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Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
Also published here
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1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
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1933 11
Jack Gwynne Gwynne's Speller every value is spelled out from full deck, stack
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1937 61
Charles T. Jordan Infallible Detection key card location, uncredited
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1937 89
Divining Deck chosen card indicates position of selection
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1937 191
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked
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1937 210
Michael F. Zens Quadruple Poker Trick
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1937 369
Stuart P. Cramer Les Cartes par Hasard card thought of from the middle while riffled, multiple out after dealing into four piles
Variations
1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
182
Norman Ashworth Before your Eyes message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it, idea by Charles Nyquist on page 270
Also published here
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May 1937
The Jinx (Issue 32)
203
Theodore Annemann* Locatrik location with two keys and two outs, Gemini Twins precursor
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Dec. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 39)
262
Martin Gardner* Gardner's Card Speller answer to three questions is spelled, spectator can lie, still the card shows up at the end
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1937 3
The Shuffle Location jog-shuffle, in and out-jog method
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1938 41
U. F. Grant Reversed Key Card The "Whoops!" Control
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1938 81
By Means of the Fan Spread
  • a. Raising a Neat Fan
  • b. Raising a Ragged Fan
  • c. Spreading on the Table
  • d. Displaying a Reverse Fan
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1938 336
Jules D'Hotel A New Top Card Production card pushed out and pivoted upwards behind deck
Also published here
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1939 25
Paul LePaul There It Is! visual thing, drawing on cover of Dover Reprint..., for credit information see references
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1940 167
The Twenty-Sixth Location get-ready trick to get key in center, spelling
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1940 397
Walter B. Gibson* Double Reverse spectator's and performer's cards reverse
Also published here
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Jan. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 77)
505
Walter B. Gibson* Before Your Eyes Improvement improvement
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Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
535
Walter B. Gibson* Perplexity two cards in twenty card packet at unknown positions change place (more or less)
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 88)
553
Charles Hopkins 29 - Pocket index. Mentions pocket index gimmick in Jinx magazine, No. 82, p. 528, Pocket Prophecies.
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1940 43
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, see Collected Secrets for variations
Also published here
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1940 3
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
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1940 4
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined
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1940 5
Edward Marlo A Good Number spectators stops while performer is shuffling four times and cards are turned over, next to Aces
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1942 11
Martin Gardner* X-Ray Touch deck cut and top card touched with first finger, then it is named, repeated
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1942 32
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Card idea by Fred Braue on page 214, see reference, for credit information see also "Informant" reference
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Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 48)
196
Warren Wiersbe Numerical Discovery
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1944 12
Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson* Before Your Eyes message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it
  • Walter Gibson Method
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1944 188
Charles Nyquist "Before Your Eyes" Business Card message on business card, name of selection appears
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1944 309
E. D. Wolff Mind Testing Deck
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1945 152
Vynn Boyar An Amusing Interlude wine visibly vanishes from glass, when it is raised to the lips
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1945 291
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
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1945 1
Arthur H. Buckley Transposition Experiment No. 1 - double lift, mexican turnover
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1946 150
Pop Up top half flies to table, selection appears
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1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
50
Van Osdol Number Trick digit addition force
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1946 56
The Tantalizer twenty-second position and packet dealing
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1948 112
Enlarging and Diminishing Cards classic fan technique
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1948 276
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery timing fan force
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1948 69
Karrell Fox The Question Is...
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1948 96
Bert Fenn, Neal Elias 10-6-9-4 four values are counted to, aces found, inspired by Stanley Collins trick from "A Conjuring Melange"
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1948 6
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other
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1949 47
Bob Hummer Face-Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
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1949 48
John Scarne Aces from the Pocket No. 2, Shuffled deck placed in pocket, performer able to pull out four Aces
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1950 11
Francis Carlyle The Upside-Down Deck No. 3, spectator and performer each select card from half the deck and exchange it, then faced-deck Triumph without shuffle
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1950 11
John Scarne Swimmers No. 31, Deck is cut into four, cards are moved around in long procedure, reveal four Aces. Procedure repeated, reveal four Kings.
