James Swain

3 publications by James Swain:

Don't Blink (The Magic of James Swain, James Swain, 1992)
Miracles with Cards (James Swain, 1996)
21st Century Card Magic (James Swain, 1999)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Theodore Annemann*	The $ 1,000 Test Card Location	stacked, risky	Also published here New $1000 Test Card Location (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to $1,000 Test Card Location (Theodore Annemann, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Variations Star Trik (Doug Edwards, Cardmania, 1978) The $ 1,000,000 Test (Steven Youell, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) … and 2 more	1934	SH-H-H--! It's A Secret	43	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
	One from Five	one from five memorized card is chosen and located by touch	Related to The Dummy Fan Force (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1938	Greater Magic	342	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*	New $1000 Test Card Location	stacked, risky	Also published here The $ 1,000 Test Card Location (Theodore Annemann, SH-H-H--! It's A Secret, 1934) Related to $1,000 Test Card Location (Theodore Annemann, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Variations Star Trik (Doug Edwards, Cardmania, 1978) The $ 1,000,000 Test (Steven Youell, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) … and 2 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	303	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Francis Carlyle	Decapitation	head of match is scratched off, reappears, lights	Related to Speaking Volumes (James Swain, Genii, 2002)	1947	Stars of Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)	57	Match & Matchbox / Match / Relighting already struck match
Bob Nelson	The Nelson Quickie	card drops onto table from deck	Also published here The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Equinox, 1985) also in: The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, MAGIC, 2015) Related to Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Methods with Cards — Part 1, 1975) Do-It-Yourself Double Drop (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1992) Variations Do-It-Yourself Double Drop (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1992)	1947	Marlo In Spades	32	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Edward Marlo	Simple Shift		Related to The Most Flexible Shift: Simple Shift (Edward Marlo, The Multiple Shift, 1961) Simple Shift (Edward Marlo, Kort, 1999) … and 2 more Variations Multiple Shift (Walter Rollins, Epilogue, 1974) The SMITH Shift (Al Smith, The Talon, 1979) also in: The Smith Shift (Cards On Demand, 1980) … and 10 more	1953	The Cardician	58	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Edward Marlo	The Follow Up Aces	Aces are put on top of four piles which are gathered, they come to top	Related to K. M. Move Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The K. M. Move, 1962) Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, Expert Card Mysteries, 1969) … and 7 more Variations K. M. Move Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The K. M. Move, 1962) Roundup (James Swain, Best of Friends, 1982) … and 6 more	1953	The Cardician	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Edward Marlo	One Riffle Shuffle Stacks - For Two Cards	featuring Block Set Up principle	Variations One Shuffle Riffle Stack (Edward Marlo, James Swain, Arcane, 1982) One Shuffle Riffle Stack (Edward Marlo, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1959	Riffle Shuffle Systems	91	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Harry Lorayne	Change of Four Cards	Push-Through Change	Related to Plunger Change (Jim Ryan, Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card Routines, 1981) Variations Switching sequence (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Aces Take The Plunge (Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic, 1997)	1961	Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic	67	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Jay Ose	Ose's Cut	triple cut to table	Also published here Ose Cut (Jay Ose, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8, 2020) also in: Ose's Cut (Jay Ose, Particle System, 2024) Related to False Cutting and Shuffling (Ken De Courcy, Jay Ose, Super Spell, 1980) Expertalk: Jim Swain on the Jay Ose False Cut (James Swain, MAGIC, 2002) also in: Expertalk: Jim Swain on the Jay Ose False Cut (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations Spectator's Ose False Cut (Paul Harris, Jay Ose, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) Ose False Cut variation (Jerry K. Hartman, James Swain, Jay Ose, Card Dupery, 2007) … and 7 more	1962	Close-up Card Magic	93	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Edward Marlo	Block Stacking		Related to Block Stacking Sequence (Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz, Arcane, 1982) Variations Block Stacking Sequence (Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz, Arcane, 1982) Block Stacking Sequence (Edward Marlo, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1964	The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)	34	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Larry Jennings	Jennings' Visitor		Also published here The Visitor (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) also in: The Visitor (Larry Jennings, Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Related to Pre-Cannibal Cards (Lin Searles, Epilogue, 1972) Variations Night Visitor (Howard Schwarzman, Epilogue, 1974) Return Trip (Karl Fulves, Methods with Cards — Part 1*, 1975) … and 11 more	1969	Expert Card Mysteries	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Visitor
Derek Dingle	Mental Triumph	mathematical selection procedure	Related to Mental Miracle (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Mental Miracle (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	July 1972	Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1))	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Fred Kaps	I am in Debt	Ace to Four, then cards are removed, always add up to ten	Also published here Schulden (Fred Kaps, Fred Kaps Lecture, 1978) Related to Non-Adjustable 10 (Karl Fulves, Secret Session — Part Three, 1987) I am in Debt (Fred Kaps, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) Variations Predicción para hoy (Juan Manuel Marcos, El Manuscrito, 2016) Over the Limit (Fred Kaps, Camilo Vázquez, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12*, 2020)	1972	Fred Kaps Lecture	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Paul Curry	The Tap Pass	tapping one half on the other as a cover, also as packet switch (see p. 99)	Related to The Dummy Pass (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1974	Paul Curry Presents	89	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes
Martin A. Nash	Aces For Experts Only	any Ace called for	Related to Aces for Experts Only (Martin A. Nash, Ovation, 1980) Up-the-Ladder Aces (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Variations Impossible Poker Demonstration (John F. Mendoza, The Book of John, 1978) Aces for Experts Only (Martin A. Nash, Ovation, 1980)	1975	Ever So Sleightly	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Darwin Ortiz	Combination Aces	free cut principle, faros	Also published here Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) Inspired by Vernon's Aces (Dai Vernon, Close-up Card Magic, 1962) Related to Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005) Variations Combination Cull (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002)	1975	Afterthoughts	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Larry Jennings	An Ambitious Classic	two methods	Also published here Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) also in: Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Related to Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Nick Trost, Impromptu Card Magic, 1979) also in: Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) … and 2 more	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))	269	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	Instant Aces		Also published here Instant Aces (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Related to Larry Jennings Instant Aces (Tim Conover, Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks, 2025) Variations Reverse Logic (Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings, Workers Number 5, 1996) Instant Aces (Larry Jennings, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))	279	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon	The Viet Nam Trick	card and number are predicted by two cards (value and suit, then values added to count to selection)	Also published here The Vietnam Trick (Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon, The Cervon File, 1988) also in: Counting on the Foreseeable (Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon, Genii, 2023) Related to Amazing Prediction (Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Bruce Cervon, Rim Shots, 1973) Variations Vietnam Card Trick 2007 (John C. Wagner, Freebie 8, 2007) also in: Mentally By Two, With A Little Help From Vietnam (Genii, 2010) DVD "Seven More Secrets" The Vietnam Trick Revisited (James Swain, Genii, 2010)	1975	The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Karl Fulves*	Infinitely Ambitious	ambitious phase with random card, described as endless loop	Related to The Swain Simplicity Control (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Variations Much Ambition (Karl Fulves, Video Tricks*, 1991)	Aug. 