Scott Robinson

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Pure Imagination (John Campbell, Andi Gladwin, 2018)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Theodore Annemann*	Locatrik	location with two keys and two outs, Gemini Twins precursor	Related to Ruse Cull (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1972) also in: Ruse Cull (Antinomy, 2007) Variations Polar Stab (Steve Beam, Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995)	Dec. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 39)	262	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Edward Marlo	Marlo - Vernon	sandwiched card with card at chosen position	Also published here Marlo - Vernon (Edward Marlo, Amazing — Isn't It?, 1941) Variations Manifold (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1941	Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)	42	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Edward Marlo	Marlo - Vernon	sandwiched card with card at chosen position	Also published here Marlo - Vernon (Edward Marlo, Early Marlo, 1941) Variations Manifold (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1941	Amazing — Isn't It?	18	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Bob Veeser	Veeser's Bluff Multiple Shift	three handlings	Related to More Bluff Shifts (Edward Marlo, Tilt!, 1962) Variations The Bull Shift (Bob Veeser, Allan Ackerman, Ackerman 2004, 2005) also in: The Bull Shift (All In — Volume 2, 2024) Tabled Veeser Bluff Shift (Allan Ackerman, Antinomy, 2006) also in: Tweaking the Veeser Bluff Shift (The Cardjurer, 2012) Tweaking the Veeser Bluff Shift (All In — Volume 1, 2024) … and 6 more	1961	The Multiple Shift	31	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Derek Dingle	Bluff Shift		Variations Bluff Shift Handling (Derek Dingle, Frank Simon, Variations, 1979) also in: Bluff Shift Handling (Variations Revisited, 2003) Bluffed (Mike Gallo, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) … and 1 more	1971	Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins	10	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Bob McAllister	Bet-A-Dollar Color Change	as bill is slid over face of card, half card gaff	Variations The Money Changers (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7, 2006)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	114	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Edward Marlo	Marlo Swivel Change	variation of Push-In Change	Also published here Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) also in: Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, Bound to Please, 1994) Related to Pivot Push-In Change (Joseph K. Schmidt, MAGIC, 1997) Push-In Change Handling (Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1977	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2	161	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
Larry Jennings	Coin Cut		Variations Coined Card (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Coined Card (Variations Revisited, 2003) Coin Through Table (Juan Tamariz, Larry Jennings, The Five Points in Magic, 1988) … and 1 more	1977	Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations
Allan Ackerman, Bruce Cervon	Impromptu Ultra Mental	half pass version, see "Author's Note" for credit information	Related to Gaffless Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Milennium Aces, 1981) Author's Note (Allan Ackerman, Las Vegas Kardma, 1994) Variations Jiscemah (Tyler Wilson, Reinventing the Real, 2010) Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination*, 2018)	1978	Here's My Card	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Derek Dingle	Elastic Illusion	single rubber band splits in two, starts with optical illusion and single band	Inspired by Larry Arcuri & Karl Fulves Related to Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Variations Elastrik (Karl Fulves, The Chronicles, 1978) Robber Bands (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1991) also in: Robber Bands (Vienna Notes*, 1995)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 2)	1075	Rubber Band / Appearance & Production
Edward Marlo	Marlo Swivel Change	variation of Push-In Change	Also published here Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) also in: Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, Bound to Please, 1994) Related to Pivot Push-In Change (Joseph K. Schmidt, MAGIC, 1997) Push-In Change Handling (Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1978	The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson	10	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
David Roth	Pop Outs	tabled production under finger tip	Related to Shoot Out (Steve Beam, Steve Beam On Coins — Volume II, 1982) Shoot Out II (Henry Pettit, Steve Beam On Coins — Volume II, 1982) … and 4 more Variations S.W.A.T. (Stephen Tucker, Spell-Binder, 1983) Drop Outs (Jay Sankey, Sankey Panky, 1986) also in: Drop Out (Tricks of my Trade, 1999) … and 2 more	1981	CoinMagic	20	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Wesley James	Twisting With Victor	Spellbound change	Also published here Twisting with Victor (Wesley James, The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997) Inspired by Protean Pelf (Ken Krenzel, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Related to Twisting With Victor (Wesley James, CoinMagic, 1981) also in: Twisting with Victor (The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997) Variations Twisting with Victor variation (Wesley James, Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1981	CoinMagic	89	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Karl Fulves*	Gaffless Brainwave	sorted red/black stack	Related to Impromptu Ultra Mental (Allan Ackerman, Bruce Cervon, Here's My Card, 1978) Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) also in: Riding the Wave (Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) … and 1 more	1981	Milennium Aces	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Derek Dingle	Elastic Illusion	sleeving	Related to Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Chronicles, 1978) One-T(w)o-One (Joe Rindfleisch, Elastrix — Volume 2, 1995) Variations The Andrus Bands (Jerry Andrus, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1990) Robber Bands (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1991) also in: Robber Bands (Vienna Notes, 1995)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	213	Rubber Band / Vanish
Michael Rubinstein	Triple E.G. Spell	three ungaffed coins, edge grip handlings	Also published here Triple E.G. Spell (Michael Rubinstein, Rubinstein Coin Magic, 2020) Related to Triple E.G. Spellbound (Michael Rubinstein, Knuckle Busters Vol. 3, 2002) Variations Heavy Metal (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1998) Heavy Metal (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	Nov. 1982	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 3)	21	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Shiv Duggal	The Ying-Tong Move	Han-Ping-Chien variation, transposition of a copper coin and two silver coins	Related to H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) Boss Toss (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations Ying + (Shiv Duggal, Spell-Binder, 1982)	Feb. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)	182	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal	H.P.C.-C.P.H.	HPC-CPH, Han Ping Chien in which unloaded hand is reloaded instantly, see credit correction on page lxix	Also published here HPC-CPH No. 1 (Jay Sankey, Sankey Panky, 1986) also in: H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) Related to The Ying-Tong Move (Shiv Duggal, Spell-Binder, 1982) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) … and 2 more	Jan./Feb. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 5 & 6)	47	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
Tony Miller	Billtration	folded card through bill, also credited to Scott Robinson, see Trapdoor	Also published here Severance Pay (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Related to Scott Robinson (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Variations Severance Pay (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) also in: Severance Pay (simplified version) (Pure Imagination, 2018)	Sep. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 13)	117	Bill / Penetration Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Bill(s)
Paul Cummins	Counting On It	number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection	Related to Frank's Fave (Simon Lovell, Simon Says!, 1997) Very Dicey (David Solomon, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007) Variations Precursor (Oct. 1989) also in: Count Me In (Card Magic USA, 2010) Count Me In (Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii , 2011) How Did You Know? (Randy Wakeman, Randy Wakeman Presents, 1989) … and 5 more	1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	132	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Larry Jennings	Circle Shift	all-around square-up cover	Also published here The Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, Jennings '67, 1997) also in: Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations Down Shift (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume One, 1988)	Jan./Feb. 1984	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18)	171	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Wrist Turn Passes
