135 entries for Rovi

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Everywhere and Nowhere with Assistant coding free selection to assistant who provides duplicates
 		1909
The Art of Magic
69
Charles T. Jordan Coincidentally with two decks with same back, secret exchange of deck provides duplicates of chosen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
286
Read Them Off cover card with torn off corner to provide window
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
363
Charly Eperny Eine kleine Improvisation blank cards placed in envelope, pips vanish and appear on blank cards to match selections
 		1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 1)
11
Improvised Brassiere folding brassiere out of napkin
Related toAlso published here 1941
After the Dessert
17
C. R. Mawe Mawe’s Telepathy audience provides series of numbers, magician’s assistant who was out of room knows the total of the numbers, assistant is coded based on which spectator the magician gives the numbers to add
 		1941
Original Ideas in Magic
4
Joe Berg A Miracle - Maybe unknown card signed on back, deck spread face up on table and spectator finds card, either directly or via improvisation
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
22
An Egg Gag when proving that an egg is real, a spectator holds a glass and the egg is cracked open, bottomless glass
 		Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 48)
199
Audley Walsh Improvisation card signed on back, improvisation to find it from the face
Related toVariations 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
50
Audley Walsh, Bert Allerton Prepared Improvisation card signed on back, with stack to force card from face via counting, 1-0-1
Inspired by 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
51
Eddie Joseph The Roving Coins five coins travel from hand to hand, seated
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
25
, Walter B. Gibson Heads or Tails? Determine whether hidden coin is heads or tails after spectator has turned over the coins randomly, provides variation by Walter Gibson using pieces of colored cardboard
Variations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
61
Various The Afghan Bands Moebius strip used for magic, provides the basic method and a history/bibliography of the Moebius strip in magic (Afghan Bands was named by Prof Hoffmann)
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
70
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Variations 1958
Faro Notes
33
Dr. Stanley Jaks Der improvisierte Mentaltrick book test with any book, card to define page number
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
127
John Benzais Through the Table card falls through the table into spectator's hand
Related toVariations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
128
Harry Lorayne The Moving Pencil card signed on back, psychological face-up spread force
Related toVariations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
158
Dr. William Weyeneth Schuhbändel Improvisation cut and restored shoelaces
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)
56
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
41
Lewis Ganson, Jack Hill Moves For Proving the Bag To Be Empty
  • 1. standing on the bag
  • 2. folding the bag
  • 3. slapping the bag
  • 4. twisting the bag
  • 5. turning the bag inside out
  • 6. to allow a spectator to feel inside the bag
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
256
The Brassiere
Related to 1969
Fun With A Handkerchief
30
Edward Marlo Proving Count card at number, with greek deal
 		1970
Magic Mafia Effects
26
Harry Lorayne Improvisation Location placing two key cards
 		1973
Rim Shots
113
Cruzado Mágico con Servilleta folding a bra with a handkerchief, gag
Also published here 1975
Magia en el Bar
31
Harry Lorayne The Spectator Locates spectator located last Ace with an indicator card and improvisation
Variations 1977
The Magic Book
90
Al Mann The Improvisitor impromptu version of Baker's center tear, in depth explanation
Related to 1978
The Apodosis
7
Rovi Book Choice any book, card force
 		June 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6)
691
Rovi Ivor's Control
Jan. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 1)
789
Rovi Are You Colour Blind? two cards taped together, used like a pocket card
Related to 1980
Rovi Reveals
6
Rovi Your Card Plus Four Aces selection is found reversed in the deck, first the four aces and the joker are produced
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
11
Rovi Reputation Maker very similar to Eddie Fields "Tripartite"
Related to 1980
Rovi Reveals
14
Rovi Card Through Table card falls into spectator's hand, duplicate
Inspired by 1980
Rovi Reveals
17
Rovi Safe Bet selection is revealed and vanishes from the deck, with wallet
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
20
Rovi Three Pack Coincidence three decks are cut and position marked, all three cards are the same
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
22
Rovi Addition from Case with blu-tack
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
22
Rovi Cut Force similar to a criss-cross force, but a single card marks position
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
23
Rovi You Will Take the Joker selection changes into joker on spectator's palm
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
25
Rovi Top Change while turning card over
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
26
Rovi Just for a Change two decks, card is put in other deck, other card is reversed and selection transforms into reversed card
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
29
Rovi The Rovi Pass with side jogged card
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
32
Rovi Rovi Colour Change
1980
Rovi Reveals
34
Rovi Table Steal and Control card is secretly held out clipped to table top
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
36
Rovi Watched Coins four coins appear and vanish, gaffed watch
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
38
Thomas Alan Waters Center-Tear analysis and handling
Related to 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)
166
Charles "Cicardi" Scott The Mind has a Thousand Eyes
  • Why a Blindfold?
