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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Steve Beam	Rub Away Vanish - Tips & Tweaks	on the Rub-A-Dub-Dub The Original Tip #1: The Far Side Tip #2: The Flash Tip #3: Turning Point Tip #4: On the Diagonal Tip #5: Dropping the Deck Tip #6: The Lean Tip #7: The Massage Tip #7: Time Misdirection Tip #8: Facing Skyward Variation #1: Face-Up Variation #2: The Two-legged Table Variation #3: Leg Man	Also published here The Rubaway Card Vanish - Tips & Tweaks (Steve Beam, 1996)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	4	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Steve Beam	Optical Illusion	doll hand vanishes, with eye ball gag	Inspired by Eye Opener (Roger Sherman, 1992)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	8	Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Color Changing Card Case		Also published here The Color Changing Card Case (Steve Beam, 1985)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	8	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Card Case
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle		Also published here The Underhand Shuffle (Steve Beam, 1995)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	11	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
Steve Beam	The Shuffle	distribution of four cards to top/bottom/center/center	Also published here The Shuffle (Steve Beam, 1979)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	12	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Steve Beam, Mike Beam	Beam's Choice	production of four of a kind, pivot out of the deck The Optional Fifth Revelation	Also published here Beam's Choice (Steve Beam, 1980)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	13	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	Double Dealer	two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control	Also published here Double Dealer (Steve Beam, 1990)	1996	Magic For The British Aisles	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Don May	Stinger Monte	four piles, top cards shown, spectator should follow Queen, suddenly there are Queens on all packets	Related to Four-Card Monte (2001) Variations Find the Lady (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), 2010) The Stalker (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam, 2019) Four Card Monte (Mark Tams, 2022) Carlo Monte (Jerry K. Hartman, 2022) Smack Monte (John Bannon, 2024) Also published here Stinger Monte (Don May, 2007)	Mar. 1996	Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Norman Houghton	Norman Houghton's Second Version	Variation of "Matched Picture Cards" also without deck too	Inspired by Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, 1997) Related to Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2006) Variations Mini Matching Update (Steve Reynolds, 2020)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher	The Omega Bet - Updated	Multiple prediction of whether selected cards matched color, last phase uses Gilbreath	Inspired by The Compleat Gamester (Karl Fulves, 1969) The Omega Bet (Karl Fulves, 1984) Related to The Omega Particle (Steve Beam, 2002) The Ark Maneuver (Steve Beam, 2006) Variations The Charm (Steve Beam, 2020)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	96	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	The Pass (A Manly Insert)			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1233	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	When in London			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1246	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Subscriptions	more Tom Swifties		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1248	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on David Copperfield, Great Britain, exposure		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1252	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Marty Kane - A One-Man Insert	brief		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1257	Articles / Biographical
Marty Kane	Bottoming Out Today	spelling weekdays, two cards	Related to Bottoming Out (Steve Beam, 1993)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1257	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Random Cards
Marty Kane	Buckeye Bottoms Out	card is found by spelling words on Ace of Spades	Related to Bottoming Out (Steve Beam, 1993)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1258	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Random Cards
Marty Kane	Mish Mosh Tell-A-Vision	suits of cards are divined, with fingers, then separation by spectator	Inspired by "Mish Mosh" (Reinhard Müller, Justin Branch, 1982) Color Vision (Steve Beam, 1993)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1262	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Invincible	thought of card vanishes and then reappears reversed in the deck		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1267	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Mental Reverse Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam, Rajneesh Madhok, Doug Canning, Mike Beam, Wayne Kyzer	Subscriptions	How do you know someone is not a card magician? Humorous answers		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1268	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Well In That Case, I'll Take Mine Black	anecdote from a magic convention about political correctness regarding women in magic, LM	Related to The Trapdoor Issue #64 (Steve Beam, 2012)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1273	Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Articles Articles / Convention Reports
Steve Beam	Jack Birnman 1921 - 1997			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1281	Articles / Biographical
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on mindspring website, 4F, Allan Slaight, Les Berry, Noel Coughlin, Doug Canning, Mike Beam, tip on Cigarette through Quarter by Mike Gallo, Abacus, Bill Robinson		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1284	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Against All Odds	spectator names amount of change in envelope, with variations	Inspired by Chris "Doc" Dixon's "Change of Mind" Variations Remote Viewing (Rajneesh Madhok, 1998) Also published here Against All Odds (Steve Beam, 2001)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1293	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator
Steve Beam	Subscriptions - More than Just a Motto			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1311	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on 4F, practical joke on Rob Stewart		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1316	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	The Marty Kane One-Trick Insert (Yet Another Insert From that Wacky Floridian)			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)	1321	Articles / Articles
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam	Stebbin Up	-spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Inspired by Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, 1995) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, 2004) Also published here Stebbin Out (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 2000)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)	1332	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Subscriptions - "Mr Magnanimous"			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)	1338	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Apocalypse, The Minotaur, Chris "Doc" Dixon, Tom Craven, Joe Mogar, Earle Oakes, Mike Beam ring gag, Ed Marlo		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)	1342	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Foreword			1997	Trephine	iii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Richard Bartram, Jr.	Elashtick	when stretched message on rubber band can be read	Related to Encoded (Steve Beam, 1992)	1997	Trephine	86	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Simon Lovell	Mini All Backs	all backs with deck and small backed	Inspired by Back to Aces (Steve Beam, 1983)	1997	Simon Says!	202	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet
Steve Beam	Acknowledgments			1997	Digital Effects	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Introduction			1997	Digital Effects	13	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	How to Read this Book			1997	Digital Effects	17	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	The Care & Feeding of Thimbles			1997	Digital Effects	19	Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	A Word about Words	"One Man's War With Presentation" on presentation and presenting thimble magic		1997	Digital Effects	20	Articles / Articles Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Hand	nomenclature		1997	Digital Effects	24	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thimbles - It's an Attitude Thing	on thimble magic		1997	Digital Effects	35	Thimble / Miscellaneous
Joe Mogar	The Explosion Move	stack of four thimbles distributed on all four fingers one-handed	Variations The 2nd Explosion (Steve Beam, 1997) Also published here The Explosion Move (Joe Mogar, 1997) The Explosion Move (Joe Mogar, 1997)	1997	Digital Effects	43	Thimble / Production & Appearance
Steve Beam	The 2nd Explosion	stack of four thimbles distributed on all four fingers one-handed	Inspired by The Explosion Move (Joe Mogar, 1997)	1997	Digital Effects	46	Thimble / Production & Appearance
Steve Beam	Productions			1997	Digital Effects	53	Thimble / Production & Appearance
Steve Beam	Bare-Handed	showing both hands empty with a silk while holding out thimble(s)		1997	Digital Effects	69	Thimble / Palming Thimble / Production & Appearance Thimble / Sequences
Steve Beam, John Moran	It's a "Guy Thing"	on manly trick titles		1997	Digital Effects	76	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thimble Manipulators Certification Program			1997	Digital Effects	83	Articles / Joke
Steve Beam	Joe Mogar in Print	magazine contributions		1997	Digital Effects	96	Articles / Bibliography
Steve Beam	Color Changes			1997	Digital Effects	107	Thimble / Color Change
Steve Beam	A Tribute to Mr. Hugard			1997	Digital Effects	122	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Practicing a New Branch of Magic			1997	Digital Effects	134	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Gimmicks	on thimble gimmicks		1997	Digital Effects	141	Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Errors and Omissions	missing illustration	Related to Chance by Choice (Scott Robinson, 1995)	1997	Digital Effects	150	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Fingered	gag, rubber finger production from thimble		1997	Digital Effects	166	Thimble / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / False Finger
Steve Beam	The Chaser	thimble jumps around		1997	Digital Effects	168	Thimble / Routines
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor - An Educational Supplement: How You know They Don't Like Your Show	humorous article		1997	Digital Effects	171	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sleight of Hand Aptitude Test	humorous article		1997	Digital Effects	172	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sound Effect	plop sound with thimble		1997	Digital Effects	175	Thimble / Production & Appearance Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Dismount	thimbles make plop sound when taken off finger, last thimble when shaken	Also published here The Dismount (Joe Mogar, 1997)	1997	Digital Effects	177	Thimble / Sequences
Steve Beam	Pop Test	thimbles make plop sound when taken off finger, last thimble when shaken	Also published here Pop Test (Joe Mogar, 1997)	1997	Digital Effects	179	Thimble / Sequences
Steve Beam	Wind Up	thimbles apparently screwed onto fingers with sound effect, watch winder		1997	Digital Effects	181	Thimble / Sequences Watch / Watchwinder
