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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
S. W. Erdnase	Bottom Dealing	featuring the Erdnase Grip	Related to The Bottom Deal (Graham Adams, 1931) The Marnase Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 1983) Unit Movement for Erdnase Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 1983) Bottom Dealing (Shane Cobalt, 2019) Bottom Dealing (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations Stop on a Dime (Karl Fulves, 1993) Bottom Steal (Karl Fulves, 1993) The Bottom Deal (Jack Avis, 1994) Bottom Fact (Karl Fulves, 1995) One-Hand Erdnase (Karl Fulves, 2008) Also published here Bottom Dealing (S. W. Erdnase, 1993)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	52	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Push Out
Theodore Annemann	Annemann's Psychic Writing	appearing writing on paper card answers question	Related to Psychic Writing Variation (Theodore Annemann, 1936) Variations Slate Trick (Burling Hull, 1971) Spirits (Jack Avis, 1975) Psychographitti (Thomas Alan Waters, 1983)	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	4	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Billet / Readings
Ladson Butler	The Whispering Queen	deck is shuffled and dealt in four heaps, bottom cards divined	Related to The Sagacious Joker (Walter B. Gibson, Charles T. Jordan, 1937) Variations Queen Tells All (Jack Avis, 1998)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Edward Victor	The "Deo-Ace" Trick	four Aces are placed on four Twos on table so that suits match, Ace with same suit as selection transforms into selection	Variations The "Lost Ace" Trick (Jack Avis, 1971) Daley's Variation Of Ed Victor's Duo Aces (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Daley's Routine For Edward Victor's Duo Ace Effect (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) The Deo-Ace Trick Revisited (Paul Swinford, 1986) Latest Deo-Ace Tricks (Edward Marlo, 1988) The Affable Aces (Dr. Jacob Daley, 2012)	1937	Magic of the Hands	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
	The Pencil-Line Detection	one-way via edge mark	Related to Astral Vision (Jack McMillen, 1998) Tip for Use with a Stacked Deck (Jack Avis, 2006)	1938	Greater Magic	65	Cards / Principles / One Way / Edgemarked Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Edgemarked
T.J. Crawford	Migratory Coins	coins on corners of black cloth, with two postcards	Variations Migratory Coins the "All Fair" Way (Jack Avis, 2006)	1938	Greater Magic	705	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
George Sutcliffe, Tom Sellers	Repel-Attract	matches move apart between fingers, rubber tubing	Variations Spooky Time (Jack Avis, 1998)	1939	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)	412	Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation
Frederick Braue	The Flip-Over Palm	attributed to Fred Braue in "Vis à Vis"	Related to Dribble Top Palm (Jack Avis, 1998) Variations Turnover Palm (Edward Marlo, 1983)	1940	Expert Card Technique	58	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
	Multi-Spelling Trick	"The repeat Spelling of Mentally Selected Cards"	Variations A Little Extra with the Multi Spell (Jack Avis, 2006) A Little Extra with the Multi-Spelling (Jack Avis, 2006)	1940	Expert Card Technique	347	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Edward Marlo	Surprising Transposition	card in pocket with card at chosen position	Related to All Fair Card Transposition (Jack Avis, 1956) Also published here Surprising Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1941)	1941	Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Edward Marlo	Surprising Transposition	card in pocket with card at chosen position	Related to All Fair Card Transposition (Jack Avis, 1956) Also published here Surprising Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1941)	1941	Amazing — Isn't It?	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Bluey-Bluey	Bluey-Bluey's Method		Related to Interesting Cut and Restored Rope Move (Jack Avis, 2006)	1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks	131	Rope / Cut & Restored
Heisey	Heisey's Hindu Rope Trick		Related to Interesting Cut and Restored Rope Move (Jack Avis, 2006)	1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks	169	Rope / Cut & Restored
Warren Wiersbe	Military Mixup		Variations Hotel '81 (Jack Avis, 1998)	1944	Action with Cards	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery
Paul Curry	Linked	two ropes hanging on performer's shoulder link, see also ring & tape sequence in "Sefalaljia"	Related to Linked (Paul Curry, 2001) Bunny Ears (William Goodwin, 2005) Variations Linklater (Elizabeth Warlock, 1950) Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1953) End Result (J. W. Sarles, 1971) Ultra Bind (Harry Lorayne, 1977) Verschnürt (John A. M. Howie, 1981) Ring Master (Stephen Tucker, 2008) The Bottomless Box (Troy Hooser, 2010) Also published here Paul Curry's Linked (Paul Curry, 1968)	Apr. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 123)	496	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Dr. Jacob Daley	The Cavorting Aces		Variations Cavorting Aces Handling (Dr. Jacob Daley, Tom Gagnon, 1995) The Jumping Aces (Jack Avis, 2006)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces
Paul Rosini	Double Reverse	spectator and performer each chose selection from half the deck, they end up reversed	Related to Wysong's Duplicity (Bill Wysong, 1973) Two-Card Revelation (Harry Lorayne, 1977) Two Card Reverse (1982) Right Side Up (David Solomon, 2007) Two To Reverse (Harry Lorayne, 2018) Right Side Up (Jon Racherbaumer, 2022) Variations Double Reverse Handling (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), 1963) Changing Times (Roy Walton, 1981) Rosini's Double Reverse (Paul Rosini, Eugene Burger, 1987) The Visibly Turning Cards (Eugene Burger, 1994) The Visibly Turning Cards (Eugene Burger, 2000) Club sandwich (Jack Avis, 2002)	1950	Magical Gems	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Jack Avis	The Jokers	ten cards on table, selected one is predicted the others are jokers		Nov. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 242)	968	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Arthur Hastings	D. F. C.		Inspired by Now You See It! (1948) Related to The Open Prediction #32 (P. Howard Lyons, 1955) Spirit Writings (Arthur Hastings, 1956) Comments on the DFC Move (Arthur Hastings, 1957) Variations The Immovable Monte (Ronald B. Edwards, 1962) A Tale of Two Slates (Jack Avis, 2006)	Oct. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 265)	1060	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Jack Avis	Loops Entwined	under handkerchief	Inspired by Linked (Paul Curry, 1947) Linked (Paul Curry, 2001) Also published here Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1968) Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1981) Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1998)	Feb. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 275)	1098	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Jack Avis	Demented Dice			Feb. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 275)	1101	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Dice (small) / Tricked Dice Rolls
Jack Avis, Al Koran	The Cards of Pegasus	initialed Joker in sealed in envelope, five cards chosen and initialed, one card is chosen, transposes with the Joker, chosen card is now in envelope	Also published here Cards of Pegasus (Jack Avis, Al Koran, 1998) The Cards of Pegasus (Jack Avis, Al Koran, 1998)	1953	"Come a little closer..."	33	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Jack Avis	Message from Hades	freely chosen card predicted, pocket writing	Related to Inspiration from the French (Carl Newton, 1973)	1954	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	221	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing
Jack Avis	Your Choice Again	coin transposition, one coin in handkerchief	Inspired by "Your Choice!" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Feb. 1953)	May 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 308)	31	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Peter Warlock	Take a Bow, Jack Avis	transposition of two coins, with handkerchief	Inspired by "Your Choice!" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Feb. 1953)	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	47	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Al Koran, Jack Avis, Roy Walton	A Pound For Your Card	signed card placed in nest of three envelopes, bill borrowed and serial number noted and then put in purse, card and bill transpose	Also published here Ein Pfund für Ihre Karte (Al Koran, Jack Avis, Roy Walton, 1979)	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	139	Bill / Transposition Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / with Other Object
