Elmsley/Ghost Count

212 entries in Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon Fingertip Elmsley Count
1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 6
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1963 Ultimate Color Separation 4
Bob Veeser The Veeser Count Elmsley Count from end grip
 		1963 Ultimate Color Separation 6
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 227
Roy Walton Elmsley Count Variation does the same as Jordan Count now
 		1968 Epilogue (Issue 2) 12
Alex Elmsley Elmsley-Count
1968 Piet Forton Seminar 16
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1968 Tricks You Can Count On 3
Edward Marlo Flexible Count
1969 HEX! 41
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count with jumbo cards
 		1969 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 4) 74
Edward Marlo Marlo Fakes Out Elmsley vertical handling
 		1970 Hierophant (Issue 4) 181
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1971 Reputation-Makers 227
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1971 Second Time Around 76
Alex Elmsley The Ghost Count
1972 Tale Twisters 8
Karl Fulves Double Up using four aces, this is actually page 36A
Related to 1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 36
Sam Schwartz Modified 4-As-4 Count Elmsley Count with displacement at the end
 		1973 Epilogue (Issue 19) 176
Alex Elmsley, Larry West The Elmsley Count with dollar bills, including variation "The Modified Count"
 		1973 Close-up Cavalcade 144
Joe DeStefano The Modified Ghost Count break picked up at end
 		1973 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4) 5
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1975 Card Cavalcade 3 181
Karl Fulves Broken Elmsley Count "half count"
Related to 1975 Kannibal Kards 7
Alex Elmsley Der Ghost Count (Elmsley Count)
Feb. 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3) 65
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count (Mechanic's Grip)
1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 6) 73
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1976 Innovations (Issue 3) 4
Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley Derek's Elmsley Count Technique
Also published here 1976 Innovations (Issue 3) 4
Edward Marlo F.O.E. (Faked Out Elmsley) kind of bluff thing
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 123
Alex Elmsley, Frank Thompson Elmsley Count Handling
1977 Wildcard Miracles 130
Bob Veeser Veeser Count as Elmsley Count alternative from end grip
 		1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 23
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count fingertip or into dealing position
 		1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 41
Unknown The Elmsley Count - Added Comment Elmsley Count as overcount or undercount
 		1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 45
John Murray Open Count showy count doing same as Elmsley Count from end grip
 		1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 51
Larry West Pairs Count different handling of Smile Count, broken Elmsley
Related to 1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 55
José de la Torre The Elmsley Count with Jumbo Cards
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 7
Unknown Half Elmsley
Nov. 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11) 126
Alex Elmsley, Bob Farmer False Count four cards, hiding two faces
 		May 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 572
Alex Elmsley, Eric Mason Elmsley Count variation
 		Aug. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12) 607
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1978 The Phil Goldstein Convention Lecture 8
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1978 A Transatlantic Lecture 9
Jeff Busby 6-as-5 Count Elmsley type
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 1) 1070
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1978 Trick Card Trickery 3
David Britland The Experimental Elmsley Count four cards, two cards hidden
 		1978 Trick Card Trickery 4
Roger Smith The Five Card Elmsley five as five while hiding one
 		1978 The Ultimate Card Book No. 4 2
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count brief
 		1978 Close Up Sorcercy 18
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 72
José de la Torre Elmsley Count in Dealing Position starting in dealing position and counting into right-hand fingertip grip
 		1978 Real Magic 18
Edward Marlo Marlo's OPEC Count Out of Position Elmsley Count, second card from top is hidden, see also page 371
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 82
Edward Marlo Additional Tips - Opec Count on the OPEC Count, see page 82
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 371
Alex Elmsley Three as Four Elmsley Count
1979 CardMagic 77
Andrew Pargeter Multi Count Technique (Continued) variation for the Elmsley Count, Jordan Count, Siva Count, Eye Count
Related to Sep. 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 9) 731
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1979 Cycle! 1
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1979 Snow 1
Daryl Martinez Elmsley Count Finesse
1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 51
Walt Lees A-4-As-3-Count two show three red cards with just two and hiding two blue cards
 		1980 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 8
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1980 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 13
Alex Elmsley, Walt Lees Elmsley Count 3/4, with deck still in the hand
 		1980 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 22
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1980 Masque 4
