face-Up Routine using red and blue backs
1992 7
Dick Zimmerman, U. F. Grant Impromptu Version two piles
1992 7
Bob Stencel, Terry LaGerould Age of Reason 4&4
Inspired byAlso published here 1992 274
David Bendix Dave Bendix Variation 4&4
Inspired byAlso published here 1992 276
Karl Fulves Counterfeit seven high red and one low black cards shuffled, performer claims to weigh out the odd card in several stages, it's red and all other cards changed to black
1992 48
Karl Fulves Balancing Act spectator places some blacks in pocket, performer places some more there, number of pocketed blacks equals number of reds in a packet, varied repeat
1992 50
Karl Fulves Second Approach Miraskill-type effect, but repeat has different outcome with same make-up of cards
Inspired byRelated to 1992 51
Karl Fulves An anti-Miraskil card problem Miraskill-Gilbreath-combination posed as problem
1992 52
Karl Fulves Mira, Mira Miraskill variations and problems, final pair's condition named
1992 76
Karl Fulves Balancing Act - Second Approach further comments
Related to 1992 84
Karl Fulves You Go First without adding or taking cards
1992 85
Karl Fulves Black List without adding or taking cards
1992 86
Karl Fulves Mirage riffle shuffle, after each matching pair next pair is placed aside unseen, one pile is all red the other all black
1992 87
Dave Campbell Oil & Water Plus 4&4, using cards with OIL and WATER printed on them, they change into pictures of other drinks and whiskeys as finale
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1992
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
8
Philip T. Goldstein Tempathy using cards with words which either fall in category hot or cold
May 1992
Magick (Issue 471)
2355
Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock Agua y Aceite 4&4, two phases
1992 79
Bill Simon Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) translation by Jesús Etcheverry
VariationsAlso published here 1992 150
Arturo de Ascanio Cinco Rojas y Cinco Negras five red cards and five black cards are shuffled, spectator separates the cards by color
Inspired byAlso published here 1992 71
Arturo de Ascanio Fuera de este Mundo
Also published here 1992 76
Arturo de Ascanio Un Juego Inedito 4&4, three phases
Also published here 1992 88
Edward Marlo Agua y Aceite translation by Ascanio
4&4, two extra cards
Also published here 1992 54
Alex Elmsley Los Ases Atomicos translation
four phase variation on Hamman's "Final Ace Routine", including Oil & Water and Follow the Leaders Phase
Also published here 1992 65
Arturo de Ascanio Agua y Aceite "Por Culebreos" 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Also published here 1992 10
Aldo Colombini Crazy Horse two cards chosen from twenty-card packet, two packets eventually formed, one all red with black selection and vice versa
Inspired by
  • Ron Ferris
Also published here
  • Spaghetti Magic lecture notes
Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
1
Peter Kane The Amex Aces 2&2 mini oil and water routine with Aces, then one Ace changes into a bill and the other in a credit card
1992 16
Ken Simmons Bluff Presentation for The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, three phases
Inspired by 1992 12
Edward Marlo Challenge Oil and Water or Try This With a Glide 6&6, condensed three-phase version
  • Simmons Note (Ken Simmons)
Inspired byRelated to 1992 26
Roy Walton Pass at Red spectator selects three red cards from black half, classic pass application
Related toAlso published here May 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 9)
51
Bob Stencel, Terry LaGerould Age Of Reason 4&4
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
51
David Bendix Dave Bendix Variation 4&4
Also published here Oct. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
52
Peter Duffie Remember and Don't Forget Remember and Forget, with packet color separation as a surprise ending
Inspired byVariations 1992 1
Peter Duffie A Piece of Fred spectator shuffles and cuts into three piles and takes one, performer names the number of red and black cards in his pile
Inspired by 1992 5
Justin Higham On Multi-Phase Oil & Water comment
Mar. 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 1)
8
Justin Higham Tech-Notes on "Paddling In The Oil & Water" 4&4
Related to May 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 3)
23
Steve Draun Worldly Things two piles
VariationsAlso published here 1993 133
Ron Ferris Kr-Ace-Y Kolors in a course of a strange 4 ace effect
Variations Feb. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 2)
2175
Richard Vollmer Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2255
Aldo Colombini Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Nov. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)
2289
Edward Marlo Out There approaches for "Out of this World", stripper and ungaffed divided deck
Sep. 1993
The Olram File (Issue 13)
4
Hideo Kato 東京湾の“水と油” (Tokyo Bay Oil and Water)
1993 161
Dan Harlan Sludge and Ice Oil and Water five ten blank cards, five have a red cross and five a black cross on it, several phases
June 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2)
9
Steve Beam Gentleman's Bet bet, red / black or pairs, performer wins always, gilbreath
Variations 1993 7
John Riggs Unbeatable red / black or pairs, performer wins bet all the time, is able to let spectator win on his demand, gilbreath
1993 9
Steve Beam Scaling the Cards three packets are cut on the table, performer weighs two and announces amount of cards, then he reveals amount of black or red cards in those packets
Inspired by
  • Mike Roger's "Trost and Us" in "Genii" October, 1971.
