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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Ross Bertram	Rubdown		Variations Rubdown with Glass (Edward Marlo, Ross Bertram, Jules DeBarros, 1971) Rubbed the Wrong Way (Bob King, 2005) Also published here Rubdown (Ross Bertram, 2020)	1951	Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)	129	Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish
Edward Marlo	Three Ball Routine	"same principles and ideas can be applied to sponges"	Related to On the Roll-Up Move (Edward Marlo, 1973) Three Ball Production (Bob King, 1999)	1951	Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes	9	Spongeball / Routines Ball / "Small" Ball / Classic Routine (e.g. Pop-Up Move)
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon	Elmsley's Card Coincidence	deck cut into two piles, a card selected in each pile, later shown to turn up at the same position, handling is by Vernon	Variations Dual Count-Down (Bob King, 1989)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Climax for a Dice Routine	two in the hand one in the pocket start, ending with jumbo and miniature die	Related to Climax for a Dice Routine (Carlhorst Meier, Roberto Giobbi, 2009) Details for a Climax (Roberto Giobbi, Carlhorst Meier, 2010) Variations Thanks to Vernon (Bob King, 2005) Final para routina de dados de Vernon (Alberto de Figueiredo, Dai Vernon, 2009)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	183	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Alex Elmsley	Late Night Location	spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates	Related to Hide and Seek (Michael Powers, 2006) KiLocator (Mark Elsdon, 2006) Infinite Improbability (Jonathan Pendragon, 2024) Variations The Elmsley Touch (Paul Swinford, 1971) Late-Night Arising (Jon Racherbaumer, Niberco, 1990) Sudden Sandwich (Jon Racherbaumer, 1990) Spell Found (Doug Canning, 1996) Another Late-Night Session (Bob King, 1998) Another Late-Night Session (Bob King, 2002) Another Late Night Session (Bob King, 2010) Also published here Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	19	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Siamese
Dai Vernon	Out of Sight - Out of Mind	original handling	Inspired by A Mind-Reading Trick (S. W. Erdnase, 1902) Related to Out of Touch - Out of Date (Benjamin Earl, 2010) Thoughts on Vernon's Out of Sight – Out of Mind (Roger Klause, 2010) Pick-up Glimpse Finesse (Johnny Thompson, 2018) Variations Out of Order (Jerry Sadowitz, 1987) Far Out of Sight (Bob King, 1992) Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Improved (Dai Vernon, 2001) Mind Reading Card Effect / Intercept Variation (Robert Cassidy, Dai Vernon, Harvey Berg, 2003) Out of Outs (Erik Nordvall, 2006) Riffled OOSOOM (Jared Kopf, 2016) Thanks For The Memories (Roy Walton, 2016) Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind (Jared Kopf, 2018) Out Of My Mind (Gary Plants, 2024)	1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Ken Krenzel	Super Numerary	divination of two written numbers	Variations Split Thought (Bob King, 1991) Split Thought (Bob King, 1996)	Nov. 1964	The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 31)	130	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading
Horace E. Bennett	Unfair Shake	two in the hand (here dice cup) one in the pocket, then die change color and size twice, as a kicker a shot glass appears under the cup	Variations Bob King Dice Routine (Bob King, 1991)	1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	113	Liquid / Appearance & Production Dice (small) / Transformation Dice (small) / Traveling Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Bob King	Spell Again	a card is instantly spelled to from shuffled deck		1973	Rim Shots	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Random Cards
Larry Jennings	King's Triumph	four Kings instead selection	Related to Delayed Double Climax (Edward Marlo, 1971) Variations Easy Jennings (Bob King, 1989) Castle Triumph (Tony Cabral, 2011) Jennings Four-Ace Triumph (Steve Forte, 2020) Also published here King's Triumph (Larry Jennings, 1986)	1975	Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Ronald Zollweg	Bottoms Out	bottom of glass drops out and is restored, inspired by Al Baker story	Related to Bottoms Down (Al Baker, 2003) Variations Bottoms Out (Bob King, 2003) Bottoms Out (Bob King, Ronald Zollweg, 2005)	1975	Another Close-up Cavalcade	146	Glass / Destroyed & Restored
Ken Krenzel	Mental Matrix	stay stack	Related to Poker Mental (Bob King, 1989)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck Cards / Principles / Miscalling
Ken Krenzel	Ken's Kolor Finesse	selection changes back color, then whole deck, with some handling finesses	Variations Radeckal Change (Bob King, 1995)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	164	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Bob King	Marked Transpo			Nov. 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)	129	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
Bob King	Pinch Switch	pinch vanish as switch		Nov. 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)	129	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Simple Switches
Geoffrey Latta	CopSilBrass	Copper-Silver-Brass Routine using a copper-silver gimmick	Inspired by A Transposition of Two Copper Coins With a Silver Coin (Scotty York, 1975) Related to Latta-cobre-china catapultado (Joaquín Navajas, 2019) Variations Foreign Exchange (Bob King, 1995) Cee Ess Bee (Lance Pierce, 2010) CopSilBrass (Alfredo Alvarez, 2018) Also published here CopSilBrass (Geoffrey Latta, 1981) CopSilBrass (Geoffrey Latta, 2017)	1981	CoinMagic	148	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Karl Fulves	Psychic Option	method for finding out the suit or position of a cut to card, three variations	Variations Psychic Location (Bob King, 1990)	1981	Fourcast	25	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Harry Lorayne	Bob King	mini bio		1982	Best of Friends	262	Articles / Biographical
Bob King	Programmed Lie Detector	full deck		1982	Best of Friends	263	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Bob King	All-Fair Poker	real shuffle, yet straights for all and royal flush for performer, gilbreath	Variations Office Hours Poker (Nick Trost, 2015)	1982	Best of Friends	267	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Larry Jennings	"....Always Cut the Cards"	cards are cut into deck with spectator	Related to In One Shuffle (Edward Marlo, 1953) Gathering of the Clan (Edward Marlo, 1962) Aces A-Risin'! (Peter Kane, 1967) Little Feat (Karl Fulves, 2005) Variations A Cut Above (Bob King, 1990) Half Aced Cuts (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991) A Cut Above (I) (Bob King, 1992) Also published here Always Cut The Cards (Larry Jennings, 1986) Always Cut the Cards - Version One (Ungimmicked) (Larry Jennings, 2020)	1982	A Visit With Larry Jennings	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Bob King	Shrinker	see page 111 for additional tip	Related to The Vanishing Deck (Joshua Jay, 2001) The Vanishing Deck (Joshua Jay, 2022)	Mar. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 7)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Micro Macro