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1950 56
Dr. Jacob Daley The Mathematical Card Trick No. 33, Two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time
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1950 59
Stewart James James's Miracle No. 72, two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers
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1950 132
Nat Bernstein, Morty Zuckert The Obedient Cards No. 73, uses two named numbers to locate card
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1950 134
Martin Gardner* Five Nine King No. 94, card is freely selected, and its mates are found by cutting the deck.
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1950 176
John Scarne Scarne's Lie Speller No. 96
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1950 182
Harry Houdini, Nate Leipzig, Harry Levine Affinity in Numbers No. 110, after some mental calculation, the two digits of the total match the values of two selected cards
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1950 212
Nate Leipzig The Complementary Cards No. 130, card with same suit and cards who add up to the value as thought-of card are produced from performer's pocket. Uses A,2,4,6 (instead of standard A,2,4,8).
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1950 250
Bruce Elliott* Brrrrtttt! phase for ambitious card
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June 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 231)
924
Utility Switch
Also published here
  • also in: Utility Move (Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術), 2013)
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1952 11
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Key key balanced on finger turns over
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Jan. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 246)
984
Bill Simon "Touch" Retouched ungaffed, one card
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1952 148
Bob Hummer Mind Reader's Dream cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card
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1952 1
Eddie Joseph Hitting the Headline page and line is chosen from selected newspaper using deck of cards, two halves are dealt and two cards freely selected, pips added together, chosen headline is divined
  • Single Number Force
  • Combination Number Force
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1952 1
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Card printing of a business card
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1953 50
George Sands An Oddity paper slips with numbers on each side are arranged by the spectator, see 2022 reference for credit information
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July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 312)
50
Mary Kinson, Lewis Ganson Fan See Card double-fan, outer layer ripped off except selection
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1954 220
Bruce Elliott* Brrrrtttt! phase for ambitious card
Also published here
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1956 138
T. O'Connor Sloane The Mysteries of Nine Number forces using the number nine (e.g. 1089), includes variation by T. O'Connor Sloane using money
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1956 163
Martin Gardner* The "One Two Three" Trick three sets of Ace to Three are removed, one set put in a face-up row on table, one set put face down under those cards in the row, last three cards are distributed by spectator so they don't match the face-up cards, face-down cards either predict the placement, or each set has an Ace, Two and Three, also suggestion with other objects (different-sized cups of three colors)
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July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
5
Jerry Andrus Double Cascade cards cascading into other hand after faro, Notis type
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1957 7
Bert Allerton The Jumping Flower paper napkin flower jumps from lapel to lapel, thread
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1958 55
Dai Vernon Jumbo Surprise a card becomes a jumbo card when turned over on the table
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1959 38
Dai Vernon "Picking off the Pip"
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1959 47
Alex Elmsley Penny Plain performer brings card to special position corresponding with cut-off packet behind back, principle similar to Penelope Principle
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1959 2
Bob Hummer Bild und Rücken face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, see Collected Secrets for variations
Also published here
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1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
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Martin Gardner* Piano Mover piano card trick, one double lift
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Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
8
Senor Notis The Notis Cascade One-handed Riffle Shuffle with Cascade Finale
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1960 31
U. F. Grant The Misdirection Pass The "Whoops!" Control
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Nov. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 351)
234
Dai Vernon The Optical Move
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1961 21
Robert "Dr. Faust" Remartinez Tacto Extraordinario face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, same as Hummer
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1961 17
Jay Ose Ose's Cut triple cut to table
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1962 93
Sam Schwartz Sam-Ultaneous two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, appear at same position in two piles
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1962 114
Don Tanner Automatic Check Casher check inside card box turns into bill
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1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
51
North Bigbee Perfect Pack effects with a stacked deck, New Deck Order with one faro, 14/15 total of two cards
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Dec. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 385)
369
Paul Curry The Joker Knows spectator selects a card, which a vanishes and appears in the card case
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1965 116
Chan Canasta Oops 9: Look out for a number 1089 force, prediction is 6801 on the page, must flip upside down to reveal prediction
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1966 20
Dai Vernon Pure Mathematics "Chapter Sixteen", two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers
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1967 99
Fred G. Taylor Curious Count broken count force
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Oct. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 12)
210
Fred Lowe Question card chosen by cutting off some cards and counting...