1993 13
Karl Fulves Cheap Trick "Two Tricks with Dice" No. 1
red and black packet, two cards chosen with dice throws and packets combined, the chosen cards transpose
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
15
Jerry Fulton Red Herring sucker problem of having spectator separate a small packet into reds and blacks
1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
32
Karl Fulves World Power different handling of the final switch in four-packet deal
1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
33
Karl Fulves Guess Again eight cards are placed outjogged into tabled spread, cards dealt in pairs, color matches with outjogged cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
55
Peter Duffie An Odin Sequel
Inspired by 1993 24
Peter Duffie Everything under Control color separation climax
Inspired by Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
6
Randy Tanner Reset Finale after Reset routine the packets are put on top of each other and cards are suddenly alternated in pairs
Variations 1993 8
David Harkey Chromacon fine incomplete faro shuffle, deck cased, deck taken out and shown all red (or black) except a selection
1993 22
David Harkey Chromacon Plus fine incomplete faro shuffle, deck cased, deck taken out and shown all red and then all black except a selection
1993 24
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces/Body and Soul two giant card cut into four pieces, two pieces transpose, then oil and water phase with the 4&4, Jazz Aces with the pieces
Inspired by 1993 25
Karl Fulves, Jerry Mentzer Out of this World Variation (Even Money Proposition) spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, with transposition finale by Mentzer
Inspired by 1993 78
Peter Duffie Oil Foil 5&5
Inspired by 1993 24
René Lavand Red an Blacks - I Can't Do It Any Slower six phases, 3x3
Also published here 1993 69
René Lavand Chance
Also published here 1993 93
René Lavand Slip-Cut Technique red and black cards are mixed and separated again
1993 128
Terry LaGerould Before Reason 4&4, Oil & Queens
Inspired by Jan. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 5)
55
Vicente Canuto, Bob Hummer Vuelvo Dos y Corto spectator takes cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, red/black separation as climax, with two predictions
Inspired by 1993 46
Harry Lorayne Fuera del Universo some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here 1993 67
Shigeo Futagawa, Vicente Canuto Mini Agua y Aceite 2&2, repeated
Also published here 1993 248
Roy Walton, Vicente Canuto Agua, Aceite y Damas transformation kicker
Also published here 1993 270
Dan Tong Stacked Fantasy spectator pockets some red and black cards, performer divines how many, no memory work and no sleight-of-hand version
Inspired by Sep. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 3)
12
Allan Ackerman Mixed Up Blues 3&3
Variations 1994 105
Allan Ackerman In Place of a Setup 3&3
1994 109
Allan Ackerman Out of This World #2000 two piles
1994 156
Florentin Oil-And-Water Poker strange combo
June 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 6)
2368
David Regal To Mix or not to Mix 3&3
Oct. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 10)
2422
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
1994 45
Alex Elmsley It's a Small World ten card version
Related toVariations 1994 48
Alex Elmsley Halfway to Heaven not all cards
1994 51
Alex Elmsley What a Party! adding faro principles
1994 369
Red and Black Flourish cards openly separated, are shuffled, still shown separated, also as two card location
1994 1125
Harlan Tarbell Doc Tarbell on Out of This World on the switch
Also published here 1994 25
Jack Carpenter Red/Black Rollover
Inspired by 1994 5
Philip T. Goldstein Chromagnon memory demonstration of red/black order
1994 121
Karl Fulves Cleaver performer removes red and black cards, performer forms two packets behind back with same number of reds and blacks each
1994 21
Karl Fulves Sandbagged blue- and red-backed deck sprung in paper bag and shaken, performer then reaches in an produces one color until all are separated
Inspired byRelated to 1994 31
Karl Fulves Unthought cards chosen by spectator in 4x4 layout find color-matches, other cards don't
1994 76
Gene Maze Odd Man Out spectator stops at only black card in 15-cards-packet or red cards
1994 66
Gene Maze Control of the Colors using center deal, Spade Flush finale
Inspired by 1994 132
Jon Racherbaumer Whose Oil and Water? credit essay, seven pages