Allan Hayden	Bottom-Deal Dodge	straight-forward pseudo demo using pass	Related to Too Late! (Bob King, 1984)	Feb. 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 2)	887	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Bob King	Too Late!	using 3 duplicate aces	Inspired by Bottom-Deal Dodge (Allan Hayden, 1984)	May 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 5)	919	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Bob King	Reds and Backs			Sep. 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9)	970	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed
Larry Jennings	Cut As I Cut	gaffed method	Inspired by Always Cut The Cards (Larry Jennings, 1986) Variations A Cut Above (II) (Bob King, 1992) Also published here Always Cut the Cards - Version Two (Gimmicked) (Larry Jennings, 2020)	Jan./Feb. 1984	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18)	167	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Bob King	Double Reverse Matrix	three silver coins join a copper to a corner twice, flash-back finale		1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	105	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Four Cards Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Karl Fulves	The Omega Bet	No. 73, card pushed face-up in center and deck dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches or not, multiple phases	Related to The Compleat Gamester (Karl Fulves, 1969) Matching Wits (Bob King, 2003) Dollar Deal (Roberto Giobbi, 2016) Variations The Omega Bet - Updated (Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, 1997) Pinochle Marriages Routine I (Nick Trost, 2009) Omega Blackjack (Nick Trost, 2011) Nu-Way Omega Bet (Nick Trost, 2015)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	107	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Bob King	Key Bender			Nov. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 11)	1133	Key / Key Bending Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Harry Lorayne	Bob King	mini bio		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	142	Articles / Biographical
Bob King	Direct Stop			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Bob King	Center Deal			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	143	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Center Deal / Strike
Bob King	Small Packet Turnover Bottom Deal	small tabled packet is apparently turned over with its top card, but it's the bottom one		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	145	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Curiosities
Bob King	Mental Poker			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	146	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Turnover Lap Switch	card is scooped up and turned over at table edge		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	148	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / Tabled & Mucks
Bob King	Bluff Cut	Aces and Kings	Variations Hail HaLo (Harry Lorayne, 2017)	1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	442	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Edward Marlo, Bob King	Drag-Off Switch			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	444	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Peel Switch
Bob King	Simplex Reverse Matrix		Variations Underground Matrix (Bob King, 2000) Also published here Simplex Reverse Matrix (Bob King, 1989)	1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	446	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Edward Marlo	A Card Cheating Story	odd-backed	Variations Holdout (Bob King, 1989)	1985	Formula One Close-Up	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Bob King	Open Choice	using Mexican Turnover	Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (Jim Bailey, 1986)	June 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 6)	1223	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Bob King	Anytime Ace Cut	using tabled slip cut, quick	Also published here Anytime Ace Cut (Bob King, 1989)	Nov. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 11)	1278	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Bob King	Ace Catch	Aces change back color and find selection	Also published here Ace Catch (Bob King, 1989)	Nov. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 11)	1279	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Jim Bailey	Apocalypse Variations or Additions		Inspired by Open Choice (Bob King, 1986)	Dec. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 12)	1295	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Larry Jennings	High-C	card in orange, deck changes to orange	Variations Card in Orange Plus (Bob King, 1999)	1987	Neoclassics	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation - card-object / Other Object Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Fruit
Darwin Ortiz	Jacks or Better	up to fifth (mock)	Related to Speaking Volumes (David Regal, Jason England, 2005) Variations All's Well... (Bob King, 1990) Jacks Done Better (David Malek, 1995)	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Darwin Ortiz	Fast Shuffle	four Aces are stacked in four shuffles, two shuffles and one shuffle	Variations A Stack of Stacks (Bob King, 1993)	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland	The Slap Trick	any number	Inspired by A Most Unusual Experiment in Which a Chosen Card Appears Instantly at Any Number in the Deck from 10 to 45 (Laurie Ireland, 1935) A Most Unusual Experiment in Which a Chosen Card Appears Instantly at Any Number in the Deck from 10 to 45 (Laurie Ireland, 1935) Related to Card at Any Position (1993) Countdown (Bob King, 2002) The Memory Test (Erik Casey, Paul Cummins, 2022) Variations Nullifying the Possibilities (Edward Marlo, 1989) He Who Gets Slapped (Steve Draun, Richard Kaufman, 1992) Combination Plus (Jerry Sadowitz, 1993) Card at Any Number (Michael Skinner, 2000)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Dai Vernon	It Stands Alone	face up pile in deck turns over except one card	Variations Outstanding (Bob King, 1990) Alone in a Crowd (Ernest Earick, 1993)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	195	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Close-up Card in Balloon	using card shelf		June 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)	1506	Cards / Principles / Card Shelf, Hung Card, etc. Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Balloon
