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S. W. Erdnase Bottom Dealing featuring the Erdnase Grip
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 52
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Psychic Writing appearing writing on paper card answers question
Related toVariations 1935 4
Ladson Butler The Whispering Queen deck is shuffled and dealt in four heaps, bottom cards divined
Variations 1937 24
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 1937 29
The Pencil-Line Detection one-way via edge mark
Related to 1938 65
T.J. Crawford Migratory Coins coins on corners of black cloth, with two postcards
Variations 1938 705
George Sutcliffe, Tom Sellers Repel-Attract matches move apart between fingers, rubber tubing
Variations 1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
412
Frederick Braue The Flip-Over Palm attributed to Fred Braue in "Vis à Vis"
Related toVariations 1940 58
Multi-Spelling Trick "The repeat Spelling of Mentally Selected Cards"
Variations 1940 347
Edward Marlo Surprising Transposition card in pocket with card at chosen position
Related to 1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
40
Warren Wiersbe Military Mixup
Variations 1944 8
Paul Curry Linked two ropes hanging on performer's shoulder link, see also ring & tape sequence in "Sefalaljia"
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 123)
496
Dr. Jacob Daley The Cavorting Aces
Variations 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
111
Paul Rosini Double Reverse spectator and performer each chose selection from half the deck, they end up reversed
Related toVariations 1950 53
Jack Avis The Jokers ten cards on table, selected one is predicted the others are jokers
Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 242)
968
Arthur Hastings D. F. C.
Inspired byRelated toVariations Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 265)
1060
Jack Avis Loops Entwined under handkerchief
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 275)
1098
Jack Avis Demented Dice
Feb. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 275)
1101
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 1953 33
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
Peter Warlock Take a Bow, Jack Avis transposition of two coins, with handkerchief
Inspired by
  • "Your Choice!" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Feb. 1953)
1954 47
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 1954 139
Jack Avis Message from Hades freely chosen card predicted, pocket writing
Related to 1954/27 221
Jack Avis All Fair Impromptu Spell mental spelling, imperfect card principle
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
18
Jack Avis All Fair Count Down card from group is selected, value used to locate card
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
19
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal l.h. Steal during Overhand Shuffle
Related to 1956 18
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 Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
3
Jack Avis All Fair Card Transposition card in pocket with card at chosen position
Related to 1956 10
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 13
Edward Marlo The Bold Steal while showing that selection is not on top or bottom and other handlings, see Note 3 on p. 58
Related to 1957 9
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 1957
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)
1
Jack Avis All Fair Surprise card held by spectator turns into selection
Also published here 1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
203
Jack Avis Card Switch behind fan
1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
203
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 toVariations 1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
205
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 Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
4
Jack Avis Tip for "Shears" invisible scissor sight gag
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
4
Jack Avis On the Seven-Principle
Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
12
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 byVariations Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
15
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 Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
15
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 Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
16
Jack Avis Cards of Sympathy four quartets show up, transform, transpose
1957 11
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 toVariationsAlso published here 1958 32
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 byAlso published here 1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
27
Henry Christ Henry Christ Spread Switch see Elmsley book for Tony Kardyro credit information
Related toVariations 1959 23
Edward Marlo Mechanical Seconds effect application: Aces change to Kings
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959 90
Tony Corinda, Al Koran Centre Tear (One Hand Variation)
Related to 1959 171
Jack Avis The Birthday Card Trick card is found a position of a wished month
1959 312
Jack Avis Suit Force with down-under-deal
1959 313
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
Jack Avis A Card Exchange unconventional handling
1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
57
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 1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
58
Jack Avis Surprise card held by spectator turns into selection
Also published here Dec. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 352)
236
Jack Avis The Devilish Die two card selected with top and bottom numbers of rolled die, both are eventually located
Variations Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
19
Jack Avis A Switch Move
Also published here 1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
64
Jack Avis Diencidence three chosen cards reveal two numbers chosen with a die and total
1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
64
Jack Avis French Reverse
Oct. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 362)
277
Dr. Stanley Jaks Der mysteriöse Scarabäus card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1961 47
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
Jack Avis The Finger Clip Cull
Also published here 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
68
Jack Avis Coincidence-Again
Also published here 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
69
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
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
Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
Related to 1963 170
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 67
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them behind back, then cards on either side of a selection
Variations June 1966 38
Robert Lund, Robert Stine, Dan Fowler, Jack Avis Etcetera how Dunninger fooled Dr. James Elliott, magic as art
Sep. 1966 57
Jack Avis Poker Dice Coincidence poker dice match dealt hand, posed as a problem
Related to Sep. 1966 57
Dai Vernon Three Break Control
Related toVariations 1967 132
Jack Avis Slippery Aces Aces produced, then lost and produced in named order
1967 177
Jack Avis Spin Cut Production
1967 178
Jack Avis Exchanged three of four Aces are switched
Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
6
John Benzais Benzais' Spin-Out
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967 67
Jack Avis Houdini Ring ring off rope
Related to 1967 325
Fred G. Taylor, Clayton Rawson, Jack Avis Etcetera hobbyist vs professionals
Aug. 1967 116
Peter Kane Single Shot card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toVariations 1967 12
Piet Forton Piet Forton's Visible Ace Popper Move Inspired by Jack Avis and Eddie Taytelbaum
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1967 12
Jack Avis "Wandman" Transpo card moves from one position in deck to another, by throwing dice, using Walter Wandman dice box
May 1968 175
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
VariationsAlso published here
May 1968 175
Jack Avis All Fair Mygratory Coins four coins & three cards
Also published here May 1968 177
Jack Avis Check Cop Move coin steal
May 1968 177
Jack Avis Tip & Load Move
May 1968 177
Jack Avis Hidden Power card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number
Variations May 1968 177
Jack Avis An Ace Locator Aces distributed as key cards
