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Ralph W. Hull The Tuned Deck six phases, two corner shortsRelated to Greater Magic 517
Theodore Annemann, Jean Hugard Relativity and Cards signed, one in pocket of performer, one in pocket by spectatorRelated to Greater Magic 265
Theodore Annemann Insto-Transpo spectator's and performer's pocket, double backerRelated toVariations The Incorporated Strange Secrets 3
Dr. Jacob Daley Two Cards in Fear two spectators stab two knives in deck wrapped in newspaperRelated toVariations The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 85) 543
Unknown The Tap tapping a produding card "throught" the squared packRelated to Expert Card Technique 122
Mike Trent Okito Goes Mental billet in Okito BoxRelated to Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 6
Bill Simon Cig-Card-Rise from cigarette case The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 164) 659
Frederick Braue The Homing Card Kaps favoriteRelated toVariations Show Stoppers with Cards 13
Bill Simon Minicam image of card appears on little "photographic paper"Also published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 638
Bill Simon Simon-Ease simple cut controlAlso published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 639
Bill Simon Two Blades with two knivesRelated toAlso published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 640
Bill Simon Tabled single card through tableAlso published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 640
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Clayton Rawson, Bill Simon, Jay Marshall The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 159) 641
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Kruger and Starke, Dr. Jaks, Martin Gardner, Roy Benson, Paul Draylin, Hal Haber, Bill Simon The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 160) 645
Bill Simon Tnuoc two selections, one is found by cutting to indicator card, second reverses in the middle of the deck The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 148) 594
Bill Simon Again! in spectator and performer's pocket, signed, duplicateInspired byRelated toAlso published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 169) 676
Bill Simon Foreword Controlled Miracles 2
Bill Simon Cut Control Variations Controlled Miracles 5
Unknown About the Author about Bill Simon Controlled Miracles 35
Bill Simon The Chinese Cut cutting procedure with perpendicular configurationVariations Controlled Miracles 6
Bill Simon Simpl-Speller Controlled Miracles 7
Bill Simon Simon False Table Cut Controlled Miracles 9
Bill Simon The Stab Force with push-in change Controlled Miracles 10
Bill Simon Sensitive Fingertips two cards are foundRelated to Controlled Miracles 13
Bill Simon The Card in the Hat card travels into hat that is sitting on table, repeated Controlled Miracles 14
Bill Simon Back Palm Steal cards are stolen into back palm with fan cover Controlled Miracles 15
Bill Simon Dual Discovery two selections are found via countdown of their values Controlled Miracles 16
Bill Simon Card-Cigarette Wrinkle Controlled Miracles 19
John Scarne The Scarne Puzzle original six-card versionRelated to Controlled Miracles 21
Bill Simon Smoke Screen cigarette rolls on table by itself, torn into thirds, travel through table, restored Controlled Miracles 23
Bill Simon The Startling Four Coins interlocked coin production, then coins to glass Controlled Miracles 25
Bill Simon Rising Coin and Climax coin travels from hand to hand, then vanishes from silk, full wine glass appears Controlled Miracles 28
Bill Simon Ten Fingers & a Silk coin is produced from silk and vanishes, repeated, continues production of coins, bills as final load Controlled Miracles 30
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Bill Simon, Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Robert Harbin The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 193) 773
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Si Stebbins (newspaper article), Maurice Fogel, Frank Garcia, Bill Simon The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 215) 861
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Carl Rosini, Bill Simon, Audley Walsh, Victor Jorey The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 202) 809
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Bill Simon, Ted Messenger, Cleopatra, Sorcar, Frank Garcia, John Scarne, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Greer Marechal, Jimmy Herpick, Frank Joglar, Larry Weeks, Cy Endfield The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 206) 825
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's a Natural No. 11, Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predictedVariationsAlso published here Scarne on Card Tricks 23