Bob King	Drunken Black Jack	two cards, transformation into black jack, using flap gaff	Inspired by "About Face" (Dealer's item) Also published here Drunken Black Jack (Bob King, 1989)	Aug. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 8)	1534	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Bob King	Pseudo Subway	Pseudo Greek Deal Demo		Dec. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 12)	1579	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Edward Marlo	As an Opener		Related to Spectator Cuts Aces (Edward Marlo, 1979) Variations To Catch an Ace #2 (Derek Dingle, Edward Marlo, 1971) My Opener (Bob King, 1998) My Opener (Bob King, 2002) Also published here The New Tops, Sep. 1965	1988	M.I.N.T. — Volume I	174	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bob King	If At First	spectator cuts deck into four piles, top cards are not Aces but instantly change to Aces	Also published here If At First (Bob King, 1989)	July 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 7)	1664	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bob King	Not Alone			Aug. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 8)	1679	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Bob King	Introduction	preferring tricks in lectures instead of theory or philosophy		1989	Magician Foolers	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	If At First	spectator cuts deck into four piles, top cards are not Aces but instantly change to Aces	Also published here If At First (Bob King, 1989)	1989	Magician Foolers	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bob King	Pinnacle Aces Revisited		Also published here Pinnacle Aces Revisited (Bob King, 1992)	1989	Magician Foolers	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces
Bob King	Controlled Surprise	three shuffles and Aces are back on top		1989	Magician Foolers	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Top Stock
Bob King	Shuffle/Cut Ace Control	Aces cut to one by one, position of last Ace announced		1989	Magician Foolers	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Order Please	deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer arranges half the deck to match face-up/face-down sequence of other half	Inspired by Lineup (Nick Trost, 1997) Also published here Perfect Match (Bob King, 1996)	1989	Magician Foolers	5	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Bob King	Impromptu Stunner	card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over	Variations Impromptu Stunner (Bob King, 2000) Impromptu Stunner (Bob King, 2003)	1989	Magician Foolers	7	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Ten Hand Poker Stack	"(the real work)" five riffle shuffles		1989	Magician Foolers	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Bob King	Pseudo Ten Hand Stack	one shuffle, free cut principle	Also published here 10 Hand Poker Stack (Bob King, 1993)	1989	Magician Foolers	9	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Bob King	Easy Jennings	with four Aces	Inspired by King's Triumph (Larry Jennings, 1975)	1989	Magician Foolers	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Bob King	Dual Count-Down	two cards chosen in two piles out of hand, both deal in unison and performer calls "stop", both selections are there and performer names one of them	Inspired by Elmsley's Card Coincidence (Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon, 1956)	1989	Magician Foolers	11	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Comeback			1989	Magician Foolers	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick
Bob King	Flight Four	Ace through Four from corners of newspaper or mat to under jumbo card	Also published here Flight Four (Bob King, 1997)	1989	Magician Foolers	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Newspaper Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Under Your Spell	spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter	Also published here Under Your Spell (Bob King, 1992)	1989	Magician Foolers	16	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Bob King	Double Revelation	two-card variation	Variations Face Up Double Revelation (Bob King, 1990) Delayed Double-Revelation (Bob King, 1998) Also published here Double Revelation (Bob King, 1993)	1989	Magician Foolers	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation
Bob King	This and That	collection of ideas, see following four items		1989	Magician Foolers	18	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Dice Stacking Final Load			1989	Magician Foolers	18	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Bob King	Cig Through Quarter Get Away			1989	Magician Foolers	18	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic
Bob King	Slush Vanish	vanishing glass with liquid		1989	Magician Foolers	18	Glass / Vanish Liquid / Vanish
Bob King	Sniff	Vicks inhaler vanished up the nose instead of cigarette		1989	Magician Foolers	18	Medicine
Bob King	Chinese Surprise	four half dollars taken from box, they change into copper, halves back in box, then four Chinese coins appear in box		1989	Magician Foolers	18	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transformation
Bob King	Poker Mental	three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates	Related to Mental Matrix (Ken Krenzel, 1978) Variations Poker Mental II (Bob King, 1998) Poker Mental II (Bob King, 2005)	1989	Magician Foolers	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck Cards / Principles / Miscalling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Bob King	Monte Nightmare	only three cards, they change a few times back and front		1989	Magician Foolers	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Bob King	Triple Decker	three-phase sandwich routine, card appears between Jokers twice cleanly, than vanishes and appears reversed in deck		1989	Magician Foolers	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Holdout	odd-backed	Inspired by A Card Cheating Story (Edward Marlo, 1985)	1989	Magician Foolers	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Bob King	Four Card Monte	ungaffed Sidewalk Shuffle, three phases		1989	Magician Foolers	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Bob King	Drunken Black Jack	two cards, transformation into black jack, flap gaff, reprinted from referenced	Also published here Drunken Black Jack (Bob King, 1988)	1989	Magician Foolers	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Bob King	Anytime Ace Cut	using tabled slip cut, quick, reprinted from reference	Also published here Anytime Ace Cut (Bob King, 1986)	1989	Magician Foolers	34	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Ace Catch	Aces change back color and find selection, reprinted from reference	Also published here Ace Catch (Bob King, 1986)	1989	Magician Foolers	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Bob King	Simplex Reverse Matrix	reprinted from reference	Also published here Simplex Reverse Matrix (Bob King, 1985)	1989	Magician Foolers	36	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Bob King	A Couple of Tears	Face up Poker Deal, onehanded seconds face down to yourself		Feb. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 2)	1744	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Bob King	The Faro Knows	one from twenty-six, interesting	Related to Lightning Divination (César Fernández, 2004)	Oct. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 10)	1847	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Bob King	Introduction			1990	More Magician Foolers	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Color Changing Silk	with three different colors and sleeving		1990	More Magician Foolers	3	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Bob King	I'll Guess Your Weight	performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection	Inspired by Weight Guess (Nick Trost, 1997) Related to Speaking Volumes (David Regal, Jason England, 2005) Variations I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, 1992) Weight Your Turn (Troy Hooser, Mark Tams, 1993)	1990	More Magician Foolers	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Outstanding	face up pile in deck turn over except one card	Inspired by It Stands Alone (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1990	More Magician Foolers	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Backfire	transformation kicker	Inspired by Chinaman's Chance (Bob King, 1990)	1990	More Magician Foolers	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Supreme Control	Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a crimp	Also published here Supreme Control (Bob King, 1993) Supreme Control (Bob King, 1993)	1990	More Magician Foolers	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Top Stock
Bob King	A Cut Above	Aces are cut into deck with spectator	Inspired by "....Always Cut the Cards" (Larry Jennings, 1982) Also published here A Cut Above (I) (Bob King, 1992)	1990	More Magician Foolers	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Arturo de Ascanio, Bob King	Modified Ascanio Spread			1990	More Magician Foolers	9	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread
Bob King	All's Well...	up to fifth, Kings placed on top and poker hand dealt, then Kings to other player and Aces for performer	Inspired by Jacks or Better (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1990	More Magician Foolers	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Bob King	Chinaman's Chance	three silver coins travel to china coin in other hand, transformation kicker, Peter Kane's Sleeper Coin principle	Variations Backfire (Bob King, 1990)	1990	More Magician Foolers	10	Coin / Gaffed / Chinatown Half Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bob King	Fake Turnover	display sequence with multiple coins		1990	More Magician Foolers	11	Coin / Sleights / Doubleface-display
Bob King	Hidden Intruders	three phases, last phase odd-backed		1990	More Magician Foolers	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed
Bob King	Direct Thought	spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, without faro	Related to Instant Revelation (Bob King, 1992) New-Wave Prediction (Bob King, 1994) 23 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono, 2017) Variations Psychic Location (II) (Bob King, 1993)	1990	More Magician Foolers	16	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Bob King	Face Up Double Revelation	two cards on face-up halves change into selection	Inspired by Double Revelation (Bob King, 1989)	1990	More Magician Foolers	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Psychic Location	card chosen, spectator cuts it into deck, with two questions the position is announced and the card cut to, suit rotation stack	Inspired by Psychic Option (Karl Fulves, 1981) Variations Psychic Location (II) (Bob King, 1993)	1990	More Magician Foolers	19	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	The Breather Crimp	also putting it in in front of an audience while apparently removing a bent/crimp		1990	More Magician Foolers	20	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Bob King	"The Answer Wallet"	three fold wallet		1991	Card to Wallet	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Bob King	Another Bob King Card to Wallet Idea			1991	Card to Wallet	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Bob King	Mini Ambush			Aug. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 8)	1964	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Alex Elmsley	Brownwaves I	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected cards are at the same position	Related to No Looking (Alex Elmsley, 1962) The Two Pile Trick (Edward G. Brown, 1973) Variations A Short Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957) Brown Coincidence (Ken Beale, 1959) Making Waves (Bob King, 1991)	1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	333	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Buried Treasure II	distant keys, performer stops at selection	Variations Stebbins Buried Treasure (Bob King, 1998)	1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	355	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Bob King	Introduction			1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	On Again Off Again	five-phase routine		1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	1	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Bob King	Bob King Dice Routine	two in the hand (here dice cup) one in the pocket, then die change color and size, as a kicker a shot glass appears under the cup	Inspired by Unfair Shake (Horace E. Bennett, 1967)	1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	6	Liquid / Appearance & Production Dice (small) / Transformation Dice (small) / Traveling Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Bob King	Portable Holdout		Inspired by John Cornelius's Pendulum Holdout	1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	10	Pull & Holdouts
Bob King	Egg on my Face			1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	11	Pull & Holdouts Egg / Silk to Egg
Bob King	Bold Faced Balpate	portable pendulum holdout to switch locks		1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	13	Pull & Holdouts Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Bob King	Outline for Bob King Routine: Penrose Knot	puzzle knot with several loops, guessing game application with bill		1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	14	Chain / Endless Chain Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Sponge Ball Opener	with squeakers		1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	16	Spongeball / Sequences
Bob King	Way Ahead Coins to Glass			1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	17	Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
