10 publications by Lee Asher:
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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Twelfth Method based on principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Variations
1962 33
Jerry Andrus Secret Spread from a spreaded group
Related to
1976 53
Steve Beam Dhotel Change as color change
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
1982 35
Harry Lorayne Flip Force three forces based on discrepancies when splitting at the stop-point
Related to
  • Four Casting (Lee Asher, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1995)
    • also in: Total Recall (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10, 2015)
  • "May the Force be With You" (Cooking with Lee Asher, 1999)
Variations
1990 206
Lee Asher The Asher Twist
Also published here
Variations
1994 109
Lee Asher Curious with cased deck
Dec. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 12)
2588
Steve Beam The Lee Asher Better-Than-Aaron Fisher Insert
1995 1139
Lee Asher The Asher Flasher one card color change held over the deck
1995 1139
Lee Asher Under the Influence Change card reversed on half changes into other card
1995 1141
Lee Asher Bending Over Backwards bottom card of the deck changes
Related to
1995 1142
Lee Asher The Buzz top card shot to the right hand
1995 1143
Lee Asher Four Casting card force, card is touched in the spread and cards turned over except touched card
Also published here
Related to
1995 1144
Paul Cummins Counting On It number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Related to
Variations
1996 4
Lee Asher NONE-Ahead Matrix
Oct. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 10)
2709
Piet Forton, Wolff von Keyserlingk The Light-Reft Spread Pass reverse spreading the halves
  • Erste Variante
  • Zweite Variante
Also published here
Related to
1996 47
Lee Asher Startling Last-Coin Matrix visual disappearance for last coin
Nov. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 11)
2860
Lee Asher Erect Aces four Aces stand upright on table
Also published here
Variations
1997 1299
Aaron Fisher, Lee Asher, Mike Strange Basic Math spectator removes four cards from deck, values are added up to make "lucky number", deck is spread and Four-of-a-Kind that matches "lucky number" is face up in deck, force of number is essentially the Gilbreath principle although not credited as such
1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
31
Lee Asher Introduction
1998 5
Lee Asher Yo cards are thrown yoyo-like
1998 6
Lee Asher Trey Sheik
1998 8
Lee Asher B.S. Control Bluff Spacing
1998 11
Lee Asher Idea #1 taking deck out of cigarette packet
1998 13
Lee Asher Idea #2 line for "What do you do for a living?" question
1998 13
Lee Asher Idea #3 tip for the tabled slip cut
1998 13
Lee Asher The Old Gambler Vs. The Young Card Punk four aces into Royal Flush
1998 15
Lee Asher Introduction
1998 ii
Lee Asher The Ripper visual, "double backed card transformes in 4 of a kind"
1998 1
Lee Asher Asheresque
1998 4
Lee Asher Joking Around card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces
  • Single Piece Version
Also published here
Variations
1998 6
Lee Asher Deuce Bag card in plastic bag transforms into selection
1998 10
Lee Asher Tres Pass against the body
1998 13
Lee Asher Memphis Corn Pudding
1998 15
Lee Asher The Low Down Control
1998 1411
Lee Asher The Asher Action Reverse Asher Twist
Inspired by
Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
12
Lee Asher Introduction
1999 2
Lee Asher You bet your Asher six card repeat with gambling patter, royal flush finale
1999 3
Lee Asher The Magic Finger Box of Death finger is bent in folded card
1999 6
Lee Asher Diving Board Double Non-acrobatic
Also published here
Variations
1999 9
Tom Allen The Ripple visual, you "see" the card coming up
Also published here
Variations
1999 11
Lee Asher Ridding the Ripple with one-handed turnover of top card at the end
Also published here
Inspired by
1999 12
Tom Allen The Ripple visual, you "see" the card coming up
Also published here
Variations
Oct. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)
51
Lee Asher Ripple Plus with one-handed turnover of top card at the end
Also published here
Inspired by
Oct. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)
52
Lee Asher Card Case Cascade flashy way to remove deck from case
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 11)
19
David Acer (reviewer) Well Done: Cooking with Lee Asher by Lee Asher Sep./Oct. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 10 No. 55)
643
Michael Close (reviewer) Well Done: Cooking with Lee Asher by Lee Asher Nov. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 3)
30
Michael Close (reviewer) Five Card Stud by Lee Asher Nov. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 3)