Ed Eckl	Strange Stranger... Strained Stranger	apparently destroying card from other magician, stranger card	Related to Count On Me (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018)	Sep. 1984	Precursor (Issue 5)	19	Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags
Jay Sankey	HPC-CPH No. 1	Han Ping Chien in which unloaded hand is reloaded instantly	Also published here H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) Related to The Ying-Tong Move (Shiv Duggal, Spell-Binder, 1982) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) … and 2 more	1986	Sankey Panky	28	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
David Regal	Tipped Off	broken and restored	Variations Swiss Army QTip (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1998)	1987	Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal	104	Q-Tip
William Goodwin	Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) also in: Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) Backward Alignment Move (Blomberg Laboratories, 2014) … and 1 more	1988	Lecture 1988	2	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Scott Robinson	Down Shift	Circle Shift as a half pass	Inspired by Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, The Collected Almanac, 1984) also in: The Circle Shift (Jennings '67, 1997) Circle Shift (Pure Imagination, 2018)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 24)	409	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
Henry Christ	Obstinate Pasteboards	cards turn over without the magician wanting so	Variations Top Slop Gag (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	171	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
David Williamson	The Wonderful Coin Vanish		Inspired by The New Era Coin Go (Jimmy Buffaloe, Modern Coin Magic, 1952) Related to Smart Coin Trick (Franklin M. Chapman, Chap's Scrapbook, 1938) The New Era Coin Go (Jimmy Buffaloe, Modern Coin Magic, 1952) Variations Sponge Coins (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) Perfect Coin Vanish (Steve Draun, MAGIC, 2002) also in: Perfect Coin Vanish (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 1 more	1989	Williamson's Wonders	9	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Scott Robinson	Automated Teller Card	coin produced under a card, then three more coins appear on table in different corners		1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	491	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Richard Bartram, Jr.	Hop Card	card spins out of the center, actually bottom card, Kelly Bottom Placement kick-start action, see p. 541 for ideas by Scott Robinson	Also published here Hop Card (Richard Bartram, Jr., Mystification, 1993)	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	493	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Scott Robinson	Sucker Monte	three phases	Related to Sucker Ending (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Variations The Metro Dancer (Jason Alford, Freebie 6, 2005) Monte Python (Andi Gladwin, T and A Tour, 2007) … and 2 more	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	499	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (William Goodwin, Lecture 1988, 1988) also in: Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) Backward Alignment Move (Blomberg Laboratories*, 2014) … and 1 more	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	499	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on "Peter's Quotations", Channing Pollock, Clayton Rawson, Martin Gardner, Scott Robinson, Richard Bartram		1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	504	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Special Scott Robinson Insert	short bio of Scott Robinson		1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	531	Articles / Biographical
Scott Robinson, Steve Beam	The Flop	one card production, card ends up in middle, with a fan		1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	531	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Scott Robinson	The Daley Double, Part I			1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	533	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Scott Robinson	The Daley Double, Part II			1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	534	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (William Goodwin, Lecture 1988, 1988) also in: Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) Backward Alignment Move (Blomberg Laboratories*, 2014) … and 1 more	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	534	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Scott Robinson	The Toy	two folded cards penetrate	Also published here The Toy (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) also in: The Toy (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations That's Wrap (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	535	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Ken Krenzel	Cul-de-Sac	card vanishes and reappears when pushed perpendicular through two cards, visual, with ungaffed alternative	Also published here Perpendicular card vanish (Scott Robinson, Ken Krenzel, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations The Egress Vanish (Wesley James, Ken Krenzel, Enchantments, 2004) The Willies (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more	1990	Close-up Impact!	154	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit
Scott Robinson	Fan Belt	packet penetrates card fan, variation where selection ends up reversed in the spread		1990	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)	574	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Scott Robinson	The Big Bang	reverse coin assembly		1990	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 33)	587	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Scott Robinson	The Boss Toss		Related to H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012)	1990	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 33)	588	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
John Riggs	The Golly Pitch	gallo pitch variation, coin transfer	Variations Coins, By Golly (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1990	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 33)	590	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
Scott Robinson	Fan Flight	half of deck balanced on other half, which is fanned		1990	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 35)	623	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Defying Gravity
Scott Robinson	Quick Kings & Aces			1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 36)	653	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Displacement Move			1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 36)	653	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Robber Bands	one of two rubber bands vanishes	Also published here Robber Bands (Scott Robinson, Vienna Notes, 1995) Inspired by Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Chronicles, 1978) Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982)	1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 37)	664	Rubber Band / Vanish
Scott Robinson	Coins, By Golly	transposition of two silver and a brass coin, then all become brass		1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 37)	676	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Scott Robinson	Valdez and Water	with four aces, four phases		1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)	696	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Trevor Lewis, Scott Robinson	Monte Move			1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)	698	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
Scott Robinson	Contra Band	two rubber bands link, then one vanishes		1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 39)	702	Rubber Band / Vanish Rubber Band / Penetration / Linking
Charlie Miller, Paul Chosse	Miller's Cascade Control		Related to The Biz Cascade Control (Elisav "Biz" Bizau, The Hermit, 2023) Variations Cascade Control (Charlie Miller, Dave Buck, If An Octopus Could Palm, 2011) SACC (Semi Automatic Cascade Control) (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1992	Card Finesse II	73	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Cascade & Waterfall Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Time Travel	borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band	Variations Easy Time (Joel Givens, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) also in: Easy Time (A Lecture by Joel Givens, 1995) Easy Time (Session, 2007)	1992	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 43)	761	Watch / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Slideways Production	slide appears in empty mount		1992	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 44)	794	Photograph
