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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Steve Beam	Sleepwalker		Inspired by Fourmat (Doug Canning, 2002) Value-Added Ramónator (Steve Beam, 2006) Related to Predicting the Past (Steve Beam, 2012)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	His Card	different method for Sleepwalker		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Kangaroo Killer	placing a bill inside some cards, down under deal with three people and performer ends up with bill	Inspired by Australian Poker (Woody Aragón, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Perks of Being a Professional Magician	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	108	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Use of Leftover Proofreading Money	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	118	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Full Boats and Empty Nets	two hands of five cards are used and even though spectator shuffled, performer has the mates of spectator's cards		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	121	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Steve Beam	The Spoiler	selection in the deck, several hands dealt, selection will complete good hand	Inspired by Package Deal (Stewart James, 2007) Related to Alpha Bet (Steve Beam, 2002)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	127	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Take this Card and Shove It	selection in the deck, several hands dealt, selection will complete good hand, with smaller set-up		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	130	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Double Down Location	using a double lift while instructing spectator		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	144	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Steve Beam	Bottomless Location			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	145	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Steve Beam	Ice Fishing			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	150	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Steve Beam	Greased Shortening	one of five	Inspired by Killocation (Steve Beam, 1993) Also published here Greased Shortening (Steve Beam, 2011) Greased Shortening (Steve Beam, 2011)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	152	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Steve Beam	The Acquisition Shuffle	setting some cards to specific positions		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	153	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Steve Beam	The Reverse Faro	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	157	Articles / Articles
Claude Impériale	The Tarantulizer	third position and packet dealing	Inspired by The Tantalizer (1948) Variations The Flasher (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	158	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Steve Beam	The Flasher	spectator apparently sees card dealt into wrong pile near the end, sucker	Inspired by The Tarantulizer (Claude Impériale, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Steve Beam	Si Kick	cut pile behind back, then performer asks question about thought selection and always removes cards which do not match, red or black etc.	Variations Spam Filter II (Steve Beam, 2008) Spam Filter II (Steve Beam, 2010) The Rip-Off (Scott Robinson, 2010)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Think-a-Card Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	Simple Logic	using only red cards, two-phase prediction effect The Sifter		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	171	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Steve Beam	Important Dates in the History of Card Magic Part II (Some dates appoximate)	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	174	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Wireless Networking	two named numbers are used to locate two selections	Inspired by The Obedient Cards (Nat Bernstein, Morty Zuckert, 1950)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	209	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Grat Minds Think Alike	three thought of cards lead to selection		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	212	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Tips on Performing Magic	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	214	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Telephone Tricks	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	217	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sans Cards	binary code using objects to transmit card to medium		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	218	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Steve Beam, Mick Ayres, Doug Canning, Rajneesh Madhok	When Proofreaders Run Amuck	humorous article		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	220	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Tools, Moves, and Concepts	chapter intro		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	223	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	The Fertilizer Spreader	forcing a card from a spread, reverse spread Triple Strength Fertilizer Spreader Surplus Fertilizer		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	226	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a small Fan or Spread
Steve Beam	The Ark Maneuver	card is reversed in center and cards dealt in pairs from top to bottom, cards after reversed card can be divined	Inspired by Odds on Favorite (Karl Fulves, 1973) Related to The Omega Bet - Updated (Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, 1997)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	233	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Steve Beam	"Thanksgiven"			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	237	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Routine Builder			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	240	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Queen Doesn't Know Jack	spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation	Also published here The Queen Doesn't Know Jack (Steve Beam, 2006)	Aug. 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8)	71	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Predecktion	spectators get seven cards each and turn some over, cards are shuffled and turned, number of reversed cards match prediction	Also published here Predecktion (Steve Beam, 2006)	2006	East Coast Super Session	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Rich Aviles	Ace Beam Boom	four Ace production from a Four spot	Inspired by Cutting Class (Steve Beam, 1995)	2006	Freebie 7	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	Backwards Prophecy			2007	52 Memories	78	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
Stewart James	Package Deal	Card is inserted into a packet of nineteen cards at random spot by spectator, will form four hands of poker for four straights	Variations Alpha Bet (Steve Beam, 2002) A Royal Parcel (William Goodwin, 2002) Repackaged Prediction (Scott Robinson, 2002) The Spoiler (Steve Beam, 2006)	2007	The Essential Stewart James	189	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Steve Beam	Turning 21	Two Selection Version Infusion	Also published here Turning 21 (Steve Beam, 2000)	2007	7-7-7	86	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		2007	7-7-7	91	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	Pile Driver	card is found by spelling	Also published here Pile Driver (Steve Beam, 2000)	2007	7-7-7	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	The Of-Age Card Trick		Also published here The Of-Age Card Trick (Steve Beam, 2000)	2007	7-7-7	95	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Michael Close (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume 6	by Steve Beam		Feb. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)	87	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Close (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume 7	by Steve Beam		Feb. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)	87	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jerry K. Hartman	Cut to the Choice	magician knows how many cards four spectators will cut off the deck, then top card of each pile is shown to be an Ace	Inspired by Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2007	Card Dupery	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Steve Beam	Session Rules		Also published here Subscriptions - Session Rules (Steve Beam, 1994)	2007	Five Forty Seven	v	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Counter Attack			2008	Counter Attack	4	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	The Third Finger Buckle	packet held in right-hand end grip, third finger buckles bottom card The Partial Packet Switch (Veeser type switch)	Also published here The Maeb-Y Count (Pronounced "Maybe") (Steve Beam, 1979) The Third-Finger Buckle (Steve Beam, 2017)	2008	Counter Attack	7	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
Steve Beam	The Beamsley Count	aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle	Also published here The Beamsley Count (Steve Beam, 2011)	2008	Counter Attack	12	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Steve Beam	The Steam Count	Jordan Count alternative, third finger buckle	Also published here The Steam Count (Steve Beam, 2011)	2008	Counter Attack	14	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Jordan Count
Steve Beam	Unbuckled Count	third finger buckle applied to buckle count	Related to Der Scherer Spread (Christian Scherer, 1982)	2008	Counter Attack	15	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Steve Beam	Head Count	combination of Beamsley Count and Flushtration Count		2008	Counter Attack	16	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Steve Beam	The Body Count	combination of Beamsley Count with flushing some of the faces	Related to Change-Up (Steve Beam, 1979)	2008	Counter Attack	18	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Steve Beam	The Two-Flusher Count	kind of a Gemini Count, end grip		2008	Counter Attack	20	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Steve Beam	The Flash Card Count	Two Show Four Different Cards as Two Pairs of Identical Cards Two Show Four Different Cards as One Odd and Three Identical Cards Two Show Five Different Cards to Consist of One Odd and Four Identical Cards		2008	Counter Attack	21	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Steve Beam	Counter Measures - The Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, with Hamman Count Even Number Variation #1 - Even Number Variation #2 - Even Number Finesse Large Numbers Boomerang (Doug Canning) The Hamman Switch	Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Counter Attack	23	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)
Scott Robinson	The Perfect Shuffle	fake down-under deal, Ace through Five packet stays in same order despite the deal Preferred Handling (Steve Beam, third finger buckle)	Inspired by The Perfect Shuffle (Scott Robinson, 2006)	2008	Counter Attack	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Bon Voyage	group of cards shown to be mixed, then later all paired up by mates	Also published here Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Counter Attack	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
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)	2008	Counter Attack	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet
Steve Beam	The Flip Flop Display	as all back display, taking cards from each side	Also published here Flushtration Count Variation (Steve Beam, 1983) Enseñada Flip-Flop (Steve Beam, 2014)	2008	Counter Attack	37	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Steve Beam	Testosterone Test	red/black order of Aces changes, observation test	Also published here Testosterone Test (new) (Steve Beam, 2011) Don Morris's "Close-Up Encounters"	2008	Counter Attack	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Steve Beam	Turning Heads	chosen Queen suddenly looks into other direction, credit information	Also published here Turning Heads (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Counter Attack	48	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, 2006)	2008	Counter Attack	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Quick Change	Aces change to Kings and back Optional Opening Sequence Aces to Kings The Finish	Also published here Kings and Aces (Steve Beam, 1979)	2008	Counter Attack	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Counterweight	multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag, Killer Count	Also published here Counterweight (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Counter Attack	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Steve Beam	Cold Cuts	shuffle tracking presentation, Ace and number is named and found at position, Killer Count	Also published here Cold Cuts (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Counter Attack	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Steve Beam	Sunny Side Up	Killer Count variation that produces a certain card at any number, card or packet or both can be face up Basic Concept In Name Only To Tell The Truth	Inspired by Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Counter Attack	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Steve Beam	Guys & Dolls	story presentation	Inspired by The Twins (Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Twinkle Twinkle (William Goodwin, 2011)	2008	Counter Attack	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Steve Beam	By Steve Beam			2008	Counter Attack	71	Articles / Bibliography
