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S. W. Erdnase II. To Retain the Complete Stock
Related toVariations 1902 45
S. W. Erdnase Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing different methods while toying with the deck
Related toVariations 1902 60
S. W. Erdnase The S.W.E. Shift color change mention on page 136
Related toVariations 1902 134
S. W. Erdnase Power of Concentrated Thought number up to ten
Related toVariations 1902 196
Yank Hoe The Sympathetic Coins on corners of handkerchief
Variations 1909 251
Dai Vernon An Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position
Related toVariations 1936 152
Sam H. Sharpe Domination of Thought key card, originally from Conjured Up
Variations 1937 72
Henry Christ The Perfect Force double backer, 203rd force
Variations 1937 128
Theodore Annemann Jinx Switch original source
Variations Sep. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 36)
243
Jean Hugard The Handkerchief Force
Variations 1938 195
Orville Wayne Meyer The Burglars three Jacks between the four Kings, all face down
Variations 1938 17
Fan Control spectator inserts card in fan
a/. (Automatic Jog Control)
b/. Riffle Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 49
Gamblers' False Cut - Retaining Bottom Stock tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 79
The Jog at the Break transforming a break into a jog, two methods
Variations 1940 102
The Tap tapping a produding card "through" the squared pack
Related toVariations 1940 122
The Mexican Turnover
Variations 1940 128
Charlie Miller The Dunbury Delusion
Related toVariations 1940 319
Crystal Thought duplicate, mexican turnover
Related toVariations 1940 335
Al Baker Slipping the Cut - Table Method "Baker Improvement"
Draw Shift variation
VariationsAlso published here 1941 29
The Hindu Color Changing Deck
Variations 1941/27 208
Laurie Ireland The Imaginary Half Dollar half dollar appears
Variations 1942 20
Eddie Joseph The Monocle Mystery marked coin held with eye, taken out, vanished, and shown back in eye, double lift with coins
Variations 1942 71
Edward Marlo Dice Switches 1. The One Hand Switch
2. Money Switch
3. Cuff Switch
4. Table Switch
5. Single Dice Switch
Related to 1943 40
Dave Price The Dave Price False Cut
Related toVariations 1943 29
John Scarne John Scarne's Master Change card put in envelope changes
Related toVariations 1943/27 217
Russell T. Barnhart Secret Reverse on Table passive or with a riffle shuffle
Related toVariations 1945 10
John Scarne Triple Coincidence two decks, three cards exchanged
Variations 1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
15
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Reverse from bottom to center, while riffle shuffling
VariationsAlso published here 1946 39
A Different Top Change - Mass Hypnotism one-handed top change ("Ultra Move")
Variations 1946 88
Bottom Stock Shift retaining only bottom stock after cut
Variations 1946 110
Milbourne Christopher The Bag Stab with knife, deck in paper bag
Variations June 1946 224
Edward Marlo Marlo's Miracle Routine: Cards By Weight multiple phases, Ace-King set-up, faro
Related toVariations 1947 13
Dr. Jacob Daley The Cavorting Aces
Variations 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
111
Bluff Vanish pretending to take a coin from a handful of change
Variations 1952 59
The "Pumpkin Seed" Vanish squeeze method
Variations 1952 101
Stewart Judah Second Method
Variations 1952 288
Stanley Collins Owen Clark
Variations 1952 333
Stanley Collins Morritt's Purse Trick purse palm
Variations 1952 334
Bill Simon The Gambler Controls the Aces cutting the Aces (jogged Aces), then all Aces turnover in the deck at once
Variations 1952 54
Edward Marlo Bottop Change
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1953 35
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Related toVariations 1953 58
Edward Marlo The Late Arrival top card changes to selection, turned over by spectator before and after transformation, four methods (with and without stripper deck)
Variations 1953 85
Bill Simon Twice Clipped two mate predictions, cards clipped together with paper clips
Variations Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 300)
1199
Cy Endfield The Escape of the Musketeers three cards, Biddle Handling
Variations 1955 42
Dai Vernon, Mac McDonald Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Related toVariations 1957 88
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Demonstration half deck set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957 223
Dai Vernon Repeat "Do as I do" Spectator and Magician exchange cards from different colored decks which match. Sets up again.
Variations 1959 17
Dai Vernon The Chinese Second Deal one-handed pop-over flourish
Related toVariations 1959 71
Edward Marlo The Throw Bottom Deal two versions:
  • The Outward Deal
  • The Inward Deal
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959 45
Alex Elmsley Fan Prediction touched card matches with prediction
VariationsAlso published here 1959 2
Dai Vernon Think of an Ace any Ace named, that Ace is shown in deck with four-way out
Related toVariations 1960 13
James Steranko Diagonal Jog Push Thru card ends in-jogged
Variations 1960 6
Edward Marlo The Miracle Spread deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection or force card, card secretly moved underneath spread
  • First Method (card culled to under spread on table with help of crimp)
  • Second Method (card starts on bottom)
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
2
Dai Vernon Plunger Location card above inserted card ends up in-jogged
Variations 1961 27
Dai Vernon Switching a Card in an Envelope
Related toVariations 1961 29
Neal Elias Side Jog Multiple Shift swing cut
Related toVariations 1961 9
Edward Marlo Marlo's All Around Square Up - The Movable Jog including some jog variations
Variations 1961 11
Edward Marlo Single Cut Swivel Shift
Variations 1961 19
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico's Multiple Shift sliding block
Related toVariations 1961 31
Bob Veeser Veeser's Bluff Multiple Shift three handlings
Related toVariations 1961 31
Edward Marlo Marlo's Subtle Shift two methods, placing cards in same place one by one with jog or estimation
Related to 1961 33
Edward Marlo The Cut Estimate cutting off the same number of card, tabled or in-the-hands, Ace cutting application
Variations 1962 19
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread, bold
Variations 1962 121
Harry Lorayne Spread Control with Handkerchief Cover cards end up in separated section of silk and can be stolen
Variations 1962 124
Dai Vernon Vernon's Aces Aces separated in four piles, brought together to top via faro
Related toVariations 1962 162
Edward Marlo Marlo Miracle Aces classic faro Ace cutting ("estimation aces"), last Ace found at named number
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1964 44
Al Leech Paint Brush card is changed into mate
Variations 1965 41
Harry Lorayne Out of my Control standard psychological stop effect, with outs
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1965 12
Conrad H. Haden The Silver and Two Copper Transposition including "Alternate Version"
Variations 1966 442