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 10)	1041	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Derek Dingle	Illusion Aces	Aces reverse between two Tens and change to Kings	Also published here Illusion Aces (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Inspired by Illusion Aces (Karl Fulves, Epilogue, 1972) Related to O. Henry Selections (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1985) Turn Me Down Why Don't You (Wesley James, Enchantments, 2004) Variations Wraith (Peter Duffie, Inspirations, 1987) Dingle/Dancy Illusion Aces (Luke Dancy, Channel One*, 2002)	1976	Innovations (Issue 3)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Also published here Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972) Related to Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Variations ¡Fuego! (Rafael Benatar, Cartas Certificadas, 1989) Aunt Henriette's Aces (Arturo de Ascanio, Ascanio's Favorites 1, 1989) also in: Aunt Enriqueta's Aces (The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic, 2006) … and 6 more	1976	Darwin's Theories	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Darwin Ortiz	Combination Aces	free cut principle, faros	Also published here Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Afterthoughts, 1975) Inspired by Vernon's Aces (Dai Vernon, Close-up Card Magic, 1962) Related to Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005) Variations Combination Cull (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002)	1976	Darwin's Theories	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Larry Jennings	The Larry Jennings Chop Cup Routine		Related to Cup Loading Move (Horace E. Bennett, Larry Jennings, The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1, 1967) Combination. Larry Jenning's One Cup-Three Ball & Chop Cup Routine (Fred Kaps, Larry Jennings, Fred Kaps Lecture, 1972) … and 1 more Variations Chop Cup stehend (Peter Wilker, Hokus Pokus, 1981) Larry Jennings' Famous Chop Cup Routine (James Swain, Larry Jennings, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1977	Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling	57	Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Doug Edwards	Double-Card Spin-Out Move	Benzais Cut with two cards	Related to Benzais Cut with two Cards (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) Double Benzais Cut Production (Derrick Chung, The Nacho Card Notes, 2022)	1978	Cardmania	42	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Fred Kaps	Schulden	Ace to Four, then cards are removed, always add up to ten	Also published here I am in Debt (Fred Kaps, Fred Kaps Lecture, 1972) Related to Non-Adjustable 10 (Karl Fulves, Secret Session — Part Three, 1987) I am in Debt (Fred Kaps, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) Variations Predicción para hoy (Juan Manuel Marcos, El Manuscrito, 2016) Over the Limit (Fred Kaps, Camilo Vázquez, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12*, 2020)	1978	Fred Kaps Lecture	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Earl Nelson	Between Your Points of Departure	Aces between spectator's palm, selection added, it vanishes and reappears reversed in deck	Also published here Between Your Points of Departure (Earl Nelson, Variations Revisited, 2003) Inspired by Palm Off (Philip T. Goldstein, Scattershot, 1977) Related to Carta Mundi Wallet Routine (Justin Higham, Expansions, 1993) Variations Variations Variant (Roger Curzon, Spell-Binder, 1981) also in: Variations-Variante (Intermagic, 1989) Those are the Aces, Those are Not (Paul Gertner, Steel and Silver, 1994) … and 4 more	1979	Variations	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Edward Marlo	Visual Poker Hand Change	aces are laid down face up and change into royal flush	Related to The Drop Switch (Edward Marlo, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) Variations The Drop Switch (Edward Marlo, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1980	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Pokerhand Transformations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck / Tabled & Mucks
Larry Jennings, Michael Skinner	Impossible Location	selection lost, top and bottom card total ten, ten cards cut off, then selection	Variations Impossible Location Revisited (James Swain, Genii, 2006)	1980	Exclusive Card Secrets	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Wes Emberg, Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo	Overkill		Also published here Overkill (Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo, Wes Emberg, The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) Related to Prediction Surprise & Clock Combination (Edward Marlo, On the Clock Effect, 1971) Variations Overclock (Randy Wakeman, Randy Wakeman Presents, 1989) Florida Roadkill (James Swain, Genii, 2001) … and 1 more	1980	Close-up Fantasies — Book I	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
James Swain	Center Swivel Palm	while deck is swivel cut		Feb. 1981	Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 2)	454	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
James Swain	Passing Along the Vanishing Aces	one by one, classic pass	Related to Vanishing Aces, The Sequel (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Pass Out (Roy Walton, Five Times Five — Scotland, 1998) Variations Collecting the Vanishing Aces (Geoffrey Latta, Cardworks, 1981) also in: Vanishing Collectors (Geoffrey Latta on Cards and Coins, 1981) The Vanishing Collectors (52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022) Swain's "Passing Along the Vanishing Aces" or Latta's "The Vanishing Collectors" (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!*, 1990) … and 3 more	1981	Cardworks	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Geoffrey Latta	Collecting the Vanishing Aces	Aces vanish one by one from top of deck, then they are shown to have collected three selections	Also published here Vanishing Collectors (Geoffrey Latta, Geoffrey Latta on Cards and Coins, 1981) also in: The Vanishing Collectors (Geoffrey Latta, 52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022) Inspired by Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981) Variations Swain's "Passing Along the Vanishing Aces" or Latta's "The Vanishing Collectors" (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!, 1990) Blowing Away the Aces (Michael Powers, Top Secret Stuff, 1990) … and 4 more	1981	Cardworks	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
James Swain	Torn Asunder	Four into Twos into Aces, with double facer	Variations Oxnard Split (William Goodwin, At the Expense of Grey Matter, 1986)	1981	Cardworks	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Don England	Another Collectors?	Aces start underneath close-up pad	Inspired by Card Case Collectors (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978) Collectors IV - The Skip Tracers (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Related to Card Case Collectors (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978) Collectors IV - The Skip Tracers (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Variations The Kings' Holiday (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1981	Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Mat Things / Miscellaneous
Geoffrey Latta	Vanishing Collectors	Aces vanish one by one from top of deck, then they are shown to have collected three selections	Also published here Collecting the Vanishing Aces (Geoffrey Latta, Cardworks, 1981) also in: The Vanishing Collectors (Geoffrey Latta, 52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022) Inspired by Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981) Variations Swain's "Passing Along the Vanishing Aces" or Latta's "The Vanishing Collectors" (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!, 1990) Blowing Away the Aces (Michael Powers, Top Secret Stuff, 1990) … and 4 more	1981	Geoffrey Latta on Cards and Coins	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Derek Dingle	Illusion Aces	Aces reverse between two Tens and change to Kings The Practical Handling The Purist Handling	Also published here Illusion Aces (Derek Dingle, Innovations, 1976) Inspired by Illusion Aces (Karl Fulves, Epilogue, 1972) Related to O. Henry Selections (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1985) Turn Me Down Why Don't You (Wesley James, Enchantments, 2004) Variations Wraith (Peter Duffie, Inspirations, 1987) Dingle/Dancy Illusion Aces (Luke Dancy, Channel One*, 2002)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Derek Dingle	Too Many Cards	with ambitious card phases	Related to Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Book Test	by Thomas Alan Waters, James Swain		Oct. 1982	Epoptica (Issue 2)	93	Reviews / Audio Cassette
James Swain	Poker Interchange		Related to Poker Interchange Exchanged (Bruce Cervon, The Collected Almanac, 1984) Poker Interchange (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) … and 3 more Variations Poker Interchange Exchanged (Bruce Cervon, The Collected Almanac, 1984) Poker Interchange (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) … and 2 more	1982	Arcane (Issue 7)	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Edward Marlo, James Swain	One Shuffle Riffle Stack		Inspired by One Riffle Shuffle Stacks - For Two Cards (Edward Marlo, Riffle Shuffle Systems, 1959)	1982	Arcane (Issue 7)	80	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