Related to
  • p. 179 for further references
May 1968 180
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
VariationsAlso published here Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
225
Jack Avis Loops Entwined Curry's linked behind handkerchief
Also published here 1968 122
Jack Avis Multiple Glide
1969 17
Jack Avis Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection
Related to 1969 120
Jack Avis Gathering of the Clan
1969 121
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
Related toVariations Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
65
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 260
Jack Avis, Martin Gardner, John Brennon, Peter A. McDonald Etcetera
Oct. 1969 288
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 toVariationsAlso published here
1969 14
Roy Johnson Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them under table, then cards on either side of a reversed card are predicted
Inspired by 1970 41
Jack Avis 3-Way Split transposition of two card with a third card (joker) on the table
Oct. 1970 370
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Related toVariationsAlso published here Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
384
Jack Avis The "Lost Ace" Trick
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 11)
81
Jack Avis The Siva Count
Mar. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 11)
82
Jack Avis Introduction
1971 3
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 toVariationsAlso published here
July 1971 429
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 byRelated toVariations July 1971 430
Karl Fulves Mexican Monte monte/twist combo with unexpected/funny cards appearing
Related toVariations 1972 8
Ben Christopher Unlimited Elevator four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King
  • Impromptu Method
Related toVariations Oct. 1972 567
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 Dec. 1972 576
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 toAlso published here 1972 2
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon-Judah Poker Demonstration No. 89, same set-up dealt over and over for two players
VariationsAlso published here 1972 27
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
1972 16
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 1973 40
Jack Avis Topsy Turvy triumph with ambitious phases and four-of-a-kind kicker
July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
163
Harvey Rosenthal Ring Off see p. 608 for comment
Inspired by
  • "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971)
Variations
Mar. 1973 601
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 Mar. 1973 603
Robert (Bob) Hess Focal Point one of ten cards, OOSOOM
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
Variations
May 1973 625
Jack Avis Impromptu Unlimited four Kings buried in deck, four queens one by one placed on top and attracting its King
Inspired by Sep. 1973 660
Jack Avis, Roy Walton Siva Count "show four cards as four, concealing none"
1973 11
Karl Fulves The Optical Force (chapter 33-A added to 1975 edition, see "13 Prophets", p. 20)
two spectators choose cards: mates
Variations 1975 408
Roy Walton The E.J. Count "Elmsley Jordan", Siva Count, see "Vis à Vis" for credit information
Related to 1975 187
Jack Avis The Siva Count
1975 187
Jack Avis The Sport Trick four blank cards, on one a picture of a girl appears and vanishes
Also published here Mar. 1975
Epilogue (Issue 23)
220
Jack Avis Four Tricks: Random Speller
July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
225
Jack Avis This Is My Card
July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
225
Jack Avis Siva's Nightmare one-way deck
Inspired by July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
226
Jack Avis Five Card Do As I Did
July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
226
Larry Jennings Royal Triumph four Kings instead of selection
Variations 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1))
261
Jack Avis A Spirit Detection drinks and countries are divined
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 5)
56
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
Jack Avis The Wishing Envelope gimmick envelope, including three routines with it
  • The Wishing Envelope
  • The Jokers Wild
  • Transposed Marlo Reverse
Also published here Oct. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 2)
161
Jack Avis Spirits appearing writing on paper card reveals selection
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Simplified Psychic Writing" (S. H. Sharpe, Bagshawe's Magical Journal, Dec. 1928)
Variations
July 1975 977
Jack Avis Focal Point II one of ten, OOSOOM
Inspired by July 1975 977
Jack Avis Siva Count show four cards as four, concealing none
Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
6
Edward Marlo Marlo's Deal Switch thought-of card appears between tabled mates, featuring a switch
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 1
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
Jack Avis Spin Cut Aces cut and production, originally published in "Pentagram"
Sep. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1)
307
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
Paul Harris The Bizarre Twist! card perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over, color changing back kicker ("The Bizarre Routine")
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 73
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 21
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingertips No. 36, cards divined behind back, two more when deck is in spectator's hands
1976 56
Jerry L. Christensen Pyramid Aces
Related to Aug. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12)
447
Jack Avis The Siva Count five cards as four, center one hidden
1977 48
Ken Krenzel Caught Red-Handed "Magic Bullet" with color changing back kicker
Variations 1978 82
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 Feb. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6)
527
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
Jerry K. Hartman Ex-specter Writing appears on paper card, revealing two selections
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 50
Roy Walton Second Time Around three cards chosen, found reversed, other cards on either side
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 11
David Stahl Maxi-Twist IX Twisting the Aces, then they change to Ace, Two, Three and Four
Variations 1978 5
Jack Avis Siva Count
Feb. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 2)
638
Dai Vernon, Jack Avis, Brother John Hamman, Jay Malbrough The Pinochle Caper four cards change several times
Inspired byAlso published here June 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6)
693
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle, color forced
Variations 1979
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 1979 22
Karl Fulves Stopped Twice two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979 2
Edward Marlo Psi Color deck is shuffled and spectator can guess if top card is red or black, he is always right
Related to 1979
Magick (Issue 243)
1211
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 Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
110
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 1980 3
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 toVariations 1980 8
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 15
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 byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1308
Jack Avis Siva Count five as four
1980 6
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
Variations 1980 35
Bob Hummer Mind Reader's Dream cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card
VariationsAlso published here 1980 42
Jon Racherbaumer Wired Hidden Power card remembered at total of cut-off packet
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 26
Thomas Alan Waters, Jack Avis The Occultear secretly tearing the center
  • Writing Materials
  • The Area of Writings
  • The Fold
  • The Tear
Related to 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)
171
Thomas Alan Waters Triton a red, white, and blue billet are in a bulldog clip, which select a category each, aspectator selects one of three categories and choses a word from that category, which he writes down, the word is predicted on one of the three billets
Inspired by
  • Jack Avis' "Chronokinesis" in Peter Warlock's "Pentagram", Vol. 8, No. 4. P. 25.
