Richard Vollmer

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Sam Leo Horowitz	A Psychological Discovery	two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up	Also published here 8's & 9's (Sam Leo Horowitz, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: Horowitz's Mental Stop (Sam Leo Horowitz, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Related to Curious Coincidence (Card Manipulations, 1936) Never-Miss Stop Effect (Martin Gardner, 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) … and 7 more Variations Diploid (Peter Duffie, Method in Effect, 1996) Another Psychological Discovery (Bob Farmer, The Bammo Gaffus Maximus*, 2017)	1938	Greater Magic	549	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Bob Hummer	Face Up Prediction	spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted	Also published here Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, 52 Amazing Card Tricks, 1949) also in: Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Off The Books, 2000) Related to The Thirteenth Turn (Martin Gardner, The New Phoenix, 1964) Mixed Cards and Feelings (Reinhard Müller, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 2 more Variations "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945) also in: Last Word Prediction (Off The Books, 2000) Hummer Addition (Harry Lorayne, My Favorite Card Tricks, 1965) also in: Hummer Addition (Intermagic*, 1987) … and 8 more	1940	Half-A-Dozen Hummers	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Edward Marlo	One Hand Control	Aces are lost with charlier cuts and found using one hand only, two crimps	Also published here One Hand Control (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953) also in: Ein-Hand Kartenkontrolle (Edward Marlo, Intermagic, 1974) Variations Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review*, 2019)	Feb. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 78)	318	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Karrell Fox	The Question Is...		Related to The Question Is: Where is Your Card (Charlie Dietz, Ireland's Yearbooks, 1958) A Question of Time (James Steranko, Steranko on Cards, 1960) … and 2 more Variations Questions (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12, 2020)	1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Bob Hummer	Face-Up Prediction	spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted	Also published here Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Half-A-Dozen Hummers, 1940) also in: Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Off The Books, 2000) Related to The Thirteenth Turn (Martin Gardner, The New Phoenix, 1964) Mixed Cards and Feelings (Reinhard Müller, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 2 more Variations "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945) also in: Last Word Prediction (Off The Books, 2000) Hummer Addition (Harry Lorayne, My Favorite Card Tricks, 1965) also in: Hummer Addition (Intermagic*, 1987) … and 8 more	1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
John Scarne	Mathematical Finder	No. 30, mathematical, piles of cards formed by counting to ten	Related to Henry Christ's Improvement (Henry Christ, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Variations Rückwärtszählen (Richard Vollmer, Hokus Pokus, 1996)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	One Hand Control	Aces are lost with charlier cuts and found using one hand only, two crimps	Also published here One Hand Control (Edward Marlo, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: Ein-Hand Kartenkontrolle (Edward Marlo, Intermagic, 1974) Variations Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review*, 2019)	1953	The Cardician	6	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Alex Elmsley	7-16	down under deal, Ace of Spades remains, game presentation	Also published here 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Souvenir (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961) Einstein's Card Trick (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Lightest, 2010) … and 1 more Variations 7-16 (Bill Taylor, The Pallbearers Review, 1974) also in: The Game of 7-16 (The Magic Book, 1977) Solomon's Math Challenge (David Solomon, Gene Castillon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Roy Walton*	Oil and Queens	transformation kicker	Also published here Oil and Queens (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) also in: Agua, Aceite y Damas (Roy Walton, Vicente Canuto, Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Related to Vanishing Water (Roy Walton, Ibidem, 1969) Variations Fifty Years Later, Scottish Conjuror's Association, 1974 also in: Oil & Water Plus (New Sorcerer, 1992) Dave's Oil and Water (The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004) The New Tops, July 1978 also in: Oil and Aces (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3*, 2011) … and 18 more	1969	The Devil's Playthings	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Lin Searles	Moracle	packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson	Inspired by Oracle (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: Oracle (The Magic Book, 1977) The Neutralizer (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9, 2015) Related to Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Starburst (Jack Avis, Lewis Jones, Ahead of the Pack, 2002) … and 9 more Variations Immoracle (Philip T. Goldstein, The Chronicles, 1979) Justin Time (Roy Walton, That Certain Something..., 1979) also in: Justin Time (The Complete Walton — Volume 1*, 1981) … and 8 more	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	430	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Sam Leo Horowitz	8's & 9's		Also published here A Psychological Discovery (Sam Leo Horowitz, Greater Magic, 1938) also in: Horowitz's Mental Stop (Sam Leo Horowitz, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Related to Curious Coincidence (Card Manipulations, 1936) Never-Miss Stop Effect (Martin Gardner, 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) … and 7 more Variations Diploid (Peter Duffie, Method in Effect, 1996) Another Psychological Discovery (Bob Farmer, The Bammo Gaffus Maximus*, 2017)	Dec. 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 2)	471	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Sam Leo Horowitz	Horowitz's Mental Stop	No. 602, two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up	Also published here A Psychological Discovery (Sam Leo Horowitz, Greater Magic, 1938) also in: 8's & 9's (Sam Leo Horowitz, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Related to Curious Coincidence (Card Manipulations, 1936) Never-Miss Stop Effect (Martin Gardner, 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) … and 7 more Variations Diploid (Peter Duffie, Method in Effect, 1996) Another Psychological Discovery (Bob Farmer, The Bammo Gaffus Maximus*, 2017)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Edward Marlo	Ein-Hand Kartenkontrolle	Aces are lost with charlier cuts and found using one hand only, two crimps	Also published here One Hand Control (Edward Marlo, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: One Hand Control (Edward Marlo, The Cardician, 1953) Variations Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review*, 2019)	Oct. 1974	Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 2)	38	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Jeff Busby	Travelling Transmutators	Aces twisting phase, r/b transpo phase, transformation, reproduction of Aces	Related to The Strasbourg Waltz (Richard Vollmer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983) also in: The Strasbourg Waltz (Card College — Volume 3, 1998)	1975	Card Cavalcade 3	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon	The Pineapple Twist	transformation kicker, based on Walt Rollins' "Pineapple Card Trick"	Variations The Strasbourg Waltz (Richard Vollmer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983) also in: The Strasbourg Waltz (Card College — Volume 3, 1998)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 2)	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Bob Hummer	Face Up Prediction	spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted	Also published here Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Half-A-Dozen Hummers, 1940) also in: Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, 52 Amazing Card Tricks, 1949) Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Off The Books, 2000) Related to The Thirteenth Turn (Martin Gardner, The New Phoenix, 1964) Mixed Cards and Feelings (Reinhard Müller, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 2 more Variations "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945) also in: Last Word Prediction (Off The Books, 2000) Hummer Addition (Harry Lorayne, My Favorite Card Tricks, 1965) also in: Hummer Addition (Intermagic*, 1987) … and 8 more	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Richard Vollmer	Poor Man's Monte		Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Peter Marshall, Apocalypse, 1982)	Apr. 1981	Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 4)	472	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Roy Walton*	Oil and Queens	transformation kicker	Also published here Oil and Queens (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Agua, Aceite y Damas (Roy Walton, Vicente Canuto, Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Related to Vanishing Water (Roy Walton, Ibidem, 1969) Variations Fifty Years Later, Scottish Conjuror's Association, 1974 also in: Oil & Water Plus (New Sorcerer, 1992) Dave's Oil and Water (The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004) The New Tops, July 1978 also in: Oil and Aces (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3*, 2011) … and 18 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer	Very Nice Oil+Water	4&4, all red kicker	Variations Groundhog Day (Alexander de Cova, The California Lecture 2006, 2006) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar Saalbach 2010, 2010) Das Murmeltier (Burners — Vol. 3, 2015) Another Nice Oil And Water (Rudy Tinoco, The Hermit, 2022)	Sep. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9)	673	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Peter Marshall	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Poor Man's Monte (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1981)	Sep. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9)	678	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Charles Hudson	Sum Hummer	Ace to Ten packet, mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle	Variations A Couple of Pages (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) Sum Hummer Explored (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007)	1982	Best of Friends	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Harry Lorayne, Robert E. Neale	Voice Print	eight cards, programming, binary	Related to More Lies (Robert E. Neale, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: Der Lügendetektor (Magische Blätter, 1987) Cal-Q-Lator (Harry Lorayne, JawDroppers! Two, 2017) Variations Talk To Me (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1992) It's Not Easy To Lie (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) also in: It's Not Easy To Lie (Genii, 2001) … and 3 more	1982	Best of Friends	256	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Richard Vollmer	Vorwort			1982	Card News '82	v	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Richard Vollmer	Hyper-Twist	cc back, all change to ace of spades		July 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 7)	797	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
John F. Mendoza	Richard Vollmer			1983	The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1	121	Articles / Biographical
Richard Vollmer	The Strasbourg Waltz	Aces twist, change places and transform into Eights	Also published here The Strasbourg Waltz (Richard Vollmer, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Inspired by The Pineapple Twist (Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Related to Travelling Transmutators (Jeff Busby, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975)	1983	The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer	Mystery of the 7 Suspects	sandwich cards surround seven cards, down-under-deal to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro	Related to Cardtown (Richard Vollmer, Hokus Pokus, 1998) Variations Surprising the Seven Suspects (Edward Marlo, Randy Wakeman, Formula One Close-Up, 1985) Gumshoe (Chris Cox, The Warpsmith's Toolbox, 1993) … and 2 more	1983	The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1	127	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer	Jacks Down Under	off-beat sandwich effect, faro		Apr. 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 4)	910	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Toni Yann	Magie à Genève 84	on the magic convention in Geneva, Willy Peter, Gil Mystère, Jean-Francois Haller, Jean-Yves Prost, Maurice Soltano, Luc Parsonn, Jean-Pierr Hornecker, Richard Vollmer, Gil Steiner, Rob Suvac, Pierre Jacques, Toni Yann, Marconick, Pavel, Almeico, Claude Rix, Strobus, Jean de Merry, Dan Christo		1984	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 45 No. 5)	117	Articles / Convention Reports
Richard Vollmer	The Lady Vanishes	queen travels into deck and is find using locator card, using faro		Feb. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 2)	1025	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Richard Vollmer	Double Chameleon	three cards change front and back and back again	Related to El Chiki-Wildcard (Lionel Gallardo, Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I, 2021)	Mar. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)	1042	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
Richard Vollmer	Instant Sedaps			Oct. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 10)	1126	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Palindrome Cards
Harry Lorayne	Richard Vollmer	mini bio		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	273	Articles / Biographical
Richard Vollmer	N-E-T Profit	two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine/Ten set-up	Related to A Psychological Discovery (Sam Leo Horowitz, Greater Magic, 1938) also in: 8's & 9's (The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Horowitz's Mental Stop (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972)	1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	274	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Richard Vollmer	A Royal Flush Dream	some pile making and dealing to produce royal flush		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	277	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Richard Vollmer	Together At Last		Variations The Family Unit (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) also in: The Family Unit (And Finally!, 2018) Royal Reunion (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5, 2015) … and 1 more	1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	540	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Edward Marlo, Randy Wakeman	Surprising the Seven Suspects	multiple cards sandwiched, down under elimination, quartet kicker, faro	Inspired by Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983)	1985	Formula One Close-Up	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Richard Vollmer	Oel und Asse	Aces kicker	Inspired by Oil and Queens (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Oil and Queens (The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Agua, Aceite y Damas (Cartomagia Fundamental*, 1993)	1985 ca.	Lecture Notes	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer	Watch More Closely	kings to aces	Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (Bill Derman, Apocalypse, 1987)	Sep. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)	1252	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Richard Vollmer	Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm	Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace	Variations Delayed Spectator Ace Cutting (Edward Marlo, Inside Out, 1989) Thank You, Dean (David Regal, Interpreting Magic, 2019) … and 1 more	Sep. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)	1253	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Bill Derman	Apocalypse Variations or Additions		Inspired by Watch More Closely (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1986)	Apr. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 4)	1340	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Richard Vollmer	Aw Gee!	four aces, red aces penetrate to the top over and over again		Aug. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 8)	1386	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
John C. Wagner	Would I Lie to You?	seven card packet is programmed to find selection, mates are found as well	Related to Revised Lie Detector (Edward Marlo, John C. Wagner, The Olram File, 1993) Variations Revised Lie Detector (Edward Marlo, John C. Wagner, The Olram File, 1993) Sired Liar (Edward Marlo, MAGIC, 1997) … and 1 more	1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	141	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Dai Vernon	Affinities	piles are made, values of top cards of some packets are used to divine value of a remaining packet, mathematical	Related to Coincidence Extraordinary (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Royal Card Discovery (Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1, 1941) … and 1 more Variations Heightening the Hoary (Don May, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, Antinomy, 2005) May's Take on Vernon's Trick (Don May, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) … and 3 more	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	131	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Three Fo(u)r One			Jan. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 1)	1450	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
Richard Vollmer	Earthly Powers	selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"	Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Variations Unearthly Powers (Harry Lorayne, Apocalypse, 1988) Worldly Powers (Justin Higham, Tech-Notes*, 1992) … and 5 more	June 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)	1503	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Harry Lorayne	Unearthly Powers		Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988)	July 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)	1520	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer	Ask the Deck	full suit and four of a kind kicker	Variations Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Sly Stebbins (Sound Effects, 1997) Sly Stebbins (Spins & Needles, 2008) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: The Deck Will Tell (Spins & Needles, 2008)	Nov. 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 11)	1561	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion)