James Swain	Roundup	three cover-passes-handling	Inspired by The Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953) Related to The Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953)	1982	Best of Friends	295	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
James Swain	The Vanishing Aces	aces vanish and reappear face up in center, passes	Related to Vanishing Aces, The Sequel (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1982	Best of Friends	298	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Harry Lorayne, James Swain	Vanishing Aces Explored	additions for Swain's effect: The Card Between Kings Between		1982	Best of Friends	301	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
James Swain	Innov-ace-tion	aces pushed in deck separatedly, one to top, one to bottom, one reversed, on sandwiched between to previous selections		1982	Best of Friends	307	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Ladder ATFUS			1982	Best of Friends	308	Cards / Sleights / Switches / ATFUS & Variations
Larry Jennings	Direct Flight Card to Case	card to box, slit case	Also published here The Jennings Handling (Larry Jennings, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Related to El Corte Diagonal (Dani DaOrtiz, Howard Hamburg, El Manuscrito, 2011) Variations The Jennings Box (James Swain, Larry Jennings, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1982	A Visit With Larry Jennings	8	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
Edward Marlo	Nouveau 21-Card-Trick	The Work Third Phase Fourth Phase Fifth Phase Sixth Phase (Gag) Blow-Off Phase I Blow-Off Phase II	Also published here Opportune Oldie (Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo, Psi-Clones, 1993) Related to 21 Plus Subtlety (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1972) also in: 21 Plus Subtlety (7-7-7, 2007) The Twenty-One Card Trick (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) also in: The 21 Card Trick (7-7-7, 2007) … and 1 more Variations Direct 15-Card Trick (Justin Higham, Collected Card Notes, 1999) Phone Home (Paul Cummins, Virtual Miracles*, 2000) … and 2 more	1983	Marlo without Tears	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick
James Swain, Geoffrey Latta	Preset		Also published here Preset (Geoffrey Latta, James Swain, 52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022) Related to Metamorphosis (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	Mar. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 7)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
James Swain	Encapsulated Accumulation	interlaced transposition, three selections from between one quartet to another		1984	Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)	310	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Travel & Transposition
Bruce Cervon	Poker Interchange Exchanged		Inspired by Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Related to Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982)	July/Aug. 1984	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24)	232	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Steve Draun	Getting On With This World	two-pile deal, seated or stand-up	Also published here MUM, Oct. 1978 also in: Out of this World Revisited (Steve Draun, The Magic of Steve Draun, 1987) Worldly Things (Steve Draun, Secrets Draun from Underground, 1993) Variations Out of this World (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1984	At The Table	62	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
James Swain	Slow Motion Oil and Water	3&3		July 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)	1088	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Larry Jennings	Make Me Small	cards travel to pocket	Inspired by Diamond Bar (Daryl Martinez, The Collected Almanac, 1984) also in: Diamond Bar (Daryl's Psychological Assembly, 1985) Related to Diamond Bar (Daryl Martinez, The Collected Almanac, 1984) also in: Diamond Bar (Daryl's Psychological Assembly, 1985) Variations Pocketing the Queens (Billy McDonnell, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) Gambler's Miracle (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	Spring 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27)	246	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Card Factory	several transformations		Winter 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)	381	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
James Swain	O. Henry Selections		Related to Illusion Aces (Derek Dingle, Innovations, 1976) also in: Illusion Aces (The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982)	Winter 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)	384	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
James Swain	Up The Sleeve	sugar up the spectator's sleeve, thumb tip	Also published here Up the Sleeve (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	Winter 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)	386	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
James Swain	Yours, Mine, and Ours	featuring alternative to Alignment Move in Quick-Three-Way		Winter 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)	387	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
Bob Nelson	The Nelson Quickie	flourish production	Also published here The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Marlo In Spades, 1947) also in: The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, MAGIC, 2015) Related to Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Methods with Cards — Part 1, 1975) Do-It-Yourself Double Drop (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1992) Variations Do-It-Yourself Double Drop (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1992)	1985	Equinox	9	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
James Lewis	Ordered Surprise	deck in new pack order with Joker reversed in place of selection, selection to impossible location	Related to Perfect Triumph (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Variations Karte in Brieftasche (Alexander de Cova, Avantgarde Magic, 1991) also in: Ordered Card to Wallet (Am Close-up Tisch, 1991) Ordered Card to Wallet (Ein Profi packt aus..., 1992) … and 1 more Ordered Surprise (Alexander de Cova, Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993, 1993) also in: Ordered Surprise (Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1993, 1993)	1985	Thinking About Magic	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Larry Jennings	Ambitious Classic	five cards	Also published here An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Related to Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Nick Trost, Impromptu Card Magic, 1979) also in: Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) … and 2 more	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	The Visitor		Also published here Jennings' Visitor (Larry Jennings, Expert Card Mysteries, 1969) also in: The Visitor (Larry Jennings, Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Related to Pre-Cannibal Cards (Lin Searles, Epilogue, 1972) Variations Night Visitor (Howard Schwarzman, Epilogue, 1974) Return Trip (Karl Fulves, Methods with Cards — Part 1*, 1975) … and 11 more	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Visitor
Larry Jennings	Instant Aces		Also published here Instant Aces (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975) Related to Larry Jennings Instant Aces (Tim Conover, Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks, 2025) Variations Reverse Logic (Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings, Workers Number 5, 1996) Instant Aces (Larry Jennings, James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
Larry Jennings	The Center Lift		Variations Center Double Lift Handling (James Swain, Elixir, 2022)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	239	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Center
James Swain	Trapped Again		Variations Trapped (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	Dec. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 12)	1289	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches
William Goodwin	Oxnard Split	Four into Twos into Aces, ungaffed	Inspired by Torn Asunder (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981)	1986	At the Expense of Grey Matter	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Larry Jennings	Anastasia		Variations Anastasia (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1987	Neoclassics	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Steve Draun	Out of this World Revisited	two piles	Also published here MUM, Oct. 1978 also in: Getting On With This World (Steve Draun, At The Table, 1984) Worldly Things (Steve Draun, Secrets Draun from Underground, 1993) Variations Out of this World (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1987	The Magic of Steve Draun	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Bob Farmer	Stacked Deck Version	spectator thinks of a card from half the deck, performer makes some statements and bets money, then five cards are put on table, spectator's card is among them and the other cards complete a good poker hand	Also published here Stacked Deck Version (Bob Farmer, The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox, 2017) also in: Stacked Deck Version (Bob Farmer, Tsunami (2024 edition), 2024) Related to The Buddha Bet (Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan, Joseph Ovette, U. F. Grant, Fourcast, 1981) Finesse (Bob Farmer, Tsunami, 1987/1988) also in: Finesse (The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox, 2017) Finesse (Tsunami (2024 edition), 2024) … and 1 more Variations Real Mindreading (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) The World Series of Poker (¿A Dream?) (Don Voltz, Cyber Sessions*, 1999) … and 1 more	1987/1988	Tsunami	2	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon	The Vietnam Trick	card and number are predicted by two cards (value and suit, then values added to count to selection)	Also published here The Viet Nam Trick (Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon, The Hierophant, 1975) also in: Counting on the Foreseeable (Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon, Genii, 2023) Related to Amazing Prediction (Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Bruce Cervon, Rim Shots, 1973) Variations Vietnam Card Trick 2007 (John C. Wagner, Freebie 8, 2007) also in: Mentally By Two, With A Little Help From Vietnam (Genii, 2010) DVD "Seven More Secrets" The Vietnam Trick Revisited (James Swain, Genii, 2010)	1988	The Cervon File	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Darwin Ortiz	Grand Slam	dealing all Spades to dealer and partner after honest shuffle (with second deals, shown by Eddie Fechter), then grand slam deal of Spades to named player	Related to The Opening Gambit (Edward Marlo, Seconds, Centers, Bottoms, 1959) Dream Poker (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge
Darwin Ortiz	The Dream Card	odd-backed "signed card" type effect, card to wallet	Related to Day-Dream Card (Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz, The Olram File, 1991) Commercial Method (Edward Marlo, The Olram File, 1991) … and 2 more Variations The Nightmare Card (Michael Powers, Top Secret Stuff, 1990) Day-Dream Card (Edward Marlo, Darwin Ortiz, The Olram File, 1991) … and 7 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Also published here Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972) Related to Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Variations ¡Fuego! (Rafael Benatar, Cartas Certificadas, 1989) Aunt Henriette's Aces (Arturo de Ascanio, Ascanio's Favorites 1, 1989) also in: Aunt Enriqueta's Aces (The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic, 2006) … and 6 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Darwin Ortiz	The Si Stebbins Secret	from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros	Related to The Impromptu Arranged Pack (Charles T. Jordan, Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks, 1920) also in: The Impromptu Arranged Pack (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Si Stebbins Stack (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, The Cardiste, 1957) … and 2 more Variations Something for Nothing (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022) … and 2 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	137	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
James Swain	"Block"Buster Pass		Also published here The "Block"Buster Pass (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Inspired by Simple Shift (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953)	Nov. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 11)	1567	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Edward Marlo	The Mental Topper	spectator counts to value of thought-of card, card located, optionally matching values found, faro, variations	Also published here The New Tops, Apr. 1966 Variations Topping Mental Topper - First Effect (Edward Marlo, Cardfixes, 1990) The Missing Mental Toppers (Edward Marlo, That's It, 1990) … and 4 more	1988	M.I.N.T. — Volume I	216	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
Brother John Hamman	Sealed-Room Mystery	thought-of card into sealed envelope, thought of with strange procedure ("opposite suit and opposite sex...")	Variations Clue (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) R.M. (Michał Kociołek, Plots & Methods, 2019)	1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / temporary category (content needs to be sorted)
John Bannon	Discrepancy City Prediction	three mates used to predict free selection	Variations John Bannon's Discrepancy City Prediction (John Bannon, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Triple Indemnity (Michael Sibbernsen, Card File Two, 2000) … and 4 more	1990	Impossibilia	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
John Bannon	Shock Treatment	thought-of-card placed in pocket as prediction, another selection is found	Related to Shocked (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Shocked (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Double Shock! (Nick Trost, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) … and 1 more	1990	Impossibilia	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Ken Krenzel	Swain's "Passing Along the Vanishing Aces" or Latta's "The Vanishing Collectors"		Inspired by Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981) Collecting the Vanishing Aces (Geoffrey Latta, Cardworks, 1981) also in: Vanishing Collectors (Geoffrey Latta on Cards and Coins, 1981) The Vanishing Collectors (52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022)	1990	Close-up Impact!	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Jamy Ian Swiss	The Vanishing Aces Revealed	Aces vanish one by one from top of deck, deck cut into four piles, Aces re-appear on top For the Purist The Jennings Revelation	Also published here The Vanishing Aces Revealed (Jamy Ian Swiss, A Visit to Spain, 2011) Inspired by Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981) The Marlo Revelation (Edward Marlo, Special Effects, 1987)	1990	Thaumatolatry II	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation
John Carney	Australian Aces	dealing to four numbers, Aces on bottom of piles	Variations Australian Aces Revisited (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1991	Carneycopia	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
James Swain	Do-It-Yourself Double Drop	from deck onto table	Inspired by The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Marlo In Spades, 1947) also in: The Nelson Quickie (Equinox, 1985) The Nelson Quickie (MAGIC, 2015) Related to The Nelson Quickie (Bob Nelson, Marlo In Spades, 1947) also in: The Nelson Quickie (Equinox, 1985) The Nelson Quickie (MAGIC, 2015)	1992	The Collected Almanac (Issue )	xxxiii	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
James Swain	Tampa Opener	four kings turn face up, face down and then each take on appearance of selection. Cards change back to kings	Variations 旧瓶新酒 (Zhenjie Gao, 一盅两件, 2018) Hypnosis (Juha-Matti Ristiharju, For Friends, 2025)	1992	Don't Blink	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
James Swain	All alike sequence			1992	Don't Blink	4	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
James Swain	Miami Opener	selection found in card box, mates on top of freely dealt piles. Utilises new deck order	Related to One in a Million (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Miami Opener - Handling Variation (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) One in a Million (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order
James Swain	Miami Opener - Handling Variation	brief discussion to perform "Miami Opener" without new pack order	Inspired by Miami Opener (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
James Swain	One in a Million	variation where bottom cards of dealt piles also match	Inspired by Miami Opener (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Related to Miami Opener (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
James Swain	Up the Sleeve	poured sugar disappears from fist and reproduced from spectator's sleeve, credits Roger Klause and Dan Stapleton	Also published here Up The Sleeve (James Swain, The Collected Almanac, 1985)	1992	Don't Blink	13	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
James Swain	Dream Poker	magician deals himself winning poker hand from spectator-shuffled deck, partial stack, faro	Inspired by unpublished Michael Skinner trick Related to Grand Slam (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations Deuces Wild (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5, 2015)	1992	Don't Blink	19	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
James Swain	The Big Stack	dealt poker hand of four Aces transforms into royal flush, all other hands are shown as royal flushes as kicker	Also published here The Big Stack (James Swain, MAGIC, 1992) Related to Inner-Workings (Jim Snapp, Howard Schwarzman, MAGIC, 1992) Draw! (Mark Ennis, MAGIC, 1992) Variations Darwin's Poker Deal (Darwin Ortiz, Cardshark, 1995)	1992	Don't Blink	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Pokerhand Transformations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
James Swain	Poker Interchange	improvements	Inspired by Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Related to Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Poker Interchange Redux (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) Variations Stack In Trade (Simon Aronson, Simply Simon, 1995) Ultimate Poker Interchange (James Swain, Genii, 2006) … and 1 more	1992	Don't Blink	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Edward Marlo, James Swain	One Shuffle Riffle Stack		Inspired by One Riffle Shuffle Stacks - For Two Cards (Edward Marlo, Riffle Shuffle Systems, 1959)	1992	Don't Blink	28	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Edward Marlo, James Swain	Block Stacking Sequence		Inspired by Block Stacking (Edward Marlo, The Patented Shuffle, 1964)	1992	Don't Blink	29	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
