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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	Related to Improved Satan's Prophecy (Charles T. Jordan, 1921) Variations Still Taking Three (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Card Case Prophecy (Stephen Hobbs, 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 (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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	Inspired by Bravo! (Frederick Mosteller, 1943) Variations Bravo Encore Reprise (Frederick Braue, 1944) Helensburg Speller (Roy Walton, 1968) another encore (Alex Elmsley, Frederick Mosteller, 1976) Also published here Encore (Frederick Mosteller, Frederick Braue, Orville Wayne Meyer, 1945)	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
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley's Puncture!	hole moved on business card	Related to Puncture! (Alex Elmsley, 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, 1972) The Twenty Card Trick (Paul Rosini, 1985) Chosen Cards Across (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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, 2011) Variations Effort for Follow the Leader (Alex Elmsley, 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, 1953)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Alex Elmsley	Failure		Also published here Failure (Alex Elmsley, 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	Related to Mathematical Twins (Gene Finnell, 1972) Also published here Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, 1973) Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 283)	1131	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under/Australian Deal
Alex Elmsley	Point of Departure	Card placed between black Aces vanishes to magician's pocket	Related to Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Also published here Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1998)	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	Variations Nur Rückenmuster (Arturo de Ascanio, 1984) Todo Dorsos (Arturo de Ascanio, 1992) All-Backs (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) Also published here Lauter Rückseiten Routine (Alex Elmsley, 1981) All Backs with Aces (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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, 1994) Variations Pocket Tweezers (George McBride, 1998) The Prowling Jokers (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
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, 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, 1959)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	91	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Penetration of Thought	odd-backed, two packets of four Aces each, thought Ace transposes	Related to Thought Transposed (Dai Vernon, 1960) Exile (Philip T. Goldstein, 1990) Thoughts In Transit (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations Penetration of Blank (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979) Exile (Philip T. Goldstein, 1982) The Trick of the Wise (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) Clean Sweep Thought Penetration (Jon Racherbaumer, 2023)	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	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, 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 Binary Translocations (Alex Elmsley, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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, 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, 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, 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, 1994)	1959	Low Cunning	1	Book / Book Test / Routines
Alex Elmsley	Cigarette Move	vanish, with box	Also published here A Cigarette Vanish (Alex Elmsley, 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, 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, 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, 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	Variations Penny Plain (Karl Fulves, Alex Elmsley, 1984) Also published here Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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	Variations Spread Switch Out (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here The Fan Prediction (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Alex Elmsley	Cups and Balls	salt as final load	Also published here Cups & Balls (Alex Elmsley, 1968) The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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, 1956)	1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)	838	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon	Fingertip Elmsley Count			1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	6	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Dai Vernon	The Trick that cannot be explained		Related to Unexpected Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1968) Uncontrolled Prediction (Edward Marlo, 1996) On Vernon's "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" (Jon Racherbaumer, 2006) Variations The Ultimate Trick That Cannot Be Explained (Roger Smith, 1977) Inexplicable (Alex Elmsley, 1996) Triple Header (Paul Chosse, 2004) Mnemonicosis (Tamariz on Ideas by Marlo and Vernon) (Juan Tamariz, 2004) Using Equivoque in "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" (Paul Vigil, 2017) The Trick that Cannot be Explained (Charlie Miller, Johnny Thompson, 2018) Thoughts on "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" (Harapan Ong, 2018)	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, 1991)	1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	28	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
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, 1991)	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
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1963	Ultimate Color Separation	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
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, 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, 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	Related to Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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, 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, 1994) Related to Faro Jog (Edward Marlo, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1964)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
