Alex Elmsley

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Charles T. Jordan	Satan's Prophecy	No.1, one of four named cards by performer is chosen and card travels from half to other half in box at named number, card is also predicted on paper	Also published here Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) also in: Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Related to Improved Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, The Four Full Hands, 1922) also in: Satan's Prophecy - Improved (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Satan's Prophecy Improved (Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Variations Still Taking Three (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Card Case Prophecy (Stephen Hobbs, MAGIC, 2011) also in: Card Case Prophecy (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1920	Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Arthur Leroy	Breast Pocket Switch	card is sticking out of pocket and switched as it is removed	Related to Breast Pocket Switch (Arthur Leroy, Greater Magic, 1938) The Ultimate Card To Pocket (Edward Marlo, Technomagic, 1991) … and 1 more	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	28	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Frederick Mosteller	Encore!	spelling to the thought of card, gaffed deck, count-spell	Also published here Encore (Frederick Mosteller, Frederick Braue, Orville Wayne Meyer, My Best, 1945) Inspired by Bravo! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1943) Related to Encore! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Encore (My Best, 1945) Variations Bravo Encore Reprise (Frederick Braue, The Phoenix, 1944) Helensburg Speller (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review*, 1968) … and 1 more	Apr. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 58)	236	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Frederick Mosteller, Frederick Braue, Orville Wayne Meyer	Encore	Spelling to the thought of card, gaffed deck, three versions, count-spell	Also published here Encore! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1944) Inspired by Bravo! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1943) Related to Encore! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Encore (My Best, 1945) Variations Bravo Encore Reprise (Frederick Braue, The Phoenix, 1944) Helensburg Speller (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review*, 1968) … and 1 more	1945	My Best	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley's Puncture!	hole moved on business card	Related to Puncture! (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Oct. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 213)	850	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling) Business Cards
Paul Rosini	A Card in Flight	card travels from ten-card packet to another ten-card packet, one-behind structure	Related to Vernon's Ten Card Trick (Dai Vernon, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) The Twenty Card Trick (Paul Rosini, The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) … and 1 more	1950	Magical Gems	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Dai Vernon	Follow the Leader, Jr.	five blacks and five reds	Related to Lead On! (Harry Lorayne, Special Effects, 2011) Variations Effort for Follow the Leader (Alex Elmsley, The Phoenix, 1953)	Mar. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 277)	1107	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Alex Elmsley	Effort for Follow the Leader	ideas for Vernon's Follow the Leader, Jr.	Inspired by Follow the Leader, Jr. (Dai Vernon, The Phoenix, 1953)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Alex Elmsley	Failure		Also published here Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Effort for the Ultra Close-Up Worker	torn and restored pencil lead		June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Pen & Pencil / Broken & Restored
Alex Elmsley	Melbourne	position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal	Also published here Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1973) also in: Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Mathematical Twins (Gene Finnell, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Kangaroo (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Kangaroo (The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Variations Kangaroo (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Kangaroo (The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alex Elmsley	Point of Departure	Card placed between black Aces vanishes to magician's pocket	Also published here Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, Come A Little Closer, 1998) Related to Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1953	"Come a little closer..."	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Alex Elmsley	All Backs Routine	cutting to Aces presentation	Also published here Lauter Rückseiten Routine (Alex Elmsley, Intermagic, 1981) also in: All Backs with Aces (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations Nur Rückenmuster (Arturo de Ascanio, Ilusionismo — Nur Rückenmuster, 1984) also in: "Ilusionismo" N° 301, 1984. Todo Dorsos (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5, 1992) … and 1 more	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	193	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Alex Elmsley	Tip-Over Change Handling			1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	198	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Tip-Over Switch
Cy Endfield	Two To Divine	card appears between sandwich cards in hand	Related to The Fiddle with the Biddle in the Middle (Alex Elmsley, MAGIC, 1992) also in: The Fiddle with the Biddle in the Middle (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Pocket Tweezers (George McBride, Five Times Five — Scotland, 1998) The Prowling Jokers (Johnny Thompson, The Magic of Johnny Thompson, 2018)	1955	Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Charles Sanders Peirce	Some Amazing Mazes	dealing trick with red and black cards in numerical order, dealing into any number of piles, anti-faro rules, see also p. 2 Phase One Phase Two (mixing procedure, then number named, value of card at that position is used to count to a card that matches named number)	Related to Souvenir (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961) Juegos Matematicos (Martin Gardner, Charles Sanders Peirce, Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1978) also in: "Scientific American" September 1978. Variations Through Darkest Peirce (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Through Darkest Peirce (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Pierce Arrow (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: Pierce Arrow (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1*, 1991) … and 1 more	Nov. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 4)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon	Elmsley's Card Coincidence	deck cut into two piles, a card selected in each pile, later shown to turn up at the same position, handling is by Vernon	Variations Dual Count-Down (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Twisted Band	Puzzle to remove the twists in a wide rubber band	Also published here Verdrehtes Gumiband (Alex Elmsley, Hokus Pokus, 1959)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	91	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Mexican Solitaire	shuffled deck, deck dealt into four piles according to rules, one of each value in each pile, memory demonstrations, all four-of-a-kinds together or controlled, can be followed by poker deals: Progressive Poker First Game Three-Handed Four-Handed Five-Handed Second Play of Five-Handed Poker Royal Flush Control Second Royal Third Royal Fourth Royal Alternative Procedure for Four Royals	Variations Royal Flush Control Variation (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) Four Flusher (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) … and 1 more	Dec. 1956	Ibidem (Issue 8)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Dai Vernon	Penetration of Thought	two packets of four Aces each with different-colored backs, thought-of Ace transposes	Related to Thought Transposed (Dai Vernon, More Inner Secrets of Card Magic, 1960) Exile (Philip T. Goldstein, Exile, 1982) also in: Exile (Focus, 1990) … and 1 more Variations Neater Penetration (P. Howard Lyons, Ibidem, 1959) Thought Penetration (Edward Marlo, Ibidem*, 1963) … and 7 more	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Odd Backed Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Alex Elmsley	A Letter from Alex	intro to following tricks, presenting mathematical tricks		Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	15	Articles / Letters Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alex Elmsley	Royal Flush Control Variation		Inspired by Mexican Solitaire (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1956) Related to Four Flusher (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Through Darkest Peirce	cards are dealt out multiple times to mix them, yet they are mated, relation to Sympathetic Cards	Also published here Through Darkest Peirce (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Inspired by Some Amazing Mazes (Charles Sanders Peirce, Ibidem, 1955) Related to Mazes-Phase Down (Ronald B. Edwards, Ibidem, 1959)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Sympathetic Thirteen & Variations
