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Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
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1910 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
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1910 82
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Reverse Location cards next to selection turn over, double backer(s)
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1928 17
Laurie Ireland Aeroplane Card to Pocket
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1931 28
Ralph W. Hull Deck Turnover (?) fake deck turnover
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1933 18
An Unwitting Wizard card used to stab next to selection becomes selection
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1934 53
William Larsen A Reverse Location cards next to selection turn over, double backer(s)
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1937 123
Dai Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
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1937 208
Michael F. Zens Quadruple Poker Trick
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1937 369
Frank Lane Poker Set Up
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1937 371
Sam Leo Horowitz A Psychological Discovery two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
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1938 549
Laurie Ireland Card at any Small Number bottom deal with cover card subtlety
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1938 6
Frederick Braue Facing the Bottom Card overhand shuffle cover, see references for credit information
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1940 110
Paul Curry Turnover Half Pass as deck is turned over
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1941 [24]
Edward Marlo The Hotel Mystery
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1942 17
Edward Marlo Double Vanish and Recovery two cards vanish from face of two halves when rubbed together, reappear in deck
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1942 8
Edward Marlo Double Vanish and Recovery two cards vanish from face of two halves when rubbed together, reappear in deck
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1942 7
U. F. Grant "Million Dollar" Bill Mystery two bills are torn, one half of each vanish and appear in envelope
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1943 112
Tom Sellers The Change-Over Aces two cards, each sandwiched, they transpose, glide
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1943 18
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
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1945 1
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations
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1946 1
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
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1946 2
Bob Hummer Kilroy Gets Around message appears on card, mathematical procedure
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1947 1
Paul LePaul The Substitution Envelope Mystery selection changes places with a card in an envelope
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1949 143
Paul LePaul Impromptu Torn And Restored Card except one quarter, restored card minus corner shoots out when deck is riffled
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1949 161
Dai Vernon The Peregrinating Pip pip is transfered from Five to Two
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1950 457
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme No. 47, Cards mixed face up/down, spectator separates face up/down, as well as red/black
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  • 1949 manuscript
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    • also in: This Is It (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980)
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1950 83
John Scarne, Joseph Prieto The Stapled Card No. 62, Card transposition with card stapled to a Joker
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1950 110
Stewart James James's Miracle No. 72, two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers
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1950 132
Paul Rosini The Fair Count count-down to named number, count repeated because of skepticism of audience, selection found reversed
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1950 18
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch
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Jan. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 220)
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Al Leech Ace Sandwich sandwiched card transposes with another card, happens in deck
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1953 6
Edward Marlo Platform Aces with glasses, ungaffed and duplicate method
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1953 37
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
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1953 58
Norman Osborn Double Count also "Unlimited Count", five as six with six different faces, double facer
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1953 5
Dr. Jacob Daley Rouge et Noir five red cards and five black cards are shuffled, spectator separates the cards by color
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Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 287)
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Bill Simon The Four Packet Shuffle four packets are shuffled into each other face-up/face-down
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1954 21
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch
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1956 132
Jerry Andrus A Drop Jog dropping one half on the other, angled
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1956 79
Norman Houghton Stranger of Another Colour "Stranger of Another Color", blue-backed card fuses to the face of a red-backed selection, no signatures
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Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
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Tom Ransom Suicide Build progressive poker deal, from five to two hands
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Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
7
Alex Elmsley 1002nd Aces spectator can freely choose the leader packet
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Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
13
Edward Marlo Magical Seven selection reversed in face-up portion travels down into lower face-down portion into seventh position, several repeats
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
  • Phase Five
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1958 2
Nate Leipzig, Bert Allerton Screened Leipzig Pass from the middle to second position, brief
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1958 25