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Frank Garcia, Puzzle by Charlie Arbuthnot, Dunninger, Carlo Menotti, Fred Keating, Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, Jean Hugard, Robert Harbin, Art Lyle, Frank Joglar The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 196) 785
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's A Natural with matches, seven outsVariationsAlso published here The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 199) 796
John Scarne, Bill Simon Double Prediction No. 59, Basic routine with Business Card Prophecy move, predict where business card is placed, for credit information see Scarne referenceRelated to Scarne on Card Tricks 105
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Variations Scarne on Card Tricks 107
Bill Simon Double Surprise No. 61 Scarne on Card Tricks 108
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Martin Gardner, Richard Himber, Clayton Rawson, Dr. Elliott, Wallace Dibble, Audley Walsh, Bill Simon The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 227) 909
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on the S.A.M - I.B.M. convention, Sid Lorraine, Dai Vernon, Dr. Jaks, Frank Garcia, Bill Simon, Ross Bertram, Johnny Platt, Chic Schoke, Leslie Barrie, Gene Bernstein, Tom Hanlon, Russell Swann, Audley Walsh, Del Ray, Jay Marshall The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 231) 925
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same valueVariations The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 241) 962
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Al Baker's dead, Leslie Barrie, Willard Smith, Bill Simon, Herman Hansen The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 242) 969
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jaks, Martin Gardner, Bob Orben, Frank Garcia, Lee Noble, Bill Simon The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 243) 973
Dai Vernon, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Simon, Martin Gardner, Norman Jensen, Bruce Elliott The Ruler force with ruler with name of cards, ruler is balanced on two fingers and fingers brought together until fingers meet, see also p. 981 for ideas by John HamiltonVariations The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 244) 974
Bill Simon Biddled with just ten cards, without selectionAlso published here The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 224) 894
Bill Simon Sitting Bull seated, coin on leg is vanished and reproducedRelated toAlso published here The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 226) 903
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on George Kaplan, Milbourne Christopher, Martin Gardner, Mike Millet, Bill Simon, Dr. Jaks, Francis Carlyle, Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon, John Boyko, Sid Lorraine, Leo Rullman, Keith Clark, Fu Manchu The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 226) 905
Bill Simon Card Affinity someone names a suit and another spectator names a value, mostly two knives, one finds correct value and the other the suitRelated to Effective Card Magic 51
Bill Simon Negative Force to eliminate a suit Effective Card Magic 52
Bill Simon The Gambler Controls the Aces cutting the aces, then all aces turnover in the deck at once Effective Card Magic 54
Bill Simon Tapping the Cards through the deck, forming injog, with four acesRelated to Effective Card Magic 55
Bill Simon Discoveries Effective Card Magic 121
Bill Simon A Touching Experiment cards spread on table, spectator and performer draw out two cards each, four Aces Effective Card Magic 60
Bill Simon Turn Over Switch two cards of four are switched, while being turned over and pushed into the deck Effective Card Magic 61
Bill Simon The Finger-Stab cards are thrown into the air and selection is plucked out Effective Card Magic 121
Bill Simon Additions to the Effect follow up to "A Touching Experiment" Elevator with four Aces Effective Card Magic 64
Bill Simon A Trick with a New Twist cards are given a spin on the table, selection flies out Effective Card Magic 123
Bill Simon False Display hiding two reversed cards, and bringing all to same orientation Effective Card Magic 64
Bill Simon Half and Half (Elimination) deck is always split in half and spectator decides which one is eliminated, last card is selection Effective Card Magic 124
Bill Simon A Strange Card card vanishes from five card packet and reappears reversed in the deck, similar structure as the Biddle trick Effective Card Magic 125
Bill Simon Card in the Mouth Effective Card Magic 128
Bill Simon, Jack McMillen Four Deep card travels to other packet at same position, based on Jack McMillen's "Leaper Card" Effective Card Magic 131
