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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Alex Elmsley Failure number is thought of and card at this position in shuffled deck, performer divines both (most of the time)
Also published here 1994 76
Alex Elmsley Auto-Prediction three cards are predicted written on another playing card
Also published here 1994 80
Alex Elmsley Divina-Sign packet of eight cards with designs, three chosen by dealing procedure, divined
1994 83
Alex Elmsley A Card from Cagliostro packet of eight postcards with cities, three chosen by dealing procedure, predicted as postcard message
1994 85
Alex Elmsley Aussi-Mental three cards selected through dealing process out of performer's hand, named by performer
1994 87
Alex Elmsley Animal, Vegetable and Mineral pack of children's picture cards, three selections made and divined
Variations 1994 89
Alex Elmsley The Octal Pencil Liar's Matrix, spectator selects number column and reads out print color lying on one of them
1994 93
Alex Elmsley Verbum Veritas Liar's Matrix, spectator selects word column and reads out print color lying on one of them
1994 97
Alex Elmsley Pack of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • Marked Deck Method
  • Unmarked Deck Method
  • Lewry's Platform Presentation
1994 100
Louis Nikola, Alex Elmsley Card Mnemonics
1994 101
Colin Lewry, Alex Elmsley Lewry's Platform Presentation
Inspired by 1994 105
Alex Elmsley Still Taking Three sandwiched card vanishes, reappears in half the deck face up, three methods
Inspired by 1994 109
Alex Elmsley ATFUS Precursor
1994 110
Alex Elmsley Pseudo Duplicate see next pages
1994 111
Alex Elmsley Bottom Slip Cut
1994 114
Alex Elmsley Point of Departure from sandwich to pocket
Related toVariations 1994 118
Alex Elmsley Economy Class Departure without double facer
1994 122
Alex Elmsley ATFUS Variation
1994 123
Alex Elmsley Rollover Switch as reversed card is put on table
1994 123
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Also published here 1994 126
Alex Elmsley The Fiddle with the Biddle in the Middle card appears between sandwiched cards in deck, then vanishes from sandwich and reappears face-up in deck
Also published here 1994 129
Alex Elmsley The Red and the Blue two decks change place except for two selections in them
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 131
Alex Elmsley The Shy Chameleon triumph routine in which backs are not seen to delay color changing deck effect
1994 136
Alex Elmsley Turn-About Card card visually turns over when snapped
1994 140
Alex Elmsley A Small Revelation four miniature cards are glued together in stepped formation, one of them turns over
1994 144
Alex Elmsley Fool's Mate joker as cupid and method
VariationsAlso published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1973
1994 149
Alex Elmsley Jubilee
Variations 1994 153
Alex Elmsley Plunger Shift for two cards
1994 159
Alex Elmsley Separating the Men from the Boys Kings and Jacks alternated, Queens change place with Jacks
1994 161
Alex Elmsley A Problem with Duplicate Identities two cards are put on table, two selections are shown to be the same, then table cards are turned over and are unchanged
Variations 1994 166
Alex Elmsley The Imp of the Inverse card vanishes from pack, was never there, pseudo duplicate
1994 168
Alex Elmsley Sum Talk of Alexander value of selection is used to deal to another selection and so on through the deck, sum of all values equates a number from beginning
1994 171
Alex Elmsley Switchy-Coo card a chosen number is reversed, then changes to previous selection
Also published here 1994 175
Alex Elmsley Half Packed one half is put in pocket, other half vanishes, selection reappears
1994 178
Paul LePaul, Alex Elmsley Bluff Pass
1994 179
Alex Elmsley Second Link two selections, named number corresponds to distance between those cards
Related to 1994 183
Alex Elmsley Counting while Spreading brief
1994 183
Alex Elmsley Diamond Cut Diamond Ace to Ten of diamonds in order, selection transposes with named value
Related toVariations 1994 186
Alex Elmsley Signing Off performer names card an position, then all cards have performer's signature
1994 189
Alex Elmsley Signature Piece signature travels from red backed to blue backed deck
1994 192
Alex Elmsley Shakedown credit information on the plot
Related toVariations 1994 197
Alex Elmsley Pocketpick visible card in breastpocket turns out to be later selection
Related to 1994 207
Alex Elmsley Breast Pocket Switch card in LTP for card openly in breast pocket
Related to 1994 209
Alex Elmsley Pockets Full of Miracles card is looked at by three people, everybody sees a different card. they all come from different pockets then
1994 211
Alex Elmsley Finessed Riffle Force
1994 211
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Switch of single card
1994 212
Alex Elmsley Reluctant Cards to Pocket ten cards one by one
1994 217
Alex Elmsley 5 as 6 False Count
1994 219
Alex Elmsley Duplicitous Cards to Pocket six cards, two duplicates, one by one
1994 222
Alex Elmsley Flight Plan four Aces, one by one
1994 228
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley ATFUS Variation
1994 229
L'Homme Masqué, Alex Elmsley Two-Handed Spring Palm packet handling
1994 230
Alex Elmsley En Voyage Ace to Three travel to pocket one by one, then all to different pockets
Variations 1994 233
Alex Elmsley Pseudo Duplicate laying two cards face-up on table in crossed formation
1994 236
Alex Elmsley Processional four Aces oujogged from deck, one by one pushed flush and removed from pocket
Variations 1994 241
Alex Elmsley Daley Double two black Aces change place with one of them in pocket, in repeat phase they turn red and black Aces come from pockets
1994 243
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
VariationsAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
1994 246
Alex Elmsley Only Child handling of "Between Your Palms" without stranger card
1994 250
Alex Elmsley Interrupted Top Change as card is placed right-jogged on deck
1994 252
Alex Elmsley Incommunicado four cards are selected and produced from different spots, two spectators unknowingly have the same selection
Variations 1994 254
Alex Elmsley Square-Up Glimpse
1994 256
Alex Elmsley Devaluation chinese coin in handkerchief and half dollar in pocket change place, pile of half dollar appears as finale, Ken Allen's Chinatown Half set
1994 261
