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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Hugo Kramer	Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte	card at any number force (palmed card replaced when named number is reached), card burned and reappears in cage	Also published here Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte (Hugo Kramer, Das Buch der Kartenkunststücke — I. Teil, 1900) Related to Straight from the Top (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1982)	Aug. 1898	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 8)	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Hugo Kramer	Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte	card at any number force (palmed card replaced when named number is reached), card burned and reappears in cage	Also published here Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte (Hugo Kramer, Die Zauberwelt, 1898) Related to Straight from the Top (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1982)	1900	Das Buch der Kartenkunststücke — I. Teil	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Henry Christ	The 203rd Force		Related to The 203rd Force / Henry Christ Force (Henry Christ, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) 203rd Force (Henry Christ, Prolix, 2008) … and 1 more Variations The 203rd 4rce (Newell Unfried, Mystery School, 2003)	1934	SH-H-H--! It's A Secret	38	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Theodore Annemann*	The New Nightmare Effect	selected card vanishes and turns out to be card previously removed	Inspired by Nightmare Effects (Second Effect) (Theodore Annemann, Nightmare, 1928) Related to El Comodin vale por today (Alberto de Figueiredo, Veinticinco, 2018) Variations Revisiting Annemann's Nightmare (David Britland, Genii, 2015) Predicción Pesadilla (Roberto Mansilla, Çerca*, 2019)	Apr. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 7)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Theodore Annemann*	Wanted - A Card Routine Without Cards!	invisible deck presentation for any named card to pocket, no method	Related to Invisible Origins Revealed (Bill Abbott, Cocktail Card Magic, 2008) A Routine Without Cards! (David Britland, Genii, 2024)	Sep. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 12)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Tom Sellers	The Joker Speller	ten card packet, values are spelt out one by one, but when spectator tries it, he always gets the joker	Variations Drinking Spell (David Britland, The Talon, 1980) Negative Speller (Jim Steinmeyer, Genii, 2010) also in: Negative Speller (Allow me to give you some Really Awful Advice!, 2012) Negative Speller (Treacherous Impuzzibilities, 2014)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
	Nine in Ten Detection	dotted key and bridge, hoping that spectator cuts at bridge	Related to NIFTRIK: An S.H. Wimbrough Mystery (David Britland, Genii, 2019)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	307	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards) Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Spectator Cuts to Break, Crimp, Gaff
Edward Victor	A Match Divination	divination of amount of selected matches	Related to Koran / Victor Number Force (Al Koran, Edward Victor, Pabular, 1983) Variations The Jackpot Matchbox (Ken De Courcy, At the Drop of a Match, 1971) Jackpot Coins (David Britland, Genii, 2022)	1937	Magic of the Hands	114	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Billy O'Connor	Two Card Discovery	card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, short card	Variations Billy O'Connor's Two Card Discovery (David Britland, Billy O'Connor, Genii, 2016) Impromptu O'Connor (Roberto Giobbi, Unexpected Agenda, 2024)	1938	Greater Magic	469	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
Mickey MacDougall	The Four Aces	reappearance in poker deal	Variations Mickey's Aces (David Britland, Genii, 2019)	1938	Greater Magic	476	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Collins Ace Routine Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
Stewart James	Sefalaljia	miniature spirit cabinet, ball moves, ring on tape, cigar lights itself, milk vanishes	Also published here Sefalaljia (Stewart James, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: Sefalaljia (Stewart James, The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Related to Présentation inédite de la Cabine Spirite sans médium (Harry Bertall, Hokus Pokus, 1941) Sefalaljia Jr. (Stewart James, The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Sefalaljia Jr. (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) … and 4 more Variations Fourth Dimensional Sewing (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Fourth Dimensional Sewing (The New Jinx, 1963) Sefalaljia Jr. (Stewart James, The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Sefalaljia Jr. (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) … and 2 more	Dec. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 69)	471	Ball / Animation Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Liquid / Vanish Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
Paul Rosini	A Rosi-Cruzian Mystery	daub, button storage, two phases, red-black separation during first phase that is used in second phase	Variations An Impossible Location (David Britland, Genii, 2011)	1940	Expert Card Technique	219	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
	Five Card Royale	one of five, mathematical	Related to Round and Round (The Royal Road to Card Magic, 1948) Best of Friends (Rajneesh Madhok, MAGIC, 2016) Variations Straight to the Point (David Britland, Genii, 2013)	1940	Expert Card Technique	273	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Walter B. Gibson*	Double Reverse	spectator's and performer's cards reverse	Also published here Double Reverse (Walter B. Gibson, The Living End, 1972) Related to Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1998) Club Sandwich (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018) also in: Club Sandwich (Card Tricks That Kilt, 2019) Variations Scripted Thoughts (Bruce Bernstein, Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers, 1981) also in: Scripted Thoughts (Classics, 1998) Scripted Thoughts (Unreal, 2012) Double Trouble (David Britland, Cardopolis, 1983)	Jan. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 77)	505	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Dai Vernon	Card of the Gods	card thought of from top third, found with procedure and counting	Related to The 'Helical' Card Trick (Bob Ostin, Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions, 2005) Variations Card of the Gods (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 105)	633	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Herb Runge	The Weird Inn	with rhyme	Variations The Weird Inn Revisited (David Britland, Genii, 2020)	1941	The Jinx (Issue 128)	739	Puzzle / Miscellaneous
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz, Walter B. Gibson*	Betcha	boiling water in a paper bag beer bet coin bet / puzzle ("One is not a nickel")	Variations Three Coins (Stephen Tucker, David Britland, The Talon, 1978) Not a Half (Karl Fulves, S-C — Contemporary Money Magic*, 1985)	Dec. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 24)	101	Liquid / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr.	Sefalaljia III	ring tied on string, without cover	Also published here in "Magikern" September 1952. also in: Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, Hokus Pokus, 1953) Related to Christmas Cord (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981) also in: Christmas-Schnur (Intermagic, 1989) Variations Cabbalistic Cord (David Britland, The Talon, 1980)	Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 26)	108	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Stewart James	Sefalaljia	miniature spirit cabinet, ball moves, ring on tape, cigar lights itself, milk vanishes The Ball in the Glass The Knotted Handkerchief The Ring on the Tape The Smoked Cigar Drinking the Milk	Also published here Sefalaljia (Stewart James, The Jinx, 1939) also in: Sefalaljia (Stewart James, The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Related to Présentation inédite de la Cabine Spirite sans médium (Harry Bertall, Hokus Pokus, 1941) Sefalaljia Jr. (Stewart James, The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Sefalaljia Jr. (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) … and 3 more Variations Fourth Dimensional Sewing (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Fourth Dimensional Sewing (The New Jinx, 1963) Sefalaljia Jr. (Stewart James, The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Sefalaljia Jr. (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) … and 2 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	105	Ball / Animation Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Liquid / Vanish Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
Royal Vale Heath	One In Millions!	ten named cards, their order recorded, performer arranges them so that they can be spelled out in original order	Variations Spellstack (David Britland, Genii, 2023)	1945	My Best	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Dai Vernon	Cutting The Aces		Related to Handling Improved (Edward Marlo, Let's See the Deck, 1942) Gambling Expose (Milton Kort, The Cardiste, 1958) also in: Kicker In the End (Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968) … and 6 more Variations Ace-Cutting without Double-Cutting (David Bendix, The Hierophant, 1969) The Card Sharp and the Four Gamblers (Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Don Costello, Reputation-Makers, 1971) … and 12 more	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Edward Victor	Front Tilt	card is inserted from the front of the deck	Also published here Edward Victor's Method (Edward Victor, The Pallbearers Review, 1977) Related to Front Tilt (David Britland, Genii, 2011)	1946	Further Magic of the Hands	24	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