30
Lee Asher Introduction
2000 2
Lee Asher New Addition to the Thunderbird four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here
2000 3
Lee Asher Pulp Friction reverse spread control/cull/displacement
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2000 5
Lee Asher Multi Peek Control Pulp Friction with no change of bottom card
2000 8
Lee Asher Red Black Separation using Pulp Friction
2000 10
Lee Asher Touchez ".....is what you say !!", number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
2000 12
Piet Forton, Wolff von Keyserlingk The Light-reft Spread Pass reverse spreading the halves
Also published here
Related to
2000 43
Lee Asher Joking Around card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces
Also published here
Variations
2000 170
Mark Horowitz Joking in Three Dimensions card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces, in the hands version
Inspired by
2000 172
Matthew Field (reviewer) Well Done - Cooking with Lee Asher by Lee Asher Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
74
Matthew Field (reviewer) Five Card Stud by Lee Asher Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
74
Justin Haines, Lee Asher That's a Wrap! bill wrapped around deck disappears, reappears around Aces in center
Also published here
Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
18
Lee Asher Newly Cleaned Open Travellers
Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
20
Anthony Miller Biography on Lee Asher
Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
23
Lee Asher Wipe Your Ace last Ace transforms visual
Also published here
2001 1
Lee Asher Knuckle Slip Cut Tip tabled slip cut, brief
Also published here
2001 1
Lee Asher Wipe Change not without pack, pack is rubbed against card held in other hand
Also published here
2001 4
Lee Asher Face Down Silver Surfer
2001 6
Lee Asher Put Your Treys in the Upright Position "Erect Aces", four Threes stand upright on table
Also published here
Variations
2001 9
Lee Asher Rosie Palm "(with the help of her 5 sisters)"
2001 12
Lee Asher Resistance is Feudal interesting
2001 15
Lee Asher, Justin Haines That's a Wrap bill wrapped around deck disappears, reappears around Aces in center
Also published here
2001 20
Lee Asher Introduction
2001 3
Lee Asher The Third Fastest Card Trick in the World! "Betraying Braue", featuring Braue Reversal Variation
2001 4
Lee Asher, Allan Ackerman The Losing Control Light Reft Spread Pass, out-jogged card feature by Ackerman, credit information
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2001 6
Lee Asher Slap that Ace wrong cards produced, visual transformation
2001 9
Lee Asher Fan-see meeting both of you here instant stooge, one ahead, two cards
2001 11
Lee Asher Not Impressive divided deck
2001 15
Lee Asher Cheek-to-Cheek Asher Style twenty-six double backers
Inspired by
  • marketed 1976
2001 18
Lee Asher The Asher Twist
Also published here
Variations
2001 6
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Bounce up Double top card tabled and it slides forward
Inspired by
2001 22
Roy Walton* A Twisted Tale
Also published here
Inspired by
Apr. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 4)
52
Roy Walton* A Twisted Tale
Also published here
Inspired by
Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
70
Steve Beam Spiral-Sliced Color Changes
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
June 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 10)
79
Lee Asher The Continental Divide deck is shown mixed, instantly separates in reds and blacks
Related to
Variations
Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
2
Lee Asher Pulp Friction reverse spread control/cull/displacement
Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
2
Lee Asher Asher Twist brief
Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
12
Jerry K. Hartman Further On "The Continental Divide" additional thoughts
Inspired by
Related to
Nov./Dec. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 4)
17
Lee Asher Milking the Boards fake milk shuffling sequence, overhand stacking gag
Also published here
Variations
2002 173
Lee Asher Speaking Volumes
Related to
  • "The Hung Card" (Blackstone's Secrets of Magic, 1932)
  • "The Red Hot Ball" (Blackstone's Secrets of Magic, 1932)
  • … and 1 more
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
22
Lee Asher Wipe Your Ace last Ace transforms visual
Also published here
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
17
Lee Asher Knuckle Slip Cut Tip tabled slip cut, brief
Also published here
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
17
Lee Asher Wipe Change not without pack, pack is rubbed against card held in other hand
Also published here
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
18
Lee Asher Asher Twist brief