1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)
178
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 1981 62
Jack Avis The Elmsley-Jordan Count to Show Four Aces Siva Count basically
1981 8
Jack Avis Optical Notes variations
Inspired by 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1360
Jack Avis Loops Entwined No. 43
Also published here 1981 52
Jack Avis Siva Count
1981 119
Jerry Sadowitz The Whisperers four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Related toVariations 1982 8
Edward Marlo Open-Air Ace Assembly no extra card
Variations 1982 194
Jack Avis Siva Count
Nov. 1982 19
Frank Thompson Thompson False Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 45
Brother John Hamman The Pinochle Trick ungaffed, Gemini Count
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14)
130
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 97
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis A Letter from Jack Avis
Related to 1983 13
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 112
Jack Avis Place-Name-26 place and obtain the name of the twenty-sixth card, faro shuffle
1984 124
Jack Avis Three Zarrow Techniques
  • 1st Z-Technique
  • 2nd Z-Technique
  • 3rd Z-Technique
1984 124
Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott On Dr. Elliott's Run-Ups
Also published here 1984 139
Jack Avis, Bill Reid, Alex Elmsley The Casual False Shuffle jogged packets
1984 158
Reinhard Müller Out of the Escorial II sorting in four suits
Related to 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
149
Daryl Martinez Diamond Bar
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here July/Aug. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24)
236
Jack Avis To Lie or Tell the Truth No. 12, impromptu
1984 16
Jack Avis Houdini Card No. 79, deck sealed with crossed rubber bands, yet selection extracted underneath handkerchief
Also published here 1984 118
Jack Avis Coin Switch coin scooped up with card
1984 43
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 1985 1
Jack Avis The Center Double Lift
1985/87 37
Jack Avis Siva Count
1986 51
Dai Vernon No Sleight Triumph
Related to 1987 105
Jack Avis Court Spell named court card spelled from packet of picture cards
Also published here 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 36)
1415
Kevin Reay No-Touch Transposition two selections lost, red Aces pocketed, Aces appear on deck and selections in pocket
Related toVariations Nov. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 5)
2
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 byAlso published here
  • Ibidem
1988 30
Karl Fulves MacCount four cards, Ace travels from pocket back to packet, featuring count that shows all cards but changes order
Variations 1989 3
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 byVariations May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
14
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 May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
15
Gary Kurtz All Together Four of a kind in Spectators palms
Variations 1990 79
Jack Avis Siva Count
1990 70
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
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count four as five while hiding one
VariationsAlso published here 1991 74
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 toVariations 1991 333
John Bannon Directed Verdict III
Related to 1991 110
Jack Avis One Hand Switch for two dice
1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 5)
58
Jerry K. Hartman Ex-Specter Writing appears on paper card, revealing two selections
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 485
Jack Avis Avis Deal Switch kind of one-handed second deal with break, credit information
Related toAlso published here 1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
111
Jack Avis Left Litte-Finger Push-Off
Related to 1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
111
Jack Avis Four-Ace Routine
1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
112
Jack Avis Avis Deal Switch on doing it left-handed
Related to 1992 1
Tom Daugherty Triple Whammy
Variations Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2252
Jack Avis Eight Bytes Is Enough thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 32
Bob King Second Guessing Your Weight performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1993 2
Jack Avis Eight Bites is Enough thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
11
Dean Dill, Allan Ackerman The Gem-Money Cards bills are put next to Aces, Gemini Twins
Related toVariations 1994 18
Jack Avis Avis Spread Switch credit information
Inspired by 1994 58
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 1994 329
John Scarne Fast Shuffle #2 "Scarne Shuffle Systems"
three Aces for five-handed game for dealer, crimp
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
78
Jack Avis Jack Avis on Scarne's Run-up Systems
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
120
Jack Avis Foreword
1994 xviii
Jack Avis Cull & Triple Peek Control deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, three cards marked off and controlled
Inspired by 1994 133
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 174
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 178
Jack Avis Upright Count
Inspired by
  • "Perfect False Count" (Brian MacCarthy, Modern Sleights, 1934, p. 10)
1994 179
Jack Avis Another Call, Another Place bottom deals instead of second deals
Related toVariations 1994 186
Jack Avis The Bottom Deal comments on the Erdnase Bottom Deal
Inspired by 1994 187
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 188
Jack Avis A Change of Identity four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1994 190
Jack Avis Siva Display Subtlety
1994 191
Jack Avis The Hindu Shuffle force
1994 192
Jack Avis The Lap Addition Christ force under the table
Related to 1994 192
Jack Avis Under-the-Table Reverse getting ready for Christ type force under the table
1994 193
Justin Higham Identity Cards alternate handling, whisperers
Inspired by 1994 198
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
Barrie Richardson Knave Detector one hand is a liar and one tells the truth
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
57
Walter "Sonny" Day The Day Double Lift interesting push-off
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1995 247
Bob King Subway
Inspired by 1995 8
Jack Avis Siva Count
1995 60
Jack Avis, Roy Walton Four-card Siva Count displacement, does not hide any surfaces