Richard Vollmer	Perpetual Calendar	using faro		Feb. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)	1604	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Double Spell	spelling to the Aces		Sep. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 9)	1684	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Richard Vollmer	Oil and Aces	4&4, one packet transforms to aces	Related to Oil & Water Startler (Paul Gordon, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007) Variations Oil & Water Startler (Paul Gordon, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007)	Oct. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 10)	1696	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer	Never Say Die	card is found with another value	Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1994)	Dec. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 12)	1721	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Edward Marlo	Delayed Spectator Ace Cutting	Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace	Inspired by Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1986)	Oct. 1989	Inside Out (Issue 7)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Richard Vollmer	Spell to	setup??		Mar. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 3)	1759	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Richard Vollmer	Spell to, two	setup??		Mar. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 3)	1759	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Richard Vollmer	Tell-Tale Deck	card selected, features of it (color, suit) are spelled to, setup??		Dec. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 12)	1870	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Richard Vollmer	Mr. Koenig's Tapestry	dealing a 4x4 square	Also published here Mr. King's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Card College Lighter, 2008) Variations How Classics are Born! (Roger A. Golde, Apocalypse, 1991) Choices (Tom Daugherty, Apocalypse, 1992) … and 1 more	Mar. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 3)	1902	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Richard Vollmer	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Never Say Die (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1989)	Mar. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 3)	1904	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Richard Vollmer	Will the Couples Match?			June 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 6)	1937	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Roger A. Golde	How Classics are Born!		Inspired by Mr. Koenig's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) also in: Mr. King's Tapestry (Card College Lighter, 2008)	Nov. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 11)	1993	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Richard Vollmer	Tag-Along Aces			Dec. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12)	2007	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Alex Elmsley	7-16	down under deal, Ace of Spades remains, game presentation	Also published here 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) Related to Souvenir (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961) Einstein's Card Trick (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Lightest, 2010) … and 1 more Variations 7-16 (Bill Taylor, The Pallbearers Review, 1974) also in: The Game of 7-16 (The Magic Book, 1977) Solomon's Math Challenge (David Solomon, Gene Castillon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018)	1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	309	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Richard Vollmer	Talk To Me	eight card Packet	Inspired by Voice Print (Harry Lorayne, Robert E. Neale, Best of Friends, 1982)	Feb. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)	2031	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Michael DeMarco	Poker Machine II	using faro	Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1993)	Apr. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 4)	2062	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Tom Daugherty	Choices		Inspired by Mr. Koenig's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) also in: Mr. King's Tapestry (Card College Lighter, 2008)	Dec. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 12)	2153	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Richard Vollmer	Ten/Four	at the end some coincidences occur		Dec. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 12)	2156	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Richard Vollmer	Geschichte	short history on the stay stack, credit information	Also published here Richard Vollmer "Le Jeu Mirroir", 1984	1992	Das Gespiegelte Kartenspiel	5	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Richard Vollmer	Das Prinzip des "Stay-Stack Systems" von Rusduck	how the stay stack works	Also published here Richard Vollmer "Le Jeu Mirroir", 1984	1992	Das Gespiegelte Kartenspiel	5	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Richard Vollmer	Das Legen eines palindromischen Spiels	how to set up a stay stack, several methods	Also published here Richard Vollmer "Le Jeu Mirroir", 1984	1992	Das Gespiegelte Kartenspiel	6	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Richard Vollmer	Die Eigenschaften des palindromischen Spiels	characteristics of the stay stack, with 52 and 53 cards	Also published here Richard Vollmer "Le Jeu Mirroir", 1984	1992	Das Gespiegelte Kartenspiel	8	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Justin Higham*	Worldly Powers	selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming", simplified handling	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988)	Apr. 1992	Tech-Notes (Issue 2)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Ron Ferris	Kr-Ace-Y Kolors	in a course of a strange 4 ace effect	Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1993)	Feb. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 2)	2175	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Richard Vollmer	Matchmaker's Chart	as a prediction effect	Variations Matchmaker's Chart, Cont'd (Harry Lorayne, Apocalypse, 1993) Autonomix (Philip T. Goldstein, Thabbatical*, 1994)	May 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5)	2209	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Richard Vollmer	Apocalypse Variations or Additions		Inspired by Poker Machine II (Michael DeMarco, Apocalypse, 1992)	May 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5)	2219	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For
Harry Lorayne	Matchmaker's Chart, Cont'd		Inspired by Matchmaker's Chart (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1993)	June 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6)	2223	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Richard Vollmer	Six Plus Five	two cards add up to eleven		July 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 7)	2240	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards
Richard Vollmer	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Kr-Ace-Y Kolors (Ron Ferris, Apocalypse, 1993)	Aug. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)	2255	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Vicente Canuto, Richard Vollmer	La Cuenta Atrás	deck cut into for piles, automatic placement using cross sum of cut packet		1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Roy Walton*, Vicente Canuto	Agua, Aceite y Damas	transformation kicker	Also published here Oil and Queens (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Oil and Queens (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Related to Vanishing Water (Roy Walton, Ibidem, 1969) Variations Fifty Years Later, Scottish Conjuror's Association, 1974 also in: Oil & Water Plus (New Sorcerer, 1992) Dave's Oil and Water (The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004) The New Tops, July 1978 also in: Oil and Aces (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3*, 2011) … and 18 more	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	270	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Chris Cox	Gumshoe	sandwich cards surround seven cards, alternating deal to table and deck until one card remains to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro	Inspired by Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983)	1993	The Warpsmith's Toolbox	[54]	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Richard Vollmer	Ad Libitum	fifteenth position	Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (John Bahu, Apocalypse, 1997)	Jan. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 1)	2314	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Richard Vollmer	Right to it			June 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 6)	2374	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Richard Vollmer	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Never Say Die (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1989)	Sep. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)	2410	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Kevin Moran	Minus Math	hiding the math	Related to Pretty Close To A Miracle (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997) Variations Pretty Close To A Miracle (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997)	Oct. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 10)	2415	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Richard Vollmer	The Miredieu Poker Deal	set-up		Dec. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 12)	2437	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
