203 entries for Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)

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Stewart Judah The Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure, see page 172 for correction
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
92
Stewart Judah Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
176
The Spectator Shuffle retaining half deck, spectator helps shuffling
Related to
 1940
Expert Card Technique
196
The Circus Trick
Related to
 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
267
Arthur H. Buckley A Cold Deck Warmed Up switching 48 cards (deck minus Aces) and stack Aces into positions, six-handed game
Variations
 1946
Card Control
115
John Scarne Slam It! coin is slapped on the table several times and then vanishes, sound is made with hand
Variations
 May 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 106)
426
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1946
Face Up Face Down Mysteries
2
Paul Rosini Double Reverse spectator and performer each chose selection from half the deck, they end up reversed
Related to
Variations
 1950
Magical Gems
53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Jan. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 220)
878
Bill Simon The Mathemagician two spectators discover the Aces by random dealing, dealing to bottom and then into multiple piles
Related to
Variations
 1954
Sleightly Sensational
8
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1956
The Best in Magic
132
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Der "Sex"-Test eight cards, Cato under table, only Queen among Jacks and Kings ends up reversed
Inspired by
 1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 3)
444
Tom Ransom Brown Study two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found
Inspired by
Related to
 Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
5
Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch The Smith Myth "The Five O' Fetsch Bonus Trick"
two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, later those two cards are in the same position in two piles
Related to
Variations
 1956
The Five O' Fetsch
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Zwischen zwei Tricks on magic news from Basel, Oscarelli, Hans Ernst, W. Horat, Pollux, Rolf Andra, The Great Dublins, Teddy Horn, Piet Forton, Rudini
 		1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 3)
492
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Rund um Basel on magic news from Basel, Tschanelli, Irion, Teroga, Max Bühler, Carl Baumgartner, Walter Horat, Piet Forton, Fritz Moser, Rolf Andra, Pollux, Willi Schenk, Cleopatra
 		1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 3)
506
P. Howard Lyons Clown Version 3&3, one color is never shown after the initial display (& switch), all one color at the end
Variations
 Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
21
Alex Elmsley Work in Progress faro mathematics, defining Out- and In-Faro, then the Binary Translocations:
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
21
Alexander F. Kraus Sum Total Kruskal count procedure, challenge of having the face-up cards add up to 52, posed as a problem
Variations
 Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
7
Edward Marlo The Chain Calculator how to calculate position of any card after faro shuffles, memorized deck
Related to
 1958
Faro Notes
12
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Der Hokus Pokus vom Zauberring Basel introducing the magic circle Basel issue
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
577
Pol Pollux, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) T-Wi-T Trick. "Tu wie ich tu" do as I do routine with twelve cards each, annotations by Ron Wohl
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
604
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli brief intro on two tricks using matchbox with playing card design on one side
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
611
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Eine zündende Voraussage picture of selection on matchbox, published in "The Gen" with different method
Also published here
  • "The Matchin' Card" in "The Gen" 1955.