1995 200
Daniel Cros Cros Twist "An Enhancement for the Bizarre Twist", one-handed version
Inspired byRelated to 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
201
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 1996 12
Larry Jennings Houdini Card Escapes Again interesting structure
Inspired by 1997 79
Jack Avis Siva Count brief
1997 10
Jack Avis Foreword
1997
Jack Avis Over Under Spell Jacks on table, three cards placed on three of them, all collected, Jacks spelled out, one vanishes and is removed from pocket
Inspired by
  • "A Knavish Trick" (W. G. Graigen, 1948)
1998 211
Jack Avis Pinnacle "Unsolved Mysteries"
linked safety pins, linked section wrapped in paper, torn apart and they are unlinked, then linked again, posed as a problem
Related toVariations 1998 234
Jack Avis Foreword
1998 9
Jack Avis Christmas Coin Vanish Christmas party cracker as coin holder or coin clip
1998 11
Jack Avis Movie Coin Vanish
1998 13
John Derris, Jack Avis Namreg Coin Box Routine four coins appear at once in Boston con box that was shown empty
1998 15
Jack Avis Salute to Ramsay metal cap (Oktio box without lid) with four coins, one penetrates hand
1998 18
Jack Avis, Gus Davenport Gus 'N Jack Coin Trick four coins produced from silk one by one
1998 21
Jack Avis Two for the Flight of One borrowed coin and bill transpose, using Bill Tube and Oktio Box
1998 24
Jack Avis Avis Turnover as Boston Box is picked up from table
1998 26
Jack Avis Dribble Top Palm
Related to 1998 28
Jack Avis Swing Cut Bottom Palm into cop, HaLo Cut type action
1998 30
Jack Avis Double Undercut Bottom Palm into right hand
1998 32
Jack Avis Thumb Clip Steal
  • As a Color Change
  • as part of an Ambitious Card Routine
Related to 1998 34
Jack Avis Center Double Lift credit information
  • First Handling (pulled out the back)
  • Second Handling (top half pulled over with right fingers and card in center flipped over)
1998 36
Jack Avis Bonnie and Glide four spectators each name a small number and that many cards are counted in front of each from bottom of deck, Ace on each
1998 40
Jack Avis Multiple Glide multiple glide from end grip
1998 40
Jack Avis Siva Hindu Force force card dragged out with left fingers
1998 42
Jack Avis Waterfall False Shuffle faro, then unweave noice sold as waterfall, also to get into Vernon's "No Sleight Triumph"
Related to 1998 44
Jack Avis Avis Fan Switch with routine in which a card is wrongly located and changes into selection
1998 48
Jack Avis Center to Top Reverse one-handed behind back, bold
1998 48
Jack Avis Siva Count five as four, credit information
1998 51
Jack Avis Ambitious Siva Takes the Count Ace to Four
Inspired by 1998 52
Jack Avis Alaskan Poker five times the spectator and magician cut the deck in turn and remove the top card, performer ends up with Royal Flush
Related to 1998 54
Jack Avis Auto Deck performer deals himself Aces, then spectators remember one card in their hand, performer shuffles and deals again, everyone has a Straight Flush and performer the memorized cards, extra Aces and duplicates
Also published here
  • marketed in 1953
1998 56
Jack Avis, Dr. James William Elliott Mystery of Elliott's Last Legacy interpretation of the Dr. Elliott runup system
Inspired by
  • "Elliott's Last Legacy", p. 318
Also published here
1998 60
Jack Avis Variations on Scarne's Runup System three variations
Also published here 1998 64
Jack Avis Nu Way Shell Game props changed to four white cards with colored spots
Inspired by 1998 66
Jack Avis Pinochle Caper four cards change several times
Also published here 1998 69
Jack Avis Weight Lifter number of cards in packet correctly estimated, breather crimp
Inspired by
  • "Weight Guess Plus" (Bob King)
Related toAlso published here
  • The Crimp
1998 70
Jack Avis Chosen Ace Through the Table
1998 72
Jack Avis Hofzinser Ace Trick
VariationsAlso published here 1998 75
Jack Avis Flash Ace Production deck split into four packets, Ace on top of each
1998 78
Jack Avis Siva's Ace Cut
1998 80
Jack Avis Change in Handling spectator removes a couple of number cards to represent his phone number, performer arranges them instantly so they spell out in right order
Inspired by 1998 83
Jack Avis Sport Detector four blank cards shown, any sport thought of by performer, an image that represents a sexy girl appears and vanishes
Also published here 1998 84
Jack Avis Folding Numbers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, sum of one orientation predicted, parity
Inspired by 1998 86
Jack Avis, Al Koran Poker Chip Psi four chips of different colors, one chosen is predicted via a card with that color
Also published here
  • marketed item
1998 88
Jack Avis Chance in Four four red-backed cards with number 5, 10, 15 and 20, one number chosen and card at that position matches the red-backed card with that number and others don't
Variations 1998 91
Jack Avis Impromptu Auto Cue deck shuffled face-up/face-down, three face-down cards put on table, spectator exchanges two and remembers the third one, all replaced, Triumph effect
Inspired by
  • "Auto Cue" (Roy Walton, Genii, July 1991)
1998 93
Jack Avis Spirit Detection drinks and countries are divined
Also published here 1998 95
Jack Avis Spooky Time clock face with suits and values on it, two plastic hands held onto it and the move by themselves to indicate selection
Inspired by 1998 98
Jack Avis All Fair Predict-O-Matic spectator reverses card behind deck in deck, predicted
1998 100
Jack Avis Spread Display Switch as reversed card is shown
1998 101
Jack Avis Queen Tells All bottom cards of piles divined
Inspired by 1998 102
Jack Avis Avis Deal Switch kind of one-handed second deal with break
Also published here 1998 103
Jack Avis Tupax Into One involving piles made and dealt through in unison
Inspired by
  • "Tupax" (Stewart James, Top, Nov. 1940)
Related to
1998 104
Jack Avis Predicted Stopping Place two cards predicted, Gemini Twins, credit information
Inspired by 1998 106
Jack Avis Three to Die die used to select two numbers, three chosen cards match the numbers
1998 108
Jack Avis Magical Sucuba 4x4 matrix, some number coincidences occur
Related to 1998 110
Jack Avis, Al Koran 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
Related toAlso published here 1998 112
Jack Avis Slate of Hand card of selection appears on one of two miniature slates in chosen chalk color
1998 115
Jack Avis Hole in the Table copper and silver coins under paper-covered glass, chosen coin penetrates table, then glass itself
1998 118