Alex Elmsley	Card Position Formula After Dealing	calculating position of any card in a packet of any size, after dealing cards out	Also published here Card Position Formula After Dealing (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	18	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Alex Elmsley	Late Night Location	spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates	Also published here Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Hide and Seek (Michael Powers, Power Plays, 2006) KiLocator (Mark Elsdon, England Up Close, 2006) … and 1 more Variations The Elmsley Touch (Paul Swinford, More Faro Fantasy, 1971) Late-Night Arising (Jon Racherbaumer, Niberco, Cardfixes, 1990) … and 4 more	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	19	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Siamese
Alex Elmsley	Choosey	card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it	Also published here Choosey (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) also in: By a Narrow Margin (Alex Elmsley, Genii, 2023) Related to Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator (Larry Jennings, Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy, 2020) Variations Face Value (Asi Wind, Second Wind, 2025)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	20	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Work in Progress	faro mathematics, defining Out- and In-Faro, then the Binary Translocations: 1) to bring top card to any position with faros 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top	Also published here Binary Translocations (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to On Binary Translocations (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ibidem, 1958) Tips from Ravelli: Binary Translocations (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ibidem, 1958) … and 4 more Variations Faro as a Control (Edward Marlo, Faro Notes, 1958) Any Card, Any Number - The First System (Murray Bonfeld, Faro Concepts, 1977) … and 1 more	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	21	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / General Comments Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
Alex Elmsley	1002nd Aces	spectator can freely choose the leader packet	Also published here 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) also in: 1002 Revisited (Allan Ackerman, All In — Volume 2, 2024) Related to Once Again (Peter Duffie, Applications, 1993) 2001, an Ace Odyssey (Aaron Fisher, The Paper Engine, 2002) … and 1 more Variations Good Grief! More Aces (Francis Haxton, Ibidem, 1962) MUM, Dec. 1981 also in: Hole-Card In One (At The Table, 1984) … and 21 more	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Jack Avis	A Short Brownwave	card selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected card is at same position as card with a message	Inspired by Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations A Simple Brownwave (Jack Avis, Ibidem, 1957) Delayed Brownwave (Jack Avis, Ibidem, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	In and Out Definition			1958	The Faro Shuffle	1	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	26th Card Faro Check	for credit information see reference	Related to Faro Check (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1958	The Faro Shuffle	11	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Cutting at 26
Alex Elmsley	In and Out Shuffle Definition			1958	Faro Notes	1	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Edward Marlo	Faro as a Control	how to control a card at known position to top with faro shuffles, with subsections: Less Than 52 With Two Cards For 2 Cards at Undetermined Positions	Inspired by Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1958	Faro Notes	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Edward Marlo	Fourth Fooler	two cards selected, a card turns face-up between selections, see also page 55 for two further notes	Variations The Custodial Card (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1958	Faro Notes	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Tony Corinda, Jon Tremaine, Alex Elmsley	(1) Tapping Card Location	spectator thinks of one of seven cards and taps the cards with a pencil, performer stops him when he taps the thought of card		1958	Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
Alex Elmsley	Aces Up	stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five		Feb. 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 5)	15	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Stay-Stack Idea	with two decks, face up into face down	Related to Topsy-Turvy Stay-Stack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Feb. 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 5)	16	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	Arab Roto-Pack	using faros for various placements	Also published here Arab Roto-Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Mar. 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 6)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	Faro Favorites	Elmsley's Restacking Pack	Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	July 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 10)	14	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	Perma-Stack	based on Elmsley's Restacking Pack idea	Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	July 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 10)	15	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Alex Elmsley	On the Presentation of Coincidence Effects			Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	2	Articles / Articles
Alex Elmsley	Auto Prediction	three cards are predicted written on another playing card	Also published here Auto-Prediction (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Deliver Me (John Hostler, Percolations, 2023) Variations Controlled Fate (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) Cumulative (Philip T. Goldstein, Thunday*, 1982)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	7-16	down under deal, Ace of Spades remains, game presentation	Also published here 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Souvenir (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961) Einstein's Card Trick (Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi, Card College Lightest, 2010) … and 1 more Variations 7-16 (Bill Taylor, The Pallbearers Review, 1974) also in: The Game of 7-16 (The Magic Book, 1977) Solomon's Math Challenge (David Solomon, Gene Castillon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alex Elmsley	Pierce Arrow	unusual game in which one deals through twelve cards and tries to predict position of reversed card, actually "Peirce Arrow"	Also published here Pierce Arrow (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Inspired by Some Amazing Mazes (Charles Sanders Peirce, Ibidem, 1955) Related to Souvenir (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1961)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games
Mel Stover*	MelMath	on mixing/controlled shuffling, especially with faro shuffles	Related to Stack Transformations (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	9	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	On Binary Translocations	on having a formula for getting a card to the top with faro shuffles with not 2	Related to Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	10	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	Tips from Ravelli: Binary Translocations	not necessary to shuffle perfect faros in certain cases	Related to Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	7	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Alex Elmsley	Auto Discovery	two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked	Also published here Auto-Discovery (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Double Control	transposing top card with selection at certain position with faro shuffles	Also published here Double Control (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Elmsley Revisited (Paul Swinford, More Faro Fantasy, 1971)	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Two Cards change position
Alex Elmsley	Chance & Choice	strange selection process involving down-under-deal, three cards	Also published here Chance and Choice (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Remember and Forget
Alex Elmsley	Mathematics & Mentalism	one of sixteen cards thought of with its position, during reverse faros the spectator says in which half his card is, selection ends up on top (and force card brought to original position)	Also published here Mathematics and Mentalism (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Transmigration (Gene Finnell, Gene Finnell's Card Magic, 1973) The Discerning Joker (Paul Swinford, The Cyberdeck, 1986) … and 2 more Variations Premixion (Philip T. Goldstein, The New Talon, 1987) Figures versus Prefiguration (Jon Racherbaumer, Cardfixes*, 1990) … and 1 more	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Alex Elmsley	Switchy-Coo	card a chosen number is reversed, then changes to previous selection	Also published here Switchy-Coo (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Sep. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 14)	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Lin Searles	The Cross Shuffle Slow-Motion Deal	thirds of deck shuffled according to spectator's wishes, yet predicted Full House received in seven-handed game, faro	Related to The Constant Stack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1959	Slow Motion Poker Deals	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	Thimble Change	two versions	Also published here Two Thimble Changes (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1959	Low Cunning	1	Thimble / Color Change