Alex Elmsley Revaluation (A Reminiscense) chinese coin and four pennies, chinese coin from handkerchief to box, then pennies to box, transposition of chinese coin with four pennies
1994 264
Alex Elmsley Magnetic Okito Box magnetic lid
1994 265
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
VariationsAlso published here 1994 268
Alex Elmsley Box Turnover
1994 269
Alex Elmsley The Astral Coin Rides Again coin and two cards, coin appears, travels and penetrates table, coin threaded to card
Variations 1994 273
Alex Elmsley Coin-Card Gaff coin is attached to card with thread
1994 273
Alex Elmsley Milling a Coin small coin is smashed to dust between to large coins, recess in large coin
1994 280
Alex Elmsley Sucker Silver silver to copper transformation routine with sucker explanation
1994 282
Alex Elmsley The Spider's Treasury four coins are produced from empty hands, stand-up
1994 287
Alex Elmsley Deck Preparation for Faro Shuffles sanding corners
Related to 1994 295
Alex Elmsley Weave Corrections for Miscuts
  • Out-weave Correction
  • Out-weave Correction
  • In-weave Correction
  • In-weave Correction
Related to 1994 297
Alex Elmsley Placing a Key at Twenty-sixth Position finessed methods with faro shuffle
1994 300
Alex Elmsley The Mathematics of the Weave Shuffle long article for "mathematicians" with the following subchapters
1994 302
Alex Elmsley Out- and In-Weaves definition of terms
1994 303
Alex Elmsley The Odd Pack and Weave
1994 304
Alex Elmsley Equivalent Odd Pack
1994 304
Alex Elmsley Returning a Pack to the Same Order mathematical discussion
1994 305
Alex Elmsley Solving the Shuffle Equation how to find out number of shuffles required to return pack to same order
1994 306
Alex Elmsley Stack Transformations how faro shuffles affect a stack
Related to 1994 307
Alex Elmsley Royal Flush Deal royal flush deal for any number of players, faro shuffling
1994 308
Alex Elmsley The Constant Stack
Related to 1994 309
Alex Elmsley The Restacking Pack stack whose value distribution is not affected by faro shuffles
Related toVariations 1994 309
Alex Elmsley 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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 311
Alex Elmsley Double Control transposing top card with selection at certain position with faro shuffles
Also published here 1994 312
Alex Elmsley Penelope's Principle bringing center card to position corresponding with number of cards in cut-off pile
Related toVariations 1994 313
Alex Elmsley Penny Wise card at position corresponding to cut-off pile is predicted, Penelope
1994 315
Alex Elmsley Prediction by Proxy spectator removes any card, mate is found by penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), twenty-six-apart-stack
1994 317
Alex Elmsley Tuppence two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1994 319
Alex Elmsley Meet Me on the Road selection is found at position of cut-off pile, penelope's principle
1994 323
Alex Elmsley A Woven and Cut Case penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), key is placed next to selection via faro
1994 325
Alex Elmsley Autopilot separation at twenty-six
1994 326
Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid Direct Link featuring Bill Reid's "Automatic Discovery", named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection
Related to 1994 329
Alex Elmsley The Custodial Card two cards selected, a card turns face-up between selections, twenty-six key card, faro
Inspired byRelated to 1994 333
Alex Elmsley The Fan and Weave Controls two handlings of an ingenious control:
  • The Fan and Weave Control
  • The Fan and Weave Double Control
Related toVariations 1994 335
Alex Elmsley Brainweave ungaffed handling of Brainwave
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 338
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
Variations 1994 341
Alex Elmsley The Obedient Faro shuffling a card to any position up to twenty with two shuffles, for magicians
1994 346
Alex Elmsley Spell by the Numbers automatic placement
1994 349
Alex Elmsley Paraspell two cards, faro-version of Stewart James' "Evolution of a Dream"
1994 353
Alex Elmsley Collinspell collins Aces with spelling finale, setting cards with a faro, featuring interesting vanishes
1994 357
Alex Elmsley Arab Roto-Pack using faros for various placements
Also published here 1994 365
Alex Elmsley What a Party! adding faro principles
1994 369
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 1994 372
Alex Elmsley Auto-Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here 1994 374
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Rising Card rubber gimmick, faro placement
Related to 1994 376
Alex Elmsley Faro Placement to control selection between two cards
1994 379
Alex Elmsley Faro Placement to control selection between two cards
1994 381
Alex Elmsley Computer Dating removed selection is mated under fair conditions, stay stack
1994 385
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Alex Elmsley Stay Stack credit information
1994 385
Alex Elmsley Empty and Full removed selection is mated under fair conditions, stay stack
1994 387
Alex Elmsley Wedded Ambitions free selection, mate rises to top, stay stack
1994 389
Alex Elmsley Topsy-Turvy Stay-Stack (A Problem) topsy-turvy stay stack with two decks
Related to 1994 391
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 1994 392
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
VariationsAlso published here 1994 396
Alex Elmsley Future Stock two card prediction, stack, one-ahead
1994 398
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 1994 401
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 1994 404
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 1994 406
Alex Elmsley Mental Boxer six cards are divined after cards are mixed face-up face-down, gray code
1994 410
Alex Elmsley Kingfisher four cards are divined, gray code
1994 414
Alex Elmsley Pursuit of Thought four cards are divined, gray code
1994 419
Alex Elmsley Fate's Datebook part of "The Dazzle Act" (starting on page 425 until the end of the book), using a improvisational type of selection procedure
Related toVariations 1994 433
Alex Elmsley, Richard Himber Cold Steel knife is stabbed between two selections
Variations 1994 440
Alex Elmsley Fan and Weave Control to any Position extension with two cards
Inspired by 1994 442
Alex Elmsley The Tale of the Old Timer cutting to fourJacks, then Queens, then Kings, then dealing out all Jacks to Aces