Jack Avis Rara Avis Card Stab knife stabbed into top of deck so that a small block is stuck to tip of knife, bottom card is selection
1998 123
Jack Avis Wishing Envelope small envelope with one corner cut off, card inserted, a "corner shell" simulates another card being in it, followed by three applications
Also published here 1998 127
Jack Avis The Wishing Envelope two cards chosen, indifferent card put in envelope that has a corner cut off, it changes into one selection, then into the other
1998 129
Jack Avis The Dissected Joker card put into envelope that has a corner cut off, card and envelope cut into quarters, it transposes with another card, using "Wishing Envelope"
1998 129
Jack Avis Transposed Marlo Reverse card turns over in envelope that has a corner cut off, changes into selection, using "Wishing Envelope"
1998 130
Jack Avis, Billy O'Connor O'Connor Caper two cards predicted and mates via count-back force (10-20 force), credit information
Inspired by
  • Billy O'Connor trick in The Magic Wand
1998 131
Jack Avis Hotel '81
Inspired by 1998 133
Jack Avis So Fair Card/Cigarette Transpo torn card changes place with tobacco of cigarette
1998 135
Jack Avis The Switch Force Deck force deck with cut-out section in half the deck to switch cigarette
1998 135
Jack Avis Useful Jokers chosen card appears between two Jokers
Inspired by 1998 137
Jack Avis Safety Cut linked safety pins put into paper cover, cover cut in two pieces, held together again and pins still linked
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 140
Jack Avis Cuball green sponge ball, scissors waved around hand, pieces fall off, now two sponge cubes
1998 143
Jack Avis Houdini Ring
Related to 1998 145
Jack Avis Escape from Ellis ellis ring off cord
1998 148
Jack Avis Loops Entwined under handkerchief
Also published here 1998 151
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
Related toAlso published here 1998 1
John Derris Jack Avis short bio
1998 1
Jack Avis The Siva Fold bottom card
1998 5
Jack Avis The Siva Folded Card to Wallet
1998 8
Jack Avis True Grit way of dropping grains of salt on selection, as a control
1998 12
John Derris, Jack Avis, Bobby Bernard, Ted Danson, Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton, Oswald Williams What Is Wrong With Magic? includes reprint of Oswald Williams essay from 1923, ramblings on magic
1998 82
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
13
Michael Close (reviewer) Vis A Vis: A Jack Avis Book by Jack Avis (written by John Derris) Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
28
Milton Kort, Jack Avis Matcho Spectator freely selects one of four blue cards, magician deals out four previously placed red cards below the blue ones, the chosen blue card matches the corresponding red (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 1, no. 8, Oct 1969)
Related toVariations 1999 79
Jack Avis Siva Count
1999 6
Jack Avis Toss-In Stab
1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
140
Ronald J. Dayton Ron Dayton on The Avis Pins linking and unlinking
Related to 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
324
Jack Avis The Siva Count
1999 50
David Acer Hofsinzer's Delusion "Hofzinser's", selection between spectator's palms, Aces taken out, Ace of same suit turns over and changes into selection, Ace now between spectator's hands, duplicate
Inspired byAlso published here 1999 76
Jack Avis An English Tea
Inspired by Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
32
Jack Avis The Dutch Ghost using Joker with little ledge cut out
May 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 5)
38
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here 1999 20
David Acer The Acer File
  • Hofzinser's Delusion
"Hofzinser's", selection between spectator's palms, Aces taken out, Ace of same suit turns over and changes into selection, Ace now between spectator's hands, duplicate
Inspired byAlso published here Jan./Feb. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 51)
598
Jack Avis The Siva Count
Jan./Feb. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 51)
599
Jack Avis Jack Avis balancing deck with rubber band around it, clings to hand when hand is turned
2000 26
Jack Avis Reverso seven cards triumph without selection
2000 133
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright
  • The Other Month
four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 12)
55
Jack Avis Colour Match II ten-card sequence of spectator matches cards dealt out by performer from bottom of deck in its red-black sequence
Inspired by 2000
Discoverie (Issue 4)
52
Paul Curry Linked two ropes hanging on performer's shoulder link, see also ring & tape sequence in "Sefalaljia"
Related toVariations 2001 345
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis One Chance in Four No. 60, four Aces with numbers on back from different deck, packets dealt in front of each according to chosen number, at this position a match occurs
Inspired byRelated to 2001 90
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis Four-Card Magic No. 93, four face-down cards, an Ace moved on top of them according to instructions, ends up on matching card
2001 140
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis Hidden Power No. 8, card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, with prediction of another card at a position
Inspired by 2001 17
Jack Avis Avis Spread Switch
Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
54
William Goodwin King Brand red Kings between black Fours, they transpose two times, then Daley's Last
Variations May/June 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 1)
14
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 3
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Introduction
2002 1
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on wands, Okito box, mentalists
2002 4
Jack Avis Fangle fan passed over face-up packet, face card changes
Variations 2002 17
Lewis Jones Change of face fan passed over face-up packet, face card changes
Inspired by 2002 18
Lewis Jones Change for a single fan passed over single card and it changes
Inspired by 2002 21
Jack Avis Safe double laying down three cards as two on the table
2002 29
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Rollovers "a theme and twelve variations", on the bold rollover force
  • Theme
  • Variation 1: Avoiding the flash
  • Variation 2: Doing without the preliminary peek
  • Variation 3: The multiple rollover
  • Variation 4: Rollback
  • Variation 5: The slipped rollover
  • Variation 6: With a face-up marker
