75 entries for Tom Ransom

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Paul Curry New View deck in new deck order, spectator has the deck behind the back and puts one card reversed in the middle of the deck, exactly in order
Variations Feb. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 120)
481
Tom Ransom Racing Aces! four Aces marked with an X on the back, covered each with three cards, Aces vanish and appear in pocket, vanishing ink
 		June 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 232)
928
Tom Ransom New(er) View impromptu version of the Curry effect
Inspired by July 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 233)
931
Tom Ransom No Bop Balloon needle through balloon
 		July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 312)
51
P. Howard Lyons, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure
Inspired byVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
5
Stewart James An Addition and a Teaser
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
6
Tom Ransom Crazy Tom Ransom Reads Books two number puzzles
  • The Huckster
  • Color Poker
 		Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
7
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 byRelated to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
5
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Shear Madness puzzle about cutting out a Greek cross of a folded paper with one cut
Related to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
9
Tom Ransom Puzzle Solution: Shear Madness
Related to July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
14
Mel Stover, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton Puzzle: Cubes arranging five objects to make a cube
Related to July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
14
Tom Ransom Redundant two cards chosen from two halves, both dealt simultaneously, one face up and one face down, face-up spectator thinks stop and performer stops at card, second selection is at same position in face-down pile
Related to
  • "Simultaneous Coincidence" (Reading Is Believing, Trevor Hall)
 July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
15
Tom Ransom Tom Ransom Letter quotes from a letter
 		July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
22
Martin Gardner Flexa Tube Puzzle flexagon-related puzzle about folding a tube inside out in a certain way
Related to Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
13
Mel Stover, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton Puzzle Solutions: Cubes
Related to Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
15
Norman Houghton Puzzle Solution: Cubes
Related to Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
13
Tom Ransom Suicide Build progressive poker deal, from five to two hands
Related toVariations Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
7
Tom Ransom On the Stay-Stack System cards do not have to be cut in center for the faro, handling idea
 		Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
15
Tom Ransom Flexa-Tube Solution
Related to Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
12
Tom Ransom Mixmaster 4&4, no extra cards
 		Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
23
Tom Ransom A Puzzle From The Future! puzzle about which year a company was founded
Also published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Tom Ransom Piano Music piano card trick featuring a pure rhythm false count for six as seven, and eight as seven
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
14
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
Tom Ransom Puzzle Solution: Puzzle From The Future!
Also published here Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
7
Tom Ransom Magical Principles four diagrams, puzzle what they represent
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
20
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Jean Hugard Color Separation separating suits and stacking deck in the hands, see Tom Ransom's idea in No. 6
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
9
P. Howard Lyons Stough comments and "departments"
Related to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
2
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Fist Through Cigarette Paper walking through a playing card variation
 		Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
4
Tom Ransom Heat-Sensitive Paper Comment challenge of finding magical applications
 		Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
5
Tom Ransom Sibling two prediction cards, spectator stabs a card reversed into deck behind his back, prediction cards predict the card above the stabbed card via suit and value, and also the one below
 		Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
8
Tom Crane On the Piano Music False Count spectator and performer count simultaneously
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 byRelated to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
17
Tom Ransom Australian Poker three cards placed on each Ace, packets combined, after down-under deal performer ends up with the Aces
Related toVariations Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
4
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
Tom Ransom You Did It!!! deck riffle shuffled once, dealt into two pile (one face up, one face down), one spectator follows the dealing of reds and blacks with the face-down pile and thus separates his cards
Inspired by
  • "Magnetic Colors" (Normal Gilbreath, Linking Ring)
Related to 		Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
11
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Big Casino
Related to Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
13
Tom Ransom From the Subliminal to the Ridiculous one-way forcing deck as gag force
 		Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
18
Mel Stover Puzzle Solution: Big Casino
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
22