U. F. Grant	Grant's Card Trick	three cards change places, two under hand of the spectator one in performer's pocket, duplicate	Also published here "Grant's Card Trick" (marketed 1929) Variations U. F. Grant's Card Trick (David Britland, U. F. Grant, Genii, 2024)	July 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 207)	827	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
John Scarne	Scarne's Red and Black Speller	No. 102, performer locates red and black cards in packet by spelling its colour	Related to Spelling The Colors (Verne Chesbro, Ultimate Color Separation, 1963) Jimmy Findlay's Red Black Speller (David Britland, Genii, 2020)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	194	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Bob Hummer	Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte	mathematical three card monte	Also published here 3-Card Monte (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Related to Psi-Cup '3' (Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones, Magick, 1977) "Perfected Stranger" in "The New Pentagram" Vol. 18, #7. 1986 also in: New Pentagram, Sep. 1988 Perfected Strangers (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more … and 1 more Variations Note Under Cups (Bob Hummer, Al Koran, Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes, 1958) Note Under Cup (Al Koran, Al Koran's Professional Presentations*, 1968) … and 13 more	1951	Mathematical 3 Card Monte	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games
Eddie Joseph	The Invisible Influence	deck is divided in halves and performer knows matching pairs when cards are dealt, six phases The Patter The Influence in Operation The Principle Explained Details of Working Additional Information	Variations Intuition (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Magic — Part One, 1976) also in: Intuition (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) The New Tops, Oct. 1991 also in: Update on Eddie Joseph (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013) … and 1 more Phase Six (David Britland, Genii, 2018)	1951	The Invisible Influence	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Inverse Stack Placement
Charles Nyquist	Sefalaljia III	ring tied on string, without cover	Also published here Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) also in: in "Magikern" September 1952. Related to Christmas Cord (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981) also in: Christmas-Schnur (Intermagic, 1989) Variations Cabbalistic Cord (David Britland, The Talon, 1980)	1953	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 1)	92	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Jack Yates	Match Miracle	spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one	Also published here Yates' Four-Object Divination (Jack Yates, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Vier Gegenstände (Jack Yates, Hokus Pokus, 1959) Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Inspired by Hummer's Three-object Divination (Bob Hummer, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Related to A Penny For Your Thoughts (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: A Penny for Your Thoughts (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) The Chalice from the Palace (David Britland, Genii, 2010) Variations Genii, Mar. 1959 also in: Adams Geheimnis (Intermagic, 1975) The Larger the Bill (Harry Lorayne, The Magic Book, 1977) … and 1 more	1954	Minds in Close-Up	9	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games
Jack Yates	Yates' Four-Object Divination	three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking	Also published here Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Minds in Close-Up, 1954) also in: Vier Gegenstände (Jack Yates, Hokus Pokus, 1959) Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Inspired by Hummer's Three-object Divination (Bob Hummer, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Related to A Penny For Your Thoughts (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: A Penny for Your Thoughts (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) The Chalice from the Palace (David Britland, Genii, 2010) Variations Genii, Mar. 1959 also in: Adams Geheimnis (Intermagic, 1975) The Larger the Bill (Harry Lorayne, The Magic Book, 1977) … and 1 more	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	66	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	The Challenge	mind-reading presentation for transposition plot	Related to Magnetic Thought (Bert Allerton, More Card Manipulations, 1941) also in: Magnetic Thought (The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) Non-Confusing Challenge (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1962) … and 3 more Variations Two-Part Invention (Ken Krenzel, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) Zennerphobia (David Britland, Psychomancy, 1986) … and 4 more	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	114	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Brother John Hamman	The Million-to-One Chance	ten cards by performer and spectator are put down in pairs, ten value matches	Variations Cardopolis Blog, Feb. 2005 also in: Zennerism (Genii, 2011) Two in a Million (Shimpei Katsuragawa, La Campanella, 2022)	1958	The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates are put down alternating
Edward Marlo	Magical Seven	selection reversed in face-up portion travels down into lower face-down portion into seventh position, several repeats Phase One Phase Two Phase Three Phase Four Phase Five	Related to Disco (David Britland, Deckade, 1983) Faith Counter (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1, 2003) … and 1 more Variations For The Magic Seven (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1959) Seven Down (Peter Duffie, Obsession, 1992) … and 1 more	1958	The Magic Seven	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Michael Mence	Blind Coincidence	two spectators find mates behind their backs	Variations Blind Coincidence Revisited (David Britland, Genii, 2018)	1959	Card Tricks	318	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates
Jack Yates	Vier Gegenstände	three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking	Also published here Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Minds in Close-Up, 1954) also in: Yates' Four-Object Divination (Jack Yates, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Inspired by Hummer's Three-object Divination (Bob Hummer, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Related to A Penny For Your Thoughts (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: A Penny for Your Thoughts (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) The Chalice from the Palace (David Britland, Genii, 2010) Variations Genii, Mar. 1959 also in: Adams Geheimnis (Intermagic, 1975) The Larger the Bill (Harry Lorayne, The Magic Book, 1977) … and 1 more	1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)	805	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	The Worm Turns	telling number directly in Einstein trick	Related to The Trick That Didn't Fool Einstein (David Britland, Genii, 2014)	July 1959	Ibidem (Issue 17)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Harry Lorayne	Stop!	estimation of place spectator cuts to	Related to marketed 1934 also in: 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) The Certain Card Trick (Expert Card Technique, 1940) I Should Judge (50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do, 1946) also in: I Should Judge (Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work, 2007) … and 3 more Variations The Trick That Baffled Babbage 2.0 (David Britland, Genii, 2010)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	64	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Harry Lorayne	Mated!	spectator finds two mates	Variations Mated Updated! (Harry Lorayne, Lecture Notes, 1980) also in: Mated Updated (Personal Collection, 2001) Mated Updated (And Finally!, 2018) Combo: One (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) … and 3 more	1962	Close-up Card Magic	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Verne Chesbro	Spelling The Colors	"black" and "red" is spelled alternately with four reds and four blacks and cards of that color turn up, various methods, as oil & water interlude	Related to Scarne's Red and Black Speller (John Scarne, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) Jimmy Findlay's Red Black Speller (David Britland, Genii, 2020)	1963	Ultimate Color Separation	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Paul Curry	The Joker Knows	spectator selects a card, which a vanishes and appears in the card case	Variations The Problem with Premonition (David Britland, Genii, 2013) Elimineight (Steve Beam, Elixir, 2017) also in: Elimineight (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018)	1965	Magician's Magic	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Paul Curry	The Case of the Missing Hat	cards with magicians and with hats, story trick	Related to "Dirty Tricks" (Paul Curry, "Dirty Tricks", 1976) The Case of the Missing Hat (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) … and 3 more Variations Seconds Out... (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1983) Overbooked Test (Michael Weber, Tim Trono, Real Secrets, 2013) … and 1 more	1965	Magician's Magic	248	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Puzzle Puzzle / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Francis Haxton	Gambler's Last Chance	performer holds four cards, spectator choses any card face-down, it completes Royal Flush	Also published here Gambler's Last Chance (Francis Haxton, Self-Working Close-up Card Magic, 1995) Inspired by Smart Alexis (Stewart James, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) Variations Spectator's Royal Flush (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) Easy Poker (David Britland, Genii, 2018)	Aug. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 10)	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Al Koran	The Gold Medallion	prediction of number on medallion	Related to The Gold Medallion (Al Koran, Al Koran's Legacy, 1972) The Jubilee Medallion (Alan Shaxon, Practical Sorcery, 1976) … and 7 more Variations The Antique Medallion (Glenn G. Gravatt, Al Koran, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7, 1972) None But the Brave (Roy Johnson, Third Dimension*, 1977) … and 13 more	1968	Al Koran's Professional Presentations	11	Chip / Prediction Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Suggestions & Verbal Ploys Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Koran Medallion & Room Service