1994 449
Alex Elmsley Pocket Deck Switch with description of psychology
1994 450
Alex Elmsley Dazzle packet with jokers, backs change color multiple times
Related toVariations 1994 463
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count Variation
Inspired by 1994 464
Alex Elmsley Half Pass with small packet
1994 465
Alex Elmsley Tour de Force five card location with flourishy production and call-back productions referring to previous routines
1994 471
Alex Elmsley Multiple Hindu Shuffle Control
1994 471
Alex Elmsley Outjogged Erdnase Transformation
1994 474
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley Vernon Flourish Deal both-handed as production
1994 478
Billy McDonnell Resurrection a Ghost one of four queens changes into selection
Inspired by 1994 974
Billy McDonnell Three-Peat one to four of clubs, one is named and changes into selection
Inspired by 1994 980
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count brief
Dec. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4)
13
Roger Crosthwaite Overhand Shuffle Shift
Related to 1994 23
Alex Elmsley Everchange Count four as five while hiding one
1994 175
Edward Marlo 4-as-5 Count four as five while hiding one, Everchange Count handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Sticks and Stones No. 13, 1978
1994 177
Paul Weir Quantum Leap selection put between Queens, two Aces cut face-up in deck, selection is named (whisper like) and travels to Aces in deck
Inspired by 1994 216
Alex Elmsley Das Elmsley- (oder Ghost-)Zählen
May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
104
Peter Duffie Epitaph for a Card Cheat one-at-a-time reduction of hands
Inspired byRelated to 1995 156
Darwin Ortiz The Phantom Card signed card at two positions at the same time
Inspired by 1995 124
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley ATFUS
1995 208
Alex Elmsley The Red and the Blue No. 53, two decks change place except for two selections in them
Also published here 1995 106
Simon Aronson Happy Birthday odd-backed card matches spectator's birthday card in date book
Inspired byVariations 1995 96
Steve Beam A Match Made in Zebulon two selection found at same position when deck is cut in half
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 96
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count fingertip handling
1995 24
Peter Duffie Incomplete Surprise two cards chosen, packet cut off and counted, then card chosen in incomplete faro condition, another card chosen by counting to original number, an indicator turns over with both selections on either side
Related to 1995 13
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1995 3
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley ATFUS brief, see p. 32 of "Errata" section for crediting info
1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
18
Jerry K. Hartman Chron-Illogical two mystery cards are interlaced between three Aces, two cards are signed by spectator and lost in deck, interlaced cards are shown to be the signed cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 83
Jerry K. Hartman Take-Off On Departure selection vanishes from between two Jokers and appears face up in deck
Inspired by 1995 87
Jerry K. Hartman Eclectic Collectors the Aces, separated from the deck, trap one selection at a time until all three selections are between them
Inspired byVariations 1995 102
Jon Racherbaumer Solution To The Wide-Track Baffler four Aces, three indifferent cards put on one, other three Aces lost in deck, the indifferent cards are now the other Aces
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
61
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
1996 311
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Related toAlso published here Spring 1996 49
Roy Walton No Hiding Place
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Summer 1996 100
Bob Farmer Hide In Plain (Second) Sight
Inspired byRelated to Summer 1996 101
Tommy Wonder Fabricated using a direct center steal under cover of handkerchief
Related toAlso published here 1996 55
Karl Fulves Pact Man Penelope's Principle, with Klondike
Related to 1996 27
Dominique Duvivier Quicker Than My Shadow Effect similar to Between Your Palms, done with Duvivier Wallet
Inspired byRelated to 1996 67
Doug Canning Spell Found card located by spelling This Is Not Your Card and But This Is
Inspired by 1996 1190
James Swain, Alex Elmsley Brainweave follow up with Play It Straight type effect
Inspired by 1996 84
Alex Elmsley The Eye of the Mouse an object is freely chosen, picture appears on computer screen
1996 8
Alex Elmsley The Card in the Screen chosen card appears on computer screen
1996 14
Alex Elmsley The Counter total of loose change is seen on computer screen, counter stops at exact amount
1996 19
Alex Elmsley The Other Card six cards are removed from a deck and five are inserted into the computer, computer program names remaining card
1996 22
Alex Elmsley The Fortune Teller spectator selects objects from lists on computer, eventually computer program shows a horoscope with the exact birthdate of spectator
1996 25
Alex Elmsley Thought Projection card is selected on computer screen, performer divines it after answering two questions posed by the computer program
1996 30
Alex Elmsley Inexplicable with computer program, programmed version of Vernon's "Trick that cannot be explained"
Inspired by 1996 33
Alex Elmsley Tailpiece revealing a number typed into the calculator of a windows computer
1996 51
Bob King Making Waves II two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, cards found from a jumbo deck then, one jumbo card travels into wallet
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 10
Baltazar Fuentes The Hyper Space Card card in envelope turns out to be later signed selection, Elmsley-style, two methods
Inspired byRelated to 1996 26
Harry Riser Cheating the Cheater backs of packet change multiple times
Inspired by 1996 217
Peter Duffie Gala Show
Inspired by 1996 9
Peter Duffie Ediblector two cards vanish between Kings, reappear in deck
Inspired by 1996 6
Lou Gallo 10,002nd Aces
Inspired by 1996 50
Thomas Waldeck Einfacher geht's nicht signed card appears between Aces held between spectator's hand
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 185
Larry Jennings Another Four-Card Trick
Inspired byRelated to 1997 16
Larry Jennings Royal Puzzle
Inspired by 1997 204