Bill Simon Unexpected two red aces are laid on spectator's hand and transform into black aces, then the red aces are pinched out of the deck one by one, first phase similar to Fechter's "Be honest" Effective Card Magic 133
Bill Simon Airing the Strip-Out deck beveled for easier strip-outRelated to Effective Card Magic 56
Bill Simon The Magnetic Cards cards are cut in four packets, one card selected and with that card the other of the same value rise on top of each packet Effective Card Magic 137
Bill Simon Double Rise two cards placed on the table, half of the deck put on each, both rise to the topVariations Effective Card Magic 139
Bill Simon Reverse Card Effects Effective Card Magic 140
Bill Simon 1. Six Face Up Cards Right Themselves Spontaneously twelve cards Effective Card Magic 140
Bill Simon 2. Odd Card Out twelve cards half face up, half face down, all cards right themselves except selection Effective Card Magic 142
Bill Simon 3. Misdirection Plus pretending to have stripper cards Effective Card Magic 143
Bill Simon The Ubiquitous Jack of Spades four cards shown to be the same Effective Card Magic 144
Bill Simon Foreword Effective Card Magic 7
Bill Simon Specialization Effective Card Magic 13
Bill Simon The Importance of Practice Effective Card Magic 13
Bill Simon The Necessity of Trial Effective Card Magic 14
Bill Simon Understanding Theory Effective Card Magic 15
Bill Simon The Importance of Studying Simple Moves Effective Card Magic 15
Bill Simon Manipulation on using flourishes or not Effective Card Magic 16
Bill Simon Technicalities Effective Card Magic 16
Bill Simon The Art of Presentation Effective Card Magic 17
Bill Simon Spontaneous Resourcefulness Effective Card Magic 18
Bill Simon Conjurer vs. Gambler Effective Card Magic 19
Bill Simon The Best Magic Effective Card Magic 19
Bill Simon Handling Effective Card Magic 20
Bill Simon Cultivating Originality in Presentation Effective Card Magic 20
Bill Simon Unprepared Cards Effective Card Magic 20
Bill Simon Present Day Sophistication Effective Card Magic 21
Bill Simon Audience Participation Effective Card Magic 22
Bill Simon Patter Effective Card Magic 22
Bill Simon Poker Cards vs. Bridge Cards Effective Card Magic 24
Bill Simon Accessories Effective Card Magic 25
Bill Simon Originality Effective Card Magic 25
Bill Simon Coincidence repeated mate coincidence, two halves, dealing cards simultaneouslyInspired byRelated to
  • Will (Unknown, 1996)
 Effective Card Magic 29
Bill Simon Business Card Prophesy two cards predicted on business card, cards which are next to it after pushed in the deck, for credit information see Scarne reference "Business Card ESP"Related toVariations Effective Card Magic 32
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Effective Card Magic 34
Bill Simon Gone steal to other hand, with reference to produce a coin from spectator's earVariations Modern Coin Magic 32
Bill Simon The Ambitious Card cards travel from center to the top and back to the center Effective Card Magic 66
Bill Simon The Second Deal The Component Parts of the Second Deal
1. Position of the Deck in the Left Hand
2. The Movement of the Left Thumb
3. The Grip with the Right Fingers
4. The Strike
5. The Motion of the Hands

Exercises
1. The Normal Deal
2. The Immovable Thumb
3. The Immovable Card

Performing the Deal
Concluding Thoughts		 Effective Card Magic 71
Bill Simon Tricks with the Second Deal Effective Card Magic 79
Bill Simon Call to the Colors Related toVariationsAlso published here Effective Card Magic 79
Bill Simon The Instant Reverse selection is reversed in the deck, then all other cards with the same value turn over Effective Card Magic 35
Bill Simon Three Queens Monte with four cards all turn into aces Effective Card Magic 37
Bill Simon Two Numbers two cards selected, spectators only think of a number, both cards are found at the positionsRelated to Effective Card Magic 81
Bill Simon Danbury Delusion Variations Effective Card Magic 83
Bill Simon Shuffle Control Effective Card Magic 84
Bill Simon The Middle Deal mock center dealRelated to Effective Card Magic 86
Bill Simon Sympathetic Control spectator cut deck in three piles, one queen is put in each pile, last queen is on the table, when that queen is turned over, the other queens turn over too Effective Card Magic 39
Bill Simon The F.B.I. Card stabbing the deck with a card, finding the selection above, with second deal Effective Card Magic 87
Bill Simon Packer Load loading three reversed card between four cards alternating, similar to a collectors load Effective Card Magic 42
Bill Simon Four Card Locations deck divided in two, number named cards found at that number from top and bottom of each packet Effective Card Magic 89