Steve Beam	Bait and Switch	fishing concept for Si Stebbins	Also published here Bait and Switch (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Noteworthy	2	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Dribble Stud Force	bold, turning over both halves	Also published here Dribble Stud Force (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Noteworthy	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force
Steve Beam	Fish Stew	thought-of cards are divined	Also published here Fish Stew (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	11	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Spam Filter II	thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck, si stebbins, with stripper deck version	Inspired by Si Kick (Steve Beam, 2006) Also published here Spam Filter II (Steve Beam, 2010)	2008	Noteworthy	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
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	Also published here Four Gone Conclusion (Steve Beam, 2004)	2008	Noteworthy	24	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	The Invisible Index	ungaffed pocket index, packet Face-In or Face-Out Filling the Bank	Also published here The Invisible Index (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	30	Cards / Principles / Card Index
Steve Beam	Unbelievable	humorous prediction of five chosen cards, with a photograph	Also published here Unbelievable (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	33	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, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	34	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, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	36	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, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Steve Beam	The Queen Doesn't Know Jack	spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation, further tips from SACT	Also published here The Queen Doesn't Know Jack (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	41	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	World Piece		Also published here World Piece (Steve Beam, 2006)	2008	Noteworthy	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Jason Dean	Double Take	touched card is tabled from in-the-hands spread and switched	Related to Bye-Pass Operation (Steve Beam, 1995) Fake Take (Jason Dean, 2008)	2008	Deal or No Deal	8	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Francis Carlyle, Steve Beam	Push-off Overcount	off the top of the deck		2009	A Clockwork Apple	24	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Steve Beam	The 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) Leslie's Gift (Steve Beam, 2006)	2009	The Gift	2	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	Introduction			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jason Michaels, Steve Beam	Victoria's Secret	routine with folded origami Fortune Teller		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	25	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects
Jason Michaels, Steve Beam	Portable Career Counselor	routine with folded origami Fortune Teller		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	26	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects
Steve Beam	Square Dance	square layout routine with cards, counting the sides, mathematical, revelation at end		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Numbers / Principles / Counting Sides in Square or Triangle
Steve Beam	Packaging	placing text on card case for presentational ideas: Seconds Pre-Mixed All-Backs Ordinary		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	44	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Steve Beam, Walter B. Gibson	Outflanked	two spectators find each others card, mathematical selection procedure	Inspired by Perplexity (Walter B. Gibson, 1940)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Split False Cut		Also published here Split False Cut (Steve Beam, 2011)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	46	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Storage Capacity	two missing cards are named, stack and interlocking chain principle		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	49	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Steve Beam	Tricycle	three missing cards are named as memory demonstration, stack and interlocking chain principle		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	52	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Steve Beam	The Last Cut is the Deepest	three or four cards, divided deck		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	53	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Magic from Spain	chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	57	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Short Card Test	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	68	Articles / Articles
Richard Bangs	Suit Yourself Surpassed	spectator distributes four of a kind into his pockets, magician knows order, out of hands	Related to The King's Coronation (Jim Steinmeyer, 2006) Spelling Force from Packet (Richard Bangs, 2023) Variations About the Principle (Steve Beam, 2020) Pick Pocket (Steve Beam, 2020) Out of Pocket Experience (Steve Beam, 2020) Cross Promotion (Joe M. Turner, 2020) A Well-Read Mind (Steve Beam, 2020) To Start With (Doug Canning, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects
Steve Beam, Martin Gardner	The Ace-Two-Three Trick	three sets of Ace to Three are used for mathematical puzzle thing	Inspired by The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner, 1956)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Checkmate	three cards are matched with cutting procedure by spectator	Inspired by The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner, 1956)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Steve Beam	A.F. Taft Prediction	spectator places three coins on three piles of cards, order predicted	Inspired by The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner, 1956) Related to Mr. Lucky (Paul Harris, 1996)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	80	Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Steve Beam	Knee-to-the-Groin Prediction			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	83	Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Hooked	with fishing sequence for six to eight cards	Related to Outer Limits (John Bannon, 1991)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	89	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Steve Beam	Filleted and Fried	spectator finds performers selection and the other way around		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	91	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator plays Magician
Doug Canning	Free Willy	spectator cuts deck in three piles and distributes 3 top cards, outcome predicted	Variations Big Willy (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Steve Beam	Big Willy	spectator cuts deck in three piles and distributes 3 top cards, outcome predicted, impromptu version	Inspired by Free Willy (Doug Canning, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Charles T. Jordan, Steve Beam	Diabolical Transposition	comments on Jordan's effect	Inspired by Diabolical Transposition (Charles T. Jordan, 1921)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	98	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Steve Beam	X-Men	two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet	Inspired by Diabolical Transposition (Charles T. Jordan, 1921)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Steve Beam	Accidental Push-Through Shuffle	to exchange two halves		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	100	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through
Steve Beam	X-Men II	two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet	Inspired by Diabolical Transposition (Charles T. Jordan, 1921)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	102	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Steve Beam	X-Men III	two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet, odd-backed variation	Inspired by Diabolical Transposition (Charles T. Jordan, 1921)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	103	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	brief		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	104	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Mystery Behind the Mystery	anecdote concerning a trick by Raj Madhok		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	108	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
Steve Beam	The Practical Historian	humorous aricle		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	110	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Ace-Split Decision	set-up		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Steve Beam	One Upsmanship	performer cuts one card higher than spectator, stack	Inspired by "A Cut Above" (Paul Hallas, Tricks from the Overground)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cutting the High Card
Steve Beam, Marty Kane	The Tranquilizer	tantalizer-variation with reverse faros, bluff, card remains on top	Inspired by The Tantalizer (1948)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	The Stalker	presentation	Inspired by Find the Lady (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), 2010) Also published here The Stalker (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam, 2019)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Steve Beam, Rajneesh Madhok, Mick Ayres, Doug Canning	Behind the Scenes with Volume IIIIIIII - Revolting Proofreaders	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	128	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Magic of Lewis Jones	chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	129	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Magic From the United Kingdom	chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	153	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Roy Walton	The Power of Two - The Aftermath	impromptu handling	Inspired by The Power of Two (Roy Walton, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	164	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Steve Beam	Down/Under Deals	commentary & chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	171	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Australian Crawl (Revisited)		Inspired by The Australian Crawl (Steve Beam, 1995)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	174	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	One is the Loneliest	performer and spectator get cards to complete four-card pokerhand, performer wins		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	Maybe	featuring an Under/Down Deal placement by Ron Wohl		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	179	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Flash Cards	comedy prediction with blank cards that have the number 9 on them		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	180	Paper / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Super Vision	packet with eight Nines changes to Sixes		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Brother John Hamman, Steve Beam	Modified Hamman Count	to count even number		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	184	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count