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
1997 235
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 213
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
1997 223
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count "Ghost Count" or "Counting Four as Four"
Related to
  • "The Four Card Trick" (Alex Elmsley, marketed 1959)
1997 314
Peter Duffie Loyal Marriages Four Kings and Queens incorrectly matched, two Jokers used to match them magically
Inspired by 1997 126
Alex Elmsley Underworld nine cards
Related toVariations 1997 1
Alex Elmsley Power Poker ten cards, spectator can chose which he wands, full house and royal flush
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1997 2
Alex Elmsley No-Calc two cards are located, two numbers written down and cards found at that position
Also published here 1997 3
Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid Continuous Pick-Up Shuffle lift shuffle
1997 7
Alex Elmsley The Colour-Changing Faro Shuffle first published in Jerry Sadowitz' "The Crimp", five times performer cuts to a card, royal flush but with different colored back
1997 9
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Also published here 1997 14
Alex Elmsley Cross-25 two selections made out of performer's hands, re-matrixing, updated handling
Also published here 1997 17
Alex Elmsley Brainweave ungaffed handling of Brainwave, updated handling
Also published here 1997 20
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1997 21
Pete Ottaviano, Richard Bartram, Jr. Brainstorm Intruder red/blue double backer, unknown odd-backed card is found with open prediction procedure from face
Inspired by 1997 100
Martin Joyal Your Lucky Day! single card prediction, bingo presentation, spectator stops twice, number used to count in other packet
Inspired by 1997 171
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
Also published here 1997 81
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
  • Flim-Flam
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
80
Roberto Giobbi, Roger Klause, Alex Elmsley Counting Cards while spreading them between the Hands double pushover technique
1998 510
Alex Elmsley Card Coding by Permutation coding a card by arrangement of four or five other cards
  • Reversible Counting
  • Four-Card Coding
  • A Hole in Four (The Second Gap)
  • Camel Poker
Variations Winter 1998 161
Marty Kane Trek Trick
Inspired by 1998 1452
Peter Duffie Free Will eight cards, spectator chooses four, performer is left with Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 6
George McBride Repulsion two selection rise to the top one by one and are placed among Queens where they vanish, they reappear in pocket
Inspired by 1998 67
Alex Elmsley Point of Departure from sandwich to pocket
Also published here 1998 47
Alex Elmsley Colour Filter four red cards are interlaced with four black cards, then wrapped in handkerchief, cards of one color penetrate silk
1998 48
Alex Elmsley Card Counting Rhyme rhyme for counting 52 cards
Variations 1998 52
Alex Elmsley No-Calc two cards are located, two numbers written down and cards found at that position
Also published here 1998 54
Alex Elmsley Oyster Shells performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
Related toVariations 1998 58
Ken Simmons Sleightless Poker Power without bottom deals, ten cards, spectator can chose which he wands, full house and royal flush
Inspired byVariations Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
7
Russell T. Barnhart Barnhardt's Four Ace Trick named Ace changes into selection
Variations Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
21
David Solomon Mexican Poker straight flush over full house
Inspired byRelated toVariations Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
1
Bob King Stebbins Buried Treasure spectator chooses card by cutting deck in three piles, then he deals through the cards and performer stops at selection
Inspired by 1998 15
Bob King Transfixion pocket knife is stabbed next to peeked-at card
Inspired by 1998 16
Bob King Impossible Four-Card Location four cards are selected and produced from different spots (two pockets, case, one signed from wallet), two spectators unknowingly have the same selection
Inspired by 1998 21
Bob King Dreamweave ungaffed handling of Brainwave, faro fan
Inspired by 1998 26
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1998 27
Bob King Another Late-Night Session spectator peeks at a card in incomplete faro condition, fairly lost, selection found, repeat, power stack with duplicates
Inspired by 1998 30
Alex Elmsley, James Swain 1002nd Aces
1999 127
Alex Elmsley Just Lucky Shuffle for 4 players in 3 shuffles
1999 140
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1999 31
David Regal Lies Lie Detector premise for Between Your Palms
Inspired by 1999 108
Alex Elmsley The Bashful Ghost deck put on floor and covered with newspaper, when paper is removed the deck is seen to have cut itself at the selection with both halves in right angles
Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
16
Alex Elmsley Der Elmsley Count
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 1)
33
John Guastaferro The Trans-Pocket Switch and Applications a card-to-back-pocket methodology
  • Overview
  • First Application: named card vanishes from deck and appears in pocket (p. 17)
  • Second Application (“The Interlaced Mystery”): p. 17
  • Third Application: see p. 19
  • Fourth Application: see p. 19
Related to 1999
Labyrinth (Issue 9)
13
Kevin Kelly The Seven Percent Solution with seven cards
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
27
Roy Walton Lucky Seven
Inspired byAlso published here July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
75
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker here co-credited to John Bannon
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
76
Joshua Jay Locating a Deal multiple selection, cards end up in a poker hand when dealing, then all spectators have their cards in their hands and performer has a Royal Flush
Inspired by 2000 49
Marty Kane V.D. valentines day patter, card is found by dealing and spelling, she loves me / loves me not for down-under deal
Inspired by 2000 73
Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley Masterful Mosteller red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling
Inspired by Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
37
Michael DeMarco More Poker Power!