Karl Fulves Outjogged Counts doing Elmsley and Jordan Counts with outjogged card
 		1980 Color Quik 19
Unknown Description of the Three as Four Elmsley
1980 For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only! 43
Edward Marlo OPEC Technique
1981 The Lost Pages of the Kabbala 40
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1981 Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh 4
Fred Castle, Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count Technique for doing Elmsley Count with jumbo cards, either horizontally or vertically
 		1981 Magic With Giant Cards 2
Jack Avis The Elmsley-Jordan Count to Show Four Aces Siva Count basically
 		1981 Magic With Giant Cards 8
Alex Elmsley The Ghost Count
1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 207
Derek Dingle Elmsley Count Variation No. 1
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 37
Derek Dingle Elmsley Count Variation No. 2
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 46
Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count Technique
Also published here 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 78
Derek Dingle Elmsley Count Variation No. 3
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 128
Unknown Elmsley Count with Packet in Hand
1982 Best of Friends 473
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II 39
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo The Elmsley Count mechanic's grip to mechanic's grip
 		1982 Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 15
Edward Marlo Additional Ideas - Broken Count Broken Elmsley Count and more broken counts
Variations 1982 Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 22
David Solomon Modified Elmsley Count cards face-down and right hand turns to show faces
 		1982 Sessions 71
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 261
Hippie Torrales Just A Count Elmsley Count varitiation to show both sides
 		Nov. 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 11) 850
Edward Marlo Elmsley Count from Dealing Position to Dealing Position comment
 		1983 Marlo's Plus Package 80
Unknown Double-Elmsley-Count with eight cards
 		Oct. 1983 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 1) 1162
Philip T. Goldstein The Ghostback Count Elmsley/Flushtration combination from Pinch Grip
 		1983 MajorMinor 7
Unknown Paused Elmsley Count to hide discrepancy
 		1983 Facsimile (Issue 1) 8
Alex Elmsley Ghost Count
1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3) 51
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley The OPEC Count Out of Position Elmsley Count, tip
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5
Unknown 4 as 5 Elmsley Count
1984 Cards Hit 14
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count Technique
1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 50
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1984 Magic from the Parade #1 18
Eddie Taytelbaum Two Elmsley-Count Variations
June 1985 Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1073
Peter Marshall Flushtrated Elmsley Count
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 59
Unknown Broken Elmsley Count
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 68
Edward Marlo OPEC Count brief
 		1985 Formula One Close-Up 4
Philip T. Goldstein Vertical Ghost Count
Jan. 1985 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 9) 1274
Edward Marlo The OPEC Count
1985 Equinox 40
Roy Walton Split Elmsley Count broken Elmsley Count, credit information
 		Nov. 1985 The Card Man-uscript (Issue 2) 14
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 47
Larry Jennings Underground Elmsley Count
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 122
Edward Marlo Opec Count
Dec. 1986 Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 12) 1293
Unknown Elmsley Count with jumbo cards
 		1986 Riesenkarten 3 3
John Bannon Discrepant Reverse Elmsley Display Count DRED Count, showing both sides, hand turns at every beat
 		1986 Mirage 32
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
1987 Special Effects 99
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count Technique
1987 New Wave Close-Up 43
Darwin Ortiz Elmsley Variation different grip
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 142
Juan Tamariz First Example: Elmsley - Jordan Count handling details
 		1988 The Five Points in Magic 23
Edward Marlo Marlo Flexible Count
1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 37
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1988 The Scents of Sophistication 35
Jonathan Townsend Variation Elmsley to show both faces and backs
Related toVariations Jan. 1989 Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 1) 1590
Brother John Hamman Elmsley Count with Deck in Hands
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 18
Karl Fulves Block Exchange Counts as used in Elmsley Count
 		1989 And a Packet of Cards 2
Sam Schwartz Interrupted Elmsley Count cards no three and four are counted in reverse order
 		1989 And a Packet of Cards 7
Bill Wisch Top Secret Count false counts off the top of the deck, over, under, hiding cards
Variations 1989 Kaleidoscope 39
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1989 The Black & White Trick 43
Edward Marlo Broken-up Elmsley Count
1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 71
Ellis Stanyon Stanyon Count three-as-four Elmsley count
 		1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 72
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 96
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1989 Silver Special 81
Alex Elmsley Elmsley-Count (Vier als vier)
1989 German Card Top Twenties 75
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1990 Ultra Cervon 2