Philip T. Goldstein*	Autonomix	pairs are exchanged via chart but still paired	Inspired by Matchmaker's Chart (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1993)	1994	Thabbatical	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Richard Vollmer (reviewer)	Roberto Giobbis Grosse Kartenschule Band 3+4	by Roberto Giobbi		1994	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 56 No. 6)	47	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Richard Vollmer	Mystical Countdown	mathematical, one selection by spectator, one by magician	Also published here Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Hokus Pokus, 2001) Inspired by Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) Numbskull's Number Game (Jon Racherbaumer, Genii, 2023) also in: Mine Finds Yours (Genii, 2024)	Feb. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 2)	2467	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Mystical Countdown Follow-Up			Feb. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 2)	2468	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Richard Vollmer	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Mystical Countdown (Hokus Pokus, 2001) Variations Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Mystical Countdown (Hokus Pokus, 2001)	Aug. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 8)	2543	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Double Double Change	two cards actually		Sep. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 9)	2548	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Richard Vollmer	Einstein's Favorite Trick	spectator locates his own card		1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Allan Slaight	Sly Stebbins	spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Also published here Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Sound Effects, 1997) also in: Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Spins & Needles, 2008) Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: The Deck Will Tell (Spins & Needles, 2008) Variations Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: Stebbin Out (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Stebbin Out (Hand-Picked Card Tricks, 2001) … and 2 more	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	46	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton	LIII-Kelihood	small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card	Also published here Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, Card College Lightest, 2010) Related to Pretty Close To A Miracle (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997) Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Variations Right-To-It Location (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1996)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Richard Vollmer	No Questions Asked			1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Claude Rix	4ème... effet et 4ème prédiction	predictions written on nested envelopes, in last envelope is odd card	Inspired by Richard Vollmer's "Topsy Turvy" in "Tours de cartes automatiques - Tome 1"	1995	Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Richard Vollmer	Location/Placement/Prediction	faro		Jan. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)	2600	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Volkmar Mrasek	Haptap		Also published here Haptap (Volkmar Mrasek, Hokus Pokus, 2003) Inspired by Mr. Koenig's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) also in: Mr. King's Tapestry (Card College Lighter, 2008)	Feb. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 2)	2608	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Richard Vollmer	Numero Dos	variation on King's "I Can Guess Your Weight"	Variations Numero Trois (Blair Bowling, Facsimile, 1996)	May 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 5)	2643	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Richard Vollmer	Right-To-It Location	faro placement	Inspired by LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Numerology (Card College Lightest, 2010) Variations The Final Countdown (Tom Frame, Onyx, 1999)	Sep. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 9)	2694	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Blair Bowling	Numero Trois	faro	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, The Breather, 1992) Numero Dos (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1996) Related to Weight Your Turn (Troy Hooser, Mark Tams, The Minotaur, 1993)	1996	Facsimile (Issue 4)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Roberto Giobbi	Aktuelles aus der Zauberszene	on Hank Moorehouse, Lance Burton, Herb Zarrow, Ron Wohl, Milt Larsen, Steve Bedwell, Joe Givan, Matt Schulien, John Bannon, Simon Aronson, Chuck Schulien, Jim Krenz, David Solomon, Ed Marlo, Eugene Burger, Frances & Jay Marshall, Danny Korem, John Corenlius, Eddie Fields, Stephen Minch, Jon Racherbaumer, Fred Bravour, Max Maven, Guy Hollingworth, Vanni Bossi, Lennart Green, Aurelio Paviato, Steve Forte, Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, Rico Leitner Lance Burton: Première im Monte Carlo Magical Empire Steve Bedwell Schulien's It's Magic David Solomon Eugene Burger in Biggs Seminar von Danny Korem Jim Krenz Unfreiwilliger Humor Eddie Fields Fred Bravour im Zauberring Basel Max Maven in Basel Für Erdnase Fans 2. Dreiländerkongress 1998		1996	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 58 No. 4 & 5)	129	Articles / Columns
Richard Vollmer	Rückwärtszählen	with 53 card, cross sum force and 10, 9, 8 count	Inspired by Mathematical Finder (John Scarne, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	1996	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 58 No. 6)	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Richard Vollmer	Thrice Nice	divided deck, see also p. 2819		Jan. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 1)	2737	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Richard Vollmer	Sum Trick	at the end some coincidences occur, each "heap" totals fourteen		Apr. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 4)	2782	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Pretty Close To A Miracle		Inspired by Minus Math (Kevin Moran, Apocalypse, 1994) Related to Minus Math (Kevin Moran, Apocalypse, 1994) LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Numerology (Card College Lightest, 2010)	May 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 5)	2793	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
John Bahu	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Ad Libitum (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1994)	May 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 5)	2795	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Richard Vollmer	Spell All	spelling all values and thus arriving at selection	Also published here Spell All (Richard Vollmer, Hokus Pokus, 2002) Variations Spelling Instructions (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001)	June 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)	2805	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Richard Vollmer	Two Surprises	27 key card		July 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)	2811	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Jazzy Queens And Kings	ace transformation kicker		July 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)	2817	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Richard Vollmer	Down-Under Mystery	card selected by down under deal becomes locator		Aug. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 8)	2823	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Richard Vollmer	The Distrustful Mechanic	using faros		Oct. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 10)	2850	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Richard Vollmer	Strike A Match			Nov. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 11)	2863	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Richard Vollmer	Last (Gil)Breath	gilbreath, face up face down mess		Dec. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 12)	2869	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Peter Duffie	Dead Certain Location	Value of magician's selected card finds spectator's card, impossible location (based on Richard Vollmer effect, unnamed)		1997	Effortless Card Magic	81	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Allan Slaight	Sly Stebbins	spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Also published here Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Spins & Needles, 2008) Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: The Deck Will Tell (Spins & Needles, 2008) Variations Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: Stebbin Out (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Stebbin Out (Hand-Picked Card Tricks, 2001) … and 2 more	1997	Sound Effects	14	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Richard Vollmer	The Strasbourg Waltz	Aces twist, change places and transform into Kings	Also published here The Strasbourg Waltz (Richard Vollmer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983) Inspired by The Pineapple Twist (Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Related to Travelling Transmutators (Jeff Busby, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975)	1998	Card College — Volume 3	613	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Paul Harris, Richard Vollmer, Bernard Bilis	Set-Reset Plus			1998	Card College — Volume 3	616	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Richard Vollmer, Gene Finnell	The Two Detectives	two red Jacks trap a freely chosen card between them, faro		1998	Card College — Volume 3	697	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner*	Numerology	three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement	Related to LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Numerology (Card College Lightest, 2010) Variations Cabalistic Countdown (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	1998	Card College — Volume 3	700	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Richard Vollmer	Cardtown	sandwich cards surround seven cards, down-under-deal to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro	Related to Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983)	1998	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 60 No. 1)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Roberto Giobbi	Aktuelles aus der Zauberszene	on Richard Vollmer, Georges Naudet, Dai Vernon, Samuel Rubins, Charlie Rivel, Wolfgang wollet, Manfred Thumm, Dirk De Graeve, Francis Tabary, Ricky Jay, Fantasio, René Lavand, Ramblar,Carlos Barragan, Ali Bongo, Dan Garrett, Franco Napoli, Héctor Carrion, Néstor Larrart, Henry Evans, Raley, Ling-Fu, Fénix, Magic Duby, Reba, Eddie MAxwell, Pablo Zanata, Michel & Greco Richard Vollmer - Das Siebente Reise Erinnerung Lehrer und Schüler Anatomische Voraussage Akrobat Schöön Mephisto übernimmt magic hands Frankly Speaking Zauberkunst in Argentinien		1999	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 61 No. 3)	91	Articles / Columns
Tom Frame	The Final Countdown		Inspired by Right-To-It Location (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1996)	Apr. 1999	Onyx (Issue 7)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
David Solomon	Revised Mexican Poker	here co-credited to John Bannon	Also published here The Power of Poker (David Solomon, Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) also in: Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Solomon's Notes, 2007) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	Aug. 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 12)	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Richard Vollmer	Foreword			2000	Card College — Volume 4	xlix	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob Hummer	Face-Up Prediction	spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted	Also published here Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Half-A-Dozen Hummers, 1940) also in: Face-Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, 52 Amazing Card Tricks, 1949) Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Related to The Thirteenth Turn (Martin Gardner, The New Phoenix, 1964) Mixed Cards and Feelings (Reinhard Müller, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 2 more Variations "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945) also in: Last Word Prediction (Off The Books, 2000) Hummer Addition (Harry Lorayne, My Favorite Card Tricks, 1965) also in: Hummer Addition (Intermagic*, 1987) … and 8 more	2000	Off The Books (Issue 2)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Harry Lorayne	The Family Unit	all court cards, marriage effect with the packet	Also published here The Family Unit (Harry Lorayne, And Finally!, 2018) Inspired by Together At Last (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume II, 1985) Variations Matching Families (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017)	2001	Personal Collection	333	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Harry Lorayne	Spelling Instructions	spelling a long sentence through deck, selection is actually in pocket	Inspired by Spell All (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997) also in: Spell All (Hokus Pokus, 2002)	2001	Personal Collection	361	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Harry Lorayne	Beyond Belief	several anti-faros with about half the deck, Royal Flush and Twos produced	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Variations Beyond Belief Relief (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) Unbelievable! (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7, 2019)	2001	Personal Collection	621	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Richard Vollmer	Mystical Countdown	mathematical, one selection by spectator, one by magician	Also published here Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) Inspired by Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) Numbskull's Number Game (Jon Racherbaumer, Genii, 2023) also in: Mine Finds Yours (Genii, 2024)	2001	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 63 No. 1)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Spell All	spelling all values and thus arriving at selection, german adaptation by Brumoli	Also published here Spell All (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997) Variations Spelling Instructions (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001)	2002	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 64 No. 4 & 5)	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi	How Lucky Can You Get?			2003	Card College — Volume 5	1188	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Richard Vollmer, Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson	The Cards of Destiny		Related to Lucky Gemini II (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	2003	Card College — Volume 5	1192	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Bruce Cervon, Richard Vollmer, Jon Racherbaumer	Insured Prediction	predicted by two cards and found by their values		2003	Card College — Volume 5	1311	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	Vollmer Variant	seven cards end up in sandwich, those lead to selection eventually	Inspired by Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983) Variations Spade and Archer (Jim Molinari, Gagnon's Inner Sanctum, 2022)	2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Volkmar Mrasek	Haptap		Also published here Haptap (Volkmar Mrasek, Apocalypse, 1996) Inspired by Mr. Koenig's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) also in: Mr. King's Tapestry (Card College Lighter, 2008)	2003	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 65 No. 3)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
David Solomon	The Power of Poker		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Solomon's Notes, 2007) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2004	Dear Mr. Fantasy	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Allan Slaight	The Deck Will Tell	spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection	Also published here The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Spins & Needles, 2008) Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Variations Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Sly Stebbins (Sound Effects, 1997) Sly Stebbins (Spins & Needles, 2008) Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: Stebbin Out (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Stebbin Out (Hand-Picked Card Tricks, 2001) … and 2 more	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	155	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Francis Tabary	Acknowledgements	on Jean-Francis Michel (Jeff), Jean-Pierre Hornecker, Richard Vollmer, Jocelyn Mercier, Jean Ducatillon		2004	The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary	i	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Richard Vollmer	Tally-Ho		Also published here Tally-Ho (Richard Vollmer, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations Tally-Ho (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Confidences, 2012)	Jan. 2004	MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 5)	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Tally-Ho! (spelling words on card case)
Aldo Colombini	The Game's Afoot	cards between detective cards are removed and remaining card's value is used to find selection , based on an idea by Richard Vollmer		2004	Cardsdotcom	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Bicycle Tandem	Aces lost and found by spelling to them with words on Bicycle cards case	Also published here Bicycle Tandem (Richard Vollmer, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Nov. 2005	MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 3)	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Tally-Ho! (spelling words on card case)