Inspired by Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
16
Jerry K. Hartman, Alex Elmsley Five-as-Five Count apparently shows four Aces surrounding a face-down card, one Ace's face is not seen
Also published here June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
7
Bruce Cervon An Old Minor Triumph every other card in packet is openly reversed, they all right themselves again, packet version of Triumph
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 4)
87
Poker by Perception No. 73, eight cards, performer gets Aces
Related to 2001 112
Harry Lorayne To The Point four Aces on table, one pointed to, three cards on top, others lost in deck, assembly
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 3
Alex Elmsley The Fan Weave small packet faro shuffle with two tricks
Also published here
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 90 No. 963, March 1996
Oct. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 10)
67
Alex Elmsley Ten Plus using Fan Weave
Also published here
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 90 No. 963, March 1996
Oct. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 10)
68
Alex Elmsley Eliminator using Fan Weave
VariationsAlso published here
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 90 No. 963, March 1996
Oct. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 10)
68
Alex Elmsley Open Intruder unknown odd-backed card is found with open prediction procedure from face
Also published here Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
53
R. Paul Wilson HeadWeave
Inspired by Nov. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 6)
18
Doug Peters Alien Stack out-faro-invariant red/black stack, OOTW application
Related to Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
16
Aaron Fisher Don't Fear the Reaper spectator selects four cards from a fan being the four Aces
Inspired by 2002 57
Aaron Fisher 2001, an Ace Odyssey
Related to 2002 90
Alex Elmsley Spread Count Procedure method to count cards while spreading
2002 92
Alex Elmsley Brainweave Display
2002 14
Bob King Another Late-Night Session performer cuts to fairly lost selection, twenty-six duplicates, incomplete faro
Inspired by 2002 4
Michael DeMarco Semiquaver spectator counts cards, down-under-deal, final card used to count to prediction, sixteen-card principle, with variation by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 2002 267
Marty Kane The Jack of Death Card Trick involving spelling, down-under deal, presentation
Inspired by 2002 66
R. Paul Wilson 1002.5 Aces
Inspired by 2002 5
William Goodwin 1002nd Conditionally spectator can choose the leader Ace freely
Inspired by Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
57
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here July 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 11)
79
Jon Racherbaumer Unlikely Triumvirate sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
92
Bob King Making Waves II two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, cards found from a jumbo deck then, one jumbo card travels into wallet
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 7
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Shiftless Royalty ten cards taken from deck and every second card turned over, suddenly only selection is reversed
Related to 2003 42
Iain Girdwood Unicycle Stack values recycle after one shuffle
  • The 16 Card Unicycle Stack
  • The 30 Card Unicycle Stack
Inspired by 2003 68
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Turning Tricks two halves placed face-to-face after remembering the facing cards, they vanish, one reversed in deck and other one spelled to
Inspired byRelated to 2003 119
Jerry Sadowitz Three Card Control crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle
Related to 2004 25
David Solomon The Power of Poker
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2004 189
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Switch à la ATFUS
Related to
  • Pentagram (Vol. 10 No. 12, Sept. 1956, p. 91)
2004 68
Wesley James, Alex Elmsley Concealing Odd Back with Second Deal credit information
2004 238
Dave Campbell Three Blanks Routine three blue-backed blank cards, mini beer bottle tapped against packet, the become Jokers and one changes back color
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 16 No. 2, June 1960
2004 237
Marty Kane Survivor TV Series with sixteen cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • Marty Kane's "Jack Queen King Ace Card Trick" in Peter Duffie's "Virtual Magic"
2004 38
Marty Kane Apart-Hide involving counting, spelling, down-under deal
Inspired by 2004 147
Mick Ayres Card Counting for Poets rhyme for counting 52 cards
Inspired by 2004 239
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Count
2004 42
Peter Duffie Pure Devilry
  • Phase One - Fortuity
  • Phase Two - A Date to Remember
Inspired by 2004 120
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2004 143
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish
2004 105
B.J. Bueno, Kostya Kimlat Streamlined Switch strip out switch of four cards
  • Face-down Switch
  • Face-up Switch
Related toVariations 2004 20
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo ATFUS