Scott Robinson	Slideways Penetration	slide in mount is put in envelope and is penetrated with a pencil		1992	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 44)	796	Photograph
Ernest Earick	Jack Syna(ps)ces	Jacks distributed face up in deck change places with Aces on top of deck once deck is slapped	Inspired by Slap Exchange (William Goodwin, At the Expense of Grey Matter, 1986) Related to Displ-Ace (Troy Hooser, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1998) Variations Trading Spaces (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: Trading Spaces (Pure Imagination, 2018) Jack This Ace (Trini Montes, Freebie 7, 2006)	1993	By Forces Unseen	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Riding the Wave	mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck, three different handlings	Also published here Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) Related to Gaffless Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Milennium Aces, 1981) The Invisible Deck (Michael Close, Allan Ackerman, Workers Number 5*, 1996)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	842	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson	Color Wave	with different colored back	Also published here Colorwave (Scott Robinson, Steve Beam, Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	845	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Steve Beam	Scott Robinson	short humorous bio	Related to Billtration (Tony Miller, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: Severance Pay (Pure Imagination, 2018)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	846	Articles / Biographical
Scott Robinson	Visual Retentive	also as a change	Also published here Visual Retentive Vanish (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	847	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Scott Robinson	Changing a Fan Belt	left hand's fan penetrates right hand's fan, selection ends up in other fan reversed		1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	848	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Scott Robinson	Case Closed I	signed card vanishes among aces and appears in case		1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	849	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
Scott Robinson	Case Closed II	one sandwich in card case		1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	851	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Switching Sandwiches
Scott Robinson	Sucker Ending	climax for Scott's Sucker Monte	Related to Sucker Monte (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	853	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Scott Robinson	Card It Away	on the deck, card is apparently removed and melts away		1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)	856	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Impaired	named card ends up between jokers	Also published here Impaired (Steve Beam, Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) also in: Impaired (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) Variations Lunch on the Go (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994)	1993	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 48)	871	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Robinson	The Portable Ladder	cards spread on table, named number is counted to and card turned over, value of card helps find selection, force or prediction		1993	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	39	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Scott Robinson	The Toy	two folded cards penetrate	Also published here The Toy (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) also in: The Toy (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations That's Wrap (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	1993	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Scott Robinson	Severance Pay	folded card through bill, ungimmicked version	Also published here Severance Pay (simplified version) (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Inspired by Billtration (Tony Miller, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: Severance Pay (Pure Imagination, 2018)	1993	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	113	Bill / Penetration Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Bill(s)
Steve Beam	Impaired	named card between two face up jokers	Also published here Impaired (Steve Beam, Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) also in: Impaired (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Variations Lunch on the Go (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994)	1993	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks	136	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Steve Beam	Impaired	named card between two face up jokers	Also published here Impaired (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) also in: Impaired (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Variations Lunch on the Go (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994)	1993	Magic with No Entertainment Value II	12	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Robinson	Riding the Wave	mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck	Also published here Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Related to Gaffless Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Milennium Aces, 1981) The Invisible Deck (Michael Close, Allan Ackerman, Workers Number 5*, 1996)	1993	Magic with No Entertainment Value II	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Scott Robinson, Steve Beam	Colorwave	with different colored back	Also published here Color Wave (Steve Beam, Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993)	1993	Magic with No Entertainment Value II	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Scott Robinson	Lunch on the Go	named card ends up between jokers	Inspired by Impaired (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) also in: Impaired (Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) Impaired (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)	923	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Ken Krenzel	Progressive Sandwich		Inspired by Dragnet Jacks (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)	925	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Steve Beam	Circling the Sandwich		Also published here Circling the Sandwich (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) Inspired by Dragnet Jacks (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)	926	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Joel Givens	Easy Time	borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, different handling for Scott Robinson's Time Travel	Also published here Easy Time (Joel Givens, A Lecture by Joel Givens, 1995) also in: Easy Time (Joel Givens, Session, 2007) Inspired by Time Travel (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1992)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)	936	Watch / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Sliding Scale	cards spread, when squared again selection sticks out face up, injogged	Variations Slide Too (Joel Givens, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 52)	950	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Joel Givens	Slide Too	Sliding Scale, with two cards, one by one	Inspired by Sliding Scale (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 52)	951	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Billy McDonnell	Pocket Poker	named aces travel to pocket one by one, then they travel again all together	Variations The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: The Queen Thing (Pure Imagination, 2018)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 53)	972	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Marlo Swivel Change	variation of Push-In Change	Also published here Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) also in: Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) Related to Pivot Push-In Change (Joseph K. Schmidt, MAGIC, 1997) Push-In Change Handling (Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1994	Bound to Please	24	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
Peter Duffie	Marriage on the Rocks		Related to Royal Mates (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3, 2011) Variations Marriage-Go-Round (Allan Ackerman, MAGIC, 1998) Royal Marriages Routine (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3, 2011) … and 2 more	1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Tom Baxter, Bruce Fricker, Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch, Steve Pressley, Doug Canning, Tom Craven, Scott Robinson, John Riggs	Related to Personalized Pasteboards (Joel Givens, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) also in: Personalized Pasteboards (A Lecture by Joel Givens, 1995) Personalized Pasteboards (Five Forty Seven, 2007)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56)	1072	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Yet Another Scott Robinson Insert "The Purse"			1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)	1118	Articles / Articles