Steve Beam	Milk Duds			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	The Every Other Card Trick			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Nice Duds			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Love the Duds	only odd-backed card is located with down under deal		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	192	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Bottoms Up Force	discrepant	Also published here Bottoms Up Force (Steve Beam, 2011)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	193	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam, Mike Beam	Boys and Their Toys - A Ten-Year Retrospective	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	197	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Tyler Wilson	Behind the Scenes with Volume IIIIIIII - Breaking in a Gnu Proofreader	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	198	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Scorecard	two selections correspond with number after some calculations, with history	Inspired by Affinity in Numbers (Harry Houdini, Nate Leipzig, Harry Levine, 1950) Related to Scorecard V (Steve Beam, 2015) Variations Scorecard VI (Steve Beam, 2016) Numerology & You (David Solomon, 2018) Final Score (Steve Beam, 2018)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	203	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam	Scorecard II		Inspired by Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	205	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam, Sam Mayer, Ed Balducci	Cut-Deeper Force - Sleight Variation		Also published here Cut-Deeper Force - A Sleight Variation (Steve Beam, 2011)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	206	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Steve Beam	Scorecard III		Inspired by Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam	Scorecard IV		Inspired by Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam	Bottoms Up Force	used for multiple cards		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	210	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Marty Kane, Steve Beam	Finger Flinger	alternate handling	Inspired by Cursed by an Evil Spell (Marty Kane, 2010) Related to A Bird in the Hand (Steve Mayhew, 2011) Fingered (Steve Beam, 2015)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	221	Propless / Body Magic Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation
Steve Beam	Rooms to Go	anecdote with Stephen Minch		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	225	Articles / Anecdotes
Steve Beam	The Magic of Ramón Riobóo	chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	227	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Tyler Wilson	Behind the Scenes with Volume IIIIIIII - Training the Gnu Proofreader	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	254	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Pseudo Shuffles - Loco Motion	chapter intro		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	255	Articles / Articles
Jerry Andrus, Steve Beam	Drunken Shuffle	Andrus' false slop shuffle with new applications: Basic False Shuffle The Rollover Endless Stripper The Muffle Shuffle Triumph		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	256	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Steve Beam	The Joystick	false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table	Related to The Wiper Move (Woody Aragón, 2011) Wiper Move (Woody Aragón, Steve Beam, 2020) Variations Joystick Addition (Lorenz Schär, 2018) Also published here The Joystick (Steve Beam, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	257	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Cut & Paste	three false cuts for face-up/face-down deck		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	258	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Stock Answer	cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order	Variations Live Stock (Steve Beam, 2010) Stock Out Shuffle (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	260	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Steve Beam	Live Stock	cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order, table version	Inspired by Stock Answer (Steve Beam, 2010)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	261	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Steve Beam	Stock Out Shuffle	cards are mixed face-up/face-down while retaining order	Inspired by Live Stock (Steve Beam, 2010) Also published here Stock-Out Shuffle (Steve Beam, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	262	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Steve Beam	Up Chuck False Shuffle	combo of Charlier Shuffle and Slop Shuffle		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	263	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Charlier Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Steve Beam	The Spring Roll	packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation	Also published here The Spring Roll (Steve Beam, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	264	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Steve Beam	Calling Cards	phone number of spectator is revealed	Variations Updated Calling Cards (Steve Beam, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	265	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Phone or Bill Number with Card Values
Steve Beam	Reordered	alphabet card spell word despite mixing		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	267	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Running the Scales	Ace to Ten are mixed and pocketed, then produced by touch in order		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	268	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Steve Beam	Mating Ritual	queens and kings shuffled and then separated		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	269	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Steve Beam	Scuffle	from face-up/face-down shuffled deck		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	273	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Spam Filter II	thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck, si stebbins, with stripper deck version	Inspired by Si Kick (Steve Beam, 2006) Also published here Spam Filter II (Steve Beam, 2008)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	275	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Robinson	The Rip-Off	thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck	Inspired by Si Kick (Steve Beam, 2006)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	281	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Steve Beam	The Full Monte	any named card is pulled out of spread by performer, memorized deck	Inspired by Fifty-Two Card Monte (Steve Beam, 2004)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	283	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Caleb Wiles	Curiously Counted		Inspired by Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	284	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number
Joe Anderson	Color Match	gilbreath	Inspired by Gentleman's Bet (Steve Beam, 1993)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	287	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games
Steve Beam	Why I Don't Do Kid Shows (A True Story)			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	289	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Charlie Randall	Behind the Scenes with Volume IIIIIIII - Research Organization	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	290	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Key Card Access	single or multiple key placement	Related to Slip Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	297	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Steve Beam	Another Flipping Force	one or multiple cards	Also published here Another Flipping Force (Steve Beam, 2011)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	300	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Fifth Coincidence		Also published here The Fifth Coincidence (Steve Beam, 2011)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	301	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Steve Beam	Pick a Prop, any Prop - Magic Theme Nights and the End of Civilization	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	303	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	305	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Behind the Scenes (again?) with Volume IIIIIIII - Discarded Ad Copy	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	307	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Magic Maxim Makeover	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	313	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Suggested Reading List (Doubles as Shopping List)	humorous article		2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	314	Articles / Articles
Roberto Giobbi	Vernon Meets Daley	four of a kind appears at bottom of packets	Related to Facelift (Steve Beam, 2015)	2010	Secret Agenda (Issue June 14)	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Steve Beam, Roberto Giobbi	The Vanishing Pen			2010	Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 10)	302	Pen & Pencil / Vanish
Steve Beam	Turning Heads	chosen Queen suddenly looks into other direction, credit information	Also published here Turning Heads (Steve Beam, 2006)	2010	Card Magic USA	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Mayhew	A Bird in the Hand	audience selects finger through counting procedure - middle finger	Inspired by Five Cards on the March (Jim Steinmeyer, Stewart James, 2006) Related to Finger Flinger (Marty Kane, Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	Full Frontal Mayhew	13	Propless / Body Magic Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation
Steve Beam	Introduction	introduction to the bound volume		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One ()	i	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Addendum			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	i	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #1		Related to Upside Down (Steve Beam, 1983)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	iii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Beamsley Count	aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle	Related to The Maeb-y Count (Steve Beam, 1983) Also published here The Beamsley Count (Steve Beam, 2008)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	iv	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Steve Beam	Testosterone Test (new)	red/black order of Aces changes, observation test	Also published here Testosterone Test (Steve Beam, 2008) "Maeb-Y Aces" in Don Morris' "Close-Up Encounters"	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	vii	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Steve Beam	The Steam Count	Jordan Count alternative, third finger buckle	Also published here The Steam Count (Steve Beam, 2008)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	ix	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Jordan Count
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #2	on drawing illustrations (tip by Jerry Andrus), Don Harris, Coins in Bottle	Related to Coins in Bottle (Steve Beam, 1983)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	x	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #3	on illustrations, John Riggs, Upside Down, Human Printing Press, Credit Check	Related to The Human Printing Press (Steve Beam, 1984)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #6	on Calculator Trick, The Cold Fold, Compu-Card & Teleforce, on digital trickery, GIGO	Related to Calculator Trick (Steve Beam, 1984) Cold Fold (John Riggs, 1984) Compu-Card (Steve Beam, 1984) Teleforce (Steve Beam, 1984) GIGO (Steve Beam, 1984)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #4	on The Human Eraser, False Faro	Related to The Human Eraser (Steve Beam, 1984) False Faro (Steve Beam, 1984)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #5	on Creating Magic, Stewart James, David Ben, Credit Check	Related to Creating Magic (Steve Beam, 1984)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #7	on Multiple Impact, The Great Divide, Siamese Stab, Credit Check	Related to Impact! (Steve Beam, 1985) The Great Divide (Steve Beam, 1985) Siamese Stab (Steve Beam, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #8	on Time Bomb, Middle Gauge Spread, Double Prophecy, The Electric Chair	Related to The Time Bomb (Glenn Strange, 1985) Middle-Guage Spread (Steve Beam, 1985) Double Prophecy (Steve Beam, 1985) Electric Chair (Steve Beam, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #9	on Shakedown, Finger Flinger Reversal, Woody Landers, Card Compression	Related to Shakedown (Steve Beam, 1985) Finger Flinger Reversal (Woody Landers, 1985) Card Compression (Steve Beam, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #10	on Charged Cards, Beam's Guide to Attending Magic Conventions	Related to Charged Cards (Steve Beam, 1985) The Beam Guide to Attending Magic Conventions (Steve Beam, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #11	on Expanded Autograph Hound, The Throw Up Move, Jim Swoger	Related to Expanded Autograph Hound (Steve Beam, 1985) The Throw Up Move (James Swoger, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #12	on illustrations, The Thing	Related to The Thing (John Riggs, 1985)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #13	on Jinxed, Reserved Seating, 6801 Prediction	Related to Jinxed (Steve Beam, 1986) Reserved Seating (Wayne Kyzer, 1986) 6801 Prediction (Steve Beam, 1986)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Greased Shortening	one of five	Related to Jinxed (Steve Beam, 1986) Killocation (Steve Beam, 1993) Also published here Greased Shortening (Steve Beam, 2006)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxvi	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #14	on John Riggs cartoon, Cashpack, Well Shaken	Related to CashPack (Steve Beam, 1986) Well Shaken (Steve Beam, 1986)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxx	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #15	on being a hobbyist, magician-as-actor	Related to The Good, the Bad & the Layman (Steve Beam, 1986)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #16	on proofreading		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #17	on four-of-a-kind productions,Abbot's, Street Magic, Floating Trash, Milked	Related to Street Magic (Steve Beam, 1987) Floating Trash (Steve Beam, 1987) Milked (Tim Harkelroad, 1987)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #18	on Cardtrik	Related to Cardtrik (Steve Beam, 1987)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #19	on Blender, Guilty	Related to Blender (Chris Ball, 1987) Guilty (Steve Beam, 1987)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #20			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxviii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #21	on Mirror Change, Turnabout, Christmas Special, Terminal Tricks	Related to Mirror Change (Steve Beam, 1988) Turnabout (Steve Beam, 1988) Christmas Special (Steve Beam, 1988) Terminal Tricks (Steve Beam, 1988)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xxxix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #22	on Stephen Minch, Upwardly 1 &2, Card Cleavage, The Jogger, Tenkai Charlie	Related to Upwardly Mobile 1 (Steve Beam, 1988) Upwardly Mobile 2 (Steve Beam, 1988) Card Cleavage (Steve Beam, 1988) The Jogger (Steve Beam, 1988) Tenkai Charlie (Steve Beam, 1988)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xli	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #23			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xlii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #24	on Topless, Bird Brain	Related to Bird Brain (Steve Beam, 1988) Topless (Mark Lefler, 1988)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xliii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #25	on Name Brand Magic	Related to Name Brand Magic (Steve Beam, 1988)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xliv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contents - Issue by Issue			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	xlv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Special Issues	#05 1st Annual - Creating Magic #10 2nd Annual - Beam's Guide to Attending Magic Conventions #11 No Steve Beam Issue #12 John Riggs' 1-Man Issue #15 3rd Annual - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly #15 Dead Raccoon Issue #20 4th Annual - The Bald Issue #22 The Power Session - All Cards #23 Tom Gagnon - One-Man Issue #25 5th Annual - Name Brand Magic		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	liv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contributors			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	lv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Alphabetical Table of Tricks			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	lix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum)	lxv	Articles / Articles
Woody Aragón	The Wiper Move	false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, actually Steve Beam's "The Joystick"	Related to The Joystick (Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	A Book in English	61	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Introduction			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two ()	ii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Addendum (Repeated from Volume 1)			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	ii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #26	on Harry Levine, Mike Gallo		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	iii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #27	on being a professional magician		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	iv	Articles / Theory & Essays Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #28	on The Floating Lady, Scott Robinson	Related to The Floating Lady (Steve Beam, 1989)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	vi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #29	on Goosed	Related to Goosed (Steve Beam, 1989)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	viii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Casting Call	cards with celebrities, divination of several chosen cards		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	x	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #30			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #31			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #32	on credits for Double Dealer	Related to Double Dealer (Steve Beam, 1990) Double Dealer (Steve Beam, 1993)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #33	on Jerry Andrus		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #34			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #35	on producing the magazine, Dan Garrett, floating effects		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #36	on a practical joke by Richard Bartram, Gary Plants and Evert Chapman		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xviii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #37			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #38	on Marv Leventhal		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xx	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Mating Season VII	multiple phase matching routine, as a climax all cards match	Also published here Mating Season VII (Steve Beam, 2011) Progressive Mating Season (VII) (Steve Beam, 2016)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xx	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #39	on Super Sum	Related to Super Sum (Jack Birnman, 1991)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #40	on credits for The Recognition Reflex and Point Break, handling for The World's Greatest Magician	Related to The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991) Point Break (Hiroyuki Sakai, 1991) The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxviii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #41	on a variation of Opening Stab by Marv Leventhal	Related to Opening Stab (Steve Beam, 1991)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #42			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #43			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #44			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #45			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxviii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #46	on David Solomon, Jeff Siegfried		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxxix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #47	on credits for The Shapeshifter	Related to Shape Shifter (Marc DeSouza, 1993)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xli	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #48			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xliii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #49	on Gary Plants		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xliv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #50			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xlv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contents - Issue by Issue			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xlvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Special Issues	#30 Insert - Scott Robinson #34 Harvey Rosenthal - The One Man Issue #35 The Floating Issue #37 No-Card Issue #38 High-Octate Card Magic (all cards) #39 Insert - Steve Pressley #40 Insert - Jack Birnman #41 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks #42 Harry Levine - One Man Issue #47 Scott Robinson - One Man Issue #49 International Issue		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	liv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contributors			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Alphabetical Table of Tricks			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lxv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Unintended Bonus Section			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lxvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Dealing with the Crimpers	humorous article on magician's borrowing and crimping cards by other performer		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lxix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Perks of Being a Professional			2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	lxxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Northern Ireland Shuffle	variation on the Ireland Red/Black Overhand Shuffle, minimising single card run		2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	3	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	The Underhand Shuffle - A Primer	The Work Finer Points Why It Works Double Undercut Alternative Top-Stock Only Cutting The Pack Face Up Throw-Off Retaining a Card Near the Center Retaining the Middle Stock Red/Black Shuffle As a Full-Deck Control		2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	5	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	Greased Shortening	one of five	Also published here Greased Shortening (Steve Beam, 2006)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	8	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Steve Beam	The Acquisition Shuffle	setting some cards to specific positions		2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	9	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Steve Beam	Split False Cut	four packets	Also published here Split False Cut #1 (Steve Beam, 1978) Split False Cut (Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	11	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands
Steve Beam	Bye Pass Operation		Also published here Bye-Pass Operation (Steve Beam, 1995)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	15	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations
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, 2000)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	17	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	Control Center	control to the top of the deck	Also published here Control Center (Steve Beam, 2015)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	19	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Steve Beam	Internal Control	cards biddled into left hand one by one until spectator says stop, then top and bottom slipped off at once, force and control/switch, effect application in which a selection is divined via other cards, all other cards blank or duplicates	Related to Slip-Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	21	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Steve Beam	Dribble Stud Force	bold, turning over both halves	Also published here Dribble Stud Force (Steve Beam, 2004)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	25	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force
Steve Beam	Cut-Deeper Force - A Sleight Variation		Also published here Cut-Deeper Force - Sleight Variation (Steve Beam, Sam Mayer, Ed Balducci, 2010)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	26	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Steve Beam	Bottoms Up Force	discrepant	Also published here Bottoms Up Force (Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	27	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Another Flipping Force	one or multiple cards Multiple Selection	Also published here Another Flipping Force (Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	28	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Fifth Coincidence		Also published here The Fifth Coincidence (Steve Beam, 2010)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Steve Beam	Forked Fan Force	ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally	Also published here Forked Fan Force (Steve Beam, 2000)	2011	FFFF-ing Great Card Moves	30	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks VIII	by Steve Beam		Mar. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)	88	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
William Goodwin	Twinkle Twinkle		Inspired by The Protean Twins (Brother John Hamman, 1984) Guys & Dolls (Steve Beam, 2008)	2011	Evolution	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Steve Beam	Introduction			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three ()	vii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #51	on Doug Canning, Tom Craven, John Riggs, Steven Youell/Grace Ann Morgan		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	iii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #52			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	vi	Articles / Articles
Joe Anderson	The Upside Down Card Trick	using Upside Down to illustrate the Triumph	Inspired by Upside Down (Steve Beam, 1983)	2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	vi	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Paper / Chinese Compass