Bill Simon Elevator Cards ace, two, three, two phases Effective Card Magic 43
Bill Simon The Simon Card Control insertion from the sideVariations Effective Card Magic 93
Bill Simon The Turnabout Cards without selection Effective Card Magic 48
Bill Simon Double Under Cut tabled Effective Card Magic 49
Bill Simon Rapid Transit handling variation Effective Card Magic 144
Bill Simon Mind Reading spectator thinks of a number and remembers the card on it's position, after the performer fails to find it, the spectator finds his card at the number turned over Effective Card Magic 145
Bill Simon "Touch" Retouched ungaffed, one cardVariations Effective Card Magic 148
Bill Simon Bottom Slip Cut Effective Card Magic 149
Bill Simon, Martin Gardner Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value Effective Card Magic 151
Bill Simon Harnessed ring penetrates handkerchief The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 254) 1014
Bill Simon Set-Up of Four Cards stacking four cards, when deck is cut one of the cards is on top and on bottom of each heap Effective Card Magic 95
Bill Simon The Two Card Peek two cards, two cuts, on top and bottom, throwing off magicians Effective Card Magic 97
Bill Simon The Locator Three of Clubs spectator thrusts a known card into a card spread of 28 cards and his selection is found Effective Card Magic 152
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on the Friday Night Sodality, Gen Grant, Bill Simon, Maurice Zolotow The Phoenix 251 - 300 (Issue 267) 1069
Bill Simon A Piquant Peek after peek, while squaring up Effective Card Magic 99
Bill Simon The Peek Force with break Effective Card Magic 101
Bill Simon The Simon Fan Steal perpendicular positionRelated to Effective Card Magic 102
Bill Simon Marking a Position in a Card Spread Related to Effective Card Magic 153
Bill Simon The Somersault reversed card travels from small packet to larger packet Effective Card Magic 155
Bill Simon Transfer some cards from a face up packet on a face down packet Effective Card Magic 156
Bill Simon Packet Turnover secret turnover of some cards, while pointing to the other half Effective Card Magic 157
Bill Simon Dope! card to wallet, off-beat, no-palmVariations The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 257) 1028
Bill Simon Night Club Card Assembly four cards of the same value in spectator's pocket transpose with four random cards, one by one Effective Card Magic 158
Bill Simon Telepathy spectator selects a card, another writes a number on it, both informations are divined and written on a slate Effective Card Magic 104
Bill Simon Double Prediction Effective Card Magic 161
Bill Simon Automatic Writing spectator selects a card, another writes a number on it, both informations are divined by automatic writing, bottomless case Effective Card Magic 105
Bill Simon The Simon Secret Addition Variations Effective Card Magic 107
Bill Simon Cut Force cut and reverse, under the table Effective Card Magic 161
Bill Simon The Thought-Of Ace thought of ace (or all aces) rise to top Effective Card Magic 109
Bill Simon, Edward Marlo Four Deuces and the Ace of Spades Inspired by Effective Card Magic 163
Bill Simon A Transposition ace to four of clubs transpose with four random cards one by one Effective Card Magic 111
Bill Simon Deuces Wild black deuces rise to the top one by one, then they are used to pinch the red deuces out of the deck Effective Card Magic 166
Bill Simon Cover for the Side Slip covered side steal, to second from the top Effective Card Magic 112
Bill Simon, Bruce Burrell Hide Out Move under a three card fan Effective Card Magic 167
Bill Simon Four-Way Coincidence four mates found by spectator Effective Card Magic 169
Bill Simon Ambitious Bit with the side slip Effective Card Magic 115
Bill Simon The Helpers with the side slip Effective Card Magic 115
Bill Simon Card Addition as a switch of four cards Effective Card Magic 170
Bill Simon Shuffles and Cuts Effective Card Magic 175
Bill Simon Predict Switch touched card is predicted Effective Card Magic 116
Bill Simon Card Switch similar thinking as Vernon's "Simplified Curry Change", Kelly Bottom Placement gripRelated to Effective Card Magic 117
Bill Simon The Basic Cut top and bottom cards are retained Effective Card Magic 176
Bill Simon The Simon System of False Riffle Shuffles Effective Card Magic 178
Bill Simon The Top Stock Control Effective Card Magic 178
Bill Simon The Bottom Stock Control Effective Card Magic 180
Edward Marlo The False Count Related to The Cardician 94
Edward Marlo Touch Retouched - Retouched card reversed by spectator is predicted, force, see page 196 for creditsInspired by The Cardician 138