Jerry K. Hartman DRED - Discrepant Reverse Elmsley Display used to vanish an ace in an assembly
 		1990 Impossibilia 30
Gary Ouellet The Paradise Elmsley Count
1990 Close Up Illusions 94
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1990 Focus 4
Philip T. Goldstein Ghostback Count
1990 Focus 76
Edward Marlo Marlo's Broken Elmsley just an Elmsley Count with a pause to disguise repeated suits
 		1990 Top Secret Stuff 19
Shigeo Takagi Jumbo Card Elmsley Count
1990 The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi 74
Unknown Broken-Up Elmsley Count first (?) two cards are tabled after being counted
 		1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 17
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count some fine details
 		1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 26
Larry Jennings Extended Elmsley Count sequence to show the reds and blacks mixed
 		1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 29
Unknown The "expert-grip" Elmsley Count
1990 Heart of the City 5
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count fingertip or dealing position
 		1990 Falschzählmethoden 3
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 23
Persi Diaconis Avoiding Grip Shifting handling tip (now standard)
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 51
John Bannon On The Elmsley Count brief
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 19
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1991 Sveroni Original 27
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1991 Card Craft 22
Bob Stencel, Alex Elmsley Relaxed Elmsley Count
1992 Card Finesse II 57
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1992 Modus Operandi 19
Jack Carpenter, Alex Elmsley Extended Elmsley Count with five cards, showing a card twice
 		1992 Modus Operandi 102
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1992 Don't Blink 51
Fred Kaps Voltea Angular after an Elmsley count, the cards are singly turned and dropped on the table, hiding one surface
Also published here 1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 6 11
Terry LaGerould Modified Elmsley Count showing both sides
 		1992 Pasteboard Presentations 77
Alex Elmsley エルムズレイカウント (Elmsley Count)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 132
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1993 Twisted Sisters 15
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1994 Las Vegas Kardma 171
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count brief
 		1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4) 13
Roger Crosthwaite The Elmsley Count with credit information
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 195
Alex Elmsley Das Elmsley- (oder Ghost-)Zählen
May 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3) 104
Jack Carpenter Two Moves – The Tabled Elmsley Switch Elmsley Count done onto the table, applied in "Full Reverse" (p. 16), see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 32) for small crediting correction
Related to 1994 Labyrinth (Issue 2) 13
Darwin Ortiz Elmsley Count with deck in hands
1995 Cardshark 33
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count fingertip handling
 		1995 Natural Selections 24
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1995 What's Up Deck? 3
Unknown Half Elmsley Count two cards are counted and then both hands turn their pair of cards face up
 		1995 After Craft 181
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1996 Card College — Volume 2 311
Jay Frasier Rolling Elmsley four cards, hiding one of the eight surfaces
Related to 1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 48
Lee Freed All-Around Elmsley Display avoiding discrepancy in face-up Elmsley Count
 		1996 Facsimile (Issue 4) 38
Edward Marlo Opec Count
1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1189
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 213
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 223
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count "Ghost Count" or "Counting Four as Four"
Related to
  • "The Four Card Trick" (Alex Elmsley, marketed 1959)
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 314
Simon Lovell The Squelmsley Count with jumbo cards
 		1997 Simon Says! 103
Unknown Countthinks
1997 Simon Says! 203
Steve Beam The Maeb-Y Count right hand buckle as cards are counted from right to left, Elmsley Count
 		1997 Sound Effects 20
Alexander de Cova 1. Elmsley Count comments
 		1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2) 49
Paul Gordon ITHEC "In The Hands Elmsley Count"
Elmsley Count type switch in the spectator's fingers
Inspired by Mar. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3) 25
Mike Richards Vertical Elmsley Count
Related to Nov. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11) 56
Alex Elmsley Der Elmsley Count
1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 1) 33
Wesley James Carry-Elmsley Count
Inspired by Apr. 1999 Onyx (Issue 7) 1
Karl Fulves Covered Elmsley Count cards sticking out of book during count
 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 210
Stephen Minch Vertical Elmsley Credit Information
Related to Jan. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1) 53
Edward Marlo, Simon Aronson Broken Elmsley Variation
2001 Try the Impossible 124
Roy Walton Partial Elmsley Count doing only first two counts (uncredited)
Also published here Aug. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3) 12
Dan Garrett Down for the Count held at corner and movement is diagonal
  • My Elmsley Count
 		2002 2002 — The Last Palindrome 19
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Elmsley Count Variant concealing two backs as well as one face