Alex Elmsley	Double Prediction	two cards, progressive spelling set-up, one-ahead, sixteenth card principle	Also published here A Double Prediction (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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 Face Your Brothers (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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/Ghost Count
Fred Lowe	Boston Three Step	without the handkerchief and an extra penetration of a coin	Inspired by Boston Two Step (Alex Elmsley, 1978) Boston Two-Step (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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, 1968) Travelling Coins Into Glass (Piet Forton, 1984)	1967	Piet Forton Lecture Notes	5	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish/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, 1994) Related to What's the Point of this Departure? (Jon Racherbaumer, 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	Related to suggestion by Jules Conway on p. 216 Also published here Cups and Balls (Alex Elmsley, 1959)	Sep. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (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, 1967)	1968	Piet Forton Seminar	3	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish/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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1968	Tricks You Can Count On	3	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
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, 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, 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, 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 15		Fall 1969	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 A Double Prediction (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, 1978)	Feb. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (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, 1953) Variations PoD Addition (Paul Sweetman, 1970)	Dec. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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	Inspired by Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Also published here Farbmagie (Roy Walton, 1979) Colour Magic (Roy Walton, 1981)	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	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations No Case to Answer (Peter Duffie, 1987) Also published here Kartenetui (Roy Walton, 1979) Card Case (Roy Walton, 1981)	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/Ghost Count
Roy Walton	The Abacus Card Trick	four cards chosen, gray code on one way backs	Related to Mental Boxer (Alex Elmsley, 1981) Gray Matters (Denis Behr, 2007) Variations Auto Abacus (Karl Fulves, 1980) The Auto Abacus Trick (Karl Fulves, 1980)	1970	Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)	69	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence 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 ----	two methods	Related to Signed Card To — (Edward Marlo, 2020) Variations A Case for the Mystery Card (Justin Higham, 1985)	Spring 1970	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, 1945) Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1969)	Feb. 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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 Mathematical Twins (Gene Finnell, 1972) Mathematical Twins Variation (Karl Fulves, 1972) No Commercial Potential (Jeff Busby, 1980) Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Pact Man (Karl Fulves, 1996)	Winter 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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, 1994) Variations Con-Clue-Sion (Philip T. Goldstein, 1999)	Dec. 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2)	390	Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Paul Swinford	The Elmsley Touch		Inspired by Late Night Location (Alex Elmsley, 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 Binary Translocations (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1971	More Faro Fantasy	54	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
Paul Swinford	Elmsley Revisited	CCCC	Inspired by Double Control (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1971	More Faro Fantasy	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1971	Reputation-Makers	227	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Roy Walton	Nomad Card	two cards selected by counting cut-off heaps, odd-backed card in deck transforms into both selections, faro	Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Also published here Nomad Card (Roy Walton, 1988)	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, 1976) Cannibal Cards (Wesley James, 1976) Kannibal Kings & Koins (Wesley James, 1990) The Fulves Material (Wesley James, 1997) Variations Eating the "Missionaries" (Walt Lees, 1981)	Feb. 1971	Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
Jon Racherbaumer	Last-Minute Departure		Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Related to Pointing the Way (Al Smith, 1982) Variations Instant Departure (Ken Simmons, 1981) What's the Point of this Departure? (Jon Racherbaumer, 1990) Also published here Pointing Up A Departure (Jon Racherbaumer, 1976)	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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Count Packet Turnover	at the end of a count	Also published here Count Packet Turnover (Alex Elmsley, 1981)	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	Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations Royal Steal (Al Smith, 1981) Clearly Vanished (Steven Hamilton, 1991) Take Off (Aldo Colombini, 1995) Clear to the Point (Peter Duffie, 1997) Lost & Found (John Guastaferro, 2010) Also published here Jefferson's Jest (Roy Walton, 1981)	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, 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/Ghost 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 Five-as-Five False Count (Larry Jennings, 1996) Five as Five Count (Karl Fulves, 2000) Five-as-Five Count (Jerry K. Hartman, Alex Elmsley, 2007)	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, 1953) Second Law (Karl Fulves, 1970) Variations Mathematical Twins Variation (Karl Fulves, 1972)	Feb. 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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/Australian Deal Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / 26-Apart-Stack / Power 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. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2)	573	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals
Alex Elmsley	The Ghost Count			1972	Tale Twisters	8	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost 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, 1981)	1973	Notes From Underground	55	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Twister	puzzle about twisted wide rubber band	Variations Tale Twister (Karl Fulves, 1981) Also published here Let's Do the Twist (Alex Elmsley, 1979) Twister (Alex Elmsley, 1981) The Twister (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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, 1975) Betricks and Between (Jerry K. Hartman, 1978) Between Your Palms, Rethought (Earl Nelson, 1983) The Hyper Space Card (Baltazar Fuentes, 1996)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (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, 1953)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5)	607	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under/Australian Deal
Edward G. Brown	The Two Pile Trick		Related to Brownwaves I (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations The Clueless Card Trick (1984) Power Game (Gavin Ross, 1996) Also published here Der Zweipäckchen Trick (Edward G. Brown, 1978)	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 Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
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, 1987)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	11	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
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 and Mentalism (Alex Elmsley, 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	Related to Collectors, Once Again (Philip T. Goldstein, 1976) Variations Trap-ease (Jerry K. Hartman, 1975) Eclectic Collectors (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995) Also published here One at a Time Collectors (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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	Inspired by 7-16 (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Also published here The Game of 7-16 (Bill Taylor, 1977)	Apr. 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)	723	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under/Australian Deal
Alex Elmsley	Der ehrgeizige Fremde	ambitious card has different back, in the end deck changes color	Also published here Ambitious Stranger (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	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 Fool's Mate (Alex Elmsley, 1994) “Fool’s Mate” (Alex Elmsley, Genii, February 1973, p. 65) Related to Blind Date (Edward Marlo, 1972) Variations Computer Dating (Walt Lees, 1981) Pair Pressure (Jerry K. Hartman, 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	Related to Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994) “Diamond Cut Diamond” (Alex Elmsley, Genii, November 1954, p. 85) Also published here Irresistible Force (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	1974	Super Dupes	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1975	Card Cavalcade 3	181	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Harry Lorayne	The 29th Card	faro	Related to Penelope's Principle (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Rendezvous in Lugano (Giorgio Tarchini, 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	Inspired by Melbourne (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Also published here Kangaroo (Roy Walton, 1988)	July 1975	Epilogue (Issue 24)	232	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under/Australian Deal
Larry Jennings	Ala Elmsley		Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Related to Another Four-Card Trick (Larry Jennings, 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	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, 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, 1994) Favourite Criticisms (Roberto Giobbi, 2010)	Dec. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)	199	Articles / Columns
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
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, 1973)	Aug. 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10)	1044	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
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, 1974)	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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley's Cannibals	including credit information on the plot by Pete Biro	Related to The Cannibal Cards (Matt Corin, 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, 1978)	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, 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/Ghost 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, 1944) Related to Miracle Mental Spell (Derek Dingle, 1982) Variations Masterful Mosteller (Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley, 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/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, 1974)	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, 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/Ghost Count
Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley	Derek's Elmsley Count Technique		Also published here Elmsley Count Technique (Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley, 1982)	1976	Innovations (Issue 3)	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
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 Binary Translocations (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Related to Beginning Again (William Zavis, 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 Binary Translocations (Alex Elmsley, 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, 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/Ghost Count
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	Criss-Cross Subtley		Also published here Criss-Cross Subtlety (Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley, 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/Ghost Count