Stewart Judah Chinatown Dollar Routine chinese coin and dollar are in handkerchief on table, one coin removed, they transpose in various phases
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1966 459
Tony Slydini One Coin Routine many phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration
  • Slydini "Touches"
VariationsAlso published here 1966 35
Dai Vernon Key Card Location spread
Variations 1967 166
Harry Lorayne Stabbed in the Pack card really thrown in deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967 129
Edward Marlo Open Prediction (Automatic Jog) Method 9
Related toVariations Fall 1969
Hierophant (Issue 1)
10
Roy Walton Finders Keepers with two selections
VariationsAlso published here 1969 45
Fred Lessor Flipover Switch Mexican Turnover as tabled spread is flipped over with a card
Related to Nov. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 10)
80
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer Off Color Elevators with odd-backed Ace to Three
Variations 1970 5
Derek Dingle, Al Schneider Pickup Move
Variations 1971 43
Peter Kane Jazz Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1971 8
Reinhard Müller 3-Card Catch one-handed sandwich throw
Related toVariations July 1971 431
Sam Leo Horowitz Master Copper & Silver copper/silver routine with two cards and newspaper sheet, eight phases
Variations Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
457
Nate Leipzig Under The Handkerchief Force
Variations 1972 259
Jack Kent Tillar "Blister" blister appears on finger
Variations 1972 379
Karl Fulves New Shell Gaff shell with disc inside that can be shown from both sides, idea, "mint condition"
Related to May 1973 620
Harvey Rosenthal Perfect Coin Assembly four coins assemble under a corner of a handkerchief
  • Alternate Handling of the Last Coin
  • Second Alternate Handling of the Last Coin
Inspired byVariations 1973
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 5)
1
Eddie Fechter Packet to Packet
VariationsAlso published here 1974 34
Al Schneider Matrix
  • Drill I - The Pickup
  • Drill II - Card Placement
  • A Word About the Drills
  • Rules of Practice
  • Of Magic and Matrix
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Matrix" in "Genii" 11/1970
1974 3
Edward Marlo K.M. Move - with Reverse Fingering Action Move and Variations
  • Single Card Exchanges
  • Double Card Exchanges
  • Exchanging Two of Four (three procedures)
  • Exchanging Three of Four (two procedures)
  • Exchanging Four for Four
Related toVariations 1976 39
Jerry Andrus Clivot Principle Clamp Pivot Principle, pushing the card in and jogging it to the side, different variations, Diagonal Push In (DPI)
Related toVariations 1976 19
Harvey Rosenthal Purse Swindle coin in hand transposes with coin in purse
  • Compounding The Swindle
Variations 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3)
902
Karl Fulves Getting into Erdnase Break cards riffled with left thumb until spectator stops, top half lifted and card shown, Erdnase break established over it
Variations 1977 168
Tom Gagnon Visual Finders one of four kings transforms in first then second selection, then back, selections from pocket
1977 150
Tom Gagnon Visual Quickie one of four kings transforms into selection, then back, selection from pocket
Also published here 1977 160
Ken Krenzel The One-Card Middle Pass
Variations 1978 212
Frank Paglia Shovel Coin Shuffle (shuttle?) two coins and two cards, see also Bilis' "Close-Up French Style" (1976) according to page 136
Variations Aug. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 8)
89
Karl Fulves Rebound copper underneath one card, silver under another, the coins transpose, coin travel together under one card in repeat phase
Related toVariations 1978 1110
Cardini Crawling Bill bill crawl over floor, routine made available via Milton Tropp, wrist reel
Variations 1978 1114
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase and optional color changing back kicker
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
172
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo The Illogical Double Lift
Related toVariations 1979 30
Bobby Bernard The Routine
  • The Set-Up Position
  • The First Pick-Up
Variations 1979 9
Paul Harris, Tayari Casel Twilight coins are produced with a small mirror, four coins, mirror in small envelope, five phases
VariationsAlso published here 1979 1
Tom Gagnon Sandwich Spread card peeked, spectator shuffles, black Kings removed and put on tabled spread, spread gathered and sandwich with selection ends up on top
Inspired byAlso published here June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
359
Simon Aronson Ad-Jacent advertisement card is used to stab between selections in tabled spread
VariationsAlso published here 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
51
Tom Gagnon Educated Dollar Bill bill crawls underneath wallet in tent configuration, then under ashtray and back
  • The Bill and Wallet
  • Gaining Slack In The Thread
  • Himber Plus Cardini
  • The Bill and the Ashtray
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1325
Tom Gagnon The Inertia Change
1981 90
Tom Gagnon The Tiddlywinks Change
Also published here 1981 91
Tom Gagnon Forward
1981 v
Tom Gagnon Thumb-Tipping Quickies credit information on using a folding coin with a thumb tip
1981 1
Tom Gagnon Coin to Pocket Ruse coin travels from coin to pocket and back
Inspired by 1981 3
Tom Gagnon Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Related to 1981 4
Tom Gagnon Flip Up Production invisible coin flipped into air, it appears
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 6
Tom Gagnon Bomb Bay coin produced in empty hands
Also published here 1981 10
Tom Gagnon Double Duty Departure two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip
1981 13
Tom Gagnon Twofold Vanish two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip
1981 16
Tom Gagnon Coin-cidence coin appears and vanishes in bare hands
1981 18
Tom Gagnon Flash Coin Production coin appears one-handed
1981 22
Tom Gagnon Skullduggery chapter intro
1981 25
Tom Gagnon Miser's Daydream featuring a continuous coin production sequence with folding coin and thumb tip
Inspired by 1981 26
Tom Gagnon Alchemorphosis five dimes in prescription bottle change into a larger gold coin
1981 31
Tom Gagnon Contemporary Purse Swindle copper and silver coins in two purses, spectator can never guess the right one, sort of transposition
Inspired by 1981 36
Tom Gagnon Optional Display Technique
1981 38
Tom Gagnon Twilight's Last Gleaming coins are produced with a small mirror
Inspired by 1981 43
Tom Gagnon Newfangled Matrix
1981 47
Tom Gagnon Puffed flash silk production, thread and thumb tip
1981 51
Tom Gagnon The Phantom Coin much on table top
Inspired by 1981 54
Tom Gagnon Gypsy Coin coin through handkerchief
1981 62
Tom Gagnon Bending Coin
1981 67
Tom Gagnon Hodgepodge chapter intro
1981 68
Tom Gagnon The Tiddlywinks Change coin visibly changes from copper to silver under shot glass, or miniature card appears on coin
Also published here 1981 69
Tom Gagnon Shanghai Express chinese coin and half dollar transpose through handkerchief on table in various phases, including phase with shot glass
Inspired by 1981 71
Tom Gagnon Silver and Two Copper Interlude with shot glass
Inspired by 1981 81