 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
612
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unter der Zündholzschachtel spectator locates a chosen card with a matchbox, selection is predicted on back of matchbox
Related to
 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
615
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Improved Clown Version fifty-one red cards, as a gag
Inspired by
 Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) On Binary Translocations on having a formula for getting a card to the top with faro shuffles with not 2
Related to
 Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
10
Tom Ransom Sum More Kruskal count procedure, at the end all face-up cards add up to 52
Inspired by
Related to
 Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tips from Ravelli: Brown Study tip for Brown Study (two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found)
Related to
 Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tips from Ravelli: Binary Translocations not necessary to shuffle perfect faros in certain cases
Related to
 Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Thought Card Stab inside envelope
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
54
Ein Mikro-Trick marked match is located among others, behind back
Related to
 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)
837
Walter B. Gibson*, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Match Twister marked match is located among others, behind back, with notes by Ron Wohl
Also published here
  • also in:
  • in Walter B. Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs"
  • "The Match Twister" in Walter Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs"
Related to
 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 5)
849
Ken Beale Brown Transpo two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure, one counted from the top and one from the bottom, they change position
Inspired by
Variations
 July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
16
Ken Beale Brown Coincidence two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then dealt in two halves, both are dealt in unison and the selected cards are at the same position
Inspired by
Variations
 July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
16
Martin Gardner*, Fred Kaps Capp's Cubes pencil line on sugar cube so two cubes look like three, "Kap's Cubes"
Variations
 Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
7
Stewart James Quiz Biz stack with thirty-six cards, three cards are spelled to Kruskal-like and they are always an Ace, Two and Six, Quiz presentation
Variations
 Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
25
Mel Stover* Puzzle: Black Chinese Checkers
Related to
 Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
31
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unheimliche Kartenpartie deck is shuffled and dealt into four hands, suit is named and one remembers a card in his his hand, performer names the suit, then several rounds are played and performer is always able to name cards in other hands
Inspired by
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "The Mathematician's Poker Game" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", February 1955
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "Dealing with a Bridge Deal" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", April 1955
 1960
Ravelli's unheimliche Kartenpartie
1
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Nachwort
1960
Ravelli's unheimliche Kartenpartie
8
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Sum Fun more on the mathematics of the Kruskal count procedure, forcing number 52, at the end all face-up cards add to force number
  • Numeric Cycle
  • Spelling Cycle
  • Ending a Cycle
  • Inducing a Cycle
  • Backward Cycle
Inspired by
Related to
 Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
25
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Eyes of the Cyclists three spectators look at bottom card and use its value to make a selection, all cards found
Inspired by
 Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
28
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) More Biz stack with forty-eight cards, three cards are spelled to Kruskal-like and they are always an Ace, Two,Six and Ten
Inspired by
Variations
 Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
29
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Page see following items
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Improbable head/tail proposition bet in which spectator throws two coin and performer one coin
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Kap's Kubes cut wedge in sugar cube so two cubes look like three
Inspired by
 Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Another Secret Out in-jog and out-jog shuffle in The Secret Out, credit information
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
24
Harry Lorayne Out of this Universe some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1962
Close-up Card Magic
80
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Kartenspiel und Briefmarke spectator sticks stamp on back of any card, this card happens to have a stamp on the face as well and is predicted
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Leichte Kartenverwandlung one card from a small packet changes, partial rough-smooth
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II
5
Tom Ransom On Sum Fun open question
Related to
 Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
20
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Set-Up Technique on stack management
  • Introduction
  • What Is A Set-Up?
  • The Delayed Set-Up
  • The Purpose of the Delayed Set-Up
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
2
A. The Top Stock Delayed Set-Up
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
5
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) a) Trick with a chosen card doing locations while retaining the top stock, example in which a wrong card changes into the selection
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
5
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Out-jogged Glide Handling
Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
6
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) c) The Packet principle using tricks in which the deck is divided in e.g. two halves to retain the top stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Double Reverse Handling spectator and performer each chose selection from half the deck, they end up reversed, to preserve the top stock
Inspired by
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) On "The Spectator Shuffle" retaining half deck, spectator helps shuffling
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
8