Scott Robinson	Differences	three silver coins in purse, copper coin vanishes and appears in purse while silver coins appear on table	Variations Making a Difference (Bill Citino, The Hermit, 2023)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)	1118	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Purse
Scott Robinson	Rate of Exchange			1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)	1119	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Triple Crown	copper, silver and brass coins in purse appear in hands and travel back to purse		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)	1120	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Purse
David Roth, Scott Robinson	Pop Outs Variation		Inspired by Pop Outs (David Roth, CoinMagic, 1981)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)	1121	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Marty Kane, Jon Racherbaumer, Jim Hyams, Wayne Kyzer, Scott Robinson, Simon Lovell		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 59)	1148	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Circling the Sandwich		Also published here Circling the Sandwich (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) Inspired by Dragnet Jacks (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Scott Robinson	Sigh Stebbins	spectator spells guesses about selection, with value of last card selection is found		1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Scott Robinson	Chance by Choice	four cards are cut to, sum is predicted in envelope	Related to Errors and Omissions (Steve Beam, Digital Effects, 1997)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	89	Cards / Principles / Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson	Polar Stab	location of two cards with two keys	Inspired by Locatrik (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx*, 1937)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	157	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Scott Robinson	Robber Bands	one of two rubber bands vanishes	Also published here Robber Bands (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1991) Inspired by Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Chronicles, 1978) Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982)	1995	Vienna Notes	12	Rubber Band / Vanish
Aldo Colombini	Biddle Stop Force	spectator calls top during biddling cards into other hand one by one, original bottom card shown, flushtration force, discrepant	Also published here Colombini Force (Aldo Colombini, Diamonds from Coal, 2004) Variations Choice Cut Force (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006)	1995	What's Up Deck?	86	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Joel Givens	Easy Time	borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, different handling for Scott Robinson's Time Travel	Also published here Easy Time (Joel Givens, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) also in: Easy Time (Joel Givens, Session, 2007) Inspired by Time Travel (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1992)	1995	A Lecture by Joel Givens	6	Watch / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Paul Cummins	Counting On It	number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection	Related to The Plucker (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010) Variations Touchez (Lee Asher, Pulp Friction, 2000) also in: Touché - Is What You Say! (East Coast Super Session, 2006) The Plucker (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010)	1996	from a shuffled deck in use... Part One	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
David Gripenwaldt	Strong Currency	kind of wild coin effect with several transformations with three different coins	Variations Changeling Coins (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1998) Changeling Coin (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	Spring 1996	The Looking Glass (Issue 2)	65	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman	The Invisible Deck	ungaffed, memorized deck	Inspired by Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Related to Gaffless Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Milennium Aces, 1981) Riding the Wave (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) also in: Riding the Wave (Magic with No Entertainment Value II, 1993) Variations Jiscemah (Tyler Wilson, Reinventing the Real, 2010) Ultra-Mental Memorized Deck (Patrick G. Redford, Sleightly Out Of Order, 2019)	1996	Workers Number 5	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Larry Jennings	The Circle Shift	all-around square-up cover	Also published here Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, The Collected Almanac, 1984) also in: Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, Pure Imagination, 2018) Variations Down Shift (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume One, 1988)	1997	Jennings '67	60	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Wrist Turn Passes
Wesley James	Twisting with Victor	spellbound change	Also published here Twisting With Victor (Wesley James, CoinMagic, 1981) Inspired by Protean Pelf (Ken Krenzel, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Related to Twisting With Victor (Wesley James, CoinMagic, 1981) also in: Twisting with Victor (The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997) Variations Twisting with Victor variation (Wesley James, Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	1997	The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James	40	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Scott Robinson	Sponge Coins		Inspired by The Wonderful Coin Vanish (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1238	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Scott Robinson	Top Slop	some cards turn over while performer want to show a trick, first two then more and more, humorous routine		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)	1280	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	The Queen Thing	selection vanishes among queens, then Queens travel to pocket and in the hand remains the selection	Also published here The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Inspired by Pocket Poker (Billy McDonnell, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) Variations The Mystery Thing (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) The King Thing (Adam W. Elbaum, Genii, 2025)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1309	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Scott Robinson	Elmsley Display			1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1310	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Scott Robinson	Bill Me	bill in purse transposes with four coins		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)	1318	Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object
Steve Beam	Errors and Omissions	missing illustration	Related to Chance by Choice (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995)	1997	Digital Effects	150	Articles / Articles
Lee Earle	Lee Earle at the Editor's Desk	on John Riggs, Jack Dean, C.L. Boardé, Ty Kralin, Scott Robinson, Eddy Wade, Phantini, Joe Marino, Fred Hager		1997	Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 2)	272	Articles / Columns
Scott Robinson	Changeling Coins	silver, copper and chinese coin, copper and chinese coin change into silver coins and back then all coins change into copper	Inspired by Strong Currency (David Gripenwaldt, The Looking Glass, 1996)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1382	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Scott Robinson	Heavy Metal	triple spellbound	Inspired by Triple E.G. Spell (Michael Rubinstein, The Collected Almanac, 1982) also in: Triple E.G. Spell (Rubinstein Coin Magic, 2020)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1404	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Scott Robinson	Swiss Army QTip	broken and restored	Inspired by Tipped Off (David Regal, Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal, 1987)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1463	Q-Tip
Lee Asher	Pulp Friction	reverse spread control/cull/displacement	Also published here Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, Pure Imagination, 2018) Related to Secret Spread (Jerry Andrus, Andrus Card Control, 1976) Variations Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson, Genii, 2009) Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folk (I Spilled the Coffee, 2023) … and 1 more	2000	Pulp Friction	5	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...) Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Reverse Cull