Karl Fulves*	According to Hoyle	stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face-up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins	Also published here According to Hoyle (Karl Fulves, The Magic Book, 1977) also in: According to Hoyle (Karl Fulves, My Best Self-Working Card Tricks, 2001) According To Hoyle (Karl Fulves, Errata, 2015) Related to Pay Up (David Bornstein, The Chronicles, 1978) Exchange Poker (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2, 2009) … and 2 more Variations The Last Game (David Britland, The New Talon, 1986) also in: The Last Game (Virtual Miracles, 2000) The Last Game (Genii, 2010) … and 2 more Exchange Euchre (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1*, 2008) … and 9 more	Nov. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 1)	218	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Robert Parrish	On the Open Prediction	see also p. 270 for reference	Related to Three Times A Lady (David Britland, Psychomancy, 1986) suggestion by Ed Marlo on p. 230 Variations Marlo's Repeat Open Prediction (Edward Marlo, The Hierophant, 1969)	Winter 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)	223	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob Ostin	Name Spelling	name is spelled to find selection	Also published here Christian (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1982)	1968	Fingertip Fantasies	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Random Cards
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Acrobatic Cards	four cards, top and bottom cards turned over, they are all shown one way again, repeated	Variations The Chicago Combination (Edward Marlo, David Solomon, Jim Molinari, Good Turns, 1977) Convincing Acrobatic Cards (Edward Marlo, Good Turns, 1977) … and 3 more	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Karl Fulves*	Even Money Proposition	spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake	Also published here Even-Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to See Also... (Karl Fulves, The Noir Test, 1998) Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Onyx, 1998) … and 5 more Variations Divided We Stand (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1970) also in: Divided We Stand (The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Even Money (Larry Jennings, The Pallbearers Review*, 1970) … and 27 more	May 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)	257	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Roy Walton*	The Changeling	two cards change into selection one by one	Also published here The Changeling (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Variations Changed Changeling (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) The Knack (Jerry Sadowitz, Spell-Binder*, 1982) … and 2 more	1969	The Devil's Playthings	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Harvey Rosenthal*	Instant Sandwich	king on bottom and top, vanish and sandwich card in middle	Related to Sandwitchery - Phase II (Jerry K. Hartman, Packet Magic, 1972) Control (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981)	Nov. 1970	Epilogue (Issue 10)	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
Gene Lawton*	Ultra Reverse	deck pocketed, spectator removes card, when deck is spread, its mate is reversed	Variations Ultra Reverse Simplified (David Britland, Genii, 2024)	Apr. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 6)	331	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Reinhard Müller	3-Card Catch	one-handed sandwich throw	Also published here 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, Epilogue, 1972) Related to 3-Card Catch (Gerald Kosky, Epilogue, 1973) Jumping Jacks (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) … and 6 more Variations Notes on 3 Card Catch (Jerry K. Hartman, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Notes on 3 Card Catch (Harvey Rosenthal, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: 3-Card Catch (Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2, 2003) 3-Card Catch Handling (Prolix*, 2012) … and 16 more	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	431	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Peter Kane	Jazz Aces		Also published here Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Card Cavalcade II, 1974) also in: Peter Kane's Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Packet Tricks, 1982) Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Hokus Pokus, 1990) Variations Jazlik (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) The Blues Brothers (David Britland, The Best of Close-Up Magic , 1984) … and 9 more	1971	Another Card Session with Peter Kane	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Frank Garcia	Head to Head Poker	kind of Always cut the Cards in reverse, crimp	Variations Master of the Game (David Britland, Joe Dignam, Master of the Game, 1988) Poker Deal with a Breather (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3, 2011)	1972	Million Dollar Card Secrets	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Reinhard Müller	3-Card Catch	selection is found via Three Card Catch, two methods	Also published here 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Related to 3-Card Catch (Gerald Kosky, Epilogue, 1973) Jumping Jacks (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) … and 6 more Variations Notes on 3 Card Catch (Jerry K. Hartman, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Notes on 3 Card Catch (Harvey Rosenthal, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: 3-Card Catch (Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2, 2003) 3-Card Catch Handling (Prolix*, 2012) … and 16 more	Mar. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 14)	112	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Al Koran	Numerology	ca. nine called-out four-digit numbers written on paper and put in bowl, spectator takes out paper and it is predicted, disappearing ink, see p. 552 for credit information, see p. 608 for comments by Mike Rogers and Sam Dalal	Also published here Numerology (Al Koran, Intermagic, 1973) Related to "Decision Control" (Syd Bergson) Variations Velleda Variations (David Britland, The Talon, 1979)	Apr. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6)	514	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Walter B. Gibson*	Double Reverse	spectator's and performer's cards reverse	Also published here Double Reverse (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1940) Related to Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1998) Club Sandwich (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018) also in: Club Sandwich (Card Tricks That Kilt, 2019) Variations Scripted Thoughts (Bruce Bernstein, Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers, 1981) also in: Scripted Thoughts (Classics, 1998) Scripted Thoughts (Unreal, 2012) Double Trouble (David Britland, Cardopolis, 1983)	1972	The Living End	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Frank Garcia	Riding the Aces		Related to Riding the Aces Production (Frank Garcia, Randy Wakeman Presents, 1989) Variations Kings on a Ladder (Phillip Young, Fingers don't Entertain, People Do, 1982) Sudden Impact (David Britland, Genii, 2012)	1973	Super Subtle Card Miracles	196	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves*	No-Cover Aces	four aces, four indifferent cards, aces vanish/change into indifferent cards, aces found again	Variations Alchemy (David Britland, The New Talon, 1987)	1973	Notes From Underground	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Jerry K. Hartman	One Good Turn	Aces placed between the Jokers will reverse itself	Inspired by Iso-Warp (David Britland, The Talon, 1981) Variations Illusion Aces (Karl Fulves, Epilogue, 1972) One Good Turn Deserves Another (Justin Higham, The Card Man-uscript, 1985)	1973	Means & Ends	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Al Koran	Numerology	ca. nine called-out four-digit numbers written on paper and put in bowl, spectator takes out paper and it is predicted, disappearing ink	Also published here Numerology (Al Koran, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Variations Velleda Variations (David Britland, The Talon, 1979)	July 1973	Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1)	11	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Peter Kane	Jazz Aces		Also published here Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Another Card Session with Peter Kane, 1971) also in: Peter Kane's Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Packet Tricks, 1982) Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Hokus Pokus, 1990) Variations Jazlik (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) The Blues Brothers (David Britland, The Best of Close-Up Magic , 1984) … and 9 more	1974	Card Cavalcade II	123	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Paul Curry	Turn of the Century	setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure	Also published here Turn of the Century (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Related to Turn of the Century Location (Paul Curry, Something Borrowed, Something New, 1941) also in: Turn of the Century Location (My Best, 1945) Turn of the Century Location (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) The Perfect Card Location (Henry Christ, Prepared Cards and Accessories, 1942) … and 5 more Variations Betwixt and Between (Peter Duffie, Card Selection, 1993) An Old (sheared) Black Ram² (Michael Weber, Paul Curry, An Old Black Ram², 2010)	1974	Paul Curry Presents	57	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Stephen Minch	Fortunes of a Wise Fool	based on an idea by Ed Mellon, matrix force	Related to Days of Force (Mel Stover, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: Calendar (5) (Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951) Variations Quintasense (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Arcana (Christian Chelman, Capricornian Tales*, 1993) … and 1 more	1974	The Book of Thoth	41	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Tarot