Alex Elmsley	Ring on Silk	ring is thrown into silk and is instantly threaded onto silk, using Jardine Ellis ring	Also published here Ring on Silk (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1959	Low Cunning	1	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Alex Elmsley	Dictionary Test	dictionary book test with multiple spectators	Also published here Verbum Sapienti (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1959	Low Cunning	1	Book / Book Test / Routines
Alex Elmsley	Cigarette Move	vanish, with box	Also published here A Cigarette Vanish (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish
Alex Elmsley	Production Cigarettes in Holders	cigarettes in holders	Also published here A Production of Cigarettes in Holders (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Production & Appearance (Manipulative)
Alex Elmsley	Multiplying Aces	roll-down between the fingers	Also published here The Multiplying Aces (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Between Fingers (Roll-Out)
Alex Elmsley	Physical Medium	jacket is removed while thumbs are tied	Also published here Physical Medium (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Rope / Penetration / Thumb Tie
Alex Elmsley	Penny Plain	performer brings card to special position corresponding with cut-off packet behind back, principle similar to Penelope Principle	Also published here Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Second Law (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) Variations Thirty Bucks!! (Walter Rollins, Ibidem, 1965) Judah's "Coincidental Position" (Alex Elmsley, Stewart Judah, Subtle Card Magic — Part Two*, 1976) … and 3 more	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Alex Elmsley	Fan Prediction	touched card matches with prediction	Also published here The Fan Prediction (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Spread Switch Out (Tom Gagnon, Gagnon Unfiltered, 2019)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Alex Elmsley	Angle Jog Switch	as cards are fanned	Also published here Angle Jog Switch (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1962) also in: Angle Jog Switch (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Additional Brainwaves (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1962)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Alex Elmsley	Cups and Balls	salt as final load	Also published here Cups & Balls (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations With a Grain of Salt (Horace E. Bennett, On Your Feet, 1978)	1959	Low Cunning	3	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Alex Elmsley	Verdrehtes Gumiband	Puzzle to remove the twists in a wide rubber band	Also published here The Twisted Band (Alex Elmsley, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956)	1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)	838	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Ronald B. Edwards	Mazes-Phase Down	variation that starts with two honest riffle shuffles (interlocking chains), suits separated, some dealing procedure that affects the red/black distribution Phase II (dealing into chosen number of piles, sympathetic values)	Inspired by Some Amazing Mazes (Charles Sanders Peirce, Ibidem, 1955) Related to Through Darkest Peirce (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Through Darkest Peirce (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	July 1959	Ibidem (Issue 17)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Ken Beale	Brown Coincidence	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then dealt in two halves, both are dealt in unison and the selected cards are at the same position	Inspired by Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations Simple Coincidence (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1959) Diception Coincidence (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ibidem, 1964)	July 1959	Ibidem (Issue 17)	16	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon	Fingertip Elmsley Count			1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Dai Vernon	The Trick That Cannot be Explained		Related to Unexpected Prediction (Edward Marlo, Expert Card Conjuring, 1968) also in: Unexpected Prediction (Antinomy, 2006) Jazz Magic (Simon Lovell, Close Up Magic To Tapdance To, 1989) … and 4 more Variations Calculated Risk (Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Close-up Card Magic, 1962) The Ultimate Trick That Cannot Be Explained (Roger Smith, The Ultimate Card Book No. 2, 1977) … and 9 more	1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	76	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Trick That Cannot Be Explained
John Gannaway	Aid for Straight Tears	aid for straight tears, for any torn and restored newspaper	Related to The Visual Torn and Restored Newspaper (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	28	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Ken Beale	Souvenir	Re Pierce Re Elmsley Re Pierce Arrow	Related to Some Amazing Mazes (Charles Sanders Peirce, Ibidem, 1955) Pierce Arrow (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: Pierce Arrow (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) … and 1 more	Mar. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 23)	32	Articles / Letters
P. Howard Lyons	Alex Elmsley Anecdote			Dec. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 24)	20	Articles / Anecdotes
Alex Elmsley	No Looking	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named	Related to Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Brownwaves III (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Fan Prediction #1	touched card matches with prediction		1962	Close-up Card Magic	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Alex Elmsley	Angle Jog Switch	as cards are fanned		1962	Close-up Card Magic	166	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo	Additional Brainwaves	named card has different back color in normal deck First Method Second Method	Inspired by Angle Jog Switch (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Angle Jog Switch (Ibidem, 1962) Angle Jog Switch (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	May 1962	Ibidem (Issue 25)	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Alex Elmsley	Angle Jog Switch	as cards are fanned	Also published here Angle Jog Switch (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Angle Jog Switch (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Additional Brainwaves (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1962)	May 1962	Ibidem (Issue 25)	25	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Francis Haxton	Good Grief! More Aces	spectator can freely choose the leader packet Another Variation	Inspired by 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: 1002nd Aces (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) 1002 Revisited (All In — Volume 2, 2024)	Sep. 1962	Ibidem (Issue 26)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1963	Ultimate Color Separation	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Sam Randlett	Fumbler's Friend	corrections for mis-cuts, see also p. 32 for comment "Sam notes that in certain circles these are supposedly old-hat."	Related to Weave Corrections for Miscuts (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Aug. 1963	Ibidem (Issue 29)	25	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / In the Hands
Edward Marlo	On the Re-Stacking Pack	two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind	Inspired by The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	18	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Edward Marlo	Another Effect is the Following	as a number force or book test	Inspired by The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley's Ultra Mental	ungaffed	Inspired by Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) also in: Brainweave (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Related to Marlo's Handling Variation (Edward Marlo, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) also in: Brainweave (Alex Is At It Again, 1997) Variations Marlo's Favorite (Edward Marlo, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) Easy Logical Procedure (Edward Marlo, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964) … and 2 more	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Alex Elmsley	Faro Fan			1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	53	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Handling Variation	Brainweave	Related to Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	Marlo's Faro Jogs	handling possibilities for Alex Elmsley's Faro Fan idea Five Methods Side Jog to Angle Jog Angle Jog to Side Jog Table Faro Angle Jog Up Jogging the Reversed Card (two methods)	Inspired by Faro Fan (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Faro Jog (Edward Marlo, Secrets of an Escamoteur, 2006)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	54	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Favorite	Brainweave	Inspired by Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Edward Marlo	Tabled Faro Fan Set-Up	using table faro or only even riffle shuffle to get into Faro Fan configuration	Related to Faro Fan (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	59	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo	Easy Logical Procedure		Inspired by Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Edward Marlo	Ultra Repeat	with repeat phase and face-up/face-down challenge location as clean-up, retaining divided deck (odd/even)	Inspired by Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	The Ultra Equivoce	Brainweave, any card can be thought of	Inspired by Elmsley's Ultra Mental (Alex Elmsley, Faro Controlled Miracles, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