Jack Avis	All Fair Impromptu Spell	mental spelling, imperfect card principle		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	18	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Peculiarities of certain Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Jack Avis	All Fair Count Down	card from group is selected, value used to locate card		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Edward Marlo	The Clip Steal	l.h. Steal during Overhand Shuffle	Related to Thumb Clip Steal (Jack Avis, 1998)	1956	Action Palm	18	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Clip Palm
Edward Marlo	Separating Aces (4th Method)	four Aces are placed in the center face-down, deck spread and Aces have distributed in the deck and turned face-up	Inspired by The Separating Aces (Edward Marlo, 1956) "Puzzle for Wantons" (Jack Avis, The Pentagram, March 1956, Vol. 10 No. 6)	Dec. 1956	Ibidem (Issue 8)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors
Jack Avis	All Fair Card Transposition	card in pocket with card at chosen position	Related to Surprising Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1941) Surprising Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1941)	1956	1956 Card Annual	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Jack Avis	All Fair Hallucination	card chosen and returned, deck riffled in front of another spectator and he names a card, it is the first selection, faro, only odd-colored	Inspired by "Hallucination" (Lloyd Jones)	1956	1956 Card Annual	13	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Edward Marlo	The Bold Steal	while showing that selection is not on top or bottom and other handlings	Related to The Card Between (Jack Avis, 2006) Variations Note 3 (Edward Marlo, 1957)	1957	Side Steal	9	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Jack Avis	Safety Cut	linked safety pins put into paper cover, cover cut in two pieces, held together again and pins still linked	Also published here Safety Cut (Jack Avis, 1998)	1957	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)	1	Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins
Jack Avis	All Fair Surprise	card held by spectator turns into selection	Also published here Surprise (Jack Avis, 1960)	1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 345)	203	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Jack Avis	Card Switch	behind fan		1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 345)	203	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, Roy Walton	Three From Three	Effect No. 1: three card location, one reversed others next to it Effect No. 2: off-beat card location, pocket Effect No. 3: multiple transformation	Related to No-Touch Transposition (Kevin Reay, 1988) Variations Second Time Around (Roy Walton, 1978)	1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 345)	205	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Norman Houghton	Shears	invisible scissor is used to cut off two strips from a piece of paper, sight gag, two applications: design of chosen card is cut from newspaper ribbon in change bag is cut invisibly into as many pieces are the spectator chooses	Related to Satan's Scissors (Peter Warlock, 1939) Tip for "Shears" (Jack Avis, 1957)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	4	Paper / Animation Rope / Miscellaneous Paper / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Topological Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Scissors Paper / Cut-up Paper gets Design
Jack Avis	Tip for "Shears"	invisible scissor sight gag	Related to Shears (Norman Houghton, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	4	Scissors
Jack Avis	On the Seven-Principle			Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	12	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	A Short Brownwave	card selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected card is at same position as card with a message	Inspired by Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations A Simple Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957) Delayed Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	A Simple Brownwave	card selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected card is at same position as card with a message	Inspired by A Short Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Delayed Brownwave	card selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and at one point a prediction card appears with the message "count ten more cards", that's where the selection is	Inspired by A Short Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Cards of Sympathy	four quartets show up, transform, transpose		1957	1957 Card Annual	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Brother John Hamman	Face Up - Face Down Surprise	cards separated in reds and blacks, triumph with reds, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place	Related to Red-Black Surprise (Kevin Davie, 1977) Variations Right Card - Wrong Color (Jack Avis, 1958) Right Card - Wrong Colour (Jack Avis, 2006) Also published here Face Up - Face Down Surprise (Brother John Hamman, 1970)	1958	The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Jack Avis	Right Card - Wrong Color	card chosen, wrong color proclaimed by magician, cards separated in reds and blacks, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place	Inspired by Face Up - Face Down Surprise (Brother John Hamman, 1958) Also published here Right Card - Wrong Colour (Jack Avis, 2006)	1958	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Henry Christ	Henry Christ Spread Switch	see Elmsley book for Tony Kardyro credit information	Related to The T. K's One Card Drop Supreme (Tony Kardyro, 1955) Variations Christ-Kardyro Spread Switch (Frank Simon, 1983) Flexible Christ Spread Switch (Ken Krenzel, Henry Christ, 1990) Avis Spread Switch (Jack Avis, 1994) Hold the Eye - Details on the Henry Christ Spread Switch (Helder Guimarães, 2019)	1959	Inner Secrets of Card Magic	23	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Tip-Over Switch Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Mechanical Seconds	effect application: Aces change to Kings	Related to One Handed Second Deal (Frederick Braue, 1978) Avis Deal Switch (Jack Avis, 1992) Variations Pocket Mechanical Second (Allan Ackerman, 2007) mechanical second - Marlo (Steve Forte, 2020) Also published here Mechanical Second Deal (Edward Marlo, 2022) Mechanical Second Deal (Edward Marlo, 2023)	1959	Seconds, Centers, Bottoms	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed
Tony Corinda, Al Koran	Centre Tear (One Hand Variation)		Related to The Occultear (Thomas Alan Waters, Jack Avis, 1981) The Rainbow Pad (Robert Cassidy, 2013)	1959	Billets	171	Paper / Center Tear
Jack Avis	The Birthday Card Trick	card is found a position of a wished month		1959	Card Tricks	312	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Suit Force	with down-under-deal		1959	Card Tricks	313	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Jack Avis	Stamp of Approval	card marked with stamp is used to chose two cards, prediction of the two selections		1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	56	Stamp (postal) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Jack Avis	A Card Exchange	unconventional handling		1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	57	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Seven and Eleven Transpo	four Aces and three Sevens, when Ace is put with Sevens the other three cards transpose	Also published here Seven and Eleven Transpo (Jack Avis, 2006)	1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Jack Avis	Surprise	card held by spectator turns into selection	Also published here All Fair Surprise (Jack Avis, 1957)	Dec. 1960	The New Phoenix (Issue 352)	236	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Jack Avis	The Devilish Die	two card selected with top and bottom numbers of rolled die, both are eventually located	Variations Excerpts From Two Letters (Edward Marlo, 1962) On the Side of the Angels (Roy Walton, 1969) On The Side Of The Angels (Roy Walton, 1988) Shifting, Whispering Thoughts (Edward Marlo, 1996)	Oct. 1960	Ibidem (Issue 22)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Jack Avis	A Switch Move		Also published here A Switch Move (Jack Avis, 2006)	1961	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)	64	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Diencidence	three chosen cards reveal two numbers chosen with a die and total		1961	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Jack Avis	French Reverse			Oct. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 362)	277	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Der mysteriöse Scarabäus	card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back	Related to I knew that would be Your Card (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014) Variations Scarab without a Brainwave (Jack Avis, 2006) Also published here Mystery of the Scarab (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014)	1961	Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Piet Forton	24th annual convention at Hastings 21. - 25. Sept. 60	on David Haggarty, Fred Lowe, Francis Haxton, Gus Southall, Peter Warlock, George Blake, Edward Victor, Jack Avis, Devano, Ron Mc Millan, Claude Rix, Mystic Craig, Jerry Andrus, Jack Miller, Al Koran, Johnny Geddes, Tom Harris, Alan Alan, Mila Trnka, Roberta & Hella		1961	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 1)	7	Articles / Convention Reports