James Swain	Impromptu Cheat	performer receives best hand from shuffled deck, uses riffle stacking		1992	Don't Blink	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
James Swain	Shocked	prediction card in pocket finds one selection by spelling and matches another thought of selection	Inspired by Shock Treatment (John Bannon, Impossibilia, 1990) Related to Shock Treatment (John Bannon, Impossibilia, 1990)	1992	Don't Blink	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards
James Swain	Mental Chicago Opener	classic routine with mental selections via thought-of numbers	Variations Chi-Psi Opener (Jon Racherbaumer, Psi-Clones, 1993)	1992	Don't Blink	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Hot Mama
James Swain	Mental Miracle	triumph with thought of card sighted from spread, gaffed	Inspired by Mental Triumph (Derek Dingle, Epilogue, 1972) Related to Mental Triumph (Derek Dingle, Epilogue, 1972) Variations Mental Miracle - Handling Variation (Darwin Ortiz, Don't Blink, 1992) A Hull of a Triumph (Stephen Kradolfer, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993)	1992	Don't Blink	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Think Triumph & Named Triumph Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Darwin Ortiz	Mental Miracle - Handling Variation	allows spectator to think of any card	Inspired by Mental Miracle (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Think Triumph & Named Triumph
James Swain	The Capitulating Queens	packet trick where four Queens change to different colored backs (Based on Gardner's "All the Conformists")	Variations The Capitulating Queens - Handling Variation (Darwin Ortiz, Don't Blink, 1992) Finale for the Capitulating Queens (James Swain, Darwin Ortiz, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1992	Don't Blink	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Darwin Ortiz	The Capitulating Queens - Handling Variation		Inspired by The Capitulating Queens (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain	Family Circus		Inspired by An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Ambitious Classic (The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Ambitious Classic (Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Too Many Cards (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Related to An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Ambitious Classic (The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Ambitious Classic (Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Too Many Cards (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982)	1992	Don't Blink	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James Swain	Turnaround Kings	Twisting the Aces sequence with kings, after which one king turns face down and transforms into a selection	Related to Turnaround II (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Turnaround II (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James Swain	Turnaround II	ungaffed version	Inspired by Turnaround Kings (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Related to Turnaround Kings (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
James Swain, Bill Malone	The J. S. Count	actually displays using KM style switch, thereafter referred to as "J.S. Switch" To show three cards to be same card To perform Brother Hamman's Gemini Count Gemini Count Variation To perform Daryl Martinez's Diamond Bar	Variations John Bannon's Discrepancy City Prediction (John Bannon, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	67	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
John Bannon, James Swain	John Bannon's Discrepancy City Prediction		Inspired by Discrepancy City Prediction (John Bannon, Impossibilia, 1990) The J. S. Count (James Swain, Bill Malone, Don't Blink, 1992)	1992	Don't Blink	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
James Swain, Bill Malone	Elevator Aces	spectator selects four cards which turn out to be the Aces, cards are buried but appear on top	Inspired by The '65 Aces (Larry Jennings, Jennings '67, 1997)	1992	Don't Blink	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
James Swain	New Wave	named four-of-a-kind from blue deck transposes backs with four red backed jokers, examinable		1992	Don't Blink	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
James Swain	New Wave Prediction	four selections match four predictions with odd back design from wallet, rainbow deck	Variations Triple Prediction (Alexander de Cova, James Swain, Secrets No. 1, 1994) also in: Triple Coincidence (Seminar 1994, 1994)	1992	Don't Blink	87	Wallet Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
James Swain	Vanishing Aces, The Sequel	face up Aces vanish one at a time from top of deck - as climax rediscovered face up in different sections of deck	Related to Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981) The Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Best of Friends, 1982)	1992	Don't Blink	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
James Swain	The Free Cut Force	force via spectator cut, uses crimp		1992	Don't Blink	95	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
James Swain	The Kings' Holiday	three selections in one half of deck travel to other half and are found interlaced between Kings	Inspired by Jennings' Visitor (Larry Jennings, Expert Card Mysteries, 1969) also in: The Visitor (The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) The Visitor (Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) Another Collectors? (Don England, Don England's T.K.O.'s, 1981)	1992	Don't Blink	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
James Swain	Seven Jokers	three jokers placed reversed between four others turn into selections before reverting back into jokers		1992	Don't Blink	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
James Swain	Switching sequence		Inspired by Change of Four Cards (Harry Lorayne, Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic, 1961)	1992	Don't Blink	105	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
James Swain	Technicolor Mystery	red backed selection vanishes from between four blue backed kings and revealed to be mystery card previously put in pocket		1992	Don't Blink	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
James Swain, Dai Vernon	Observation Test	elaboration of Vernon routine, Ace of Spades and Queen of Hearts continually transpose		1992	Don't Blink	115	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Swain	Pretty Sneaky	Impossible looking location where spectator handles deck, uses faros		1992	Don't Blink	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
James Swain	No Explanation	four face up indifferent cards 'collect' three selections, uses Marlo's faro sequences		1992	Don't Blink	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James Swain	The Big Stack	dealt poker hand of four Aces transforms into royal flush, all other hands are shown as royal flushes as kicker	Also published here The Big Stack (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Related to Inner-Workings (Jim Snapp, Howard Schwarzman, MAGIC, 1992) Draw! (Mark Ennis, MAGIC, 1992) Variations Darwin's Poker Deal (Darwin Ortiz, Cardshark, 1995)	July 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 11)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Pokerhand Transformations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Jim Snapp, Howard Schwarzman	Inner-Workings	Letters	Related to The Devil's No Angel (Steve Draun, MAGIC, 1992) The Big Stack (James Swain, MAGIC, 1992) also in: The Big Stack (Don't Blink, 1992) … and 1 more Draw! (Mark Ennis, MAGIC, 1992)	Sep. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 1)	10	Articles / Letters
Mark Ennis	Draw!	Letters	Related to Inner-Workings (Jim Snapp, Howard Schwarzman, MAGIC, 1992) The Big Stack (James Swain, MAGIC, 1992) also in: The Big Stack (Don't Blink, 1992)	Nov. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 3)	10	Articles / Letters
Tom Mullica, Jim Ryan, Johnny Paul	Cheek-To-Cheek		Inspired by Three Cards Across (Jim Ryan, Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card Routines, 1981) Variations Millennial Cards Across (James Swain, MAGIC, 1997)	1992	Show-Time at the Tom-Foolery	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Steve Draun	Worldly Things	two piles	Also published here MUM, Oct. 1978 also in: Getting On With This World (Steve Draun, At The Table, 1984) Out of this World Revisited (Steve Draun, The Magic of Steve Draun, 1987) Variations Out of this World (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1993	Secrets Draun from Underground	133	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Stephen Kradolfer	A Hull of a Triumph	thought of card	Inspired by Mental Miracle (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 48)	867	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Think Triumph & Named Triumph Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Bob King	Second Guessing Your Weight	performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, The Breather, 1992) Related to Weight Lifter (Jack Avis, Vis à Vis, 1998) also in: The Crimp Variations Florida Roadkill (James Swain, Genii, 2001)	1993	The Breather 2	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Don't Blink - The Magic of James Swain	by James Swain		Jan./Feb. 1993	The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 15)	163	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Don't Blink - The Magic of James Swain	by James Swain		Mar. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 7)	56	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo	Opportune Oldie	Variation on 21 card trick, card placement method to 14th position	Also published here Nouveau 21-Card-Trick (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Related to 21 Plus Subtlety (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1972) also in: 21 Plus Subtlety (7-7-7, 2007) The Twenty-One Card Trick (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) also in: The 21 Card Trick (7-7-7, 2007) … and 1 more Variations Direct 15-Card Trick (Justin Higham, Collected Card Notes, 1999) Phone Home (Paul Cummins, Virtual Miracles*, 2000) … and 2 more	1993	Psi-Clones	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Jon Racherbaumer	Chi-Psi Opener	One card mentally selected, one card physically selected. Cards found via Chicago Opener procedure where cards change back color	Inspired by Mental Chicago Opener (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1993	Psi-Clones	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Hot Mama