Steve Beam	Feedback	sound effect ideas for thimbles		1997	Digital Effects	182	Thimble / Sequences Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Sleeving			1997	Digital Effects	187	Sleeving Techniques Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Complete History of Thimble Magic	"(Revised, and the revised again.)"		1997	Digital Effects	207	Articles / Magic History Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Subscriber News Service			1997	Digital Effects	213	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	"Thanksgiven"			1997	Digital Effects	215	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Thimble Magic - Suggested Reading	Books on Thimble Magic Thimble Magic Within Books		1997	Digital Effects	217	Articles / Bibliography Thimble / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Routine Builder			1997	Digital Effects	222	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Quadruple Prediction	four predictions, four aces are put in the deck at several places, prediction name amount of cards above aces	Also published here Quadruple Prediction (Steve Beam, 1993)	1997	Sound Effects	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam	Back to Aces	all backs with four cards, one by one they change into Aces	Also published here Back to Aces (Steve Beam, 1983)	1997	Sound Effects	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet
Steve Beam	Flushtration Count Variation	as all back display, taking cards from each side		1997	Sound Effects	4	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Joe Mogar	The Dismount	thimbles make plop sound when taken off finger, last thimble when shaken	Also published here The Dismount (Steve Beam, 1997)	1997	Sound Effects	10	Thimble / Sequences
Joe Mogar	Pop Test	thimbles make plop sound when taken off finger, last thimble when shaken	Also published here Pop Test (Steve Beam, 1997)	1997	Sound Effects	11	Thimble / Sequences
Steve Beam	Simply Shuffled	in the hands	Also published here Simply Shuffled (Steve Beam, 1996)	1997	Sound Effects	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Steve Beam	Chapped	lip balm tube vanishes	Also published here Chapped (Steve Beam, 1996)	1997	Sound Effects	16	Pull & Holdouts Lipstick
Steve Beam	Eye Opener II	doll hand vanishes, with eye ball gag	Inspired by Eye Opener (Roger Sherman, 1992)	1997	Sound Effects	17	Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Color Vision	performer always guesses color of cards correctly	Also published here Color Vision (Steve Beam, 1993)	1997	Sound Effects	18	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	Cutting Class	four Ace production	Also published here Cutting Class (Steve Beam, 1995)	1997	Sound Effects	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	The Maeb-Y Count	right hand buckle as cards are counted from right to left, Elmsley Count		1997	Sound Effects	20	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Steve Beam	Mirror Change	with a small packet, rotated in the hands	Also published here Mirror Change (Steve Beam, 1988)	1997	Sound Effects	21	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed
Steve Beam	Turnabout	four Nines turn into four Sixes	Also published here Turnabout (Steve Beam, 1988)	1997	Sound Effects	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam, Mike Beam, Joel Givens	The Heavy Deck	gags with block of steel in card box	Also published here The Heavy Deck (Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam, Mike Beam, Joel Givens, John Riggs, 1995)	1997	Sound Effects	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle			1997	Sound Effects	24	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
Michael Close (reviewer)	Digital Effects - The Magic of Joe Mogar	by Joe Mogar (written by Steve Beam)		Oct. 1997	Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)	29	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Beam	Tom Gagnon's Second One-Man Insert - The Versatile Spread Control			1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1369	Articles / Articles
Rajneesh Madhok	Remote Viewing	thought of number is divined, with off by two out	Inspired by Against All Odds (Steve Beam, 1997)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1377	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Harry Levine, Chuck Romano, Dan Fishman, John Swomley		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1390	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Moves (A Low-Fat Insert)			1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1409	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Checkout	check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet	Also published here The Checkout (Steve Beam, 2000) The Checkout (Steve Beam, 2001)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1413	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Book / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam, Rajneesh Madhok, Mike Beam	Subscriptions	top rumored reasons for folding The Trapdoor	Also published here Top Reasons Rumored for Folding the Trapdoor (Steve Beam, 2017)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1417	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Mike Beam, Marty Kane, ending The Trapdoor, Doug Canning, Ed Eckl, DocDixon, Harry Levine		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1418	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Prepare to Breath(er)			1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)	1422	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	One-Handed Faro			1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)	1442	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on 4F, Tony Griffith, illustration mistakes and typos in magic books (Cliff Green, Thimble Magic, Coinmagic, Abra-K-Fox, Encore III, Showstoppers with Cards), Dave Solomon, Mike Beam		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)	1446	Articles / Columns
John Swomley	Sign of the Times	presentation for upside down	Inspired by Upside Down (Steve Beam, 1983)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1448	Paper / Chinese Compass
Steve Beam	Troy Hooser - One-Man Insert	brief		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1454	Articles / Biographical
Steve Beam	Nectar of the Cups	humorous bar bet routine, with cups and balls		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1478	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on John Moran, Tom Craven, The Trapdoor in Review		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1482	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Demolition	partial stack	Also published here Demolition (Steve Beam, 2000)	1999	Cyber Sessions	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Steve Beam	Introduction			2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Gambling Tricks	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	15	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Done Deal	deck is shuffled twice, second time face up into face down, spectator deals face up cards to himself and face down to performer, performer has a straight flush	Variations House Rules (Steve Beam, 2000) Preventive Poker (Steve Beam, 2002)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	16	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Steve Beam	House Rules	two decks are shuffled together face up and face down, performer gets a Royal Flush	Inspired by Done Deal (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	19	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Lewis Jones	Give Me Five	spectator can always chose from two cards, decisions made for him and for performer	Variations Beat It (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Steve Beam	Beat It	ending up with better hand than in the version by Lewis Jones	Inspired by Give Me Five (Lewis Jones, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Lewis Jones	You Bet	prediction of the card which is next to named card, as a bet how many cards are between the two cards	Variations Culinary Bet (Steve Beam, 2000) Point Spread (Bob Farmer, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Steve Beam	Culinary Bet	different handling for You Bet, prediction of the card which is next to named card, as a bet how many cards are between the two cards	Inspired by You Bet (Lewis Jones, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Doug Canning, Steve Beam	Five Card Stud	chosen card is located by the use of a down-under deal and by spelling the locator card	Inspired by Gene Castillon's " Computer Telephone Mystery" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1999.	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Marketing Your Magic	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	29	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Seven Card Stud	spectator deals two poker hands, thinks of a secret number, remembers a card and with by the use of the down under deal a locator card is found		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	The Creativity Safe-Haven	mail to Doug Canning		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	32	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Up & Over the Down & Under	two ways Up & Over Lucky Card		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Tom Gagnon	Automatic Ace Cutting	by dribbling, good poker hand is found	Inspired by Marlo Miracle Aces (Edward Marlo, 1964) Variations Competition Cutting (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	35	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miracle Ace Cutting (Estimation)
Steve Beam	Competition Cutting	by dribbling, good poker hand is found	Inspired by Automatic Ace Cutting (Tom Gagnon, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	37	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miracle Ace Cutting (Estimation)
Steve Beam	The Macho Magician Versus Wussy Gambler	matching value and suit are spelled of selection, then four Aces are found as a kicker by spelling		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Tabled Cut	one handed cut, bottom card apparently from the center		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	46	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Steve Beam	Impossible Locations	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	55	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Of-Age Card Trick	21 card trick without dealing the cards multiple times	Also published here The Of-Age Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2007)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	56	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Bi-Cycle	"fishing expedition", fishing among eight cards		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	56	Cards / Principles / Fishing
Steve Beam	Pile Driver	card is found by spelling	Also published here Pile Driver (Steve Beam, 2007)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Turning 21	imitating the 21 card trick 2-Selection Version Infusion	Also published here Turning 21 (Steve Beam, 2007)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Count Forward Force	packet is cut and value of card indicates how many more cards are added		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	62	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	The New Math	reversed card appears at certain position		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Steve Beam	A Book by Any Other Name	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	65	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Peewee Card Trick	three endings	Inspired by Centerpoint (Peter Duffie, 1995) Also published here Wesley James' routine in "The Second Deal"	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	66	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Charlier Cut as a Card Location			2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	68	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts
Steve Beam	Double Down	spectator spells suit and deals value of thought of card, card is divined		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	70	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Steve Beam	The Memory ADE	for fishing suit	Related to Errata (Steve Beam, 2002) Variations SAD Memory ADE (Rajneesh Madhok, 2004)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	70	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Steve Beam	Doubling Up on the Double Down	spectator spells suit and deals value of thought of card, card is divined		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	72	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Steve Beam	Prime Location	cards reveal selection and amount of cut cards	Inspired by Calculated Triumph (John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis, 1983) Location, Location, Location (Steve Beam, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Bulletproof	card is cut to and divined	Related to Bullet-Ridden (Steve Beam, 2002) Variations Parallelogram (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	80	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Parallelogram	different presentation for Bulletproof, with two cards	Inspired by Bulletproof (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	82	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Impossible Revelations	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	85	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Birthday Card	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday	Related to Party Time (Steve Beam, 2002) Variations Birthday Shuffle (Lewis Jones, 2000) Birthday Memories (Simon Aronson, 2002) Also published here The Birthday Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2001)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Lewis Jones	Birthday Shuffle	birthday and selection are divined	Inspired by The Birthday Card (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Steve Beam	The Mind-Testing Deck	method to calculate position in any number of cards, so card ends up in hand after Down Under Deal, different trick ideas (The Mind Testing Deck, Double-Up, Blanket Test, Boob Job)	Inspired by Mind Testing Deck (E. D. Wolff, 1945) The Australian Crawl (Steve Beam, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Doug Canning, Steve Beam	Clearing the Deck	thought card is divined, spectator deals and cuts a blank deck, instructions by performer, with two variations (The Eraser, Synaptic Selection)		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	"Do you like card tricks?" he asked. I said no. He did 5" W. Somerset Maugham	humorous article, other lines starting as line in title		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	98	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Signature Card to Wallet	card in wallet is the same as selection but has no signature, then signature appears on card		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Steve Beam	The Checkout	check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet	Also published here The Checkout (Steve Beam, 1998)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	104	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Book / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Singularities	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	107	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Unselected	card found at sum, using three dice	Inspired by The Karl Le Fong Trick (Roy Walton, 1969) Related to Telephony (Steve Beam, Doug Canning, 2004)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	108	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam	Mortality	card found at number, number indicates how long person will live	Related to Mortality (Steve Beam, 2019) Gaeton Bloom's "Immortal" Variations Mortality - The Second Opinion (Steve Beam, 2002) The Talisman (Steve Beam, 2015) Also published here Mortality (Steve Beam, 2001) Mortilidad (Steve Beam, 2014) Vergänglichkeit (Steve Beam, 2016)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	115	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Steve Beam	Killing Time without Card Tricks	humorous article, anagrams of magicians		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	120	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Face Up / Face Down Shuffles	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	127	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Simply Shuffled	in the hands	Also published here Simply Shuffled (Steve Beam, 1996)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Steve Beam	The Fantasy	presentation for Slop-Shuffle triumph		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	135	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Steve Beam	The Match Game	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	139	Articles / Articles
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam	Stebbin Out	spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Inspired by Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, 1995) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, 2004) Also published here Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 1997) Stebbin Out (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 2001) Stebbin' Out (Steve Beam, 2019)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	140	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Deal Stopper	two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time	Inspired by The Mathematical Card Trick (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1950)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Stewart James, Steve Beam	Applause Card	two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers, at total is a card with a message	Inspired by Stewart James' "Were You Fooled?" in "Stewart James in Print - The First Fifty Years" Related to James's Miracle (Stewart James, 1950) Pure Mathematics (Dai Vernon, 1967)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Stewart James's Miracle
Steve Beam	Magic in Hell	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	154	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Cards of Color	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	157	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Topological Effects	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	169	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Reconstruction	with torn cards	Inspired by Even Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, 1969) Related to Nick Trost's "Red or Black - Which?" in "The New Tops" 8/9 1972.	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet
Steve Beam	Multiple Locations	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	179	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Face Off	four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards	Also published here Face Off (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	181	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Marty Kane	The Hallmark	multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator	Inspired by Phone Zone No. 1 (Peter Duffie, 1998) Related to Hallmark Inventory (Marty Kane, 2000) Variations Marilyn, Carolyn, Timothy, & Sue (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	183	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Verbal Magic Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Semi-Automatic Versus Sleight of Hand	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	184	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Marilyn, Carolyn, Timothy, & Sue	routine and presentation for The Hallmark	Inspired by The Hallmark (Marty Kane, 2000)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Future Foretold			2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	192	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	What to Say When You're Busted	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	194	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Cheap Suits	four cards selected from a spread		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	195	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	Hmmm...	three cards, three people deal cards from a packet and stop at their wish, with variations (Testosterone Reduction, Key Cult)		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Steve Beam	Demolition	partial stack	Also published here Demolition (Steve Beam, 1999)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	199	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Al Smith	Three Names in the Counting	presentation for Multiplocation, with variation (Food for Thought)	Inspired by Multiplocation (Steve Beam, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	201	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Steve Beam	Bite Me	four spectators cut cards and selections are found	Related to Errata (Steve Beam, 2002)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Strike Three	mates are found	Inspired by Demi Demon (Roy Walton, 1971)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	206	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Steve Beam	Underhand Location	using the Underhand Shuffle		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	208	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam, Mike Beam	Pricing Your Show	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	209	Articles / Articles
Tom Craven, Steve Beam	Plugging the Keyhole	presentation for Bounce Control	Inspired by Bounce Control I (Tom Craven, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	210	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Six Shooter	six selections		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	211	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Five Spot	five selections	Related to Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2012) Variations Spotlight on Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2015) Also published here Cinco de Golpe (Steve Beam, 2014) Fünf Gewinnt (Steve Beam, 2016)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	213	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Moves	chapter intro		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	217	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle	Double Undercut Alternative Top-Stock Only Cutting the Pack Face-Up Option Face-Up / Face-Down Option		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	218	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Steve Beam	One Way Budget Cut	cards appear to be pushed from hand to hand	Related to The "Logicality" False Cut (Bobby Bernard, 1982) Budget Cut (Steve Beam, 1995)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	221	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Forked Fan Force	ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally	Related to The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2001) Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2011)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	223	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Steve Beam	King of the Hill Control	controlling a card above a partial stack Alternative Bottom Control	Also published here King of the Hill Control (Steve Beam, 2011)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	225	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	Glossary			2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	226	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Setup	humorous article		2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	229	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	230	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Face Off	four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards, two handlings	Also published here Face Off (Steve Beam, 2000)	2000	Card File Two	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Simon Lovell	Moments and Musings	on Steve Beam		2000	Son of Simon Says!	112	Articles / Articles
Michael Close (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume III	by Steve Beam		Oct. 2000	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)	29	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Beam	Remember & Forget	cards are spelled with words "remember" and "forget"	Inspired by The "Thing er me Jig" Trick (Roy Walton, 1975)	2000	Virtual Miracles	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Remember and Forget Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Karl Fulves	Two by Two	No. 11, packet shown in pairs, no matches, when shown again they match	Related to Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2006) "Court Card Conclave" (3 Pet Secrets, Nick Trost)	2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Karl Fulves	Orderly Conduct	deck in new deck order, named card removed and placed on top, spectator inserts this card behind his back in center, it is back at its correct position	Related to Opening Stab (Steve Beam, 1991) Night Life (Karl Fulves, 1997) Among Us (Karl Fulves, 2000)	2001	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)	194	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Opening Stab (Night Life)