Bill Simon Simon Eyes! one of three cards is thought of, selection ends up sandwiched between two reversed cards The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 278) 1110
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Richard Himber, The Friday Night Sodality, E. Brian Mc Carthy, Fred Keating, Sid Lorraine, Bill Simon The Phoenix 251 - 300 (Issue 290) 1161
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Richard Himber, Bill Simon, Max Katz, Jay Palmer The Phoenix 251 - 300 (Issue 292) 1169
Bill Simon Water & Oil 4&4 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 293) 1170
Bill Simon Twice Clipped two mates predictions, cards clipped together with paper clips The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 300) 1199
Bill Simon Foreword Sleightly Sensational 4
Bill Simon In General on practicing, entertainment Sleightly Sensational 5
Bill Simon The Mathemagician two spectators discover the aces by random dealing, dealing to bottom and then into multiple pilesRelated toVariations Sleightly Sensational 8
Bill Simon Eye Doubt It two red queens face-to-face change to black deuces and back Sleightly Sensational 9
Bill Simon The Flash Change four indifferent cards change into four Aces, they stick out of deck as a block and are shaken outVariations Sleightly Sensational 11
Bill Simon The Cards and Dice - 1. The Transposition Ace - Four of clubs face-down on table with a die on top of each with one to four to top, dice exchanged and cards followRelated toVariations Sleightly Sensational 14
Bill Simon 2. The Big Change Ace - Three with three dice on top, they transpose and eventually all change to Threes and backVariations Sleightly Sensational 16
Bill Simon The Turnabout six or seven packets put together face-up and face-down, they sort themselves the same wayVariations Sleightly Sensational 18
Bill Simon The Impulsive Ladies three queens and three aces transpose when fourth queen is place with queens, half pass method Sleightly Sensational 19
Bill Simon The Four Packet Shuffle four packets are shuffled into each other face-up/face-downRelated toVariations Sleightly Sensational 21
Bill Simon Two Up two prediction cards removed by performer, spectators insert them next to mates Sleightly Sensational 24
Bill Simon The Vital Prediction Sleightly Sensational 26
Bill Simon Side-Jog Transfer Cut transferring side-jogged card during cut Sleightly Sensational 29
Bill Simon The London Illusion spectator and performer each chose card from half deck, they match Sleightly Sensational 30
Bill Simon The Reverse Glide from end grip, card apparently put to bottom of deck Sleightly Sensational 31
Bill Simon Sponge Surprise fifteen to twenty small sponge balls appear Sleightly Sensational 33
Bill Simon The Ring on Wand with handkerchief Sleightly Sensational 35
Bill Simon, Hen Fetsch The Coin Transposition and Climax silver & copper transpose with one coin in spectator's handkerchief Sleightly Sensational 37
Bill Simon Psychic Okito Box Okito Box for billet reading or Q&ARelated to The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 303) 10
Jay Marshall The Birdcage on the New Living Card Stars , Ed Marlo, Charlie Miller, Paul LePaul, Francis Carlyle, Bill Simon, Dr. Jacob Daley, The Modern Magician, Channing Pollock, Cardini, Billy McComb, James B. Findlay, Willane The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 328) 123
Cy Endfield, Bill Simon There's Five Aces! four Aces are counted as five as a gagRelated toAlso published here Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 44
Bill Simon Sitting Vanish seated, coin on leg is vanished and reproducedRelated toAlso published here The Best in Magic 42
Bill Simon Simon-Ease simple cut controlAlso published here The Best in Magic 142
Bill Simon Two Blades with two knivesAlso published here The Best in Magic 143
Bill Simon Minicam image of card appears on little "photographic paper"Also published here The Best in Magic 146
Bill Simon Tabled single card through tableAlso published here The Best in Magic 147
Bill Simon Again in spectator and performer's pocket, signed, duplicateInspired byAlso published here The Best in Magic 148
Bill Simon Biddled with just ten cards, without selectionAlso published here The Best in Magic 158
Bill Simon Another Handling cover card side steal Side Steal 49
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named cardRelated toVariations The Close-Up Magician 36
Paul Marcus More Natural Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predictedInspired by The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 360) 268
Bill Simon Challenge Aces ace of spades is placed aside and keeps reappearing, change into four different acesVariations Close-up Card Magic 201
Bill Simon, Paul Curry 1-2-3-4 Close-up Card Magic 231