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #53	on Billy McDonnell, Geoff Williams, Joe Mogar's pig		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	viii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #54	on Joe Rindfleisch, Lewis Jones, Charlie Randall		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	x	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	An Unpublished Card Trick	card is divined by finding a card with same value and one with same suit		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	x	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #55	on Tom Gagnon, Leslie		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #56	on 4F, Shigeo Futagawa, El Escorial, Joe Mogar, Phil Willmarth		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #57	on Alan Drew, 4F		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #58	on Stephen Bargatze		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #59			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xviii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #60	on Joel Givens, Internet		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #61	on David Copperfield		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xx	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #62	on Bill Goodwin, Lloyd Jones		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #63			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #64		Related to Well In That Case, I'll Take Mine Black (Steve Beam, 1997)	2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #65			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxvi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #66	on The Minotaur, Tom Craven, Ed Marlo		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #67	on Angie Reynolds		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #68			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxx	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #69	on Harry Levine, Hugard's Thimble Magic and its illustration errors		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sleight of Hand Aptitude Test	reprinted from Digital Effects - The Magic of Joe Mogar		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxxiii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #70	on The Trapdoor, magic in the new age		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxxiv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contents - Issue by Issue			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xxxvii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Table of Contributors			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	xlv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Alphabetical by Title			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	lii	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Special Issues & Inserts	#53 McDonnell, Billy - One Man Issue #54 Rindfleisch, Joe - One Man Issue #55 Tom Gagnon - One Man Issue #56 Special F.F.F.F. 25th Anniversary Issue #57 Hanging with the Gallos #58 Robinson, Scott - One Man Insert - The Purse #59 Fisher, Aaron - One-Man Insert #59 Asher, Lee - One-Man Insert #60 Givens, Joel - One-Man Insert #62 Rubaway Vanish - Tips & Tweaks #63 The Pass - A Manly Insert #64 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert #66 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert #67 Gagnon, Tom - One-Man Insert - Versatile Spread Control #68 Moves - Low-Fat Insert #69 Levine, Harry - One-Man Insert #70 Kane, Marty - One-Man Insert #70 Hooser, Troy - One-Man Insert		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	lix	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor 1983 - 1998	all contributors		2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	lx	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	lxi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Addendum to the Addendum			2012	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)	lxiii	Articles / Articles
Philip Reed Willmarth, Steve Beam, Gene Anderson, Dick Cook, Tim Ellis, Antony Gerard	Prologue	various anecdotes on 4F, the Forks Hotel and Eddie Fechter I Remember the Forks (Dick Cook) A Few FFFF Pranks & Flops (Steve Beam) Garnack vs. Obie's New Table (Gene Anderson) The Toast (Antony Gerard) Chicken Legs (Steve Beam) A Special FFFF (Phil Willmarth) Door #2 (Steve Beam) Cleaning Out My Cardcase (Tim Ellis)		2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	12	Articles / Anecdotes
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, 2017)	2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Jerry Andrus, Steve Beam	Back Jog Turnover Variation		Inspired by Back Jog Turnover (Jerry Andrus, 1976)	2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	30	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Beam	'Walt on the Beach' Variation	The Layover, using double facer cards		2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	The Widow Maker	color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, 2002)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	2	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Boxing Triumph Updated	half the deck without selection, in card case using the Widow Maker	Inspired by Boxing Triumph (Steve Beam, 2002)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Cardini, Steve Beam	Cardini Snap Color Change	as a reversal of one card		2012	Gourmet Card Magic	4	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Beam	Red & Black Widow	red half transpose with black half, with card case	Related to Red & Black Widow (Steve Beam, 2002)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Cutting Class	four ace production	Also published here Cutting Class (Steve Beam, 1995)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	One in a Bazillion	a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket	Also published here One in a Bazillion (Steve Beam, 2015) 1 zu einer Fantastilliarde (Steve Beam, 2016)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Predicting the Past	magician predicts a card to be freely chosen by a member of the audience	Related to Sleepwalker (Steve Beam, 2006) Also published here Predicting the Past (Steve Beam, 2015)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	PreDecktible	prediction on photo, spread with one card face down, opposite arrangement on the other side	Related to The Eliminator (Steve Beam, 2002)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Five Spot	five selections	Related to Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2000) Spotlight on Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2015)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	15	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Roberto Giobbi	Behind-the-Back Switch	with presentational ploys Here's Your Card! The Visible Invisible Deck Demonstration	Variations The Pocket-to-Pocket Switch (Roberto Giobbi, 2013) Also published here Behind the Back Deck Switch (Steve Beam, 1990)	2013	The Art of Switching Decks	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Steve Beam	Foreword			2013	Too Hot for the Devil	vi	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	The Trapdoor, Volume 3 (1994-1998)	by Steve Beam		Jan. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)	96	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Joaquín Matas	¿Dónde Está la Carta de...?	with name of spectator in spelling, arrow	Inspired by The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1993)	2014	A Fuego Lento — Volumen I	241	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Pintando Los Ases	all backs with four cards, one by one they change into Aces	Also published here Back to Aces (Steve Beam, 1983)	2014	El Cardquistador	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet
Steve Beam	Enseñada Flip-Flop	as all back display, taking cards from each side	Also published here The Flip Flop Display (Steve Beam, 2008)	2014	El Cardquistador	2	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Steve Beam	Compresión de Cartas	four Aces compressed into two Tos, into a Four, then card vanishes	Also published here Card Compression (Steve Beam, 1982)	2014	El Cardquistador	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Steve Beam	Cambio en X	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 X-Change (Steve Beam, 2001)	2014	El Cardquistador	6	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Steve Beam	Gloviczki a una Mano	production of a card, sticking out of a fan	Also published here Peter Gloviczki's "Pop Out Aces" in "Genii" June, 1971	2014	El Cardquistador	9	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Steve Beam	El Desgarrador	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 The Ripper (Steve Beam, 2001)	2014	El Cardquistador	10	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Steve Beam	Mortilidad	card found at number, number indicates how long person will live	Also published here Mortality (Steve Beam, 2000)	2014	El Cardquistador	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Steve Beam	El Mejor Mago del Mundo	humorous revelation of a selected card	Also published here The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2014	El Cardquistador	12	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Falta de Información	prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack, deck is shown to be in order and one card is missing where envelope was inserted, it contains the missing card	Also published here Reopening Stab (Steve Beam, 2015)	2014	El Cardquistador	13	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Opening Stab (Night Life)
Steve Beam	Cambio Enviudador	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, 2002)	2014	El Cardquistador	15	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Viuda en Rojo y Negro	red half transpose with black half, with card case	Also published here Red & Black Widow (Steve Beam, 2002)	2014	El Cardquistador	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Cinco de Golpe	five selections	Also published here Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2000)	2014	El Cardquistador	18	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Killer Count	method to false count packet for any number, Hamman Count look	Also published here Killer Count (Steve Beam, 2004)	Oct. 2014	Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)	26	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, Benjamin Earl	Deal Force	open prediction bluff procedure, no-touch force	Related to The Opened Prediction (Steve Beam, 1993) Red Herring Force Variation (Benjamin Earl, 2020)	2015	F for Fiction	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Cards / Sleights / Force / No-Touch Force (not Cut-Deeper or Cross Cut)
Helder Guimarães	The Practical Opener	odd-backed card placed in position in new deck order with one card missing decided by spectator, it fits in where the card is missing	Inspired by Opening Stab (Steve Beam, 1991) Also published here Porto Opener (Helder Guimarães, 2019)	2015	Nephelococcygia	47	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Opening Stab (Night Life)
Steve Beam	Introduction - X-Rated Magic	Introduction to the book		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read This Book			2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	11	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Vanishing Magicians	Article explaining/listing why people get out of magic.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	12	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Miscellaneous	Introduction to the chapter of unclassified card magic.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	15	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Photo Finish	Printed prediction reflects cards randomly cut and dealt to. Opening effect.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Flash Photo Finish	Comedy prediction that ultimately predicts three cards chosen by participant.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Nico Scholl	Tapped	Deck is sucked back into card case while magician tries to remove it.	Related to Lube Job (Steve Beam, 1993) Variations Tapped Out (Alexander Kölle, 2018) Strapped (Lorenz Schär, 2018)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Defying Gravity Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Rising Deck
Steve Beam	The Anything Trick	after several random cards are located by spectator-cutting, an item used in the patter (fruit, salt shaker, etc.) is produced for the climax.	Related to X-Ray Touch (Martin Gardner, 1942) "The Prediction" (Hatton & Plate, Magicians' Tricks and How THey are Done, 1910)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Bambi Revisited	The padlock in the back design of a selected card unlocks after a key mysteriously rotates (and a zipper mysteriously slides open).	Inspired by The Key (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1952) Related to Fly Down (David Brumble, 1979) "Fly Down" (Dave Brumble, Magic--The Vanishing Art by Steve Beam, 1979)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	36	Key / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Bottoms-Up Force	forces the card on top or bottom of the deck		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	37	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Robert E. Neale	The Queen Sisters	Bizarre story of sacrifice where two sisters (queens) triumph despite the odds against them.	Related to Wheels of Fortune (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked
Steve Beam	Wheels of Fortune	Inspired by Wheel of Fortune TV show, audience member competes for prizes and wins a second card trick.	Inspired by The Queen Sisters (Robert E. Neale, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked
Steve Beam	Final Exam	In a eye-hand coordination test, the magician deals a shuffled/cut deck as he counts down from ten to one, and ultimately produces the ace through ten.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Longing for the Selected Card	selected card apparently found in deck, it becomes longer as it is pulled out, handling for the long card created by Tom Sellers & Harold Beaumont	Inspired by "Long Card Comedy" (Tom Sellers, The Magic Want Yearbook, 1948-49) "Stretching a Card" (Harold Beaumont, Marketed effect, 1952)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Steve Beam	A Star is Born	Random cards from a spectator-shuffled ESP deck distributed to four participants. With free choices of which cards to eliminate, they all end up with a star.	Inspired by "ESP-Bingo" (Mat Roelof, New Pentagram, Dec. 1985) "ESP-Bingo" (Mat Roelof, New Pentagram, Dec. 1985) Related to Mind Over Anti-Matter (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	49	ESP Cards / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Mind Over Anti-Matter	Random cards from a spectator-shuffled deck distributed to four participants. With free choices of which cards to eliminate, they all end up with one card. When combined, the cards form a royal flush.	Inspired by A Star is Born (Steve Beam, 2015) "ESP-Bingo" (Mat Roelof, New Pentagram, Dec. 1985)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	More than Just a Snappy Dresser	selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker	Also published here More Than Just a Snappy Dresser (Steve Beam, 2016) Er sieht nicht nur schick aus (Steve Beam, 2016) More than Just a Snappy Dresser (Steve Beam, 2017) More than Just a Snappy Dresser (Steve Beam, 2019)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	53	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Ground Control	combination force and control based upon Hindu Shuffle Force	Related to Shufflicious (Steve Beam, 2020) Also published here Ground Control (Steve Beam, 2016) Ground Control (Steve Beam, 2016)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	53	Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	Magicians' Pickup Lines that Should be Retired	List of pickup lines that should be retired.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	58	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Gambling	Introduction to the chapter on gambling effects.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	61	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Dicey Location	selected card is found by having a spectator roll a dice to generate three random numbers	Related to The Curiouser Count (Steve Beam, 2004) Also published here Dicey Location (Steve Beam, 2016)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam	Deep Down Dicey Location	Four Dice are rolled to arrive at a random number where a selected card can be found in the deck.	Related to Dicey Location (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	63	Dice (small) / Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam	Die-Nasty	Using a random number from a die, the spectator locates one of the suicide kings with the "merry-go-round of death" (down-under deal). More of a coincidence than a miracle.	Related to The Australian Crawl (Steve Beam, 1995)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam	Lagniappe	method to cull cards while explaining how a shuffle works, bluff cull		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	67	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Eight Against One	Finish for 3 card monte where target card vanishes and a four of a kind is produced.	Related to The Optical Move (Dai Vernon, 1961) Monte Move (Trevor Lewis, Ken Krenzel, 2003)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)
Steve Beam	Facade	version of Lewis Jones effect where questions are asked and the true or false answers are spelt/dealt into piles on the table, ultimately producing a royal flush.	Related to Prefiguration (Larry Jennings, 1986) "Persona" (Lewis Jones, Persona, 2013)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Steve Beam	The Magic of Ramón Riobóo	Introduction to the chapter on the magic of Ramón Riobóo.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	77	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Instructions to my Proofreaders	Instructions by the author provided to the proofreaders before they started proofreading the book.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	96	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	International Harvester	Introduction to chapter on international contributions.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	99	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	International Harvester	Introduction to the chapter on effects contributed from around the world.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	99	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Tradeoffs	Four kings are lost in the pack. The magician and a helper cut the cards to locate them.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Tabled False Cut		Also published here Steve Beam's "Card Tricks from Mount Olympus", 1979	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	109	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Steve Beam	Setup Shuffle	after overhand shuffle break is held between two halves, Aces are on top and bottom of each halves		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	111	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Steve Beam	Meet Your Proofreaders	Brief bios of the six proofreaders of the book.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	130	Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
Lewis Jones	Stargazer	Magician writes a prediction. Spectator answers questions as he deals cards for each letter in the answer. At the conclusion, the last card matches the written prediction.	Related to Stargazer - The Alpha Version (Lewis Jones, 2015) Farsighted Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015) Blinded Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015) Variations Nearsighted Stargazer (Doug Canning, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Lewis Jones	Stargazer - The Alpha Version	Magician writes a prediction. Spectator answers questions and deals one card for each letter in the answer. The last card matches the prediction.	Related to Stargazer (Lewis Jones, 2015) Farsighted Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015) Blinded Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Farsighted Stargazer	Magician removes a card to serve as a prediction. Spectator answers questions and deals one card for each letter in the answer. The last card matches the prediction.	Related to Stargazer (Lewis Jones, 2015) Stargazer - The Alpha Version (Lewis Jones, 2015) Blinded Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	147	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Blinded Stargazer	Magician removes a card to serve as a prediction. Spectator answers questions and deals one card for each letter in the answer. The last card matches the prediction.	Related to Stargazer (Lewis Jones, 2015) Stargazer - The Alpha Version (Lewis Jones, 2015) Farsighted Stargazer (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	149	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Mental Magic	Introduction to chapter on mental magic with cards.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	153	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	3726	Four people think of a value and then a suit. The magician names each of them.	Related to 3726 for Couples (Steve Beam, 2015) "Look, No Cards" (Lewis Jones, The Book of Revelations, 2014)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	162	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical
Steve Beam	3726 for Couples	Two people think of a value and then a suit to form two cards. The magician names both playing cards.	Related to 3726 (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	168	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical
Steve Beam	Two-Faced	Introduction to chapter on what has been known as the "Zen's Poker Stack"		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	171	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The "Zens" Poker Stack			2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	171	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	Draw Poker	magician forms a bag with a napkin and drops a deck of card inside. He asks for poker hand. He not only removes that hand from then napkin, but the highest version of that hand. Plumber's Helper Pocket Clutter Pocket Stack Pocket Stack II Straight to the Straight Indirectly to the Straight Manure is Not Art? Extending the Stack Back to the Hank		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Paper / Paper Napkin
Steve Beam	Bag Lady	Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, 1937) "The Poker Hand" (Val Evans, Pasteboard Perplexities", 1920)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	179	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Paper / Paper Napkin Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Stack Attack	While deck is shuffled, spectator calls a poker hand. Magician deals out hand called. Can be repeated.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, 1937) "The Poker Hand" (Val Evans, Pasteboard Perplexities", 1920)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	The About-Face Move	Semi-automatic half pass.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	187	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Encased	Five cards in an otherwise empty envelope. Spectator chooses a poker hand. The magician removes the hand from the envelope.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Any card called for
Steve Beam	Encased in Glass	Five cards displayed in wineglass. Any poker hand called. Cards removed and shown to comprise chosen poker hand.	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	193	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	Background on the "Zens" Poker Stack	History of the mnemonic often referred to as the "Zen's Poker Deal."	Related to Quadruple Poker Trick (Michael F. Zens, 1937)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Steve Beam	Home on the Range	Introduction to chapter using various new range forces.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	205	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Sweet Spot	Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	206	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Steve Beam	Small Prize Winner	Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	209	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Steve Beam	Nuclear Force	Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.	Related to New-and-Clear Force (Jon Racherbaumer, 2016)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	211	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Ranger School	Several versions of a range force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card. The Deepest Cut Short Cut Split Forces It's Manure Time Retreating Force Opposing Force Centrifugal Force		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	213	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	Predicting the Past	Routine where the magician predicts a card to be freely chosen by a member of the audience.	Also published here Predicting the Past (Steve Beam, 2012)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	217	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam	One in a Bazillion	Since magician claims he didn't bring any cards, a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer. It is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket.	Also published here One in a Bazillion (Steve Beam, 2012)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	220	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Steve Beam	Blankety Blank	Blank (both sides) deck used to create a playing card. That card is removed from the pocket and it appears (prints) in the deck.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	225	Wallet Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Steve Beam	Another Behind the Scenes Look at Book Publishing	Discussion of how author covers his mistakes by blaming them on others.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	228	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Another Behind-the-Scenes Look at Book Publishing	Anecdote regarding the crediting of magic effects/methods.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	228	Articles / Anecdotes