Tom Gagnon Split Level silver dollar on back of left hand, it changes into two half dollars
1981 84
Tom Gagnon Transposition under Glass "Although I can't actually say that I'm crazy about this effect, it is different.", coin under and on top of inverted shot glass visibly transpose
1981 87
Tom Gagnon Popeyed coin placed in eye like a monocle, it drops into hands and is vanished, found back in eye
Inspired by 1981 88
Tom Gagnon Two-Sided Shell with thin milled down coin at inside of shell, can be shown from both sides, "mint condition"
Related to 1981 88
Tom Gagnon Soda Jerk coin in bottle with transposition phase, folding copper/silver
Inspired by 1981 89
Tom Gagnon Flick Your "Trick" Load flicking a coin under a mirror for use in Twilight Routine
1981 92
Tom Gagnon Departures chapter intro
1981 94
Tom Gagnon New Theory Pickup Move
Inspired by 1981 95
Tom Gagnon Snap Over Display
1981 100
Tom Gagnon The Pickup and Displacement Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
VariationsAlso published here 1981 103
Tom Gagnon Open Procedure Load loading Tenkai/Goshman pinched coin under card
Related to 1981 109
Tom Gagnon Flee Flicker sleeving a coin during pickup move
1981 111
Derek Dingle The DD Double Lift stud type
Related toVariations 1982 6
Edward Marlo Open Hockley as force
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982 95
Tom Gagnon New Theory Pick-Up Move
Apr. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4)
617
Tom Mullica The Future Change as card is pushed aside with hand that holds deck
Related to 1982 56
Tom Mullica The Future Spread tabled card changes visibly as spread is scooped up, see also Eidetic Change
Related toVariations 1982 59
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Instant Spread Reverse table spread, card placed in tabled spread and slid free
Variations 1982 121
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Ribbon-Spread Techniques - Glimpse two glimpses of card inserted in table spread when spread is scooped up
Related to 1982 125
Larry Jennings Ribbon Spread Reverse card reversed during ribbon spread turnover, credit unsure
Related to 1982 456
Tom Gagnon Electrostatic Recall card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin as gimmick
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Also published here 1982 26
Karl Fulves Pinpoint Aces four aces out-jogged, deck on table on side, named ace pivots out
Inspired by 1982 31
Tom Gagnon Bomb Bay Production coin productions with thumb tip
  • First Method
  • Flip Up Production
Also published here 1982 46
Tom Gagnon A Ball Penetration ball on top vanishes and appear under it
Also published here
  • "A Ball Penetration" in "The Blueprint"
1982 56
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
383
Tom Gagnon Introduction
1982
Bob Chesbro Coin to Pocket with repeat
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Impossible Coin to Pocket" (The Blueprint)
1982 42
Bob Chesbro Thumb Tip Coin Vanish
Related toVariations 1982 42
Tom Gagnon Visual Quickie one of four kings transforms into selection, then back, selection from pocket
Also published here 1982 27
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Re-Entry by Tom Gagnon June 1983
Epoptica (Issue 4)
205
Edward Marlo Bold Card Control
Related toVariations 1984 324
Tom Gagnon The Scoop-Displacement Coin Vanish coin is scooped up with card and put in left hand, vanishes, empty hands, using Ed Marlo's "Scoop Move"
1984 83
Tom Gagnon The Scoop-Displacement Coin Change coin is scooped up with playing card and put in left hand where it changes, back clip
1984 88
Tom Gagnon The Fan Square-Up Pass top card cover pass from one-handed fan
Inspired by
  • Eddie Fechter's Fan Glimpse (Magic of Eddie Fechter, p. 185)
Also published here
1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
301
Louis Falanga, Paul LePaul, Brother John Hamman One-Handed Flushtration Count
Related to 1985 87
Tom Gagnon Radical Rebound penny in fist, half dollar on table brushed with playing card changes to penny and half dollar is in pocket, then transposition phases and pocket penetration
Inspired byAlso published here 1985
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
1
Tom Gagnon Retroflex Switch visual switch of tabled coin with aid of playing card, tabled spellbound
Variations 1985
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Tom Gagnon Offspring Han Ping Chien coin added from underneath card as coin(s) from other hand are thrown on table
1985
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
14
Larry Jennings Collectors II faro
Variations 1986 129
Edward Marlo Spread Pass Addition with variations
  • Delayed Addition
  • Off The Face Switch
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1986 20
Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
1987 7
Dai Vernon The Transfer Force angle jog handling
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1987 93
Larry Jennings Simplex L.J. Switch context (also Tom Gagnon's Packet Vanish)
1987 131
Steve Beam Tom Gagnon
1988 385
Tom Gagnon Pop Top coin vanish and appearance, thumb tip and folding coin
1988 386
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Vanish
1988 387
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Production half dollar production
1988 388
Tom Gagnon Cutting Up false cut, shifts bottom card to the top, tabled
Inspired by 1988 389
Tom Gagnon The Dunbury Switch drop switch variation from the Dunbury Delusion
Inspired by 1988 390
Tom Gagnon The Blink Shrink with miniature card
Inspired by 1988 391
Tom Gagnon Stranger Exchanger
1988 393
Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon The Miracle Spread variation
Inspired by 1988 393
Tom Gagnon The Scoop
1988 394
Tom Gagnon The Shelter Change coin change with card
1988 396
Tom Gagnon The Slider coin travels to other coin, two cards, slider move
1988 397
Tom Gagnon You Have My Sympathy with close up map
Inspired by 1988 399
Steve Beam Leftovers on Tom Gagnon, Dick Dale
1988 404
Steve Beam Leftovers on auctions, the Magic Castle, Tom Gagnon, Paul Sorrentino
1988 444
Tom Gagnon, Norman Osborn, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Jerry L. Christensen, Gary Azerier, R. Missiaen, Tony Page, Bob Childers, Lindsay Smith Letters
1988
Interlocutor (Issue 49)
225
Morris Loewy Lowe Palm
Variations 1989 60
Karl Fulves Longitudinal Aces paper clip on top card, deck set on table, when spectator turns over top card with clip it changed into previous selection or
(B) into the four Aces
(C) into named Ace
Variations 1989 24
Bruce Cervon Floating Aces four aces one by one rise to top, then all at once, using Tilt
Variations 1990 9
Gary Ouellet, Walter E. Cummings Close Up Hint On the Preparation of Playing Cards, using soap
Variations 1990 138
Michael Powers Jelly Roll coin travels into breakfast jelly container, clear shell
Inspired by 1990 161
Tom Gagnon Cheating the Greek for a Second fake greeks and seconds
1992 xxxvi
Tom Gagnon Zip-Pop Change card that sticks out of deck changes
Variations 1992 9
Tom Gagnon Devil-May-Care Double-Cut tabled reverse double undercut
Related to 1992 24
T. C. Churchwell Band through Wrist
Variations Mar. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 3)
2194
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Fan Glimpse one-handed fan after peek
