Marvin Johnson

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	3²	selection process with square layout	Variations 3² Deal Duplicated (Ken Beale, Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Marvin Johnson, The Hierophant, 1970)	July 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 109)	439	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Sidney Lawrence	Controlled Thoughts	two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same Second Version to Controlled Thoughts (improved counting procedure, on next page)	Also published here Two Minds - a Single Thought (Sidney Lawrence, Card Tricks, 1959) Related to The Smith Myth (Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch, The Five O' Fetsch, 1956) Adamsmyth (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Variations The New Tops, Oct. 1965 also in: A Multiple Effect (M.I.N.T. — Volume I, 1988) Smyth Bliss (Genii, 2008) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	1954 ca.	Ten Self Working Master Miracles	[4]	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Sidney Lawrence	Two Minds - a Single Thought	two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same	Also published here Controlled Thoughts (Sidney Lawrence, Ten Self Working Master Miracles, 1954 ca.) Related to The Smith Myth (Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch, The Five O' Fetsch, 1956) Adamsmyth (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Variations The New Tops, Oct. 1965 also in: A Multiple Effect (M.I.N.T. — Volume I, 1988) Smyth Bliss (Genii, 2008) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	1959	Card Tricks	314	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Ken Beale	Square Deal	nine cards are arranged in a 3x3 square as dictated by spectator, they are a magic square	Variations 3² Deal Duplicated (Ken Beale, Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Marvin Johnson, The Hierophant, 1970)	Mar. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 23)	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Karl Fulves*	The Odd Event	red-black matching thing with two card location	Related to Future Perfect (Karl Fulves, Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1968) Variations The Odd Event (Edward Marlo, Epilogue, 1969) The Odd Event (Edward Marlo, Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups*, 1973) … and 1 more	July 1968	Epilogue (Issue 3)	18	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	The Odd Event	red-black matching thing with two-card location	Inspired by The Odd Event (Karl Fulves, Epilogue, 1968) Variations Logical Odd Event (Marvin Johnson, Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) M-U-M, Nov. 1983 also in: One-Way Stop (Genii*, 2021)	Mar. 1969	Epilogue (Issue 5)	38	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
Ben Christopher*	Blue Phantom	two cards found blindfolded, one of them has different colored back	Inspired by "Divination of two Mentally Selected Cards" (E. G. Brown) Related to suggestion by Greg Moore on p. 314 Variations Blue Phantom II (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: The Blue Phantom (Self-Working Card Tricks, 1976) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review*, 1970) … and 1 more	Oct. 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 12)	287	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Ken Beale, Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Marvin Johnson	3² Deal Duplicated	selection process with square layout	Inspired by 3² (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, The Phoenix, 1946) Square Deal (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961)	Spring 1970	The Hierophant (Issue 3)	126	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Francis J. Baker*	Logic	two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating	Related to An Alternate Detection (Theodore Annemann, SH-H-H--! It's A Secret, 1934) also in: The Alternate Detection (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Variations Logical Odd Event (Marvin Johnson, Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups*, 1973)	Jan. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3)	311	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Marvin Johnson, Stanley Cook, Claude Crowe, Ed Morrisey	Etcetera	ColorVision story in Al Flosso's shop		Apr. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 6)	332	Articles / Letters Dice (small) / Color Vision
Marvin Johnson	Coin Transpo	of a sandwiched coin, also with Okito box		Apr. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 6)	332	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transposition Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Marvin Johnson	Blue Dice	two numbers generated with dice, two spectators select cards and remove cards according to their numbers, both spectators selected the same card and it has different colored back	Inspired by Controlled Thoughts (Sidney Lawrence, Ten Self Working Master Miracles, 1954 ca.) also in: Two Minds - a Single Thought (Card Tricks, 1959) Blue Phantom (Ben Christopher, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, Interlocutor, 1978)	Dec. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 2)	387	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Marvin Johnson	Easy Thievery	Thieves and Sheep handling, two copper/silver coins, see page 16 for credits		Jan. 1971	Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1)	7	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Thieves and Sheep
Marvin Johnson	Speaking of the Clock...			1971	On the Clock Effect	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Wesley James	L.S.D. Aces		Variations Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) McHenry's Sleeper Aces (David Neighbors, Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!, 1987) … and 2 more	Nov. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 16)	147	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Marvin Johnson	Shift Spell	spelling to the Aces		Oct. 1972	Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Peter Alexis*	Silver Trap	copper coin sandwiched between silver coins in box, copper coin penetrates and falls out, then back in again between silver coins	Related to Okito Problem (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Silver Trap II (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Variations Okito Box Notes 4 (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review, 1973)	Dec. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 2)	576	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Penetration