Alex Elmsley Penny Plain performer brings card to special position corresponding with cut-off packet behind back, principle similar to Penelope Principle
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1959 2
James Steranko Bottom Reverse bottom card
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1960 42
Harry Lorayne Change of Four Cards Push-Through Change
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1961 67
Dai Vernon Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
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1962 23
Hugh Scott Double Hop two cards shown and tabled, one card pushed in center, it travels to top and at the same time transposes with other card, ungaffed transpo solution
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Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
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Edward Marlo Oddity! named card is only odd-backed card, half the deck is red-backed and blue-backed
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1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
62
Robin Robertson Acrobatic Cards card ends up reversed in spread, apparently trick fails
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1964 20
Al Leech Two Hands: Four Aces "sleeve Aces"
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1965 37
Karl Fulves* The St. Nicholas Aces black Twos are pushed reversed in deck twice to locate Ace, the next time the sandwich cards become the last two Aces
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Dec. 1965 12
Francis Haxton Last Word Four Aces spectator chooses Leader Packet
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1967 186
Harry Lorayne Foursome four of a kind to free selection is produced
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1967 23
Harry Lorayne The Indicator procedure to set up a four-of-a-kind for spelling from a shuffled deck
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1967 62
Karl Fulves* By Any Other Name two methods (gaffed card & Elmsley Count)
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Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
135
Peter Kane Royal Flush Flash Kings change into royal flush
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1967 2
Gene Finnell Aces Respelled four Aces are spelled
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1967 22
Bob Haskell, Edward Marlo Reverse Double Undercut
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1968 5
Robert Page, Bob Hummer Hummer of a Trick! face-up and face-down cards separated by performer behind back
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Aug. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 10)
197
Roy Walton* Helensburg Speller spelling to any thought of card, Phoenix #98 reference given on p. 236, see also p. 254 for references
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Winter 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio)
221
Verne Chesbro, Larry West Acrobatic Cards four cards, top and bottom cards turned over, they are all shown one way again, repeated
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1968 20
Larry Jennings Jennings' Visitor
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1969 53
Roy Walton* Money Power from twenty-card packet, two set of mates are found with spectator, making up four-of-a-kind
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July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
41
Alan Brown* Black Widow two initialed cards change place in sandwich cards, see also p. 270 and p. 276 for ideas by John Hudak, Bill Zavis and Fulves
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May 1969 255
Roy Walton* Money Power from twenty-card packet, two set of mates are found with spectator, making up four-of-a-kind
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  • Jack Avis problem
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  • Powerth, Peter Duffie, 1993
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1969 14
Roy Walton* Oil and Queens transformation kicker
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1969 15
Roy Walton* Mission Accomplished
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1969 18
Roy Walton* The Overworked Card Triumph type of effect, one card travels from bottom to top and turns every reversed card over
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1969 33
Roy Walton* The Cannibal Cards four Aces and two Jacks, vanish and appearance, on top of deck, second deal
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1969 36
Roy Walton* Almost Impromptu one of four cards selected, other three cards added together and number counted in deck finds mate
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1969 42
Roy Walton* Suit Yourself two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, self-duplicating set-up
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1969 42
Roy Walton* You Can't Cheat An Honest Man two hands, performer always has four Jacks, Aces as climax, bottom deals
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1969 47
Roy Walton* The Inconsistent Liar
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1969 53
Roy Walton* Card Case mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
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  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
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1969 57
Jack Gottlob No-Turn-Over Okito Steal No. 1 coin hidden in lid as coin box is opened
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1969 117
Roy Walton* Card Case mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
  • Alternative Presentation (odd-backed)
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  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
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Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
6
Roy Walton* Second Thoughts on Oil and Water 4&4
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Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
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Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon Bluff Card to Pocket Aeroplane Card Trick
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1970 13
James G. Thompson Jr. Joint Signature "based on a card problem entitled Two-Card Quadrille", card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the face
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Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
365
Karl Fulves* Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
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Nov. 1970 374
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
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Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
384
Henry Christ The HC Difference & Sum original handling, spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
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1971 113
Karl Fulves* Optical Aces card vanishes from sandwich under hat, travels into sandwich in deck