  • What Type to Use?
  • When and Where?
  • Improvised Blindfold
  • Tube Blindfold
  • The Supreme Blindfold
  • Phantini Blindfold
 		1981
Magick (Issue 279)
1395
Daryl Martinez, Dai Vernon Stripout Addition Variation providing more cover
 		1982
For Your Entertainment Pleasure
83
Rovi Simplicity Card in Wallet duplicate
 		Feb. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2)
989
Rovi Double Force application
Inspired by Feb. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2)
990
Paul Harris Screwed Deck deck (cut in two parts) is screwed together
Related toVariations 1983
A Close-Up Kinda Guy
76
Jan Torell Der Super-Fadenzug improvised pull, able to move arms freely
 		1984
Rund um den Zaubertisch
49
Orville Wayne Meyer Six Tips on Learning to Read on how to start cold reading
  • Provide a Personal Touch
  • The Penultima Approach
  • How it Works
  • First Name
  • Birth Date
  • Favorite Color
  • Chosen Number
  • Graphology
  • And About Length
  • Allow for a Question
  • What Fee to Ask
 		June 1985
Magick (Issue 353)
1765
Marshall Johnson The Keys to Success - Part I how to become a successful mentalist
  • Developing the Act
  • Improving Your Appearance
  • Believe in Yourself
  • Old Tricks for New Audiences
  • The 'Essence' of Entertainment
  • Your Personal Attitude Shows
  • And Your Showmanship Adds Sizzle
  • Start with a Quick Fix
Related to Nov. 1985
Magick (Issue 361)
1805
Salverio Piacente Dice Twice two-dice switch, ends clean via improvised topit
 		Oct. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1409
Simon Lovell Jazz Magic Some outs and ideas for improvisational magic to locate "freely named" card
Related to 1989
Close Up Magic To Tapdance To
119
Edward Marlo Marlo's Mindreader card thought-of and selected, one found by stop trick, other to pocket
Related toVariations 1990
That's It
58
Michael Weber Improvised Pulls with rubber bands
  • Band Together
  • Hole-der
  • Looper
  • Pen Ultimate
 		1991
Life Savers
88
Michael Weber Flame Thrower improvised flash device, flame thrower
 		1991
Life Savers
92
Karl Fulves Diamond Jack Jr. selection in one half is at same position as detective card in other half, story really improvised with eight cards
 		1992
Deceptive Practices
39
Eddie Fechter, Del Ray Fechter's Aces Aces vanish from four packets and are found again, improvisational manner
Variations 1993
Fechter
138
René Lavand Improvisations apparently improvisational routine, four selections are found and Aces produced as climax
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
122
Paul Harris An Improvised Screwed Deck whole deck is apparently twisted so the outer half is facing up and inner half facing down
Inspired by Jan. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 5)
50
Alex Elmsley Fate's Datebook part of "The Dazzle Act" (starting on page 425 until the end of the book), using a improvisational type of selection procedure
Related toVariations 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
433
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Ein improvisierter Buchtest impromptu book test, with playing cards
 		1995
Hellsehen... ...kinderleicht
27
Rudolf Braunmüller Mein Lottotrick sum of lottery numbers predicted
Variations Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
67
Utz Napierala Anmerkungen aus der magischen Provinz sum of lottery numbers predicted
Inspired by Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
68
Aldo Colombini Second Coming card found with the values of two random cards, improvisation
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
17
Paul Harris Improvised Screwed Deck (revised) deck (cut in 2 parts) is screwed together
Inspired by 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy)
99
Michael DeMarco Roving Predaceous Mates II any ace called for, using nine faros
 		July 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 7)
2673
Michael Close Jazzin - The Trick that Can be Explained finding a named card via improvisation
Related to 1996
Workers Number 5
160
Lou Gallo Sleightly Extra two cards in two packets are found by spelling, improvisation
 		1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
83
Christian Scherer Nicht ganz hunderprozentig card is found with two locator cards, with improvisation part
 		1997
Karten à la carte
7
Helge Thun Providence '93 signed card changes a couple of time into another card (and back). Climax: Card appears folded under performer's watch.