Walter Rollins	Thirty Bucks!!	Penelope Principle applied to coins, using one-handed coin faro flourish, chosen coin is at same position as number of removed coins	Inspired by Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Penny Plain (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Dec. 1965	Ibidem (Issue 31)	12	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff
Alex Elmsley	Double Prediction	two cards, progressive spelling set-up, one-ahead, sixteenth card principle	Also published here A Double Prediction (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations Decision (Jules Lenier, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) Semiquaver (Michael DeMarco, Latter Day Secrets, 2002)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	182	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Alex Elmsley	Face Your Brothers	three selections are placed face-up in deck, face to face with mates	Also published here The Gen, Jan. 1950 also in: Face Your Brothers (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations You Know Better (Michał Kociołek, 8 Effects and a Sleight, 2012) also in: You Know Better (Michał Kociołek Live!, 2017) Face Your Neighbors (A Variation) (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013) … and 1 more	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	227	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Fred Lowe	Boston Three Step	without the handkerchief and an extra penetration of a coin	Inspired by "Boston Two-Step" in "Gen" Vol. 17, Nr. 1. P. 77, 1961. also in: Boston Two-Step (Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft, 1979) Boston Two-Step (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Boston Two Step (Alex Elmsley, A new look at the Okito Box, 1978)	1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	72	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Piet Forton, Alex Elmsley	Three Coins and a Glass Routine	Three coins produced and travel to silk held in hand. They then vanish and travel to glass	Also published here Drei Münzen - ein Glas (Piet Forton, Piet Forton Seminar, 1968) also in: Travelling Coins Into Glass (Piet Forton, Magic Lecture Notes 1984, 1984)	1967	Piet Forton Lecture Notes	5	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo	Thumb-Fan Hide-Out	jogged card, as switch		1968	Expert Card Conjuring	100	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo	Card Vanish Supreme	two methods	Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to What's the Point of this Departure? (Jon Racherbaumer, Cardfixes, 1990)	1968	Expert Card Conjuring	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Alex Elmsley	Cups & Balls	salt production as finale, see also p. 206	Also published here Cups and Balls (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to suggestion by Jules Conway on p. 216 Variations With a Grain of Salt (Horace E. Bennett, On Your Feet, 1978)	Sep. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 11)	203	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Piet Forton	Drei Münzen - ein Glas	three coins produced and travel to silk held in hand. They then vanish and travel to glass	Also published here Three Coins and a Glass Routine (Piet Forton, Alex Elmsley, Piet Forton Lecture Notes, 1967) also in: Travelling Coins Into Glass (Piet Forton, Magic Lecture Notes 1984, 1984)	1968	Piet Forton Seminar	3	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley-Count			1968	Piet Forton Seminar	16	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1968	Tricks You Can Count On	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Brother John Hamman, James G. Thompson Jr.	Final Ace Routine	six double ended cards Effect Number 1 - The Aces Vanish and Gather Together Effect Number 2 - The Aces Definitely Vanish and Gather Together Again Effect Number 3 - The Aces Definitely Shown in the Piles Before Being Vanished Effect Number 4 - The All-Fair Layout Repeated	Also published here Final Aces (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations The Atomic Aces (Alex Elmsley, Brother John Hamman, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) also in: Los Ases Atomicos (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5, 1992) Final(ly) Aces (Brother John Hamman, Ron Bauer, Final(ly) Aces, 2006) … and 1 more	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	280	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed
Jack Avis	Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find	named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection	Related to Direct Link (Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1969	Expert Card Mysteries	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Marlo Re-Stacking Pack	two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind	Inspired by The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1969	Expert Card Mysteries	175	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Roy Walton*	Restless Colors	packet changes back colors multiple times	Inspired by Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Mar. 1969	Epilogue (Issue 5)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	The Unwritten Prediction	card dealt face down is only odd-backed card in deck Method Fifteen	Variations The Closed Prediction (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, 1993)	Fall 1969	The Hierophant (Issue 1)	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
David Berglas, Alex Elmsley	The Cups and Balls	billiard balls as final loads		1969	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2	192	Sleeving Techniques Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Jules Lenier	Decision	randomly selected card helps finding second selection, sixteenth card principle	Inspired by Double Prediction (Alex Elmsley, Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic, 1967) also in: A Double Prediction (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, Interlocutor*, 1978)	Feb. 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 4)	239	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Point of Departure	reprinted from reference, see also p. 320	Related to Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, "Come a little closer...", 1953) also in: Point of Departure (Come A Little Closer, 1998) Variations PoD Addition (Paul Sweetman, The Pallbearers Review, 1970)	Dec. 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 2)	309	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Roy Walton*	Colour Magic	cards with rainbow backs	Also published here Farbmagie (Roy Walton, Intermagic, 1979) also in: Colour Magic (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Roy Walton*	Card Case	mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection	Also published here Card Case (Roy Walton, Ibidem, 1969) also in: Kartenetui (Roy Walton, Intermagic, 1979) Card Case (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361 also in: Between Your Palms (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations No Case to Answer (Peter Duffie, Inspirations*, 1987)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count	with jumbo cards		1969	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 4)	74	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Roy Walton*	Card Case	mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection Alternative Presentation (odd-backed)	Also published here Card Case (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Kartenetui (Roy Walton, Intermagic, 1979) Card Case (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361 also in: Between Your Palms (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations No Case to Answer (Peter Duffie, Inspirations*, 1987)	Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Norman Houghton	Shifty	packet trick with transformations and false counts, monte type presentation	Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count	fingertip handling		1969	Ultimate Color Separation No. 2	2	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Roy Walton*	The Abacus Card Trick	four cards chosen, gray code on one way backs	Related to The Wizard Reader (Charles T. Jordan, Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) also in: The Wizard Reader (Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Mental Boxer (Alex Elmsley, Fourcast, 1981) … and 1 more Variations Auto Abacus (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980) The Auto Abacus Trick (Karl Fulves, Curioser, 1980)	1970	Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)	69	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	signed card in ----	Added Variations Second Methos In Your Hat	Related to Signed Card To — (Edward Marlo, Output, 2020) Variations A Case for the Mystery Card (Justin Higham, The Card Man-uscript*, 1985)	Spring 1970	The Hierophant (Issue 3)	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms
Paul Sweetman	PoD Addition	travelling stamp	Inspired by 3c Worth of Magic (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1945) Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review*, 1969)	Feb. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 4)	320	Stamp (postal) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Karl Fulves*	Second Law	some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins	Inspired by "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly) Related to Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Penny Plain (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Mathematical Twins (Gene Finnell, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) … and 3 more Variations Still Another ESP Routine (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9, 2023)	Winter 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)	379	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Roy Walton*	Controlled Fate	number, day of the week and color chosen and predicted, see also p. 402 for ideas by Kenn Eastin and Greg Moore	Inspired by Auto Prediction (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: Auto-Prediction (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Con-Clue-Sion (Philip T. Goldstein, Labyrinth*, 1999)	Dec. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 2)	390	Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Cuenta de "4 como 4"			1970	Trucky-carto-magia	74	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Paul Swinford	The Elmsley Touch		Inspired by Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Late Night Location (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1971	More Faro Fantasy	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck
Paul Swinford	Oil Always Floats	card is shuffled to top via CCCC	Related to Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1971	More Faro Fantasy	54	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Numbers / Principles / Age Cards Principle
Paul Swinford	Elmsley Revisited	CCCC	Inspired by Double Control (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: Double Control (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1971	More Faro Fantasy	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Numbers / Principles / Age Cards Principle
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1971	Reputation-Makers	227	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Roy Walton*	Nomad Card	two cards selected by counting cut-off heaps, odd-backed card in deck transforms into both selections, faro	Also published here Nomad Card (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2*, 1994)	July 1971	Epilogue (Issue 12)	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Matt Corin	The Cannibal Cards	routine claimed by Wesley James, see references	Related to Elmsley's Cannibals (Alex Elmsley, Epilogue, 1976) Cannibal Cards (Wesley James, Epilogue, 1976) also in: Die Kannibalen Karten (Intermagic, 1980) … and 2 more Variations Eating the "Missionaries" (Walt Lees, The Complete Cannibal Act, 1981) Vanishing Selections (Justin Higham, Tech-Notes*, 1992)	Feb. 1971	Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
Jon Racherbaumer	Last-Minute Departure		Also published here Pointing Up A Departure (Jon Racherbaumer, Lecture Notes 1, 1976) Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Pointing the Way (Al Smith, Pabular, 1982) Variations Instant Departure (Ken Simmons, Cards — With a Different Touch, 1981) Pointing the Way (Al Smith, Pabular, 1982) … and 1 more	Apr. 1971	Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1971	Second Time Around	76	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Count Packet Turnover	at the end of a count	Also published here Count Packet Turnover (Alex Elmsley, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) also in: Small Packet Card Reversal (Alex Elmsley, Williamson's Wonders, 1989)	1971	Cardboard Charades	12	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Roy Walton*	Jefferson's Jest	card vanishes from plastic envelope	Also published here Jefferson's Jest (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Royal Steal (Al Smith, Cards At Bay, 1981) Clearly Vanished (Steven Hamilton, Profile, 1991) also in: Clearly Vanished (The Magic of Steven Hamilton*, 2013) … and 3 more	1971	Cardboard Charades	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Paul Swinford	Royal Flush Mini-Stack	fifteen-card packet shuffled via reverse-faros and cutting, then Royal Flush dealt	Related to The Constant Stack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1971	Lecture Notes	3	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley or Ghost Count			1971	By George, It's Sandsational	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Just a "Second"	Diamond Cut Diamond, second deal		1972	Million Dollar Card Secrets	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Vanish	prayer vanish		Mar. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 14)	111	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton*	Expansion Notes: As A Coincidence	procedure to control two peeked cards twenty-six apart, effect application in which two selection appear at same position in two halves		Mar. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 14)	113	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton*	As A Single Card Discovery	Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key		Mar. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 14)	113	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton*	As A Triple Card Revelation	Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key		Mar. 1972	Epilogue (Issue 14)	114	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Karl Fulves*	5 As 5	while hiding one	Related to "Lecture Notes On Card And Coin Handling" (Larry Jennings, 1967) also in: Five-as-Five False Count (The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser, 1996) 5 As 5 (Karl Fulves, Octet*, 1981) … and 2 more	1972	Mexican Monte	22	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Gene Finnell	Mathematical Twins	spectator cuts to a card and places it aside, then cuts another packet off and mate is found with Milk Build procedure and down-under deal, see also p. 508	Related to Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Melbourne (The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Melbourne (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Second Law (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) Variations Mathematical Twins Variation (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1972)	Feb. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 4)	483	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Bob Stencel	Cannibal Cards	two cards vanish between the four cannibals, see p. 608 for correction	Inspired by "The Cannibals and the Missionaries" (Alex Elmsley)	Dec. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 2)	573	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
Alex Elmsley	The Ghost Count			1972	Tale Twisters	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley, Michael Skinner	Miracle Worker	between your palms		1973	Super Subtle Card Miracles	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Karl Fulves*	ESP In Gray	five cards selected from face up face down deck are divined, gray code	Related to Mental Boxer (Alex Elmsley, Fourcast, 1981)	1973	Notes From Underground	55	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Twister	puzzle about twisted wide rubber band	Also published here Abracadabra, Jan. 8, 1955 also in: Let's Do the Twist (Alex Elmsley, Elastrix, 1979) Twister (Alex Elmsley, Self-Working Table Magic, 1981) … and 1 more Variations Tale Twister (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Table Magic*, 1981)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 5)	606	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Between Your Palms	card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card	Variations Mirage (Michael Carrion, The Pallbearers Review, 1975) Betricks and Between (Jerry K. Hartman, Loose Ends, 1978) also in: Betricks and Between (Card Craft, 1991) … and 2 more	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 5)	606	Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms
Alex Elmsley	Melbourne	position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal	Also published here Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Mathematical Twins (Gene Finnell, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Kangaroo (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Kangaroo (The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Variations Kangaroo (Roy Walton, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Kangaroo (The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 5)	607	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alex Elmsley, Larry West	The Elmsley Count	with dollar bills, including variation "The Modified Count"		1973	Close-up Cavalcade	144	Bill / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Edward G. Brown	The Two Pile Trick	two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure	Also published here Der Zweipäckchen Trick (Edward G. Brown, Intermagic, 1978) Related to Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards (P. Howard Lyons, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton, Ibidem, 1955) Brown Transpo (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1959) … and 2 more	1973	The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown	74	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Gene Finnell	Unknown Quantity	Klondike shuffle version of Penelope Principle, selection found at position that corresponds to cut-off number of cards	Related to The Rendezvous Force (Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley, Magical Arts Journal, 1987) also in: The Rendezvous Force (The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2, 1988) Variations Coincidence On Command (Myles Thornton, The Gnome, 2024)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Transmigration	two cards and their positions thought of in two sixteen-card packets, Klondike shuffles and "can you see your card here?", finally the cards end up in each other's position	Related to Mathematics & Mentalism (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: Mathematics and Mentalism (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Two Cards change position