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1971 15
Sam Leo Horowitz 8's & 9's
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Dec. 1971 471
Roy Walton* Jefferson's Jest card vanishes from plastic envelope
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1971 27
Tom Batchelor The Riffle Shuffle Fold tabled, in half
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1971 39
Father Cyprian Bottom Collectors Aces tabled face-down, then three cards selected, they appear between the Aces
  • Phase I: Showing The Aces
  • Phase II: Selection And Control
  • Phase III: Handling The Ace Packet
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1971 1
Peter Kane Signature Transposition two cards signed on back by two people, signatures transpose
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1972 5
Jim Surprise Surprise Aces: Spectator Cuts The Aces
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1972 91
Karl Fulves* Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
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Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
148
Ben Christopher* Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
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Jan. 1972 481
Roy Walton* Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection, see p. 608 for comment by Walton, see p. 640 for get-into by Robin Robertson
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Sep. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)
559
Roy Walton* Coincidence in Colour with packet
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1972 3
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Spread It Card Trick No. 323, prediction packet on table, card chosen, tabled packet contains card of same color, suit and also actual selection
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1972 84
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psychological Matching Up Trick No. 340, with pocket finale, two cards can be pre-loaded
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1972 95
Paul Rosini Rosini Reverse No. 365, count-down to named number, count repeated because of skepticism of audience, selection found reversed
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1972 102
Dr. Jacob Daley Spread It Card Trick Improvement No. 554, prediction packet on table, card chosen, tabled packet contains card of same color, suit and also actual selection
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1972 155
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Mental Stop No. 602, two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
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1972 167
Lin Searles Idiot's Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down (for real), then four eights (instead of aces) are dealt
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Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
664
Lin Searles Countdown Aces performer cuts to Ace, Two, Three and Four on top, counting down to the Aces according to values, inspired by Ed Marlo routine
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Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
668
Edward G. Brown The Military Problem four packets, with Kings on the bottom, first followed with three Aces, second with three Twos, third with three Threes and fourth with an Ace, Two and a Three, organize themselves
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1973 106
David Roth Okito Box Magic four coins extracted from box one by one
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1973
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
Jerry K. Hartman Search Flight Two phases of Collectors: first phase is four Aces find three selections, second phase is three selections placed between Aces vanish and travel to between four Queens in the deck
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1973 49
Gene Finnell D/U Counter packet cut off, down/under deal with rest, remaining card has value as number of cut-off cards
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1973 57
Roy Walton* The Magical Eliminator spectator selects red card, but performer goes on to find it among six black cards, sucker
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1973 5
Roy Walton* The Image Makers any two card placed between black Aces turn into red Aces, repeated several times then all four cards change to Queens
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1973 10
Roy Walton* The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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1973 26
Paul Curry A Swindle Of Sorts
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1974 7
Paul Curry Houdini's Legacy circle is drawn on a card, deck cut somewhere, the name of the cut to card is now written in the circle
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1974 16
Paul Curry The Red And The Black spectator arrange the deck, cards are in red/black pairs except the Aces
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1974 53
Paul Curry Turn of the Century setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
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1974 57
Alex Elmsley One at a Time Collectors selections appear one by one between four Aces
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Nov. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)
28
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme with face-up/face-down mix of twenty cards behind spectator's back
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  • 1949 manuscript
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  • marketed 1943
    • also in: This Is It (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980)
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Apr. 1974 724
Roy Walton* Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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1975 45
Michael Skinner Francis Carlyle's Ghost
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July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
223
Peter Duffie A Fansee Blind Shuffle zarrow type, false fan shuffle
Sep. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 1)
158
Peter Kane The Royal Families
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1975 10
Roy Walton* The "Thing er me Jig" Trick cards are spelled with words "remember" and "forget"
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1975 2
Roy Walton* Now and Then selection is found and number revealed, down-under-deal
  • Alternative Procedure
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1975 8
Roy Walton* The Paint Brush Change
  • As a Colour Change and Appearance
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1975 12
Roy Walton* Happy Families three cards of three suits are mixed and eventually unite
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Inspired by
  • Stewart Judah's "Lightning Strikes Twice"
