Precursor

A Magazine of Innovation

Magazine
1983-2006
Written by William P. Miesel
Work of Various
2,500 pages (Stapled), 6 Issues, published by Unikorn Magik
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
83 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
William P. Miesel Precursor I
1 June 1983 1
William P. Miesel The Tahoe Key card from other deck with different back, acts as locator card
 		1 June 1983 2
William P. Miesel Multiple Card Control card from other deck with different back, acts as locator card
 		1 June 1983 4
William P. Miesel Wild Prediction In Wallet odd-backed Menetekel made with two decks with different backs, prediction of chosen card in wallet
 		1 June 1983 5
Ed Eckl Editorial (without title)
 		1 June 1983 7
Nick Trost An ESP Prediction ESP cards in pocket, prediction of chosen one, using double facer ESP cards
 		1 June 1983 8
William P. Miesel The Millenium Backs
1 June 1983 10
Francis Carlyle Carlyle Turnover brief
 		1 June 1983 11
Ed Eckl Editorial (without title)
 		1 June 1983 11
Neal Elias Peek Controls intro, following moves dated 1953
 		1 June 1983 12
Neal Elias Double Swing Control bottom card to top, swing cuts
 		1 June 1983 12
Neal Elias To Control Peeked-At Cards to the Bottom of Deck One at a Time using swing cuts
 		1 June 1983 12
Neal Elias To Control Peeked-At Cards to the Top of Deck One at a Time using swing cuts
 		1 June 1983 13
Neal Elias Double Peek Control One Card to Top, One to Bottom using swing cuts
 		1 June 1983 14
Neal Elias Two Peeked-At Cards to Top of Deck in One Cut using swing cuts, two methods
 		1 June 1983 14
Neal Elias Triple Peek Step Control to Top of Deck using swing cuts
 		1 June 1983 15
Neal Elias Editorial (without title), how to use hands of spectator as table without spectator being able to do anything, interlocked fingers
 		1 June 1983 15
William P. Miesel Wild Tic - Wilder Tac - Wildest Toe packet trick with blank cards where Xs and Os appear, Tic Tac Toe theme
Inspired by
  • Ed Hollins' "More Tic Than Toe" in "Heuristic Series", 1979.
 1 June 1983 16
Shigeo Takagi The Japanese Blanks Count
1 June 1983 19
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title)
 		1 June 1983 20
William P. Miesel Precursor II
2 Oct. 1983 1
Edward Marlo A Multiple Effect Continued two spectators think of a number and card at that position, they travel to pocket, three methods
Related to
 2 Oct. 1983 3
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), how to make edible Martini after idea in Ibidem
Related to
 2 Oct. 1983 9
Warren Stephens Okito Box without Coins intro on using a Okito Box in combination with other props
 		2 Oct. 1983 10
Warren Stephens Spot Prediction pair of dice vanish in Okito Box
 		2 Oct. 1983 10
Warren Stephens Too Many Stamps one and two Cent stamps vanish from Okito Box and Dollar stamp appears
 		2 Oct. 1983 11
Ed Eckl On the Karate Coin (no title), design for Karate Coin
Related to
 2 Oct. 1983 12
Lou Gallo Count Down Delight two selections found by counting down four cards, with four-of-a-kind kicker
Also published here
Inspired by
 2 Oct. 1983 13
Ed Eckl Prestidigiteckls on the word prestidigitator, puns
Related to
 2 Oct. 1983 15
Ed Eckl Your Favourite Card Trick gag piece, on using "your favourite method"
Also published here
  • "Genii" 1962.
 2 Oct. 1983 16
Ed Eckl (reviewer) Intimate Power by Eugene Burger (written by Philip Reed Willmarth) 2 Oct. 1983 19
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title)
 		2 Oct. 1983 20
William P. Miesel Precursor III
3 Mar. 1984 1
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title)
 		3 Mar. 1984 2
Jon Racherbaumer Locked-Room Hotel Mystery two Kings placed on a red Queen and two Kings placed on a black Queen, four Kings end up together and two Queens
Related to
  • William Miesel's "Creative Card Magic" p. 96.
