Holes Effects

77 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der Kunstschütze No. 20, hole shot in Ace, gaff card with hole that can be pushed open
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
24
Der Kunstschütze Eine Kartensoirée No. 3
card held by spectator is shot at, a hole appears in its middle
 		Oct. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2)
22
Der Kunstschütze pip is shot out of card in air with pistol
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
64
Ben-Zur Ben-Zur's Meisterschuss selection tossed into the air, hole shot through marked pip with pistol
 		Feb. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 2)
19
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia La Carta Agujereada selection is found with hole in center, apparently shot with a gun
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
61
Norman Houghton Hole Card card suddenly has a hole, stud poker presentation
Variations Jan. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 3)
153
Ned Rutledge Ho-Ho-Hole Card card suddenly has a hole, stud poker presentation
Inspired by Apr. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)
173
Guy Thompson The Posse Comitatus western story, selection ends up with a hole, using a cap pistol
 		1971
Magick (Issue 13)
61
Karl Fulves Hole Wild Card Note C., packet of cards becomes holes, posed as problem
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
21
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
43
Paul Curry Spaced Out blue-backed and red-backed card with different suit symbol holes punched out, holes switch places
 		1978
Spaced Out
1
Edward Marlo Black-Hole Card Switcheroo hole punched in selection travels to joker
 		1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
16
Steve Dusheck Hole Transposition two cards, a hole travels from one card to another in a plastic case
Also published here 1980 ca.
Lecture No. 1
9
Steve Dusheck Holed Up cork pushed halfway through hole in card, moved around
Also published here 1980 ca.
Lecture No. 1
10
Allan Hayden Half and Hole coin locates card and damages it (hole)
 		Mar. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 3)
463
Don England Ever-Ready Hole Card hole removed from pocket placed on card becomes real
 		1981
Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Hearts)
7
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here 1981
Esolc
65
Daryl Martinez, Jon Racherbaumer Two-Bit Wild Card coin stickers multiply on blank cards, real coins appear leaving holes in cards, see credit correction on page 192 and page lxix
Variations Mar. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 19)
179
Dick Koornwinder Crazy Canon cannon drawn on paper fires with bang, hole in selected card
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
4
Peter Duffie Impulse selection and blank card transpose, then hole transposes
  • Notes by David Britland
Also published here 1984
Duet
5
Trevor Lewis Hole Card coin fits through hole in card even though it is too small
Also published here 1984 (ca.)
Magic of my Friends
1
Steve Cohen The Missing Middle middle of picture card disappears
 		Mar. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 3)
1179
Johnny Lindholm Impromptu Holey Terror
Variations Sep. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 2)
7
David Regal The Flying Hole from card to another card
 		1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
132
David Regal On Your Mark drawn X comes off card, leaves hole
 		1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
166
Richard Bartram, Jr. Punch Finish/Punch Transposition
Also published here Oct. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 10)
1700
Karl Fulves No. 1 With A Bullet poker hand gets better every time it's displayed and the cards get bullet holes, posed as problem
Related to 1989
Kaleidoscope
30
Jerry K. Hartman Lo and Be-holed hole punched in card vanishes
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
626
Steve Dusheck Well Healed two cards with holes, one hole restores, silvery disk gaff on one of the cards
 		1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
21
Steve Dusheck Holed Up cork pushed halfway through hole in card, moved around
Inspired by
  • "Hole Collection" (Billy McComb)
Also published here 		1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
76
Steve Dusheck Hole Transpo two cards, a hole travels from one card to another in a plastic case
  • Alternate Punch Routine
Also published here 1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
92
Philip T. Goldstein Optickle packet trick with smiley faces on cards, they change in different ways and one card ends up with a hole
Inspired by
  • Robert Neale’s “Who Be The Beast"
 Oct. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 2)
50
Claus "Dixon" Wegener, Karlheinz Krummel Ein Loch ist im... card with hole is placed in stand, hole can be moved around
 		1992
Seminar '92
4
Richard Bartram, Jr. Hole Shuttle punched hole moves from one end to the other
 		1993
Mystification
5
Richard Bartram, Jr. Hole Card Monte last phase for three card monte, hole punched in one card jumps to other card
 		1993
Mystification
10
Richard Bartram, Jr. Punch Transposition holes in performer's card travel to selection
Also published here 1993
Mystification
17
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
 1994
Notable Magic!
14
David Acer No Holes Barred two holes punched in card, one is dragged across
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1995
Natural Selections
26
David Acer Swiss Pack many holes appear in chosen card, then the deck has a big hole through it
VariationsAlso published here 1995
Natural Selections
133
David Acer No Holes Barred two holes punched in card, one is dragged across
Also published here 1995
Inside Cardmagic
7
Aldo Colombini Mouse Trap Ace of Spades and card representing cheese end up in sandwich, cheese card then has holes in it (like Swiss cheese)
Inspired by
  • Terry Lagerould routine from Australian magic magazine
Variations 		1995
What's Up Deck?
134
Nick Pudar Whole Hole hole appears and disappears in queen
 		Dec. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 12)
2731
Richard Bartram, Jr. Albatross Card two cards travel to wallet, then hole travels from one card to the other
 		1997
Trephine
105
Simon Lovell Heartlebox hole also appears in case
Related to 1997
Simon Says!
