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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	The Capital Q	back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack	Also published here The Capital Q (More Magic, 1890) Related to New Tail of the Q (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1957) Variations Question of Charms (Gerald Kosky, The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Q-Tip (Michael Weber, Life Savers, 1991) … and 2 more	1889	Tricks with Cards	95	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
	The Capital Q	back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack	Also published here The Capital Q (Tricks with Cards, 1889) Related to New Tail of the Q (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1957) Variations Question of Charms (Gerald Kosky, The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Q-Tip (Michael Weber, Life Savers, 1991) … and 2 more	1890	More Magic	27	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Martin Gardner*	An Easy Lesson		Also published here Do As I Do (Martin Gardner, 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) also in: An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) Related to Do As I Do ala Allerton (Bert Allerton, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Synchronism (Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner, New Self-Working Card Tricks, 2001) Variations Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1950) Two Deck Criss Cross (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves, Prolix, 2011)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	276	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner*	Do As I Do	two selections match with top card of each other's deck	Also published here An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, The Jinx, 1938) also in: An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) Related to Do As I Do ala Allerton (Bert Allerton, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Synchronism (Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner, New Self-Working Card Tricks, 2001) Variations Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1950) Two Deck Criss Cross (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves, Prolix, 2011)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Bob Hanko	Simplo-Transpo	impromptu and ungaffed version	Inspired by Insto-Transpo (Theodore Annemann, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Related to Insto-Transpo (Theodore Annemann, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Variations An Earlier Transpo (Tony Bartolotta, Prolix, 2010)	Aug. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 16)	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Martin Gardner*	An Easy Lesson		Also published here An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Do As I Do (Martin Gardner, 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) Related to Do As I Do ala Allerton (Bert Allerton, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Synchronism (Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner, New Self-Working Card Tricks, 2001) Variations Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1950) Two Deck Criss Cross (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves, Prolix, 2011)	1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Howard Thurston, Oscar Weigle	Dice Will Tell	No. 109, selection found by roll of two dice	Variations Decoy Dice (Stewart Judah, The Pallbearers Review, 1975) also in: Decoy Dice (The Magic Book, 1977) Precursor No. XXXIV, Feb. 1992 also in: Dice Will Tell More (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013) … and 2 more	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	210	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Karl Fulves*	Covenant	Ace, Two and Three are shuffled and distributed amongst three spectators, performer divines who has which card	Also published here Covenant (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Variations Test Results (Tony Bartolotta, Underworld*, 1998)	Mar. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 5)	23	Cards / Principles / Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves*	The Connection	assistant phoned, he divines card	Also published here The Connection (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Related to Thotology (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole, 1994)	July 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 9)	44	Propless / Phone Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Peter Alexis*	Epic Slate Test	sum prediction	Also published here Epic Slate Test (Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta, Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Variations Epic Slate Test - Alternate Method (Tony Bartolotta, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) 16 Digits (Alexander de Cova, Gambit, 2003) also in: 16 Digits (Burners — Vol. 2*, 2015) … and 1 more p. 98 for suggestion by Robert Parrish	Mar. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 5)	90	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Slate / Normal
Tony Bartolotta	Epic Slate Test - Alternate Method	sum prediction	Inspired by Epic Slate Test (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) also in: Epic Slate Test (Self-Working Mental Magic*, 1979)	May 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 7)	97	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Slate / Normal