Jack Avis	Repartition	4&4 Part One (using Glide) Part Two		Dec. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 24)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Jack Avis	The Finger Clip Cull		Also published here The Finger Clip Cull (Jack Avis, 2006)	1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	68	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back Cards / Sleights / Palming / Clip Palm
Jack Avis	Coincidence-Again		Also published here Coincidence - Again (Jack Avis, 2006)	1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	The Jumping Thought	card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top		1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Jack Avis	The Two and Eight Coins	transposition of a half dollar in closed hand and penny on back of the fist		May 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 369)	305	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
Jack Avis	Put Back Aces	with Biddle counting		Sep. 1962	Ibidem (Issue 26)	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Edward Marlo	Excerpts From Two Letters	"The Total Principle" two card selected with two numbers, both are eventually located, or named	Inspired by The Devilish Die (Jack Avis, 1960)	Oct. 1962	Ibidem (Issue 27)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Nate Leipzig	Twirl Cut		Related to Simplified Spin Pass Aces (Nate Leipzig, Andrew Pargeter, John Muir, Jack Avis, 1978)	1963	Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig	170	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Edward Marlo	Thoughts on Blind Choice	two selections from one deck match two reversed prediction cards in second deck, four methods with different gaffed decks (Ultra Mental Deck, deck with twenty-six different cards duplicated, Audley Walsh's Dream Deck / Koran Deck)	Inspired by "Blind Choice" (Jack Avis, The Gen, June 1962, p. 44)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	67	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Jack Avis	All Fair Challenge Location	divided deck and faro	Related to Letter Column (Mel Brown, Tom Harris, Robert Lund, John A. Beck, Charles Kalish, Paul Curry, Bill Simon, 1965)	Nov. 1964	Ibidem (Issue 30)	27	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Mel Brown, Tom Harris, Robert Lund, John A. Beck, Charles Kalish, Paul Curry, Bill Simon	Letter Column		Related to A Card is Found Once More (Theodore Annemann, 1934) Old Hat: Scientific Explanation of a Toy (1964) All Fair Challenge Location (Jack Avis, 1964)	Dec. 1965	Ibidem (Issue 31)	27	Articles / Letters
Jack Avis	Sensitive Fingers	naming card when feeling them behind back, then cards on either side of a selection	Variations Sensitive Fingers (Roy Johnson, 1970)	June 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 8)	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Robert Lund, Robert Stine, Dan Fowler, Jack Avis	Etcetera	how Dunninger fooled Dr. James Elliott, magic as art		Sep. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)	57	Articles / Letters
Jack Avis	Poker Dice Coincidence	poker dice match dealt hand, posed as a problem	Related to Double or Nothing (Aaron Goldberg, 1998) Double or Nothing (Aaron Goldberg, 1999)	Sep. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Dai Vernon	Three Break Control		Related to To Control Three Peeked Cards (Edward Marlo, 1952) Double Peek Control (Dai Vernon, Daryl Martinez, 1980) Variations Cull & Triple Peek Control (Jack Avis, 1994)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	132	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
Jack Avis	Slippery Aces	Aces produced, then lost and produced in named order		1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Jack Avis	Spin Cut Production			1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	178	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Swing Cut
Jack Avis	Exchanged	three of four Aces are switched		Nov. 1967	Epilogue (Issue 1)	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Isolated Sequences & Ace Vanishes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
John Benzais	Benzais' Spin-Out		Related to T.P.B. Production (Harapan Ong, 2021) Variations Devilish Digit Cut (Richard Kaufman, 1984) Unfinished Spin Out (Jack Avis, 2002) Expertalk: Julius Chan on the Benzais Spin-Out (Julius Chan, 2005) Benzais' Spin Out Variation (Juan Villarejo, 2017) Rapid-fire Benzais (Harapan Ong, 2018) Double Benzais Cut Production (Derrick Chung, 2022) Also published here Benzais Spin-Out (John Benzais, 2021)	1967	The Best of Benzais	67	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Jack Avis	Houdini Ring	ring off rope	Related to Houdini Ring (Jack Avis, 1998)	1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	325	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Fred G. Taylor, Clayton Rawson, Jack Avis	Etcetera	hobbyist vs professionals		Aug. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 10)	116	Articles / Letters
Peter Kane	Single Shot	card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun	Related to Die Kartenpistole (Persi Diaconis, 1971) Ready, Aim, Faro! (Jay Malbrough, 1977) The Magic Bullet (Ken Krenzel, 1978) Gun Revelation (Peter Kane, 1989) "The Shooting Joker" (Peter Kane, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 20 No. 8, April 1963) Variations The I-F Lapping Move (Roger Smith, 1975) The Gun (Peter Kane, Ken Krenzel, Francis Carlyle, 1975) The Zen Two-Shooter (Jon Racherbaumer, Paul Diamond, 1990) Kane's Patent Card Finda (Peter Kane, 1992) Magic Bullet Effect (Jack Avis, 2006)	1967	A Card Session with Peter Kane	12	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Piet Forton	Piet Forton's Visible Ace Popper Move	Inspired by Jack Avis and Eddie Taytelbaum	Inspired by Spin Cut Aces (Jack Avis, 1976) Variations Watch Your Aces (Father Cyprian, 1983) Watch Your Aces II (Father Cyprian, 1983) Switchblade Aces (Father Cyprian, 1983) Lacerda's Pop-Out Move (Pedro Lacerda, 2023) Also published here Piet Fortons As-Erscheinen (Piet Forton, 1968) Mein As-Erscheinen (Piet Forton, 1979)	1967	Piet Forton Lecture Notes	12	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Jack Avis	"Wandman" Transpo	card moves from one position in deck to another, by throwing dice, using Walter Wandman dice box		May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Jack Avis, Larry Jennings	To Lie Or Tell The Truth	see also p. 840 for idea by Cushing Strout	Related to p. 179 for further references Variations Knave Detector (Barrie Richardson, 1994) Further Than That and the Lie Detector (Cushing Strout, 2005) Also published here Lie or Tell the Truth (Jack Avis, 2006)	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Jack Avis	All Fair Mygratory Coins	four coins & three cards	Also published here Migratory Coins the "All Fair" Way (Jack Avis, 2006)	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	177	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Check Cop Move	coin steal		May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	177	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Jack Avis	Tip & Load Move			May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	177	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Jack Avis	Hidden Power	card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number	Variations Wired Hidden Power (Jon Racherbaumer, 1981) Hidden Power (Karl Fulves, Jack Avis, 2001) The Extremely Hidden Count Down (Jon Racherbaumer, 2020)	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	177	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Jack Avis	An Ace Locator	Aces distributed as key cards	Related to p. 179 for further references	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	180	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Houdini Card	deck sealed with crossed rubber bands, yet selection extracted underneath handkerchief, p. 241 for further reference, p. 246 for idea by Harrison Beale	Variations Houdini Card Escapes Again (Larry Jennings, 1997) Also published here Houdini Card (Jack Avis, 1984) The Houdini Card (Jack Avis, 2006)	Winter 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)	225	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Rubber Band
Jack Avis	Loops Entwined	Curry's linked behind handkerchief	Also published here Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1953)	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	122	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Jack Avis	Multiple Glide			1969	Expert Card Mysteries	17	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Jack Avis	Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find	named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection	Related to Direct Link (Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid, 1994)	1969	Expert Card Mysteries	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Gathering of the Clan			1969	Expert Card Mysteries	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Edward Marlo	Air Mail Prediction	featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table	Related to The Lap Addition (Jack Avis, 1994) The Under-the-Table Force (Edward Marlo, 2000) Variations Post-It Prediction (Bruce Florek, 1990) Post-it Prediction (David Solomon, 1997) PreMEMOnition (Tomas Blomberg, 2014)	Winter 1969	The Hierophant (Issue 2)	65	Stamp (postal) / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force