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) d) cutting a top stock to the bottom and treating it as a bottom stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) e) on using full-deck retaining techniques for only a partial stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) B. The Bottom Stock Delayed Set-Up basically same as before
  • a) Tricks with a chosen card
  • b) Andra's System
  • c)
  • d)
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) C. Special Cases of Partial Delayed Set-Up
  • a) top and bottom stock at once
  • b) the risk delayed stock (spectator overhand-shuffles, small stack)
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
10
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) D. False Shuffles for the Partial Set-Up
Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
10
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) a) Bottom Stock False Riffle Shuffle sequence with break
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
10
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) b) Top Stock False Shuffle sequence with break
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
12
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) a) The "Whole" Set-Up Pack doing tricks with half-deck stack
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
13
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) b) A Gambling Routine intro
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
13
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Buckley-Ravelli Build-Up and Poker Demonstration delayed set-up à la Vernon Poker Demonstration, five-handed game
Inspired by
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
14
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) c) Prepared Cards delayed set-up principle applied to Devano deck and similar
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) d) The Royal Marriages production of Queens (Bill Simon's "The Mathemagician"), then Kings, before going into a marriage routine
Inspired by
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Classic Pass False Cut onto the table
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Leopold Figner Count-Down Marriage deck dealt into four piles, then named numbers are counted down, Queens are found on bottom of dealt packets and Kings right underneath
Inspired by
  • Leopold Figner routine from 1920s
Related to
 Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) II. Complete Pack Delayed Set-Up tricks and handling one can do with a full stack that retains the order for later use
  • A. Some Methods
    • a) Tricks with chosen card
    • b) Tricks with very few definite cards
    • c) Tricks with few not definite cards
    • d) the old two deck principle
    • e) The new two deck principle (two decks are used simultaneously, one shuffled and one stacked)
    • f) the packet principle
  • B. Some Special Techniques
    • a) Progressive Killing (using parts of the set-up deck when other parts are already shuffled)
    • b) More Progressive Killing
    • c)
  • C. Some Supplementary Notes
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Shuffle Control G. W. Hunter Shuffle to control a selection and retain the order of the deck
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) A. The Red and Black Set-Ups
  • a) The False Shuffle
  • b) How to get the set-up secretly (some methods)
  • c) Delaying the red and black pack
  • d) the alternate pack
    • 1. Transformation of the Separated Pack into the Alternating Pack (faro)
    • 2. Transformation of an alternating Pack into the Separated Red and Black Pack
      • i.
      • ii. (two-card challenge location)
      • iii.
  • e) Some few routining suggestions
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
25
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) B. The Colour Changing Deck delaying strategies, doing other tricks (like Travelers) with the deck that is ready for the color changing deck routine
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
29
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Travelers before Color Changing Deck as delaying technique
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
30
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's "Acrobatic Surprise" faced deck rightens itself, color changing deck kicker
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
31
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Mechanical Reverse
Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
36
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Colour Changing Deck Routine
Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
38
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Conclusion
Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
41
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diceptions
Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
15
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Double Diception spectator rolls three dice and remember the cards at the total, another the card at the total of the bottoms of the dice, despite the numbers being different the selected cards are the same
Related to
Variations
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
15
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Two Dice Procedure Diception procedure with two dice instead of three
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diception Coincidence two cards are selected with the Diception procedure, deck then dealt in two halves, both are dealt in unison and the selected cards are at the same position
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diception Transpo two selections made from two halves with Diception procedure, one counted from the top and one from the bottom, they change position
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diception Force with Diception procedure, some cards are pocketed by first spectator (instead of selecting a card), second spectator will then count to force card
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Predicted Double Diception two cards counted to with dice throwing are the same and predicted
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Brown Diception two cards chosen with Diception procedure, cards and number divined
Variations
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Brown Diception Variation two cards chosen with Diception procedure, cards and number divined
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Predicted Brown Diception Brown Diception with prediction of a card
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Predicted 2 Cards Diception with Prediction of both cards
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Diception Myth with Diception procedure
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 3 Spectator Procedure (2 Dice) Diception for three spectators
Inspired by
Variations
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
20
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 3 Cards Diception three cards selected with Diception procedure
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
20