2004 12
Cushing Strout Further Than That and the Lie Detector Combine Further Than That with lie detector plot

Also includes variation based on The Nine Card Problem, and Alex Elmsley's Tell Me Three Times
Inspired by 2005 20
Alex Elmsley The 4D Card card is tapped through deck and turns over
Related toVariations Aug. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8)
24
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here 2005 100
Harry Riser Yours, Mine, and Ours three card control, faro
Inspired byRelated to 2006 118
Edward Marlo Faro Jog setting up for Alex Elmsley's faro fan
Related to 2006 161
Jack Avis 2-4-6-8-Find performer and spectator chose a card, spectator names number, distance between the two selections is that number
Related to 2006 130
Alex Elmsley Mechanic's Grip Elmsley Count
2006 49
Marty Kane Showing the 7 Dwarfs spelling and down-under deal, finding selections with Snow White theme
Inspired byVariations 2006 86
Marty Kane Password spelling and down-under deal, password theme
  • Dow Show
  • Sniper
  • The Web
  • Snail Mail
Inspired by 2006 88
Marty Kane Suit Per Suit Pursuit spelling and down-under deal, pile with different suit as kicker
Related to 2006 90
Michael Powers Natural Poker Power spectator gets Royal Flush
  • Alternate Ending
  • Alternate Ending II
Inspired by 2006 63
Michael Powers Hide and Seek selection fairly lost, faro
Inspired by
  • "The Cardician is In!" (Doug Canning, Card Capers)
Related to
2006 108
Michael Powers Code 5 five cards removed from deck, one hidden, assistant is shown other four cards and names fifth one, repeat in which a card is cased and divined
Inspired by 2006 119
Alex Elmsley Kasual Kosky side-ways
  • Handling 1: Oh Kosky, My Kosky
  • Handling 2: Instant Kosky
Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
29
Alex Elmsley, The Chopstick Aces red Aces are used as tweezers to select two cards, Aces put on table, black Aces are used to trap two cards, they are the red Aces and tabled cards are selections
Mar. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)
16
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon card at any number called card with faros to number between one and twenty
2007 32
Alex Elmsley Spell it automatic placement
2007 39
Alex Elmsley, Dai Vernon Queen Jump
2007 41
Jason Alford A Cunning Odyssey Pseudo memory demonstration, match number of cards cut off by spectator, then able to find mates / four of a kind, Penelope
Inspired byVariations 2007 31
Jack Parker The Bled and the Rue Selection from red deck appears in blue deck after a weird transposition
Inspired by 2007 68
Jerry K. Hartman Go-Card selection reversed in packet of Aces, magically transports to the middle of deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 134
Jerry K. Hartman, Alex Elmsley Five-as-Five Count apparently shows four Aces surrounding a face-down card, one Ace's face is not seen
Related toAlso published here 2007 137
Miguel Gómez La carta a través del pañuelo
Inspired by 2007 158
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 265
Justin Higham The Magician, The Fool, and The Wheel of Fortune Tarot cards spelled to get to predicted playing card
Inspired by 2008 47
Justin Higham, Kevin Baker The NoBo Lie Detector "No" = Bottom
  • First Version
  • Second Version (Kevin Baker)
  • Third Version (Kevin Baker)
  • Fourth Version (Kevin Baker)
  • Fifth Version
  • Sixth Version
  • Seventh Version
  • Eighth Version (Kevin Baker)
  • Ninth Version
  • Tenth Version (Kevin Baker)
Inspired by
  • Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks, pp. 130-133
Related toVariations
2008 57
Sveroni Money Printer bills on jumbo blank cards, four blank cards change into cards with bills of different value on them several times
Inspired by 2008 16
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2008 74
Arturo de Ascanio All-Backs cutting to Royal Flush in process, including Impromptu Version
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Ilusionismo" N° 301, 1984.
Also published here
2008 72
Arturo de Ascanio Stranger Ambitious Card ambitious card has different back, in the end deck changes color
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 212
Juan Manuel Marcos Cartas al tacto weighting card, three phases, finding selections
Related to 2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4)
38
Jon Racherbaumer Unlikely Triumvirate "Mathematician - Psychic - Magician"
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 30
Nick Trost Double Power Poker two phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 405
Nick Trost Trost on Hamman's Value/Color Prediction two cards predicted with suit/value cards
Inspired by
  • unpublished Brother John Hamman routine
Related to
2009 442
Nick Trost Razzle-Dazzle five back changes
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • marketed in 1981
2009 521
Anthony Owen Sticky Intruder card with mark on face is chosen
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 9
Peter Duffie Power Trip Twisting, then Aces change to Kings, Kings dealt onto four quarters of the deck, then turned over and they changed back to Aces, then Assembly
  • A Crips Twist
  • Sudden Change to a Four-King Trick!