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 79
Unknown Broken Elmsley Count
2004 Enchantments 34
Wesley James The JEHHFOWJ Count "Jordan, Elmsley, Haxton, Houghton, ?, James"
 		2004 Enchantments 55
Larry West, Jonathan Townsend, Wesley James West-Townsend-James (WTJ) Count Elmsley-style Gemini Count, backs and faces of four cards
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 384
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
2004 After The Force 42
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2004 Subtle Miracles 143
Pete McCabe Face-Out Ghost Count cards lifted every time
 		Jan. 2004 Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1) 30
Unknown Broken Up Elmsley
2005 Overlap 56
Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock Angular Turnover after an Elmsley count, the cards are singly turned and dropped on the table, hiding one face/back, see also p. 116 for more details
Related toAlso published here 2006 The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic 77
Alex Elmsley Mechanic's Grip Elmsley Count
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 49
Edward Marlo OPEC Count brief
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 378
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 265
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 This Is Not a Book 74
Arturo de Ascanio In-Transit Actions in the Elmsley Count
2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 320
Steve Beam The Beamsley Count aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle
Also published here 2008 Counter Attack 12
Wayne Houchin Elmsley Count Finesse lowering left fingers
 		June 2009 Genii (Vol. 72 No. 6) 65
John Guastaferro Overturned Counts cards are turned over while counted one by one
1. Overturned Elmsley
2. Overturned Stanyon
 		2010 One Degree 77
Jean-Claude Pagès, Unknown Lapping Elmsley no credit but similar to reference
Related to 2010 Secret Agenda (Issue May 6) 137
Roy Walton Split Elmsley Count doing only first two counts
Also published here Oct. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10) 14
Steve Beam The Beamsley Count aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle
Related toAlso published here 2011 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum) iv
Harry Lorayne About Counts four-as-four counts in End Grip
  • The Center Switch Count
  • The Double Double Count
  • The Lorayne Count
Related to 2011 Special Effects 126
John Bannon "Triple Play" Display Sequence combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2011 Bullet Party 11
John Bannon Bullet Party Display Count combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2011 Triabolical 12
Unknown Five-As-Five Count Elmsley Count dynamics
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 61
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
May 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5) 44
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 29
Unknown OPEC Count Out-Of-Position Elmsley Count
 		2013 High Caliber 90
John Bannon "Triple Play" Display Sequence combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2013 High Caliber 123
John Bannon Bullet Party Display Count combination of Elmsley and Flushtration count to show both sides of four cards
Also published here 2013 High Caliber 200
Tomas Blomberg Tomas on the Elmsley Count small finesse
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 164
Laurent Prochasson Display after Elmsley Count after an Elmsley Count cards are apparently shown on both sides, also to easily get a break over odd card
 		2014 Notes de Conférence 1 5
Erik Jansson After Elmsley finesse in which cards are apparently shown in spread from both sides
 		Dec. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12) 48
Javier Piñeiro Elmsley Count Variation brief, display of both sides
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 189
So Sato Vertical Three as Four Count Elmsley Count alternative
 		2016 The Secrets of So Sato 87
Pete McCabe Face-Out Ghost Count vertical
 		2016 The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. 192
Alex Elmsley Ghost Count
2016 The Complete Walton — Volume 3 239
Tom Stone Jogsley Count cards out-jogged and stripped out one by one, false-count type switch happens as they are removed that way
 		July 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7) 51
Persi Diaconis Elmsley Counting Direction into left hand
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 173
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2018 Seminarheft 17
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
2018 Principia 170
Edward Marlo OPEC Count
2018 Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1) 4
Larry Jennings The Elmsley Count (All-Count Technique) right-hand corner grip
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 261
Roberto Giobbi Practical Examples use of gaze
  • The Eye Onstage
  • Zarrow Shuffle
  • Elmsley Count
  • Coin Vanish
 		2021 Sharing Secrets 41
Roberto Giobbi Positive and Negative Insertions in Practice
  • Historical Example of a Positive Insertion
  • Positive Insertion - Delayed Elmsley Count
  • Positive Insertion - Card Control
  • Negative Insertion - Dramatic Construction
 		2021 Sharing Secrets 53
Nathan Colwell Elmsley Switch-Ditch Two versions of using Elmsley Count to switch and ditch cards on top of deck
 		2021 Lorem Ipsum 31
John Bannon Broken Elmsley Count Laydown
July 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7) 60
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces comment on pivot move, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 104
Dai Vernon Elmsley Count five as five, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 111