Neal Elias Down & Out sixteen-card packet is sorted into four fours-of-a-kind with down-under-deal
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
20
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Ounces & Mugs number puzzle with number of ounces that fit in mugs
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
4
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Drawn and Thirded drawing a figure without leaving the paper
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
5
Tom Ransom 1784 Evening-Post Quote Request looking for details of a game
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
14
Tom Ransom A SwyMove on a head/tail game with two coins, briefly explaining a controlled coin toss off a match box
 		Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
21
Tom Ransom Puzzle Solution Follow-up: Knight’s Tour
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
21
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 byRelated to Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
25
Tom Ransom Theoretical & Practical Solution to an Impossibility "to indicate with four cards the suit and value of a fifth card"
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
31
Harry Lorayne Location Supreme three card location, then another two cards, divided deck (pictures and Aces on top)
Related toVariations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
24
Tom Ransom On Sum Fun open question
Related to Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
20
Tom Ransom A Trick Worth Two of That!! deck riffle shuffled and dealt into two piles which are spread on table, spectator turns over cards in one half and performer turns card up of matching color in other half
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
21
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
Related to Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
1
Tom Ransom The Presto Press four blank cards are printed on both sides
  • Variations in effect
Variations Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
14
Tom Ransom 4 Card Display double blank card
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
14
Tom Ransom False Flick card is apparently flipped over
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
14
Tom Ransom More Faces of Eve four blank cards are printed on both sides
Inspired by Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
16
J. W. Sarles Posi-Negative Cards Magnetic Colors variation
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 7)
99
Robin Robertson Instant Emulsion 4&4, red and black cards instantly mix
  • Added Thought by Harry Smith
Variations Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
38
Tom Ransom Variation by Ransom (Royal Pairs) 4&4, Kings and Queens mix
Inspired by Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
39
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale, see also p. 340 & 342
Inspired byRelated to
  • "The Psychological Loser" (Daniel Dobson, Tokyo Trickery by Takinshi Nemoto, Magic Inc.)
VariationsAlso published here 		Mar. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5)
325
Ken Beale Poker down under deal packet trick with poker theme
  • Canberra Poker
  • New South Wales
Related to Sep. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 11)
655
Edward G. Brown The Two Pile Trick two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1973
The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown
74
Tom Ransom New Charlier Pass lift instead of drop, some credit information
 		Apr. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)
189
Tom Ransom +Oraclu+ six cards chosen, divined by performer
 		Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
29
Bob Farmer, Tom Ransom Chart #1 & Chart #2
1987/1988
Tsunami
20
Richard Kaufman Column No 6 Tom Ransom, Jeff Busby, getting endorsements from Dai Vernon
Related to Feb. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 8)
11
Peter Duffie Epitaph for a Card Cheat one-at-a-time reduction of hands
Inspired byRelated to 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
156
Karl Fulves Follow Me No. 3, spectator follows dealing pattern of performer, backs marked for color
Related to 1997
Command Colors
7
Tom Ransom Hologramagic Seven of Spades torn in half, one half torn in half again, and so on, to get smaller and smaller pieces, each piece shows a full miniature Seven of Spades on its face
 		1997
Card Stories
72
Tom Ransom Origins origins of the Changing Pictures from previous entry
 		Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
62
Michael Close (reviewer) Wit and Wizardry: The Magic of Norm Houghton by Norman Houghton (written by Tom Ransom) June 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 10)
27
Oscar Weigle, Robert E. Ragatz, John Davit, Joe M. Marks, Tom Ransom, Rick Schulz, Gary Diliberto, Cushing Strout, Tom Arledge, Jack Browne, Russell T. Barnhart Messages
Feb. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 2)
14
Tom Ransom The Real Work On One-Way Faces gag
 		Jan. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 1)
80
Tom Ransom Duped Again possibilities for pseudo duplicates
  • 1. Push-In Duplicate
  • 2. Multiple Push-In Duplicates
  • 3. Jacker Duplicate
  • 4. Reverse Duplicates
  • 5. Full Numeral Duplicate
  • 6. Pip Duplicates
  • 7. Automatic Pip Duplicates
  • 8. Visible Color Change
 		Jan. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 1)
80
Tom Ransom Card Sense (By Computer) the twenty Royal Flush cards are used for a divination of poker hand and hole cards, using a paper computer with strips to find out about the cards
 		Jan. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 1)
81
Tom Ransom Two Card Monte with two odd-backed ace of spades
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
111
Tom Ransom Flustration Monte with two odd-backed ace of spades
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
114