  • Variation 7: With the face-up deck
  • Variation 8: The two-spectator force
  • Variation 9: The two-in-one force
  • Variation 10: The locator
  • Variation 11: The transverse locator
  • Variation 12: The rollover control
2002 34
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on card men, linking rubber bands
2002 46
Jack Avis Outs for Vernon's Mental Force 1. The spelling solution
2. The Mexican solution
3. The Siva solution
4. The display count solution
2002 49
Lewis Jones, Jack Avis Remote view - the sequel two consecutive challenge locations
Inspired by
  • "Remove View" (Lewis Jones, Cardiograms)
2002 55
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double entendre one card thought-of from half the deck and one touched, both found
2002 59
Lewis Jones The full monte Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards, chosen one named, variation by Jack Avis with three packets
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Monte Bank" (Lewis Jones, The Spring of 52)
Variations
2002 63
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones The third eye three unknown cards in a face-down row, spectator choses one, his eyes are closed and performer touches both eyes with his (supposedly) two hands, card divined anyway
2002 68
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double take unknown card removed, another card chosen and placed aside, second card divined by turning over some cards in the deck of same suit, value, ... then the three mates of removed card turn over
Related to 2002 71
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Under-the-Spread Force Handling spreading over top card
2002 71
Larry Jennings, Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Larreverse Handling
2002 72
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on rope magic, sponge balls, David Copperfield
2002 76
Jack Avis Stop thief card mated, crime story
2002 77
Jack Avis Unfinished Spin Out
Inspired by 2002 79
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Empathy two cards chosen, located with spelling
2002 82
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Impossible spectator shuffles after replacement, selection between two key cards
2002 85
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Starburst packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles
Related to 2002 88
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Fingered card placed aside, its value is used to count to later selection
2002 90
Jack Avis Letters for Stewart performer taps pencil on cards in spread while spectator spells selected card, ends on selection
2002 92
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones What's MY card? unknown card reversed in deck, spectator pushes Joker in deck twice to identify suit and value
Inspired by 2002 94
Jack Avis Club sandwich five packets put together face-up and -down, only two selections reversed at the end
Inspired byVariations 2002 97
Jack Jansen Variant five packets put together face-up and -down, only two selections reversed at the end, with further idea by Lewis Jones
Inspired by 2002 98
Jack Avis Countback two piles dealt in unison until indicator card, then spelled to find selection, partial faro
2002 100
Jack Avis No rough monkey sandwich cards on top of deck, selection appears between them
Inspired by
  • "Monkey in the Middle" (Bill Goldman)
2002 102
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double-decker two decks, one card chosen, two cards from other deck used to count down to it, 13-14 force stack
2002 105
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Can't be bad emergency card placed aside, Aces found instead of selection, emergency card turns out to be selection
2002 108
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on cups and balls, linking rings
2002 113
Jack Avis Switchback performer has losing hand and some odd-backed cards in his hand, then he has winning hand and correct back color
Inspired by
  • item by Jim Angelo, Linking Ring
2002 115
Jack Avis Babylon streamlined handling, matching with four rainbow-backed cards
Inspired by 2002 120
Jack Avis Turn of the Century four Aces, into Royal Flush
Inspired by 2002 125
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on children's magic, magician's last wish, money
2002 130
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on egg bag, ventriloquism
2002 150
Jack Avis Colour co-ordinates performer and spectator deal from bottom of half the deck each, color sequence matches despite shuffle
Related to 2002 151
Jack Avis Multiple Glide end grip
2002 151
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Back to back to back four cards change and twist, with color changing backs into rainbow, red/blue double backer
  • Twisting the blue
  • Twisting the red
  • Twisting the rainbow
2002 154
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Twins collide five cards put on table and one chosen, its mate found from rest of deck
2002 160
Lewis Jones Rack and bled starts with shuffled deck, deck set up in preliminary phase, gambling presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2002 162
Jack Avis Even further
Inspired by 2002 170
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on table-hopping, chop cup, bill switch
2002 174
Jack Avis Goings-on four Queens shown, three are placed with Kings, they change into Jacks and Queens are together again, story presentation
Inspired by 2002 175
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Batman meets his match cards transform, a Queen appears under a tabled Joker, story presentation
2002 185
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Invasion of the body snatchers sandwich finds selection, deck changes back color except selection, in another deck only the selection has an odd back as well, story presentation
2002 187
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Shape shifters two Jokers change both into selections and back
2002 192
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on escapologists, levitations
2002 198
Jack Avis Triad three mates found by counting to month, day... of birthday and placing cards there
Related toVariations 2002 199
Lewis Jones Dater base marriage with gemini twins placement, counting to personal numbers
Inspired byRelated to 2002 202
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Name dropper two names of spectators used to spell to selections
2002 206
