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Joe Berg The Convexed Aces Experiment No. 6 - cards are lost and found, Aces are bridged
Variations 1946 156
Paul Curry Swindle Switch
Variations 1974 8
Simon Aronson Shuffle-Bored
  • The Basic Shuffle-Bored Effect (only number of reversed card is divined)
  • The Secret
  • The Set-Up
  • The Procedure
  • Preliminaries
  • The Cancellation Combination
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 1
Karl Fulves ESP + Math No. 37, packet of cards is shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards
Related toAlso published here 1984 48
Juan Tamariz The Antifaros dealing procedures for Single, Double, Triple, Quadruple and Quintuple Antifaro, later Antifaro-6 and -7 on page 96
Related to 1989/91 90
José Carroll Cannibals! elaborate routine involving fake mustache and teeth, half eaten cards...
Related toAlso published here 1991 85
Alex Elmsley The Restacking Pack stack whose value distribution is not affected by faro shuffles
Related toVariations 1994 309
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah Eighteen-Card Poker Uses concept of a morphing Jonah card that changes every phase (presentation by Stewart Judah)
Related to
  • "Psych-Out" (Bruce Bernstein, 1985)
  • "The Cincinnati Kid Poker Game" (Tony Binarelli, Gary Ouellet's The Magic of Tony Binarelli, 1991)
VariationsAlso published here
1997 111
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker breather crimp
Related toVariations 2003 10
Juan Tamariz Carbuquillo playing a made up game with spectator, where performer always loses and while in the process of playing, divining all of spectator's cards, interlocking chains
  • Other Ideas and Variations
Variations 2004 119
Juan Tamariz Answering Computer colors of cards as direction for spectator to lie or tell the truth, cards etc are divined
  • Other Presentations
    • A. The Trip
    • B. The Labyrinth
    • C. Hangman
Related to 2004 220
Woody Aragón Si Senór setting up deck from New Deck Order to Si Stebbins, while locating selection
2006 199
Woody Aragón Si Fry performer ascertains a packet of cards chosen by spectator
Also published here 2006 201
Woody Aragón In-ESP-Licable using ESP cards, all ESP cards with same symbols come together and deck is sorted as climax
2006 202
Woody Aragón The Man with Three Hands spectators get same hands again and performer has a royal flush
2006 204
Woody Aragón Omega Equals Alpha number of cut of packet is used to remember a card, tantalizer deal
2006 206
Woody Aragón Australian Poker placing a bill inside some cards, down under deal with three people and performer ends up with bill
Variations 2006 207
Woody Aragón All Winners alternative ending for Australian Poker, all end with Royal Flushes
2006 209
Steve Beam Kangaroo Killer placing a bill inside some cards, down under deal with three people and performer ends up with bill
Inspired by 2006 105
Helder Guimarães Three Progressive Choices (or "The trick I would perform to José Quesoyyo, Miguel Ajo and Woody Aragon")
3 cards chosen and found in different ways, faces become blank in the end
Inspired by 2008 (ca.) 23
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker after shuffle four poker hands are divined, one predicted, full deck stack, gilbreath
Related to 2010 65
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2010 257
Woody Aragón La Mnemónica Tamariz on the Tamariz Stack / Mnemonica
  • El génesis
  • el libro
  • ¿Por qué Tamariz?
  • Finalizando
2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 11)
302
Woody Aragón Carbuquillo Toledano cards are shuffled and dealt into poker hands, cards in chosen poker hand are known
Inspired by 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 11)
304
Woody Aragón Introduction to this work
2011 21
Woody Aragón Before You Read Any Further...How To Find Your Other Half! spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves. also known as 'Love Ritual'.
Variations 2011 25
Woody Aragón Separagon open tabled red/black separation
Also published here 2011 35
Woody Aragón Cheeky Oil And Water sucker oil and water: small packet doesn't separate but whole deck does
2011 55
Woody Aragón Separagon Triumph spectator sees face-up face-down cards in ribbon spread
Related to 2011 57
Woody Aragón The Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, actually Steve Beam's "The Joystick"
Related to 2011 61
Woody Aragón Convex Control control four aces to the bottom by pushing four piles of cards together on table.
Inspired by 2011 65
Woody Aragón Convex Control with Lapping lap four aces after Convex Control
2011 70
Woody Aragón The Broken Corner torn card reappears in wallet, matching torn corner. no duplicates
2011 81
Woody Aragón Anti-Faro spectator cuts and performer deals
Also published here 2011 87
Woody Aragón The Swindle Shuffle full deck false shuffle
Inspired byVariations 2011 91
Woody Aragón Coincidences with Incidences two selections from face-up face-down deck are mates, then two piles made and shuffled by audience have matching mates
2011 97
Woody Aragón The Cheerleader thought of card from a pile of cards is spelled to
2011 107
Woody Aragón Routined Spelling multiple phase spelling trick:
  • a freely chosen color
  • a freely chosen suit
  • a freely chosen card by spelling its name
  • a freely chosen card by progressively revealing the suit and the value from spelling
2011 113
Woody Aragón Never Tell Them What's Going To Happen
2011 125
Woody Aragón Maverick demonstration of estimating and cutting specific number of cards.