Variations 1993 185
Alex Elmsley Open Intruder unknown odd-backed card is found with open prediction procedure from face
VariationsAlso published here 1994 56
Alex Elmsley, Richard Himber Cold Steel knife is stabbed between two selections
Variations 1994 440
Peter Duffie Duffie's Depth Deception subtlety
Variations 1995 268
Steve Beam Special One-Man, One Move Insert - Tom Gagnon's Tap Illusion
1995 1023
Tom Gagnon The Tap Illusion (Single Card) card out jogged in deck is tapped with a card and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded on tapping card
Related to 1995 1023
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion (Half Deck) card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet
1995 1025
Tom Gagnon Vertical Tap Illusion card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, vertical
1995 1028
Tom Gagnon Tap Reverse card is tapped in deck and ends up reversed
1995 1029
Tom Gagnon Fan Tap card is tapped in deck with half deck fanned, control
1995 1030
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion Feint card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, with finesse
1995 1031
Tom Gagnon Bologna Sandwich
1995 1031
Tom Gagnon Ambitious Illusion with the tapping illusion
1995 1032
Tom Gagnon Off Color Prediction two decks, spectator and performer select the same card, then they change places in decks
1995 1033
Tom Gagnon Tapping the K.M. Move tapping illusion with K.M. move
1995 1033
Tom Gagnon Escalating Aces
Inspired by 1995 1034
Tom Gagnon Signed Sandwich
1995 1034
Randy Wakeman, Tom Gagnon Master Move
Related to 1995 1035
Tom Gagnon Multiple Tap Illusion tap illusion multiple shift to the bottom
1995 1036
Tom Gagnon Sideways Tap tap illusion variation
1995 1036
Tom Gagnon Taps more ideas with the tap illusion, see also p. 1096 for additional idea by Steve Beam
1995 1037
Dr. Jacob Daley, Tom Gagnon Cavorting Aces Handling
Inspired by 1995 1038
Tom Gagnon More on the Tap Illusion
  • The Elliptical False Count
Related to 1995 1068
Steve Beam Leftovers on Tom Gagnon, 4F convention, Wayne Kyzer, Simon Aronson, Drei-Länder-Kongress, Magic Christian, Leo Polacek, Harry Lucas, John Moran, Ron Jeffries, Simon Lovell
1995 1100
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Exchange as card is removed from in-the-hands spread
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 190
Edward Marlo Coin Slide Vanish coin slides from card into hand
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 217
Tom Gagnon Riffle-Toss Force using Outward Bottom Deal
Inspired byRelated to June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
66
Steve Bedwell The Dribble - Toss Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 ca. 10
Tom Gagnon Si of Relief calculating position of cards in Si Stebbins
Also published here 1997 1313
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather making a breather crimp
Also published here 1997 1313
Steve Beam Tom Gagnon's Second One-Man Insert - The Versatile Spread Control
1998 1369
Tom Gagnon The Versatile Spread Control bottom card rides under cards when spread on table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998 1369
Tom Gagnon Self-Inflicted Spread Force with the Versatile Spread Control
VariationsAlso published here 1998 1370
Tom Gagnon The Inverse Spread Control with the Versatile Spread Control
Inspired byVariations 1998 1371
Tom Gagnon Veiled Discovery with the Versatile Spread Control
1998 1371
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement with the Versatile Spread Control
Related to 1998 1371
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #2 with the Versatile Spread Control
1998 1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #3 with the Versatile Spread Control
1998 1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #4 with the Versatile Spread Control
1998 1372
Tom Gagnon Remote Control Reverse reversed in the middle, with the Versatile Spread Control
Related toAlso published here 1998 1373
Tom Gagnon The Imperfect Force
Inspired by 1998 1373
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Immediate Spell with the Versatile Spread Control
Also published here 1998 1374
Tom Gagnon Automatic Card at Any Number with the Versatile Spread Control
Variations 1998 1374
Tom Gagnon Red & Blue Double-Leaper with the Versatile Spread Control, deck with half red and half blue cards, red selection travels to blue part and vice versa
Also published here 1998 1375
Tom Gagnon Super Interchange selection transposes from middle of the deck with performer's card in pocket, with the Versatile Spread Control
1998 1375
Tom Gagnon Collectors Per Se with the Versatile Spread Control, progressive collectors
1998 1376
Troy Hooser Slip Stream (a.k.a. "Nectarless")
Variations 1998 1410
Tom Gagnon Makeshift Double building double-facer, double-backer, long cards, and key cards, with sticky label of card box
1998 1468
Tom Gagnon The Gagnon Spread Control center card rides under cards when spread on table, further development of "Versatile Spread Control"
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1998 1
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Version
Also published here Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
74
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Handling
  • Standup Version
Also published here 1999 25
Tom Gagnon Visual Quickie one of four kings transforms into selection, then back, selection from pocket
Also published here 1999 34
The Mexican Turnover
Related to 2000 824
Piet Forton, Wolff von Keyserlingk The Light-reft Spread Pass reverse spreading the halves
Related toAlso published here 2000 43
Tom Gagnon Automatic Ace Cutting by dribbling, good poker hand is found
Inspired byVariations 2000 35
Steve Beam Competition Cutting by dribbling, good poker hand is found
Inspired by 2000 37
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker breather crimp
Related toVariations 2003 10
Don May May's No Strip Out Multiple Shift five methods, with bluff spacing
Related toVariations 2007 115
Howard Hamburg Clipped card with paper clip comes to top, clipped card transposes with another card
Related toAlso published here 2009 27
Arie Vilner The Table Spread Control card inserted into tabled spread and controlled/culled as spread is gathered up
Related to 2009 74
Steve Beam Special Issues #05 1st Annual - Creating Magic
#10 2nd Annual - Beam's Guide to Attending Magic Conventions
#11 No Steve Beam Issue
#12 John Riggs' 1-Man Issue
#15 3rd Annual - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
#15 Dead Raccoon Issue
#20 4th Annual - The Bald Issue
#22 The Power Session - All Cards
#23 Tom Gagnon - One-Man Issue
#25 5th Annual - Name Brand Magic
2011 liv
Woody Aragón Blessed Poker
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2011 189
Tom Gagnon The Tiddlywinks Change brief
2011 51
Tom Gagnon Acknowledgements
2011 iii
Tom Gagnon Preface
2011 v
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass tabled spread, forward and backward action, Draw Shift related
  • Controlling the Location
VariationsAlso published here 2011 1
Tom Gagnon Slide Draw Shift deck is not picked up
2011 9
Tom Gagnon Faroed Spread Pass with deck in Incomplete Faro Condition
  • Two Card Control
Inspired by 2011 11