Variations 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
33
Victor Farelli Farelli on Leipzig ad reproduction, no method
Also published here
  • The Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 8
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
79
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix 4&4
Related toVariations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves Mixed Marriages 4&4, reverse mixing phase
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
116
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix handling detail
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
129
Roy Walton Suitcase four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
10
Roger Crosthwaite The Immediate Center break, mention of "Out of this Escorial" (by Kevin Reay)
1994 151
Roger Crosthwaite To Another World starts from shuffled deck
1994 163
Jack Avis Another Call, Another Place bottom deals instead of second deals
Related toVariations 1994 186
Rudolf Braunmüller Die unzertrennlichen Rieseenkarten two jumbo cards cut into four pieces, routine with the pieces, 4&4
  • Phase 1 - "Follow the Leader"
  • Phase 2 - "Öl und Wasser"
  • Phase 3 - "Jazz Asse"
Inspired by May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
99
Aldo Colombini Can't Play Your Game ten red and black cards, two selections are told to transpose, packets transpose instead
Related to 1994 28
Aldo Colombini Follow the... Oil and Water 10&10, combining Follows the Leader and Oil and Water, two selections are found as well
1994 94
Aldo Colombini Out of this Country spectator touches twenty-six cards
1994 155
Aldo Colombini Out of Color separating the backs instead of faces, two back colors
1994 158
Aldo Colombini Out of Apocalypse full deck version
Inspired by 1994 159
Aldo Colombini Half a World Away predicting two mistake cards
Inspired by 1994 162
Aldo Colombini Out of Suits
1994 166
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1994 161
Walter Rollins Weigh-Ahead Color Divination after a riffle shuffle, the spectator puts the top thirteen cards in one envelope and the bottom ten in another, rest in third envelope, performer divines the number or red and black cards in each envelope
Related to Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
58
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Curse of Christopher Cross cards removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it, story presentation
Inspired by Dec. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 6)
1
Peter Duffie Divisory Capacity
Inspired byVariations 1995 69
Peter Duffie Mixed Reaction Miraskill & Gilbreath
1995 182
Peter Duffie The Vegas Connection Gilbreath thing
1995 190
Roy Walton Pass At Red spectator selects three red cards from black half
Also published here 1995 6
Lennart Green Finding a Chosen Card selection is in half of opposite color, application of GAS
1995 12
Lennart Green Production of the 4 Aces Aces appear in halves of opposite color, application of GAS
1995 13
Lennart Green Out of this World opening phase, starting from shuffled deck and using GAS
1995 15
Lennart Green Out of this break OOTW without switching in dealing process
1995 16
Martin Gardner Packet Parity color prediction with chess pieces, also with cards (color of a card is predicted)
1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
212
Anthony Owen Out of this House
Mar. 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1)
6
John Scarne, Bill Simon, Karl Fulves True Colors No. 2, cards shuffled face-up/face-down, all of one color face-up, except two selections
1995 3
Jack Potter Unstacked Jacks No. 39, 3&3 oil water phase as intro for Three-Jacks Deal
Also published here 1995 78
Karl Fulves Guessing the Colors chapter intro
1995 114
Karl Fulves Out of This World No. 56, handling with glasses and cardboard dividers
1995 114
Karrell Fox 3 More Reasons To Perform "Out Of This World"
  • twenty-sixth card face-up
  • switch handling
  • Joker finish
1995 39
Reinhard Müller Pre-World discussing precursors of OOTW and color guessing, credit information
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
4
John Scarne Guess Black OOTW handling with bottom deals, dated ca. 1930s, see also p. 26
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
5
John Scarne New World Order two face-up Jokers in deck, six cards that "don't belong" chosen from between the Jokers, they are the only odd-colored ones, dated ca. 1930s, see also p. 42