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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley, Eric Mason	Elmsley Count	variation		Aug. 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12)	607	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Ross Bertram	The Pay-Off	(Card in Wallet), ungaffed	Related to Skinning The Cat (Edward Marlo, 1970) Hidebound Forecast (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1978	Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram	63	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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1978	A Transatlantic Lecture	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost 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, 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/Ghost Count
Jerry K. Hartman	Betricks and Between	Card placed between two Jokers turns blank, card placed aside previously is now the card	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1973) Also published here Betricks and Between (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	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	Related to Oil Slick & Water Wonderful (Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, 1976) Also published here Fixit Mixer (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	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 The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine (Alex Elmsley, 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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1978	The second now you see it, now you don't!	72	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Ted Biet, Alex Elmsley	Pres"sure" Location	inferior handling	Inspired by Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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, 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, 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/Ghost 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, 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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1979	Snow	1	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost 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, 1980) Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	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 / 26-Apart-Stack / Power Stack / Full Deck
Alex Elmsley	Let's Do the Twist	puzzle about twisted wide rubber band	Also published here Twister (Alex Elmsley, 1973) Abracadabra, Jan. 8, 1955	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 (Alex Elmsley, 1994) "Boston Two-Step" in "Gen" Vol. 17, Nr. 1. P. 77, 1961.	1979	Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Mike Skinner Seminarheft)	12	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
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, 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/Ghost 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/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1980	Masque	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost 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, 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, 1994)	1980	Curioser	36	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence 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, 1994)	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	Related to Unstacked Parity (Roy Walton, 1980) Variations Parity Notes (Charles Hudson, 1980) Also published here Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley, 1979)	1980	Curioser	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / 26-Apart-Stack / Power 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, 1980)	1980	Curioser	43	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence 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, 1980)	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, 1980)	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, 1970) ESP In Gray (Karl Fulves, 1973)	1981	Fourcast	22	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1981	Quasimodo / A Fine Mesh	4	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Fred Castle, Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count	Technique for doing Elmsley Count with jumbo cards, either horizontally or vertically		1981	Magic With Giant Cards	2	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Sleights / False Counts
Alex Elmsley	Twister	No. 54, performer twist rubber band and spectator holds it, he cannot untwist it	Also published here Twister (Alex Elmsley, 1973)	1981	Self-Working Table Magic	67	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Articles / Business and Publicity
Karl Fulves	Tale Twister	No. 55, variation on Elmsley's Twister with two pens	Inspired by Twister (Alex Elmsley, 1973)	1981	Self-Working Table Magic	68	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous Pen/Pencil / Puzzle
Alex Elmsley	Prayer Vanish	card vanishes from sandwich		1981	More Professional Card Tricks	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Alex Elmsley	Lauter Rückseiten Routine	with Ace production	Also published here All Backs Routine (Alex Elmsley, 1954)	June 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)	62	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			June 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)	67	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Tip-Over Switch
Alex Elmsley	Count Packet Turnover	at the end of a count	Also published here Count Packet Turnover (Alex Elmsley, 1971) Small Packet Card Reversal (Alex Elmsley, 1989)	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	58	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Alex Elmsley	The Ghost Count			1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	207	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count Technique		Also published here Derek's Elmsley Count Technique (Derek Dingle, Alex Elmsley, 1976)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	78	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Derek Dingle	Miracle Mental Spell	to two freely thought of cards, count-spell principle	Related to another encore (Alex Elmsley, Frederick Mosteller, 1976)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	169	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards
Alex Elmsley	Prayer Vanish			Jan. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1)	579	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1982	The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II	39	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo	The Elmsley Count	mechanic's grip to mechanic's grip		1982	Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card	15	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Philip T. Goldstein	Cumulative	three cards chosen from ten-card packet with dealing procedure	Inspired by Auto-Prediction (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Related to Never on Thunday (Jon Racherbaumer, Philip T. Goldstein, 1983)	1982	Thunday	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Thomas Alan Waters	Alexicon	name of named dead person appears on card, four ABC cards, spelling "DEAD"	Inspired by Alex Elmsley's "What Card?"	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)	260	Paper / Appearing Writing/Photos... ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)	261	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Thomas Alan Waters	Hallowgram	name of dead celebrity appears on one of four ABC cards, one side of the cards spells "DEAD" the other "NAME"	Inspired by Alex Elmsley's "What Card?"	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)	263	Paper / Appearing Writing/Photos... ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	Prayer Vanish			1982	Fork Full of Appetizers	2	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Curtis Kam	"E-Z Magic" Between your Palms	ungaffed method	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1982	All the World's a Stage	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Alex Elmsley	Fan Prediction Force	Angle Jog Switch		1983	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2	73	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Fan
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	Stand up Diamonds		Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Barnhardt's Four Ace Trick (Russell T. Barnhart, 1998)	1983	Marlo's Plus Package	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Thomas Alan Waters	Trisonic	design cards, three are divined	Inspired by Animal, Vegetable and Mineral (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Related to Q&AVM (Philip T. Goldstein, Alex Elmsley, 1984)	1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)	424	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Picture & Symbol Cards
Jon Racherbaumer	The 1003-1006 Aces	three handlings (despite title)	Inspired by 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1983	Facsimile (Issue 1)	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
David Britland	Roundabout	elongated and with story presentation	Inspired by The Four-Card Trick (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Also published here Roundabout (David Britland, 2023)	Apr. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 24)	470	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Alex Elmsley	Ghost Count			1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	51	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Marc Russell	Exit Line	card vanishes between sandwich cards	Inspired by Roll Over Card Vanish (Allan Ackerman, 1978) Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1983	Cardopolis (Issue 1)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Miscellaneous
Frank Simon	Odd Color Out	transposition of back of two odd-backed duplicates, in the end deck changes color	Inspired by How Close Can You Watch? (Paul LePaul, 1949) Ambitious Stranger (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1983	Versatile Card Magic	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Earl Nelson	Between Your Palms, Rethought	handling of Elmsley's Between Your Palms but without the need for an extra card	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1973)	1983	The Earl Nelson Workbook	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	The OPEC Count	Out of Position Elmsley Count, tip		1984	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5		Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Jack Avis, Bill Reid, Alex Elmsley	The Casual False Shuffle	jogged packets		1984	Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three	158	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
Ken Krenzel, Alex Elmsley	Slide Under Switch			1984	Cards Hit	11	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Slide-Under - Type
Philip T. Goldstein, Alex Elmsley	Q&AVM		Inspired by Animal, Vegetable and Mineral (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Related to Trisonic (Thomas Alan Waters, 1983)	1984	Thequal	9	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Philip T. Goldstein	Looming Thoughts	combination with self-correcting set-up	Inspired by Q&AVM (Philip T. Goldstein, Alex Elmsley, 1984)	1984	Thequal	15	Cards / Principles / Gray Code / De Bruijn Sequence Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Stephen Tucker	All Heart	Diamond Cut Diamond effect with an extra two card transposition (two selections)	Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1984	The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
John Riggs	5 Coin Star	in a circle formation, predated by Alex Elmsley 1952	Related to Five Coin Star (Dai Vernon, 1957) The Rosette (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1984	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 3)	42	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count Technique			1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	50	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1984	Magic from the Parade #1	18	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Karl Fulves, Alex Elmsley	Penny Plain	No. 4	Inspired by Penny Plain (Alex Elmsley, 1959)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
Arturo de Ascanio	Nur Rückenmuster	all backs, cutting to Aces in process	Inspired by All Backs Routine (Alex Elmsley, 1954) Also published here All-Backs (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) "Ilusionismo" N° 301, 1984.	1984	Ilusionismo — Nur Rückenmuster	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Piet Forton	Travelling Coins Into Glass	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, 1967)	1984	Magic Lecture Notes 1984	4	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish/Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