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Double Cut transfer cut onto table combined with Gagnon Spread Pass
Inspired by 2011 15
Tom Gagnon Half Pass One using tabled ribbon spread cover, application in which peeked-at card turns over
2011 17
Tom Gagnon Color Scheme deck spread face-down on table, when spread again the back color has changed
Also published here 2011 20
Tom Gagnon Cavorting Classic using tabled passes
2011 23
Tom Gagnon Versatile Spread Control bottom card rides under cards when spread on table
  • Basic Technique
  • Multi-Card Technique
  • Practice Exercise
  • Reciprocal Blind
Also published here 2011 32
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placements using the Versatile Spread Control
  • Submarine Key Card
  • Drop Shot Key Card (inspired by Vernon reference)
Inspired byRelated to 2011 40
Tom Gagnon Red & Blue Double Leaper with the Versatile Spread Control, deck with half red and half blue cards, red selection travels to blue part and vice versa
Also published here 2011 44
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Stab with the Versatile Spread Control
2011 51
Tom Gagnon Wow - that's Different biddle trick handling, using Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by
  • "Wow" (Richard Bruce, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Sep. 1951)
2011 54
Tom Gagnon Gagnon-Biddle Card Vanish handling of Biddle steal
2011 56
Tom Gagnon Double Miracle card thought of from a group, another card selected, one card spelled to and the other found at named number, using Versatile Spread Control
2011 58
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Instant Spell selection spelled to in tabled spread, using Versatile Spread Control
Also published here 2011 60
Tom Gagnon Ultimate Spread Force spectator divides tabled spread at any point, bottom card of top half forced, using Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 62
Tom Gagnon Edge Crimp relatively sharp crimp along the edge, with ruler
2011 62
Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread Force touched card in tabled spread apparently stays under spectator's finger, using Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 65
Tom Gagnon Inverse Spread Force using Versatile Spread Control
Inspired byVariations 2011 68
Tom Gagnon Immaculate Spread Force using Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 70
Tom Gagnon Self-inflicted Spread Force using Versatile Spread Control
Also published here 2011 72
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control center card rides under cards when spread on table
  • Insertion Jog
  • Side Steal Jog
  • The Control
VariationsAlso published here 2011 76
Tom Gagnon Top Card Cover GSC Gagnon Spread Control to second position
2011 87
Tom Gagnon Bottom Card Cover GSC Gagnon Spread Control to small position from bottom
2011 88
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Multiple Shift
  • Angle Load
  • Lift Load
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011 90
Tom Gagnon Spread Extraction Move Gagnon Spread Control to top
2011 95
Tom Gagnon Pinkie Finger Load Gagnon Spread Control to top
2011 97
Tom Gagnon Slide Maneuver Gagnon Spread Control to top
2011 99
Tom Gagnon Pam Sandwich using Gagnon Spread Control and Top Card Cover Slide Maneuver
2011 101
Tom Gagnon Technicolor Elevator odd-backed, using Gagnon Spread Control, split-back card
Inspired byVariations 2011 104
Tom Gagnon Psychic Touch cards in tabled spread touched one by one until spectator says stop, using Inverse Spread Force
Inspired by 2011 112
Tom Gagnon Remote Control Reverse ribbon spread turnover over free card underneath, using Gagnon Spread Control
Also published here 2011 116
Tom Gagnon Double Doodle Steal loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double
VariationsAlso published here 2011 119
Tom Gagnon Flying Double Lift loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double, in short tabled ambitious card sequence
2011 121
Tom Gagnon Bunko Squad card travels from deck to between sandwich cards, using Double Doodle Steal
2011 124
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Revelation deck spread on table, close in one sweep and selection remains face-up on table, using Versatile Spread Control
2011 127
Tom Gagnon Cop without a Beat copping card after Versatile Spread Control
2011 128
Tom Gagnon You Must Do as I Do using Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 131
Tom Gagnon Throwing a Slider Three Card Catch starting with tabled spread and Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 134
Tom Gagnon Lateral Bottom Deal left hand holds packet palm down, when turned palm up the bottom card is dealt out on inner end, as deck is cut and top portion is turned over and top card apparently thumbed off
  • The Grip
  • The Loosening
  • The False Deal
  • The Simulated Push-off
  • Simulating a Cut
  • The Riffle
  • The Cut
  • Completing the Cut and Finishing the Deal
  • Performance Notes
  • Practice Notes
  • A Psychological Bonus
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2011 136
Tom Gagnon Greek Lateral Bottom Deal same with second card from bottom (or top before cut)
Inspired by 2011 144
Tom Gagnon LBD Aces "Lateral Bottom Deal", Aces lost, performer quickly cuts the tabled deck four times at the Aces
2011 146
Tom Gagnon Bet Your Lateral Bottom Dollar performer cuts to the Aces one by one from tabled deck, dollar bill lies on deck, using Greek Lateral Bottom Deal
2011 148
Tom Gagnon Rhythm Aces
2011 152
Tom Gagnon Sticky Aces cutting to Aces after spectator's shuffle à la Scarne, using cards that have half a sticky surface
2011 155
Tom Gagnon Bluff Coincidence
2011 158
Tom Gagnon Double Bluff Coincidence two phases
2011 161
Tom Gagnon Laterally Stabbed using Lateral Bottom Deal
Inspired by 2011 165
Tom Gagnon Outward Bottom Deal card tossed forward
Related toVariations 2011 167
Tom Gagnon Card to Card Box card apparently tossed from inside case, actually from below
Inspired by 2011 170
Tom Gagnon Ricochet Bottom Deal top card apparently taken in End Grip and put on table, actually Outward Bottom Deal performed, here as cut force
Variations 2011 173
Tom Gagnon Covered Ricochet Bottom Deal original bottom card added to bottom of cut-off packet via Outward Bottom Deal
Variations 2011 175
Tom Gagnon Han Ping Chien BD
Inspired by 2011 177
Tom Gagnon Covered HPC Bottom Deal
Inspired by 2011 179
Tom Gagnon Bottop Force
2011 181
Tom Gagnon Wheeler Dealer outward bottom deal handling in which card is spun face up with right hand
2011 183
Tom Gagnon Greek Outward Bottom Deal
Variations 2011 185
Tom Gagnon Bluffing a Greek simplified
Inspired by 2011 187
Tom Gagnon Bilateral Bottom Deal two-handed version of Lateral Bottom Deal
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2011 188
Tom Gagnon Scissors Take Bilateral BD
Inspired by 2011 190
Tom Gagnon Scissors Grip Bilateral BD
Inspired by 2011 192
Tom Gagnon Flexible BD Exchange as card is removed from in-the-hands spread, using Outward Bottom Deal
  • Face-up Variation
Inspired by 2011 194
Tom Gagnon Insertion spectator stabs card next to selection
2011 196
Tom Gagnon Multi-Card Lowe Top Palm thumb flesh break
Inspired by 2011 199
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather method for making a breather crimp
