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, 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)	Related to The Smith Myth (Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch, 1956) Adamsmyth (Thomas Alan Waters, 1982) Variations Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, 1970) Full-Deck Smith-Myth Force (Jon Racherbaumer, 1986) A Multiple Effect (Edward Marlo, 1988) The 50% Miracle (Edward Marlo, 1988) Way Ahead Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1988) Twin Swans (Docc Hilford, 2008) Also published here Two Minds - a Single Thought (Sidney Lawrence, 1959)	1954 ca.	Ten Self Working Master Miracles	[4]	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, 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, 1968) Variations The Odd Event (Edward Marlo, 1969) Logical Odd Event (Marvin Johnson, 1973)	July 1968	Epilogue (Issue 3)	18	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle 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, 1970) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, 1970) Marlo's Visible Phantoms (Edward Marlo, 1971)	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, 1946) Square Deal (Ken Beale, 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, 1934) Variations Logical Odd Event (Marvin Johnson, 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, 1954 ca.) Blue Phantom (Ben Christopher, 1969) Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, 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 McHenry's Sleeper Aces (David Neighbors, 1987) Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, 1988) LSDM Aces (Marvin Johnson, 1994) LSDR Aces (Marvin Johnson, 1994)	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, 1972) Silver Trap II (Peter Alexis, 1973) Variations Okito Box Notes 4 (Marvin Johnson, 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, 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, 1968) The Odd Event (Edward Marlo, 1969) Logic (Francis J. Baker, 1970)	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	Variations Echo Chamber (Patrick G. Redford, 2019) Thot Echo Plus One (Gary Plants, 2025) Also published here Thought Echo (Sam Schwartz, 1977) Thot Echo (Sam Schwartz, 1995) Thot Echo (Sam Schwartz, Roberto Giobbi, 2006)	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, 1968) Perfect Speller (Bruce Cervon, 1968) Child's Play (Karl Fulves, 1970) Tri-Multaneous (Sam Schwartz, 1970) "Baker + Johnson Combination" (F. J. Baker, Marvin Johnson)	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, 1976) Variations Suspens-Asse (Roberto Giobbi, 1987) McHenry's Sleeper Aces (David Neighbors, 1987)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 6)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Darwin Ortiz	Hitchcock Aces		Related to Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, 1976) Also published here Hitchcock Aces (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1976	Darwin's Theories	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish
Roberto Giobbi	Suspens-Asse		Inspired by Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, 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, 1972) L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, 1972) Magician's Sleeper Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Marvin Johnson, 1976)	1987	Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Marvin Johnson	LSDM Aces		Inspired by L.S.D. Aces (Wesley James, 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, 1972)	1994	Facsimile (Issue 2)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / O. Henry Finish

31 entries for Marvin Johnson