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer	Seven	The Genii Session selection in ten-card packet, packet dealt into two piles as often as spectator likes, selection ends up at seventh position, published for Gather for Gardner No. 7	Inspired by "A Four-tunate Choice" (Gary Plants, Genii, Sep. 1997) Variations Building Math Principles (David Solomon, Simon Aronson, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007)	May 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Alexander de Cova	Groundhog Day	4&4, all red kicker, unusual presentation, oil & water combined with silk knotting and Groundhog Day movie presentation	Also published here Murmeltier (Alexander de Cova, Seminar Saalbach 2010, 2010) also in: Das Murmeltier (Alexander de Cova, Burners — Vol. 3, 2015) Inspired by Very Nice Oil+Water (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1982) Related to Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier... (Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer, Better Than Hartz 4, 2010) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar-Leviten, 2011)	2006	The California Lecture 2006	15	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer, John C. Wagner	Cards Never Lie!	seven card packet is programmed to find selection, mates are found as well	Inspired by Would I Lie to You? (John C. Wagner, The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner, 1987)	2006	Card College Light	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer, Bob Hummer	Manto	spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted	Inspired by Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer, Half-A-Dozen Hummers, 1940) also in: Face-Up Prediction (52 Amazing Card Tricks, 1949) Face Up Prediction (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) … and 1 more Richard Vollmer’s “Topsyturvy” in "Antologie des Tours Automatiques" 1986, p. 90.	2006	Card College Light	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer	That Is the Question	automatic placement and cross sum force, cards dealt in form of a question mark	Related to The Question Is... (Karrell Fox, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5, 1948)	2006	Card College Light	141	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Richard Vollmer	The Fifth Element	four Aces spelled to, they show up again a second time as climax	Also published here The Fifth Element (Richard Vollmer, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	July 2006	MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 11)	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Richard Vollmer	242 Deal		Also published here 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, MAGIC, 2008) also in: 242 2.0 (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Hand Of Fate (David Parr, MAGIC, 2008) also in: Hand Of Fate (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	Oct. 2006	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 2)	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Paul Gordon	"Power"ful	selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Variations Royal Power (Harry Lorayne, JawDroppers! Two, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Harry Lorayne	Richard Vollmer	mini bio		2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	263	Articles / Biographical
Richard Vollmer	Sum Hummer Explored	packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle	Inspired by Sum Hummer (Charles Hudson, Best of Friends, 1982) Variations Sum Hummer Explored (Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer, JawDroppers! Two, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	264	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Richard Vollmer	Double Entendre	two cards, divided deck		2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	269	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Richard Vollmer	Easy Prediction	involving counting a packet and then down in the rest, variant handling with Ace production	Related to Easy Prediction (Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer, JawDroppers! Two, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	273	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Paul Gordon	Oil & Water Startler	4&4, transformation kicker	Inspired by Oil and Aces (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1989) Related to Oil and Aces (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1989)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	358	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer, Stewart James	Vida Pack, Plus	twelve card set-up, based on Stewart James' "Vida Pack"		2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	373	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
David Solomon	Revised Mexican Poker		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (David Solomon, Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2007	The Wisdom of Solomon	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Solomon, Simon Aronson	Building Math Principles	card and its position in nine-card packet remembered, another card brought in, dealing into two packets, selection eventually located	Inspired by Seven (Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer, Genii, 2006)	2007	The Wisdom of Solomon	147	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
David Solomon	Revised Mexican Poker		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (David Solomon, Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2007	Solomon's Notes	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Allan Slaight	Sly Stebbins	spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection	Also published here Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Sound Effects, 1997) Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: The Deck Will Tell (Spins & Needles, 2008) Variations Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: Stebbin Out (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Stebbin Out (Hand-Picked Card Tricks, 2001) … and 2 more	2008	Spins & Needles	125	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Allan Slaight	The Deck Will Tell	spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection	Also published here The Deck Will Tell (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) Inspired by Ask the Deck (Francois Ziegler, Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Variations Sly Stebbins (Allan Slaight, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Sly Stebbins (Sound Effects, 1997) Sly Stebbins (Spins & Needles, 2008) Stebbin Up (Allan Slaight, Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: Stebbin Out (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000) Stebbin Out (Hand-Picked Card Tricks, 2001) … and 2 more	2008	Spins & Needles	166	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Dai Vernon, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi	The Cards Knew	piles are made, values of top cards of some packets are used to divine value of a remaining packet, mathematical	Inspired by Affinities (Dai Vernon, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2, 1988)	2008	Card College Lighter	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer	Mr. King's Tapestry	dealing a 4x4 square, only Kings are reversed	Also published here Mr. Koenig's Tapestry (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1991) Variations How Classics are Born! (Roger A. Golde, Apocalypse, 1991) Choices (Tom Daugherty, Apocalypse, 1992) … and 1 more	2008	Card College Lighter	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Joshua Jay	242 2.0	Phase One, Blackjack Phase Two, 242 Poker Phase Three, Fifteen Card Poker	Also published here 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) also in: 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Nov. 2008	MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 3)	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Parr	Hand Of Fate	Dead Man's Hand presentation	Also published here Hand Of Fate (David Parr, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Mull I, Will I Win? I Will, I Will! Um... (Philip T. Goldstein, Redivider, 2002) 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Related to Worth a Second Look (Bill Koch, MAGIC*, 2009)	Nov. 2008	MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 3)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Solomon	Revised Mexican Poker		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (David Solomon, Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2009	Solomon's Notes	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Solomon	Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (David Solomon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018) also in: Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	June 2009	MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 10)	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Richard Vollmer, Steve Belchou	Belchou Varied			2010	Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 4)	328	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer	The Einstein Card Trick Variation	The Genii Session packet cut to, bottom card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection	Related to 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: 7-16 (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Einstein's Card Trick (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Lightest, 2010)	Mar. 2010	Genii (Vol. 73 No. 3)	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer	Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier...	