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jet Thought	one of five cities predicted in envelope (with index)	Also published here marketed by Ed Mellon in 1950 also in: Jet Thought (James G. Thompson Jr., Self-Working Paper Magic, 1985) Related to Uncanny (Larry Becker, The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II, 1979) Variations Ace Under Glass (Karl Fulves, Card Under Glass, 1979) Indiair (Thomas Alan Waters, Sam Dalal, James G. Thompson Jr., Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982) … and 4 more	Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	497	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Index Envelopes
Tony Bartolotta	Half Transpo	queen side of normal card transposes with blank side of double blank card		Sep. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 11)	654	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
Tony Slydini	Hank Gag	handkerchief pulled out of non-existant breast pocket	Variations Post-It Pocket (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie, 2002)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 12)	1179	Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / Bare Handed Clothing / Jacket Silk & Handkerchief / Gags
Karl Fulves*	Stopped Twice	two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"	Also published here Gemini Twins (Karl Fulves, More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) also in: Doble Predicción (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Related to Four Aces Surprise (Frank Garcia, Lecture Notes No. 2, 1975 ca.) also in: Four Aces Surprise (Lecture Notes — No. 2, 1978) Sign of the Tarot (Danny Nelson, Magick, 1981) … and 1 more Variations The Triple Prediction (Shiv Duggal, Opus, 1992) Named Gemini (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole*, 1993) … and 9 more	1979	Impromptu Opener	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Karl Fulves*, Tony Bartolotta	Epic Slate Test	No. 53, sum prediction after addition	Also published here Epic Slate Test (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) Variations Epic Slate Test - Alternate Method (Tony Bartolotta, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) 16 Digits (Alexander de Cova, Gambit, 2003) also in: 16 Digits (Burners — Vol. 2*, 2015)	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	85	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Slate / Normal
Karl Fulves*	Covenant	No. 61, Ace, Two and Three are shuffled and distributed amongst three spectators, performer divines who has which card	Also published here Covenant (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) Variations Test Results (Tony Bartolotta, Underworld*, 1998)	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	103	Cards / Principles / Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Four Of A Kind	transformation with gaff, What's New In Magic (1956)		1980	Color Quik	49	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Karl Fulves*	Gemini Twins	No. 1, two cards inserted where spectator stops dealing, both next to mates	Also published here Stopped Twice (Karl Fulves, Impromptu Opener, 1979) also in: Doble Predicción (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Related to Four Aces Surprise (Frank Garcia, Lecture Notes No. 2, 1975 ca.) also in: Four Aces Surprise (Lecture Notes — No. 2, 1978) Sign of the Tarot (Danny Nelson, Magick, 1981) … and 1 more Variations The Triple Prediction (Shiv Duggal, Opus, 1992) Named Gemini (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole*, 1993) … and 9 more	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
	The Connection	No. 29, any card chosen, medium phoned instantly names it, ringing recorded	Also published here The Connection (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) Related to Thotology (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole*, 1994)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jet Thought	No. 59, one of five cities predicted in envelope (with index)	Also published here marketed by Ed Mellon in 1950 also in: Jet Thought (James G. Thompson Jr., The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Related to Uncanny (Larry Becker, The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II, 1979) Variations Ace Under Glass (Karl Fulves, Card Under Glass, 1979) Indiair (Thomas Alan Waters, Sam Dalal, James G. Thompson Jr., Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982) … and 4 more	1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	105	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Index Envelopes
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
Karl Fulves*	Interim Report	corrections, Tony Bartolotta, L. Vosburgh Lyons		1993	Rigmarole (Issue 4)	47	Articles / Columns
Tony Bartolotta	Named Gemini	two cards freely chosen, mates found with Gemini Twins procedure	Inspired by Stopped Twice (Karl Fulves, Impromptu Opener, 1979) also in: Gemini Twins (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Doble Predicción (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Related to On the Named Gemini Twins (Karl Fulves, Prolix, 2010)	1993	Rigmarole (Issue 4)	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