  • Question for All
  • Question for Experts
  • Question for Connoisseurs
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1969 134
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley The Unwritten Prediction card dealt face down is only odd-backed card in deck
  • Method Fifteen
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Fall 1969 21
Harry Lorayne Snap!
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1969 25
Dai Vernon Curious Count II covering cases two to five
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Feb. 1969 239
Karl Fulves* Even Money Proposition spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake
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May 1969 257
Karl Fulves* The Compleat Gamester proposition bets
  • Birthday Bet (see p. 292 for Mel Stover comment)
  • Red And Black (Martin Gardner)
  • License Plate Poker
  • Ace-Deuce-Jack Variations
  • Black And White
  • Coin Swindles
  • 3-Card Poker
  • Odds On Favorite (Omega Bet, card pushed in reversed and pairs dealt off)
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July 1969 272
Charles Brent* Fate pair of mates revealed by counting down to numbers rolled with dice, in second trick spot cards indicated number on die
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Oct. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 12)
290
Roy Walton* The Karl Le Fong Trick two cards noted by throwing three dice, cards change places
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1969 16
Roy Walton* Stepping Stones solution for a problem posed by Fulves, several variations
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1969 21
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
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Aug. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 10)
351
Edward Marlo Notes on a Miracle Kings are inserted next to Queens by spectator, different methods
  • First Method (double facers, double backers)
  • Second Method (roughed)
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
  • Fifth Method
  • Sixth Method
  • Seventh Method
  • Eighth Method ("Marlo's favorite version")
  • Ninth Method
  • Tenth Method
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Fall-Spring 1971
The Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
265
Lin Searles Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson
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July 1971 430
Roy Walton* Demi Demon mates are found, faro
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1971 24
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Two Card Monte Switch for last two cards of Follow the Leader
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June 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 15)
115
Eddie Fechter A Fechter Force packet cutting timing force with out
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1972 45
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location two phase location
Also published here
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Aug. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
65
Paul LePaul Flip
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1972 60
Richard Himber Try this for Size off beat prediction of position 14 3/4
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  • "Try This For Size" (Richard Himber, MUM, Sep. 1969)
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1972 62
Walter B. Gibson* Double Reverse spectator's and performer's cards reverse
Also published here
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1972 116
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Miracle No. 627, number free, card forced from a second deck
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1972 174
Frank Thompson F.T. Cut
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1973 143
Karl Fulves* Odds on Favorite Omega Bet, betting game in which a reversed card is part of a same-colored pair or not
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1973 79
Orville Wayne Meyer Round Up two selections, half held by spectator, cards are exchanged and deck assembled in face-up and face-down packets
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1973
Magick (Issue 78)
389
John Hamilton Die Augen Gottes two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Also published here
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July 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Jerry Andrus Easy Waterfall cards cascading into other hand after faro, Notis type
Also published here
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1973 12
Paul Curry A Swindle Of Sorts
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1974 7
Francis Carlyle Carlyle Paddle Move
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1974 48
George Sands Lucky 13 prime principle force, small packet counted to named number until only one card remains
Also published here
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Aug. 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1035
Roy Walton* The "Thing er me Jig" Trick cards are spelled with words "remember" and "forget"
Also published here
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1975 2