 3 Mar. 1984 3
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle, Bob Veeser Kardyro-Biddle-Veeser Handling Biddle steal
 		3 Mar. 1984 3
Roy Walton* The Walton Show no credit
 		3 Mar. 1984 4
Jon Racherbaumer The Mexican Addition card added to packet that is flipped over with another card
Also published here
Related to
 3 Mar. 1984 5
William P. Miesel Further Mysteries of the Locker Room two Kings placed on a red Queen and two Kings placed on a black Queen, four Kings end up together and two Queens, using two card cases
 		3 Mar. 1984 6
Philip T. Goldstein* Tic - Tac - Total cards with Xs and Os, wild card type
Inspired by
  • Ed Hollins' "More Tic Than Toe" in "Heuristic Series", 1979
 3 Mar. 1984 9
Philip T. Goldstein* Quadrophonic False Turnover brief
 		3 Mar. 1984 9
Philip T. Goldstein*, Bob Veeser Veeser Concept
3 Mar. 1984 10
Larry West Larry West Transformation four cards at once
 		3 Mar. 1984 11
William P. Miesel The Riffle Shuffle as a Control
  • Controlling Two Cards During a Riffle Shuffle
  • Using a Riffle Shuffle to Bring the Bottom Card to the Top
  • Bring the Selection from the Bottom to the Top without Disturbing the Order of the Deck
  • Second Method
 		3 Mar. 1984 12
William P. Miesel The Substitution Trunk Card Trick King and Queen transposition, sub trunk story with card case and rubber bands
Inspired by
  • a routine by Jon Brunelle
Related to
 3 Mar. 1984 19
William P. Miesel Precursor IV
4 Apr. 1984 1
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title)
 		4 Apr. 1984 2
Mel Stover* Yenta Outfiddled two cards selected by both spectator and performer from rainbow deck, Gemini Twins placement, backs and faces match, then some cards are removed and torn in halves, spelling "Last Two Cards Match", which is correct back and front
Variations
  • marketed 1984
 4 Apr. 1984 3
Charles Reynolds Now, Watch Closely on fooling people
Also published here
  • in "Chemtech - The Innovator's Magazein" , May 1981.
 4 Apr. 1984 5
Al Thatcher Quadruple Count Down total of two values used to find selection
 		4 Apr. 1984 6
Dealing Force with turn over of the deck, similar to Kaps Force
 		4 Apr. 1984 6
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), on radio show "A Prairie Home Companion"
 		4 Apr. 1984 7
William P. Miesel Color Triumph four packets are shuffled into each other face-up/face-down, color change kicker
Inspired by
 4 Apr. 1984 8
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), ideas for Clippo
 		4 Apr. 1984 9
Del Copley Loading Two Coins Into a Purse without Talking
4 Apr. 1984 10
Ed Eckl Prestidigiteckls on the word prestidigitator, puns
Related to
 4 Apr. 1984 11
David Ben Action Lapping incomplete faro fan to select card, waterfall flourish
 		4 Apr. 1984 12
Ed Eckl Harry's Laws humorous rules by Harry Hirschvogel
Related to
 4 Apr. 1984 14
Dom Cervas With Mirrors half deck is reversed and incomplete faro used to select three cards, all are divined
 		4 Apr. 1984 15
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), magician's gag with folding coin, pun
 		4 Apr. 1984 17
William P. Miesel The Joker is a Joke four Aces transpose with joker in wallet one by one
Inspired by
 4 Apr. 1984 18
Frederick Braue Braue Addition
4 Apr. 1984 18
Edward Marlo ATFUS
4 Apr. 1984 20
William P. Miesel Precursor V
5 Sep. 1984 1
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title)
 		5 Sep. 1984 3
Jon Racherbaumer Prophecy on Rye prediction of card which ends up sandwiched between two face-up cards after faro shuffle
Inspired by
 5 Sep. 1984 4
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), on Tom Mullica's An Evening at the Tom Foolery Tape
 		5 Sep. 1984 5
David (Foote) Drake Perverse Discovery off-beat production of four Queens and then four Aces, apparently trying to find missing card
 		5 Sep. 1984 6
Ed Eckl More Harry's Laws humorous rules by Harry Hirschvogel
Related to
 5 Sep. 1984 8
William P. Miesel The Substitution Trunk Card Trick
  • Second Method
King and Queen transposition, sub trunk story with card case and rubber bands
Inspired by
Related to
 5 Sep. 1984 9
David Ben Short and Sweet Sugar vanishes, reappears in coffee
Variations
 5 Sep. 1984 11
Neal Elias Sensitive Fingers deck cut several times, bottom cards are divined
 		5 Sep. 1984 13
All Around Square Up Glimpse
5 Sep. 1984 13
Bottom Peek
Also published here
  • in Sid Fleischman and Bob Gunther's "Top Secrets" 1947.
 5 Sep. 1984 13
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), gag with break-away-wand
 		5 Sep. 1984 14
Ed Eckl The Three-Card Twenty-One Card Trick gag, apparently doing the 21 card trick with three cards, selection vanishes
 		5 Sep. 1984 15
William P. Miesel Cover Up Lapping Switch packet switch using lapping, as method for That Better Be Your Card! and cutting the Aces
  • Spectator Cuts the Aces
Inspired by
 5 Sep. 1984 17
Ed Eckl Strange Stranger... Strained Stranger apparently destroying card from other magician, stranger card
Related to
 5 Sep. 1984 19
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), gag
 		5 Sep. 1984 20
William P. Miesel Precursor VI on some remarks by Phil Willmarth
 		6 Dec. 1984 1
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title) on Eugene Burger's The Craft of Magic
 		6 Dec. 1984 3
Philip T. Goldstein* Interface blank card transposes with odd backed playing card, only faces transpose
 		6 Dec. 1984 4
Ed Eckl Editorial (no title), on Ibidem Events, Max Maven, Stewart James
 		6 Dec. 1984 5
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, April 2026.