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 4 Cards Diception four cards selected with Diception procedure
 		Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 3 Spectators Procedure (3 Dice) Diception for three spectators
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Expanded Double Diception spectator rolls three dice and remember the cards at the total, another the card at the total of the bottoms of the dice, despite the numbers being different the selected cards are the same
Inspired by
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
21
Norman Houghton 7:15 A.M. (after Ravelli) on delaying small stacks
Related to
 Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
28
Piet Forton, Remo Inzani, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Four Disappearing Queens Change Visibly To Four Aces
Also published here
Related to
 1967
Piet Forton Lecture Notes
10
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Die verwandelte Dame pin-up girl on card as finale, partial rough-smooth
 		1967
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Flambeau-Flam - String Version deck tied with flash string, burnt, selection pops out on top
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
58
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Swiss Checkers game/puzzle analysis
Related to
 Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
47
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Aug. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 10)
351
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Australian Sixes two spectators find their cards
Related to
Variations
 1971
Reputation-Makers
164
Walter B. Gibson*, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Match Twister / Der Zündholzdreher marked match is located among others, under table, with variation by Ron Wohl
Also published here
  • also in:
  • in Walter B. Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs"
  • "The Match Twister" in Walter Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs"
Related to
 1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)
70
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure (Locatrik) as lead-in for Jennings' routine
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
74
John Hamilton Die Augen Gottes two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 July 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Jon Racherbaumer No Force Vanish & Recovery two cards vanish in deck and reappear, roughed deck, see also Fulves' Jumping Gemini
Related to
 1975
The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
11
Karl Fulves* Banded Halves Pop-Out
Related to
 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
180
Piet Forton Four Aces Go to Court four card change, one visibly with snap-over change
Related to
Variations
 1976
Lecture Notes 1
6
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Rolf Andra Ich mische Chinesisch method to control card to certain position, taking top and bottom card at same time and making piles, Klondike
 		1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 4)
117
Piet Forton Mein neuer Pop-Out-Move without previously reversing cards, identical to the "Ravelli Pop-Out", propably Forton's, see also "Magische Welt"
Also published here
Related to
 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Dear PH Lyons
Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
1
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Mathematics of the Weave Shuffle "A Study by Ravelli"
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Terminology
  • 2. The Out Weave Equation
  • 3. To Return a Pack to the Original Order with Out Weaves
    • a) An obvious solution
    • b) The Theorem of Fermat
    • c) A Binomial Pattern Approach
    • d) Factor Analysis
  • 4. To Reverse a Pack with Out-Weaves
    • a) By Calculating and By Using the Binomial System
    • b) Factor Analysis
    • c) An Obvious Solution
  • 5. The General In-Weave Equation
  • 6. To Return a Pack to the Original Order with In-Weave
  • 7. To Reverse a Pack with In-Weaves
  • 8. Summary of the Out- and In-Shuffle
  • 9. The Odd-Pack Weave
    • How to Make an Odd Pack out Of An Even Pack
    • Top and Bottom Odd Weaves
  • 10. Card at n-Fold Places
    • Partial n-fold place
    • Cards at 1/n places
  • 11. In and Out Odd-Weaves
  • 12. The Behavior of a Difference in Faro Shuffles
  • 13. The Mathematics of the Double, Triple and Multiple Faro
 		Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Endless Mindreader after any number of faro shuffles, the spectator removes a card and replaces it somewhere else, performer finds it
Variations
 Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Fail-Proof Mindreader after any number of faro shuffles, the spectator removes a card and replaces it somewhere else, performer finds it
Inspired by
 Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
22
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Memorized Faro Shuffle Pack calculating the order after faro shuffling a memorized deck, from one to eight shuffles
Related to
 Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
23
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) More Quiz Biz Faro faro method
Inspired by
 Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
25
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Dreifache Übereinstimmung two spectators and performer think of a card at a position in the deck, they all think of the same card
 		Nov. 1980
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
90
Piet Forton Pop-Out Move without previously reversing cards
Also published here
Related to
 1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
100
Piet Forton, Remo Inzani, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Snap-Over Change with two cards
Also published here
Related to
 1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
102
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Die "Tip" Routine coin slapped on table vanishes, three phases
  • Der Wechselgeld-Klimax (coin transforms into small change)
Also published here
  • Pentagram, Sep. 1958
Inspired by
 June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
57
Stewart Judah Wenn zwei das Gleiche tun Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
124
Bruce Cervon, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Four Dollar Confusion
1990
Ultra Cervon
19
Piet Forton Snap-Over Change application to make it look like four cards change
Related to
 1991
Carneycopia
81
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Double Key Card Setting including Marlo's Ruse Cull to set key cards in place
 		Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
14
Edward Marlo No Drawing Required four cards are placed in deck during dealing, four matches
Inspired by
Related to
 1993
The Olram File (Issue 15)
4
Harry Lorayne Fuera del Universo some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
67
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 9.- Pop-Out Sin Carta Vuelta reversing card during pop-out