Jon Racherbaumer	Hole-Card In One	poker deal theme	Inspired by Neo Ace Assembly (Edward Marlo, 1980) 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations Sum of the Holes (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991) Also published here MUM, Dec. 1981	1984	At The Table	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Peter Duffie	Signus X 1	using two Jokers	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations Future Trap (Jon Racherbaumer, 1983) Signus X II (Peter Duffie, 1984)	1984	Contemporary Card Magic	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1984	Duet	9	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
William P. Miesel	Deceived		Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1985	Arcane (Issue 13)	179	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Dai Vernon	Mental Five	one of five, using pressure fan hideout	Inspired by Brainweave (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	Spring 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27)	243	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Randy Wakeman	Cubic Zirconium		Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations The Physics Lesson (Kevin Kelly, 1999)	1985	Formula One Close-Up	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
	Fan Manipulation	cards from fan stolen and backpalmed	Related to A Card Fan Production (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)	23	Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Fan
	The Spellbinder	two cards located in small packet after anti-faros and down-under deal	Related to Weight (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Guaranteed! (Roberto Giobbi, Alex Elmsley, David Solomon, 2012)	1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro / Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under/Australian Deal
Justin Higham	A Case for the Mystery Card	without switch at the end	Inspired by signed card in ---- (Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley, 1970) Variations A Case Of Déjà Vu (Justin Higham, 1988)	Sep. 1985	The Card Man-uscript (Issue 1)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Larry Jennings, Alex Elmsley	2002 Aces		Inspired by 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	47	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Handwashing Vanish			1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	135	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Larry Jennings	Ambidextrous Travellers	for the Elmsley credit see p. 48 of Marlo's Magazine 6	Related to En Voyage (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Pocket Interchange (Jack Carpenter, 1995) Tracking Mr. Fogg (Tom Stone, 2010) Variations I'd Give My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous (Marc DeSouza, 2001) Mr Fogg Tracked Down (Steve Reynolds, 2009)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	233	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
David Britland	The Angel Card Rise	cased deck, rubber band gimmick, faro loading The Gimmick Performance Loading and Unloading the Gimmick More Ideas Final Notes	Related to What From Whom (Karl Fulves, 1988) The Elmsley Rising Card (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations The Ultimate Angel (David Britland, 1988)	1986	Angel Card Rise Plus	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rising Card
Karl Fulves	Mechanical Faro	shaving the ends to make faros easier	Related to Deck Preparation for Faro Shuffles (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1986	The Return Trip	20	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / General Comments
Karl Fulves	Primitive Cycles		Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1986	The Return Trip	28	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Switch			1986	The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 2)	28	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Slide-Under - Type
Paul Swinford	The Discerning Joker	one of sixteen cards thought of, packet extracted with sorting rod several times ("Is your card among those?"), Magic Age Cards, selection ends up on top and Joker at position of selection's value, Binarial Transposition	Related to Mathematics and Mentalism (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1986	The Cyberdeck	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Computer & Cyber Deck Numbers / Principles / Age Cards Principle
Jon Racherbaumer	Full-Deck Smith-Myth Force	two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, performer forces same card on both	Inspired by forcing procedure in "Ten Self-Working Master Effects" (Professor Sydney Lawrence) Related to A Multiple Effect (Edward Marlo, 1988) Brownwaves III (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	Jan. 1986	The Card Man-uscript (Issue 3)	21	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks
Reinhard Müller	Elmsleys Asse	with jumbo cards	Inspired by Card Substitution (Edward Marlo, 1976) 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1986	Riesenkarten 3	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Transposition
Alex Elmsley, John Bannon	False False Shuffle	faro fan False False Shuffle Notes	Also published here False False Shuffle (Alex Elmsley, John Bannon, 1991)	1986	Mirage	23	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	Elmsley Count			1986	Solo	7	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley	The Rendezvous Force	mathematical force, Penelope's Principle with Klondike instead of faro shuffle	Related to Unknown Quantity (Gene Finnell, 1973) Also published here The Rendezvous Force (Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley, 1988)	Mar. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)	15	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Alex Elmsley	Hand Washing Vanish			1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	156	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Ron Wilson	Slow-Motion Newspaper Tear		Related to The Visual Torn and Restored Newspaper (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1991)	1987	The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson	135	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Jerry Sadowitz	Courtroom	number from one to twelve named, card at that position is only number card amongst picture cards, then situation reverses and there is only one picture card amongst number cards	Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1987	Inspirations	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Peter Duffie	Bedazzled		Inspired by Dazzle (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1987	Inspirations	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count Technique			1987	New Wave Close-Up	43	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Philip T. Goldstein	Premixion	computer presentation, card is found with reverse faro, name of card on three cards	Inspired by Alex Elmsley's "Mathematics & Mentalism" in "Ibidem" Nr. 14.	May 1987	The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro / Reverse Faro