Alex Elmsley	Brainweave	ungaffed handling of Brainwave	Also published here Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Related to Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Brainwave (Román García, Nanomagias, 2010) … and 1 more Variations Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Pres"sure" Location (Ted Biet, Alex Elmsley, Apocalypse, 1979) … and 6 more	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	338	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Alexander de Cova, James Swain	Triple Prediction	prediction from wallet, values written on blank cards, blank-backed deck	Also published here Triple Coincidence (Alexander de Cova, Seminar 1994, 1994) Inspired by New Wave Prediction (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1994	Secrets No. 1	10	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Paul Gertner	Skinning the Card to Cardcase	loading case from Kelly Bottom Placement	Inspired by Skinning The Cat (Edward Marlo, The Hierophant, 1970) Related to Card to Case Load (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) No palm card to case (Dan Buck, Dave Buck, Nursery Rhymes — Volume 2, 2002)	1994	Steel and Silver	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card into Case Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Alexander de Cova	Triple Coincidence	prediction from wallet, values written on blank cards, blank-backed deck	Also published here Triple Prediction (Alexander de Cova, James Swain, Secrets No. 1, 1994) Inspired by New Wave Prediction (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1994	Seminar 1994	20	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Darwin Ortiz	Beyond Sleight of Hand		Related to Knuckle Sandwich Aces (Joshua Jay, Magic Atlas, 1999) also in: Knuckle-Sandwich Aces (MAGIC, 1999) Variations The Big Squeeze (James Swain, Genii, 2000)	1995	Cardshark	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
Darwin Ortiz	The New Hitchcock Aces		Inspired by Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations Hitchcock Aces (James Swain, Darwin Ortiz, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1995	Cardshark	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Darwin Ortiz	Darwin's Poker Deal	travelling signatures	Inspired by The Big Stack (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) also in: The Big Stack (MAGIC, 1992) "The Green Gambler" (Ron Ferris, Animations, Apparitions, and Aces)	1995	Cardshark	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Darwin Ortiz	The Cross	faro stacking, transformation	Inspired by Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Related to The Oh Henry Stack (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6, 1988) Shuffle-Proof Poker (Joshua Jay, Freebie 2, 2000) … and 2 more Variations The Big Stack (Jason Ladanye, Confident Deceptions, 2013)	1995	Cardshark	180	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Simon Aronson	Stack In Trade	Aces stacked to performer and shown during deal, then another player has Aces and performer Royal Flush Overhand Shuffle Methode (Version 1) Streamlined Handling Collins Method (Version 2)	Inspired by Poker Interchange (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1995	Simply Simon	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Collins Ace Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
James Swain	The Airmail-Card	Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stamp	Also published here The Airmail Card (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) Inspired by The Dream Card (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988)	1995	Inside Cardmagic	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Stephen Hobbs (reviewer)	Miracles With Cards	by James Swain (written by James Swain)		Summer 1996	The Looking Glass (Issue 3)	130	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo, Wes Emberg	Overkill		Also published here Overkill (Wes Emberg, Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo, Close-up Fantasies — Book I, 1980) Related to Prediction Surprise & Clock Combination (Edward Marlo, On the Clock Effect, 1971) Variations Overclock (Randy Wakeman, Randy Wakeman Presents, 1989) Florida Roadkill (James Swain, Genii, 2001) … and 1 more	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2)	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
James Swain	Foreword			1996	Miracles with Cards	vii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Swain	The Airmail Card	Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stamp	Also published here The Airmail-Card (James Swain, Inside Cardmagic, 1995) Inspired by The Dream Card (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988)	1996	Miracles with Cards	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
James Swain	Clue	murderer and victim from twelve-card packet divined, thought of with strange procedure ("opposite suit and opposite sex...")	Inspired by Sealed-Room Mystery (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989)	1996	Miracles with Cards	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards
James Swain, Edward Marlo	Small Packet Simple Shift			1996	Miracles with Cards	9	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
James Swain	Out of this World	separated into suits	Inspired by MUM, Oct. 1978 also in: Getting On With This World (At The Table, 1984) Out of this World Revisited (The Magic of Steve Draun, 1987) … and 1 more	1996	Miracles with Cards	12	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits
James Swain	Superbowl Aces			1996	Miracles with Cards	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion
James Swain, Bob Stencel	The Stencel Move	Vernon Transfer Handling, from packet to deck		1996	Miracles with Cards	18	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer
James Swain	Four-Card Display			1996	Miracles with Cards	21	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Card in the Matchbox		Inspired by "Card in the Matchbox" (Tony Giorgio, Genii, late 60s) Variations Card in Matchbox (Gary Plants, Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session, 2004)	1996	Miracles with Cards	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Matchbox
James Swain	Matchbox Switch			1996	Miracles with Cards	25	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook
James Swain	Card in the Card Box	spectator removes deck from case at beginning, no palming, card chosen by choosing suit and value from deck		1996	Miracles with Cards	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
James Swain	Boxed B'Wave	Twisting phases with Queens, named Queen then travels to case, finally turns over and changes back color		1996	Miracles with Cards	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
James Swain	Four-Card Equivoque	forcing the Queen of Hearts		1996	Miracles with Cards	33	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards
James Swain	The World's Greatest Card Trick	"a.k.a. The Homing Card"	Inspired by Bill Malone's handling	1996	Miracles with Cards	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Homing Card
James Swain	Perfect Triumph	ambitious card with joker, joker put in breast pocket, Triumph with all cards face-down, when spread face-up the deck is in new deck order with joker reversed and selection in breast pocket	Related to Ordered Surprise (James Lewis, Thinking About Magic, 1985) 52 Pick-up (Darwin Ortiz, Lessons in Card Mastery, 2012)	1996	Miracles with Cards	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
James Swain	The Swain Simplicity Control	setting up for a double lift	Related to Infinitely Ambitious (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review*, 1975)	1996	Miracles with Cards	45	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
James Swain	The Swain Simplicity Switch	using The Slip		1996	Miracles with Cards	51	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Gambler's Miracle	four Kings on table change to Aces, Kings in different pockets	Inspired by Make Me Small (Larry Jennings, The Collected Almanac, 1985) "Your Cards - My Hands" (James Swain, Genii, Dec. 1993)	1996	Miracles with Cards	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
James Swain	Up-the-Ladder Aces		Related to Aces For Experts Only (Martin A. Nash, Ever So Sleightly, 1975)	1996	Miracles with Cards	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
James Swain	Tabled Pop-Out			1996	Miracles with Cards	56	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