Bill Simon Acetimation estimation presentation, faro setting Faro Controlled Miracles 51
Karl Fulves Babel Tommy Cooper, John Mulholland quote, Bill Simon tale, faro tricks The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 40
Bruce Cervon, William P. Miesel, Bill Simon, Victor Marsh Etcetera The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 41
Bill Simon Sleight of Mind travelling production combo Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 239
J. W. Sarles Jog Control card openly inserted from sideRelated to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 99
Bill Simon, J. W. Sarles Jog Control Variation Related toAlso published here The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 110
Bill Simon, Harry Lorayne Deal & Duck eight cards removed below the table by performer and spectator, packet used to find aces via deal & duckRelated to Deck-Sterity 149
Edward Marlo, Bill Simon Double Lift Substitutes - Third Method Inspired by Expert Card Conjuring 34
Edward Marlo, Bill Simon As an Ace Addition Inspired by Expert Card Conjuring 35
William P. Miesel Cards & Dice Ace-Four and four dice match up, aces appearRelated to Epilogue (Issue 2) 9
Edward Marlo, Jerry Kogan, Bill Simon Neo-Piquant Glimpse Hierophant (Issue 2) 41
Roy Johnson The Dunbury Delusion Inspired by The Roy Johnson Experience 27
Bill Simon Block Slip Cut Related toVariations Advanced Fingertip Control 130
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486Related toVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3) 481
Edward Marlo, Bill Simon To Set Up combination of two referenced Bill Simon effectsInspired by Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 48
Frank Garcia Cut the Kings spectator deals in four piles, kings on top, change to acesRelated to Million Dollar Card Secrets 23
Bill Simon, Frank Garcia Control Knockout card is produced on top via slip cut two timesRelated to
  • "Slip Cut Effect" (Ed Marlo, The Gen, April 1956)
 Million Dollar Card Secrets 45
Frank Garcia, Bill Simon Peekaboo Revelation peeked card between face up aces in deck Million Dollar Card Secrets 71
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut Inspired by Further Flight 15
Frank Garcia, Bill Simon Super Subtle Shuffle no selection Super Subtle Card Miracles 187
Jerry Mentzer, Bill Simon Nearly a Triumph Card Cavalcade II 211
T. Nelson Downs, Bill Simon Impossible Card Location Magic With Faucett Ross 187
Walt Lees, Edward Marlo, Derek Dingle, Frank Garcia The Perpetual Elevator Routine ten minute act
1.) The First Elevator (based on "Penetration")
2.) The Cold Elevator
3.) Triumph Plus (see also "Super Subtle Shuffle")
4.) The Small Packet All Backs (based on a Derek Dingle Routine)
5.) Finale (Elevator again with card in pocket finish)		Inspired byRelated to Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 3) 174
Bill Simon, Larry Jennings Business Card Prophecy Move Stabbed Coincidence 4
Edward Marlo The Tabled Block Slip Cut tabled, from two peeked at cardsInspired by Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 281
Gerald Kosky Mystic Eyes name written on disk and sealed in pillbox, divined, Okito BoxRelated to The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 150) 747
Stephen Minch Fan Steal Related to Creations of a Magical Madman 39
Frederick Braue Dealing the Aces four aces found at numbers called forRelated to Fred Braue on False Deals 24
Martin Gardner Middle Deal Demonstration - Variation Inspired byRelated to Fred Braue on False Deals 26
Unknown Marking a Position in a Card Spread break to step, different pattern in the spreadRelated to Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 63
Bill Simon Simon Card Control Also published here Loose Ends 48
Bob Farmer, Bill Simon Twisting, Turning, Extending and Otherwise Molesting the Aces card is stretched, then one by one reverses Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 572
Bert Fenn The Stapled Cards inspired by Bill Simon and John Scarne, one of two stapled cards changes place with selectionInspired by Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 179
Howard Schwarzman Night Riser black Aces on table, half deck on each, they rise to top of other packet, red Aces on bottom
- Notes By Karl Fulves		Inspired byVariations The Chronicles (Issue 16) 1224
Bill Simon Taps card is tabbed through deck, one-handed CardMagic 52
Unknown Marking a Card in a Spread break to step, different pattern in the spreadRelated to The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 18
Bill Simon Airing The Strip-out finesseRelated to Card Finesse 47
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 16
Unknown Marking a Position in a Card Spread break to step, different pattern in the spreadRelated to Card News '82 145