Norman Osborn	Opposites	card selected with invisible dice, they become visible and with them the card is found, see p. 288 for suggestion by Jack Avis		May 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)	260	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Dice (small) / Production & Appearance Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Jack Avis, Martin Gardner, John Brennon, Peter A. McDonald	Etcetera			Oct. 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 12)	288	Articles / Letters
Roy Walton	Money Power	from twenty-card packet, two set of mates are found with spectator, making up four-of-a-kind	Inspired by Jack Avis problem Related to Mirror Power (Peter Duffie, 1997) Variations Thoughts on "Money Power" (Paul Swinford, 1971) Medvegia (Peter Duffie, 1996) The Power of ESP (Nick Trost, 2017) Also published here Money Power (Roy Walton, 1969) Money Power (Roy Walton, 1981)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Packet
Roy Walton	On the Side of the Angels	packet cut off half the deck and counted, two cards remembered (one using the number), they end up at the same position in two piles	Inspired by The Devilish Die (Jack Avis, 1960) Also published here On The Side Of The Angels (Roy Walton, 1988)	Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	3-Way Split	transposition of two card with a third card (joker) on the table		Oct. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)	370	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Robert E. Neale	More Lies	thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer	Related to Voice Print (Harry Lorayne, Robert E. Neale, 1982) Cal-Q-Lator (Peter Duffie, Robert E. Neale, 2007) Variations Eight Bytes Is Enough (Jack Avis, 1993) Eight Bites is Enough (Jack Avis, 1993) Eight-Card Lie Speller (Nick Trost, 2013) Also published here Der Lügendetektor (Robert E. Neale, 1987)	Winter 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)	384	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Roy Johnson	Sensitive Fingers	naming card when feeling them under table, then cards on either side of a reversed card are predicted	Inspired by Sensitive Fingers (Jack Avis, 1966)	1970	The Roy Johnson Experience	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Jack Avis	The "Lost Ace" Trick		Inspired by The "Deo-Ace" Trick (Edward Victor, 1937) Related to Pyramid Aces (Jerry L. Christensen, 1977) Variations Hofzinser's Ace Problem (Zhenjie Gao, 2018) Also published here Hofzinser Ace Trick (Jack Avis, 1998)	Mar. 1971	Epilogue (Issue 11)	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Jack Avis	The Siva Count			Mar. 1971	Epilogue (Issue 11)	82	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Introduction			1971	The Book of Numbers	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Paradox Papers	paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with cards, Steve Shimm suggestion, tapestry handling, see also p. 521 for Gene Nielson handling, H. E. Dudeney	Inspired by Henry Dudeny puzzle from "Modern Puzzles" (1926) Related to News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) Wraparound (Karl Fulves, 1993) Foldover Notes (Karl Fulves, 1994) Paper Folding Note (Karl Fulves, 1998) Disparity (Ramón Riobóo, 2015) CAGE (Kevin Ho, Philip T. Goldstein, 2024) Variations Paradox Redux (Philip T. Goldstein, 1998) Folding Numbers (Jack Avis, 1998) The Core (Pit Hartling, 2006) Hummer's Paradox (Nick Trost, 2011) ESP Paradox Papers (Nick Trost, 2013) A Paradoxical Coincidence (Nick Trost, 2015) Matrix Plus Paradox (Nick Trost, 2020) Also published here Paradox Papers (Martin Gardner, 1985)	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	429	Numbers / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Lin Searles	Moracle	packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson	Inspired by Oracle (Karl Fulves, 1970) The Neutralizer (Steve Beam, 2015) Related to Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, 1988) Starburst (Jack Avis, Lewis Jones, 2002) What, Another Kick? (Paul Gordon, 2006) Lie-Decker (Max Maven, 2015) Bluff Oracle Aces I (John Bannon, 2015) Bluff Oracle Aces II (John Bannon, 2015) Rock Bottom (Steve Beam, 2015) Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015) My Lucky Card (Nick Trost, 2015) Darned Pain in the Neck (Paul Gordon, 2023) Variations Immoracle (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979) Justin Time (Roy Walton, 1979) Modern Day Moracle (Marty Kane, 1997) Moracle (Roberto Giobbi, 2000) Royacle (Mel Bennett, 2011) Royal Roundup (Steve Beam, 2015) Bottom Feeder (Steve Beam, 2015) Moracool (Steve Beam, 2015) Si-Decker (Steve Beam, 2015) ESP Oracle (Nick Trost, 2017)	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	430	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Karl Fulves	Mexican Monte	monte/twist combo with unexpected/funny cards appearing	Related to Monte Madness (Gene Castillon, 1972) Five as Five Count (Karl Fulves, 1975) Monte Madness - Ladies sing the Blues (Gene Castillon, 1976) Variations Impromptu Mexican (Jack Avis, 1981) Mexican IV (Karl Fulves, 1981) Carlisle Fair Cards (Howard W. Rheam, 1993) Sam's Monte (Sam Schwartz, 1994)	1972	Mexican Monte	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Ben Christopher	Unlimited Elevator	four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King Impromptu Method	Related to Unmix Problem (Karl Fulves, 1980) Variations Impromptu Elevator (Derek Dingle, 1973) Impromptu Unlimited (Jack Avis, 1973) Impromptu Unlimited (Francis Haxton, 1973)	Oct. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 12)	567	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
Bill Logan	Perfect Packet Spell	spectator removes a couple of number cards, performer arranges them instantly so they spell out in wanted order one by one	Variations Change in Handling (Jack Avis, 1998)	Dec. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 2)	576	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Roy Walton	Strange Assembly	assembly, but instead of the Kings the four Aces are found in the last packet and the Kings reversed in the deck	Related to Flight Fantastique (Jack Avis, 2006) Also published here Ein Seltsames Treffen (Roy Walton, 1975) Strange Assembly (Roy Walton, 1981)	1972	Tale Twisters	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah	Vernon-Judah Poker Demonstration	No. 89, same set-up dealt over and over for two players	Variations Poker Demonstration (Jack Avis, 2006) Also published here Automatic Poker (Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah, 1971)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Three-Jacks Deal & Repeat Poker Deal Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Jochen Zmeck	Chipwanderung	one of six chosen chips vanishes from paper bag and appears in a box	Inspired by "Poker Chip Chicanery" (Al Koran, Jack Avis, marketed ca. 1953) Variations Das Mikro-Duell (Jochen Zmeck, Hanns Thielemann, Herbert Paufler, 1972)	1972	Sieben mal Drei	16	Chip / Traveling
Karl Fulves	Imp Cop	card lapped from riffle shuffle or put in a position where it is held at a corner at the table edge	Variations Imp Cop Handling (Ariel Frailich, 1997) Double Cross Transpo (Jack Avis, 2006)	1973	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two	40	Cards / Principles / Card Shelf, Hung Card, etc. Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Cards / Sleights / Palming / Other Positions
Jack Avis	Topsy Turvy	triumph with ambitious phases and four-of-a-kind kicker		July 1973	Epilogue (Issue 18)	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Harvey Rosenthal	Ring Off	see p. 608 for comment	Inspired by "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971) Variations Ring On! (Bill Wisch, 1979) Finger Ring Release (Harvey Rosenthal) (Jack Avis, 2006)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 5)	601	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Carl Newton	Inspiration from the French	two cards selected from ten-card packet, cards in row on card stand and a piece of tissue in front of each, tissue touched with cigarette, bright flashes at selections	Related to Message from Hades (Jack Avis, 1954)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 5)	603	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Robert (Bob) Hess	Focal Point	one of ten cards, OOSOOM	Inspired by Hull's "Mental Discernment" Variations Focal Point II (Jack Avis, 1975)	May 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)	625	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Jack Avis	Impromptu Unlimited	four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King	Inspired by Unlimited Elevator (Ben Christopher, 1972)	Sep. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 11)	660	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