Bob King	Repeat Coin in Bottle	with sleeving	Related to Coin in Bottle (Bob King, 1996)	1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	19	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Bob King	Triple Threat	on three numbered cards the performer write a chosen country, card and word from dictionary (gaffed by writing cue words on bottom of pages)		1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	20	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Book / Book Test / Routines Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Bob King	Making Waves	odd-backed card lost in deck, card selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, selection and odd-backed card are found at same position in two piles	Inspired by Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations Making Waves II (Bob King, 1996)	1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	23	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Split Thought	Ace through Ten of Hearts on top, numbers thought of by two spectators and after some mental calculation by spectators the numbers are divined	Inspired by Super Numerary (Ken Krenzel, 1964) Also published here Split Thought (Bob King, 1996)	1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	24	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Bob King	Introduction			1992	The Breather	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Putting In The Work	also in front of an audience apparently removing a bent	Also published here Putting in the Work (Bob King, 1993)	1992	The Breather	3	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Bob King	Basic Routine	controlling a card with breather crimp		1992	The Breather	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Bob King	Impossible Location	spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it	Also published here Impossible Location (Bob King, 1993)	1992	The Breather	4	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Bob King	I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised)	performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Bob King, 1990) Variations Second Guessing Your Weight (Bob King, 1993) Numero Trois (Blair Bowling, 1996)	1992	The Breather	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Instant Revelation	spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, faro	Related to Direct Thought (Bob King, 1990) Psychic Location (II) (Bob King, 1993)	1992	The Breather	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Bob King	A Cut Above (I)	Aces are cut into deck with spectator	Also published here A Cut Above (Bob King, 1990)	1992	The Breather	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Bob King	As A Force	packet cutting force while spectator says stop, face-up and face-down		1992	The Breather	10	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Bob King	Ultra Mental Gag	fair force, using Ultra Mental handling with normal deck		1992	The Breather	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags
Bob King	A Cut Above (II)	Aces are cut into deck with spectator	Inspired by Cut As I Cut (Larry Jennings, 1984)	1992	The Breather	12	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Bob King	Pinnacle Aces Revisited		Also published here Pinnacle Aces Revisited (Bob King, 1989)	1992	The Breather	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces
Bob King	Far Out of Sight	OOSOOM, with his own shuffling sequence	Inspired by Out of Sight - Out of Mind (Dai Vernon, 1960) Also published here Far Out of Sight (Bob King, 1993)	1992	The Breather	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Bob King	Under Your Spell	spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter	Also published here Under Your Spell (Bob King, 1989)	1992	The Breather	19	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Larry Becker	Kliptomaniac	three coins with different dates are sealed in three envelopes, performer divines dates, with variation	Related to Opposites Attract (Bob King, 1998) Also published here in "M.U.M." February, 1987.	1992	Stunners!	239	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Four-Card Monte	by Bob King		Mar./Apr. 1992	The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 10)	102	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Bob King	Double Revelation	two-card variation	Inspired by The Jennings Revelation (Larry Jennings, 1986) Also published here Double Revelation (Bob King, 1989)	May 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5)	2212	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation
Bob King	Bend that Spoon!	spoon bending routine, transformation into fork		Nov. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)	2281	Spoon & Fork Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Troy Hooser, Mark Tams	Weight Your Turn	performer cuts same amount as performer twice and eventually finds selection, faro	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Bob King, 1990) Related to Numero Trois (Blair Bowling, 1996) Variations A Cunning Odyssey (Jason Alford, 2007) Weight Your Turn - Impromptu (Mark Tams, 2007)	Mar. 1993	The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1)	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Introduction			1993	The Breather 2	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Second Guessing Your Weight	performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, 1992) Related to Weight Lifter (Jack Avis, 1998) Variations Florida Roadkill (James Swain, 2001)	1993	The Breather 2	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Faro Strip-Out	FSO, basically normal slough-off faro		1993	The Breather 2	2	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Partial Faro
Bob King	One Too Many	performer tries to cut off as many cards as spectator but it's one too many - the selection		1993	The Breather 2	3	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	10 Hand Poker Stack	with free cut principle	Variations Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, 1995) Also published here Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, 1989)	1993	The Breather 2	5	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Bob King	Psychic Location (II)	spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, faro	Inspired by Direct Thought (Bob King, 1990) Psychic Location (Bob King, 1990) Related to Instant Revelation (Bob King, 1992)	1993	The Breather 2	7	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Bob King, Bob Hummer	Hum-Dinger	three cards and a Queen removed, spectator thinks of one of the three cards which are returned to deck, Queen whispers performer the selection		1993	The Breather 2	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Bob King	Count-Down	card thought-of according to thought-of hour, clock dial layout, selection travels in card case	Related to Over-Kill? (Bob King, 1993)	1993	The Breather 2	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Over-Kill?	spectator cuts off pile and remembers card at this position, selection transposes with card in another deck	Related to Count-Down (Bob King, 1993)	1993	The Breather 2	13	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Bob King	Supreme Control	Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a crimp	Also published here Supreme Control (Bob King, 1990)	1993	The Breather 2	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Top Stock
Bob King	Breathing Life into the 26 Card Key	three piles, faroing crimp next to selection	Related to Cutting Edge (Bob King, 2002)	1993	The Breather 2	16	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Zen Poker Plus	Zens stack	Inspired by Super-Duper Poker Deal (Al Thatcher, 1993)	1993	The Breather 2	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Bob King	A Stack of Stacks	four riffle shuffle stacking systems, assisted by a Breather Crimp	Inspired by Fast Shuffle (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1993	The Breather 2	19	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