  • The Aces Return
  • The Assembly
  • The Kings Return to Take a Bow
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 2
Marty Kane Kermit the Leap Frog
Related to 2010 195
Ramón Riobóo My System to Show Red & Blue Backs secretly switching two odd-backed decks, method for getting into
Inspired by 2010 230
Rich Aviles Pocket Protectors free selection is predicted with two cards (value and suit)
Inspired byRelated to 2010 20
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley ATFUS Variation
2010 44
Alex Elmsley Cigarette Paper Divination motivation for a switch
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 25)
255
Román García Brainwave idea with the faro fan
Related to 2010 141
Troy Hooser, Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley ATFUS Variation
2010 95
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer The Einstein Card Trick Variation
  • The Genii Session
packet cut to, bottom card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection
Related to Mar. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 3)
14
Alex Elmsley Hide-Out Fan
Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
23
Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi Einstein's Card Trick card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection
Related toVariations 2010 1
Woody Aragón The Permanent Deck Principle describes stacks that retain order after Faro shuffles
Inspired by 2011 267
Jörg Alexander Weber FantASStisch gaff combo
Inspired by 2011 59
Nick Trost Royal Mates
  • Second Handling
  • Third Handling
Inspired byRelated to 2011 627
Peter Duffie One at a Time ... One More Time selections appear one by one between four Kings
Inspired by 2011 6
Peter Duffie Table d'hôte selection on table, Kings added to it, selection penetrates table
Inspired byVariations 2011 12
Simon Aronson, Alex Elmsley Undo Influence Principle
2012 56
Roberto Giobbi, Alex Elmsley, David Solomon Guaranteed! card in small packet located by guarantee card
Related to 2012 141
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 6
Michał Kociołek Bold Collection selections appear one by one between four Kings, Smith's Myth
Inspired by 2012 24
Alex Elmsley Penelope's Principle
2012 159
Alex Elmsley, John Born Reverse Penelope Reverse application of the Penelope Principle
Inspired by 2012 53
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
44
Peter Duffie Stretch & Catch Joker is stretched to twice its length while out-jogged from deck, then it splits and finds a selection
Inspired by 2012 9
Roberto Giobbi In-and-Out Deck Switches
  • The Pocket-Search Deck Switch
  • The Looking-for-a-Pen Deck Switch
  • The "Topless" Deck Switch (without Jacket, inspired by Elmsley's switch)
  • The Rapid Deck Switch (trouser pocket)
  • The Ninja Deck Switch
Inspired byRelated to 2013 23
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2013 29
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Switch see also p. 16
2013 95
Alex Elmsley Elmsley’s 3-2-2-3 Count to count groups of ten cards effortlessly
2014 60
Pit Hartling Two-Deck Gilbreath Idea no application
Related to Summer 2015
Quarterly (Issue 3)
34
Denis Behr, Alex Elmsley Mathe-Mate-Ics In a progressively more impressive demonstration, the participant cuts a number of cards from the deck. The magician cuts the remainder in two. Dealing down in both the magician's packets to the participant's number, two mates are found. This is repeated two times.
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 124
Marty Kane Jury Conjury The magician uses the court cards as a jury to identify a foreperson (four of a selected suit) for the jury
Inspired by 2015 180
Bob Farmer Strip Club with CADD Force, belly strippers
  • CADD
  • Power Poker
  • Bottom Dealing
  • Trap Dance I
  • Trap Dance II
Inspired byVariations 2015 193
Alex Elmsley Power Poker
Also published here 2015 302
Bob Farmer Vaya Con Dios Con
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 303
Nick Trost Double Power Poker
  • Phase One: Power Poker
  • Phase Two: Cider
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 305
Peter Duffie Free Will eight cards, spectator chooses four, performer is left with Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 307
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Stud
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 308
Bob Farmer Power Blind Man's Blackjack from top of deck
Inspired by 2015 332
Justin Higham Pseudo 2002nd Aces spectator can freely choose the leader packet
Inspired by 2015 32
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Related toAlso published here 2016 60
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016 232
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2016 243
Roberto Giobbi, Fred Kaps Swiss Poker named card to cigarette
Inspired byRelated to 2016 195
Pepe Lirrojo A.C.A.A.N. Teórico
Inspired by 2016 47
Yves Carbonnier À la Elmsley!