Karl Fulves*	Topological Trap	sandwiched card penetrates sandwich cards, a corner secretly folded	Variations Tearing a Lady in Two (David Britland, Tearing a Lady in Two, 1983)	1975	Methods with Cards — Part 2	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Roy Walton*	The Paint Brush Change	As a Colour Change and Appearance	Also published here The Paint Brush Change (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Related to K.M. Handling (David Britland, Subtle Miracles, 2004) Double Lift Substitutes: Method Two (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) Variations Slow-mo Covered Walton Snap Change (Peter Duffie, Pabular, 1979) also in: Slow-mo Covered Walton Snap Change (Scotland Up Close, 2005) Paintbrush Change Variation (Roy Walton, Jerry Sadowitz, Spell-Binder, 1982) … and 1 more	1975	Some Late Extra Card Tricks	12	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
David Britland	David Britland Writes			May 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 9)	261	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Sleeve
David Britland	Through the Fourth Dimension			Oct. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 2)	316	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
David Britland	Lateral Change			Oct. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 2)	317	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Infamous Tap-Dancing Cards	selection from one half travels reversed in other half, then transforms into second selection after being sandwiched, other card from pocket	Inspired by The Phantom (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Variations Tap Dancing Finale (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Disco (David Britland, Deckade, 1983)	1976	Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Twist!	card perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over, color changing back kicker ("The Bizarre Routine")	Also published here El Giro Fantastico (Paul Harris, Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) also in: The Bizarre Twist (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Related to Twistrap (Sam Schwartz, The Chronicles, 1978) The Bizarre Vanish (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) also in: The Bizarre Vanish (The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) … and 2 more Variations Cros Twist (Daniel Cros, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978) On the Bizarre Twist (Marc Russell, The Talon, 1981) also in: On the Bizarre Twist (Deckade, 1983) … and 16 more	1976	Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland	Editor's Note			1976 ca.	Sleightly Surprising	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Edward Victor	Edward Victor's Method		Also published here Front Tilt (Edward Victor, Further Magic of the Hands, 1946) Related to Front Tilt (David Britland, Genii, 2011)	1977	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #10)	1026	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Robert Walker	Twist and Transpo	twisting followed by Daley's Last transpo	Inspired by Jump-Jump Aces (Edward Marlo, Expert Card Chicanery, 1971) Variations Dust Busters (David Britland, Equinox, 1985)	1977	Good Turns	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Karl Fulves*	According to Hoyle	stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face-up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins	Also published here According to Hoyle (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: According to Hoyle (Karl Fulves, My Best Self-Working Card Tricks, 2001) According To Hoyle (Karl Fulves, Errata, 2015) Related to Pay Up (David Bornstein, The Chronicles, 1978) Exchange Poker (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2, 2009) … and 2 more Variations The Last Game (David Britland, The New Talon, 1986) also in: The Last Game (Virtual Miracles, 2000) The Last Game (Genii, 2010) … and 2 more Exchange Euchre (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1*, 2008) … and 9 more	1977	The Magic Book	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Paul Harris	El Giro Fantastico	card perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over, color changing back kicker ("The Bizarre Routine")	Also published here The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: The Bizarre Twist (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Related to Twistrap (Sam Schwartz, The Chronicles, 1978) The Bizarre Vanish (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) also in: The Bizarre Vanish (The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) … and 2 more Variations Cros Twist (Daniel Cros, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978) On the Bizarre Twist (Marc Russell, The Talon, 1981) also in: On the Bizarre Twist (Deckade, 1983) … and 16 more	Dec. 1977	Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 3 No. 36)	262	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland	Introduction			1978	Trick Card Trickery	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Britland	The Experimental Elmsley Count	four cards, two cards hidden		1978	Trick Card Trickery	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
David Britland	Instant Printing	four blank cards printed, different versions 1. Two by Two 2. All together 3. A Spanner in the Works (face pips are accidentally printed on back)	Inspired by Peter Kane's "Blank Amazement"	1978	Trick Card Trickery	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
David Britland	Supersonic Joker	two red-backed blank cards, one blue-backed Joker, situation reverses		1978	Trick Card Trickery	8	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
David Britland	An Oddity!	three blank cards and a Joker, twisting and then all become Jokers		1978	Trick Card Trickery	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
David Britland	Turncoat	twisting with four Jacks of Diamonds, one red and three blue backed, back situation reverses, red/blue double backer		1978	Trick Card Trickery	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
David Britland	'simpossible	deck shuffled, two spectators each get half a deck and exchange any card, performer takes only one half and names both cards after looking through it		1978	Trick Card Trickery	13	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Jerry K. Hartman	Wile Card	Four Jokers change to Ten, Jack, Queen, King of Spades to form a Royal Flush with a tabled Ace of Spades	Also published here Wile Card (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Inspired by Father Cyprian's Wild Card (Father Cyprian, Super Subtle Card Miracles, 1973) Variations Sorcerer #3, 1988 also in: Predator (Genii, 2021)	1978	Loose Ends	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Three Coins	vanishing coin with coin puzzle presentation	Inspired by Betcha (Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz, Walter B. Gibson, The Phoenix*, 1942)	1978	The Talon (Issue 1)	2	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Gaffed Coin / Gaffed / Shell
David Britland	Chinka Dice	chink-a-chink, with jumbo dice kicker		1978	The Talon (Issue 1)	4	Dice (small) / Traveling
David Britland	Out Policy			1978	The Talon (Issue 1)	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Britland	The Oracle	on Uri Geller, Mark Lewis, Joe Dignam		1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	9	Articles / Columns
Al Smith	Cross Over Aces	using pick-up from wrong packets, see p. 37 for variation by David Britland	Also published here Cross Over Aces (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) Related to Notes (David Britland, The Talon, 1979) Three-Second Wonder (Gary Ouellet, Apocalypse, 1987) also in: Three Second Wonder (Close Up Illusions, 1990) Three Second Wonder (A Dream of Aces, 1993) … and 1 more Variations Shuffle Cut Aces (David Britland, Genii, 2019) The News Force (Steve Beam, Smokers, 2021) … and 1 more	1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Trevor Lewis	All Change	color change, using a one-handed top palm with the second card from top, see p. 37 for credit information and variation by Stephen Tucker	Also published here "Color Change" in "Abra" Nr. 1578, 1976. P. 352. Related to Deane Moore's "The Clip Palm" in "Genii" Vol. 11, Nr. 10, 1947. P. 305. Notes (David Britland, The Talon, 1979)	1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	17	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / One-Handed
David Britland	Calculated Mysteries	prediction / force with calculator, memory button, Uri Geller anecdote		1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	19	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calculator Numbers / Number Forces / Calculator