Related to 2011 131
Woody Aragón The Human Scale weighing the cards
2011 139
Woody Aragón Si Fry performer ascertains a packet of cards chosen by spectator
Also published here 2011 149
Woody Aragón Bored of Shuffling cards are shuffled face-up face-down by spectator. the number of face up cards and the nature of the face of cards are predicted on a sheet of paper.
Inspired by 2011 153
Woody Aragón Gilbreath Detective two card selection, spectator shuffles pack
2011 161
Woody Aragón Psychic Poker spectator shuffles and deals four hands. magician guesses winning player and predicts winning hand.
Inspired by 2011 167
Woody Aragón Grandpa's Poker spectators shuffle, perofmer names hands before revealed, and performer gets straight flush
Variations 2011 175
Woody Aragón Erdnase spectator shuffles, five hands dealt. "Erdnase" gets four aces and a Joker
2011 181
Woody Aragón Blessed Poker
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2011 189
Woody Aragón Do Not Get Confused... four blank card kicker
2011 207
Woody Aragón The Transparent Travelling Spots pips on selected card move to transparent card
2011 213
Woody Aragón Examinable Cannibals
2011 219
Woody Aragón Appendix: Impromptu Version
2011 228
Woody Aragón Winner's Intuition spectator chooses ten cards from a deck, places five cards each into two boxes, and magician determines which box has winning hand multiple times
Related to 2011 231
Woody Aragón Clockwork Woody magician predicts thought of hour and selected card. as a climax, all other cards are blank
2011 235
Woody Aragón The Psychic Deck spectator-shuffled deck answers questions about thought of person
Inspired by
  • "Color Sense" (Norman Gilbreath)
Related to
2011 241
Woody Aragón On the Gilbreath Principle generalizes Gilbreath principle with non-repeated groups of cards
2011 259
Woody Aragón The Permanent Deck Principle describes stacks that retain order after Faro shuffles
Inspired by 2011 267
Woody Aragón ESP Memorized Deck an ESP stack that retains order after Faro shuffles
2011 273
Woody Aragón The Slot Machine spectators make three piles with a deck with slot machine symbols on them. all three piles match
2011 277
Woody Aragón Postcards audience shuffles postcards and chooses a postcard that matches prediction. the prediction also predicts order of the remaining postcards
2011 281
Woody Aragón The Court Cards story deck trick with court cards
Also published here 2011 293
Woody Aragón Gilbert's Error Code chosen card is found in an "error code" created by the spectator
2011 297
Woody Aragón Appendix: Woody's Change Box deck switch apparatus
2011 367
Woody Aragón Las Figuras story trick with just the picture cards
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 17)
496
Woody Aragón Mi Anti-Faro spectator cuts and performer deals
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 17)
497
José Carroll, Dani DaOrtiz, Woody Aragón Canibales - Versión Original de Pepe Carrol original version of the Cannibals, reprint from set of lecture notes
  • Introducción (Woody Aragón)
  • Los Canibales (Pepe Carrol)
Related to 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 18)
558
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Voodoo As I Do couple of receipts with words written on their back are shown, one selected by performer with spelling procedure, bad-luck curse on it is broken by tearing the receipt, spectator repeats and gets "weak" and cannot tear paper in half
Inspired by
  • "Breaking the Bad Luck Streak" (Woody Aragon, unpublished)
June 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
Woody Aragón Colores de Ida y Vuelta four Jacks change into blank cards and backs change too
2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
796
Friedrich Roitzsch Sucker Punch two good hands after a spectator's shuffle, gilbreath & punch deal
Inspired by 2015 5
Woody Aragón, Bob Farmer Aragon Attractor
  • Woody's Effect
  • Vernet
  • Wallet
Related to 2015 31
Woody Aragón Blessed Poker
Also published here 2015 203
Tom Gagnon Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration adding a color-changing deck phase during ribbon-spreading the deck face-down as fake cooler deck switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019 4
Patrick G. Redford Never Going To Give You Up Lie detection, followed by identifying the cards held by spectator, then identifying thought of card
Related to
  • "Sy-Fry" (Woody Aragon, Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks)
2019 92
Fritz Alkemade Just in Time v2.0.2 (semi-automatic) Triumph with ending that reveals three cards, which tell the current time, uses Separagon
Related to 2019 13
Woody Aragón Separagon open tabled red/black separation
Also published here 2019 304
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toAlso published here 2020 29
Shimpei Katsuragawa The Other Half Variation spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves
Inspired by 2022 80
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2022 12
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 2022 81