	Doble Predicción	prediction of two cards, Karl Fulves's Stopped Twice / Gemini Twins, without credit	Also published here Stopped Twice (Karl Fulves, Impromptu Opener, 1979) also in: Gemini Twins (Karl Fulves, More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Related to Four Aces Surprise (Frank Garcia, Lecture Notes No. 2, 1975 ca.) also in: Four Aces Surprise (Lecture Notes — No. 2, 1978) Sign of the Tarot (Danny Nelson, Magick, 1981) … and 1 more Variations The Triple Prediction (Shiv Duggal, Opus, 1992) Named Gemini (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole, 1993) … and 9 more	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Tony Bartolotta	Tony's Wallet	temporary placement of card on sticky tape on shirt before later wallet load		1994	Crooked Tales	113	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Hold Out / Clothing Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Tony Bartolotta	Thought In Color	movie star and color chosen, prediction in envelope in which chosen actor is striked through	Inspired by marketed by Ed Mellon in 1950 also in: Jet Thought (The Pallbearers Review, 1972) Jet Thought (Self-Working Paper Magic, 1985)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 6)	69	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Index Envelopes Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Tony Bartolotta	Thotology	random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52	Inspired by "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard) Related to The Connection (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) also in: The Connection (More Self-Working Card Tricks*, 1984)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 7)	81	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Tony Bartolotta	Number Con	two numbers named, their total match previous prediction		1994	Rigmarole (Issue 9)	104	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge
Tony Bartolotta	Impact Slates	card and number written on slates		1994	Rigmarole (Issue 10)	113	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Tony Bartolotta	About Face	ESP card, alphabet card and one of many license plates found		1994	Rigmarole (Issue 10)	115	ABC Cards / Divination Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces ESP Cards / Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
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
Tony Bartolotta	Keys Without Clues			1995	Underworld (Issue 2)	24	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Tony Bartolotta	A Mind For Money	five envelope with some coin change, four chosen, content added, amount predicted	Related to Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1997) Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1998) … and 1 more	1997	Underworld (Issue 5)	57	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction
Tony Bartolotta	Gang Related	deck cut, top two cards removed and placed in center, corner of next card torn off, performer stabs it into the center behind his back, between selections, three-way force deck, for details see Informant reference	Related to Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1997) Letters (Ron Eastin, Arnold Farmer, Tom Craven, The Fine Print*, 1998) … and 1 more	1997	Underworld (Issue 6)	84	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Karl Fulves*	Informant	further comments and credit information on the referenced items	Related to The Audley Walsh Coincidence (Audley Walsh, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Audley Walsh Coincidence (Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) Audley Walsh Coincidence (Underworld, 1997) The Invisible Deck, Bob Longe, 1948 also in: Strike Three and Out! (The Fine Print, 1997) … and 8 more	1997	The Fine Print (Issue 5)	109	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls Articles / Columns
Karl Fulves*	Informant	further comments and credit information on the referenced items, self levitation	Related to Genii Bonus Number One, Genii, April 1940 also in: Page Wright's Manuscript, 1991, p. 223 A Novelty Spelling Mystery (Underworld, 1996) Top Flight (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print*, 1995) … and 7 more	1997	The Fine Print (Issue 6)	156	Articles / Columns
Tony Bartolotta	Test Results	three spectators write their name on a cardboard with a color, mixed face-down, performer divines	Inspired by Covenant (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) also in: Covenant (Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1998)	1998	Underworld (Issue 9)	117	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge
Karl Fulves*	Informant	further comments and credit information on the referenced items, Vernon's Joker Monte	Related to Double Reverse (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Double Reverse (The Living End, 1972) Carlyle's Card (Francis Carlyle, The Phoenix, 1943) also in: Carlyle's Card (Classic Secrets of Magic, 1953) Carlyle Paddle Move (Super Dupes*, 1974) … and 1 more … and 9 more	1998	The Fine Print (Issue 7)	194	Articles / Columns
Ron Eastin, Arnold Farmer, Tom Craven	Letters		Related to Gang Related (Tony Bartolotta, Underworld, 1997)	1998	The Fine Print (Issue 7)	201	Articles / Letters
C. D. Oeloff, Vernon Winiecke, Howard Schaefer, Robert Farrell	Letters		Related to Double-Ring Ceremony (Dr. Zina Bennett, Senor Charles Mardo, Stewart Judah, John Braun, Self-Working Rope Magic, 1990) Heads I Win (John Scarne, Underworld, 1996) … and 1 more	1998	The Fine Print (Issue 8)	238	Articles / Letters