David Britland	Synthetic Spell			1978	The Talon (Issue 2)	22	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Karl Fulves*	Even-Money Proposition	No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly	Also published here Even Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) Related to See Also... (Karl Fulves, The Noir Test, 1998) Mexican Poker (David Solomon, Onyx, 1998) … and 5 more Variations Divided We Stand (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1970) also in: Divided We Stand (The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Even Money (Larry Jennings, The Pallbearers Review*, 1970) … and 27 more	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	94	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
David Britland	The Oracle			Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	24	Articles / Columns
David Britland (reviewer)	Cards 2 - 51 Faces North	by Karl Fulves*		Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	24	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	The Crabtree Connection	by Roger Crabtree (written by Lewis Ganson)		Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	24	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland	Velleda Variations	chips with numbers in a bag, forcing a number, erasable ink	Inspired by Numerology (Al Koran, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: Numerology (Intermagic, 1973)	Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	25	Chip / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Principles / Secretly erasing Writing
David Britland	Quasi		Variations Fool's Mate (David Britland, Genii, 2015)	Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
David Britland	Dark Forces	card turns face up in the deck, when value is counted it leads to selection, Henry Christ force as placement		Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	34	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
David Britland	Disapen	pen disappears between hands		Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	36	Sleeving Techniques Pen & Pencil / Vanish
David Britland	Notes	on the one-handed top palm with second card from the top and Cross-Over Aces	Related to Cross Over Aces (Al Smith, The Talon, 1978) also in: Cross Over Aces (Cards On Demand, 1980) All Change (Trevor Lewis, The Talon, 1978) also in: "Color Change" in "Abra" Nr. 1578, 1976. P. 352.	Jan. 1979	The Talon (Issue 3)	37	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / One-Handed Articles / Articles
David Britland	The Oracle	with credit information by Jeff Busby on The Hotel Mystery Plot		June 1979	The Talon (Issue 4)	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery Articles / Columns
David Britland	Guillo	bits of business for the finger chopper		June 1979	The Talon (Issue 4)	40	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
David Britland	Auto Knot	with a string, knot is moved and string apparently restored		June 1979	The Talon (Issue 4)	45	Rope / Cut & Restored
David Britland	The Oracle			Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	50	Articles / Columns
David Britland (reviewer)	Sleight Unseen	by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch)		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	50	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Cloned	by Magic Ronnay		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	50	Reviews / Props & Tricks
David Britland (reviewer)	Spectrum Plus	by Magic Ronnay		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	50	Reviews / Props & Tricks
David Britland	Quick Slick	several phases, 4&4	Inspired by Karl Fulves' "Oil and Water" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 53, Nr. 8. 1973, P. 74. Variations Quick Slick (David Britland, Genii, 2021)	Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
David Britland	Fulvesque	introduction		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	60	Articles / Articles
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Tucker's Turnover	one Ace changes into selection		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Face Card Fantasy	with Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	66	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
David Britland, Trevor Lewis	Ace Wave	four Aces in envelope, named is reversed and has different back, with message on back for extra kicker		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
David Britland (reviewer)	Cards and Cases	by Karl Fulves*		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	68	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	The Shamrock Code and Parallel Principle	by Karl Fulves*		Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	68	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Tommy Wonder	Falling Pips	pips on cards "fall" to one end when cards are tapped on table	Related to Heavy Ink (Hiroshi Sawa, Sawa's Library of Magic — Volume One, 1988) Variations Footsteps (Stephen Tucker, David Britland, The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker, 1984)	Feb. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 2)	806	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Moving Pips Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Karl Fulves* (reviewer)	The Talon	by David Britland		1980	Interlocutor (Issue 41)	164	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Bob Hummer	3-Card Monte	mathematical three card monte	Also published here Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte (Bob Hummer, Mathematical 3 Card Monte, 1951) Related to Psi-Cup '3' (Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones, Magick, 1977) "Perfected Stranger" in "The New Pentagram" Vol. 18, #7. 1986 also in: New Pentagram, Sep. 1988 Perfected Strangers (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more … and 1 more Variations Note Under Cups (Bob Hummer, Al Koran, Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes, 1958) Note Under Cup (Al Koran, Al Koran's Professional Presentations*, 1968) … and 13 more	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games
Jack Yates	Match Miracle	spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one	Also published here Match Miracle (Jack Yates, Minds in Close-Up, 1954) also in: Yates' Four-Object Divination (Jack Yates, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Vier Gegenstände (Jack Yates, Hokus Pokus, 1959) Inspired by Hummer's Three-object Divination (Bob Hummer, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Related to A Penny For Your Thoughts (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: A Penny for Your Thoughts (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) The Chalice from the Palace (David Britland, Genii, 2010) Variations Genii, Mar. 1959 also in: Adams Geheimnis (Intermagic, 1975) The Larger the Bill (Harry Lorayne, The Magic Book, 1977) … and 1 more	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	63	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games
David Britland	Prologue			1980	Zennerism	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Britland	Zennerism	five ESP cards (or Ace through Five), one is pocketed by spectator and the rest are put down in pairs alternating with performer, all match, marked or impromptu Effect Preparation Performance Notes		1980	Zennerism	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates are put down alternating ESP Cards / Matching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Haruhito Hirata	The Hirata Master Move	coin is brought down on table and vanishes	Related to Simple Filtration (シンプル・フィルトレーション) (Tomoya Horiki, Coinlang., 2017) Variations Thru (David Britland, The Talon, 1981) The Infidel Change (Gary Ouellet, Close Up Illusions, 1990)	1980	The Silver Passage	20	Lapping Principles / General Principles Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Tabled
David Britland	The Oracle	on Harry Lorayne, Paul Stone, The Ace Place		1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	69	Articles / Columns
David Britland	Cabbalistic Cord	ring threaded on string under handkerchief	Inspired by Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) also in: in "Magikern" September 1952. Sefalaljia III (Hokus Pokus, 1953)	1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	75	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Al Smith	Heavy Metal Aces		Variations Tradacez (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) The Blues Brothers (David Britland, The Best of Close-Up Magic , 1984)	1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion
David Britland	Drinking Spell	spelling through cards, names of liquids	Inspired by The Joker Speller (Tom Sellers, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	81	Liquid / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Spelling
David Britland	Alien	odd backed card, mirror face as kicker	Also published here Alien (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1983) Related to Alien (David Britland, Genii, 2018) Variations The Impressionist (David Britland, Equinox, 1985) The Return of the Alien (Ben Harris, Midnight Special, 1985)	1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Mirror & Cards
Keith Davies	Oil Shake	4&4, mixing climax	Inspired by O + W (David Britland, Deckade, 1983)	1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	87	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
David Britland	Creo	prediction of created card, re-deal		1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / Re-Deal Force