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
311
Alex Elmsley Binary Translocations
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
311
Roberto Giobbi The Lucky Coin spectator locates a chosen card with a coin, selection is predicted on back of coin
Related to
Variations
 1995
Card College — Volume 1
241
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ron Wohl Popout
1996
Miracles with Cards
113
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Udo Wächter The Ravelli Pop-Out
Also published here
 1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
166
Don May Stinger Monte four piles, top cards shown, spectator should follow Queen, suddenly there are Queens on all packets
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Mar. 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 7)
64
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
1997
Virtual Foolery
14
Karl Fulves* The Dark Force No. 7, two piles made with a secret number, performer moves some cards from pile to pile, number of reds in one pile equals black in other pile
Variations
 1997
Command Colors
14
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Piet Forton Ravelli Pop-out
1999
Close-Up & Personal
39
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Ravelli Pop-out
Related to
 2000
Card College — Volume 4
1024
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Udo Wächter The Ravelli Pop-Out
Also published here
 2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
171
Harry Lorayne Außerhalb dieses Universums some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)
23
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli Pop-Out Move
2002
Ahead of the Pack
213
Juan Tamariz Prologue to Part II on half Mnemonica
Related to
 2004
Mnemonica
175
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Color Shuffles (Part One) manuscript with red-black-effects, see following entries
Related to
 Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
13
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures procedures in which the spectator and/or performer shuffles but retains certain aspects of the red-black distribution of the deck
  • Procedure A
  • Procedure B
  • Procedure C
  • Procedure D: Into This Universe
  • Procedure E: Into Two Universes
  • Procedure F: Multiple Shuffle Procedure
Related to
 Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
13
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) II. Tricks, Principles And Applications: 1. The Basic Color Prediction spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer predicted number of red cards therein
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
15
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 2. The Extrasensory Color Count spectator shuffles and deals, performer stops him and knows the number of red cards dealt
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 3. The Disguised Color Prediction spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer predicted number of red cards therein but has to correct the number tongue-in-cheek
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 4. The Basic Color Coincidence spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer cuts off another packet, number of red cards in both packets coincides
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 5. The Lucky Number spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, number of red cards in this packet corresponds with named small number by spectator
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 6. Plain Moe
Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 7. The Red Card Force or Prediction
8. A Red Herring! (Or two!) 		card force in which the spectator shuffles, cuts off a pile and remembers the first (or third in No. 8) red card
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 9. "The Next Card That I Will Turn Over Will Be Your Card!" "The Circus Trick" with no-touch force
Related to
 Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
17
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 10. The Mirror Prediction! !noitciderP rorriM ehT .01 two spectators shuffle and cut off some cards in two decks, number of red cards in one pile is the same as black cards in other pile
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Noah's Ark (Two By Two) two piles of fifteen cards, two selection are found by using an elimination deal
Related to
 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
64
Don May Stinger Monte four piles, top cards shown, spectator should follow Queen, suddenly there are Queens on all packets
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
120
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Roberto Giobbi The Australian Fives two spectators find their cards
Inspired by
 2008
Card College Lighter
8
Herb Zarrow U-Shuffle Progressive Poker deck divided in two halves, both riffle shuffled and top five cards taken, both are straights, then both change into higher hands (flush and full house)
Inspired by
  • effect by Persi Diaconis and Ronald A. Wohl
Related to
 2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Rock Solid on Herb Zarrow
 		2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
163
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Color Shuffles (Part Two) part 2 of a manuscript with red-black-effects, see following entries
Related to
 Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures (continued)
  • Procedure G
Related to
 Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) II. Tricks, Principles And Applications (continued): 11. "One No" Moe one of four, deep sea fishing sequence, spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and thinks of a red card therein
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 12. The Seven Steps to Morris Plains one of six, fishing sequence, spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and thinks of a red card therein
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 13. The Mysterious Seven spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and removes a red card from packet which is divined
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
3
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 14. Not So Plain Moe card fairly chosen, spectator deals face down and performer stops him at selection
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
3
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 15. Four Moes spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, thinks of first red card and black card next to it, spectator deals and performer stops him at selections
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
4
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 16. Moe & Moe spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, thinks of first red card and black card next to it, spectator deals and performer stops him at selections which are also named by performer