Charles T. Jordan The Infallible Detection key card location
Also published here
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1975 65
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
Also published here
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1975 103
Jerry Andrus Back Jog Turnover top cards pivot with one hand, for reversing the cards
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1976 27
Charles Brent* Fate #1 No. 40, after some counting and making two packets with two dice, two black Jacks show up
Also published here
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1976 61
Rick Johnsson Raisin' Rabbits sponge rabbit vanishes and only leaves some dung in form of raisins
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1976 75
Edward Marlo More Miracle Card Changes different variations (including tabled)
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1977 149
Mark Weston Splitz double backer is put in the center of the deck, the cards next to it are removed and the double backer split in two normal cards, the cards match the other two cards
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July 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 11)
433
Al Smith Cross Over Aces using pick-up from wrong packets, see p. 37 for variation by David Britland
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1978
The Talon (Issue 2)
13
Steve Beam Mental Address Book gag for getting phone number of spectator
1978 1
Steve Beam The Ringer ring is caught in knot, one handed
1978 1
Steve Beam Edition Addition name of selection found in newspaper add, card vanishes from deck
1978 2
Steve Beam Guillotine Idea gag, used blades
1978 2
Steve Beam The Vanishing Earthworm worm vanishes from tube, gag
1978 3
Steve Beam Utility Vanish worm vanishes from book, gag
1978 3
Steve Beam Cubio Routine presentation for Cubio, Die on string stops and slides on magician's command
1978 4
Steve Beam Routine For The Lota humorous presentation for the Lota bowl
1978 5
Steve Beam, Jimmy Heron Dry Clean Only patter for dye box / washing box trick
1978 6
Steve Beam On the Subject of Linking Rings humorous article
1978 12
Steve Beam Editorial about bringing more women to magic meetings, humorous article
1978 13
Steve Beam You're Joking removing jokers from face-down deck
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1978 15
Steve Beam Quick Change card on table is covered with a fan and transforms
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Mathew Corin's "Novel Card Discovery" in "Genii" May, 1972.
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1978 15
Steve Beam Card to Silk playing card changes into card silk
1978 15
Steve Beam The One Handed Pharoah one handed faro shuffle and cascade (Jerry Andrus)
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1978 18
Steve Beam Lazy Man's Deck Switch #1 dropping card during a trick, then take another deck
1978 22
Steve Beam Lazy Man's Deck Switch #2 as a gag
1978 22
Steve Beam Comeback off-beat prediction, same back design
1978 22
Steve Beam Flipover as a production, apparently from the middle, using a swing cut
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1978 24
Steve Beam Rapid Transit card appears face-up on the deck (using one handed top palm) vanishes again (face up Tent vanish) and appears face up in the center of the deck
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1978 25
Steve Beam Mabel using wind-up teeth
1978 26
Steve Beam How To Fan Cards humorous article, cartoons
1978 28
Steve Beam The African Shuffle shuffle gag, dated
1978 29
Steve Beam Pic A Card gag, dated
1978 30
Steve Beam Borrowed Deck Beauty to switch a borrowed deck in the context of a routine
1978 30
Steve Beam Visual Brainwave color changing deck, with signed selection
1978 33
Steve Beam Dancing Queen selection appears as a Tattoo on performers body
1978 35
Steve Beam Backdoor Force #1 using a table
1978 36
Steve Beam Split False Cut #1 multiple cuts, Hindu shuffle position
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1978 37
Steve Beam Split False Cut #2
1978 38
Steve Beam Electrocution card is found using an X-Ray machine, humorous routine
Inspired by
  • Lou Derman's "The X-Ray" in "Add Comedy to your Act"
1978 39
Steve Beam Glossary of Terms
1978 41
Steve Beam Thanksgiven
1978 42
Edward Marlo The 3½ Second Stack
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1979 314
Ron Ferris Ribbon Candy spectator finds red cards in black pile and black cards in red pile, alternating set up
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Sep. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 9)
246
Karl Fulves* Even-Money Proposition No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
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1979 94
Steve Beam The Card Book - Introduction on the spiralbound deck of cards
  • About The Card Book
1979 1
Steve Beam Joker Removal spiralbound deck, Joker is removed, penetrates spiral
1979 1
Steve Beam Bound Reversal spiralbound deck, card is peeked and then found reversed
1979 2
Steve Beam Built-In Book Test II using spiralbound book and string
Inspired by
  • Alan Milan's "A Built-in Book Test" in Robert Nelson's "Comedy Mentalism Volume II" p. 30.