J. C. Doty Side Steal a la Doty covered, very similar to Simon's handlingRelated to Fork Full of Appetizers 7
Daryl Martinez, Paul Curry, Bill Simon Sleightly Touched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and valueVariations For Your Entertainment Pleasure 42
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 20) 187
Steve Beam ""Touch" Retouched" Rehashed Inspired by The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 5) 84
Edward Marlo Can't See Location blank fan made, selection removed from it, inspired by Bill Simon effect Formula One Close-Up 51
Dai Vernon No Sleight Triumph Related to The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 105
Dai Vernon The Hindu Double-Undercut Related to The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 36
Bill Simon, José Carroll Swivel Cut Production 52 Lovers 141
Dai Vernon Why am I Here? card found by counting down three times to apparently random valuesRelated toVariationsAlso published here The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 122
Dai Vernon Simplified Curry Change Related to The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 113
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Randy Wakeman Presents 93
Bill Simon Block Slip Cup Randy Wakeman Presents 114
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Close Up Illusions 143
Bill Simon Necktie Add-On Close-up Impact! 45
Bill Simon The Prophecy Move The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 41) 730
Edward Marlo, Bill Simon, Dai Vernon Quick Sands Aces with three alternative methods The Olram File (Issue 11) 11
Bill Simon Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) translation by Jesús EtcheverryAlso published here La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3 150
Arturo de Ascanio Los Dados mandan y las Cartas obedecen routine with cards and dice, four parts, elevator, Bill Simon routines and selection is foundInspired byAlso published here
  • "Circular de la S.E.I." 1955.
 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4 14
Bill Simon Taps Control slapping card through deck By Forces Unseen 68
Bill Simon, Steve Beam Backwards Prophecy Also published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 149
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 78
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Sleighty Retouched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value, involving transformationInspired by Tricks 11
Cy Endfield, Bill Simon Endfield-Simon Count four as fiveAlso published here Roger's Thesaurus 182
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal Steel and Silver 141
Gene Maze Control of the Colors using center deal, Spade Flush finaleInspired by
  • "Shades of Bill Simon" (Gene Maze, Wonderful Routines of Magic - First Addendum, 1973)
 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 132
Bill Simon Prophecy Move Las Vegas Kardma 128
Bill Simon Prophecy Move Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 107
Bill Simon, Steve Beam Backwards Prophecy Also published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 188
John Scarne, Bill Simon, Karl Fulves True Colors No. 2, cards shuffled face-up/face-down, all of one color face-up, except two selections Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 3
Bill Simon, William P. Miesel, Karl Fulves The Forgetful Gambler No. 54, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, they right themselves except for Royal Flush, rest of deck changes back color Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 107
Bill Simon "Business Card Prophecy" move Cardshark 21
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Misc. Pieces of Paul) 292
Unknown Will deck separated in two halves, one card selected, mate appears at same position in other halfRelated to The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 7) 23
Michael Skinner, Bill Simon The Business on the Business Card Prediction two methods Classic Sampler 1
John Scarne Business Card ESP Business Card Prophecy with two separate predictions, credit informationRelated to Underworld (Issue 3) 36
Bill Simon Simon Prophecy Move Related to The Card Magic of Nick Trost 322
Bill Simon Simon Prophecy Force The Card Magic of Nick Trost 69
Bill Simon Simon Prophecy Force Al Thatcher's version The Card Magic of Nick Trost 142
Bill Simon, Roberto Giobbi Rise and Switch Double Rise plus transpoInspired by Card College — Volume 3 590
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Tricks of my Trade 17
Roberto Giobbi, John F. Mendoza, Bill Simon The Toss Switch Card College — Volume 4 840
Neal Elias Card Controls - Placing A Key Card deck secretly cutInspired by New Card Controls 25