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 1
Yves Carbonnier Sandwich Progressif three selections appear one by one between two Kings
Related toAlso published here 2016 32
Helder Guimarães 1002nd Aces Variation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
43
Helder Guimarães Palm Vanish face-up card on deck is placed in right palm and vanishes
Related to June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
38
Roy Walton The Awakening one card chosen from packet with tantalizer deal elimination procedure, it completes a poker hand
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, see VanishingInc's video "Alex Elmsley Lecture")
Also published here
  • website "Darro's Den"
2016 78
Roy Walton Labyrinth
  • Alternative Presentation
Inspired by 2016 135
Roy Walton Straight Maker
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, Alex Is At It Again, 2003)
2016 144
Roy Walton Lucky Seven
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 181
Alex Elmsley Ghost Count
2016 239
Brian O'Neill Trick Play Spectator's thought of card is found reversed in deck. Deck is shuffled face up/down, end with Triumph ending
Inspired by 2017 113
Paul Vigil Fair Game with prediction sent to spectator's phone as text message
Inspired byRelated to 2017 141
Michael Weber Overpowering Poker two phases, spectator can do what he wants
Inspired by 2017 8
Anthony Owen, John Lenahan The Miracle Card with two blanked cards
Inspired by 2017 133
Harry Riser Elmsley's Brainweave
Inspired by 2018 101
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2018 104
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2018 65
Denis Behr Routined Arith-Mate-ic packet cut off and counted, rest is cut into two piles, number counted down in both piles and mates show up, three phases
  • Set-Up from Tamariz Stack
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 12
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count
2018 17
Tino Plaz Sucker 1002nd Aces
Inspired by 2018 6
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2018 85
David Solomon, Gene Castillon Solomon's Math Challenge sixteenth card principle variation
  • Solomon's Variation
Inspired by 2018 139
John Bannon On The Border
  • Dealing With It
two cards predict value and suit, spectator stops dealing anywhere and that card is predicted by the two cards
Inspired by Nov. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 11)
68
Alex Elmsley, Harapan Ong Snap Swap Minor handling variation for the original Elmsley trick, two card transposition
Inspired by 2019 45
Matt Baker Triple-Fried three cards selected by three spectators through a lot of dealing, magician then divines all three selections, can be done with memorized deck or a special stack
Inspired byVariations 2019 204
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2019 22
Yves Carbonnier 1-2-3 À Pique Ace, Two and Three of Spades outjogged from deck travel to pocket, then change into Hearts and Spades cards are found in pockets again
Inspired by 2019 40
Yves Carbonnier 1,2,3, Soleil Ace of Spades changes into Two of Spades, Ace found in pocket, Ace changes into Two and Ace is found in pocket again, Three Spades change into Hearts and Spades found in different pockets
Inspired by 2019 50
Yves Carbonnier À la Elmsley
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 54
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Prayer Vanish
2019 25
Tom Gagnon A Peeking Intruder odd-backed card put in deck, spectator fingertip-peeks at a card, it is the odd-backed card, chicago opener, double lift after ribbon spread placement
Inspired by 2019 73
Tom Gagnon Spread Switch Out reversed card in deck switched, tabled spread
Inspired by 2019 216
Tom Gagnon Estickmation Aces deck separated with pool cue each time
Inspired byVariations 2019 438
Helder Guimarães 1002nd Aces Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 55
Jonathan Neal The Elmsley Newspaper Tear and the Non Sequitur Ending
  • Secrets Within Secrets
sheets of uncut dollar bills appear in newspaper at the end
Inspired by Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
54
Ramón Riobóo My System for Showing Blue and Red Backs Handling to show red deck with blue cover card as a blue deck, and vice versa, used for The Red and the Blue by Alex Elmsley
Related to 2019 28
Alex Elmsley, Michael Powers The Elmsley Spread Count (3-2-2-3 Technique) 3-2-2-3 (Mike Powers' Variation)
credit to Elmsley's "Brownwaves III", but it's not really in there
2019 242
Edward Marlo Signed Card To — card signed and lost, then a two-card transposition done with two other cards and one of them in the case, later signed card is found in case, duplicate
  • With a Borrowed Deck - Sans Duplicates
  • Card to Pocket Variant
Related toVariations 2020
Output (Issue 9)
1
Greg Chapman Adjustments to Correct Estimation Errors without Elmsley mention
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an in-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and in-faro
Related to 2020 21
Greg Chapman Six Belts
Related to 2020 29
Larry Jennings Return to 1002nd Aces - Version One
Inspired by 2020 209
Larry Jennings Return to 1002nd Aces - Version Two slow-motion phase followed by all-at-once phase
  • The First Movement
  • The Second Movement
Inspired by 2020 213
Larry Jennings Return to 1002nd Aces - Version Three
Inspired by 2020 217
Larry Jennings Return to 1002nd Aces - Version Four no switch-out at beginning
Inspired by 2020 219
Larry Jennings Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator selection lost, performer draws a random card, its value leads to selection
Related to 2020 450
Larry Jennings Impossible Fore-Shadowed card chosen and a phrase spelled to find it
Inspired by 2020 487
Jon Racherbaumer Mathematician vs. Psychic vs. Magician
  • Exhumations
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
92
Harapan Ong Collecting One by One selections appear one by one between four Aces
Inspired by Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
54
George McBride Hofatwist combo
Inspired by 2022 26
Peter Duffie Power Trip Twisting, then Aces change to Kings, Kings dealt onto four quarters of the deck, then turned over and they changed back to Aces, then Assembly
  • A Crips Twist
  • Sudden Change to a Four-King Trick!
  • The Aces Return
  • The Assembly
  • The Kings Return to Take a Bow
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2022 112
Alex Elmsley Prayer Vanish sandwiched card vanishes
Also published here 2022 105
Joshua Jay Australian Self-Help Variation involving spelling, down-under deal
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2006
2022 554
Peter Duffie Crystal Clear Transpo ungaffed handling for Scarne glass transposition, inspired by Alex Elmsley solution
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2007
  • "Crystal Clear Transpo" (Peter Duffie, ebook Card Secrets Unlocked, 2005)
2022 578
David Britland Roundabout
  • Cardopolis
elongated "Four-Card Trick" (Alex Elmsley) with story presentation
Inspired byAlso published here May 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 5)
57
Alex Elmsley By a Narrow Margin
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
58
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
2023 4
Friedrich Roitzsch Luminous Readers performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
Inspired by 2023 16
John Hostler Deliver Me three cards are predicted written on the blank back of another playing card, can be palmed out and used as prediction
Related to 2023 62
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2023 34
Todd Karr La Coterie Karr spectator can freely choose the leader packet
Inspired byRelated to 2023 3
Allan Ackerman 1002 Revisited spectator can freely choose the leader packet
Also published here 2024 150
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2024 167