Scott Robinson	Repackaged Prediction	several cards are chosen, values added, sum prediction	Inspired by Package Deal (Stewart James, The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Variations Choice Cut (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	119	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Scott Robinson, Doug Canning, Steve Beam	Men of Letters	prediction of built word with ESP cards,		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	202	ABC Cards / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Steve Beam	The Widow Maker	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Gourmet Card Magic, 2012) also in: Cambio Enviudador (Steve Beam, El Cardquistador, 2014) Der Witwenmacher (Steve Beam, Card Magic To Go, 2016) Variations Boxed Set (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	230	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Shahin Zarkesch, Scott Robinson, William Goodwin	Slap!	selection placed between Aces vanishes, from pocket comes a card that turns out to be four Aces, selection remains in hand, see credit information for the unequal transposition plot in Issue 8, p. 1, and Issue 9, p. 1, for additional credit information on this effect see Issue 10, p. 1		Feb. 2004	The Penumbra (Issue 7)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson	Around the World	spectator separates deck into red and black by cutting face up and face down packets, with the Rolly Polly Controlly		2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Trading Spaces	Kings face up distributed in deck change places with Aces on top of deck	Also published here Trading Spaces (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) Inspired by Jack Syna(ps)ces (Ernest Earick, By Forces Unseen, 1993) Variations Training Max's Box (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Boxed Set	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Inspired by The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) also in: The Widow Maker (Gourmet Card Magic, 2012) Cambio Enviudador (El Cardquistador, 2014) … and 1 more	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	219	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Scott Robinson	That's Wrap	climax for The Toy, card is fully gift wrapped, different methods	Inspired by The Toy (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) also in: The Toy (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) The Toy (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Aldo Colombini	Colombini Force	spectator calls top during biddling cards into other hand one by one, original bottom card shown, flushtration force, discrepant	Also published here Biddle Stop Force (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Variations Choice Cut Force (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006)	2004	Diamonds from Coal	25	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Jason Alford	The Metro Dancer	three phases	Inspired by Sucker Monte (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	2005	Freebie 6	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Scott Robinson	Choice Cut	to force two cards		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	35	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Scott Robinson	The Willies	card vanishes and reappears when pushed perpendicular through two cards, visual	Inspired by Cul-de-Sac (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!, 1990) also in: Perpendicular card vanish (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	169	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Scott Robinson	Willie's Sub Sandwich	card pushed through Kings vanishes and appears in pocket, when repeated Kings are found inside pocket		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Robinson	Choice Cut	value added to amount of cut cards, total is predicted	Inspired by Repackaged Prediction (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Scott Robinson	Choice Cut Force	with two cards	Inspired by Biddle Stop Force (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) also in: Colombini Force (Diamonds from Coal, 2004) Variations Choice Cut Variation (Steve Beam, Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11, 2018)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	187	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Scott Robinson	The 101% Location	two Queens face-up on the deck, one sinks through deck and eventually selection is caught between Queens	Inspired by Illogical Probability Sandwich (Scott Robinson, East Coast Super Session, 2006)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Scott Robinson	Slip Pop Production	card appears face-up on the deck, after dribble		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	61	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Scott Robinson	The Perfect Shuffle	fake down-under deal, packet stays in same order	Variations The Perfect Shuffle (Scott Robinson, Counter Attack, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	103	Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Steve Beam	Si Kick	cut pile behind back, then performer asks question about thought selection and always removes cards which do not match, red or black etc.	Variations Spam Filter II (Steve Beam, Noteworthy, 2008) also in: Spam Filter II (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010) The Rip-Off (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Think-a-Card Stack / Partial
Scott Robinson	The Money Changers	Kings transposes with four indifferent cards, wrapped in bill	Inspired by Bet-A-Dollar Color Change (Bob McAllister, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7, 1972)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	200	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Scott Robinson	Illogical Probability Sandwich	two Kings face-up on the deck, one sinks through deck and eventually selection is caught between Kings	Variations The 101% Location (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7, 2006)	2006	East Coast Super Session	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Scott Robinson	The Da Vinci Coin	three silver coins change to Chinese one by one		2006	East Coast Super Session	29	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Scott Robinson	Over the Hills and Far Away	three coin vanish and reproduction Over the Hills - They Vanish Far Away Sequence - They Come Back		2006	East Coast Super Session	34	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Andi Gladwin	Monte Python		Inspired by Sucker Monte (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	2007	T and A Tour	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Stewart James	Package Deal	Card is inserted into a packet of nineteen cards at random spot by spectator, will form four hands of poker for four straights	Variations Alpha Bet (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) A Royal Parcel (William Goodwin, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) … and 2 more	2007	The Essential Stewart James	189	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
Joel Givens	Easy Time	borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, see p. 160 for performance	Also published here Easy Time (Joel Givens, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) also in: Easy Time (Joel Givens, A Lecture by Joel Givens, 1995) Inspired by Time Travel (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1992)	2007	Session	172	Watch / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	The Perfect Shuffle	fake down-under deal, Ace through Five packet stays in same order despite the deal Preferred Handling (Steve Beam, third finger buckle)	Inspired by The Perfect Shuffle (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7, 2006)	2008	Counter Attack	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Scott Robinson	Totally Under Control	bluff multiple shift combined with Pulp Friction	Inspired by Bluff Shift (Derek Dingle, Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins, 1971) Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, Pulp Friction, 2000) also in: Pulp Friction (Pure Imagination, 2018)	May 2009	Genii (Vol. 72 No. 5)	18	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Scott Robinson	HG's Pocket	two cards placed in pocket and returned to deck, they travel back into pockets, time travel presentation	Also published here H.G.'s Pocket (Scott Robinson, The Session 2020, 2020)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Turning Time Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	The Plucker	number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection	Inspired by Counting On It (Paul Cummins, from a shuffled deck in use... Part One, 1996) Related to Counting On It (Paul Cummins, from a shuffled deck in use... Part One, 1996)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	201	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Scott Robinson	The Rip-Off	thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck	Inspired by Si Kick (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7, 2006)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	281	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Scott Robinson	Training Max's Box	aces in box change place with kings	Inspired by Trading Spaces (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) also in: Trading Spaces (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Buttery Spread			2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	298	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #28	on The Floating Lady, Scott Robinson	Related to The Floating Lady (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	vi	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	Special Issues	#30 Insert - Scott Robinson #34 Harvey Rosenthal - The One Man Issue #35 The Floating Issue #37 No-Card Issue #38 High-Octate Card Magic (all cards) #39 Insert - Steve Pressley #40 Insert - Jack Birnman #41 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks #42 Harry Levine - One Man Issue #47 Scott Robinson - One Man Issue #49 International Issue		2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	liv	Articles / Articles