Jack Avis, Roy Walton	Siva Count	"show four cards as four, concealing none"		1973	Card Script	11	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	The Optical Force	(chapter 33-A added to 1975 edition, see "13 Prophets", p. 20) two spectators choose cards: mates	Variations Optical Notes (Jack Avis, 1981)	1975	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2	408	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Roy Walton	The E.J. Count	"Elmsley Jordan", Siva Count, see "Vis à Vis" for credit information	Related to Siva Count (Jack Avis, 1998)	1975	Card Cavalcade 3	187	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	The Siva Count			1975	Card Cavalcade 3	187	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	The Sport Trick	four blank cards, on one a picture of a girl appears and vanishes	Also published here Sport Detector (Jack Avis, 1998)	Mar. 1975	Epilogue (Issue 23)	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Jack Avis	Four Tricks: Random Speller			July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	225	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Jack Avis	This Is My Card			July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	225	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Jack Avis	Siva's Nightmare	one-way deck	Inspired by Mind Reader's Dream (Bob Hummer, 1980)	July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	226	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Jack Avis	Five Card Do As I Did			July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet
Larry Jennings	Royal Triumph	four Kings instead of selection	Variations Avis Handling for Jennings' "Royal Triumph" (Jack Avis, 2006)	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1))	261	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Jack Avis	A Spirit Detection	drinks and countries are divined	Inspired by The Problem of the Three Coins (Mahendra, 1938) Also published here Spirit Detection (Jack Avis, 1998)	Jan. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 5)	56	Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Ken Hawes, Ken Brooke, Jack Avis, Ascanio, Fred Kaps, Uri Geller, David Berglas		Apr. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)	99	Articles / Columns
Jack Avis	The Wishing Envelope	gimmick envelope, including three routines with it The Wishing Envelope The Jokers Wild Transposed Marlo Reverse	Also published here Wishing Envelope (Jack Avis, 1998)	Oct. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 2)	161	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Pocket or Envelope Card Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Spirits	appearing writing on paper card reveals selection	Inspired by Annemann's Psychic Writing (Theodore Annemann, 1935) "New Spirit Writing" (Eric Impey, Bagshawe's Magical Journal, Nov. 1929) Related to "Simplified Psychic Writing" (S. H. Sharpe, Bagshawe's Magical Journal, Dec. 1928) Variations Ex-specter (Jerry K. Hartman, 1978) Ex-Specter (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	July 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 9)	977	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Jack Avis	Focal Point II	one of ten, OOSOOM	Inspired by Focal Point (Robert (Bob) Hess, 1973)	July 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 9)	977	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Jack Avis	Siva Count	show four cards as four, concealing none		Nov. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Deal Switch	thought-of card appears between tabled mates, featuring a switch	Related to Incredible Deal Switch (Michael Vincent, 1994) Variations Deal Switch Tip (Ken Simmons, 1992) Useful Jokers (Jack Avis, 1998) Also published here marlo's deal switch (Edward Marlo, 1976)	1976	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Palm Deals
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Walt Lees, Fred Kaps, Ken Brooke, Harry Lorayne, Jack Avis, Rand Magic Circle, Ricky Jay, Derek Dingle, Peter Becker, Cyril Faranoff, Frank Farrow, Jack Yates, Ron McMillan		Jan. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)	210	Articles / Columns
Jack Avis	Spin Cut Aces	cut and production, originally published in "Pentagram"		Sep. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1)	307	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Fred Kaps, Ricky Jay, Richiardi Junior, John Fisher, Ali Bongo, Ken Brooke, Jack Avis, Paul Stone, Nick Bolton		Nov. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 3)	330	Articles / Columns
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Twist!	card perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over, color changing back kicker ("The Bizarre Routine")	Related to Twistrap (Sam Schwartz, 1978) The Bizarre Vanish (Paul Harris, 1981) The Money Monte (Brent Arthur James Geris, 2023) Variations Cros Twist (Daniel Cros, 1978) Iso-Warp (David Britland, 1981) On the Bizarre Twist (Marc Russell, 1983) Nautilace (David Britland, 1983) All Around Twist (David Britland, 1983) With 4 (Stephen Tucker, David Britland, Marc Russell, 1983) The Interlock Twist (David Britland, 1983) Eureka (Stephen Tucker, 1983) The Chinese Twist (Terri Rogers, 1986) Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (Jamy Ian Swiss, 1987) Chinatwist (Terri Rogers, 1989) Bizarre Transposition (Marvin Leventhal, 1995) Plastic Surgery (Doug Conn, 1995) Notes on the Bizarre Twist (Jack Avis, 2006) A One Hand Twist (Jack Avis, 2006) The Diagonal Twist (Jack Avis, 2006) Bizarre Assignment (Peter Gröning, 2020) Bizarre Printing (Jonathan Friedman, 2023) Also published here El Giro Fantastico (Paul Harris, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (Paul Harris, 1996)	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
Jack Avis,	Matching Matches	No. 12, two spectators take some matches and count them, they remember cards at their corresponding position, performer makes two piles and both cards are in same position		1976	Self-Working Card Tricks	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Sensitive Fingertips	No. 36, cards divined behind back, two more when deck is in spectator's hands		1976	Self-Working Card Tricks	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Jerry L. Christensen	Pyramid Aces		Related to The "Lost Ace" Trick (Jack Avis, 1971) Pyramid Variation (Tom Craven, 1977)	Aug. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12)	447	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Jack Avis	The Siva Count	five cards as four, center one hidden		1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	48	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Ken Krenzel	Caught Red-Handed	"Magic Bullet" with color changing back kicker	Variations Magic Bullet Effect (Jack Avis, 2006)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Nate Leipzig, Andrew Pargeter, John Muir, Jack Avis	Simplified Spin Pass Aces	twirl cut (see reference), each time an ace appears. based on "Spin Pass Aces" by John Muir in "Abracadabra No. 1027", for credit details see Pabular 4/9, p. 571	Related to Twirl Cut (Nate Leipzig, 1963)	Feb. 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6)	527	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Fred Robinson	Oasis	on Johnny Paul, Vic Pinto, John Fisher, Fred Kaps, Ricky Jay, James Randi, Geoff Ray, Walt Lees, Gaeton Bloom, Bob Read, Gordon Bruce, Alex Elmsley, Steve Freeman, Peter Warlock, Jack Avis, Obie O'Brien		May 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)	570	Articles / Columns
Jerry K. Hartman	Ex-specter	Writing appears on paper card, revealing two selections	Inspired by Spirits (Jack Avis, 1975) Also published here Ex-Specter (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	1978	Loose Ends	50	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Roy Walton	Second Time Around	three cards chosen, found reversed, other cards on either side	Inspired by Three From Three (Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, Roy Walton, 1957) Also published here Second Time Around (Roy Walton, 1988)	1978	The Spread Half-Pass	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