Also published here
May 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 9)
82
Lee Asher Tweezer Double Lift
  • Beginner's Corner
one-handed double, D'Amico style
2002
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 9)
26
Lee Asher The Diving Board Double
  • Beginner's Corner
double flips into the air from the deck and is caught on the deck
Also published here
2002
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 9)
27
Anthony Miller Biography on Lee Asher
2002
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 9)
28
Jerry K. Hartman Color Scheming deck is shown mixed, instantly separates in reds and blacks
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
15
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Hit the Road by Lee Asher, R. Paul Wilson Aug. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 8)
93
Michael Close (reviewer) Hit the Road by R. Paul Wilson, Lee Asher July 2003
MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 11)
35
Robert Moreland Ambitious Solution one handed production of all four Aces as a finale
Inspired by
  • "Ambitious Explosion" (Lee Asher, Five Card Stud video, 1999)
2003
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 10)
30
Anthony Miller (reviewer) Hit the Road by R. Paul Wilson, Lee Asher 2003
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 11)
31
Wesley James Wishuffle "final", deck shuffles itself, then Triumph, twenty-six double facers, credit information
Also published here
  • marketed 1976
Variations
2004 446
Nathan Kranzo Tip Trey selection stands on table
Inspired by
2004 151
Keith "Kip" Pascal, Lee Asher The Vegas Way on Las Vegas
2004
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 12)
38
Anthony Miller Biography on Keith Pascal and Lee Asher
2004
Channel One (Vol. 3 No. 12)
41
Lee Asher, Keith "Kip" Pascal Quality Control conversation
2004
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 13)
22
Anthony Miller Biography on Keith Pascal and Lee Asher
2004
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 13)
24
Lee Asher Dedication
2005 5
Lee Asher Acknowledgements
2005 5
Lee Asher Introduction
2005 6
Lee Asher Interesting Trivia credit information
  • The Origin of the Double Lift
  • The Diving Board Double History
2005 8
Lee Asher Basic Technique of the Non-Acrobatic Diving Board Double
  • Turning the Diving Board face up
  • Turning the Diving Board face down
Also published here
Variations
2005 12
Lee Asher The Acrobatic Diving Board Double "Advanced Technique"
double flips into the air from the deck and is caught on the deck
  • Catching the acrobatic double
  • Method for catching
Also published here
2005 22
Lee Asher Tips for Improving Your Diving Board Double Technique
  • Face up vs. Face down
  • Tips
2005 27
Lee Asher Bonus Ambitious Sequence Using the Diving Board Double intro
2005 31
Lee Asher The Fugazzi Sequence
2005 31
Lee Asher The Exercise (Snap with a DBD) Murphy deck flip while doing Acrobatic Diving Board Double
2005 36
Lee Asher Behind the Back doing Acrobatic Diving Board Double with hand behind the back, catching card before the body
  • Phase 1: Tossing from behind the back
  • Phase 2: Launching from an awkward position
  • Phase 3: Combining all the elements
2005 41
Lee Asher Deck Vanish deck ditch into back pocket during Acrobatic Diving Board Double
2005 44
Lee Asher Where Do I Go From Here?
2005 47
Lee Asher About the Author
  • Contact Information
2005 48
Lee Asher References
  • All items below use the Diving Board Double
2005 50
Lee Asher, Keith "Kip" Pascal Quality Control
2005
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 14)
22
Steve Beam The Spiral-Sliced Color Change
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
2006 2
Lee Asher Touché - Is What You Say! ".....is what you say !!", number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
2006 8
Jerry K. Hartman Color Scheming deck is shown to be mixed reds/blacks, reds and blacks separate
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
2007 76
Lee Asher Dedication
2007
Lee Asher What is Thunderbird?
2007
Lee Asher Introduction history of this Ace production
2007
Lee Asher The Tenkai Palm on the Tenkai Palm
2007 1
Lee Asher Thunderbird’s Five-Step Formula
  • Step One: The First Ace
  • Step Two: The Transition Between
  • Step Three: Splitting the Second Ace
  • Step Four: Third One's a Charm
  • Step Five: The Final Ace
2007 3
Lee Asher Further Thoughts on Tenkai Palm
  • Tip One: Parallel to the Floor
  • Tip Two: Shut All Windows
  • Tip Three: Frame the Face
  • Make your Tenkai Palm comfortable
2007 9
Lee Asher A Small T-bird variation four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here
2007 12
Lee Asher Credits
2007 13
Lee Asher Acknowledgments
2007 14
Lee Asher What To Do Now?
