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Compositions with Cards

Book
2014
Written by Simon Aronson
Work of Simon Aronson
326 pages (Hardcover), published by unknown publisher
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
66 entries
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David Finkelstein Introduction
xi
Simon Aronson Preface
xiv
Simon Aronson Techniques chapter intro
 		2
Simon Aronson, Steve Bedwell Bedwell, Funsky, and more... Steve Bedwell's Dribble Toss Control (and many variations)

  • Two Selections
  • Glimpsing the (New) Bottom Card
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Variations
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Simon Aronson The Funsky Glimpse Glimpse with the Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
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Simon Aronson An Efficient Triumph Using the Dribble Toss Control and Funsky Glimpse
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 7
Simon Aronson Sandwich Control Sandwich using Dribble Toss Control
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Simon Aronson Impromptu Card at Number, with Mind Reading Card at number effect, using Dribble Toss Control and Funsky Glimpse
Inspired by
 12
Simon Aronson The Milk Load, and the Funsky Force Milk Shuffle Force (overhand), combined with subtlety Cross Cut Force
 		14
A Simple Ace Production Milk Shuffle Ace Production, Marlo showed to Aronson but credit is unknown
 		14
Simon Aronson The Funsky Force Milk Shuffle Force combined with Cross Cut Force
 		17
Simon Aronson Bluff Oracle Reverse Faro exploration, Oracle effect without math
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Simon Aronson Bluff Oracle - First Level (Tracking the Bottom Card) Reverse Faro elimination, keep track of bottom card
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Simon Aronson Bluff Oracle - Second Level (The Double Option) Reverse Faro elimination, keep track of bottom card, but allow you to control whether the target card is outjogged or injogged
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Simon Aronson More Than One Target Using Double Option to keep track of two cards
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Simon Aronson Bluff Oracle - Counting Reverse Faro elimination, counting cards to determine number
 		27
Simon Aronson Funsky Four-for-Four Switch Stripout Switch, similar to Nolap Switch, deck is tabled as the cards are switched
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Simon Aronson Aronson Stripout 2.0 Stripout false shuffle, multiple running cuts during the stripout
  • 1. Bottom Cut Shuffle
  • 2. Top Cut Shuffle
  • 3. Two Shuffle Version
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Simon Aronson Tool Sets
49
Simon Aronson On the Spot Chapter intro
 		52
Simon Aronson Double Vision Spectators select two cards, magician predicts them both correctly, self working force
Also published here
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Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move
56
Simon Aronson Not a Chance Card chosen, magician uses "randomly stopped" cards to divine color, suit, value, chosen card travels to magician's packet
 		60
Simon Aronson Switch Hit transposition of spectator and magician's selection
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Variations
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John Benzais Benzais Spin Out Production
68
Simon Aronson, John Bannon, David Solomon Among the Discards selected Ace appears between the two black Queens in a surprising location - not in the deck where they are placed, but on the table where the other three Aces were
Also published here
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Simon Aronson Double-Ment Magician divines two thought-of cards
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Simon Aronson Two-fer spectator locates four selections, and also four Aces as a surprise
 		81
Martin A. Nash Tabled Multiple Shift
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Simon Aronson P.U.R.E. Surprise On the element of surprise in magic, uses Twisting effects as example, PURE = Planned Unanticipated Relevance Ending
 		89
Simon Aronson I Already Told You Transpositions between Ace of Spades, first selection and second selection
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Simon Aronson Two-Faced Chapter Intro
 		100
Simon Aronson About Face Hofzinser Ace Problem combined with elements of Between Your Palms / The Signed Card
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 101
Norman Osborn Double Count counting a double faced card twice to show four of a kind
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Simon Aronson Thinking Inside the Box Jokers sandwich, find three selections. Climax is third signed card appears sandwiched between Jokers placed inside card box.
 		113
Daryl Martinez Convincing Tilt
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Variations
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Harry Houdini, S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Color Change
121
Simon Aronson Twice Removed, Once Again Two selections reversed in deck transpose with two Jokers, each sandwiched between Queens, two double facers
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Brother John Hamman Sandwich Switch
132
Simon Aronson Totals Chapter Intro
 		140
Simon Aronson Totally Fooling Three random cards stopped on, sum of values equal number of cards cut off, plus selection is at that number
Inspired by
  • Linking Ring, June 1973
Variations
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Simon Aronson Total Recall Spectator cuts off some cards, number of cards matches the sum of values of three random chosen cards, MCS Stack (Multiple Card Sum Stack)
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Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stack credit information
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Simon Aronson Total Surrender Total Recall combined with Totally Fooling, MCS Stack
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Simon Aronson The Total Package Three phases, MCS Stack
1. Total Recall
2. Prediction of card at number
3. Selection found at number
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Simon Aronson Birthdays and Datebooks Chapter intro
 		178
Simon Aronson No-Stack Datebook Birthday book effect without stack, based on formula
 		179
Simon Aronson Fate Accompli Birthday book effect, based on Fate, without gaffs, duplicates or index
Inspired by
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David Oestreicher Optical Sandwich Similar to Hamman Sandwich Switch
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Simon Aronson Birthday Backer Combining Birthday Book with a special double backer
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Simon Aronson Countdown Cull Culling with cards face down
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Larry Jennings Larreverse
219
Simon Aronson Memorized Decks Chapter Intro
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Simon Aronson Shuffle Tracking magician locates freely selected card, in the process secretly switching deck out for memorized deck
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Simon Aronson Gemini Meets the Stack Gemini procedure done with memorized deck, spectator places two Jokers next to two selections
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Simon Aronson Christ-Aronson Aces Henry Christ Aces which retains Aronson Stack
Variations
 241
Simon Aronson The Aronson Stack "Makes Good" Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here
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Simon Aronson Eccen-tricks Chapter Intro
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Simon Aronson Mental and Physical Uses Time Warp Wallet. Magician correctly predicts thought of card and locates selected card
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Simon Aronson Square Deal faux fortune telling routine, magician divines number of cards cut off, magic square formed with cards also divine that number
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Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
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Simon Aronson Disillusionment Essay on how to deal with spectators who are begging you to expose the secret
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Simon Aronson Pondering Predictions Discussion on prediction effects
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Simon Aronson Random Sample Shuffle-bored prediction on folded paper, with the "except..." ending
  • Background and Theory
  • The Booklet Fold
  • Set-up of Deck
  • Performance
  • Comments
  • Credits
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Simon Aronson Two by Two Undo Influence, spectators choose two cards, two numbers chosen from a number deck, cards are found at those numbers
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Simon Aronson Postscript
325
Data entered by Harapan Ong, September 2020.