John R. Boyko

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
John R. Boyko, John McCormick	Blitz-Match	winning game	Related to correction on page 154	May 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 36)	149	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
John R. Boyko	Letter to Bruce Elliott	on fake explanations		Sep. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 43)	179	Articles / Letters
John R. Boyko	Snap	two coins		Apr. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 174)	697	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
John R. Boyko	Snap II			May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 177)	709	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Vanish
John R. Boyko	Cards Up the Sleeve Presentation			May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 178)	714	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
John R. Boyko	Catch	catching a ball between two fingers		June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 180)	721	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Flourishes
John R. Boyko	Strike Three and Out Variation	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Also published here Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, The Fine Print, 1997) Inspired by "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9) Related to Why am I Here? (Dai Vernon, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2, 1988) also in: A Card Is Found (Self-Working Close-up Card Magic, 1995) Variations RSC Discovery (Mel Bennett, Prolix, 2006) Chip Shot (Karl Fulves, Prolix*, 2006)	Oct. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 214)	855	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
John R. Boyko	Registered Mail	city names on stamp matches person		Apr. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 226)	905	Stamp (postal) / Miscellaneous
John R. Boyko	A Twist Thru the Wrist	string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paperclips	Also published here A Twist Through the Wrist (John R. Boyko, The Best in Magic, 1956) also in: Durch das Handgelenk (John R. Boyko, Hokus Pokus, 1959) Variations Pins & Cord (Stewart Judah, The Pallbearers Review, 1975)	Aug. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 288)	1150	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand
John R. Boyko	A Twist Through the Wrist	string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paper clips	Also published here A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Durch das Handgelenk (John R. Boyko, Hokus Pokus, 1959) Variations Pins & Cord (Stewart Judah, The Pallbearers Review, 1975)	1956	The Best in Magic	5	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand Paper Clip / Miscellaneous
John R. Boyko	Durch das Handgelenk	as "John Boyke" string through spectator's wrist, string loop with two paperclips	Also published here A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: A Twist Through the Wrist (John R. Boyko, The Best in Magic, 1956) Variations Pins & Cord (Stewart Judah, The Pallbearers Review, 1975)	1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1)	785	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Hand
Stewart Judah	Pins & Cord	string through spectator's wrist, string looped with two safety pins, four phases	Inspired by A Twist Thru the Wrist (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: A Twist Through the Wrist (The Best in Magic, 1956) Durch das Handgelenk (Hokus Pokus, 1959)	Winter 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 10th Folio (Part Two))	850	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Safety Pin / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Why am I Here?	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Also published here A Card Is Found (Dai Vernon, Self-Working Close-up Card Magic, 1995) Related to "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9) The Invisible Deck, Bob Longe, 1948 also in: Strike Three and Out! (The Fine Print, 1997) … and 6 more Variations Devious (Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon, Crooked Tales, 1994) Scratch It (Martin Joyal, The Six-Hour Memorized Deck*, 1997) … and 5 more	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	122	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Dai Vernon	A Card Is Found	No. 25	Also published here Why am I Here? (Dai Vernon, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2, 1988) Related to The Invisible Deck, Bob Longe, 1948 also in: Strike Three and Out! (The Fine Print, 1997) Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1950) also in: Strike Three and Out Variation (The Fine Print, 1997) … and 4 more Variations Devious (Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon, Crooked Tales, 1994) Scratch It (Martin Joyal, The Six-Hour Memorized Deck*, 1997) … and 5 more	1995	Self-Working Close-up Card Magic	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
John R. Boyko	Strike Three and Out Variation	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Also published here Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1950) Related to Why am I Here? (Dai Vernon, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2, 1988) also in: A Card Is Found (Self-Working Close-up Card Magic, 1995) Variations RSC Discovery (Mel Bennett, Prolix, 2006) Chip Shot (Karl Fulves, Prolix*, 2006)	1997	The Fine Print (Issue 5)	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Mel Bennett	RSC Discovery	Riffle Shuffle Control (KF) The First Revelation The Second Revelation one card found in pocket, the other with counting	Inspired by Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1950) also in: Strike Three and Out Variation (The Fine Print, 1997)	2006	Prolix (Issue 1)	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Karl Fulves*	Chip Shot	poker chips and counting used to get to a Royal Flush	Inspired by Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, The Phoenix, 1950) also in: Strike Three and Out Variation (The Fine Print, 1997)	2006	Prolix (Issue 1)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous

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