 		1998
The Book
56
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
7
David Stone Bonus improvised version
 		2001
Light My Fire
10
Iain Moran A Colourful Triumph color changing deck climax, two cards taped together, used like a pocket card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Oct. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 5)
25
Jerry Sadowitz, Michael A. Perovich Another Cut Reverse
2004
Cut Controls
18
Juan Tamariz Mnemonicosis (Tamariz on Ideas by Marlo and Vernon) finding named card via improvisation
  • A. Mnemonicosis
  • B. Card Control
  • C. Mnemonicosis over the Phone
Inspired byRelated to 2004
Mnemonica
97
Juan Tamariz The Art of Improvisation with Mnemonica
  • 1. To Introduce the Subject
  • 2. The Techniques
  • 3. The Effects
 		2004
Mnemonica
162
Gabi Pareras El Ascensor (...y otra versión "relámpago") Two to Five come to top of packet of four other cards, one by one, variation of Vernon's elevator
  • Improvisando el inicio
  • Una versión "relámpago"
 		2004
Afectos
27
William Duncan Scripting To Provide Clarity - The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley "Dead Man's Last Hand"
 		2005
Tubthumping
4
Lee Asher Tips for Improving Your Diving Board Double Technique
  • Face up vs. Face down
  • Tips
 		2005
Diving Board Double
27
Docc Hilford Adapt. Improvise. Overcome thoughts on equivoque
 		2005
E'Voque
27
Del Ray, Dai Vernon Aces found a little improvisation
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
46
Ha! estimation and improvisation
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
55
Jerry K. Hartman, Dai Vernon Strip-out Addition with small tip to provide cover, also see p. 192 and p. 230
 		2007
Card Dupery
7
Covered Double Deal bottom and top card of packet are taken as one beneath right hand’s card that provides cover
 		2007
Card Dupery
113
Jerry K. Hartman, Dai Vernon Strip-out Addition with small tip to provide cover, also see p. 7 and p. 192
 		2007
Card Dupery
230
Marty Kane X-Equivoque concept magician provides labels for unknown groups of cards based on his secret knowledge of what/where the selection is, forcing spectator to choose to eliminate precisely what is necessary, see reference on p. 346
 		2007
Card Dupery
348
Justin Higham Reflections on Reflectors on shiners, edited from "Secrets of Improvisational Magic"
  • French Window
  • Table Knife & Teaspoon
  • Café Table
  • Sunglasses
  • Table Sign
  • Menu-Card Holder
  • Mobile Phone
  • Wine Glass
  • Coins & Keys
  • Impromptu Peek Deck
  • Smiley-Face Cards
  • Reflector Awareness
 		Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
6
Gary Plants Improving Your Key Card edge mark preparation
Inspired by
  • "Putting in the Work" (Walter Scott, Phantoms of the Card Table, 2003, p. 234)
 2011
Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii
7
Patrick Page Opportunism finding a named card, spectator can choose if the card should end up on top, in the middle or on the bottom and other methods to find card, improvisation
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
109
Karl Fulves Improving The Hand
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
David Davies Semi-Improvised Mindreader some improvising with suit
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
26
John Born Seeking the Bridge (The Bridging Principle) divine three cards selected via riffle peek, provides different methods
  • Technique 1: with peek
  • Technique 2: with force
  • Technique 3: no peek, no force
  • Technique 4: estimation
Variations 2012
Seeking the Bridge
23
John Born Jazzing Baker Based on Al Baker's ACAAN. Has elements of improvisation with memorized deck to get a direct hit
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
69
Justin Higham The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation

  • Performance
  • End Notes
  • Culling in Advance
  • Non-Linear Culling
  • Shuffling After Culling
  • Recycling Knowledge
  • The Key to Improvisation
Related toVariations 2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
1
Justin Higham The Trick With No Method Different handlings / situations for improvised card magic
Related to 2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
13
Justin Higham Freestyle Card Tricks More examples of improvisation in card magic
 		2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
19
Justin Higham Mindreader's Lucid Dream Plus (semi-improvised effect) Find thought-of-card, and produce other three mates on top of three piles as surprise kicker
Variations 2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
21
Justin Higham Reflected Do As I Do (semi-improvised effect) Standard effect
 		2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
23
Justin Higham Mono Do As I Do Plus (semi-improvised effect) Standard effect
Inspired by 2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
24
Justin Higham Estimation Kicker (semi-improvised effect) Uses natural air pocket location
Related to 2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
24
Roger Crosthwaite IRF Open Prediction (semi improvised effect) Card is placed next to its mate
 		2014
The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method
25
Dr. Stanley Jaks Impromptu Mental Trick book test with any book, card to define page number
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
160
Bob Cunningham Improvised Chop Cup chop cup routine with polystyrene cup and crumpled up sugar packet
 		Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
40
Benjamin Earl Tabled Chaos Control stock control via improvised Lennart Green style chaotic tabled cuts
 		2015
Less is More Bonus
6
Steve Beam Si-Decker despite always lying, the deck provides the color, suit, and parity of the selected card, and then helps to locate it
Inspired by 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
41
Steve Beam Simple Loser Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
91
Steve Beam Good Loser Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
92
Steve Beam Bad Winner Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
Variations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
93
Steve Beam Double Loser Choreographed process for selecting two cards that provide the magician with the keys to locating both.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
94
Steve Beam The Lock with Two Keys Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
94
Steve Beam Threesome Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
96
Steve Beam Finders Keepers Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
97
Steve Beam Losers Weepers Choreographed process for selecting a card that quickly provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
102
Harry Lorayne Spread Control (Any Card Locates) three selections, using any card to improvise getting to selection
Variations 2015
JawDroppers!