Steve Beam	The Widow Maker	color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) also in: Cambio Enviudador (Steve Beam, El Cardquistador, 2014) Der Witwenmacher (Steve Beam, Card Magic To Go, 2016) Variations Boxed Set (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	2012	Gourmet Card Magic	2	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Jay Sankey	H.P.C.-C.P.H.	Han Ping Chien in which unloaded hand is reloaded instantly Card Box Application	Also published here H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Jay Sankey, Sankey Panky, 1986) Related to The Ying-Tong Move (Shiv Duggal, Spell-Binder, 1982) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) … and 2 more	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3	1274	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
	Backward Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (William Goodwin, Lecture 1988, 1988) also in: Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) … and 1 more	2014	Blomberg Laboratories	171	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Steve Beam	Cambio Enviudador	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) also in: The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Gourmet Card Magic, 2012) Der Witwenmacher (Steve Beam, Card Magic To Go, 2016) Variations Boxed Set (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	2014	El Cardquistador	15	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam	Der Witwenmacher	Aces change into Kings, color change in card case	Also published here The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002) also in: The Widow Maker (Steve Beam, Gourmet Card Magic, 2012) Cambio Enviudador (Steve Beam, El Cardquistador, 2014) Variations Boxed Set (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	2016	Card Magic To Go	10	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Props
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson	Choice Cut Variation	V-Force	Inspired by Choice Cut Force (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006)	2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	45	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Scott Robinson	Count On Me	destroying a card while doing a trick for another magician	Related to Strange Stranger... Strained Stranger (Ed Eckl, Precursor, 1984)	2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags
Scott Robinson	The Toy	two cards folded into a spaceship, spaceship changes directions back and forth (not a magic effect), one card is pushed through other and then it restores	Also published here The Toy (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) also in: The Toy (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) Variations That's Wrap (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004)	2018	Pure Imagination	13	Paper / Origami Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Scott Robinson	The Willy Wonka Card Trick	card is seen to dematerialize as it is inserted perpendicularly between two Kings, then reappears	Variations Convincing Curve (Nancy Colwell, Lorem Ipsum, 2021)	2018	Pure Imagination	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Scott Robinson, Ken Krenzel	Perpendicular card vanish	card is pushed in perpendicularly between two others and nothing is seen coming out the other end	Also published here Cul-de-Sac (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!, 1990) Variations The Egress Vanish (Wesley James, Ken Krenzel, Enchantments, 2004) The Willies (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more	2018	Pure Imagination	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Scott Robinson	Willy in Your Pocket	signed card vanishes between two Kings and appears in pocket, then Kings vanish and appear in different pockets		2018	Pure Imagination	26	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Different Differences	three silver coins in purse and copper coin on table, silver coins appear in three different parts of table and copper coin is in purse		2018	Pure Imagination	30	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Sucker Monte	multiple-phase three-card monte	Inspired by Sucker Monte (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	2018	Pure Imagination	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Scott Robinson, William Goodwin	Backward Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (William Goodwin, Lecture 1988, 1988) also in: Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989) … and 1 more	2018	Pure Imagination	37	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Scott Robinson	Loose Change	penny in closed fist visually changes places with nickel		2018	Pure Imagination	46	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
Scott Robinson	The Queen Thing	selection vanishes from among the Queens, Queens surprisingly appear in pocket and selection is only card in hand variation: see “The Mystery Thing” (p. 55)	Also published here The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) Inspired by Pocket Poker (Billy McDonnell, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) Variations The Mystery Thing (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018) The King Thing (Adam W. Elbaum, Genii, 2025)	2018	Pure Imagination	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Scott Robinson	The Mystery Thing	mystery card in case, a signed card vanishes from between Queens, mystery card is shown to be signed card	Inspired by The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: The Queen Thing (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2018	Pure Imagination	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Scott Robinson	Visual Retentive Vanish	can be used as a vanish, switch or change	Also published here Visual Retentive (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Inspired by "The Ramsay Coin Vanish" (John Ramsay, The Ramsay Legend, 1975, p. 4)	2018	Pure Imagination	58	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Scott Robinson	Slide Load	coin(s) secretly transferred from right hand to left as right hand takes coin from left, also see p. 111	Related to Hand-to-hand transfer (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2018	Pure Imagination	61	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
Scott Robinson	Quick Kings and Aces	Kings and Aces, one card of each is openly exchanged for one another, all three others change places as well, also see "Trading Spaces" (p. 69)		2018	Pure Imagination	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Trading Spaces	Aces reversed in four different parts of deck, Kings change into Aces and Kings are found reversed and distributed throughout deck	Also published here Trading Spaces (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) Inspired by Jack Syna(ps)ces (Ernest Earick, By Forces Unseen, 1993) Variations Training Max's Box (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010)	2018	Pure Imagination	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Lee Asher	Pulp Friction	to move an out-jogged card in spread to bottom, brief	Also published here Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, Pulp Friction, 2000) Related to Secret Spread (Jerry Andrus, Andrus Card Control, 1976) Variations Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson, Genii, 2009) Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folk (I Spilled the Coffee, 2023) … and 1 more	2018	Pure Imagination	74	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Scott Robinson	Toss addition	packet that is held side-jogged beneath deck is tossed into other hand, card(s) added from bottom of deck onto tossed packet		2018	Pure Imagination	75	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Color change	deck rubbed across face of packet and face card changes, face card getting loaded into deck		2018	Pure Imagination	76	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Carpal Tunnel	coin penetrates through hand from inside fist, three phases “Three-Coin Version” (see p. 83)		2018	Pure Imagination	78	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand
Scott Robinson	Carpal Tunnel (“Three-Coin Version”)	three coins placed into fist and one at a time they penetrate out		2018	Pure Imagination	83	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand
Scott Robinson	Sliding Scale	production of jogged face-up card in deck as vertical spread is squared, multiple ideas/applications: Original Handling (p. 86) Two-Card Production (p. 88) Three-Card Production (p. 88) Modern Handling (p. 89, using Nuzzo move, see reference), also see slight variant on p. 100 Four-Card Production (p. 90) also see application in “Just One Move” (p. 91)	Related to "Palm Reverse" (Jimmy Nuzzo, Art and Ardor at the Card Table, 2003, p. 45) and in The New Tops	2018	Pure Imagination	86	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Scott Robinson	Just One Move	selection rises to top of deck, its mate turns face up in middle, the mates then sandwich their third and fourth mate in middle of deck variation: “Really Just One Move” (p. 96)		2018	Pure Imagination	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Scott Robinson	Really Just One Move	same effect as “Just One Move” (p. 91) using double-backed card		2018	Pure Imagination	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Scott Robinson, Chris Sage	Who's Counting	number between five and twenty is named, that number of cards is plucked from the deck and the final card of the count is selection	Inspired by Counting On It (Paul Cummins, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3, 1984) "a Bill Hertz effect"	2018	Pure Imagination	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Scott Robinson	Sliding Scale – Modern Handling variant	slight variant of “Modern Handling” (p. 89)		2018	Pure Imagination	100	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
Scott Robinson	Bill Me	dollar bill in coin purse changes places with four quarters in hands		2018	Pure Imagination	102	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Coins
Wesley James, Scott Robinson	Twisting with Victor variation	stack of coins changes into folded bill, also see p. 286	Inspired by Twisting With Victor (Wesley James, CoinMagic, 1981) also in: Twisting with Victor (The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997)	2018	Pure Imagination	105	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Coins
Scott Robinson	Over the Hills and Back Again	three coins vanish at the fingertips one at a time, then reappear		2018	Pure Imagination	107	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Robinson	Latta coin-fan false take	with Scott Robinson’s finesse		2018	Pure Imagination	108	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Scott Robinson	Slide Load	also see p. 61		2018	Pure Imagination	111	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
	Hand-to-hand transfer	coins from right thumb palm to left finger palm	Related to Slide Load (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	2018	Pure Imagination	114	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
Scott Robinson	100% Probability Sandwich	two Kings on top of deck, one travels one-third down into deck, then another third, then to bottom of deck, deck is tossed and selection is left sandwiched between Kings		2018	Pure Imagination	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Larry Jennings	Circle Shift	deck turned in a circle end for end as cover	Also published here Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, The Collected Almanac, 1984) also in: The Circle Shift (Larry Jennings, Jennings '67, 1997) Variations Down Shift (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume One, 1988)	2018	Pure Imagination	119	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Other Classic Style Passes Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Wrist Turn Passes
Scott Robinson	Severance Pay	selected card penetrates folded dollar bill, extra quarter of card (see reference, mistakenly credited to Tony Miller there), see simplified version on p. 128	Also published here Billtration (Tony Miller, The Collected Almanac, 1983) Inspired by Timothy Wenk’s marketed item, “Misled” (ca. 1980s?) Related to Scott Robinson (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1993) Variations Severance Pay (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) also in: Severance Pay (simplified version) (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2018	Pure Imagination	124	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Bill(s)
Scott Robinson	Severance Pay (simplified version)	alternate handling with easier setup and no clean-up necessary at end	Also published here Severance Pay (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993) Inspired by Billtration (Tony Miller, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: Severance Pay (Pure Imagination, 2018)	2018	Pure Imagination	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Bill(s)
Scott Robinson	Automated Teller Card	four coins appear from under card on different parts of table, also see “Big Bang” (p. 135) and “Different Differences” (p. 30) for similar choreography of coin appearances		2018	Pure Imagination	130	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Scott Robinson	Big Bang	four-coin matrix with one card, first coin vanishes and joins other beneath card, card split into two, last two coins join them one at a time, backfire finish, good follow-up for “Automated Teller Card” (p. 130)		2018	Pure Imagination	135	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / One Card Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Scott Robinson	Boss Toss	coin displayed on one palm is secretly tossed into the other as it turns palm down on the table, also see slight variant on p. 140	Related to The Ying-Tong Move (Shiv Duggal, Spell-Binder, 1982) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (Jay Sankey, Shiv Duggal, The Collected Almanac, 1983) also in: HPC-CPH No. 1 (Sankey Panky, 1986) H.P.C.-C.P.H. (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012)	2018	Pure Imagination	137	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
Scott Robinson	Boss Toss	also see p. 137 (and references there), slight variation here		2018	Pure Imagination	140	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
Scott Robinson	A Buttery Spread	card buried in middle is controlled to top via casual spreading of cards		2018	Pure Imagination	145	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Scott Robinson	Manifold	red-backed Ace of Spades sandwiched between two red Kings transposes with selection, ending up at the designated position that selection occupied in deck	Inspired by Marlo - Vernon (Edward Marlo, Amazing — Isn't It?, 1941) also in: Marlo - Vernon (Early Marlo, 1941)	2018	Pure Imagination	148	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Robinson	Sprite	a coin vanishes and reappears in deck three times, each time locating a selection, Breather Crimp	Inspired by Coin Cut (Larry Jennings, Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling, 1977)	2018	Pure Imagination	155	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Scott Robinson	Repackaged Prediction	spectator inserts envelope into deck and builds Poker hand by selecting any five cards next to it, envelope is inserted again and another hand is created, both hands consist of same values, inside envelope is prediction of the total of the cards’ values	Inspired by "Package Deal" (Stewart James, The James File Vol. 1, 2000)	2018	Pure Imagination	164	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Paper / Envelopes / Normal
Scott Robinson	Triple Crown	three different coins begin in purse, one by one they appear on table, they all vanish and reappear inside purse		2018	Pure Imagination	169	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Purse
Scott Robinson, David Roth	Roth Pop-out move variant	coin appears on table beneath pointing fingertip	Related to Pop Outs (David Roth, CoinMagic, 1981)	2018	Pure Imagination	172	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Scott Robinson	Top Slop Gag	performer discovers card face up in deck, he rights it but another is found face up, he rights it but then a few more are face up, then many more scattered throughout deck	Inspired by Obstinate Pasteboards (Henry Christ, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3, 1989)	2018	Pure Imagination	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Changing Hands	spectator A holds English penny, spectator B holds Chinese coin, performer cause half dollar to transpose with A’s English penny, then performer makes his (now) English penny transpose with B’s Chinese coin		2018	Pure Imagination	181	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Scott Robinson	H. G.'s Pocket	two signed cards are openly placed into different pockets and openly removed, then they magically travel back to pockets, time-travel theme		2018	Pure Imagination	187	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Turning Time Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Signed Duplicate
Scott Robinson	Riding the Wave	named card is the only face-down card in deck	Inspired by Impromptu Ultra Mental (Allan Ackerman, Bruce Cervon, Here's My Card, 1978) Variations The Invisible Deck (Michael Close, Allan Ackerman, Workers Number 5, 1996)	2018	Pure Imagination	191	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Scott Robinson	Sponge Coin	coin is squeezed so small until it vanishes	Inspired by The Wonderful Coin Vanish (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989)	2018	Pure Imagination	197	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / One-Handed