David Britland (reviewer)	Self-Working Mental Magic	by Karl Fulves*		1980	The Talon (Issue 6)	90	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Al Smith	Cross Over Aces	using pick-up from wrong packets	Also published here Cross Over Aces (Al Smith, The Talon, 1978) Related to Notes (David Britland, The Talon, 1979) Three-Second Wonder (Gary Ouellet, Apocalypse, 1987) also in: Three Second Wonder (Close Up Illusions, 1990) Three Second Wonder (A Dream of Aces, 1993) … and 1 more Variations Shuffle Cut Aces (David Britland, Genii, 2019) The News Force (Steve Beam, Smokers, 2021) … and 1 more	1980	Cards On Demand	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Meir Yedid	Slingshot Snapout	bottom card shoots out	Also published here Slingshot Snap Out (Meir Yedid, Incredible Close-Up Magic, 1982) also in: Kartenschiessen (Meir Yedid, Meir Yedid, 1991) Slingshot Snapout (Meir Yedid, Memorable Magic, 1993) Related to Card Production (New Wave Close-Up, 1987) Variations Runaway Business Card (Meir Yedid, Off the Wall, 1983) also in: Die fliegende Visitenkarte (Meir Yedid, 1991) Runaway Business Card (Memorable Magic, 1993) Cannon Fire (David Britland, Cardopolis, 1983)	1981	Cardworks	26	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Philip T. Goldstein*	A Fine Mesh	two selections between three odd-backed jokers vanish, then a joker finds the selections in deck on either side, red/blue double backer	Also published here A Fine Mesh (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus, 1990) Related to The Carnivor-Ace Aces (Justin Higham, All Hands on Deck!, 1985) Variations Die "Wundersamen" Karten (Reinhard Müller, Riesenkarten 2, 1984) Another Fine Mesh (David Britland, Philip T. Goldstein, Genii*, 2018) also in: Sorcerer No. 8	1981	Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Vanish Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
David Britland	Pseudo	one handed	Inspired by Cutting The Aces (Dai Vernon, Stars of Magic, 1946)	May 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1)	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
David Britland	False One Handed Cut			May 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1)	14	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
David Britland	Continuum	card sticks out from center, second card is added to it, when card is removed, apparently Irv Wiener's move, see p. 94 for credits	Related to Jargon (Stephen Tucker, Spell-Binder, 1981) The One-Card Double Lift (Irv Weiner, Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus, 1985/87)	June 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 2)	29	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Stephen Tucker	Jargon	on David Britland, Dave Bendix, Bobby Bernard		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	34	Articles / Columns
David Britland	Sandwich Switch	on the deck		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	39	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Gags?	with books, cards and pens		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	44	Book / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
David Britland	Acepell	four Aces are produced, first by spelling a cut to card		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
David Britland	Binge	Jacks perpendicular in deck, squared and selection ends up in between		July 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
David Britland	Card of the Gods		Inspired by Card of the Gods (Dai Vernon, The Jinx, 1940)	Aug. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 4)	63	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
David Britland	Duet	two cards		Sep. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)	81	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
David Britland	Control	variation on the Ovette / Kelly move, see p. 150 for credits	Related to Instant Sandwich (Harvey Rosenthal, Epilogue, 1970) Letter on Britland's Control (Harvey Rosenthal, Spell-Binder, 1981)	Sep. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)	91	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement)
Stephen Tucker	Jargon	credit information on Continuum	Related to Continuum (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981)	Oct. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 6)	94	Articles / Columns
David Britland	Catchers	sandwich cards squared with the deck	Inspired by 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: 3-Card Catch (Epilogue, 1972) Variations FF Color Catchers (Reinhard Müller, Spell-Binder, 1982)	Nov. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 7)	118	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
David Britland	Christmas Cord	penetration with pair of scissors, under handkerchief	Also published here Christmas-Schnur (David Britland, Intermagic, 1989) Inspired by Sefalaljia (Stewart James, The Jinx, 1939) also in: Sefalaljia (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Sefalaljia (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Related to Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) also in: in "Magikern" September 1952. Sefalaljia III (Hokus Pokus, 1953)	Dec. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)	140	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Harvey Rosenthal*	Letter on Britland's Control		Related to Control (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981)	Dec. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)	150	Articles / Letters
Marc Russell, David Britland	Toasted Sandwich	sandwich cards inserted half-way in deck, pivoted and selection spins out between them	Variations Toastmasters (David Britland, Equinox, 1985)	1981	Babel (Issue 1)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
David Britland	The Laser Spacer	prop for coins through table, spinning disc, idea		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
David Britland	Paul Daniels - It's Magic	on Paul Daniels, Fred Peter's Dancers, Jean-Claude and Yvette, The Compagni Philippe Genty, Karen Kay		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	8	Reviews / Shows Articles / Biographical Articles / Magic on TV
David Britland	A Quick Pick Me Up	clever handling for cut and restored rope		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	15	Rope / Cut & Restored
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	Dealarama	pictures of magic shops in London, International Magic Shop, Repro Magic, Martin Breese, London Magic Centre, Alan Alan's Magic Spot, Davenport & Co, Ace Place Magic Studi		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	16	Articles / Articles Articles / Magic History
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	Chinese Acrobatic Theatre			1981	Babel (Issue 1)	23	Articles / Articles
David Britland	On the Razzle	one stick with three cords		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	25	Wand & Stick / Chinese Sticks
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	The Great Box Mystery	unclear if Patterson or Britland, card in case transposes with card in deck, case is sandwiched in the deck and flicked		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	A Quickie	unclear if Patterson or Britland, gag, pen is stretched		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	27	Pen & Pencil / Growing & Shrinking
David Britland (reviewer)	Cardworks	by Richard Kaufman		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	28	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Reflections	by Paul Daniels		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	29	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	News in Brief	on David Murfet, Bill Slade, Lee Roy, Bob Dixon, Geoff Milne, Mark Randall Mooneyham, Trevor Revell, Dale Tadlock, Ray Goulet, Dixie Dooley		1981	Babel (Issue 1)	29	Articles / Articles
David Britland	Babel - Editorial			1981	Babel (Issue 2)	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Britland	A Coin Routine - With Interest	one coin routine with jumbo coin kicker		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine
David Britland	Coin Transformation	coin into jumbo coin		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	7	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	Repro 71	article on the magic shop "Repro 71" by Geoff Maltby		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	8	Articles / Articles Articles / Magic History
David Britland	Pandora's Boxes	sympathetic matchboxes, lids open and close	Variations Pandora's Boxes (Version 2) (Bob Ostin, Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions, 2005)	1981	Babel (Issue 2)	13	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	Fun & Frolics in Great Yarmouth	IBM convention in Great Yarmouth, Da Silva Puppet Theatre, Shaun McCree, Crisco, John Cornelius, Ali Bongo, Peter Warlock, Jack Mayes, Terry Herbert, Mike Gancia, Walt Lees, Mark Leveridge, Eddie Dawes, John Palfreyman, Peter Lane, John Salisse, Peter Kersten, Josephine, Joe Nex, Chu Chin Fu, Jan Madd & Chantal, Johnny Thompson, Jeffrey Atkins, Joe Marvel, Pierre Brahma, Jacqueline, Eddy & Company, Harry Nicholls, Frans Biemans, Tommy Wonder, Hans Van Senus, Bob Little, Roger Crosthwaite		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	16	Articles / Articles Articles / Convention Reports
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	John Calvert: Actor & Magician on the move			1981	Babel (Issue 2)	19	Articles / Biographical
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	How to Tackle Problems			1981	Babel (Issue 2)	23	Articles / Theory & Essays
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland	The Magic Cube	inner working of the cube		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	25	Articles / Articles Rubik's Cube / Miscellaneous
David Britland	Enigmas 1: Computer Cards	card location with mechanics of the Simple Shift, flourishy	Related to Computer Deck (David Britland, Genii, 2014)	1981	Babel (Issue 2)	26	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
David Britland (reviewer)	Meir Yedid's Finger Fantasies	by Meir Yedid (written by Harry Lorayne)		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	27	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Tearable	by Philip T. Goldstein*		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	27	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Cardmagic Selfspoken	by E. T. Hollins		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	27	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Instant Inflation	by Trevor Lewis		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	27	Reviews / Props & Tricks
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	Erase a Card?	on pencil rubbers with a card on them		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	28	Articles / Articles