1979 4
Steve Beam, Wayne Wall Bending Over Backwards spiralbound deck, selected card is pulled through spiral
1979 5
Steve Beam Gettin A Rise Out Of It selected card rises out of spiralbound deck, holes intact
1979 7
Steve Beam Visual Penetration signed card is pulled from spiralbound deck
1979 8
Steve Beam, John Murray, Rhett Bryson, Bruce Turner Gags gags with the spiralbound deck
1979 9
Steve Beam Thanksgiven
1979 12
Steve Beam Three Problems for the Card Book posed problems with the spiralbound deck
1979 12
Steve Beam, Don Morris Introduction
1979 2
Steve Beam, Don Morris Why Mistakes Occur
1979 5
Steve Beam, Don Morris Why Recover? from mistakes
1979 5
Steve Beam, Don Morris Psychology on dealing with mistakes
1979 5
Steve Beam, Don Morris An Ounce of Prevention "preventions are 'outs for Outs'"
1979 7
Steve Beam, Don Morris Basic Sleights outs for screwed up sleights
  • Double Lift
  • False Shuffle
  • Forcing
  • Palming
1979 7
Steve Beam, Don Morris Out! when selected card is narrowed to two cards
1979 8
Steve Beam, Don Morris Spelling spelling as an out
1979 9
Steve Beam, Don Morris Lost Cherries black cherries gag to find out if card is red or black
1979 9
Steve Beam, Don Morris Back Stabber prediction card becomes locator card, out
1979 10
Steve Beam, Don Morris Fingering The Fan fan stop force, as an out
1979 10
Steve Beam, Don Morris Complementary Out out, card with same value and same suit are removed from pocket
Inspired by
1979 11
Steve Beam, Don Morris Just Joking based on a Paul Curry idea from Magician's Magic (?), card vanishes and appear in pocket, with Jokers, as an Out
1979 12
Steve Beam, Don Morris Brainwave Deck brainwave as an Out
1979 12
Charles Hopkins, Steve Beam, Don Morris Card Index using a card index as an Out
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1979 13
Steve Beam, Don Morris Houdini's Out when spectator wants to replace card himself and shuffle, Out
1979 13
Steve Beam, Don Morris Wrong Number on spectator trying to trick magician, out
1979 13
Steve Beam, Don Morris All At Once! gag as Out, when card is lost in the deck
1979 14
Steve Beam, Don Morris Coins on Outs for coins, very brief explanation of Utility Switch
Also published here
  • also in: Utility Move (Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術), 2013)
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1979 16
Steve Beam, Don Morris Tips & Prevention general comments when working with coins
1979 16
Steve Beam, Don Morris First Drop All Day outs for mistakes with coins
1979 17
Steve Beam, Don Morris Flashing what to do when coin flashes
1979 18
Steve Beam, Don Morris Talking Out, when coins click togehter
1979 18
Steve Beam, Don Morris Hecklers Out, when spectator wants to see performer's hands
1979 18
Steve Beam, Don Morris, Wayne Wall Stage Outs Outs for mistakes on stage
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1979 20
Steve Beam, Don Morris Dice - An Illustration outs for Dice Stacking, humorously naming the different possibilities of how the dice are arranged
1979 21
Steve Beam, Don Morris Conclusion
1979 24
Steve Beam, Don Morris Thanksgiven
1979 24
Steve Beam, Don Morris Selected Bibliography
1979 25
Steve Beam Introduction
1979 2
Steve Beam Fool I two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
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1979 4
Steve Beam Fool II two cards are pushed out from spread, identity of one card and location of other card are named
1979 6
Steve Beam King Charlier I four Ace production, at once
1979 7
Steve Beam The Shuffle distribution of four cards
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1979 7
Steve Beam King Charlier II production of four cards using Charlier Cuts with both hands
Also published here
1979 9
Steve Beam Secrets combination lock on card case, gag
1979 10
Steve Beam Split Cutting The Aces
1979 10
Steve Beam The Maeb-Y Count (Pronounced "Maybe") right hand buckle as cards are counted from right to left, Veeser concept
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1979 13
Steve Beam Split Fan fan splits in the middle as soon as spectator tries to take a card, gag
Also published here
1979 15
Steve Beam The Non-Sandwich Jack Trick two Jacks places into the deck, number is called and performer cuts deck into two piles, both Jacks are found at named number
1979 16
Steve Beam I.O.U. gag, spectator has to sign a contract, as a cover to load card into wallet
1979 18
Steve Beam, Randy Tanner Flipper card is flipped face up between two halves
1979 19