Also published here 2011 201
Tom Gagnon Acknowledgements
2011
Tom Gagnon Dedication
2011
Tom Gagnon Preface
2011
Tom Gagnon The Basic Concept on time misdirection and jogs
2011 1
Tom Gagnon Cased Card Controls inserting a card in a cased deck and setting a small jog
  • Counterclockwise Rotation
  • Clockwise Rotation
  • Variation A
  • Variation B
  • Variation C
  • Variation D
  • Tip (card clip)
Also published here 2011 2
Tom Gagnon Push Through Jogs card ends up injogged
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 14
Tom Gagnon Slap Control card inserted in deck, then deck put half-way into case and slapped in (injog plungers out)
Also published here 2011 16
Tom Gagnon Gravity Control two cards inserted in deck, then deck put in case which is only held by its flap
Also published here 2011 18
Tom Gagnon Cased Clivot Control jog work in card case
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 21
Tom Gagnon Top Stock Control deck inserted in case after first jog shuffle
Also published here 2011 24
Tom Gagnon Cased Multiple Shift deck cased between insertion of cards and the strip out cut
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 25
Tom Gagnon Single Card Control with one-handed fan that retains jog
Related toAlso published here 2011 28
Tom Gagnon Cased Plunger Location deck cased in between selection and control with jog
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 29
Tom Gagnon Fan Control card pushed into deck one-handed, automatic jog control with squared deck, incorporating temporarily putting deck in case and one-handed fan
  • Variation A
  • Variation B (for two cards)
Also published here 2011 31
Tom Gagnon Stainless Steal jogged card in center, deck cased and removed, card is left behind, without stripper deck
Also published here 2011 34
Tom Gagnon Stainless Steal Reverse deck cased, extracted, re-cased
Also published here 2011 37
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Crimps crimping card while deck is cased
Also published here 2011 38
Tom Gagnon Cased Crimp crimping card while deck is cased, another method
Also published here 2011 41
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #55 on Tom Gagnon, Leslie
2012 xiii
Steve Beam Special Issues & Inserts #53 McDonnell, Billy - One Man Issue
#54 Rindfleisch, Joe - One Man Issue
#55 Tom Gagnon - One Man Issue
#56 Special F.F.F.F. 25th Anniversary Issue
#57 Hanging with the Gallos
#58 Robinson, Scott - One Man Insert - The Purse
#59 Fisher, Aaron - One-Man Insert
#59 Asher, Lee - One-Man Insert
#60 Givens, Joel - One-Man Insert
#62 Rubaway Vanish - Tips & Tweaks
#63 The Pass - A Manly Insert
#64 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert
#66 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert
#67 Gagnon, Tom - One-Man Insert - Versatile Spread Control
#68 Moves - Low-Fat Insert
#69 Levine, Harry - One-Man Insert
#70 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert
#70 Hooser, Troy - One-Man Insert
2012 lix
Shane Cobalt The Helium Control same appearance as Dribble Toss Control, Allerton Switch
Related to 2012 6
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) Avant-Cards: Tom Gagnon by Tom Gagnon (written by Wesley James) May 2012
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Tom Gagnon Acknowledgements
2013 iii
Tom Gagnon Preface
2013 v
Tom Gagnon Very Versatile Spread Control chapter intro
2013 xi
Tom Gagnon Very Versatile Spread Control
Also published here 2013 1
Tom Gagnon Bottop Spread Switch as tabled spread is scooped up
Inspired by 2013 5
Tom Gagnon Inverse Spread Switch card is reversed or odd-backed in center of tabled spread, top portion scooped up and card switched
  • Face-Up Variant
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 8
Tom Gagnon Dunbury Illusion selection apparently discarded, using ribbon spread techniques
2013 11
Tom Gagnon Gagnon-Biddle Card Vanish handling of Biddle steal
2013 13
Tom Gagnon Dual Miracle Spread combined with Versatile Spread Control, as force or stab in tabled spread
Inspired by 2013 15
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Switch sandwich used to scoop up tabled spread, sandwiched card switched for card under spread
2013 17
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Sandwich Jokers placed aside, odd-backed card signed and put in deck, it travels between sandwich
2013 20
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Transpo Jacks placed aside, named Jack transposes with selection which is reversed in center of deck
2013 24
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Load as spread is scooped up with sandwich cards
2013 26
Tom Gagnon Pad Revelation cards spread on close-up pad, pad folded over spread and unfolded, selection now face-up on spread
Variations 2013 29
Tom Gagnon Hidden Agenda cards spread on pad, covered with handkerchief, pad folded over spread and unfolded, selection is now on top of handkerchief
Inspired by 2013 31
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Strip-out Addition cards out-jogged in tabled spread, spread scooped up and cards stripped out
2013 33
Tom Gagnon Sliding Jinx Switch gathering up a tabled spread as cover for packet switch
  • Variation One
  • Variation Two
Inspired by 2013 36
Tom Gagnon Contemporary Spread Controls chapter intro
2013 40
Tom Gagnon Impossible Sandwich card travels between sandwich, sandwich cards separate from deck, clean handling
2013 40
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control brief
Also published here 2013 41
Tom Gagnon Double Doodle Steal loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double, brief
Also published here 2013 42
Tom Gagnon Pluck Revelation card starts on top
Also published here
  • The Blueprint, Vol. 6 No. 8, Feb. 1980
2013 44
Tom Gagnon Somersault Reverse tabled spread flipped over and a card appears face-up on it
2013 46
Tom Gagnon Tidal Wave Revelation tabled spread flipped over and a card appears face-up on it
2013 49
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Cut deck openly cut during flipping over a tabled spread, right at an Ace
2013 51
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Glimpse deck spread with side-jogged card, glimpse after gathering cards up
2013 53
Tom Gagnon Kosky-Gagnon Switch using tabled Gagnon Spread Control
2013 56
Tom Gagnon One Card Ribbon Spread Pass front-and-back ribbon spread used to slide card from center to top
  • Control to the Bottom
Inspired by 2013 58
Tom Gagnon Slippery Sandwich black on top and bottom, card peeked at, deck cut, selection sandwiched
2013 62
Tom Gagnon One-Hand Ribbon Spread Switch odd-backed card in center of deck is switched during tabled ribbon spread action as it is slid out
Variations 2013 65
Tom Gagnon Spread-Cut-Pass deck ribbon spread back to front, gathered half-way and cut, face-card is original top card
2013 68
Tom Gagnon Undercover Lap as tabled spread is gathered
2013 71
Tom Gagnon More Spread Control Delights chapter intro
2013 74
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Spread Control card inserted in tabled back-to-front spread, controlled as cards are gathered
  • One Card Control to the Top
  • One Card Control to the Bottom
  • Two Card Control to the Top