Bob King	Seeing is Believing	performer blindfolded for full routine Phase I: a card pocketed and another selected Phase II: selection found at named small number Phase III: two more cards divined, using 52-on-One and 3-1/2 gag cards Phase IV: four Aces dealt in poker round Phase V: pocketed card named		1993	The Breather 2	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Bob King	Stack Addition with Jumbo Card	cards clipped to back of a Jumbo gag card		1993	The Breather 2	26	Cards / Sleights / Additions / with Props
Bob King	Putting in the Work	also in front of an audience apparently removing a bent	Also published here Putting In The Work (Bob King, 1992)	1993	The Breather 2	28	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Al Thatcher	Super-Duper Poker Deal	Zens stack	Variations Zen Poker Plus (Bob King, 1993) Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal (Nick Trost, 1997)	1993	Card File	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Bob King	Impossible Location	spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it, breather crimp	Also published here Impossible Location (Bob King, 1992)	1993	Card File	170	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Far Out of Sight	OOSOOM, breather crimp	Also published here Far Out of Sight (Bob King, 1992)	1993	Card File	171	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Bob King	Supreme Control	Aces shuffled into deck, back on top, top stock control with a breather crimp	Also published here Supreme Control (Bob King, 1990)	1993	Card File	180	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Top Stock
Max Howard	Additiontal Ideas Suggested by Max Howard	for Insta-Fax Card Printer, using it with "Calculation Sensation" (Bob King), Out to Lunch combination		1993	The Insta-Fax Card Printer	3	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Paper / Out to Lunch Calculator
Michael Weber (reviewer)	The Breather - The Ultimate Crimp	by Bob King		Mar. 1993	Magic (Vol. 2 No. 7)	58	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Bob King	Introduction			1993	Radical Rope Restoration		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Radical Rope Restoration	tape around ends, extra piece		1993	Radical Rope Restoration	1	Rope / Cut & Restored
Dean Dill, Allan Ackerman	The Gem-Money Cards	bills are put next to Aces, Gemini Twins	Related to Triad (Jack Avis, 2002) Dater base (Lewis Jones, 2002) Variations Billustrious (Harry Lorayne, 2001) For Dean (Bob King, 2003) Lucky 14 (Tomas Blomberg, 2014) GemMoney Mates - No Oops Handle (Allan Ackerman, Dean Dill, 2023)	1994	Las Vegas Kardma	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Bob King	Fantasy Knives			Jan. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 1)	2307	Knife & Paddle / Routines
Bob King	Bridge over Troubled Water	variation on Hamman's Bridge Deal		Sep. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)	2408	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge
Alex Elmsley	Brownwaves II	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, performer stops spectator	Variations Making Waves II (Bob King, 1996)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Alex Elmsley	Incommunicado	four cards are selected and produced from different spots, two spectators unknowingly have the same selection	Variations Impossible Four-Card Location (Bob King, 1998)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	254	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Anything
Alex Elmsley	Brainweave	ungaffed handling of Brainwave	Related to Brainwave (Román García, 2010) Super Flash Triumph (Pedro Lacerda, 2023) Variations Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, 1964) Mental Five (Dai Vernon, 1985) Brainweave (James Swain, Alex Elmsley, 1996) Dreamweave (Bob King, 1998) HeadWeave (R. Paul Wilson, 2001) Trick Play (Brian O'Neill, 2017) Elmsley's Brainweave (Harry Riser, 2018) Also published here Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, 1997)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	338	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Alex Elmsley, Richard Himber	Cold Steel	knife is stabbed between two selections	Variations Transfixion (Bob King, 1998) Estickmation Aces (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	440	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Mechanical Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Jack Avis	Another Call, Another Place	bottom deals instead of second deals	Related to Another Call - from Another Place (Jack Avis, 2006) Variations Subway (Bob King, 1995)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	New-Wave Prediction	by Bob King		Sep./Oct. 1994	The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 25)	282	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Richard Busch	Perspectives	on Harold P. Weingold, Bob King		Oct. 1994	Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 4)	4	Articles / Columns
Bob King	New-Wave Prediction	spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, odd-backed card shown in rest of deck which matches thought-of card	Related to Direct Thought (Bob King, 1990) Variations 23 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono, 2017)	1994	New-Wave Prediction	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Two Back Colors
Darwin Ortiz	The Showdown	with card to wallet and folded to key case	Inspired by Magician vs. Gambler (Harry Lorayne, 1964) Related to Magician v. Gambler (Bob King, 2002) Variations The Square-Go (Peter McLanachan, 2002)	1995	Cardshark	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Bob King	Most Subtle Triumph	triumph with instant repeat		Jan. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 1)	2453	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Allan Slaight	Heavy Breather	crimp, packets	Inspired by 10 Hand Poker Stack (Bob King, 1993) Also published here Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, 2008)	Apr. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 4)	2487	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Bob King	This Should Come As A Suprise	interesting variation on swindle cut		Dec. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 12)	2590	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bob King, Ted Biet, Angelo Carbone, Jon Allen, Duane Henry, Frank Chambers, Michael Mander, Nick Fitzherbert, Harry Lorayne	Bonus Section	various tips on preparation & performance of "Out of Order"		1995	Out of Order	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit
John Riggs	Mullica Wallet Idea	independently developed by Bob King, wallet handling		1995	The Magic of John Riggs	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Bob King	Preface			1995	Cards to Pocket Plus	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Introduction			1995	Cards to Pocket Plus	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Cards to Pocket Plus	Ace through Nine from hand one by one into trouser pocket, then displayed in glass, double facer, transposition with Joker as finale, last card solution inspired by Stewart James		1995	Cards to Pocket Plus	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Up the Sleeve type Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Small Packet Turnover Palm	small packet turned over and taken into right hand		1995	Cards to Pocket Plus	6	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Bob King	Slide Count	cards taken from left dealing position into right fingertips, card stolen back		1995	Cards to Pocket Plus	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / False Count / Slip Count
Karl Fulves, Bob King	The Memory Expert	No. 16, number thought of, card at this position remembered, cut, performer memorizes deck, new position of selection named and card at original position as well		1995	Self-Working Close-up Card Magic	27	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Introduction			1995	Opening Night Magic	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Paralocks	ungaffed, sleeving	Variations Paralocks II (Bob King, 2005)	1995	Opening Night Magic	4	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Bob King, Carl Cloutier	Sleeving Method			1995	Opening Night Magic	5	Sleeving Techniques
Bob King	Dazzle Aces	direct, first packet cut by performer		1995	Opening Night Magic	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bob King	Tabled Double Lift	riffling up until two cards remain		1995	Opening Night Magic	6	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Tabled Double Lift
Bob King	Subway		Inspired by Another Call, Another Place (Jack Avis, 1994)	1995	Opening Night Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Bob King	Radeckal Change	selection changes back color, then whole deck	Inspired by Ken's Kolor Finesse (Ken Krenzel, 1978)	1995	Opening Night Magic	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Bob King	Foreign Exchange	copper/silver/brass routine, only gaff is copper/silver coin	Inspired by CopSilBrass (Geoffrey Latta, 1981)	1995	Opening Night Magic	13	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Bob King	Back-Handed HPC			1995	Opening Night Magic	15	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
Bob King	Auto-Flight	stand-up coins across		1995	Opening Night Magic	17	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Bob King	Open-Faced Revelation	Aces appear on face of four face-up packets, ringing in double facers for next routine		1995	Opening Night Magic	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Repeat Triumph	thick double backer		1995	Opening Night Magic	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Bob King	Lightning	color changing knife, changes into lighter		1995	Opening Night Magic	29	Knife & Paddle / Routines Light & Fire / Lighter
Bob King	LTP Aces	Ace of Spades and three indifferent cards placed on table, other three Aces vanish when dealt onto table, assembly shown		1995	Opening Night Magic	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Matrix Minus Two			1995	Opening Night Magic	35	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Bob King	Direct Mental	spectator removes cards to represent hour and then thinks of a card of the same value which is divined		1995	Opening Night Magic	39	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Bob King	Perfect Match	deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer arranges half the deck to match face-up/face-down sequence of other half	Inspired by Lineup (Nick Trost, 1997) Also published here Order Please (Bob King, 1989)	Apr. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4)	2629	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Bob King	My Card - Your Card	using third deal, for magiciany		Nov. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 11)	2717	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
Blair Bowling	Numero Trois	faro	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, 1992) Numero Dos (Richard Vollmer, 1996) Related to Weight Your Turn (Troy Hooser, Mark Tams, 1993)	1996	Facsimile (Issue 4)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Pen Through Quarter	with sleeving	Also published here Two-Bit Bic-Traction (Bob King, 1997) Pen Through Quarter (Bob King, 2003)	1996	Five-Star Magic	4	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin
Bob King	Coin in Bottle	with sleeving	Related to Repeat Coin in Bottle (Bob King, 1991) Also published here Coin in Bottle (Bob King, 2003)	1996	Five-Star Magic	5	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Bob King	Expansion of Texture	with sleeving		1996	Five-Star Magic	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
Bob King	Chinaman's Chance	china coin in right hand, three silver coins in left, travel to right hand one by one, all change to chinese		1996	Five-Star Magic	7	Coin / Gaffed / Chinatown Half Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Bob King	The Glimpse	deck cut into three piles, performer names bottom card and card at named number		1996	Five-Star Magic	9	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Making Waves II	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, cards found from a jumbo deck then, one jumbo card travels into wallet	Inspired by Making Waves (Bob King, 1991) Brownwaves II (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Also published here Making Waves II (Bob King, 2003)	1996	Five-Star Magic	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Bob King	Underground Copper/Silver	copper and silver coins under cards on mat transpose, slit in mat		1996	Five-Star Magic	12	Mat & Close-up Pad Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Bob King	Topflight	cap in bottle, sticky magnet holds cap in beginning		1996	Five-Star Magic	13	Bottle / Bottle Caps / Cap in Bottle
Bob King	Dual Flight	featuring "Solution Wallet" (Himber/Bombshell)		1996	Five-Star Magic	14	Wallet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Secret Turnover	of Himber Wallet		1996	Five-Star Magic	15	Wallet
Bob King	Color-Changing Deck	optional with "Color-Changing Acro Card" (Bob King)		1996	Five-Star Magic	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cards are apparently marked Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Bob King	Split Thought	Ace through Ten of Hearts on top, numbers thought of by two spectators and after some mental calculation by spectators the numbers are divined	Inspired by Super Numerary (Ken Krenzel, 1964) Also published here Split Thought (Bob King, 1991)	1996	Five-Star Magic	18	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Bob King	End-All Rope Cut	loop on pull		1996	Five-Star Magic	19	Pull & Holdouts Rope / Cut & Restored
Bob King	Turncoat	single folded card turns inside out, hand cover only	Also published here Turncoat (Bob King, 2005)	1996	Five-Star Magic	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Warp Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit
Bob King	Out to Lunch Add-a-Number			1996	Five-Star Magic	22	Paper / Add-a-Number Pad Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer	Tele-Mental		Also published here Telemental (Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer, 2000)	1996	Five-Star Magic	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Bob King	Domesticated Wild Card	one double-facer		1996	Five-Star Magic	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Big Mac	"...what I consider to be the best Ace routine I've ever come seen", leader packet changes into Royal Flush as finale, three double facers and three mis-indexed cards	Inspired by "Ankner's Aces" (Buddy Ankner)	1996	Five-Star Magic	26	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Face up Revelation	with double facers	Also published here "Face up Revelation" (Opening Night Magic, Bob King)	1996	Five-Star Magic	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Numismatic Nightmare	copper/silver coin gaff		Sep. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)	2835	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Bob King	Heel Steal			Sep. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9)	2837	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals
Nick Trost	Weight Guess	Spectator pockets cards, magician divines how many, breather at twenty-six	Related to In My Estimation ... (Warren Wiersbe, 1946) Variations I'll Guess Your Weight (Bob King, 1990) No Weigh (Philip T. Goldstein, 1994) Mike Roger's Version (Mike Rogers, 1997) Tom Hubbard's Version (Tom Hubbard, 1997) Also published here New Tops, Feb. 1966	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	32	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Nick Trost	Lineup	Gilbreath Principle, arranging face up/down cards in same order	Variations Order Please (Bob King, 1989) Perfect Match (Bob King, 1996) Lineup and Psychic Ability (Nick Trost, 2009)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	149	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Bob King	Flight Four	Ace through Four from corners of newspaper or mat to under jumbo card	Also published here Flight Four (Bob King, 1989)	1997	Flight Four	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Newspaper Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob King	Cigarette to Bill	borrowed bill torn up, borrowed cigarette put in metal tube where it vanishes, bill appears instead		1997	Cigarette to Bill	2	Cigarette & Cigar / Transformation Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar
Bob King	Pick-Up Switch	lapping		1997	Cigarette to Bill	3	Cigarette & Cigar / Switches
Bob King	Two-Bit Bic-Traction	pen through quarter with sleeving	Also published here Pen Through Quarter (Bob King, 1996)	Mar. 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)	68	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin
Doug Conn	Doubly Daring Revelation	Twos appear with Jennings Revelations type production, they change to Aces	Inspired by The Marlo Revelation (Edward Marlo, 1987) Related to Attribution Retribution (Jon Racherbaumer, 1997) Variations Delayed Double-Revelation (Bob King, 1998)	June 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation
Bob King	Pen Through Coin	Replacement of Rubber Band		1997	Pen Through Coin	1	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cigarette, Pencil, ... through Coin
Jack Avis	Weight Lifter	number of cards in packet correctly estimated, breather crimp	Inspired by "Weight Guess Plus" (Bob King) Related to Second Guessing Your Weight (Bob King, 1993) Also published here The Crimp	1998	Vis à Vis	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Bob King	Introduction			1998	Tele-Color Kit	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Basic Routine	with explanation of soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle (tactile one-way principle for cardboard pieces)		1998	Tele-Color Kit	3	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Bob King	Tell and Show	different-colored cardboard pieces, one chosen, performer divines color behind his back, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	3	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Bob King	Living and Dead	with different-colored cardboard pieces and stickers, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	4	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Bob King	Super Living and Dead	with different-colored cardboard pieces and stickers, with divination, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	4	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Bob King	Opposites Attract	three different-colored cardboard pieces and envelopes, color of cards inside envelope is divined, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle	Related to Kliptomaniac (Larry Becker, 1992)	1998	Tele-Color Kit	5	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Bob King	$100 Dollar Proposition	one one of four cardboard pieces the spectator writes "$100", they are eliminated according to instructions, the marked one remains, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	5	Games / Instruction Games
Bob King	Numiracle Cards	four cardboard pieces with different numbers on both sides are turned and put in envelopes without performer seeing it, performer divines total of the sides showing up, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	6	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Bob King	Three Color Monte	one of three different-colored cardboard pieces thought of and after mixing procedure eventually divined, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle		1998	Tele-Color Kit	7	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Bob King	Introduction and Set-up			1998	Shell Game Plus	1	Nut / Shell Game Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	The Shell Game - The Real Work	routine with eight phases, with shot glass and second pea		1998	Shell Game Plus	2	Nut / Shell Game
Bob King	Master Chop Cup Routine	with glass with liquid as a final load		1998	Chop-Cup Routine	1	Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Bob King	Introduction			1998	Card Notes	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob King	Fake Stack	Aces face-up in deck, one fast riffle shuffle and they are instantly stacked for four players		1998	Card Notes	4	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
Bob King	Delayed Double-Revelation	Jennings Revelation with two packets, first two Jokers appears, then they change to selections which are picked up from their packets	Inspired by Double Revelation (Bob King, 1989) Doubly Daring Revelation (Doug Conn, 1997)	1998	Card Notes	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Jennings Revelation
Bob King	Forget to Remember to Forget	with one spectator who peeks two cards in incomplete faro condition (upper and lower card)		1998	Card Notes	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Remember and Forget

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