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1975 19
Roy Walton* Farbbegegnung
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Feb. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
61
Roy Walton* Der Magische Eliminator spectator selects red card, but performer goes on to find it among six black cards, sucker
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June 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
71
Roy Walton* Die Ebenbildner any two card placed between black Aces turn into red Aces, repeated several times then all four cards change to Queens
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Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
6
Roy Walton* Die Ehrgeizigen ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
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Frank Garcia Impossible 4 Ace Revelation magicians cuts four piles, all Aces
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1975 ca. 2
Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland Dai Vernon's Aeroplane Card
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1976 15
Peter Duffie Aces With A Twist Twisting the Aces with "do as I do" element, red and blue backed sets, in the end Aces change places
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Jan. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)
209
Roy Walton* The Card Shark story trick, "Jaws" card is bitten in half by a shark
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Feb. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 6)
213
Peter Duffie, Roy Walton* Play It Again Sam pairs are back in order
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May 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 9)
254
Peter Duffie, Jerry K. Hartman The Go-Between sandwich card find card in the center and turn over, based on J.K. Hartman's "Centre of Attention"
June 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 10)
268
Peter Duffie Card In Case... Transposition transposition with signed odd back card
Aug. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)
289
Peter Duffie Positive Card Fold
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Aug. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)
290
Roy Walton*, Peter Duffie, Bob Driebeek Play It Again Sam follow-up
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Aug. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)
293
Fred Robinson IBM (British Ring) Convention 1976 on Bob Gill, Michael Florence, Bob Swadling, Doug Alker, Joe Riding, Rovi, David Carré. Geoff Ray, Walt Lees, Peter Duffie, Sonny Day, Roy Walton, Trevor Lewis, Bob Read, Ken Brooke, Pat Page, Frans Biemans
Oct. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 2)
321
Peter Duffie Twin Key-Boards mates, traveling and piano trick
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Dec. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 4)
344
Jerry Andrus Drop Jog dropping one half on the other
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1976 61
Roy Walton* Trigger apparently deck is turned over but it is cut in the process, similar to a turnover pass
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1976 2
Derek Dingle Illusion Aces Aces reverse between two Tens and change to Kings
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1976
Innovations (Issue 3)
1
Roy Walton* A Straight Shuffle spectator can shuffle, you get a straight
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Mar./Apr. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 7&8)
392
Peter Duffie, Roy Walton* Canibal Land
July 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 11)
432
Karl Fulves* Oracle spectator cuts of packet, reverse faro down to one, remaining card predicted
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1977 130
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus (or Hallucination)
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June 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6)
67
Brother John Hamman 2 Shuffles Harry red black kicker
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Aug. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 8)
85
Karl Fulves* L.S. Gee
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1978 3
Fred Robinson Oasis on Phil Goldstein, Gaeton Bloom, Ken Brooke, Danny Ray, Andrew Galloway, Basil Horwitz, Jay Marshall, Peter Duffie, Rex Cooper, Ken Hawes, Chris Pratt, Doug Alker, Max Maven, Frans Biemans, Roger Crabtree, Mike Gancia, Peter Warlock, Tom Owen, Harry Dewhirst, Philippe Fiahlo, Rovi, Wally Boyce
July 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 11)
599
Paul Harris Las Vegas Leaper spectator counts himself
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1978 112
Frank Garcia Impossible 4 Ace Revelation magicians cuts four piles, all Aces
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1978 2
Bruce Ikefugi Lightning Stab Change indifferent card is stabbed in deck face up and at that moment changes into selection, lapping
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Aug. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 8)
234
Peter Duffie Collectors Seminar Aces change to royal flush as a kicker
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Sep. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 9)
734
Peter Duffie Slow-mo Covered Walton Snap Change packet changes except top card
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Sep. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 9)
734
Robin Robertson Robin's Riffle two cards chosen from incomplete Riffle Shuffle position with smaller packets, in the end cards dealt from two piles and selections turn up at same position
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1979 22
Roy Walton* Fireside Faces two cards from the deck help the performer to divine the selections, then they change into the cards
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1979 15
Earl Nelson The $1.50 Vanish three coins vanish one by one with use of playing card, then reappear underneath
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1979 81
Jean Faré Vanish with Playing Card coin scooped up with card and it slides into other hand
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1979 82
Roy Walton* Kartenetui mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
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Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
148
Roy Johnson Impressed information written on paper, folded, put in envelope
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1979 47
Peter Duffie "...And the Card Came Back" cards travel and tranform into royal flush
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
822
Brother John Hamman, Peter Duffie Flushtration Count Variation
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
822
Steven Hamilton, Peter Duffie Trans Collection three cards travel, collecters type
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July 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)
876