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 74
Tom Gagnon Open-Faced Sandwich back-to-front tabled spread, black Kings placed on ends of spread and a selection inserted in center, spread gathered, Kings sandwiching selection on top
2013 79
Tom Gagnon Open Mechanical Spread Control
Related to 2013 80
Tom Gagnon Sandwich Spread card peeked, spectator shuffles, black Kings removed and put on tabled spread, spread gathered and sandwich with selection ends up on top
Also published here 2013 83
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Multiple Control tabled spread control with multiple cards
Inspired by 2013 87
Tom Gagnon TCC Mechanical Spread Control Top Card Cover variant, to second from top
Inspired by 2013 90
Tom Gagnon MCC Mechanical Spread Control Middle Card Cover variant, face-up card inserted into spread, controlled to second from top with cover card
2013 92
Tom Gagnon Dominoing Switch card held in hand, switched for top card as tabled spread is flipped over
2013 95
Tom Gagnon Slider card pulled out of ribbon spread is selection or Ace
2013 98
Tom Gagnon Sliding Cut ribbon spread separated/cut exactly at an Ace or a selection
Variations 2013 100
Tom Gagnon Sliding Cut Variant ribbon spread separated/cut exactly at an Ace or a selection
Inspired by 2013 102
Tom Gagnon A Pass, A Si, A Slug, & More chapter intro
2013 104
Tom Gagnon By-Pass Herrmann bottom card cover pass, on cover card
2013 104
Tom Gagnon Electrostatic Recall card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin through close-up mat as gimmick
Inspired by
  • "The Shooting Joker" (Peter Kane, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 20 No. 8)
Also published here
2013 108
Tom Gagnon Si of Relief calculating position of cards in Si Stebbins
Also published here 2013 111
Tom Gagnon Lessinout Culls Stebbins culling a four-of-a-kind from a stack
2013 112
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Stand-up Version
Also published here 2013 113
Tom Gagnon Double Lift Retention Turndown Tamariz/Bruce, independent invention, credit information
2013 117
Tom Gagnon DD Double Lift Variant stud, with break
Inspired by 2013 117
Tom Gagnon Flexible Turnover Move printing application
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 121
Tom Gagnon Makeshift Double using stickiness of card case seal
2013 123
Tom Gagnon Cancelled Deck Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, sprung into air, selection caught with finger through hole
Variations 2013 124
Tom Gagnon Miracle Flush cutting to straight flush
2013 128
Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread Coincidence using tabled spreads
Inspired by 2013 133
Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread Handling card slid to new position as part of tabled spread is gathered
Inspired by 2013 134
Tom Gagnon One-Handed Flushtration Count
Related toVariations 2013 136
Tom Gagnon Slug-O-Matic Deck wide/narrow combination, allows riffle shuffle stock control
  • Spectator Shuffles
2013 138
Tom Gagnon Shuffling Monkey spectator riffle shuffles deck with selection and two face-up Jokers in it, afterwards the Jokers sandwich selection, Slug-O-Matic Deck
Inspired by
  • "Monkey in the Middle" (Bill Goldman, marketed)
2013 142
Tom Gagnon Z-Box flat object switched while pushing it away with card case
2013 144
Tom Gagnon Coins for Connoisseurs chapter intro
2013 150
Tom Gagnon Ultimate Coin Assembly four quarters, one-handed performance
Inspired by 2013 150
Tom Gagnon Pickup and Displacement Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
Also published here 2013 152
Tom Gagnon Phantom Coin Load from Tenkai Pinch
Related to 2013 155
Tom Gagnon Coin Assembly for Connoisseurs four quarters covered with Kings, assembly, then Kings change to Aces
Also published here 2013 158
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Sympathetic Coins coins penetrate upwards through pad to join coin under card, extra coin
Inspired by 2013 164
Tom Gagnon Forty-One Cent Assembly international coin assembly, dime-and-penny gaff
Inspired by
  • "The Dingle Coin Mystery" (Derek Dingle, marketed 1970)
2013 171
Tom Gagnon Just for Tenkai
2013 178
Tom Gagnon Esoteric Coin Maneuver loading coin under card as it is snapped off table
2013 181
Tom Gagnon Scoop Assembly
Inspired by 2013 183
Tom Gagnon Scoop Steal coin stolen between two cards as another is slid apparently on it
2013 184
Tom Gagnon Pumpkin Seed Split half dollar split into two half dollars
Inspired by 2013 188
Tom Gagnon Toeing the Mark handling for han ping chien move for last coin in coins through table with glass
2013 190
Tom Gagnon Radical Rebound chapter intro
2013 192
Tom Gagnon Radical Rebound penny in fist, half dollar on table brushed with playing card changes to penny and half dollar is in pocket, then transposition phases and pocket penetration
Also published here 2013 192
Tom Gagnon, Edward Marlo Scoop-Up Move Variation coin slides from card into hand
Inspired by 2013 193
Tom Gagnon Retroflex Switch visual switch of tabled coin with aid of playing card, tabled spellbound
2013 195
Tom Gagnon Offspring Han Ping Chien coin added from underneath card as coin(s) from other hand are thrown on table
2013 205
Tom Gagnon Cups, Balls, Smoke, Bands, Ding chapter intro
2013 208
Tom Gagnon Empty Cup Move display sequence for cups
Also published here
  • The Blueprint, Vol. 5 No. 6
2013 208
Tom Gagnon Smoke Screen match goes out by itself when performer inhales into opposite sleeve, then smoke is exhaled
Inspired by
  • "The Human Volcano" (Jules Dhotel, Magic with Small Apparatus)
  • "Matchless Matches" (John Scarne's Magic Tricks, p. 222)
2013 210
Tom Gagnon Wristy Penetration
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Mojo, Vol. 1 No. 6
2013 211
Tom Gagnon How to Repair a Bent Shell
2013 214
Will Houstoun (reviewer) Too Hot for the Devil by Tom Gagnon (written by Matthew Field) Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
100
Harapan Ong Cull the Police! Jacks face-up at different position come to top, burglars
Variations 2014 23
Patrick G. Redford The O. P. Spread Open Prediction plot, verbal prediction
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "The O. P. Spread" (Patrick G. Redford, The Open Prediction Project, 2008)
2014 115
Bob Farmer, Tony Kardyro Treating the Cards with cashmere bouquet soap and teflon powder, also for faro shuffles
Related to 2017 56
Tom Gagnon Tiddlywinks Change coin changes under glass
2017 134
Tom Gagnon The Overlap Procedure and Control card(s) inserted in tabled spread, slid a bit too far but not free
Also published here 2018 298
Tom Gagnon Double Decker Overlap Procedure Sandwich application, all three cards distributed in tabled spread
Also published here 2018 301
Tom Gagnon Getting the Scoop card inserted in tabled spread, slid a bit too far but not free, ends up side-jogged eventually
Also published here 2018 302
David Regal (reviewer) Hof-Sender Aces by Tom Gagnon Jan. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)
102
Lorenz Schär Satisfriction as a Multiple Shift
Related to 2019 44
Tom Gagnon Acknowledgements
2019 viii
Tom Gagnon Preface
2019 ix
Tom Gagnon Swindler's Aces Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table one-handed and stopping the spread at each Ace