James Swain	The Blank Deck	cards become blank except selection, then back to normal, Nudist deck		1996	Miracles with Cards	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Australian Aces Revisited	spelling four answers to questions, aces on top and kings on bottom of piles	Inspired by Australian Aces (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) "Australian Aces" (Michael Skinner, Precursor)	1996	Miracles with Cards	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
James Swain	The Impossible Card Trick	four spectators think of a value, counted down to to four piles, Aces on top followed by named values and Kings on bottom of piles		1996	Miracles with Cards	66	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
James Swain	Real Mindreading	freely thought-of card found with fishing procedure (Tsunami)	Inspired by Stacked Deck Version (Bob Farmer, Tsunami, 1987/1988) also in: Stacked Deck Version (The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox, 2017) Stacked Deck Version (Tsunami (2024 edition), 2024)	1996	Miracles with Cards	68	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
James Swain, Bob Farmer	The Spectator Cuts to the Aces	two versions		1996	Miracles with Cards	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
James Swain	Boxed Reset	with case		1996	Miracles with Cards	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
James Swain, Alex Elmsley	Brainweave	follow up with Play It Straight type effect	Inspired by Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) also in: Brainweave (Alex Is At It Again, 1997)	1996	Miracles with Cards	84	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
James Swain	Fortune Telling Cards	three "fortune telling" cards change into one selection, blendo		1996	Miracles with Cards	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Blendo
James Swain, Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Inspired by Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) The New Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Cardshark, 1995)	1996	Miracles with Cards	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
James Swain	Miracle Aces	Aces lost in deck, yet come to bottom at once		1996	Miracles with Cards	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
James Swain	The Swain Bluff Control	bluff type multiple shift		1996	Miracles with Cards	100	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
James Swain	Bluff Control Palm	Swain Bluff Control followed by copping the cards		1996	Miracles with Cards	105	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
James Swain	Bluff Control Routine	aces lost, kings put in table, they transpose		1996	Miracles with Cards	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
James Swain, Edward Marlo	Topping the Mental Topper	cards freely chosen (or thought of), card and its three mates found, faro	Inspired by The New Tops, Apr. 1966 also in: The Mental Topper (M.I.N.T. — Volume I, 1988)	1996	Miracles with Cards	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
James Swain	The Unweave Revelation	Faro Divider type		1996	Miracles with Cards	109	Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Dividers (forming packets of equal size) Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
James Swain	My Opener	Aces produced, triumph with Aces reversed at end, Aces lost again, cut to and new deck order finale		1996	Miracles with Cards	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
James Swain	Face-up Benzais Spin-Out	card propels out of deck during tabled cut, face-up	Also published here Face-up Benzais Spin-Out (James Swain, Deviant Practices, 2004) also in: Face-up Benzais Spin-Out (James Swain, 520 Years Later, 2012)	1996	Miracles with Cards	112	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
James Swain	Gorilla in the Middle	card appears between sandwich cards, ungaffed	Inspired by "Monkey in the Middle" (Bill Goldman)	1996	Miracles with Cards	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
James Swain	Invisible Load Move			1996	Miracles with Cards	121	Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques
James Swain	Trapped		Inspired by Trapped Again (James Swain, Apocalypse, 1986)	1996	Miracles with Cards	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches
James Swain	Secrets of the Pass	introduction		1996	Miracles with Cards	129	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / General Comments
James Swain	Tips on the Pass	classic pass		1996	Miracles with Cards	130	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Classic Pass Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Riffle Pass Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
James Swain, Larry Jennings	The Jennings Box	slit in case Version One (card into second cased deck in wallet)	Inspired by Direct Flight Card to Case (Larry Jennings, A Visit With Larry Jennings, 1982) also in: The Jennings Handling (Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1996	Miracles with Cards	134	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Larry Jennings	The Jennings Handling	slit in case	Also published here Direct Flight Card to Case (Larry Jennings, A Visit With Larry Jennings, 1982) Related to El Corte Diagonal (Dani DaOrtiz, Howard Hamburg, El Manuscrito, 2011) Variations The Jennings Box (James Swain, Larry Jennings, Miracles with Cards, 1996)	1996	Miracles with Cards	138	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
James Swain	The Well Traveled Card	deck in case and number up to 52 named, signed card dropped on case, it vanishes and reappears inside at named number		1996	Miracles with Cards	141	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
James Swain	The Stand In	deck in new deck order, put in case, joker outside case changes into named card, joker is at its position in cased deck		1996	Miracles with Cards	143	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Swain	The "Block"Buster Pass		Also published here "Block"Buster Pass (James Swain, Apocalypse, 1988) Inspired by Simple Shift (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953)	1996	Miracles with Cards	145	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
James Swain	The Bottom Card Cover Pass			1996	Miracles with Cards	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (classic)
James Swain	The Pass Palm	top cards into left hand classic palm	Related to Cephalopalm (Dave Buck, If An Octopus Could Palm, 2011) also in: Cephalopalm (Genii, 2011) shift-palm (Steve Forte, Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2, 2020)	1996	Miracles with Cards	149	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
James Swain	Anastasia	one of five cards thought of, vanishes and reappears in pocket	Inspired by Anastasia (Larry Jennings, Neoclassics, 1987)	1996	Miracles with Cards	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
James Swain	The Lost Multiple Shift	Aces placed in different parts of deck, instantly removed from pocket		1996	Miracles with Cards	154	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Honest Aces	spectator choses leader packet	Variations Far More Honest Aces (David Malek, Rebel without a Pause, 2001)	1996	Miracles with Cards	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
James Swain	The Swain Drop Switch	cards apparently just taken off deck and dropped on table		1996	Miracles with Cards	157	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
James Swain	Honest Collectors			1996	Miracles with Cards	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
James Swain	Annemann's Miracle	three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole	Also published here Shush (James Swain, Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved, 2009) Inspired by The $ 1,000 Test Card Location (Theodore Annemann, SH-H-H--! It's A Secret, 1934) also in: New $1000 Test Card Location (Practical Mental Effects*, 1944)	1996	Miracles with Cards	164	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
James Swain	Something for Nothing	new deck order show, shuffled a few times, poker hands dealt, straight flushs and royal flush for performer	Inspired by The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988)	1996	Miracles with Cards	167	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Rules of the Game	from shuffled deck the performer produces all nine possible poker hands credit information		1996	Miracles with Cards	169	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Suit Appearance Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
James Swain, Darwin Ortiz	Finale for the Capitulating Queens	vanish of signed card to wallet	Inspired by The Capitulating Queens (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1996	Miracles with Cards	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
James Swain	Final Departure		Inspired by Between Your Points of Departure (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Between Your Points of Departure (Variations Revisited, 2003)	1996	Miracles with Cards	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
James Swain	Card to Case Load	card loaded underneath cellophane	Related to Skinning the Card to Cardcase (Paul Gertner, Steel and Silver, 1994)	1996	Miracles with Cards	189	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card at the Outside of the Case Cellophane
Michael Close (reviewer)	Miracles with Cards	by James Swain		Dec. 1996	MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 4)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Larry Jennings	The '65 Aces	aces vanish, spectator finds aces, come to top, turn over in deck, different handling options	Variations Elevator Aces (James Swain, Bill Malone, Don't Blink, 1992)	1997	Jennings '67	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Alex Elmsley	Brainweave	ungaffed handling of Brainwave, updated handling	Also published here Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Brainwave (Román García, Nanomagias, 2010) … and 1 more Variations Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Pres"sure" Location (Ted Biet, Alex Elmsley, Apocalypse, 1979) … and 6 more	1997	Alex Is At It Again	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