Richard Kaufman The Ultimate Invisible Assembly using only the four Aces and a blank card, at the end all Aces turn blank, different handlings, see reference for credit information
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1980
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 12)
1
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards
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1980 7
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
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1980 7
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
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1980 14
Bob Hummer Dial a Date Deal two rows of eight cards are dealt on the table, some face up and some face down, spectator selects a name on a sheet and turns cards over corresponding to the number next to the name, performer's back is turned and when he looks at cards name can be divined
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1980 31
Bob Hummer Kilroy Gets Around message appears on card, mathematical procedure
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1980 36
James Swain Passing Along the Vanishing Aces one by one, classic pass
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1981 42
Geoffrey Latta Collecting the Vanishing Aces Aces vanish one by one from top of deck, then they are shown to have collected three selections
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1981 45
Peter Duffie Ladies in Waiting Queen is produced, two selections are found sandwiched between other three Queens
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Aug. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 4)
65
Peter Duffie A Fist Full of Dollar with big coin
Aug. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 4)
70
Peter Duffie Pocketed one phase ambitious card with Ace, then card travels to pocket
Also published here
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Sep. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)
79
Peter Duffie After Image retention of vision type
Sep. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)
83
Peter Duffie Half & Half two spectators select a card, in each half of the deck a card reverses, since both chose the same card, turned over cards are half of the selection
Oct. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 6)
103
Dai Vernon The Paintbrush Change
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1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
100
Roy Walton* Money Power from twenty-card packet, two set of mates are found with spectator, making up four-of-a-kind
Also published here
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  • Powerth, Peter Duffie, 1993
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1981 4
Roy Walton* Oil and Queens transformation kicker
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1981 6
Roy Walton* Mission Accomplished
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1981 9
Roy Walton* The Overworked Card Triumph type of effect, one card travels from bottom to top and turns every reversed card over
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1981 24
Roy Walton* The Cannibal Cards four Aces and two Jacks, vanish and appearance, on top of deck, second deal
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1981 27
Roy Walton* Almost Impromptu one of four cards selected, other three cards added together and number counted in deck finds mate
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1981 33
Roy Walton* Suit Yourself two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, self-duplicating set-up
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1981 34
Roy Walton* You Can't Cheat An Honest Man two hands, performer always has four Jacks, Aces as climax, bottom deals
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1981 39
Roy Walton* The Inconsistent Liar
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1981 45
Roy Walton* Card Case mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection
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Inspired by
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
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1981 50
Roy Walton* Jefferson's Jest card vanishes from plastic envelope
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1981 75
Roy Walton* Coincidence in Colour with packet
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1981 109
Roy Walton* The Magical Eliminator spectator selects red card, but performer goes on to find it among six black cards, sucker
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1981 116
Roy Walton* The Image Makers any two card placed between black Aces turn into red Aces, repeated several times then all four cards change to Queens
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1981 118
Roy Walton* The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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1981 125
Roy Walton* Trigger apparently deck is turned over but it is cut in the process, similar to a turnover pass
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1981 134
Roy Walton* The "Thing er me Jig" Trick cards are spelled with words "remember" and "forget"
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1981 146
Roy Walton* Now and Then selection is found and number revealed, down-under-deal
  • Alternative Procedure
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1981 152
Roy Walton* The Paint Brush Change
  • As a Colour Change and Appearance
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1981 155
Roy Walton* Happy Families three cards of three suits are mixed and eventually unite
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1981 161
Roy Walton* Fireside Faces two cards from the deck help the performer to divine the selections, then they change into the cards
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1981 177
Roy Walton* Chain Lightning four packets shuffled and combined, every suit spelled out and last card is of that suit, packets themselves are all from another suit in each case
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1981 215
Geoffrey Latta Vanishing Collectors Aces vanish one by one from top of deck, then they are shown to have collected three selections
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1981 1
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus with bent corner subtlety which is not in Apocalypse
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1981 18
Peter Duffie, Jerry Sadowitz Introduction
1982
Peter Duffie Half Right card cut in half
1982 2
Jerry Sadowitz Come Together transposition with transformation climax
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1982 4
Peter Duffie Inside Job spectator has hand on top of Jokers sandwiching a selection, the sandwich is then in the deck and the four Queens under the spectator's hand
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1982 6
Jerry Sadowitz The Whisperers four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