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jubilee birthday month of spectator counted down, next card remembered, when performer turns back towards table he locates card and divines month
2002 212
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on manipulators, sawing a woman in half, mentalists
2002 218
Lewis Jones, Jack Avis Dicy dice thrown, all visible numbers added, that many card counted, one number used to remember a card, located
2002 224
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on dove productions, magician's wife
2002 232
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jokes on Chinese sticks, dice stackers, juggler and magicians
2002 258
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones The coin can coin into can
  • Variant 1 (with the prop)
  • Variant 2 (with no props)
2002 259
Jack Avis Off-centre tear
2002 267
Jack Avis Bent Out of Shape six pairs on the table, one is turned over and card remembered, packed and selection are divined
2002 105
David Regal (reviewer) Ahead of the Pack by Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Dec. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 12)
89
Jack Avis Scoop Switch coin scooped up with card and dumped into other hand
Also published here
  • Abra
July 2002
Ego (Vol. 2 No. 13)
8
Michael Close (reviewer) Ahead of the Pack by Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Sep. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
34
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 1
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Ahead of the Pack by Jack Avis (written by Lewis Jones) 2003 316
Jack Avis Siva Count
2004 13
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks passing of Derek Dingle and Jack Avis
Mar. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 3)
10
Juan Tamariz All of a Kind matching the cards, three random cards are turned over in the deck and then mates of unseen selection are found reversed
Related toVariations 2004 94
Magic Update
  • World Magic Seminar Winners
  • André Kole Tour
  • Styles Honored
  • Bunches of Props Surface
  • Mac King Goes Long Distance
  • Vegas Watch
  • Derek Dingle - died
  • Jack Avis - died
  • José Carroll - died
Feb. 2004
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 6)
23
Karl Fulves Introduction on Derek Dingle, Jack Avis, Dover books, Robert Byrne, Kenneth Hense's passing
2005 389
Cushing Strout Further Than That and the Lie Detector Combine Further Than That with lie detector plot

Also includes variation based on The Nine Card Problem, and Alex Elmsley's Tell Me Three Times
Inspired by 2005 20
Jack Avis Avis False Cut
Inspired by 2005
Discoverie (Issue 10)
138
John Derris Jack Avis
2006 14
Jack Avis Ace Routine Handling routine with fake indices
2006 18
Jack Avis Jack Avis Notes on All Red 2&2, handling variation
Inspired by 2006 20
Jack Avis Another Call - from Another Place bottom dealing instead of seconds
Related to 2006 22
Jack Avis Random Notes using ruler
Inspired by
  • "Three Card Trick" (G. Boyce, Mahatma, Vol. 7 No. 6, 1903)
2006 24
Jack Avis Blind Choice performer reverses two cards in blue-backed deck, spectator reverses two cards behind back in red-backed deck, they match, two red/blue double backers
Related to
  • "Blind Choice" (Jack Avis, The Gen, June 1962, p. 44)
2006 25
Jack Avis, Bob Haines A Bridge Hand four packets made, top cards taken until bridge hand is formed, all cards divined
2006 29
Jack Avis Calculating Cards
2006 30
Jack Avis The Card Between while showing that card is not on top or bottom
Related to 2006 32
Jack Avis Cards to Blanks with Signatures packet trick with name of spectator on blank cards
2006 33
Jack Avis Tip for Use with a Stacked Deck diagonal pencil line on edge
Related to 2006 34
Jack Avis A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis) four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated to 2006 35
Jack Avis Lipstick on Pen Point to detect what was written or crossed out first
2006 36
Jack Avis Coincidence - Again
Also published here 2006 37
Jack Avis Thoughts on Vernon's Handling of the Ten Card Trick using odd-backed prediction card, perhaps red/blue double backer
Related to
  • Row of Ten Cards in Revelations (Dai Vernon)
2006 38
Jack Avis Colour Match ten-card sequence of spectator matches cards dealt out by performer from bottom of deck in its red-black sequence
Related toVariations 2006 39
Jack Avis A Contrived Location selection made in unusual way from incomplete faro condition, also handlings with multiple out prediction and partial stack
2006 40
Jack Avis Court Card Spell named court card spelled from packet of picture cards
Also published here 2006 42
Jack Avis A Little Extra with the Multi Spell optional card to wallet/pocket addition
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 44
Jack Avis Diamond Cut Diamond - Variation
2006 45
Jack Avis A Variation on the Diary Trick red/blue double backer
2006 46
Jack Avis Divination of Though one of six
2006 47
Jack Avis A Dotty Location location with four distributed marked key cards
2006 48
Jack Avis Double Cross (Cut) Count Down value of a cut-to card used to count to selection
2006 49
Jack Avis Riffle One-Hand Fan Selection and Return to control a card to any small number
Related to 2006 49
Jack Avis Double Cross Transpo black Aces placed aside, red Aces catch two cards, they are the black Aces and apparent Aces are selections
Inspired by 2006 50
Jack Avis Turn and Take Bottom - a use for this very simple count-down application
Inspired by 2006 52
Jack Avis Envelope Prediction "This uses my Double Side Deal"
envelope with prediction stuck into deck, next to predicted card
2006 53
Jack Avis Double Side Deal top card apparently retained in left hand while balance of packet is tabled, bottom card is retained
Related to 2006 53
Jack Avis Exchanged "A Bit of Handling for the Ace Switch at the Start of an Ace Routine"
2006 54
Jack Avis Fake Memory Routine - Avis Handling position of selection named, very simple
2006 55
Jack Avis A Few Steps Further On two cards chosen from incomplete Riffle Shuffle position, Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control
Inspired by 2006 56
Jack Avis Flight Fantastique Aces through newspaper one by one, they change into Kings and Aces are in deck
Inspired by
  • Roy Walton version of Sympathetic Aces
Related to
2006 58
Jack Avis Folded Card in Box (Kaps) - An Idea having back signed and card in box folded face-outwards
2006 63
Jack Avis Follow the Leader short routine
2006 64
Jack Avis Siva Follows his Leader
2006 65
Jack Avis Follow the Leader - Again!