Peter Duffie	Triple Humdinger	face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards in packet, three predictions	Inspired by Personality Test (Bob Hummer, 1980) Related to Intuitive (Peter Duffie, 1998) Strike Out (Steve Beam, 2020)	2001	Cards By All Means	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle	The Basic Shuffle Double Undercut Alternative Top Stock Retention Face Up Throw-Off Center Card Retention Center Stock Retention Red / Black Shuffle Controlling A Selection with Retention of Full Deck Order Controlling A Freely-Replaced Selection Retaining Full-Deck Order		2001	The Underhand Shuffle	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Steve Beam	Underhand Location	Revelations Hand Me Downs Alternative Revelations		2001	The Underhand Shuffle	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Forked Fan Force	ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally	Also published here Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2000)	2001	The Underhand Shuffle	19	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Steve Beam, Tom Craven	Plugging the Keyhole #2			2001	The Underhand Shuffle	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Steve Beam	Technical Terms			2001	The Underhand Shuffle	22	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / General Comments
Steve Beam	Other False Overhand Shuffles			2001	The Underhand Shuffle	22	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Also By Steve Beam			2001	The Underhand Shuffle	23	Articles / Bibliography
Steve Beam	Hand-Picked Card Tricks			2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Cutting Class		Also published here Cutting Class (Steve Beam, 1995)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	The Layover	Aces appear one by one when the deck is turned over in hands Walk On The Beach Variation	Also published here The Layover (Steve Beam, 2002) The Layover (Steve Beam, 2012) The Layover (Steve Beam, 2017)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Steve Beam	Back Jog Turnover Variation		Inspired by Back Jog Turnover (Jerry Andrus, 1976) Also published here Back Jog Turnover Variation (Steve Beam, 2002)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	8	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Beam	Mortality	card found at number, number indicates how long person will live	Also published here Mortality (Steve Beam, 2000)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Steve Beam	The Ripper	two cards are lost and found using incomplete faro fan and Mary Kinson's "Fan-See Card"	Inspired by Fan See Card (Mary Kinson, Lewis Ganson, 1954) Also published here El Desgarrador (Steve Beam, 2014) The Ripper (Steve Beam, 2017)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	14	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Steve Beam	The One-Handed Gloviczki	production of a card, sticking out of a fan	Inspired by Peter Gloviczki's "Pop Out Aces" in "Genii" June, 1971 Variations The Two-Timing One-Handed Gloviczki (Steve Beam, 2001) Also published here Einhändiger Gloviczki (Steve Beam, 2016) The One-Handed Gloviczki (Steve Beam, 2017)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	19	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Steve Beam	The Two-Timing One-Handed Gloviczki	two cards produced in succession	Inspired by The One-Handed Gloviczki (Steve Beam, 2001)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	21	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Steve Beam	The Two-Timing Two-Faced One-Handed Gloviczki	card pops out from fan, it is the second selection, same card pops out and first card has changed into the other selection		2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Three-Piece Combo	combination of One-Handed Gloviczki and The Ripper	Also published here Der Dreiteiler (Steve Beam, 2016) Three-Piece Combo (Steve Beam, 2017)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	The Birthday Card Trick	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday	Also published here The Birthday Card (Steve Beam, 2000)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	Party Time	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday	Also published here Party Time (Steve Beam, 2002)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Steve Beam	X-Change	two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular	Inspired by Mark Aspiazu's "Easy Kelly Change" in "The Second Deal" Also published here Cambio en X (Steve Beam, 2014) X-Change (Steve Beam, 2016) X-Change (Steve Beam, 2017)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	29	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam	Stebbin Out	spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Also published here Stebbin Out (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 2000)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	34	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Against All Odds	spectator names amount of change in envelope, with variations	Also published here Against All Odds (Steve Beam, 1997)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	38	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator
Steve Beam	Scrabbled	word built with ABC cards is predicted	Also published here Scrabbled (Steve Beam, 2002)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	42	ABC Cards / Prediction Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
Steve Beam	Card Compression	four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes	Also published here Card Compression (Steve Beam, 1982)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Steve Beam	Phony Card Trick	card is found by spelling word, over phone	Also published here Phony Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2001) The Phony Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2002)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	The Checkout	check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet	Also published here The Checkout (Steve Beam, 1998)	2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	49	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Book / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Also by Steve Beam			2001	Hand-Picked Card Tricks	51	Articles / Bibliography
Paul Cummins (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks III	by Steve Beam		June 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)	78	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Beam	Shapeshifter Deluxe	multiple changes	Inspired by Shape Shifter (Marc DeSouza, 1993)	2001	DeSouza's DeCeptions	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Steve Beam	Inside Out		Related to Funny Beam (Tom Vorjohan, 2001)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	75	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Purse Appearance	one-handed using purse palm	Also published here Purse Appearance (Steve Beam, 1981)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	76	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Steve Beam	Lockbox Prediction	prediction of touched card	Also published here Lockbox Prediction (Steve Beam, 2002)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Card Switch	reversed card in center, while card is placed on table	Also published here Card Switch (Steve Beam, 2002)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	78	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Spiral-Sliced Color Changes		Also published here The Spiral-Sliced Color Change (Steve Beam, 2006)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	79	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Steve Beam	Phony Card Trick	card is found by spelling word, over phone	Also published here Phony Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2001)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	One In 52	number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations Hat Trick Wordplay	Also published here One in 52 (Steve Beam, 2002)	June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	Pocket Change	coin put in hand, pencil pushed through hand, coin gone, ditch into breast pocket		June 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)	82	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Stealing Coin out of Hand
Tom Vorjohan	Funny Beam	Letters	Related to Inside Out (Steve Beam, 2001)	Aug. 2001	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)	19	Articles / Letters
Lewis Jones	I've got your number	number force with a calculator	Inspired by Michael de Marco, Linking Ring, May 2001 Variations Double Digit Inflation (Doug Canning, Steve Beam, 2004)	2002	Ahead of the Pack	242	Calculator Numbers / Number Forces / Calculator
Steve Beam	Introduction			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read This Book			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	14	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Telephone Tricks	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	17	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Phony Card Trick	card is found by spelling word, over phone	Also published here Phony Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Support Your Local Magician	card is found by spelling two sentences, humorous presentation, can be performed over the phone		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	21	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Alphanumeric	card is found by spelling some sentences		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Doing Your Nails	with half the deck, nine force	Related to Tony Koynini's "Any Number" in "Card Miracles" Stewart James' "The Card is Up" in "The James File"	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	26	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations
Steve Beam	Prediction	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	31	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Nobs Prediction	no gag, no can be unfold and forms name of selection	Inspired by Stewart James' "The 'It' Girl" in "The James File" Variations Lethal Weapon (Chris Hannibal, 2004)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Steve Beam	Easy on the Curry	cut and turn over to select card, prediction in form of mate	Variations Hellish Hot Curry (Trevor McCombie, 2004)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Lockbox Prediction	prediction of touched card	Also published here Lockbox Prediction (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Card Switch	reversed card in center, while card is placed on table	Also published here Card Switch (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	37	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam, Mick Ayres	Send in the Clowns	humorous article	Related to Letter (Mick Ayres, 2004)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	38	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Witchcrap	with spelling of cards, two cards prediction		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Birthing Twins	two cards to form a card, prediction in wallet		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	The Pocket Fisherman	card in pocket, two cards to form a playing card		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	You Know You Have Seen Everything in Magic When...	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	48	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Surprise Party	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	51	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Party Time	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday	Related to The Birthday Card (Steve Beam, 2000) Also published here Party Time (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Steve Beam	Second Birthday	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday, with multiple selections		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Simon Aronson	Birthday Memories	spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday	Inspired by The Birthday Card (Steve Beam, 2000)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Old Magicians	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	60	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Glossary of Abbreviations used in the Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Series	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	62	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Marty Kane	Shrink-Wrapped Card Magic	chapter intro, with short autobiography of Marty Kane		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	65	Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Mora-Cull	stacking by using the spread cull		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	78	Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Steve Beam	Pure Math	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	87	Articles / Articles