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo	Faro Fan	1st Discard - In the Hands 2nd Discard - On the Table 1st Technique - in the Hands 2nd Technique		1974	The Ten Hand Poker Stack	117	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Alex Elmsley	One at a Time Collectors	selections appear one by one between four Aces	Also published here One at a Time Collectors (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Collectors, Once Again (Philip T. Goldstein, Classic Tackler, 1976) Caught 3 Times (James Brown, Mind Blasters, 2008) … and 1 more Variations Trap-ease (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) Eclectic Collectors (Jerry K. Hartman, After Craft*, 1995) … and 4 more	Nov. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Uri Geller 5000£ challenge, Alex Elmsley, Mike O'Brian, Ken Hawes, Eric Mason, John Calvert		Nov. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)	34	Articles / Columns
Bill Taylor	7-16	down-under deal, spectator's and performer's remaining cards predicted, game presentation	Also published here The Game of 7-16 (Bill Taylor, The Magic Book, 1977) Inspired by 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: 7-16 (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations ESP 7-13 (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8, 2020)	Apr. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 6)	723	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Alex Elmsley	Der ehrgeizige Fremde	ambitious card has different back, in the end deck changes color	Also published here New Pentagram, Jan. 1972 also in: Ambitious Stranger (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Speaking Volumes (Earl Nelson, Genii, 2002) Variations Odd Color Out (Frank Simon, Versatile Card Magic, 1983) Stranger Ambitious Card (Arturo de Ascanio, The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic, 2008) also in: Stranger Ambitious Card (Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling), 2020)	Jan. 1974	Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 3)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Jerry K. Hartman	Mate in Four	Queens and Kings are dealt alternately into a pile by magician and spectator, red Jacks placed on top and bottom (convincer that order is not altered), each pair of King/Queen is found to be suited	Inspired by Genii, Mar. 1973 also in: Fool's Mate (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) “Fool’s Mate” (Alex Elmsley, Genii, February 1973, p. 65) Related to Blind Date (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1972) Variations Computer Dating (Walt Lees, Four Professional Card Tricks, 1981) Pair Pressure (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991)	1974	Super Dupes	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Jerry K. Hartman	Irresistible Force	packet of cards are dealt through face up singly and spectator says stop when he wants and his card is dealt facedown, spectator sees they are the Diamonds in order, his card is turned up and it is the Joker, see also “Irresistible Prediction” p. 58	Also published here Irresistible Force (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Related to “Diamond Cut Diamond” (Alex Elmsley, Genii, November 1954, p. 85) Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1974	Super Dupes	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1975	Card Cavalcade 3	181	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Harry Lorayne	The 29th Card	faro	Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Rendezvous in Lugano (Giorgio Tarchini, Genii, 2012)	1975	Afterthoughts	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Roy Walton*	Kangaroo	position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal, non-faro method	Also published here Kangaroo (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Inspired by Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Melbourne (The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Melbourne (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Melbourne (The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Melbourne (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1*, 1991)	July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	232	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Larry Jennings	Ala Elmsley		Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Related to The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Another Four-Card Trick (Larry Jennings, Jennings '67, 1997)	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))	280	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Reinhard Müller, Alex Elmsley	Late-Nite Sandwich	black Queens put on top, spectator cuts, sandwich in middle		1975	The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
David A. Wright	Elmsley Out-Sexed	with pickup presentation	Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	June 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 10)	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Patrick Page	Focus	on Alex Elmsley, Faucett Ross, Francis Carlyle		June 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 10)	123	Articles / Columns
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Bob Read, Tony Faro, Cyril Faranoff, Ed Eckl, Eddie Fechter, Alex Elmsley, Walt Lees, Tony Shiels		Aug. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 12)	147	Articles / Columns
Patrick Page	The Page Boy Speaks...	on the IBM Convention, Peter Kane, Bob Ostin, Roy Walton, Alex Elmsley, Flip, Jay Marshall, Walter Gydesen, Philip Fiahlo, Harold Bronhaut		Sep. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 1)	153	Articles / Columns
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Bob Ostin, IBM Convention Close-Up Show, Don Lees, Trevor Lewis, David Carré, Peter Kane, Rovi, Walt Lees, Bob Read, Alex Elmsley, Topper Martin, Flip, Philipe Fiahlo, Francis Giles		Oct. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 2)	171	Articles / Columns
, Alex Elmsley, Tony Faro, Ed Schuman	Festive Fun	a coin puzzle by Alex Elmsley and by Tony Faro, logic puzzles, making smoke powder by burning a striking surface, match problems by Tony Faro, medium card revelation, a number puzzle by Ed Schuman and how to stick a bottle on a wall		Dec. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)	192	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Bottle / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Bob Haines, Paul Curry, Ed Schuman, Daryl Smith, Gordon Bruce, The Magic Circle, Eric Eswin, Francis Giles, Alex Elmsley's lines to say to a friend after a bad show	Related to Top Ten Back-Handed Compliments To Use After Watching A Horrible Magician (Mike Caveney, MAGIC, 1994) Favourite Criticisms (Roberto Giobbi, Secret Agenda, 2010)	Dec. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)	199	Articles / Columns
Robert Parrish	Round Trip	card vanishes (tent vanish), reappears next to selection	Inspired by Ace Vanish (Arthur Finley, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Related to Flying Squad (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1*, 1991)	June 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 8)	976	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Michael Carrion	Mirage	card placed under close-up mat, two cards chosen, one signed, card under mat turns out to be later signed selection, duplicate	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1973)	Aug. 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 10)	1044	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Alex Elmsley	Fake Sandwich Insertion	card inserted between sandwich cards one of which is secretly missing		1975	Methods with Cards — Part 3	193	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Jerry K. Hartman	Trap-ease	One at a time collectors, then collect all at once for the finale	Inspired by One at a Time Collectors (Alex Elmsley, Pabular, 1974) also in: One at a Time Collectors (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1975	Card Fare	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Alex Elmsley	Der Ghost Count (Elmsley Count)			Feb. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	65	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Charles T. Jordan	Satan's Prophecy	one of four named cards by performer is chosen and card travels from half to other half in box at named number, card is also predicted on paper	Also published here Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks, 1920) also in: Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Related to Improved Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, The Four Full Hands, 1922) also in: Satan's Prophecy - Improved (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Satan's Prophecy Improved (Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Variations Still Taking Three (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Card Case Prophecy (Stephen Hobbs, MAGIC, 2011) also in: Card Case Prophecy (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley's Cannibals	including credit information on the plot by Pete Biro	Related to The Cannibal Cards (Matt Corin, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1971)	1976	Epilogue (Issue Special No 4)	295	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer	Oil Slick & Water Wonderful	4&4, alternation climax	Related to Fixit Mixer (Jerry K. Hartman, Loose Ends, 1978) also in: Fixit Mixer (Card Craft, 1991)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	Criss-Cross Subtlety	both hands have a small packet and make two alternating packets by thumbing off single cards and crossing hands each time, at the end there are two cards of the same group together in the center	Also published here Criss-Cross Subtley (Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley, Pabular, 1977)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)	47	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count (Mechanic's Grip)			1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 6)	73	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley, Frederick Mosteller	another encore	red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling (see Legendary Kabbala for Elmsley credit)	Inspired by Encore! (Frederick Mosteller, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Encore (My Best, 1945) Related to Miracle Mental Spell (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Variations Masterful Mosteller (Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley, Genii, 2000)	1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 12)	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
David Carré, Alex Elmsley	Face Up	card travels from in between jokers to the middle of the deck		Feb. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 6)	219	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Philip T. Goldstein*	Collectors, Once Again	selections appear one by one between four Aces	Related to One at a Time Collectors (Alex Elmsley, Pabular, 1974) also in: One at a Time Collectors (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1976	Classic Tackler	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Alex Elmsley	Flight of the Psycards	three signed cards to wallet, magnetic himber wallet, no palming version		1976	The Third Ecstasy	4	Wallet Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic & Shimmed Card
Alex Elmsley, Stewart Judah	Judah's "Coincidental Position"	performer brings card to special position corresponding with cut-off packet behind back	Inspired by Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Penny Plain (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1976	Subtle Card Magic — Part Two	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1976	Innovations (Issue 3)	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley	Derek's Elmsley Count Technique		Also published here Elmsley Count Technique (Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982)	1976	Innovations (Issue 3)	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Jon Racherbaumer	Pointing Up A Departure	card vanishes in sandwich, reappears reversed in deck	Also published here Last-Minute Departure (Jon Racherbaumer, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1971) Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Pointing the Way (Al Smith, Pabular, 1982) Variations Instant Departure (Ken Simmons, Cards — With a Different Touch, 1981) Pointing the Way (Al Smith, Pabular, 1982) … and 1 more	1976	Lecture Notes 1	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Alex Elmsley	Penelope's Principle			1977	Any Second Now	216	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Alex Elmsley	In and Out Terminology			1977	Faro Concepts	2	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / General Comments
Murray Bonfeld	Any Card, Any Number - The First System	shuffling card from position x to the top in odd deck, modified in-faro for even deck that ignored bottom card, reverse method for Alex Elmsley's Binary Translocation No. 1	Inspired by Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Beginning Again (William Zavis, Faro & Riffle Technique, 1970)	1977	Faro Concepts	41	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Murray Bonfeld	Any Card, Any Number - The Second System	bringing a card from position x to y with faro shuffling, odd deck, with even deck modified in-faro is required that ignores top card, generalization of Alex Elmsley's Binary Translocations	Related to Work in Progress (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1957) also in: Binary Translocations (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1977	Faro Concepts	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Murray Bonfeld, Alex Elmsley	Principles and Routines	applications	Inspired by Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1977	Faro Concepts	48	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl Fulves*, Alex Elmsley	Penelope's Principle as a Force	faro		1977	Faro Concepts	49	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Alex Elmsley, Frank Thompson	Elmsley Count Handling			1977	Wildcard Miracles	130	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	Criss-Cross Subtley		Also published here Criss-Cross Subtlety (Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976)	Oct. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)	477	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count	fingertip or into dealing position		1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	41	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Tommy Wonder	Card Through Handkerchief	using a direct center steal under cover of handkerchief	Also published here Fabricated (Tommy Wonder, The Books of Wonder — Volume 1, 1996) Related to Shakedown (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1977	Jos Bema — Lecture	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
Bill Taylor	The Game of 7-16	down-under deal, spectator's and performer's remaining cards predicted, game presentation	Also published here 7-16 (Bill Taylor, The Pallbearers Review, 1974) Inspired by 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, Ibidem, 1958) also in: 7-16 (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations ESP 7-13 (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8, 2020)	1977	The Magic Book	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	ATFUS			Mar. 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 3)	27	Cards / Sleights / Switches / ATFUS & Variations
Fred Robinson	Oasis	on Johnny Paul, Vic Pinto, John Fisher, Fred Kaps, Ricky Jay, James Randi, Geoff Ray, Walt Lees, Gaeton Bloom, Bob Read, Gordon Bruce, Alex Elmsley, Steve Freeman, Peter Warlock, Jack Avis, Obie O'Brien		May 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)	570	Articles / Columns
Alex Elmsley, Bob Farmer	False Count	four cards, hiding two faces		May 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)	572	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley, Eric Mason	Elmsley Count	variation	Also published here Elmsley Count (Alex Elmsley, Eric Mason, Stuff, 1985 ca.)	Aug. 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12)	607	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Ross Bertram	The Pay-Off	(Card in Wallet), ungaffed, load from Tenkai/Rear Palm	Related to Skinning The Cat (Edward Marlo, The Hierophant, 1970) Hidebound Forecast (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1978	Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram	63	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1978	The Phil Goldstein Convention Lecture	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1978	A Transatlantic Lecture	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Boston Two Step	small coin travels from handkerchief to box with half dollars, then all coins travel to handkerchief and box is empty	Variations Boston Three Step (Fred Lowe, The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1, 1967)	1978	A new look at the Okito Box	27	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1978	Trick Card Trickery	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Jerry K. Hartman	Betricks and Between	Card placed between two Jokers turns blank, card placed aside previously is now the card	Also published here Betricks and Between (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1973)	1978	Loose Ends	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Jerry K. Hartman	Fixit Mixer	Oil and Water	Also published here Fixit Mixer (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Related to Oil Slick & Water Wonderful (Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, Kabbala — Volume 3, 1976)	1978	Loose Ends	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Horace E. Bennett	With a Grain of Salt	salt finale	Inspired by Cups and Balls (Alex Elmsley, Low Cunning , 1959) also in: Cups & Balls (The Pallbearers Review, 1968) The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991)	1978	On Your Feet	71	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count	brief		1978	Close Up Sorcercy	18	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Edward G. Brown	Der Zweipäckchen Trick		Also published here The Two Pile Trick (Edward G. Brown, The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown, 1973) Related to Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) Variations Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards (P. Howard Lyons, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton, Ibidem, 1955) Brown Transpo (Ken Beale, Ibidem, 1959) … and 2 more	Dec. 1978	Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)	137	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Geoffrey Scalbert	Die Falschspielerbrille	by "Scalbert", apparently marking on back of cards which can only be seen with glasses, then marks can be seen for everybody	Also published here "Abracadabra" Vol. 62, Nr. 1609. 