Related toVariations 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
6
Roy Walton Mini Mix 3&3
Inspired by 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
13
Karl Fulves, Reinhard Müller Pre-World more credit information on early Out of this World type effects
Related to 1995 2
J. W. Sarles Red or Black? performer cuts and ask the spectator red or black and how many (one, two or three), and the bottom cards of the top half fulfill this property, repeated with real riffle shuffles, method not given
1995 2
Karl Fulves One Color Only comment on Out of this World in which only one color is guessed
Related to 1995 3
Karl Fulves 6-Card Repeat & Oil & Water effect combination, posed as problem
1995 32
Steve Beam Color Blind performer separates cards into reds and black, then blindfolded and with cards face up performer seems to miss, but separated cards of different back colors
1995 53
Steve Beam Choosing Sides spectator removes half the cards from the spread and separates reds and blacks
1995 55
Steve Beam Well Shaken deck removed from the deck is in order, then shaken and cards are mixed
Related toAlso published here 1995 59
Aldo Colombini Friends similar to "Neither Blind Nor Silly", with twenty cards, spectator has more decisions to randomize order
Related to 1995 72
Bob King Subway
Inspired by 1995 8
Claude Rix Les rouges et les noires - 1ère version - 1ère méthode performer is blindfolded, separates red and black cards
1995 106
Claude Rix, Maurice Gauthron Les rouges et les noires - 2ème version card to pocket with shuffled deck, then performer separates red and black cards
1995 107
René Lavand I Can't Do It Any Slower! 3&3, six phases, deck finale
Also published here 1995 73
Aldo Colombini Nice Salad 4&4, red and black cards transpose, then mix
Variations 1995 83
Aldo Colombini Magnetic eight packets made that are shuffled face-up/face-down, in the end all red cards are face-up with black selection and vice versa
Inspired by
  • first effect in David Jones's notes "Note Closely"
Variations
1995 87
Aldo Colombini Italian Dressing 4&4, with mixing climix
1995 89
Alan Nguyen The Red-Black Stack full-deck OOTW, deck can be seen mixed right before, instantly resets
1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
35
Jerry K. Hartman Out of Earthbounds six red and six black mixed, performer removes cards that spectator stops him on until two piles are formed, colors are separated
Inspired by 1995 187
Jerry K. Hartman All For One spectator chooses twelve cards he thinks are the Court cards, from those he chooses four he thinks are the Kings, from those he chooses the two he thinks are black, finally he decides which one is the King of Spades and is shown to be correct
1995 190
Jerry K. Hartman One For All "gaffed version of "All for One"" (see p. 190)
spectator chooses twelve cards he thinks are the Court cards, from those he chooses four he thinks are the Kings, from those he chooses the two he thinks are black, finally he decides which one is the King of Spades and is shown to be correct
1995 258
Robert E. Neale Parable of the Great Feast
Also published here 1995 158
Raimo Patronen Super Memory memory presentation, after shuffle performer is blindfolded and sorts red cards out and then divides them into suits
Mar. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 9)
14
Paul Cummins The Trick that never happened 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 mixed
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 7
Paul Cummins Deliberate Oil & Water 4&4
1996 22
Lennart Green Out-of-Sweden first OOTW effect, two piles, then all cards are black, then red (blacks have vanished)
Spring 1996 60
Paul Harris The Perfectionist
  • The Perfectionist (red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated)
  • Transposed Perfectionist (reds and blacks transpose)
  • Mixed-Up Perfectionist (reds and blacks mix themselves)
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy)
109
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy two piles
Related toAlso published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
253
Joshua Jay This Is The Hard Part!
Oct. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 10)
2703
Michael Skinner Oil and Water Rides Again 4&4, three phases, all red climax
1996 9
Michael Skinner Rouge et Noir small packet OOTW
1996 84
Allan Ackerman More Mixed Up Blues 4&4
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 34