Steve Beam, Phillip Young, Terry Turner Late Show puns with playing cards and gag for chinese wands
Also published here
1979 21
Marshall Pope Pop Up perpendicular between two halves, without table
Also published here
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1979 22
Steve Beam Mathematical Card Trick calculator is used to find position of selection, humorous presentation
Also published here
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1979 24
Steve Beam, Dennis Slice Spare Change card face up in ribbon spread, spread is turned over and reversed card removed, change into selection
1979 26
Steve Beam Level With Me gag using a carpenter's level
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1979 27
Steve Beam Set-Up gag to set up deck, apparently quickly counting the cards
1979 29
Steve Beam Gone! single card vanish in the hands, as an ending for the Piano trick
1979 29
Steve Beam Kings and Aces Aces change to Kings and back
Also published here
1979 32
Steve Beam Cutting Match two decks cut, they are both cut between the same two cards, criss cross type handling
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1979 36
Steve Beam On the Subject of False Shuffles humorous article
1979 39
Steve Beam Double Choice two selected cards, same position in both halves
1979 41
Steve Beam Change-Up faces and backs of four cards change
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1979 42
Steve Beam Cards Are People Too as soon as card is touched by spectator is jumps from deck, gag
1979 45
Steve Beam Simple Coincidence card removed as prediction, another chosen card matches via Turnover Change
Also published here
1979 46
Steve Beam Dissertation on Magic with Bodily Functions using saliva and earwax etc. for card magic, humorous article
  • Natural Force
  • The Ultimate
1979 47
Steve Beam Push Thru Dollar coin penetrates cased deck, selection is found to have a hole in it
1979 49
Steve Beam Interlocked Coin Vanish balancing coin on thumb
1979 55
Steve Beam Endorsed Advertisement humorous article
1979 74
Steve Beam Color Changing Comb
1979 75
Steve Beam Flash Flowers ball of fire changes to bouquet of flowers, then doves are produced from dove pan
1979 77
Steve Beam Eyeglasses glass vanishes, and is produced from eye
1979 78
Steve Beam Brush Off out when something goes wrong, using a brush
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1979 82
Steve Beam For Collectors Only humorous article, how to get autographs of famous people
1979 83
David Brumble Fly Down magician's zipper slowly opens by itself
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1979 84
Steve Beam Impromptu Pen Suspension
1979 85
Steve Beam The Care and Handling of Doves humorous article
1979 88
Steve Beam Spirit Genetilia nut and string, routine
1979 91
Steve Beam The End humorous article
1979 94
Steve Beam Beam's 'ye Ole Tricky But Trustworthy Magic Shoppe Emporium Catalog humorous article
1979 96
Steve Beam Thanksgiven
1979 97
Roy Walton* Der Karl Le Fong Trick two cards noted by throwing three dice, cards change places
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Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
144
Bob Hummer 3. Kein Zufall face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, see Collected Secrets for variations
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Variations
1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 4)
122
Martin A. Nash, Dai Vernon Fast Stack riffle stacking for four, five or six hands, handling of unpublished Vernon effect
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Variations
1980 5
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other (1940)
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Variations
1980 9
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
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1980 9
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined (1940)
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1980 10
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
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1980 14
Bob Hummer Mind Reader's Dream cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card
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Variations
1980 42
Steve Beam Introduction
1980 2
Steve Beam Mental Case spectator divines card, naturally printed on card case
Variations
1980 6
Steve Beam Joker Magnet Jokers are cut into the two halves of the deck face up, cards next to Jokers are four of a kind
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1980 8