Doug Canning	Fourmat	Matsuyama principle with more than two variables	Related to Meet the Eliminator and the Exterminator (Steve Beam, 2004) Free-Range Force (Doug Canning, 2020) Variations Sleepwalker (Steve Beam, 2006)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	92	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	The Eliminator	Matsuayama Force for more than two variables, chart, with variation (Even Balder)	Related to Odder than Even (Steve Beam, 2002) Burnout (Doug Canning, 2002) Meet the Eliminator and the Exterminator (Steve Beam, 2004) PreDecktible (Steve Beam, 2012) Variations The Ramónator (Ramón Riobóo, 2006) Elimineight (Steve Beam, 2017)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	92	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Odder than Even	prediction is matched by using The Eliminator	Related to The Eliminator (Steve Beam, 2002) Four Gone Conclusion (Steve Beam, 2004)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Doug Canning	Burnout	The Eliminator to build a number, only odd-backed card in the deck at that position	Related to The Eliminator (Steve Beam, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	One in 52	number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations Hat Trick Wordplay	Also published here One In 52 (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	Double Dipping	two cards are located		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Fat Burning with Magic	humorous article, continued on p. 180		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	106	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Stirring the Stew	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	109	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Imaginary Vanish	mathematical problem, dividing money	Inspired by Stewart James' "One-Cent Tale" in "The James File" p. 1931.	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	111	Puzzle / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Testimonials	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	112	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Alpha Bet	analysis of Stewart James' one-card handling of the Gilbreath principle	Inspired by Package Deal (Stewart James, 2007) Related to The Spoiler (Steve Beam, 2006)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	113	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
Steve Beam	Celebrity Testimonials	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	120	Articles / Articles
Stewart James	Fourth Incantation		Related to Fifth Incantation (Steve Beam, 2004) Incantations (Stewart James, 2007) Variations Leslie's Gift (Steve Beam, 2006) The Gift (Steve Beam, 2009)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	121	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Luck and the Magician	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	122	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Singularities	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	125	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume 4 - Alternative Titles	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	134	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Human Transmitter	spectator divines selection by removing card with same value and one with same suit, repeated	Inspired by By Means of the Fan Spread (1938)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	138	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Dicycles	card revealed by counting down to number rolled with dice, small setup	Inspired by Fate (Charles Brent, 1969)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Double Dicycles	card revealed by counting down to number rolled with dice, as prediction	Inspired by Fate (Charles Brent, 1969)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Jinxed	humorous email conversation		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	146	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Impossible Locations	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	149	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Knowing Where It Isn't			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Hitchhiker	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	161	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Gambling Tricks	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	165	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Spineless	spectator selects a dealt hand and remember a card, after dealing new hands, performer finds card and adds a good hand		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Steve Beam	Bullet-Ridden	with Black Jack and Poker theme	Related to Bulletproof (Steve Beam, 2000)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	168	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Steve Beam	Beating the Cut	prediction of poker hand		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	174	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction
Steve Beam	Gambler's School	prediction of poker hand		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	Lucky Digits	small packet counted to named number until only one card remains	Related to Lucky 13 (George Sands, 1975)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	177	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Empty Upjog	several cards are touched and removed, exchange one or several cards against cards wanted		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	177	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Steve Beam	Betting on Triumph	some cards are mixed face up into face down, betting on builded pairs, spectator loses against performer	Inspired by "The Two Clerks" in T. O'Conor Solane's "Rapid Arithmetic", 1922.	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	181	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games
John Moran	Challenge Deal	high card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a royal flush	Variations Starter Cards (Steve Beam, 2002) Starter Cards #2 (Steve Beam, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Steve Beam	Starter Cards	low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush	Inspired by Challenge Deal (John Moran, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order
Steve Beam	Starter Cards #2	low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush	Inspired by Challenge Deal (John Moran, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Steve Beam	The Omega Particle	multi-phase betting game	Related to Odds on Favorite (Karl Fulves, 1973) The Omega Bet - Updated (Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, 1997) The Charm (Steve Beam, 2020) Variations Color Injection (Bernard Weller, 2006)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	186	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	Posthumous Testimonials What Famous Dead Magicians Are Saying About The Semi-Automatic Series	humorous article		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	192	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Card Tricks Without Cards	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	195	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sixty-Nine	performer predicts numbers, alternately written down on business cards		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	196	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Business Cards Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction
Steve Beam	The Sifter	cards face-up and face-down, while stripping out half of them, a card is moved to the top	Variations Table Sifter (Rajneesh Madhok, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	196	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Rajneesh Madhok	Table Sifter	cards face-up and face-down, while stripping out half of them, a card is moved to the top	Inspired by The Sifter (Steve Beam, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	198	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Scrabbled	word built with ABC cards is predicted	Also published here Scrabbled (Steve Beam, 2001)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	200	ABC Cards / Prediction Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
Scott Robinson, Doug Canning, Steve Beam	Men of Letters	prediction of built word with ESP cards,		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	202	ABC Cards / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Steve Beam	Alpha Male	humorous divination of selected letter, with ABC cards	Inspired by Lucky 13 (George Sands, 1975)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	205	ABC Cards / Divination ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Magic Squares	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	209	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Steve's Nothing-To-Do-With-Canning's-Idea Prediction	number is formed by simple arithmetics and predicted with a coin		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	210	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation
Steve Beam	Steve's Even-Less-To-Do-With-Canning's-Idea Prediction	with number on a bill		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	211	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Steve Beam	Doug-Less	with different dates on coins to form numbers		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	213	Numbers / Magic Square Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff
Steve Beam	Two Squared	using serial number of bill		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	216	Numbers / Magic Square
Steve Beam	Faking Serial Number	with printer		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	216	Bill / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Updates	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	219	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Mortality - The Second Opinion	card found at number, number indicates how long person will live	Inspired by Mortality (Steve Beam, 2000) Related to The Talisman (Steve Beam, 2015) Mortality (Steve Beam, 2019) Also published here Vergänglichkeit (Steve Beam, 2016)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Steve Beam	Preventive Poker	deck is shuffled twice, second time face up into face down, spectator deals face up cards to himself and face down to performer, performer has a straight flush, more freedom	Inspired by Done Deal (Steve Beam, 2000)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	223	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Steve Beam	The Box Magician	chapter intro		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	227	Articles / Articles
Andi Gladwin	Resets in an Instant	red cards transpose with black cards, with card case	Variations Red & Black Widow (Steve Beam, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	228	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Widow Maker	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Variations Boxed Set (Scott Robinson, 2004) Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, 2012) Cambio Enviudador (Steve Beam, 2014) Der Witwenmacher (Steve Beam, 2016)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	230	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Box Top Change	color change in card case		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	234	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Red & Black Widow	red half transpose with black half, with card case	Inspired by Resets in an Instant (Andi Gladwin, 2002) Related to Red & Black Widow (Steve Beam, 2012) Also published here Viuda en Rojo y Negro (Steve Beam, 2014) Rote & Schwarze Witwe (Steve Beam, 2016)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	236	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Boxing Triumph	half the deck without selection, in card case	Variations Boxing Triumph Updated (Steve Beam, 2012)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	238	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Steve Beam	The 15/15 Force	forcing number 15		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	243	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Elias Ugart	Siesta Force	also with multiple cards	Variations Nap Force (Steve Beam, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	245	Cards / Sleights / Force / Spread Force
Steve Beam	Nap Force		Inspired by Siesta Force (Elias Ugart, 2002)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	246	Cards / Sleights / Force / Spread Force