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley	The Rendezvous Force	mathematical force, Penelope's Principle with Klondike instead of faro shuffle	Related to Pact Man (Karl Fulves, 1996) Variations Your Lucky Day! (Martin Joyal, 1997) Also published here The Rendezvous Force (Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley, 1987)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	119	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Edward Marlo	Ace 2-3-4 to Pockets	ambidextrous travelers	Inspired by En Voyage (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1988	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1988	The Scents of Sophistication	35	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Roy Walton	The Marriage Brokers	with two Jokers	Inspired by Fool's Mate (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Variations Loyal Marriages (Peter Duffie, 1997) The Royal Treatment (Nick Trost, 2011) Also published here Genii, Sep. 1973	1988	The Complete Walton — Volume 2	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Brother John Hamman	1 2 3 4 5 Peek Thought	mini-version of DCD	Inspired by Diamond Cut Diamond (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Brother John Hamman	Final Aces	six double ended cards	Variations The Atomic Aces (Alex Elmsley, Brother John Hamman, 1991) Final(ly) Aces (Brother John Hamman, Ron Bauer, 2006) Finely Final Aces (Steve Reynolds, 2009)	1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	229	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed
Alex Elmsley	Small Packet Card Reversal		Also published here Count Packet Turnover (Alex Elmsley, 1981)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	58	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Simon Lovell	Another Departed Point	Card placed under spectator's hand from the beginning is the spectator's signed card	Inspired by Between Your Palms (Alex Elmsley, 1994) Also published here Another Departed Point (Simon Lovell, 1994) Another Departed Point (Simon Lovell, 1997)	1989	Close Up Magic To Tapdance To	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Between Your Palms Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1989	The Black & White Trick	43	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Karl Fulves, Alex Elmsley	Astral Coins	No. 68, coins travel through table to under card, thread from coin to card	Inspired by The Astral Coin Rides Again (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	86	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins from Hand to under Card Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
Bob King	Dual Count-Down	two cards chosen in two piles out of hand, both deal in unison and performer calls "stop", both selections are there and performer names one of them	Inspired by Elmsley's Card Coincidence (Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon, 1956)	1989	Magician Foolers	11	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Alex Elmsley	The Elmsley Count			1989	Silver Special	81	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield	Twist And Vanish	five cards, one of which is selection, wrong cards turn over one by one, then selection vanishes, Biddle Trick	Inspired by Everchange Count (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Variations Siva's Twist And Vanish (Jack Avis, 1989)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Alex Elmsley	Everchange Count	four as five while hiding one	Also published here Everchange Count (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	14	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley-Count (Vier als vier)			1989	German Card Top Twenties	75	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Alex Elmsley	Elmsley Count			1990	Ultra Cervon	2	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley/Ghost Count
Bruce Cervon, Alex Elmsley	The Fabulous Cards to Pocket	three cards, clean without duplicates	Inspired by En Voyage (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1990	Ultra Cervon	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Bruce Cervon, Alex Elmsley	The BC Cards Across	two signed selections from packet to packet	Inspired by Chosen Cards Across (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1990	Ultra Cervon	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Harry Lorayne	Would It Be A Miracle?	named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection	Related to Direct Link (Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid, 1994) Also published here Would it Be a Miracle? (Harry Lorayne, 2007)	1990	Trend Setters	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Simon Aronson	Simon-Eyes	two cards thought of with counting procedure, both cards divined with "No No's Fishing" Reality The Problem No No's Fishing The Simon-Eyes Arrangement The Selection Procedure Fishing in the Simon-Eyes Pack Fishing for the Values Fishing for the Suits The Faro Restacking Simon-Eyes Pack	Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, 1994) The Three Hours (Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, Harapan Ong, Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, 2019) Variations The Path of Olram (Edward Marlo, Simon Aronson, David Solomon, 1991) Olram's Choice (Edward Marlo, 1991) For the Ace-to-King Boys (Edward Marlo, 1991) Four for the Road (Edward Marlo, 1991) Myopia (Michael Close, 1996) Picture Show (Leo Boudreau, 1996) The Three Hours (Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, 2004) Final Ecstasy (Barrie Richardson, 2005) Tilapia (Matt Baker, 2019)	1990	The Aronson Approach	123

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