Harry Lorayne A Much Better Chance Power Poker type, no bottom deals, spectator always gets Royal FlushRelated toAlso published here Personal Collection 205
Bill Simon, Karl Fulves Unbalanced Aces No. 57, two packets dealt into two heaps eachInspired by New Self-Working Card Tricks 86
Paul Curry The Power of Thought Related toVariations Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 307
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Try the Impossible 214
Bill Simon, Steve Beam Prophecy Move Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 249
Lewis Jones Up and Down Double cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes a face up card and performer a face-down card with same valueInspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 133
Darwin Ortiz Ace in the Pocket duplicate, great conditionsInspired byRelated to Scams & Fantasies with Cards 144
Bill Simon, Roberto Giobbi, Edward Marlo Multiple Lift Display Sequence Card College — Volume 5 1227
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Future Choice five envelope with numbers on either side, added in some way by spectator, total predicted, repeat, see Vol. 2 reference for credit informationInspired by
  • "One to Eight" (George Sands, Bill Simon's Mathematical Magic, 1964)
Related to		 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 73
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Whitewash ESP deck, card chosen by adding some numbers on number cards, predicted, all others blankInspired by
  • "One to Eight" (George Sands, Bill Simon's Mathematical Magic, 1964)
 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 75
Karl Fulves Able To Match "automated version of 'Business Card Prophecy'", after riffle shuffle fifteen cards are removed, a card stabbed and cards on either side divined and those are the only ones with mates in packetRelated to When Psychics Play Poker 50
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move When Psychics Play Poker 50
Karl Fulves Playing Card Prophecy clouding the methodRelated to When Psychics Play Poker 52
Karl Fulves Name-O-Prophecy cutting at specific position during Business Card Prophecy moveRelated to When Psychics Play Poker 53
Karl Fulves Sum Card Prophet spectator choses card face-up and stabs it into face-down deck, cards on either side add up to chosen valueRelated to When Psychics Play Poker 54
Karl Fulves Left-Handed Prophet different handling for Business Card Prophecy MoveRelated to When Psychics Play Poker 55
Davide Costi Alternating the Colors (Presentation) emphasis on the presentation, Ascanio's version of Bill Simon's "Call the colors"Inspired by Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 67
Wesley James, Bill Simon Covered Side Steal Enchantments 185
Larry Jennings Tahoe Triumph Inspired by Up In Smoke 41
Arturo de Ascanio Antagonistic Aces Inspired by The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic 303
Arturo de Ascanio Alternating the Colors three phasesInspired by The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 64
Bill Simon, Al Thatcher Simon Prophecy Move Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 285
Max Maven The Ruling Class spectator moves fingers together under ruler, where they end up is predicted by length of pencilInspired byAlso published here Las Vegas Lecture 5
Karl Fulves In The Money card signed on the back, prediction in wallet, then signed card amongst removed billsInspired by Prolix (Issue 8) 546
Bill Simon, Tyler Wilson In-the-hands Chinese Cut Related to Reinventing the Real 83
Steve Reynolds Flash Changed four indifferent cards change into four Aces, they stick out of deck as a block and are shaken outInspired by Trench Work 6
Jon Racherbaumer Winning Prediction Inspired by Trench Work 11
Daryl Martinez, Bill Simon Daryl-Simon Convincing Control card ends in cop position Maelstrom 173
Bill Simon, Steve Mayhew Cut Control Variation Inspired by Full Frontal Mayhew 18
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move The EH Team 25
Bill Simon The Four Queens Procedure eight unknown cards, spectator picks four, all Queens are in one pileVariationsAlso published here
  • "The Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Card Magic, 1964)
 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 275
Jon Racherbaumer Odd Yet Predictable eight cards, spectator choses four face-up, "all red cards" is predicted, but the backs are referred toInspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2013
 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 277
Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford Control A Sidejogging a card during square up to obtain microbreak, sidejog finesse provided by Will Houstoun, cut card to the top of the deckInspired by Sprezzatura 13