Scott Robinson	Changing A Fan Belt	card selected and returned to lower half of deck, lower half penetrates through fanned upper half, leaving selection reversed in fan		2018	Pure Imagination	201	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Scott Robinson	Daley Double	red Aces and black Aces change places		2018	Pure Imagination	206	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Scott Robinson	Daley Double Change	four Jokers change into four Kings		2018	Pure Imagination	211	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Scott Robinson, Stuart Gordon	Stuart Gordon Lift variant	slightly modified here to accommodate a triple		2018	Pure Imagination	216	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Scott Robinson	Changeling Coin	half-dollar, English Penny and Chinese coin, English penny and Chinese coin both change into half dollars when they are touched to it, they change back, then half dollar and Chinese coin change into English pennies	Inspired by Strong Currency (David Gripenwaldt, The Looking Glass, 1996)	2018	Pure Imagination	218	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins
Scott Robinson	Da Vinci Coins	mug with Chinese symbol drawn on it, three half dollars change into Chinese coins and are dropped into mug, symbol is erased from mug and coins change back to half dollars		2018	Pure Imagination	228	Cup / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Scott Robinson	Dragnet Jacks	red Jack placed near top and other red Jack near bottom, card is named and Jacks sandwich it	Variations Progressive Sandwich (Ken Krenzel, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) Circling the Sandwich (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1994) also in: Circling the Sandwich (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995)	2018	Pure Imagination	238	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Scott Robinson	The Tooth Fairy	kids pretend to pull a tooth from their mouths and each “tooth” is changed into a coin, Miser's Dream style without bucket		2018	Pure Imagination	243	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream
Scott Robinson	Money Changers	four indifferent cards wrapped in dollar bill change places with four Kings on table, indifferent cards’ faces visible throughout, shortened double-ender card gaff		2018	Pure Imagination	248	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Scott Robinson	Card change in bill	face card of packet inside bill changes as packet is pushed back and forth through bill, using card gaff		2018	Pure Imagination	254	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect
Scott Robinson	SACC (Semi Automatic Cascade Control)	card inserted into fan is controlled to back (i. e. top) as fan is squared	Inspired by Miller's Cascade Control (Charlie Miller, Paul Chosse, Card Finesse II, 1992)	2018	Pure Imagination	257	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Cascade & Waterfall Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	Coins, By Golly	two silver coins in one hand transpose with Chinese coin in other, as finale the two silver coins merge into one and the Chinese coin is split into two	Inspired by The Golly Pitch (John Riggs, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1990)	2018	Pure Imagination	261	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Scott Robinson	Home Wrecker	Royal Marriages plot, Queens and Kings pair up with each other (usually by suit) three times, in third phase spectator mixes and holds cards	Inspired by Marriage on the Rocks (Peter Duffie, Duffie's Card Compulsions, 1995)	2018	Pure Imagination	267	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Scott Robinson	Count Me	selection is lost in deck, a second card is chosen and turned face up in deck, its value indicates how far away selection is		2018	Pure Imagination	276	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Scott Robinson	Heavy Metal	silver coin changes to copper coin, then to Chinese, to copper, to Chinese, finally back to silver	Inspired by Triple E.G. Spell (Michael Rubinstein, The Collected Almanac, 1982) also in: Triple E.G. Spell (Rubinstein Coin Magic, 2020)	2018	Pure Imagination	281	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Michael Rubinstein, Scott Robinson	Edge Grip Spellbound variation	inspired by Michael Rubinstein's move (see reference on p. 281)		2018	Pure Imagination	283	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Scott Robinson, Wesley James	Twisting with Victor variation	also see p. 105 (and reference there)		2018	Pure Imagination	286	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Scott Robinson	Totally Under Control	four Aces inserted in separate parts of deck are controlled to bottom	Inspired by Veeser's Bluff Multiple Shift (Bob Veeser, The Multiple Shift, 1961)	2018	Pure Imagination	290	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Scott Robinson	The Sound of Silence	three coins vanish and then silently reappear one by one in a cup		2018	Pure Imagination	296	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Glass
Andi Gladwin	Monte Python	without mixing the cards, with two-for-one transposition finale	Inspired by Sucker Monte (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1989)	2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
William Goodwin, Scott Robinson	Backward Alignment Move			2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	38	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Colin Robinson	My Ice Pick Is in the Mail	coin through performer's hand, three phases, coin apparently stuck in hand in last phase	Inspired by "Vertical Thumb Palm Muscle Pass" (Tomoya Horiki, DVD Sprout: Ideas for Coin Magic, 2016) "Carpal Tunnel" (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2019)	2020	Magic for BLM	218	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand
Tom Frame (reviewer)	Scott Robinson's Pure Imagination	by Scott Robinson (written by Andi Gladwin, John Campbell)		May 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Rubinstein	Triple E.G. Spell	three ungaffed coins, edge grip handlings Edge-Grip Display	Also published here Triple E.G. Spell (Michael Rubinstein, The Collected Almanac, 1982) Related to Triple E.G. Spellbound (Michael Rubinstein, Knuckle Busters Vol. 3, 2002) Variations Heavy Metal (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1998) Heavy Metal (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	2020	Rubinstein Coin Magic	51	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Scott Robinson	H.G.'s Pocket	two cards placed in pocket and returned to deck, they travel back into pockets, time travel presentation, two pseudo-signed duplicates	Also published here HG's Pocket (Scott Robinson, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010)	2020	The Session 2020	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Turning Time Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Signed Duplicate
Nancy Colwell	Convincing Curve	Finesse / variation on One Handed Convincing Control, bends the card	Inspired by One-handed Convincing Control (Ernest Earick, By Forces Unseen, 1993) The Willy Wonka Card Trick (Scott Robinson, Pure Imagination, 2018)	2021	Lorem Ipsum	29	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations
Bill Citino	Making a Difference	three silver coins in purse, copper coin in hand transposes with silver coins in purse, asymmetric, see next issue for additional credits	Inspired by Differences (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1995) Related to Additional Credits (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	836	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Scott Robinson	The Tune Of Merry Marvels	card in performer's back pocket transposes with out-jogged selection		June 2024	Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Scott Robinson	Push-In Change Handling	angled	Related to Marlo Swivel Change (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) also in: Marlo Swivel Change (The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) Marlo Swivel Change (Bound to Please, 1994)	June 2024	Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)	52	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change
Scott Robinson	Fake Back Pocket Placement	apparently placing a card in the back pocket and copping it out again		June 2024	Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)	53	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Apparently putting Cards in Pocket
Adam W. Elbaum	The King Thing	card lost, Kings change into selection one by one, then Kings from pocket and where Kings were remains the selection	Inspired by The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1997) also in: The Queen Thing (Pure Imagination, 2018)	June 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 6)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition

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