4&4, all red kicker, jumbo cards	Also published here Murmeltier (Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer, Seminar-Leviten, 2011) Related to Groundhog Day (Alexander de Cova, The California Lecture 2006, 2006) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar Saalbach 2010, 2010) Das Murmeltier (Burners — Vol. 3, 2015)	2010	Better Than Hartz 4	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Alexander de Cova	Murmeltier	4&4, all red as climax	Also published here Groundhog Day (Alexander de Cova, The California Lecture 2006, 2006) also in: Das Murmeltier (Alexander de Cova, Burners — Vol. 3, 2015) Inspired by Very Nice Oil+Water (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1982) Related to Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier... (Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer, Better Than Hartz 4, 2010) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar-Leviten, 2011)	2010	Seminar Saalbach 2010	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi	Einstein's Card Trick	card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection	Related to 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: 7-16 (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) The Einstein Card Trick Variation (Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer, Genii, 2010) Variations Einstein's Card Trick (Eugene Burger, Eugene Burger: Final Secrets, 2021)	2010	Card College Lightest	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner*	Numerology	three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card	Also published here LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) Related to Pretty Close To A Miracle (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1997) Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Variations Right-To-It Location (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse*, 1996)	2010	Card College Lightest	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Gary Plants	Search for the Seven Suspects		Inspired by Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1, 1983) Search and Destroy (Aaron Fisher, The Paper Engine, 2002)	2011	Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer	Murmeltier	4&4, all red kicker	Also published here Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier... (Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer, Better Than Hartz 4, 2010) Related to Groundhog Day (Alexander de Cova, The California Lecture 2006, 2006) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar Saalbach 2010, 2010) Das Murmeltier (Burners — Vol. 3, 2015)	2011	Seminar-Leviten	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
David Britland	Vernon's Aces Ride Again	tabled cut control sequence with crimp	Also published here Cardopolis Blog, April 2005 Related to Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review, 2019) Variations Tabled Control Sequence (Darwin Ortiz, David Britland, Lessons in Card Mastery*, 2012)	Apr. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 4)	15	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls
Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi	Tally-Ho	Aces found by spelling out words from card case	Inspired by Tally-Ho (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2004) also in: Tally-Ho (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2012	Confidences	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Tally-Ho! (spelling words on card case)
Gary Plants, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi	Seven	position of selection in small packet is predicted, anti faro principle	Inspired by "A Four-tunate Choice" (Gary Plants, Genii, Sep. 1997)	2012	Confidences	177	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
David Solomon	The Power of Poker		Also published here Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (David Solomon, Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 2 more Inspired by Genii, Oct. 1996 also in: Power Poker (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Power Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more Mexican Poker (David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations The Blomberg Variation (Tomas Blomberg, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) also in: The Blomberg Variation (Solomon's Notes, 2007) Die Blomberg Variante (Solomon's Notes, 2009) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2013	High Caliber	278	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Nick Trost	Lucky Gemini II	three predictions, Gemini Twin type procedure, four-of-a-kind kicker	Inspired by A Potent Presage (Jack Carpenter, The Expert's Portfolio No. 1, 1997) also in: A Potent Presage (Hokus Pokus, 1999) A Potent Presage (King of the Hustlers, 2025) Related to The Cards of Destiny (Richard Vollmer, Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson, Card College — Volume 5, 2003)	2013	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4	606	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Nick Trost	Cabalistic Countdown	three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, using Karl Fulves's "Riffle Shuffle Control"	Inspired by Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, Card College — Volume 3*, 1998)	2013	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4	683	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Alexander de Cova	The Ten Card Poker Scam	multi-phase routine Phase I - Loosing End Poker Phase II - The 1st Jonah Sequence Phase III - The 2nd Jonah Sequence Phase IV - The Royal Flush Finale The Prediction	Also published here 10 Card Poker Scam (Alexander de Cova, Burners — Vol. 3, 2015) Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Jonah Ploys, Jon Racherbaumer, 2013 also in: (Losing) End Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) … and 1 more	May 2014	Scrapbook (Issue 12)	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal Cards / Principles / Binary / Parity Row Force
Joshua Jay	242 2.0	Phase One: Blackjack Phase Two: 242 Poker Phase Three: Three Handed Poker	Also published here 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, MAGIC, 2008) also in: 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2015	The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier	294	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Harry Lorayne	Powerful Powers	five cards found by making packets with anti-faros, also as Aces or Royal Flush revelation	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) Variations PPP - Powerful Powers Presentation (Harry Lorayne, And Finally!, 2018)	2015	JawDroppers!	127	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Alexander de Cova	Das Murmeltier	4&4, all red kicker, unusual presentation, oil & water combined with silk knotting and Groundhog Day movie presentation	Also published here Groundhog Day (Alexander de Cova, The California Lecture 2006, 2006) also in: Murmeltier (Alexander de Cova, Seminar Saalbach 2010, 2010) Inspired by Very Nice Oil+Water (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1982) Related to Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier... (Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer, Better Than Hartz 4, 2010) also in: Murmeltier (Seminar-Leviten, 2011)	2015	Burners — Vol. 3	37	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Alexander de Cova	10 Card Poker Scam	multi-phase routine Was dieser Routine ist und was nicht Über den TCPD Der Aufbau der Routine 10er Päckchen oder komplettes Spiel? Das Abheben Die obersten Karten der Banks Der Zuschauer gewinnt oder der Vorführende? Zum Abzählen der Karten Das (optionale) Mischen der Karten Die Routine Phase 1: Loosing End Poker Szenario 1: Der Zuschauer wählt Nr. 10 Szenario 2: Der Zuschauer wählt die Nr. 1 Phase 2: Jonah I - Das Tauschen Phase 3: Jonah II - Bildoben/Bildunten Phase 4: Royal Flush/Straight Flush Wie man diese Reihenfolge leicht legen kann 242 Poker mit Royal Flush oder Straight Flush Tipps zum Poker Deal Der Spielaustausch Zur Vorhersage	Also published here The Ten Card Poker Scam (Alexander de Cova, Scrapbook, 2014) Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Jonah Ploys, Jon Racherbaumer, 2013 also in: (Losing) End Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) … and 1 more	2015	Burners — Vol. 3	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal Cards / Principles / Binary / Parity Row Force