148
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015
Highlights
14
Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford Control A Sidejogging a card during square up to obtain microbreak, sidejog finesse provided by Will Houstoun, cut card to the top of the deck
Inspired by 2016
Sprezzatura
13
John Bannon, Andy (The Jerx) Spectator Cuts The Aces Three Ways Directed Verdict by John Bannon, but provides three very different ways of presenting the same trick

  • The Ocean's Eleven Version
  • The Creepy Child Version (prediction of four cards cut to)
  • Spectator Cuts Their Future (prediction of four cards cut to)
Inspired byRelated to 2016
The Jerx
27
Andy (The Jerx) The Use You Gambit "Which item do you want to use?" type of sentence used in equivoque to provide specificity
 		2016
The Jerx
131
Gary Plants Team Work Card found at position equal to sum of values of four random cards, improvisation
 		Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
85
Harapan Ong Naming a Number improvisational countdown force, "trick that cannot be explained"
 		2018
Principia
231
Andi Gladwin Improvised Routine
  • Introducing the Routine
  • The Selection & Control
  • Forcing a Card
  • Presentation
  • Shuffle
  • Revelations
  • Fixed Opening
  • Flexible Middle
  • Revelation Chains
  • A Few Favourites
  • Climax
 		2019
Personal Revelations
13
Helder Guimarães The Opposite "Proving a Theory"
two spectators choose ten cards each, on all red and one all black
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
168
Justin Higham Quicksilver "Six or seven (or more) fours of a kind and other poker hands are produced from a genuinely shuffled deck."
  • Phase One (Eight-Card Spread-Separation Cull)
  • Phase Two (Prefigured Full House Poker Deal)
  • Phase Three (Improvised)
  • Phase Four (Impromptu Illogical Prefiguration / Unimpaired Prefiguration)
  • Phase Five (Alternative for the Streamlined Overhand Cull-Stack)
  • Phase Six (Improvised, 100% Production)
  • End Notes
  • Credits
  • Final Thoughts
Related to 2021
Highlights 2
20
Geoffrey Williams The Trick That Vernon Tried To Explain To Me For A Quarter coin with arrow on it used, together with some improvised counting, to find selection or named prediction
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
75
Scott Baird I Do Whatever You Do "Re-Imagining the Do As I Do Plot"
card lost in deck, half the deck (or another deck) is given to spectator and the performer follows along and copies whatever the spectator does to locate selection, improvisation
 		Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
46
Rico Weeland Thank You, Eddie Aces vanish from four packets in different ways and are found again at four numbers or values in improvisational manner
Inspired by Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
466
Max Malini Improvised Productions nut vanished, instead of nut a cork appears under newspaper-covered glass, repeat with billiard ball appearing under glass, then shot glass, then big glass vanishes
 		2022
Max Malini
225
Pit Hartling Made to Fit single prediction card is used to fit for eight selections by tearing and improvisation and jokes, it changes into the last card
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, June 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1033
James Steranko Improvisation Part One spectator stops riffle four times so four packets are cut, the cut-to cards change into Aces of same suit one by one, then they are distributed reversed in the combined four piles and change back to the indifferent cards, Aces are reversed in remaining packet
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
18
James Steranko Improvisation Part Two four indifferent cards reversed together in packet, Aces put reversed in another packet, they transpose
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
20
Elisav "Biz" Bizau The A.C.A.A.N. Game improvisation game challenge
 		Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
680
Justin Higham Game or Demo? some culling improvisation stories
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
35
Justin Higham Improv Coins #1 improvised one coin routine at table
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
35