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	The Amazing Vanishing Money Effect	on plastic money		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	28	Articles / Articles
David Britland, Stuart R. Patterson	News in Brief	on the passing of Kuda Bux, Mohammed Ali, Wally Boyce, Harry Lorayne, David Bamber, Larry Kettlehake		1981	Babel (Issue 2)	30	Articles / Articles
David Britland	The Oracle	on Jeff Busby, Arcane		1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	91	Articles / Columns
David Britland	Iso-Warp	four Aces turn over, one by one	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Variations One Good Turn (Jerry K. Hartman, Means & Ends, 1973)	1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland, Gert Malmros	Numismagic			1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	105	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
David Britland	Thru	coin is brought down on table and vanishes, with variation by Stephen Tucker as a transformation	Inspired by The Hirata Master Move (Haruhito Hirata, The Silver Passage, 1980)	1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	105	Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
David Britland (reviewer)	Nickel Saver	by Scotty York		1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	109	Reviews / Props & Tricks
David Britland (reviewer)	The New One Cup Routine	by Shigeo Takagi		1981	The Talon (Issue 7)	109	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Roy Walton*	The Changeling	two cards change into selection one by one	Also published here The Changeling (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) Variations Changed Changeling (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) The Knack (Jerry Sadowitz, Spell-Binder*, 1982) … and 2 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Roy Walton*	The Paint Brush Change	As a Colour Change and Appearance	Also published here The Paint Brush Change (Roy Walton, Some Late Extra Card Tricks, 1975) Related to K.M. Handling (David Britland, Subtle Miracles, 2004) Double Lift Substitutes: Method Two (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) Variations Slow-mo Covered Walton Snap Change (Peter Duffie, Pabular, 1979) also in: Slow-mo Covered Walton Snap Change (Scotland Up Close, 2005) Paintbrush Change Variation (Roy Walton, Jerry Sadowitz, Spell-Binder, 1982) … and 1 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	155	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Andrew Pargeter	Card-Trek	two cards pushed through "tunnel" formed by two other cards transpose	Variations Twisted Sister (David Britland, Parallax, 1986) also in: Die verdrehten Schwestern (Intermagic, 1988)	1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6)	1050	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit
Philip T. Goldstein*	New Wave	spectator reverses one of five ESP cards, same is reversed in packet in envelope	Also published here New Wave (Philip T. Goldstein, 12/12, 1982) Variations Consumer Control (David Britland, Psychomancy*, 1986)	1982	shuffled lecture	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) ESP Cards / Prediction
Karl Fulves*	Out Pivot	incomplete faro condition, cards pushed together and selection pivots out	Related to The Topological Angel (David Britland, Angel Card Rise Plus, 1986)	1982	T.V. Card Rise	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Philip T. Goldstein*	New Wave	spectator reverses one of five ESP cards, same is reversed in packet in envelope	Also published here New Wave (Philip T. Goldstein, shuffled lecture, 1982) Variations Consumer Control (David Britland, Psychomancy*, 1986)	1982	12/12	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) ESP Cards / Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
David Britland	Tilt?	tilt variartion		Jan. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)	163	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	American-Express	two card transposition, coin under cards travels as well, duplicate	Also published here American Express (David Britland, Stephen Tucker, Intermagic, 1996)	Jan. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)	165	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins from Hand to under Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Stephen Tucker, John Brown, David Britland	Full-Circle	coin and card vanish and appear on deck		Feb. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)	184	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Isolated Cards
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Adder	spectator write numbers on paper in envelope, performer removes some they add up to any named number	Also published here Der Addierer (David Britland, Stephen Tucker, Intermagic, 1996)	Feb. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)	188	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Paper / Envelopes / Normal Paper / Envelopes / Marked
David Britland	Mate	two mates are found from a shuffled deck, hindu shuffle	Inspired by Mated! (Harry Lorayne, Close-up Card Magic, 1962)	Mar. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)	199	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
David Britland	News Flash	word in newspaper, carbon	Also published here News Flash (David Britland, Intermagic, 1996)	Mar. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)	200	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
David Britland	Black Red	using quick 3-way moves	Also published here Rot/Schwarz (David Britland, Intermagic, 1994)	Apr. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12)	224	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
David Britland	Straight from the Top	palming a card while dealing through deck	Related to Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte (Hugo Kramer, Die Zauberwelt, 1898) also in: Die verbrannte und wieder entstandene Karte (Das Buch der Kartenkunststücke — I. Teil, 1900)	May 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)	241	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
David Britland	Christian	card at position vanishes and appears when spectator's name is spelled	Also published here Name Spelling (Bob Ostin, Fingertip Fantasies, 1968) Inspired by "What's in a Name?" in Garcia and Schindler's "Magic with Cards"	May 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)	248	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
David Britland	Small Prophet	selection is found by placing a coin on a car, two-way out, with four Aces climax or by spelling Ace		1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
David Britland	Open all Hours	open prediction, with odd backed card, repeated and prediction transforms		1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
David Britland	Face to Face	two selections, joker stabbed into the deck next to first selection, then joker turns into second selection		June 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)	260	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Creating an impromtu Double Backer Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
David Britland	Method for Facing two Selections at the Top of the Deck			June 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)	261	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
David Britland	A 4th for Dinner	selection placed between two Jokers, teeth marks cut out, it vanishes and reappears	Variations Ein Viertel zu Diner (David Britland, Rudolf Braunmüller, Intermagic, 1989)	July 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)	283	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Reinhard Müller	FF Color Catchers		Inspired by Catchers (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981)	July 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)	286	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
David Britland	Specututular!			Aug. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 16)	309	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
David Britland	Red Alert	freely chosen card is only odd-backed card		Sep. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)	321	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
David Britland	Cash Card	card changes in packet of bills		Sep. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)	322	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation - card-object / Other Object Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Cards
David Britland	Etc			Sep. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)	324	Articles / Columns Articles / Articles
David Britland	Shocker	paper burns in a flash and becomes a coin		Sep. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)	329	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
	Reverse of a Card		Related to David Britland's" Reverse Shuffle" in "Magigram" 10 / 1976	Oct. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18)	341	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
David Britland	See Shell	signed coin, coin penetrated selection		Oct. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18)	349	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations Coin / Gaffed / Shell
David Britland	Xmas Time Trip	climax for time machine trick, deck ends up sealed in cellophane		Dec. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)	379	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cellophane