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
4
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Karl Fulves* 17. The Mysterious Force
18. Ruse de Morris Plains
19. The Black Force 		cards are shuffled and packet cut off by spectator, this is divided in two piles, number of red in one packet corresponds with number of black cards in other packet, three presentations
Inspired by
 Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
5
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 20. The Hunt for Red October (Book Test) page and word forced via playing card procedure
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
6
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 21. The Hunt for Black October page and word forced via playing card procedure, multiple out
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
6
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 22. The Red Force Book Test force book and playing card procedure
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
7
Paul Cummins, Ken Krenzel, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Mechanical Reverse Variation
2010
Reinventing the Real
50
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli Pop-Out
2010
Reinventing the Real
101
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Blue Collar Marriages kings and queens produced by spelling and pile making
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
36
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Find the Lady top cards of four piles change into Queens
Inspired by
Variations
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
124
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Stalker presentation
Also published here
Inspired by
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
125
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Maybe featuring an Under/Down Deal placement by Ron Wohl
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
179
John Bannon The Daley Double presentation
Inspired by
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
211
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Draw Advantage putting a crimp into a business card so it does not stick to other cards, prize winning tool at trade shows
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 4)
166
Roberto Giobbi, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Dead Heat of Artanis
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 13)
176
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Roberto Giobbi Cheers, Mr.Galasso! three cards are selected and divined
Also published here
Variations
 2010
Card College Lightest
53
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ted Dansons' Diary Trick with two variations
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
96
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Ultimate Variation: Old Moore's Diary
Related to
  • Arun Bonerjee's "Another Diary" in "Club 71" Easter, 2000. P. 67.
 2011
Magic Page by Page
99
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Order Matters deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all, also describes the mathematics behind a different type of De Bruijn sequence
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
47
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) A Mind-Reading Effect deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and three cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all
Also published here
Variations
 2012
Magical Mathematics
52
Persi Diaconis*, Ron Graham, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Herb Zarrow Gilbreath's Second Principle spectator shuffles the cards, deals out five hands, one of the hands is a good hand, but the hand of the imaginary partner gets a straight flush, uses ideas from Herb Zarrow and Ron Wohl
Related to
Variations
 2012
Magical Mathematics
66
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Tony Chang Broken Mechanical Reverse see credit information on page 41
 		2013
I Was Kidnapped
37
Nick Trost Jumbo Split - Original Version ten jumbo cards cut in half, three dice rolled and one spectator remembers top and one bottom sum and the half-cards are counted to, they match
Also published here
  • The Precursor No. VIII, June 1985
  • also in: The James File, Volume 2, 2000
Inspired by
  • "Split Second" (Stewart James, The New Tops, Dec. 1962)
Related to
Variations
  • "Jumbo Two-Way Split" (Nick Trost, marketed 1974)
 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
763
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Daley Delivery Handling for the Daley's Delight Switch.
Inspired by
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
108
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Silver Where The knife and fork remain at their assigned location in the place setting, despite being repeatedly switched. Using the Delight Switch
Variations
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
111
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tilt Subtlety card is pushed out from center via plunger
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 15)
79
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Also published here
Inspired by
 2016
Tea Time With The Pasteboards
7
Claude Rix, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli Meets Rix card selected by dealing deck into six piles and rolling dice several times, Ravelli addition with Himber wallet
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
135
Matt Baker Gilbreath Poker Both spectator and magician deal five hands of poker from their cards, each deal a good hand to an imaginary player, leaving the best hand for themselves
Inspired by
Related to
 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
195
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Steve Beam The Stalker top cards of four piles change into Queens
Also published here
Inspired by
 2019
Card Tricks That Kilt
8
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Simplicity Pick-up Procedures dealing a stay stack into any number of piles
Also published here
  • Aziz & Beyond, part 5
 May 2020
Epoch (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Degrees of Freedom selection vs replacement
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
36
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Six Card Repeat Gag Opener six cards counted, three thrown away, no cards left
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 21)
306
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Coincidence one of three envelopes chosen, two cards from two decks are exchanged and they match, they also match a prediction in chosen envelope, other two envelopes contain money
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 22)
307
Joshua Jay Triple Pocket three spectators cut off a packet to the table and pocket the next card, all three are divined
Inspired by
 2024
Particle System
205
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2024
Particle System — Notebook
25