James Swain	Millennial Cards Across		Inspired by Cheek-To-Cheek (Tom Mullica, Jim Ryan, Johnny Paul, Show-Time at the Tom-Foolery, 1992) "Card On The Swing" (Bill Malone, Genii, Sep. 1995)	Jan. 1997	MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 5)	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Bruce Cervon	Poker Interchange Exchanged		Inspired by Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Related to Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982)	1998	Hard-Boiled Mysteries	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Roy Walton*	Pass Out	deck faced, Aces appear when deck is turned over one by one, Aces vanish and are later found reversed in the middle	Related to Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981)	1998	Five Times Five — Scotland	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Steve Mayhew	Vanishing Variations	The Vanishing Poker Deal: Aces vanish one at a time from top of deck, performer deals out five hands and Aces turn up face up in his hand (or they are “center-dealt” to performer from deck) Topsy-Turvy Vanishing Poker Deal (see p. 24) The Vanishing Fix (see p. 26)	Also published here The Vanishing Poker Deal (Steve Mayhew, Mayhew, 2014) Inspired by Passing Along the Vanishing Aces (James Swain, Cardworks, 1981)	1998	Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Michael Close (reviewer)	Miracles with Cards Volumes 1, 2, & 3	by James Swain		Mar. 1998	MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 7)	34	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
James Swain	Preface			1999	21st Century Card Magic		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Swain	Departure	from Quartet between palms to case	Inspired by Between Your Points of Departure (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Between Your Points of Departure (Variations Revisited, 2003) Variations Royal Departure (James Swain, Genii, 2002)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
James Swain	Tongue in Cheek	deck ends up in New Pack Order except two selections		1999	21st Century Card Magic	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck
James Swain	Metamorphosis	one Quartet is in Case	Related to Preset (James Swain, Geoffrey Latta, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: Preset (52 Farewells — Latta on Cards, 2022)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
James Swain	Icebreaker	selection		1999	21st Century Card Magic	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
James Swain	A Tribute to Dunninger	Si Stebbins		1999	21st Century Card Magic	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
James Swain	The Twenty-One Card Trick		Also published here The 21 Card Trick (James Swain, 7-7-7, 2007) Related to Nouveau 21-Card-Trick (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) also in: Opportune Oldie (Psi-Clones, 1993) Variations Phone Home (Paul Cummins, Virtual Miracles, 2000) The World's Most Obscene 21-Card Trick (Steve Bryant, 7-7-7, 2007)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick
Jay Ose, James Swain	Spectator's Ose False Cut	executed by spectator	Also published here Spectator's Ose False Cut (Jay Ose, James Swain, Virtual Miracles, 2000)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	24	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
James Swain	The Tale of Titanic Thompson	on top of anitfaroed packets is Royal Flush		1999	21st Century Card Magic	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Psychic Poker	one of eight-card packet, using Maven's "Binary Cut Sorting Process"		1999	21st Century Card Magic	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
James Swain	21st Century Cards Across	ala Paul Harris' "Las Vegas Leaper"		1999	21st Century Card Magic	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
James Swain	Birds of a Feather	three Phases		1999	21st Century Card Magic	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
James Swain	Diving Rod	four of a kind		1999	21st Century Card Magic	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker
James Swain	Miraculous	several four of a kinds are produced		1999	21st Century Card Magic	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Equivocally Triumphant	not-so-freely named Triumph		1999	21st Century Card Magic	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
James Swain	The Miracle Deck	instantly knowing a selected Card		1999	21st Century Card Magic	53	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS)
James Swain	Peeking a Card During the Pass	Riffle Pass		1999	21st Century Card Magic	53	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
James Swain	The Last Good Trick	classic Staring him in the face handling		1999	21st Century Card Magic	57	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card at the Outside of the Case Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Nerve Trick (Knocking out of Hand)
James Swain	The Four Robbers	updating a Classic		1999	21st Century Card Magic	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
James Swain	21st Century Assembly	actually as a travelling effect		1999	21st Century Card Magic	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
James Swain	The Explosion	three four of a kinds		1999	21st Century Card Magic	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
James Swain	Too Many Jokers	deck ends up with all four of a kinds		1999	21st Century Card Magic	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck
James Swain	The Look-Away Force			1999	21st Century Card Magic	75	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force / Peek & Fingertip Peek Force
James Swain	Card Warp Display	only with borderless Cards		1999	21st Century Card Magic	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Warp
James Swain	Unloading a Card	on the Card Case		1999	21st Century Card Magic	83	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case
James Swain	Peek, Stop, Touch	three Cards selected in three different ways		1999	21st Century Card Magic	85	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Spread Controls
James Swain	Two Full-Deck Controls	push-though and cut sequences		1999	21st Century Card Magic	87	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through
James Swain	The Dummy Force	no-touch Force		1999	21st Century Card Magic	91	Cards / Sleights / Force / No-Touch Force (not Cut-Deeper or Cross Cut) Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
James Swain	The Dummy Pass	the "your card is not here" pass	Related to The Tap Pass (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) Variations Classic Pass Cut Aces Production (James Swain, Genii, 2005)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	93	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
James Swain	The Dummy Fan Force	one chosen from fan of five, located by touch, not really a force	Related to One from Five (Greater Magic, 1938)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Persi Diaconis*, James Swain	Persi's Collectors	faro	Related to The Gathering (Jason Ladanye, Confident Deceptions, 2013) Variations The Gathering (Jason Ladanye, Confident Deceptions, 2013) Collecting Camaro (Karl Hein, MAGIC, 2014)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Fred Kaps, James Swain	I am in Debt	cards total ten although one by one is removed	Related to I am in Debt (Fred Kaps, Fred Kaps Lecture, 1972) also in: Schulden (Fred Kaps Lecture, 1978) Variations Predicción para hoy (Juan Manuel Marcos, El Manuscrito, 2016)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	108	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Larry Jennings, James Swain	Instant Aces		Inspired by Instant Aces (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Instant Aces (The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
James Swain	Benzais Cut with two Cards		Related to Double-Card Spin-Out Move (Doug Edwards, Cardmania, 1978)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	123	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Frederick Braue, James Swain	Braue Addition and Switch Variation			1999	21st Century Card Magic	124	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Alex Elmsley, James Swain	1002nd Aces			1999	21st Century Card Magic	127	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Brother John Hamman, James Swain, Steve Silverman	Bottom Double Drop - Swivel Switch / $20 Switch	see credits on page 130		1999	21st Century Card Magic	129	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
James Swain, Herbert Milton, Nate Leipzig	Sympathetic Thirteen	specially arranged decks of ungaffed cards		1999	21st Century Card Magic	131	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Sympathetic Thirteen & Variations
James Swain	Poker Interchange Redux		Related to Poker Interchange (James Swain, Arcane, 1982) Poker Interchange (James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1999	21st Century Card Magic	137	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
James Swain	Dealing Centers/The Muck	nice Switch		1999	21st Century Card Magic	140	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Pokerhand Transformations

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