Marvin Johnson	Okito Box Notes 4		Inspired by Silver Trap (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review*, 1972)	Oct. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 12)	680	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Penetration
Marvin Johnson	Logical Odd Event	two selections found and red-black separation	Inspired by The Odd Event (Karl Fulves, Epilogue, 1968) The Odd Event (Edward Marlo, Epilogue*, 1969) … and 1 more	1973	Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups	77	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
E. Leslie May	Asulikeit	a set of ESP cards is used to reveal chosen symbol, "trick that cannot be explained", multiple out, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson		Feb. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 4)	708	ESP Cards / Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Trick That Cannot Be Explained
Karl Fulves*	Money in the Bank	penny dropped in piggy bank, then it turns out that piggy bank has no slit, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson		Feb. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 4)	709	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Piggy Bank
Sam Schwartz	Thot Echo	two card location, straight set-up, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson	Also published here Thought Echo (Sam Schwartz, The Magic Book, 1977) also in: Thot Echo (Sam Schwartz, Card College — Volume 1, 1995) Thot Echo (Sam Schwartz, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Light, 2006) Related to The Trinity Concept (Ben Train, Anteater Consortium, 2012) Variations Echoed (Joseph Barry, Operandi, 2016) Echo Chamber (Patrick G. Redford, Sleightly Out Of Order*, 2019) … and 1 more	Mar. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 5)	715	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Sam Schwartz	Alchemy with Coins	two copper and two sliver coins, transpositions and transformation, surprise appearance of handful of pennies, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson	Also published here "Alchemy with Coins" (Sam Schwartz, Linking Ring)	Mar. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 5)	720	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Sam Dalal, Marvin Johnson	Etcetera			July 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 9)	758	Articles / Letters
Cushing Strout	Speaking of Spells	setting up for the referenced spelling tricks with location routine	Inspired by Crazy Clocks (Fred G. Taylor, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: Crazy Clocks (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Perfect Speller (Bruce Cervon, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: Perfect Speller (Spins & Needles, 2008) … and 3 more	Dec. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 2)	829	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Sleights / Culling / Arranging the Order
Marvin Johnson	Re-Opened Prediction	two methods		Feb. 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 4)	866	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Castillon, Marvin Johnson	The Lady Stretches	including: Handling Notes Alternate Handling to Show the Backs at Step 2 The Marvin Johnson Variation The Portable Fake Version (Racherbaumer)		1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1)	5	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson	Magician's Sleeper Aces	Hitchcock Aces variation	Related to Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations Suspens-Asse (Roberto Giobbi, CardPerfect, 1987) McHenry's Sleeper Aces (David Neighbors, Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!, 1987)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 6)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Also published here Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972) Related to Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Variations ¡Fuego! (Rafael Benatar, Cartas Certificadas, 1989) Aunt Henriette's Aces (Arturo de Ascanio, Ascanio's Favorites 1, 1989) also in: Aunt Enriqueta's Aces (The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic, 2006) … and 6 more	1976	Darwin's Theories	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Karl Fulves*	Riffle Shuffle Control	further ideas for the Riffle Shuffle Control placement (A) building set-up for next trick (B) following with Ten Card Poker Deal (C) delaying use of set-up	Related to Last Chance (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1939) also in: Last Chance (The Living End, 1972) Incorporated Color Control (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) also in: Incorporated Color Control (Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) Incorporated Color Control (More Self-Working Card Tricks*, 1984) … and 4 more	1978	Interlocutor (Issue 26)	99	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Roberto Giobbi	Suspens-Asse		Inspired by Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976)	1987	CardPerfect	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
David Neighbors	McHenry's Sleeper Aces	two double facers	Inspired by MacDonald's $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick (Frank Garcia, New Stars of Magic, 1972) L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972) … and 1 more	1987	Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Also published here Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972) Related to Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976) Variations ¡Fuego! (Rafael Benatar, Cartas Certificadas, 1989) Aunt Henriette's Aces (Arturo de Ascanio, Ascanio's Favorites 1, 1989) also in: Aunt Enriqueta's Aces (The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic, 2006) … and 6 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Marvin Johnson	LSDM Aces		Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972)	1994	Facsimile (Issue 2)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Marvin Johnson	LSDR Aces		Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1972)	1994	Facsimile (Issue 2)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish

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