Steve Beam	R&B Shuffle		Variations Shuffle Number Two (Steve Beam, 2022)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	248	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Quickie Reference Section	intro, brief explanations of used principles and moves		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	249	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Memory ADE	for fishing suit		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	249	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Bill Simon, Steve Beam	Prophecy Move			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	249	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
Steve Beam	Underhand Shuffle	Finer Points Why It Works Double Undercut Alternative Top Stock Only		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	250	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Steve Beam	Errata	Volume One Color Vision Double Stop World's Greatest Magician Quadruple Prediction Volume Two Bite Me / Underhand Location Well Shaken Volume Three Memory ADE	Related to Color Vision (Steve Beam, 1993) The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1993) Quadruple Prediction (Steve Beam, 1993) Well Shaken (Steve Beam, 1995) Birth Card (Wayne Kyzer, 1995) Telephone Lying (Doug Canning, 1995) Bite Me (Steve Beam, 2000) The Memory ADE (Steve Beam, 2000)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	251	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Closing Commercial			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	254	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	"Thanksgiven"			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	255	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Routine Builder			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	257	Articles / Articles
Wayne Dobson	Think As I Think		Inspired by Marked Phenomena (Steve Beam, 1993)	2002	Dobson's Choice	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Giovanni Livera	On-the-Fly Click Pass		Related to Multiple Click Pass (Steve Beam, 1982)	Feb. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2)	46	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Volume 4	by Steve Beam		Sep. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)	77	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Eric Mead (reviewer)	Hand Picked Card Tricks	by Steve Beam		Oct. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 10)	84	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Close (reviewer)	Hand Picked Card Tricks	by Steve Beam		Jan. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)	30	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Beam	The Layover	Aces appear one by one when the deck is turned over in hands	Also published here The Layover (Steve Beam, 2001) The Layover (Steve Beam, 2022)	Feb. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Steve Beam	Back Jog Turnover Variation		Also published here Back Jog Turnover Variation (Steve Beam, 2001) Back Jog Turnover Variation (Steve Beam, 2022)	Feb. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)	69	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Beam, John Moehring	In His Words: Steve Beam			Apr. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 8)	42	Articles / Interviews
Steve Beam	The BS Method	17 Years Ago	Also published here The Beam Guide to Attending Magic Conventions (Steve Beam, 1985)	June 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 10)	112	Articles / Articles Articles / Convention Reports
Michael Close (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume 4	by Steve Beam		Aug. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 12)	34	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel	Monte Move		Related to Eight Against One (Steve Beam, 2015)	2003	Card College — Volume 5	1106	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam	Riffle Shuffle Control Handling	incomplete riffle shuffle condition		2003	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	123	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	Errata as of January, 2003			2003	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	171	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Layover	Aces appear one by one when the deck is turned over in hands Walk On The Beach Variation		2003	Cartas y Cajones	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Steve Beam	Back Jog Turnover Variation		Inspired by Back Jog Turnover (Jerry Andrus, 1976)	2003	Cartas y Cajones	2	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Beam	One-Hand Faro	with Cascade ending	Inspired by Easy Waterfall (Jerry Andrus, 1973) Related to The Notis Cascade (Senor Notis, 1960) Also published here The One Handed Pharoah (Steve Beam, 1978)	2003	Cartas y Cajones	5	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Errata		Related to Well Shaken (Steve Beam, 1995) Telephone Lying (Doug Canning, 1995)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	229	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Introduction			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read This Book			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	14	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Rolly Polly Controlly	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	17	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Rolly Polly Controlly	deck is cut in several pieces and reassembled, oddity The Rollout The Rollup Mat Less Handling		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	18	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Rolly Polly Goalie	two ways of tabled false cut, multiple packets, some face-up and some face down The Leapfrog		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	20	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Steve Beam	Utility Cutter	cutting six piles, three face up and three face down with the Rolly Polly Controlly, knowing how many cards are face up, as a control		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson	Around the World	spectator separates deck into red and black by cutting face up and face down packets, with the Rolly Polly Controlly		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Paddlewheel	one card location, using the Rolly Polly Controlly		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Steve Beam	The Spring Roll	one card location, using the Rolly Polly Controlly as key card placement		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	27	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Rolled Derby	placement for three key cards, Rapid Rollup		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	28	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Steve Beam	Negotiating Free Shows	humorous article, continues on page 91		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	30	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Telephone Tricks	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	33	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Telephony	with deck and three dice	Inspired by The Karl Le Fong Trick (Roy Walton, 1969) Related to The Unselected (Steve Beam, 2000)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations
Steve Beam	With Apologies to Jeff Foxworthy... You Might Be a Magician from the South If:	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	42	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Prediction Effects	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	45	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Killer Prediction			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Fifth Incantation	cards with other cards written on the back, single card prediction	Related to Fourth Incantation (Stewart James, 2002) Variations Leslie's Gift (Steve Beam, 2006)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Counter Measures	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	57	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count Variation #1 - Even Cards Variation #2 - Even Cards Variation #3 - Beamsley Count Large Numbers	Variations Finesse on the Killer Count (Ken Krenzel, 2006) Cut to the Choice (Jerry K. Hartman, 2007) Sunny Side Up (Steve Beam, 2008) Curiously Counted (Caleb Wiles, 2010) Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004) Counter Measures - The Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2008) Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2014)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	58	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Counterweight	multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag	Also published here Counterweight (Steve Beam, 2008)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Steve Beam	Eye Contact	spectator names selection, performer divines position and cuts to the card, Killer Count		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Steve Beam	Flash Memorization	apparently deck is memorized, spectator names a number and card at position is revealed by performer, Killer Count		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Cold Cuts	shuffle tracking presentation, Ace and number is named and found at position	Also published here Cold Cuts (Steve Beam, 2008)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Steve Beam	Overheard at the IRS Audit of a Magician	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	65	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Marty Kane, Doug Canning, Mick Ayres, Rajneesh Madhok	The Lack of a Picture is Worth...	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	66	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Gambling Tricks	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	69	Articles / Articles
Lewis Jones	Lucky, Lucky, Lucky	prime principle force, small packet counted to named number until selection appears, as bar bet	Inspired by Lucky 13 (George Sands, 1975) Variations Odd Man In (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	To Memorize or Not to Memorize	on the question of memorized decks		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	72	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Odd Man In	with blank cards, as a bar bet trick	Inspired by Lucky, Lucky, Lucky (Lewis Jones, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	73	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Curiouser Count	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	81	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Curiouser Count	versatile variation of the Curious Count	Inspired by Curious Count (Fred G. Taylor, 1968) Curious Count II (Dai Vernon, 1969) Related to Even Curiouser Count (Steve Beam, 2004) Curiouser Count Epilog (Steve Beam, 2004) Dicey Location (Steve Beam, 2015)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	82	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	Even Curiouser Count	with single cards, pairs and triplets, broken count force	Related to The Curiouser Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	85	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	The Fabulous Four Card Prediction	five cards as a prediction, spectator can remove any of the five cards, selection is found at total of the four cards		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Steve Beam	The Fantastic Four Card Prediction	total of four selected cards lead to selection		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Steve Beam	Curiouser Count Epilog	more ideas on the Curiouser Count	Related to The Curiouser Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	92	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	Impossible Locations	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	95	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Piling On	multiple key cards		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	99	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Total Chaos	selection ends up on total of freely named numbers, humorous presentation		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Steve Beam	Exhumation	spectator cuts to card, which leads to selection, two methods		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	The Caviar Location	two cards are found, not entire deck used	Inspired by Eyes of the Gods (John Hamilton, 1970)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	104	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Macho Magician Alternatives to Watching the Super Bowl	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	106	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Meet the Eliminator and the Exterminator	Matsuayama Force for more than two variables (Eliminator) and forcing specific locations (Exterminator) The Matsuyama Principle Fourmat (Doug Canning) Editorial The Eliminator The Exterminator	Related to Fourmat (Doug Canning, 2002) The Eliminator (Steve Beam, 2002) Variations The Ramónator (Ramón Riobóo, 2006)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	109	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Four Gone Conclusion	card is constructed by using the Eliminator, card is missing in the deck and found in case, message on Joker	Related to Odder than Even (Steve Beam, 2002) Also published here Four Gone Conclusion (Steve Beam, 2008) Four-Gone Conclusion (Steve Beam, 2019)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	114	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Deal of Fourtune	card is formed with the Eliminator and then found at total of two cut packets		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Fourplay	prediction in envelope, card is formed with the Eliminator, both remaining cards match, one in value and one in suit		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Diamonds are Fourever	constructed card is found at total off two packets, using the Eliminator	Related to Elimineight (Steve Beam, 2017) Elimineight (Steve Beam, 2018)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Singularities	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	123	Articles / Articles