2006 67
Jack Avis The French Reverse
2006 68
Jack Avis The Fulves Problem Universal Card Plot, odd-backed, red-blue double backer
2006 70
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 1. paper wallet for switching, Hindu Paper Coin Vanish Set
2006 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 2. overhand shuffle stop force, hindu force type bluff
2006 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 3. half deck jumbo and normal index for divided deck location
2006 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 4. spectator thinks only jumbo index card
2006 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 5. having a wide jumbo index card in a deck, no application
2006 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 6.
2006 73
Jack Avis Imp Bottle Idea
2006 74
Jack Avis Hidden Power card magically moved to named position
2006 75
Jack Avis The Hot Hand Test Ace through Five of Spades, unfinished fragment
2006 76
Jack Avis The Houdini Card deck sealed with crossed rubber bands, yet selection extracted underneath handkerchief
Also published here 2006 77
Jack Avis Houdini's Unfinished Trick prediction with numbers, using DeMarco's pocket calculator force
Inspired by
  • Michael de Marco item in Linking Ring, May 2001
2006 79
Jack Avis An Inside Straight four cards selected, prediction card completes straight
2006 81
Jack Avis Isaac's Law - Avis Handling for Fulves favorite hour and least favorite hour used to make selection, found at one of those hours, milk build placement under table
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
2006 82
Jack Avis The Magic of Jack and Jill spelling location with ten-card packet
Inspired by
  • "Jack and Jill" (Roger Crosthwaite, Father Roger Takes It Easy, Sept. 2000)
2006 84
Jack Avis The Jumping Aces
Inspired by 2006 85
Jack Avis The Jumping Thought card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top
2006 86
Jack Avis I Knew that Hacker card chosen from seven-card packet, located again, reverse-faros and down-under deal
Inspired by
  • "Basicdu" (Howard Adams, Mindspa)
2006 87
Jack Avis Lie or Tell the Truth
Also published here 2006 88
Jack Avis Routine to Locate the Aces Aces are lost and found
2006 90
Jack Avis Locate Four - Locate the One four cards found that are same suit as selection and its total matches selection, or the four card can indicate color, suit, value etc
2006 92
Jack Avis Tell Me a Lie - Truth will Out "Using my Double Side Deal"
2006 92
Jack Avis Magic Bullet Effect incomplete-faro shoot-out with odd-backed card
Inspired by 2006 93
Jack Avis "Throw-In" Presentation card is supposed to be thrown next to selection, but it is the selection
2006 94
Jack Avis The Magic Card spelling location with ten-card packet
2006 95
Jack Avis Mental Control - Avis Routine prediction written on face of another card, double-faced deck
Inspired by
  • "Mental Control" (Vernon Cook, Larsen & Wrights Mental Mysteries with Cards & Genii)
2006 96
Jack Avis 5x5 Mental Routine, A Handling
2006 97
Jack Avis M. S. Poker Deal "Mechanical Second", Aces dealt to performer, placed together in center and immediately dealt out again
2006 98
Jack Avis Mechanical Second Elevator Aces
2006 99
Jack Avis A Multiple Matching four mates are found by spectator via stabbing a card in deck
2006 100
Jack Avis The Mystery of X (Ten) a Ten spot and cards that add up to ten show up, number ten is predicted
2006 101
Jack Avis The Not So Friendly Giant slop shuffle triumph, Aces are reversed, Aces put in sleeve where they transform, four double facers
2006 103
Jack Avis Oil and Water Again - Agai - Aga - Ag - A 4&4
2006 105
Jack Avis An Oil and Water Move 4&4, using bottom deals and Elmsley Count
2006 106
Jack Avis Outside In red Queens between black Aces, they transpose two times
Inspired by 2006 107
Jack Avis Perverse Card to Wallet Routine deck put in case, then deck travels to wallet except selection
2006 109
Jack Avis Tips
2006 110
Jack Avis Card Splitting Tips
2006 110
Jack Avis The Old Q Card Trick back-count force, card vanishes and appears in wallet, duplicate
2006 111
Jack Avis The "Professional" Cuts the Aces
2006 112
Jack Avis Right Card - Wrong Colour 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 byAlso published here 2006 113
Jack Avis Avis Handling for Jennings' "Royal Triumph" four Aces reversed at the end
Inspired by 2006 117
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 2006 118
Jack Avis Shuffled Deck Poker Deal good hand dealt after a spectator's overhand shuffle
Inspired by
  • Ricky Jay television performance
2006 119
Jack Avis Poker Demonstration re-deal stack
Inspired by 2006 119
Jack Avis Simultwins two handlings, optional faro
2006 120
Jack Avis Siva's Aces
2006 122
Jack Avis The Avis Multiple Glide
2006 124
Jack Avis "Skullo" Handling chosen card left in jaws of plastic skull
2006 125
Jack Avis Table Reverse Location two selections, one reversed in deck, it is used to count to second selection
2006 126
Jack Avis The Tabled Reverse - Again spectator names number up to ten, that value reverses itself in deck and is used to count to selection
2006 127
Jack Avis Thought Card Transposition spectator remembers card and its number, performer also in different section, the cards are counted to and they transpose
2006 128
Jack Avis Tunnel Change card kind of pushed through deck, but not perpendicular
2006 129
Jack Avis 2-4-6-8-Find performer and spectator chose a card, spectator names number, distance between the two selections is that number
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