David Britland	Live and Let Dye	climax for dye tube, three silks knotted together		1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))	5	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Meir Yedid	Slingshot Snap Out	bottom card shoots out	Also published here Slingshot Snapout (Meir Yedid, Cardworks, 1981) also in: Kartenschiessen (Meir Yedid, Meir Yedid, 1991) Slingshot Snapout (Meir Yedid, Memorable Magic, 1993) Related to Card Production (New Wave Close-Up, 1987) Variations Runaway Business Card (Meir Yedid, Off the Wall, 1983) also in: Die fliegende Visitenkarte (Meir Yedid, 1991) Runaway Business Card (Memorable Magic, 1993) Cannon Fire (David Britland, Cardopolis, 1983)	1982	Incredible Close-Up Magic	51	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Peter Kane	Peter Kane's Jazz Aces		Also published here Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Another Card Session with Peter Kane, 1971) also in: Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Card Cavalcade II, 1974) Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, Hokus Pokus, 1990) Variations Jazlik (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) The Blues Brothers (David Britland, The Best of Close-Up Magic , 1984) … and 9 more	1982	Packet Tricks	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Al Smith (reviewer)	Deckade	by David Britland		Mar. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 9)	1105	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Britland (reviewer)	Review Of the Martin Nash Lecture (London 1983)			Nov. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 2)	1174	Reviews / Lecture
Stephen Tucker	Editorial	on Phil Goldstein, David Britland		Nov. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 2)	1174	Articles / Columns
Philip T. Goldstein*, Frank Thompson	Exitwist	twisting with four jokers, one vanishes at the end	Also published here Exitwist (Philip T. Goldstein, Frank Thompson, Focus, 1990) Inspired by Twisted Aces Redivivus (Daryl Martinez, Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler", 1980) Related to Twisted Aces Redivivus (Daryl Martinez, Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler", 1980) Variations The Impressionist (David Britland, Equinox, 1985) Boggle Switch (Jerry K. Hartman, Apocalypse, 1985) also in: Boggle Switch (Card Craft*, 1991)	1983	MajorMinor	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromated	combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist	Also published here Chromated (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus, 1990) Variations Fourlorn (David Britland, Cardopolis*, 1983)	1983	MajorMinor	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
David Britland	Tearing a Lady in Two	two cards folded along two different axis and put in Card Warp configuration, torn in two, inner piece restores	Inspired by Topological Trap (Karl Fulves, Methods with Cards — Part 2, 1975) Variations Royal Divide (Ben Harris, Royal Divide, 1985) Lady Notes (David Britland, Ron Dowse, Parallax*, 1986)	1983	Tearing a Lady in Two	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Warp
David Britland	Disco	selection from one half travels reversed in other half	Inspired by The Infamous Tap-Dancing Cards (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Related to Magical Seven (Edward Marlo, The Magic Seven, 1958) Tri-umph (David Britland, Equinox, 1985)	1983	Deckade	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
David Britland	High Rise	Ace to Three, last card sandwiched between first two		1983	Deckade	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
David Britland	O + W	4&4, one mix and one un-mix	Variations Oil Shake (Keith Davies, The Talon, 1980) Return to Oil and Water (David Britland, Genii, 2017)	1983	Deckade	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
David Britland	Nautilace	card penetrates from center to bottom of three-card crosswise packet	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) "The Submarine Card" (Bob Ostin)	1983	Deckade	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
David Britland	All Around Twist	allowing clean display because of SBS double facer	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	1983	Deckade	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Same Both Sides (SBS)
Stephen Tucker, David Britland, Marc Russell	With 4	with four cards	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	1983	Deckade	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland	The Interlock Twist	technical variation with four cards	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Variations The Double Twist (David Britland, Marc Russell, Deckade, 1983)	1983	Deckade	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland, Marc Russell	The Double Twist	with four cards	Inspired by The Interlock Twist (David Britland, Deckade, 1983)	1983	Deckade	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
David Britland	Jackrobats	with extra card, first packet then in the deck	Also published here Jackrobats (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1983) also in: Jackrobats (David Britland, Genii, 2012) Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, Tricks You Can Count On, 1968) Variations Or...... (Justin Higham, Spell-Binder, 1983) Som-Ace-Sault (Justin Higham, Apocalypse, 1984) … and 1 more	1983	Deckade	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
David Britland	Sandswitch	visible sandwich change as Three-Card Catch is done with deck face up	Inspired by 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: 3-Card Catch (Epilogue, 1972) Variations There's Always A Catch (Kyle MacNeill, MAGIC, 2013) also in: There's Always A Catch (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1983	Deckade	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation
David Britland	Conan	transposition of coins and a die under cover of a cone		Jan. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 21)	397	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Dice (small) / Transposition
David Britland	Unbeatable	spectator selects card twice, put between two jokers, then entire deck consists of jokers	Also published here Unschlagbar (David Britland, Intermagic, 1996)	Feb. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 22)	425	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
David Britland	Supermatch	matchbox with slit, coin penetrates tray and matches		Mar. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 23)	437	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else
David Britland	First Time Ever!	red card among black cards reappears in packet several times, then all cards change into the same red card and eventually all cards are black again		Mar. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 23)	446	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
David Britland	Acembley		Variations But They Didn't Stop There (David Britland, Genii, 2023)	Mar. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 23)	450	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
David Britland	Roundabout	elongated and with story presentation	Also published here Roundabout (David Britland, Genii, 2023) Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Apr. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 24)	470	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Justin Higham*	Or......		Inspired by Jackrobats (David Britland, Deckade, 1983) also in: Jackrobats (Spell-Binder, 1983) Jackrobats (Genii, 2012)	1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
David Britland	Jackrobats	with extra card, first packet then in the deck	Also published here Jackrobats (David Britland, Deckade, 1983) also in: Jackrobats (David Britland, Genii, 2012) Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, Tricks You Can Count On, 1968) Variations Or...... (Justin Higham, Spell-Binder, 1983) Som-Ace-Sault (Justin Higham, Apocalypse, 1984) … and 1 more	1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
Stephen Tucker, David Britland	Out of Our Minds			1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
David Britland	Zennerism	two sets, all match		1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	25	ESP Cards / Matching
David Britland	Four Thought	four cards turn into quarter of a jumbo card which match selection		1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
David Britland	Poker Face		Inspired by Cascade (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 3, 2016) Variations Flushtronic (Paul Brignall, Spell-Binder, 1984) also in: Flushtronic (Intermagic*, 1995)	1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
David Britland	Up and Coming	card apparently rises among four cards		May 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25)	486	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
David Britland	Sea Shell	coin turns into cut out circle of a card		June 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 26)	510	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations Coin / Gaffed / Shell Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
David Britland	Alien	odd backed card, mirror face as kicker	Also published here Alien (David Britland, The Talon, 1980) Related to Alien (David Britland, Genii, 2018) Variations The Impressionist (David Britland, Equinox, 1985) The Return of the Alien (Ben Harris, Midnight Special, 1985)	July 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27)	517	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Mirror & Cards
David Britland, Stephen Tucker	Pogo	one coin routine with jumbo coin finale		July 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27)	527	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Paul Brignall	Knocknock!	story trick, transformation of cards ends with four nude backs	Inspired by David Britland's "Spectrum"	July 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27)	529	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
David Britland	Seconds Out...		Inspired by The Case of the Missing Hat (Paul Curry, Magician's Magic, 1965)	Oct. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 30)	585	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Puzzle Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
David Britland	Tunnel Sandwich	sandwich cards pushed through deck perpendicularly, card appears in sandwich		1983	Cardopolis (Issue 1)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect
David Britland	Editorial			1983	Cardopolis (Issue 1)	5	Articles / Columns

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