Inspired byVariations 2019 1
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather brief, way to apply breather crimp, see also p. 41
2019 1
Tom Gagnon Establishing Break at Breather Crimp one-handed with tabled deck
2019 2
Tom Gagnon Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration adding a color-changing deck phase during ribbon-spreading the deck face-down as fake cooler deck switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019 4
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass tabled spread, forward and backward action, Draw Shift related
Also published here 2019 5
Tom Gagnon Gagnon's Miracle Aces ribbon spread stopped at apparently random locations to find Aces, spectator stabs last Ace
2019 10
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Cut Estimation ribbon spreading stopped after estimated number of cards
Inspired by 2019 10
Tom Gagnon Hof-Sendser Aces Jazz Aces presented as hole card switch demonstration, using transparent Hofzinser card over phone flashlight
Inspired by 2019 12
Tom Gagnon An Expensive Sandwich dollar bill and four Aces placed in different parts of the deck and lost, two cards on either side of bill are then Aces
Variations 2019 16
Carmen D'Amico, Tom Gagnon D'Amico Shift with Dollar Bill sliding block, with bill in deck in addition to cards
Inspired by 2019 16
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase
Also published here 2019 18
Tom Gagnon About Face selection lost, wrong card found a few times then selection suddenly is face up on top
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Blueprint, Vol. 4 No. 5, 1977
2019 20
Tom Gagnon Chinese Card Spin card spins out after flip-over deal flourish, also as apparent transformation
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Chinese Boomerang" (Roger Klause, The Gen, Vol. 19 No. 10)
2019 23
Tom Gagnon Punched in the Dark Royal Flush located under handkerchief on table
Inspired by 2019 25
Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread under Handkerchief spread covered with handkerchief
Inspired by 2019 26
Tom Gagnon Aces by Weight Aces cut to and their position announced and verified, faro
Inspired by 2019 31
Tom Gagnon Bilateral Bottom Deal
Also published here 2019 33
Tom Gagnon Electro Static Aces Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table one-handed and stopping the spread at each Ace
Inspired by 2019 38
Tom Gagnon Versatile Spread Control from Erdnase Break bottom cards ride under cards when spread on table, as production to stop at specific card
Inspired by 2019 39
Tom Gagnon Facing a Swindler face-up version of Swindler's Aces
Inspired by 2019 41
Tom Gagnon Flimflam Transpo Kings together face up in deck, when spread on the table they change into Aces
2019 44
Tom Gagnon Flimflam Switch reversed cards in center are switched for other reversed cards under top card of deck with ribbon spread action
Inspired by 2019 44
Tom Gagnon Floater deck floats above hand, using hidden Thumb Tip
Also published here
  • New Tops, Dec. 1981
2019 46
Tom Gagnon The Gathering Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table one-handed and stopping the spread at each Ace
Inspired by 2019 48
Tom Gagnon High Flying Aces Aces lost, tabled face-up ribbon spread closed and an Ace appears on deck, repeated three more times
2019 51
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass as double cut substitute, top card transferred to bottom as back-to-front ribbon spread is gathered
2019 51
Tom Gagnon Packet Collectors three selections lost, groups of four cards each biddle counted off deck and spectators put their hand on the groups that contain their cards, selections travel to between Kings
Inspired by 2019 53
Tom Gagnon Scarne's Triple Coincidence Revisited two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2019 59
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Multiple Shift
  • Angle Load Variation
Also published here 2019 60
Tom Gagnon Underhanded Collectors selections lost and deck spread on table, scooped up with four Kings and selection appear between Kings, four double facers, faro
Inspired by 2019 65
Tom Gagnon Weighing In Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table and stopping the spread, number of cards in un-spread portion named and last card is Ace each time, Aces in named order
Inspired byVariations 2019 68
Tom Gagnon A Peeking Intruder odd-backed card put in deck, spectator fingertip-peeks at a card, it is the odd-backed card, chicago opener, double lift after ribbon spread placement
Inspired by 2019 73
Tom Gagnon SCAAN "Spectator Card at Any Number", with the Versatile Spread Control
Inspired by 2019 77
Tom Gagnon Impeccable Change wrong card reversed and deck spread face up, when spectator removes reversed card it is not the selection, using Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by
  • "Ribbon-Spread Switch-Out" (Stephen Hobbs, Technical Toolbox DVDs)
2019 79
Tom Gagnon The Wash wash shuffle to lose selection in deck, using Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by
  • Gary McCoy's handling of Slydini's "Helicopter Card Trick"
2019 81
Tom Gagnon Umpteenth Open Prediction using Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2019 82
Tom Gagnon Mystery Card unknown card with paper clip set aside, card signed and lost, deck placed on clipped card, deck spread and gathered, card shown to be selection
Variations 2019 86
Tom Gagnon Clip Load Gagnon Spread Control into paper clipped card
Related to 2019 88
Tom Gagnon Mystery Card Revisited different handling
Inspired by 2019 89
Tom Gagnon Clipped Sandwich card appears sandwiched between two paper clipped cards, spread loading technique
2019 91
Tom Gagnon Shorty's Holdout two bills with paper clip on them set aside, selection appears in them, loading with ribbon spread
2019 93
Tom Gagnon Clipped Triple Prediction three cards with paper clip on them, turn out to be later selections
2019 95
Tom Gagnon Twice Clipped Improved two cards predicted with cards from other deck, paper-clipped pairs
Inspired by 2019 97
Tom Gagnon Burglar's Big Break Out Jacks put into deck reversed one by one and then travel to Joker with paper clip on it, using Gagnon Spread Control, handkerchief as cover in last phase
Inspired by 2019 100
Tom Gagnon Insertion Plunger Jog card pushed into tabled deck, plunger
Related to 2019 101
Tom Gagnon Clipped Thought unknown card with paper clip set aside, it turns out to be named Ace, then changes to another named Ace, then all Aces are in clip, ribbon spread techniques used
Inspired by 2019 104
Tom Gagnon Multiple Insertion Plunger Jog with multiple cards, tabled
Related to 2019 104
Tom Gagnon Clip Joint black Kings with paper clip on them put aside, signed selection appears between them, ribbon spread techniques
2019 109
Tom Gagnon Clipped Transposition paper clipped card on table transposes with reversed card in deck, ribbon spread handling, optional double backer
Related to 2019 112
Tom Gagnon Four the Hard Way paper clipped and signed Joker put aside, transposes with four Kings in center of deck
2019 116
Tom Gagnon Easy Rider Clip Load with Marlo's Miracle Spread
Inspired byRelated to 2019 121
Tom Gagnon Clipped Exchange card from pocket transposes with paper clipped in hand, duplicate
2019 122