Steve Beam	Rotator Cut	Force		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	231	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	The Under Cover Shuffle	Overhand false shuffle Drop & Swap Control		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	234	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven	Epilogue for book		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	243	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Routine Builder	Spreadsheet designed to assist in constructing routines.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	246	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Suggested Reading List	humorous article		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	254	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Introduction - The Magic of Nine			2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	9	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	How to Read this Book			2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	11	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Idioms Overheard at a Recent Magic Convention	humorous article		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	12	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Miscellaneous Magic	Chapter Intro		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	15	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Stud Finder	Participant quickly cuts and deals to the four queens.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Steve Beam	Proximity and Time	Deck is repeatedly shuffled and then cut in two by a spectator. Despite the mixing, the cards twice rearrange themselves into the same order as those in the other packet.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Facelift	Attempting to guess the age of a spectator by cutting to random numbers and adding them, inadvertently the magicians cuts to the cards which form the month, day, and year of the birthday.	Related to Poker Jack (Steve Beam, 2015) Variations Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Poker Jack	the magician cuts to the four Aces for a poker hand, then flips over the packets showing the four Jacks for blackjack.	Related to Facelift (Steve Beam, 2015) Variations Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Max Maven	Lie-Decker	Despite the deck lying, the magician uses it to determine the color and value of the selection, and to locate the selection.	Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Immoracle (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979) Si-Decker (Steve Beam, 2015) "Spell of Mystery" (Stewart James, marketed, 1929) "My Own Particular Way" (Ryan Matney, Card Jones, 2004)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	39	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Steve Beam	Si-Decker	despite always lying, the deck provides the color, suit, and parity of the selected card, and then helps to locate it	Inspired by Gardner's Card Speller (Martin Gardner, 1937) Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Lie-Decker (Max Maven, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	41	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Steve Beam	Bypassing the Binary	Chapter Introduction		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	49	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Rock Bottom	Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.	Inspired by "Swindlaces" (Al Smith, LaBal, April 2011) Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	Binary Bypass	Move which allows one to accomplish the Moracle effect without stacking the deck. Royal Mess	Inspired by Facelift (Steve Beam, 2015) Poker Jack (Steve Beam, 2015) Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) The Neutralizer (Steve Beam, 2015) Moracool (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	56	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	The Neutralizer	Audience shuffles the deck and magician reverses their shuffles, producing a great poker hand.	Inspired by Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015) Variations Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	Royal Roundup	Despite the audience shuffling the deck, the magician is able to reverse their shuffles and produce a royal flush.	Inspired by Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	59	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	Mind-Reading Deck	Magician uses a deck of cards to grade the quality of thought of a spectator. Ultimately, the deck turns blank.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	60	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	Bottom Feeder	A move that allows you to accomplish the Moracle effect producing the cards on the bottom of the packets rather than the top.	Inspired by Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Related to More Cool Moracool (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	63	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	Moracool	A "Moracle" effect which produces the four aces on top of the packets (for poker) and four jacks on the face (for blackjack).	Inspired by Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Related to Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	More Cool Moracool	Procedure for producing poker hand using the reverse faro.	Related to Bottom Feeder (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	64	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	End Notes	Summation (with additional ideas) of Bypassing the Binary chapter. Flashing Tops Flashing Bottoms (The Moon Move)		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	65	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Articles / Intros & Epilogues Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Steve Beam	The Magic of Lewis Jones	Introduction to Lewis Jones chapter		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	69	Articles / Articles
Lewis Jones	Box Number	The magician uses the spectator's name and some cards determined by her name to arrive at a card the magician earlier predicted.	Related to Fabrication (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle
Steve Beam	Fabrication	The magician uses the spectator's name and some cards determined by her name to arrive at a card the magician earlier (and openly) predicted.	Related to Box Number (Lewis Jones, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Steve Beam	Pat Hand	The magician uses the spectator's name and some cards determined by his name to arrive at a royal flush.	Related to MatsuNOma Principle (Lewis Jones, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Lewis Jones	MatsuNOma Principle	Procedure which allows you to perform the petal force by Mitsunobu Matsuyama without a down-under deal.	Related to Pat Hand (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	81	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Matsuyama Petal Principle Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Steve Beam	Semi-Automatic for Collectors	Article for those interested in collecting volumes of Semi-Automatic Card Tricks.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	84	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Losers	Introduction to chapter filled with card locations.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	87	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Losing Strategies	Discussion of card locations in general including familiarity with stacks and the choreography of the selection process.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	88	Cards / Sleights / Controls / General Comments Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Simple Loser	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	91	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Steve Beam	Good Loser	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	92	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Steve Beam	Bad Winner	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.	Variations Good Loser (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	93	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Steve Beam	Double Loser	Choreographed process for selecting two cards that provide the magician with the keys to locating both.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	94	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Steve Beam	The Lock with Two Keys	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	94	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Steve Beam	Threesome	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	96	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Steve Beam	Finders Keepers	Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	97	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Steve Beam	The Bold and the Beautiful	Impossible location.	Related to Misdirection Middle Deal (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	99	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Misdirection Middle Deal	Subtlety for having a card or cards selected which are known by the magician in the course of an impossible location effect.	Variations The Bold and the Beautiful (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	101	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Losers Weepers	Choreographed process for selecting a card that quickly provides the magician with the key to the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	102	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Subtleties Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Steve Beam	The PC Card Trick	Compatibility test with a couple where two mates are found.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Steve Beam	That Magical Attraction	Alleged reasons why magicians get into magic in the first place.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	104	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Non-Card Tricks	Introduction to the non-card trick section of the card trick book.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	107	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Talisman	Non-card version of card trick predicting how long a volunteer has left to live.	Inspired by Mortality (Steve Beam, 2000) Related to Mortality - The Second Opinion (Steve Beam, 2002)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	118	Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Steve Beam	Meet Your Proofreaders	Background on the proofreaders/"humor additors"		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	120	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Magic of R. Paul Wilson	Introduction to the chapter on the magic of Paul Wilson		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	123	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Female Magicians	Essay recommending a change in nomenclature.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	138	Articles / Articles Articles / Joke
Steve Beam	Reopening Stab	prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack, deck is shown to be in order and one card is missing where envelope was inserted, it contains the missing card	Inspired by Opening Stab (Steve Beam, 1991) Also published here Falta de Información (Steve Beam, 2014) Reopening Stab (Steve Beam, 2016) Reopening Stab (Steve Beam, 2019)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	142	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Opening Stab (Night Life)
Steve Beam	Scorecard V	mathematical Revelation of a randomly generated number	Inspired by Coincidence (George G. Kaplan, The Linking Ring, Feb. 1951) Related to Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	145	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical
Steve Beam	The Second World's Greatest Magician	Humorous revelation of a selected card.	Inspired by The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Spotlight on Five Spot	Multiple Card Location	Inspired by Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2000) Related to Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2012) Also published here Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2016) Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2019)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	151	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Steve Beam	Gals & Pals	Hotel mystery using the kings and queens	Inspired by Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2006) Variations The Marrying Man (Ramón Riobóo, 2020)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	154	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery
Steve Beam, Doug Canning	Bottoms Up	Two cards revealed through spelling them.	Related to Bottom to Top Principle (Colm Mulcahy, Mathematical Card Magic, 2013)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Selected Card at Any Number	Card at any number effect where the spectator spells the number.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	In the Bluff	Spelling to random cards locates the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Random Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Dropping the Bluff	Random cards are spelled, arriving at the selected card.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	170	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Marty Kane	Four Suits, Forsooth!	mathematical four-Ace production	Related to Curious Count (Fred G. Taylor, 1968) The Lower Forty-Eight (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	172	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Steve Beam	The Lower Forty-Eight	four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card	Inspired by Four Suits, Forsooth! (Marty Kane, 2015) Related to Curious Count (Fred G. Taylor, 1968) Also published here The Lower 48 (Steve Beam, 2016)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Steve Beam	Fingered	Audience selects finger through counting procedure. Comedy revelation.	Inspired by Finger Flinger (Marty Kane, Steve Beam, 2010)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	186	Propless / Body Magic Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation
Steve Beam	Sausage, Laws, and Magic Books	Article on the problems with dealing with prolific magic creators/contributors.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	189	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Piano Card Trick	Introduction to Chapter on the Piano Card Trick.	Inspired by "Piano Card Trick" (Uncredited, Stanyon's Magic, Aug. 1902)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	193	Articles / Articles Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Piano Card Trick
Steve Beam	Sheet Music	The Piano Card Trick performed with face-up and face-down cards to emulate the black and white piano keys.	Inspired by "Piano Card Trick" (Uncredited, Stanyon's Magic, Aug. 1902)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	196	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Piano Card Trick
Steve Beam	Ebony & Ivory	The Piano Card Trick performed with black and white cards.	Inspired by "Piano Card Trick" (Uncredited, Stanyon's Magic, Aug. 1902)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	200	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Piano Card Trick
Steve Beam	Key Signature	Piano Card Trick using a signed card.	Inspired by "Piano Card Trick" (Uncredited, Stanyon's Magic, Aug. 1902) Related to Piano Mover (Martin Gardner, 1959)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	205	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Piano Card Trick
Steve Beam	Two-Faced	Introduction to chapter using double-faced cards in unique ways, usually with the knowledge of the audience.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	213	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Beam	Doubling Down	Using factory misprinted cards, the magician predicts the totals of the cards selected by the audience.	Related to An Oddity (George Sands, 1954)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Steve Beam	Two For the Price of One	Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. The spectator is allow to draw cards. Ultimately, he settles on a pat hand. The other side is the magician's hand. It's a royal flush.	Related to Two For the Price of One #2 (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	217	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Two For the Price of One #2	Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. The spectator is allow to draw cards. Ultimately, he settles on a pat hand. The other side is the magician's hand. It's a royal flush.	Related to Two For the Price of One (Steve Beam, 2015)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Pokerdiction	Using a factory second deck of cards, spectator shuffles and cuts and a poker hand is dealt. Five other cards, predictions, turn out not to match the poker and. Then suddenly, all cards match on both sides of both hands.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	222	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Mix and Match Poker	Using a factory second deck of cards which is printed on both sides, a spectator cuts and shuffles, and then deals a poker hand. The magician predicted the poker hands formed on both sides.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	225	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Steve Beam	Power Tools	Introduction to chapter on moves.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	231	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Fairness Force	Cut force	Also published here Fairness Force (Steve Beam, 2016)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	232	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Control Center	control to the top of the deck	Inspired by A Cut Below (Steve Pressley, 1993) Also published here Control Center (Steve Beam, 2011)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	234	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Steve Beam	Running in Place	Triumph display	Related to Triumph display (Johnny Thompson, Commercial Magic DVD)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	236	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Steve Beam	Task Force	Two-card force	Related to "In the Bluff" (Ramón Riobóo, Thinking the Impossible, 2012)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	238	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Steve Beam	Thanksgiven	Credits to those assisting with the volume.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	244	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Routine Builder	Spreadsheet designed to assist in building routines.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	246	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Suggested Reading List	List of magic and non-magic books suggested for reading.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	254	Articles / Articles Articles / Bibliography
Steve Beam	Ideas I won't Share with Other Magicians	Place for accumulating ideas from the volume.		2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	255	Articles / Articles
Luke Jermay	Undo Cut Variation		Related to The Bicycle Cut (Steve Beam, 2018) Also published here Undo Cut Variation (Luke Jermay, 2020)	Aug. 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)	38	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Steve Beam	Beam's Choice Production			2016	In Order to Amaze	216	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Jon Racherbaumer	New-and-Clear Force	Ace-through-King set-up, card chosen by first chosen value then suit, card not really forced but under control	Inspired by "Variation: Beam’s Artificial Nuclear Force" (David Solomon, Solomon's Bulletin #81, Jan. 2016 Related to Nuclear Force (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Facsimile (Issue 5)	37	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Mike Pisciotta	The World's Greatest Magician	humorous revelation of a selected card	Inspired by The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2016	From the Depths	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Progressive Mating Season (VII)	The Work Phase II Phase III - Progressive Transformation Phase IV - The Entire Deck Changes	Also published here Mating Season VII (Steve Beam, 2011)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Steve Beam	Reopening Stab	prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack, deck is shown to be in order and one card is missing where envelope was inserted, it contains the missing card	Also published here Reopening Stab (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Opening Stab (Night Life)
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam	The Stalker	top cards of four piles change into Queens	Also published here The Stalker (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam, 2019)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Steve Beam	Scorecard VI	two selections correspond with number after some calculations MAD Mnemonic	Inspired by Scorecard (Steve Beam, 2010)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Steve Beam	Fairness Force		Also published here The Fairness Force (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	8	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	More Than Just a Snappy Dresser	selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker The Chameleon	Also published here More than Just a Snappy Dresser (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Ground Control	combination force and control based upon Hindu Shuffle Force	Also published here Ground Control (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	10	Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	The Lower 48	four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card	Also published here The Lower Forty-Eight (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Steve Beam	Dicey Location	selected card is found by having a spectator roll a dice to generate three random numbers	Also published here Dicey Location (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Steve Beam	Quick Change	Aces change to Kings and back Optional Opening Sequence Aces to Kings The Finish	Also published here Kings and Aces (Steve Beam, 1979)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	Five Spot	five selections	Also published here Spotlight on Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Tea Time With The Pasteboards	18	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	1 zu einer Fantastilliarde	a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket	Also published here One in a Bazillion (Steve Beam, 2012)	2016	Card Magic To Go	2	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Beam	Vergänglichkeit	card found at number, number indicates how long person will live	Also published here Mortality (Steve Beam, 2000) Mortality - The Second Opinion (Steve Beam, 2002)	2016	Card Magic To Go	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Steve Beam	Der Beste Zauberer der Welt	humorous revelation of a selected card	Also published here The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2016	Card Magic To Go	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	Gebetsproduktion	hands held in prayer production and card is produced	Also published here Prayer Production (Don Morris, 2017)	2016	Card Magic To Go	7	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Productions & Revelations without deck
Steve Beam	Er sieht nicht nur schick aus	selected card vanishes and reappears printed on the Joker card, being held by the Joker	Also published here More than Just a Snappy Dresser (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Card Magic To Go	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Steve Beam	Ground Control	combination force and control based upon Hindu Shuffle Force	Also published here Ground Control (Steve Beam, 2015)	2016	Card Magic To Go	8	Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Steve Beam	Der Witwenmacher	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, 2002)	2016	Card Magic To Go	10	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Rote & Schwarze Witwe	red half transpose with black half, with card case	Also published here Red & Black Widow (Steve Beam, 2002)	2016	Card Magic To Go	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Einhändiger Gloviczki	production of a card, sticking out of a fan	Also published here The One-Handed Gloviczki (Steve Beam, 2001)	2016	Card Magic To Go	14	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Steve Beam	Der Dreiteiler	combination of One-Handed Gloviczki and The Ripper	Also published here Three-Piece Combo (Steve Beam, 2001)	2016	Card Magic To Go	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Steve Beam	X-Change	two cards change to selections when halves are rubbed against each other face to face and perpendicular	Also published here X-Change (Steve Beam, 2001)	2016	Card Magic To Go	16	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Steve Beam	Fünf Gewinnt	five selections	Also published here Five Spot (Steve Beam, 2000)	2016	Card Magic To Go	19	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
John Guastaferro (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Volume 9	by Steve Beam		Mar. 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)	85	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John Guastaferro (reviewer)	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Volume 10	by Steve Beam		Mar. 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes

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