2007 15
Lee Asher About the Author
2007 15
Lee Asher Asher Twist Half Pass
2007 6
Mark Tams Weight Your Turn - Impromptu performer cuts same amount as performer twice and finds selection in second phase
Inspired by
2007 6
Lee Asher, Keith "Kip" Pascal Quality Control
2007
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 15)
21
Anthony Miller Biography on Keith Pascal, Lee Asher, Justin Hanes
2007
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 15)
23
Scott Robinson Totally Under Control bluff multiple shift combined with Pulp Friction
Inspired by
May 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 5)
18
Nick Trost A Stacking Demonstration three phase routine
Inspired by
2009 389
Lee Asher Asher Twist Half Pass
2010 57
Lee Asher Introduction
2010 1
Lee Asher What's a Reverse Spread?
2010 2
Lee Asher History of the Losing Control
Related to
2010 3
Lee Asher The Losing Control Light Reft Spread Pass type action
  • The Basic Handling
  • Al Ackerman Addition (out-jogged card, Allan Ackerman)
  • Tabled Version
  • Vertical Handling
  • Final Notes on the Losing Control
  • What to do now?
  • Credits (on the reverse spread in general)
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2010 4
Lee Asher Thank Yous
2010 11
Lee Asher Cards pictures in this manuscript ad for Asher Fournier 605 line
2010 12
Lee Asher Other Downloadable Asher Goodies
2010 14
Lee Asher About the author
2010 16
Lee Asher Milking the Boards fake milk shuffling sequence, overhand stacking gag
Also published here
Variations
2010 10
Steve Reynolds, Lee Asher, John Born Twelfth-Method Match card is reversed in deck as prediction, card is cut to and selected, turns out to match the prediction as its mate, includes refinements by Lee Asher and John Born
2012 154
Curtis Kam Delta Force "cross-cut in the hands", reverse spreading
Inspired by
June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
50
Will Houstoun (reviewer) Panini by Lee Asher Jan. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 5)
79
Justin Higham* Illogical Spread Control
  • Basic Handling
Related to
2013 28
Lee Asher Losing Control Used as an optical shift, reverse spread
2013 33
Lee Asher YouTube Exposé: A Different Perspective
  • Viewpoint
exposure
Related to
Mar. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 7)
20
Gordon Bean Past, Present, and Future
  • Letters to the editor
May 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 9)
8
Lee Asher Asher Twist brief
2014 146
Ricky Smith Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks chest height
Also published here
Inspired by
2015 38
Mike DeSorbo Total Recall same as Lee Asher's "Four Casting"
Also published here
Related to
  • Flip Force (Harry Lorayne, Trend Setters, 1990)
  • "May the Force be with You" (Lee Asher, Video: Cooking with Lee Asher)
2015 30
Alexander Hansford Reverse Spread Switch showing reversed card in deck and switching it
Inspired by
Variations
2016 40
Roy Walton* A Twisted Tale
Also published here
Inspired by
2016 151
Lee Asher Making Real Connections
  • Your Stories
Jan. 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 5)
10
Paul Vigil 3-Card Monte multiple phases, credit information on fake index monte routines
Inspired by
  • "Catch 33" (Lee Asher, 2003, 2013)
2017 41
Lee Asher Spectator picks the right Card how to handle the situation
Also published here
  • Catch 33 (2003, 2013)
2017 68
Lee Asher Pulp Friction to move an out-jogged card in spread to bottom, brief
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2018 74
Lee Asher Pulp Friction
2018 294
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
229
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom, with tip by Lee Asher
2020
Output (Issue 7)
7
Idan Kaufman Flo Replacement palm replacement at end of Flo flourish, also as transformation
Inspired by
  • "Flo" (Lee Asher, download)
2020 41
Lee Asher, Alexandra Duvivier Diving Board Double & Turnover
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
24
Lee Asher Growing Up In Florida
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
152
Lee Asher Notice of Rights Notice of Liability
2022
Lee Asher Introduction
2022 1
Lee Asher Card Magic & Playing Card History Timeline dozens of entries from 1991 B.C up to 2021
2022 2
Lee Asher Thank Yous
2022 104
Lee Asher Asher Twist brief
Also published here
2022 82
Ricky Smith Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folk chest height
Also published here
Inspired by
2023 47
Lee Asher Anatomy of a Playing Card
2024
Conundrum (Issue 2)
24
Allan Ackerman, Lee Asher Modified Asher Twist
Inspired by
2024 40
Lee Asher Playing Card History
Apr. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)
37
John Gaughan The Card Automation
  • The Chamber of Secrets
Related to
July 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 7)
80
Lee Asher, John Gaughan Hofzinser's Machine
  • Mailbox
Related to
Sep. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 9)
9