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1982 8
Peter Duffie Change of Departure
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1982 10
Peter Duffie Card in Case Transposition card transposes with folded Card
1982 15
Peter Duffie Hofzinser in My Pocket selection is pocketed, twisting sequence
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1982 22
Peter Duffie right trouser pocket classic palm
1982 22
Jerry Sadowitz The More Things Change
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1982 24
Peter Duffie Overhand Poker fast and easy
1982 28
Derek Dingle Illusion Aces Aces reverse between two Tens and change to Kings
  • The Practical Handling
  • The Purist Handling
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1982 79
Daryl Martinez Daryl Martinez Change card changes as it is pushed into deck and extracted again
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1982 39
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
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1982 528
Gordon Bruce Way Out out-jogged card changes into face-up selection
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May 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 4)
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Peter Duffie Outjogged Deal Unload
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May 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 4)
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Peter Duffie Show- Case similar to Ken Brooke's Vanishing Card Case
May 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)
239
Peter Duffie Arc de Triumph without false shuffle
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July 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)
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Dave Robertson The Back is Gone cards vanish and 'Gone' written on back of selection
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Nov. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 19)
365
Philip T. Goldstein* The Jorback Count concealing one face and two backs, back count meets Jordan
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  • Linking Ring, Oct. 1982
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1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))
46
Paul Curry Rot und Schwarz spectator arrange the deck, cards are in red/black pairs except the Aces
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July 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
68
Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle Holy P.O.D. sandwich cards with hole in center, flap gaff
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Winter 1982/1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. Winter Extra)
33
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Alternative Card Magic by Peter Duffie (written by Jerry Sadowitz) Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
132
Al Smith (reviewer) Alternative Card Magic by Peter Duffie (written by Jerry Sadowitz) Feb. 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 8)
1088
Jon Racherbaumer Future Trap faro, two handlings
Inspired by
1983
Facsimile (Issue 1)
24
John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis Calculated Triumph small packet cut off, selection made and returned, deck shuffled face-up and face-down, all one way except sandwich in center with selection, sandwich cards total cut-off packet
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1983 59
Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer Mystery of the 7 Suspects sandwich cards surround seven cards, down-under-deal to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro
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1983 127
Shigeo Futagawa Stunumbers No. 17, some small numbers added, total predicted, using number cards, for credit information see "Future Choice" reference
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1983 27
Robin Robertson Concealed Allerton Control card controlled to third from top while apparently turned over in middle of deck
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1983 8
Robin Robertson Time and Time Again using Fulves' Riffle Shuffle Control
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1983 34
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Contemporary Card Magic by Peter Duffie (written by Jerry Sadowitz) Aug. 1984
Epoptica (Issue 6)
348
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Contemporary Card Magic by Peter Duffie (written by Jerry Sadowitz) June 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 22)
216
Gordon Bruce Pinkerton's Ladies four Queens turn face up one by one, three cards with same value las selection appear interlaced in between the Queens, selection is found in card case
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1984 15
Peter Duffie Addition and False Turnover paddle move, while adding cards
1984 17
Walt Lees Peter Duffie
1984 51
Peter Duffie Royalty In Your Pocket four queens are produced, then reds and black change places and selection is found sandwiched in between red queens
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1984 51
Peter Duffie Departure Point two signed cards vanish and appear face up in the deck, they vanish again and produced from pockets
1984 55
Peter Duffie Author's Introduction
1984
Peter Duffie Ghost Hunters Ace through Four of Diamonds appear one by one and their values are spelled to to find random cards, those cards are shown as four blanks and then change into the Ace through Four themselves
Inspired by
  • "Chiefly Yourselves" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring Parade)
1984 1
Peter Duffie Collectors Item one double facer
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1984 2
Peter Duffie The Journey spectator counts one packet himself
Inspired by
  • "Three Cards Pass" (Tom Sellers, The Gen, Vol. 22 No. 8, Dec. 1966, p. 211)
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1984 3
Peter Duffie Copper, Silver, Card! copper and silver transposition involving a playing card, extra coin
1984 5
Peter Duffie, Edward Marlo The "Tip In" Coin Vanish coin scooped up with card and apparently slid into other hand
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1984 5
Peter Duffie Deja Vu homing card with Jokers and a red Ace, packet changes into Royal Flush as finale
1984 7
Peter Duffie Flushtration Count from the Top and Bottom
1984 7
Peter Duffie Signus X II no duplicate of selection, but two Jokers
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1984 9
Peter Duffie Mission Successful
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1984 11
Peter Duffie Coins Across four coins, no extra
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1984 12
Peter Duffie Theatre of the Absurd "Overture" variation, transformation kicker
Inspired by
  • "Oversight" (Phil Goldstein, Genii, March 1981)
1984 13
Peter Duffie Tete a Tete Kings produced, change into Aces
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1984 14