David Stahl	Maxi-Twist IX	Twisting the Aces, then they change to Ace, Two, Three and Four	Variations Turn of the Century (Jack Avis, 2002)	1978	Don't Stall, Stahl!	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Jack Avis	Siva Count			Feb. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 2)	638	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Jack Avis, Brother John Hamman, Jay Malbrough	The Pinochle Caper	four cards change several times	Inspired by The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1983) Also published here Pinochle Caper (Jack Avis, 1998)	June 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6)	693	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Karl Fulves	The St. Regis Sleight	card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle, color forced	Variations Riffle Shuffle Control - St. Regis Sleight (Jack Avis, 2006)	1979	Riffle Shuffle Control		Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Robin Robertson	Robin's Riffle	two cards chosen from incomplete Riffle Shuffle position with smaller packets, in the end cards dealt from two piles and selections turn up at same position	Variations Synchronicity (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) A Few Steps Further On (Jack Avis, 2006)	1979	Riffle Shuffle Control	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Stopped Twice	two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"	Related to Four Aces Surprise (Frank Garcia, 1978) Strictly For Lovers (Driscoll, 1994) Variations Named Gemini (Tony Bartolotta, 1993) Face-Up Gemini Twins (Martin Gardner, 1996) Predicted Stopping Place (Jack Avis, 1998) Blankjack (Max Maven, 2009) Hands Off Gemini (Karl Fulves, 2010) Gemini Calling (Karl Fulves, Roberto Giobbi, 2010) You Know Better (Michał Kociołek, 2012) Presenting Gemini (Karl Fulves, 2015) Also published here Gemini Twins (Karl Fulves, 1984) Doble Predicción (1993)	1979	Impromptu Opener	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Edward Marlo	Psi Color	deck is shuffled and spectator can guess if top card is red or black, he is always right	Related to Medium (Jochen Zmeck, 1962) Are You Psychic (Edward Marlo, 1990) A Punch Deal that Isn't (Jack Avis, 2006)	1979	Magick (Issue 243)	1211	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Al Koran, Jack Avis, Roy Walton	Ein Pfund für Ihre Karte	signed card placed in nest of three envelopes, bill borrowed and serial number noted and then put in purse, card and bill transpose	Also published here A Pound For Your Card (Al Koran, Jack Avis, Roy Walton, 1954)	Dec. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)	110	Bill / Transposition Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / with Other Object
Karl Fulves	Six Quik	3&3, reds face-up and blacks face-down, could be odd-backed, separation in stages, then at once	Related to A Letter from Jack Avis (Karl Fulves, Jack Avis, 1983)	1980	Color Quik	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Odd Backed Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Karl Fulves	The Optical Trap	sandwiched card is suddenly no longer between other cards when three-card-spread is turned over, see also Cervon Monte	Related to A Letter from Jack Avis (Karl Fulves, Jack Avis, 1983) Variations Soft Cards (Ken Krenzel, 1990)	1980	Color Quik	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Andrew Galloway, John A. M. Howie	A Trick For Jack Avis	two selection in two packets change places and end up on top of the other packet		1980	Diverting Card Magic	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Sam Schwartz	All Red	2&2, two reds and two blacks mixed, they all change to black, repeated with another set of red and black cards, then all eight cards change to red	Inspired by Black Out (Karl Fulves, 1979) Variations Jack Avis Notes on All Red (Jack Avis, 2006)	1980	The Chronicles (Issue 25)	1308	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Jack Avis	Siva Count	five as four		1980	John: Verse Two	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bob Hummer, Al Koran	Mathematical 3 Card Monte	bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with bill	Related to El juego de las 3 tazas (Dani DaOrtiz, 2012) Variations Nu Way Shell Game (Jack Avis, 1998) The full monte (Lewis Jones, 2002) 3-Coin Monte (Karl Fulves, 2003) Three Cheat Monte (Karl Fulves, 2012)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	35	Cup / Miscellaneous Bill / Miscellaneous Games / Instruction Games
Bob Hummer	Mind Reader's Dream	cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card	Variations Computer Cards (Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer, 1967) Daydream (Roy Walton, Bob Hummer, 1968) Computer Cards (John Hamilton, 1970) 5-Card Reader (Karl Fulves, 1973) Siva's Nightmare (Jack Avis, 1975) A Vision or a Dream? (Wesley James, 2004) My Dream of Mind Reading (John Lovick, 2016) On "My Dream of Mind Reading" (Anton van Helden, 2016) Also published here Mind Reader's Dream (Bob Hummer, 1952)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Jon Racherbaumer	Wired Hidden Power	card remembered at total of cut-off packet	Inspired by Hidden Power (Jack Avis, 1968) Also published here The Extremely Hidden Count Down (Jon Racherbaumer, 2020)	1981	The Lost Pages of the Kabbala	26	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Thomas Alan Waters, Jack Avis	The Occultear	secretly tearing the center Writing Materials The Area of Writings The Fold The Tear	Related to Centre Tear (One Hand Variation) (Tony Corinda, Al Koran, 1959)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	171	Paper / Center Tear
Thomas Alan Waters	Triton	a red, white, and blue billet are in a bulldog clip, each belonging to a different category, a spectator selects one of the three categories and choses a word from that category, which he writes down, the word is predicted on one of the three billets, switching bulldog clip	Inspired by "Chronokinesis" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, Jan. 1954, p. 25)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	178	Paper / Center Tear Billet / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing
Jack Avis	Impromptu Mexican	monte/twist combo with black aces and black five, then all change to red Aces and red five, then all four Aces	Inspired by Mexican Monte (Karl Fulves, 1972)	1981	Octet	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Jack Avis	The Elmsley-Jordan Count to Show Four Aces	Siva Count basically		1981	Magic With Giant Cards	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Jordan Count Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Sleights / False Counts
Jack Avis	Optical Notes	variations	Inspired by The Optical Force (Karl Fulves, 1975)	1981	The Chronicles (Issue 30)	1360	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Loops Entwined	No. 43	Also published here Loops Entwined (Jack Avis, 1953)	1981	Self-Working Table Magic	52	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Jack Avis	Siva Count			1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	119	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jerry Sadowitz	The Whisperers	four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them	Related to Quietell (Philip T. Goldstein, Jerry Sadowitz, William Zavis, 1984) Quietell Jr. (Philip T. Goldstein, Jerry Sadowitz, 1984) Sottovoce (Philip T. Goldstein, 1984) Variations Whispered (Stephen Tucker, 1983) Whispereaders (Philip T. Goldstein, 1983) Stage Shout (Roy Walton, 1988) Cries and Whispers (John Bannon, Jerry Sadowitz, 1990) Sottovoce (Philip T. Goldstein, 1990) The Secret Merchants (Peter Duffie, 1992) The Defectors (Dave Campbell, 1993) Whisp (Philip T. Goldstein, 1994) A Change of Identity (Jack Avis, 1994) Which and Switch (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995) Boxed Tekel (Mark Elsdon, 2003) The Defectors (Dave Campbell, 2004) A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis) (Jack Avis, 2006) Girl Talk (Shiv Duggal, 2006) No Transfer Whisperers (Michael Powers, 2019)	1982	Alternative Card Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Edward Marlo	Open-Air Ace Assembly	no extra card	Variations The Travellers (Roger Crosthwaite, Edward Marlo, 1985) Undercover Assembly (Jack Avis, 2006)	1982	Card Finesse	194	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Jack Avis	Siva Count			Nov. 1982	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 3)	19	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Frank Thompson	Thompson False Cut		Related to Center Swing Cut - Applications (Jerry K. Hartman, 1972) Triple Cut to Break (1977) Running False Cut (Ken Simmons, 1981) "A Foxy-Falsie" (Karrell Fox, 1988) Database (Karl Fulves, 2000) Pseudo Drop Cut (Justin Higham, 2015) Variations Chaos Cut (Pit Hartling, 1998) FT Done Twice (Karl Fulves, 2004) Avis False Cut (Jack Avis, 2005) Finessed Frank Thompson Cut (Benjamin Earl, Frank Thompson, 2017) Four-Way Thompson Cut (Justin Higham, 2023) 5. Frank Thompson's Swivel False Cut (Tim Conover, 2025) Also published here False Triple Cut (Frank Thompson, 2021)	1982	Six Impromptu Card Tricks	45	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Brother John Hamman	The Pinochle Trick	ungaffed, Gemini Count	Related to Pinochle Plus (Conrad C. Bush, 1985) A Purist Plays With Pinocle (Jon Racherbaumer, 1992) Pinochle To Blackjack (Martin A. Nash, 2007) Variations Pinochle Pinnacle (Martin A. Nash, 1977) The Pinochle Caper (Dai Vernon, Jack Avis, Brother John Hamman, Jay Malbrough, 1979) Panic at the Poker Table (Allan Ackerman, 1981) Keep on Cloning (Frank Simon, 1983) "Pinochle?" (William Duncan, 2007) Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2017) Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2020) Hamman Card Trick (Vernon Version) (Dai Vernon, 2022) Also published here The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1984) The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1989)	Oct. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14)	130	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Jack Avis	Mexican Bingo	No. 74, sheets with numbers, some numbers arrived at are used to spell-count down in deck, four Aces found		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis	A Letter from Jack Avis		Related to The Optical Trap (Karl Fulves, 1980) Six Quik (Karl Fulves, 1980)	1983	Bob Ostin's New Submarine Card	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Dr. Jacob Daley, Jack Avis	Notes on Dr. Daley's Strip Out Shuffle	culling of cards at known position, short Ace cutting sequence with riffle shuffle placement, all very brief		1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	112	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Culling Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Jack Avis	Place-Name-26	place and obtain the name of the twenty-sixth card, faro shuffle		1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	124	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Jack Avis	Three Zarrow Techniques	1st Z-Technique 2nd Z-Technique 3rd Z-Technique		1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	124	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott	On Dr. Elliott's Run-Ups		Also published here Mystery of Elliott's Last Legacy (Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott, 1998)	1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	139	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Jack Avis, Bill Reid, Alex Elmsley	The Casual False Shuffle	four jogged packets		1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	158	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Miscellaneous
Reinhard Müller	Out of the Escorial II	sorting in four suits	Related to Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure (Reinhard Müller, Jack Avis, 2009)	1984	Arcane (Issue 11)	149	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits
Daryl Martinez	Diamond Bar		Inspired by Rising Crime (Daryl Martinez, 1982) Related to Make Me Small (Larry Jennings, 1985) Variations Diamond Bar - Recut (Jerry K. Hartman, 1986) Aces of Diamond Bar (David Neighbors, 1991) An English Tea (Jack Avis, 1999) The Brush (Darwin Ortiz, 2002) Diamond Bar - Gaffed (David Solomon, 2007) Also published here Diamond Bar (Daryl Martinez, 1985)	July/Aug. 1984	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24)	236	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Jack Avis	To Lie or Tell the Truth	No. 12, impromptu	Also published here Lügendetektor (Alois Eisenlohr, Jack Avis, 1992)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Jack Avis	Houdini Card	No. 79, deck sealed with crossed rubber bands, yet selection extracted underneath handkerchief	Also published here Houdini Card (Jack Avis, 1968)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Rubber Band
Jack Avis	Coin Switch	coin scooped up with card		1984	Contemporary Card Magic	43	Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props
Daryl Martinez	Daryl's Psychological Assembly	"or The Jolly Jumping Jokers" twelve red spot cards, four three-card packets put on table, then four Jokers distributed among those packets, Jokers assemble #1. The Easy Way #2. The Cardman's Version	Variations Among The Mad People (Tom Stone, 2000) Goings-on (Jack Avis, 2002) Among the Mad Men (Tom Stone, 2007) Among the Mad Men (Tom Stone, 2010) The Petalogical Assembly (Alexander de Cova, 2014) Petal Assembly (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	1985	Daryl's Psychological Assembly	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Jack Avis	The Center Double Lift			1985/87	Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus	37	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Center
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf	Farb-Chips Mental	four different colored chips in a box are dumped in spectator's hand, color is selected by choosing a card and corresponding chip is found missing in hand and back in box, with variation Meine mental-magischen Farb-Chips	Inspired by Jack Avis & Al Koran's "Poker-Chip-Chicanery"	1986	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 47 No. 3)	78	Chip / Traveling
Jack Avis	Siva Count			1986	Mirage	51	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	No Sleight Triumph		Related to The Four Packet Shuffle (Bill Simon, 1954) Waterfall False Shuffle (Jack Avis, 1998)	1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Jack Avis	Court Spell	named court card spelled from packet of picture cards	Also published here Court Card Spell (Jack Avis, 2006)	1988	The Chronicles (Issue 36)	1415	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For
Kevin Reay	No-Touch Transposition	two selections lost, red Aces pocketed, Aces appear on deck and selections in pocket	Related to Three From Three (Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, Roy Walton, 1957) Variations Touched-Up Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1989) Nice-Touch Transposition (Justin Higham, 1989)	Nov. 1988	Inside Out (Issue 5)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Roy Walton	On The Side Of The Angels	packet cut off half the deck and counted, two cards remembered (one using the number), they end up at the same position in two piles	Inspired by The Devilish Die (Jack Avis, 1960) Also published here On the Side of the Angels (Roy Walton, 1969)	1988	The Complete Walton — Volume 2	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	MacCount	four cards, Ace travels from pocket back to packet, featuring count that shows all cards but changes order	Variations Ambitious Siva Takes the Count (Jack Avis, 1998)	1989	And a Packet of Cards	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield	Twist And Vanish	five cards, one of which is selection, wrong cards turn over one by one, then selection vanishes, Biddle Trick	Inspired by Everchange Count (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations Siva's Twist And Vanish (Jack Avis, 1989)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Jack Avis	Siva's Twist And Vanish	five cards, one of which is selection, wrong cards turn over one by one, then selection vanishes, Biddle Trick	Inspired by Twist And Vanish (Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, 1989)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Gary Kurtz	All Together	Four of a kind in Spectators palms	Variations Who Wants Another Collectors? (Jack Avis, 2006)	1990	Unexplainable Acts	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Jack Avis	Siva Count			1990	Focus	70	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis, Justin Higham	Twisting In The Nineties	with Ace through Four, one extra card, spreads instead of counts	Inspired by "One To Four" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring, Sep. 1963, p. 65)	Sep. 1990	Technomagic (Issue Extra No. 1)	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Alex Elmsley	Everchange Count	four as five while hiding one	Variations Twist And Vanish (Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, 1989) Everchange Count Variation (Alex Elmsley, 1994) 4-as-5 Count (Edward Marlo, 1994) Also published here Everchange Count (Alex Elmsley, 1989) Everchange Count (Alex Elmsley, 2003)	1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	74	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Alex Elmsley	Brownwaves I	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected cards are at the same position	Related to No Looking (Alex Elmsley, 1962) The Two Pile Trick (Edward G. Brown, 1973) Variations A Short Brownwave (Jack Avis, 1957) Brown Coincidence (Ken Beale, 1959) Making Waves (Bob King, 1991)	1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	333	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Directed Verdict III		Related to Left Side Double Deal (Jack Avis, 2006)	1991	Smoke and Mirrors	110	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Jack Avis	One Hand Switch	for two dice		1991	Swindle Sheet (Issue 5)	58	Dice (small) / Switches
Jerry K. Hartman	Ex-Specter	Writing appears on paper card, revealing two selections	Inspired by Spirits (Jack Avis, 1975) Also published here Ex-specter (Jerry K. Hartman, 1978)	1991	Card Craft	485	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Alois Eisenlohr, Jack Avis	Lügendetektor	german adaption of Avis trick	Also published here To Lie or Tell the Truth (Jack Avis, 1984)	1992	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 54 No. 6)	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Jack Avis	Avis Deal Switch	kind of one-handed second deal with break, credit information	Related to Mechanical Seconds (Edward Marlo, 1959) Avis Deal Switch (Jack Avis, 1992) Also published here Avis Deal Switch (Jack Avis, 1998)	1992	Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)	111	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed
Jack Avis	Left Litte-Finger Push-Off		Related to The Day Double Lift (Walter "Sonny" Day, 1995)	1992	Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)	111	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off