Nick Trost	Royal Reunion	couples shown mixed, then they match up	Inspired by Together At Last (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume II, 1985)	2015	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5	1182	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Harry Lorayne	Royal Power	selected card and Royal Flush are found, antifaro "programming"	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988) "Power"ful (Paul Gordon, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	31	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Harry Lorayne	Together At Last	all court cards, marriage effect	Inspired by Together At Last (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume II, 1985)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer	Easy Prediction	involving counting a packet and then down in the rest, with Ace production	Related to Easy Prediction (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer	Sum Hummer Explored	packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle	Inspired by Sum Hummer Explored (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	170	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Richard Vollmer	Foreword			2017	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6	xiii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Solomon	Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer		Also published here Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2018	Solomon's Secrets	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Harry Lorayne	The Family Unit	all court cards, marriage effect with the packet	Also published here The Family Unit (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) Inspired by Together At Last (Richard Vollmer, Best of Friends — Volume II, 1985) Variations Matching Families (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017)	2018	And Finally!	170	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Justin Higham*, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin	Impressionistic Ace Controls	four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top Method One (Vollmer & Marlo, tabled, two crimps) Method Two (Higham, tabled, two crimps) Method Three (Gambin, tabled, two crimps) Method Four to Eleven (Higham, some tabled, some with hands & tabled, one, two or no crimps, some with overhand shuffles)	Inspired by One Hand Control (Edward Marlo, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: One Hand Control (The Cardician, 1953) Ein-Hand Kartenkontrolle (Intermagic, 1974) Related to Cardopolis Blog, April 2005 also in: Vernon's Aces Ride Again (Genii, 2011) Impressionistic Ace Controls - Part 2 (Justin Higham, Combined Card Notes, 2023) Variations Impressionistic Ace Control - Method Nine, Version Two (Justin Higham, Combined Card Notes, 2023)	2019	The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)	40	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Nick Trost	Vollmer's 242 Deal - Extended	Phase One - Vollmer's 242 Deal Phase Two - Draw Poker Phase Three - Climax	Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2019	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7	1631	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Regal	Thank You, Dean	Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one chosen pile	Inspired by Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1986) Dean Dill version	2019	Interpreting Magic	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Richard Vollmer	Dices and Aces	two four-of-a-kinds found with two dice, Aces and Sevens	Also published here Des-Cartes, Richard Vollmer	2021	Sharing Secrets	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Richard Vollmer	CardSpeak	poker player's picnic version		2021	Sharing Secrets	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Lionel Gallardo	El Chiki-Wildcard	four blank cards change into selection, with backs and back to blank cards again	Related to Double Chameleon (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1985)	2021	Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Eugene Burger	Einstein's Card Trick	card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection Interview Discussion	Inspired by Einstein's Card Trick (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Lightest, 2010)	2021	Eugene Burger: Final Secrets	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
John Graham	Earthly Powers	selected card and four previous selections are found, anti-faro "programming"	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1988)	2021	Encore	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Richard Vollmer	Count Placement	spectator remembers card and its position, it is controlled to specific position		May 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)	54	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Rudy Tinoco	Another Nice Oil And Water	4&4, all red kicker	Inspired by Very Nice Oil+Water (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1982)	July 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)	324	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Richard Vollmer	Tally-Ho		Also published here Tally-Ho (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2004) Variations Tally-Ho (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Confidences, 2012)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	261	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Tally-Ho! (spelling words on card case)
Richard Vollmer	Bicycle Tandem	Aces lost and found by spelling to them with words on Bicycle cards case	Also published here Bicycle Tandem (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2005)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	447	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Tally-Ho! (spelling words on card case)
Richard Vollmer	The Fifth Element	four Aces spelled to, they show up again a second time as climax	Also published here The Fifth Element (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	521	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Richard Vollmer	242 Deal		Also published here 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) Variations 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, MAGIC, 2008) also in: 242 2.0 (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) 242 2.0 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Hand Of Fate (David Parr, MAGIC, 2008) also in: Hand Of Fate (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 3 more	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	547	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Joshua Jay	242 2.0	Phase One, Blackjack Phase Two, 242 Poker Phase Three, Fifteen Card Poker	Also published here 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, MAGIC, 2008) also in: 242 2.0 (Joshua Jay, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Inspired by 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	795	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Parr	Hand Of Fate	Dead Man's Hand presentation	Also published here Hand Of Fate (David Parr, MAGIC, 2008) Inspired by Mull I, Will I Win? I Will, I Will! Um... (Philip T. Goldstein, Redivider, 2002) 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Related to Worth a Second Look (Bill Koch, MAGIC*, 2009)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	801	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
David Solomon	Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0		Also published here Expertalk: David Solomon on 242 2.0 (David Solomon, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Revised Mexican Poker + Richard Vollmer (David Solomon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018) Inspired by Revised Mexican Poker (David Solomon, MAGIC, 1999) also in: The Power of Poker (Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004) Revised Mexican Poker (Solomon's Notes, 2007) … and 3 more 242 Deal (Richard Vollmer, MAGIC, 2006) also in: 242 Deal (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	869	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Jon Racherbaumer	Numbskull's Number Game	Exhumations card located with value of performer's supposed selection Alternative Approach	Also published here Mine Finds Yours (Jon Racherbaumer, Genii, 2024) Inspired by Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Mystical Countdown (Hokus Pokus, 2001)	Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Justin Higham*	Impressionistic Ace Controls - Part 2	four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top, no crimps, no shuffles Method Twelve Method Thirteen Method Fourteen Method Fifteen	Related to Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review, 2019) Impressionistic Ace Control - Method 14 (Justin Higham, Additional Card Notes, 2023)	2023	Combined Card Notes	7	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls
Justin Higham*	Impressionistic Ace Control - Method Nine, Version Two	four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top	Inspired by Impressionistic Ace Controls (Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin, The Neat Review*, 2019)	2023	Combined Card Notes	25	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Nick Trost	Klondike Straight Flush	riffle shuffle, then CATO with straight flush reversed at the end, outcome predicted	Inspired by "Klondyke CATO" (Richard Vollmer, Aldo Colombini's Simply Impromp2, 2006)	2023	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9	2061	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Jon Racherbaumer	Mine Finds Yours	Exhumations card located with value of performer's supposed selection	Also published here Numbskull's Number Game (Jon Racherbaumer, Genii, 2023) Inspired by Mystical Countdown (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Mystical Countdown (Hokus Pokus, 2001)	Aug. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 8)	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Roberto Giobbi	Cutting the Aces for Royalty	Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace	Inspired by Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm (Richard Vollmer, Apocalypse, 1986)	2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue July 16)	209	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces

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