Doug Canning, Steve Beam	Double Digit Inflation	using the Tent Prediction as a two-way out	Inspired by I've got your number (Lewis Jones, 2002)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	135	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calculator Numbers / Number Forces / Calculator
Allan Slaight	The Deck Will Tell	spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection	Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, 1988) Variations Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, 1995) Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 1997) Stebbin Out (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, 2000) Also published here The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, 2008)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	155	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Bait and Switch	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	159	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Bait and Switch	fishing concept for Si Stebbins	Variations Fish Stew (Steve Beam, 2006) Also published here Bait and Switch (Steve Beam, 2008)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	160	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Six Appeal	thought of card is divined, using the Bait and Switch		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	162	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Six Pack	thought of card is divined, using the Bait and Switch, smaller set-up		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	164	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	A Card and A Number - Take Three	One-Deck Version (with mates) Two Deck Version	Inspired by A Card and A Number (Al Baker, 1933)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number
Doug Canning	Midnight Speller	counting and spelling, to find selection	Variations Mooning the Midnight Speller (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	168	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Mooning the Midnight Speller	by spelling	Inspired by Midnight Speller (Doug Canning, 2004)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	169	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
Steve Beam	From the Belly of the Beast	producing selection with "There It Is!" mechanics	Inspired by There It Is! (Paul LePaul, 1940)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	171	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Zero Tolerance	thought of card is divined, several methods		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	178	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam, Marty Kane	For Those on a Low-Card Diet	gags for Cannibals		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Magic from Spain	chapter intro		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	185	Articles / Articles
Antón "Mago Antón" López	Bullet in the Belly	card is flicked in to the deck, next to selection	Related to Mexican Stab (Eddie Adams, Jon Racherbaumer, 1984) Errata (Steve Beam, 2006)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection
Steve Beam	Yankee Version	card is flicked in to the deck, next to selection, with prophecy move		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	188	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection
Mick Ayres	Letter		Related to Send in the Clowns (Steve Beam, Mick Ayres, 2002)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	190	Articles / Letters
Steve Beam	Mating Season V	first two cards match, then entire deck The Really False Count	Related to Mating Season V (Steve Beam, 1991)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	212	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates are put down alternating Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck
Chris Hannibal	Lethal Weapon	humorous prediction, No-Gag, no can be unfolded and forms name of famous person	Inspired by The Nobs Prediction (Steve Beam, 2002) Stewart James' "The 'It' Girl" in "The James File"	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	215	Mental Magic / Effects / Gag Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Trevor McCombie	Hellish Hot Curry	cut and turn over to select card, with two predictions in form of mates	Inspired by Easy on the Curry (Steve Beam, 2002)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	217	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Boxed Set	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Inspired by The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, 2002)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	219	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Alternative Book Titles for Volume 5	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	222	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Named Location	stacking cards so they can be spelled to by using the name of the spectator, as a multiple out		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	225	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Principles / Spelling
Steve Beam	Dribble Stud Force	turning over both halves	Also published here Dribble Stud Force (Steve Beam, 2008) Dribble Stud Force (Steve Beam, 2011)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	227	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force
Steve Beam	GPS Stack	mathematical stack, knowing amount of cut cards Weighing the Cards		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Steve Beam	The Memory Fogger	method to quickly memorize some cards		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	235	Cards / Principles / Memory
Steve Beam	Bottom Feeder		Inspired by Slip Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	240	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Fifty-Two Card Monte	selection in face-up spread, spread is turned over and spectator has to remove selection, betcha Three Card Monte Piling On Camouflage	Inspired by "The Five Card Fooler" in Walter Gibson's "What's New in Magic" 1956. Variations The Full Monte (Steve Beam, 2010)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	241	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games
Steve Beam	The Accordion Spread Force	forcing a number of cards, packet size		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	242	Cards / Sleights / Force / Spread Force
Rajneesh Madhok	SAD Memory ADE	for fishing suit	Inspired by The Memory ADE (Steve Beam, 2000)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	242	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Steve Beam	Quickie Reference Section (The Glossary)	intro, brief explanations of used principles and moves		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	243	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Memory ADE	for fishing suit		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	243	Cards / Principles / Fishing Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Steve Beam	Prophecy Move			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	244	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
Steve Beam	Underhand Shuffle	Finer Points Why It Works Double Undercut Alternative Top Stock Only		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	244	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Cyber-Session Protocol	humorous article		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	246	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	247	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Routine Builder			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	250	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count	Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2004	Killer Koncepts	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
David Regal (reviewer)	Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks V	by Steve Beam		Aug. 2004	Genii (Vol. 67 No. 8)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Steve Beam	The Spiral-Sliced Color Change		Inspired by A New Top Card Production (Jules D'Hotel, 1939) Also published here Dhotel Change (Steve Beam, 1982) Spiral-Sliced Color Changes (Steve Beam, 2001)	2006	The Spiral-Sliced Color Change	2	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Steve Beam	Introduction			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read This Book			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	12	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Queen Doesn't Know Jack	spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation	Inspired by The Twenty-Sixth Location (1940) Also published here The Queen Doesn't Know Jack (Steve Beam, 2006) The Queen Doesn't Know Jack (Steve Beam, 2008) The Queen Doesn't Know Jack (Steve Beam, 2017)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	15	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Mick Ayres	Subliminal Message	words on white board are erased, some letters remain and form name of selection	Inspired by Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, 1937) Related to The Human Eraser (Steve Beam, 1984)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	17	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Slate / Miscellaneous
Marty Kane	Practical Joker	characteristics of cards are spelled, sucker element	Inspired by Bottoming Out (Steve Beam, 1993)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	26	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Your Secret Number	using the two packet principle, with variations Impossible - Single Selection Doubly Impossible - Two Selections The Not-So-Secret Number		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	27	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Digging Deeper	two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop	Inspired by Paul Hallas' "Magic" in "Son of Totat"	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	31	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Even Deeper	two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	34	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Journey to the Center	impromptu version of Digging Deeper		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Turning Heads	on effects using the characteristics of the spade court cards looking into the other direction than the rest		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Disoriented	slop shuffle triumph with court cards, selection also is the only card looking into the other direction		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	43	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Twisting the Faces	ending for Twisting the Aces done with court cards, one court card looks into other direction	Also published here Twisting the Faces (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Court Case	court cards are dealt in three piles, one is selected and apparently heads of the four cards turn into other direction		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Mirror Mirror	chosen Queen is placed above mirror, the reflection remains on the card and it is the only Queen looking into the other direction		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Mirror & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	The Force	forcing one of four cards, named number		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	50	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	Turning Heads	chosen Queen suddenly looks into other direction, credit information	Also published here Turning Heads (Steve Beam, 2008) Turning Heads (Steve Beam, 2010)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Pure Math	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	57	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Reinhard Müller	Mixed Cards and Feelings	sixteen cards are cut into two piles and spectator turns the same amount of cards over in each pile, performer takes cards behind back, turns some cards over and tells how many cards are reversed	Related to Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, 1940) Variations Predecktion (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other) Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Steve Beam	Predecktion	spectators get seven cards each and turn some over, cards are shuffled and turned, number of reversed cards match prediction	Inspired by Mixed Cards and Feelings (Reinhard Müller, 2006) Related to Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, 1940) Also published here Predecktion (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Allan Slaight	Perfected Strangers	mathematical monte, with Jacks and a Joker, eliminated cards can always be named	Inspired by Strangers From Two Worlds (Stewart James, 2007) Variations Strangers in the Dark (Rajneesh Madhok, 2006) Candy From Strangers (Steve Beam, 2006) Also published here Perfected Strangers (Allan Slaight, 2008) "Perfected Stranger" in "The New Pentagram" Vol. 18, #7. 1986	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Games / Instruction Games