147
Marcelo Contento Drilling hole appears in signed selection
 		Jan. 1998
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 5)
72
Ellis Stanyon The Bullet Ace No. 40, hole visually appears in Ace
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
181
Diamond Jim Tyler The Gunslinger cowboy figure drawn on selected card, it is bent so it stands upright on the table, performer mimes shooting on it and the card falls over and has a bullet hole
 		Apr. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 8)
73
Karl Fulves Bite Size vampire card travels next to selection which then has a hole (bite) and is odd-backed
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
22
Joshua Jay The Hole Thing hole appears in card, hole grows, then card vanishes, for credit correction by Jerry Sadowitz see "Correction" reference
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Feb. 2003
MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 6)
83
Peter Duffie Impulse selection and blank card transpose, then hole transposes
  • Notes by David Britland
Related toAlso published here 2004
Subtle Miracles
21
Philip T. Goldstein Adoorable packet tricks with images of locked window and door, key appears and door opens leaving an actual hole in the card
Related to
  • "A Doorkey Trick" (Phil Goldstein, Linking Ring, July 1993)
Also published here 		July 2004
MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 11)
82
Aldo Colombini Punch His Match! several cards are selected and holes punched in them, one is selected and face and positions of holes match with blue-backed prediction
Also published here 2004
Cardsdotcom
13
Aldo Colombini Holy Moly a card from a Royal Flush is selected and placed under an envelope, hole appears on card and missing part found in envelope
Inspired by
  • a problem posed by Lennie Darro on his wensite Darro's Den
 2004
Cardsdotcom
31
Gene Taylor The Hole Monte monte routine in which one card has a hole in the middle
Inspired byRelated to May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
40
Michael Powers Impromptu Terror traveling hole effect
  • Phase 2: One Hole Jumps to Another Card
  • Phase 3: The Holes Are Brought Back Together
Inspired by
  • "Holey Terror" (Michael Powers, marketed item, 1983)
 2006
Power Plays
56
Steve Skomp Truth, Lies, and Machine Gun Seconds second deal demonstration, than a hole is shown in top card which is then restored
Also published here Dec. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 4)
71
David Regal See-Through Monte two-card monte followed by transposition of large hole from card to card
 		2008
Approaching Magic
409
Aldo Colombini, Kevin Kelly Punch His Match card chosen and holes punched in it, prediction card is the same card with the same hole configuration
Also published here 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
522
Román García Los Agujeros Viajeros four hole travel to one corner of signed card, one by one
 		2010
Nanomagias
231
Ben Williams Heartless in flash three Heart pips appear, selected Three of Hearts now has three holes in it
Inspired by
  • "In a Flash" (Jay Sankey)
Related toAlso published here 		Feb. 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 6)
70
Glenn West Moving Hole punched holes move on card
Inspired by
  • "Holey Terror II" (Michael Powers, marketed)
Also published here 		July 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 11)
70
David Acer Swiss Pack many holes appear in chosen card, then the deck has a big hole through it
Also published here 2011
More Power to You
79
David Acer Wormhole hole punched in card is slid off and put onto paper coffee cup, coffee is poured out of it
 		2011
More Power to You
163
Jay Sankey I.Q. Test black hole drawn onto face of card, marker pushed through drawn hole
Also published here
  • Sankry 1999 video
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
577
Tomas Blomberg Defect Gatherer punched hole dragged across a card
Related to 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
214
Christopher Fouquet The Hole Trick holes appear in four cards
 		July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
55
Peter Pellikaan Afgronden four coins in square formation, four duplicate cards, a hole appears in the cards so they can be placed onto the coins with the coins in the holes, holes vanish again
Variations 2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
5
Peter Pellikaan Variant four coins in square formation, four duplicate cards, another card with hole, then a hole appears in the cards, holes vanish again
Inspired by 2018
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Glenn West Moving Hole punched holes move on card
Inspired by
  • "Holy Terror II" (Michael Powers, marketed)
Also published here 		2020
Magic for BLM
266
Lee Petrucci Holey Caddiddlehopper named card is only one with hole in it, in an envelope is found the missing hole
 		Sep. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 9)
66
Jonathan Friedman Middle Man
  • WWPD ("What Would Paul Do?", Paul Harris)
one of the four Kings is chosen and signed and placed under the card case, only center portion of that Kings travels into the deck leaving behind a hole in the signed King
 		Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
58
Kyle Leon A Cartoon Magic Effect "ACME", hole in signed selection is pulled off, card is then whole again
Inspired by
  • "ACME Hole" (Lloyd Barnes, marketed by Ellusionist, January 2017)
Also published here
  • "Crafting Miracles: A Compendium of Trickery and Deceit - Volume 1" (Kyle Leon, 2019)
 Aug. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)
354
Joshua Jay The Hole Thing hole appears in card, hole grows, then card vanishes, for credit correction by Jerry Sadowitz see p. 183
Related to
  • "Fixing a Hole" (Roy Walton, The Crimp, Feb. 2001)
Also published here 		2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
165
Philip T. Goldstein Adoorable packet tricks with images of locked window and door, key appears and door opens leaving an actual hole in the card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
312
Steve Skomp Truth, Lies, and Machine Gun Seconds second deal demonstration, than a hole is shown in top card which is then restored
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
810
Ben Williams Heartless in flash three Heart pips appear, selected Three of Hearts now has three holes in it
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
923
Glenn West Moving Hole punched holes move on card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
959