Jack Avis	Four-Ace Routine			1992	Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Jack Avis	Avis Deal Switch	on doing it left-handed	Related to Avis Deal Switch (Jack Avis, 1992)	1992	Additives	1	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed
Tom Daugherty	Triple Whammy		Variations What's MY card? (Jack Avis, Lewis Jones, 2002)	Aug. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)	2252	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Jack Avis	Eight Bytes Is Enough	thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer	Inspired by More Lies (Robert E. Neale, 1970) Also published here Eight Bites is Enough (Jack Avis, 1993)	1993	Simplicity at Your Fingertips	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Bob King	Second Guessing Your Weight	performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection	Inspired by I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) (Bob King, 1992) Related to Weight Lifter (Jack Avis, 1998) Variations Florida Roadkill (James Swain, 2001)	1993	The Breather 2	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Jack Avis	Eight Bites is Enough	thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer	Inspired by More Lies (Robert E. Neale, 1970) Also published here Eight Bytes Is Enough (Jack Avis, 1993)	Dec. 1993	Profile (Issue 17)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Karl Fulves	Anyspell	using Nine Card Principle The First Speller The Second Speller The Method The Lie Phase	Inspired by Jack Avis routine	1993	Interim Report	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Dean Dill, Allan Ackerman	The Gem-Money Cards	bills are put next to Aces, Gemini Twins	Related to Triad (Jack Avis, 2002) Dater base (Lewis Jones, 2002) Variations The Money Cards Too! (Dean Dill, 1999) Billustrious (Harry Lorayne, 2001) For Dean (Bob King, 2003) Lucky 14 (Tomas Blomberg, 2014) GemMoney Mates - No Oops Handle (Allan Ackerman, Dean Dill, 2023)	1994	Las Vegas Kardma	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Jack Avis	Avis Spread Switch	credit information	Inspired by Henry Christ Spread Switch (Henry Christ, 1959)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	58	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from spread, fan and Co Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid	Direct Link	featuring Bill Reid's "Automatic Discovery", named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection	Related to Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find (Jack Avis, 1969) Would It Be A Miracle? (Harry Lorayne, 1990) Second Link (Alex Elmsley, 1994) 2-4-6-8-Find (Jack Avis, 2006)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	329	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two selections are next to each other
John Scarne	Fast Shuffle #2	"Scarne Shuffle Systems" three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, crimp	Variations Howard Wurst on Scarne's Shuffle Systems (Howard Wurst, 1993) Jack Avis on Scarne's Run-up Systems (Jack Avis, 1994)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 7)	78	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
Jack Avis	Jack Avis on Scarne's Run-up Systems		Inspired by Fast Shuffle #2 (John Scarne, 1994) Also published here Variations on Scarne's Runup System (Jack Avis, 1998)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 10)	120	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
Jack Avis	Foreword			1994	Roger's Thesaurus	xviii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jack Avis	Cull & Triple Peek Control	deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, three cards marked off and controlled	Inspired by Three Break Control (Dai Vernon, 1967)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	133	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield	Twist and Vanish	biddle trick, five-card twisting routine, cards turn over one by one, selection vanishes at the end	Related to Inside Out No. VI (1989, Justin Higham, p. 14)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	174	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Jack Avis	Siva's Twist and Vanish	biddle trick, five-card twisting routine, cards turn over one by one, selection vanishes at the end		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	178	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Jack Avis	Upright Count		Inspired by "Perfect False Count" (Brian MacCarthy, Modern Sleights, 1934, p. 10)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	179	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Jack Avis	Another Call, Another Place	bottom deals instead of second deals	Related to Another Call - from Another Place (Jack Avis, 2006) Variations Subway (Bob King, 1995)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Jack Avis	The Bottom Deal	comments on the Erdnase Bottom Deal	Inspired by Bottom Dealing (S. W. Erdnase, 1902)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	187	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Push Out
Jack Avis	Flip Up Put Back Count	cards counted off the top of the deck, left thumb flips the cards up one by one The Genuine Count The False Count The Force		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	188	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Counts Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Jack Avis	A Change of Identity	four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them	Inspired by The Whisperers (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Related to A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis) (Jack Avis, 2006) Variations Identity Cards (Justin Higham, 1994)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Jack Avis	Siva Display Subtlety			1994	Roger's Thesaurus	191	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Jack Avis	The Hindu Shuffle	force		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	192	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces
Jack Avis	The Lap Addition	Christ force under the table	Related to Air Mail Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1969)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	192	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force
Jack Avis	Under-the-Table Reverse	getting ready for Christ type force under the table		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	193	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force
Justin Higham	Identity Cards	alternate handling, whisperers	Inspired by A Change of Identity (Jack Avis, 1994)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	198	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Jack Avis	British Twist	four blue-backed Fours of Clubs, cards turn over and change to Ace through Four of Clubs one by one, then backs change to red	Inspired by "Hyper Twist" (Bob Walker, marketed 1974)	Aug. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Barrie Richardson	Knave Detector	one hand is a liar and one tells the truth	Inspired by To Lie Or Tell The Truth (Jack Avis, Larry Jennings, 1968) Also published here Truth to Tell (Barrie Richardson, 1999)	Dec. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)	57	Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Walter "Sonny" Day	The Day Double Lift	interesting push-off	Inspired by The Drawback Double Lift (Paul Curry, 1974) Related to L.J. Double Pushoff (Larry Jennings, 1986) Left Litte-Finger Push-Off (Jack Avis, 1992) Variations Center Block Palm (Peter Duffie, 1995)	1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	247	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Bob King	Subway		Inspired by Another Call, Another Place (Jack Avis, 1994)	1995	Opening Night Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Jack Avis	Siva Count			1995	What's Up Deck?	60	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis, Roy Walton	Four-card Siva Count	displacement, does not hide any surfaces		1995	After Craft	200	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Daniel Cros	Cros Twist	"An Enhancement for the Bizarre Twist", one-handed version	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, 1976) Related to A One Hand Twist (Jack Avis, 2006)	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)	201	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Edward Marlo	Shifting, Whispering Thoughts	two cards and their positions thought of in ten-card packet, both divined Preferred Handling (ten memorized cards)	Inspired by The Devilish Die (Jack Avis, 1960)	1996	MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8)	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Larry Jennings	Houdini Card Escapes Again	interesting structure	Inspired by Houdini Card (Jack Avis, 1968)	1997	Jennings '67	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Rubber Band
Jack Avis	Siva Count	brief		1997	Virtual Foolery	10	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	Foreword	from 1997 L&L reprint		1997	The Chronicles ()		Articles / Intros & Epilogues

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