1976. Related to Oyster Shells (Alex Elmsley, Come A Little Closer, 1998)	1978	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 1)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cards are apparently marked Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Color Changing Back Kicker Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1978	The second now you see it, now you don't!	72	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Ted Biet, Alex Elmsley	Pres"sure" Location	inferior handling	Inspired by Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) also in: Brainweave (Alex Is At It Again, 1997)	Apr. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)	181	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Alex Elmsley	Faro Fan			Apr. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)	182	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Harry Lorayne	Heart Run		Related to Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1979	Quantum Leaps	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Harry Lorayne	The Mate Trap	faro, two effects: spectator pockets number of cards, performer finds out how many spectator pockets number of cards, two cards in rest sandwich that number of cards	Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1979	Quantum Leaps	222	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Alex Elmsley	Three as Four Elmsley Count			1979	CardMagic	77	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Karl Fulves*	The Null Faro	an idea similar to Alex Elmsley's Restacking concept	Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1979	Faro Possibilities	8	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Fred Robinson	Oasis	on Gordon Bruce, Roy Walton, Alex Elmsley, Jan Heins, Simon Lovell, Piet Forton, Derek Dingle		May 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 5)	673	Articles / Columns
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Prayer Vanish			1979	Tearable	2	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1979	Cycle!	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1979	Snow	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Parity Failure	some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied	Also published here Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, Curioser, 1980) also in: Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Unstacked Parity (Roy Walton, Curioser, 1980) Variations Parity Notes (Charles Hudson, Curioser, 1980) Unstacked Parity (Roy Walton, Curioser, 1980)	1979	The Chronicles (Issue 20)	1255	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	Let's Do the Twist	puzzle about twisted wide rubber band	Also published here Abracadabra, Jan. 8, 1955 also in: Twister (Alex Elmsley, The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Twister (Alex Elmsley, Self-Working Table Magic, 1981) … and 1 more Variations Tale Twister (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Table Magic*, 1981)	1979	Elastrix	31	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Boston Two-Step	small coin travels from handkerchief to box with half dollars, then all coins travel to handkerchief and box is empty	Also published here "Boston Two-Step" in "Gen" Vol. 17, Nr. 1. P. 77, 1961. also in: Boston Two-Step (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Boston Three Step (Fred Lowe, The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1, 1967)	1979	Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Mike Skinner Seminarheft)	12	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Roy Walton*	Farbmagie	cards with different backs	Also published here Colour Magic (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Colour Magic (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	Dec. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Roy Walton*	Kartenetui	mystery card in case, four Queens are found and mystery card turns out to be selection	Also published here Card Case (Roy Walton, The Devil's Playthings, 1969) also in: Card Case (Roy Walton, Ibidem, 1969) Card Case (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361 also in: Between Your Palms (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations No Case to Answer (Peter Duffie, Inspirations*, 1987)	Dec. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Daryl Martinez	Twisted Aces Redivivus	last Ace vanishes and reappears reversed in deck	Inspired by Twisted Aces (Daryl Martinez, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Related to Exitwist (Philip T. Goldstein, Frank Thompson, MajorMinor, 1983) also in: Exitwist (Focus, 1990) Twisted in the Middle (Larry Jennings, The Cardwright, 1988) … and 2 more Variations Exitwist (Philip T. Goldstein, Frank Thompson, MajorMinor, 1983) also in: Exitwist (Focus, 1990) Twisted in the Middle (Larry Jennings, The Cardwright, 1988)	1980	Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Paul Swinford, Alex Elmsley	1003rd Aces			1980	Arcane (Issue 2)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Gene Maze	Wait a Minute!		Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1980	The Gene Maze Card Book	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1980	The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees	13	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley, Walt Lees	Elmsley Count	3/4, with deck still in the hand		1980	The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees	22	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1980	Masque	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Alex Elmsley	Liar's Matrix	0-1-combinations, 1 bit changed in any line gives a unique line		1980	Curioser	29	Numbers / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Octal Pencil	Liar's Matrix, spectator selects number column and reads out print color lying on one of them		1980	Curioser	30	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar
Alex Elmsley	Honesty Test	Liar's Matrix, spectator selects word column and reads out print color lying on one of them		1980	Curioser	31	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Colin Lewry	Pack Of Lies	Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods: Mnemonic Method No Memory And Again Lewry's Lie Detector	Related to A Four-Bit Trick (Karl Fulves, Curioser*, 1980)	1980	Curioser	33	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Alex Elmsley	Blind Stud	cards are cut and dealt out, things about hands are revealed with back turned, gray code to base 4	Also published here Blind Stud (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1980	Curioser	36	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Tell Me Three Times	three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack	Also published here Tell Me Three Times (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Further Than That and the Lie Detector (Cushing Strout, On the Other Side of the Mirror, 2005)	1980	Curioser	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	Parity Failure	some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied	Also published here Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Chronicles, 1979) also in: Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Unstacked Parity (Roy Walton, Curioser, 1980) Variations Parity Notes (Charles Hudson, Curioser, 1980) Unstacked Parity (Roy Walton, Curioser, 1980)	1980	Curioser	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Karl Fulves*	A Four-Bit Trick	card in square layout of face-up/face-down cards turned over and divined	Related to Pack Of Lies (Alex Elmsley, Colin Lewry, Curioser, 1980)	1980	Curioser	43	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Charles Hudson	Parity Notes		Inspired by Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Chronicles, 1979) also in: Parity Failure (Curioser, 1980) Parity Failure (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1980	Curioser	59	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Stay Stack / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Roy Walton*	Unstacked Parity	no stack version	Inspired by Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Chronicles, 1979) also in: Parity Failure (Curioser, 1980) Parity Failure (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, The Chronicles, 1979) also in: Parity Failure (Curioser, 1980) Parity Failure (The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	1980	Curioser	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Alex Elmsley	Mental Boxer	six cards are divined after cards are mixed face-up face-down, gray code	Related to The Abacus Card Trick (Roy Walton, Faro & Riffle Technique, 1970) ESP In Gray (Karl Fulves, Notes From Underground, 1973)	1981	Fourcast	22	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1981	Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count

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