Steve Beam	Candy From Strangers	instruction game using candies, with seven objects	Inspired by Perfected Strangers (Allan Slaight, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	69	Food / Candy Games / Instruction Games
Steve Beam	Card Manipulator and Babe Magnet	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	71	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Ways of the World	chapter intro, on Out of this World		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	75	Articles / Articles Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	All is the Right with World	clean up for Out of this World		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	World Series Fan	clean up for Out of this World		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	World Class Joker	one card is removed and stapled to the body, turns out to be the Joker		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	Gravity Versus Resistance	card switch inside pocket		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	83	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Steve Beam	World Piece		Also published here World Piece (Steve Beam, 2008) World Piece (Steve Beam, 2017)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	Worldly Processions			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Steve Beam	Countdown Simulator	ten cards of a suit are removed after shuffling the cards, spectator can decide if cards are put down or switched, then cards are in order and last card is selection	Related to A Swindle Of Sorts (Paul Curry, 1974)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Steve Beam	Mating Season VI	multiple phase matching routine, as a climax all cards match		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck
Steve Beam	Bon Voyage	group of cards shown to be mixed, then later all paired up by mates	Related to Norman Houghton's Second Version (Norman Houghton, 1997) Two by Two (Karl Fulves, 2001) The Marrying Man (Ramón Riobóo, 2020) Variations Gals & Pals (Steve Beam, 2015) Also published here Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Steve Beam	Educational Supplement - Dealing with the Crimpers	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	110	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Cartomagia	chapter intro, magic of Spain		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	113	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Comparing Yourself to Copperfield - A Morale-Raising Analysis	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	133	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Lewis Jones	chapter intro on Lewis Jones		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	137	Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Important Dates in the History of Card Magic Part 1	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	176	Articles / Articles
Scott Robinson	Choice Cut Force	with two cards	Inspired by Colombini Force (Aldo Colombini, 2004) Variations Choice Cut Variation (Steve Beam, Scott Robinson, 2018)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	187	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Steve Beam	Unbelievable	humorous prediction of five chosen cards, with a photograph	Also published here Unbelievable (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Steve Beam	Proctologist Switch	variation of Vernon's Strip-Out Addition	Also published here Proctologist Switch (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	191	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Steve Beam	Log Roll Switch	variation of Vernon's Strip-Out Addition	Also published here Log Roll Switch (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	193	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Steve Beam	Unmarked Cards	spectator selects five cards from deck, those are the only normal cards, rest are double backers	Also published here Unmarked Cards (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	194	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Steve Beam	So, Beverly - How Would you like to Proofread Volume IV	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	196	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Woody Aragon	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	199	Articles / Articles
Woody Aragón	Australian Poker	placing a bill inside some cards, down under deal with three people and performer ends up with bill	Variations Kangaroo Killer (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	A Few Reasons Why Magicians Prefer Cards over Women	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	210	Articles / Articles
Ken Krenzel	Finesse on the Killer Count	handing cards to the spectator	Inspired by Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	213	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bernard Weller	Color Injection	card is turned over in packet, matching pairs win	Inspired by The Omega Particle (Steve Beam, 2002)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	213	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	Fish Stew	thought-of cards are divined, three phases	Inspired by Bait and Switch (Steve Beam, 2004) Also published here Fish Stew (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	216	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Shiftless	aces apparently lost in the deck end up on top, four piles, way of taking cards together	Also published here Shiftless (Steve Beam, 2020)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	221	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Downright Shiftless	two-handed variations of Shiftless In Unison Expedited Aces Lost in Space		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	222	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	variation on the Ireland Red/Black Overhand Shuffle, minimising single card run	Variations Shuffle Number Two (Steve Beam, 2022)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	229	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Transparent Index	pocket index for small amount of cards, using poker and bridge cards		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	231	Cards / Principles / Card Index
Steve Beam	The Invisible Index	ungaffed pocket index, packet Face-In or Face-Out Filling the Bank	Also published here The Invisible Index (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	232	Cards / Principles / Card Index
Steve Beam	"Thanksgiven"			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	235	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Routine Builder			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	238	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Errata		Related to Color Vision (Steve Beam, 1993) Marked Phenomena (Steve Beam, 1993) Bottoming Out (Steve Beam, 1993) Quadruple Prediction (Steve Beam, 1993) The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1993) Telephone Lying (Doug Canning, 1995) Well Shaken (Steve Beam, 1995) Bullet in the Belly (Antón "Mago Antón" López, 2004)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	245	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Introduction			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read This Book			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	11	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Taking the Bait	rules card is placed inside deck and then cards placed on the table in pairs, card next to rule card is predicted		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	22	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Leslie's Gift	cards with other cards written on their backs, face-up prediction removed, card selected with face-up counting procedure, the marks on the back of prediction matches face of selection and vice versa, marks vanish on rest of deck as climax	Inspired by Fourth Incantation (Stewart James, 2002) Fifth Incantation (Steve Beam, 2004) Variations The Gift (Steve Beam, 2009)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Steve Beam	Reasons to Contribute to the Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Series	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	30	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Magic of Ramón Riobóo	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	31	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Little Known Facts about the Semi-Automatic Card Trick Series	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	50	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Face Off	all cards but selection become blank, then deck is normal again		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Steve Beam	Reverse Blank Fan			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	59	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose
Steve Beam	Things to Pass the Time While a Magician performs a Down and Under Deal	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	66	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Down Under Deals	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	69	Articles / Articles Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Marty Kane's Self Help Guide - Introduction	intro about the 16th card principle	Related to Australian Self-Help (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	80	Articles / Articles Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Double Breasted Suit	Kane's Suit Per Suit Pursuit with two spectators		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	91	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Optional Spectator False Shuffle	group shuffle and faro to end up in red/black alternated deck		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	91	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Marty Kane	What's in a Name?	spelling names and down-under deal, four spectators find Aces	Variations Nameless (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	94	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Nameless	spelling names and down-under deal, four spectators find Aces	Inspired by What's in a Name? (Marty Kane, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	95	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Ramón Riobóo	The Ramónator	down under deal to force a cards value	Inspired by The Eliminator (Steve Beam, 2002) Meet the Eliminator and the Exterminator (Steve Beam, 2004) Variations Value-Added Ramónator (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	97	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Value-Added Ramónator	down under deal to force a cards value, last card matches value	Inspired by The Ramónator (Ramón Riobóo, 2006) Variations Sleepwalker (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle

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