Karl Fulves*	Informant	further comments and credit information on the referenced items	Related to Well Stacked (Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner, Swindle Sheet, 1990) "Invisible Glue" (Nob Yoshigahara, The Physics Teacher, Feb 1992) also in: Invisible Glue (MAGIC, 1994) Magnetic Aces (Underworld, 1998) … and 11 more	1998	The Fine Print (Issue 9)	274	Articles / Columns
Tony Bartolotta	Time Trap	half the deck used, spectator cuts off some cards and counts them, a selection made, packets combined, spectator remembers card at his number, selected card stabbed next to it below table by performer	Related to Spread Peek (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1999) Informant (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1999)	1999	Underworld (Issue 10)	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Karl Fulves*	Spread Peek	reversed card in middle, also with marked deck	Related to Time Trap (Tony Bartolotta, Underworld, 1999)	1999	The Fine Print (Issue 10)	320	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Tony Bartolotta	Soft Touch	Three-spot shows up reversed in deck, counted down three cards to selection	Variations Phantom Transpo (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print*, 1999)	1999	The Fine Print (Issue 10)	325	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Karl Fulves*	Phantom Transpo	performer turns card over, spectator's card also turns over	Inspired by Soft Touch (Tony Bartolotta, The Fine Print, 1999)	1999	The Fine Print (Issue 10)	327	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Karl Fulves*	Informant	further comments and credit information on the referenced items, instruction games, Stephen Minch comment on "Remote Control"/"Western Union Trick"	Related to Hidden Mystery (Herb Runge, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Hidden Mystery (The Fine Print, 1999) Hummer's 18 Card Mystery (Bob Hummer, Face Up Face Down Mysteries, 1946) also in: Hummer's 18 Card Mystery (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) … and 20 more	1999	The Fine Print (Issue 10)	336	Articles / Columns Games / Instruction Games
Tony Bartolotta	Tale of the Q	half the deck used, card chosen by making three piles, card located by spelling through the alphabet with the cards	Inspired by The Capital Q (Tricks with Cards, 1889) also in: The Capital Q (More Magic, 1890) Variations Right on Q (Lewis Jones, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002)	1999	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Tony Bartolotta	Third Sight	seven random objects, one object touched, medium knows the object when list of object is called out		1999	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)	12	Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Random Object / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Educated Dice	routine for Sachs/Sack's Dice, credit information on paddle move		2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2)	27	Dice (small) / Transformation Dice (small) / Paddle Move
Tony Bartolotta	Synchro Thot	do-as-I-do ambitious card, spectator's card rises to top of performer's half and vice versa		2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2)	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Bob Still	Color View	spectators draw pictures on different-colored papers, torn up and tossed in clear plastic bag with more already torn up pieces, four matching pieces of chosen picture taken out by performer	Related to Jigsaw Puzzle (Tony Bartolotta, Latter Day Secrets, 2001)	2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)	53	Paper / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Tony Bartolotta	Mark Down	three dimes and three pennies in paper cup, out come a quarter, a nickel and three pennies, three "penny and dime" sets		2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)	108	Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Tony Bartolotta, Karl Fulves*	Mark Down II	four nickels on table in row, dates in numerical order, four cards with positions mixed, coins exchanged according to cards's order, performer rearranged coins in numerical order without looking by sense of touch, optional appearance of another coin or wedding ring		2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)	109	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration Coin / Gaffed / Shell Ring / Finger Rings / Appearance & Production
Tony Bartolotta	A Small Seance	three ages (numbers) are divined on blank cardboards, one year off by two, ashes from burned card form the number two	Related to Database (Karl Fulves, Latter Day Secrets*, 2001)	2000	Discoverie (Issue 3)	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Thumb Tip Handling for Prediction			2001	Hex Squared	94	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Karl Fulves*, Tony Bartolotta	Triple Enigma	No. 36, pair of invisible dice used to select card, card found and card with dice sum turns up, Ace to Nine set-up	Inspired by Dice Will Tell (Howard Thurston, Oscar Weigle, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner*	Synchronism	No. 56	Related to An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Do As I Do (12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck, 1940) An Easy Lesson (Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks*, 1943)	2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	83	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Karl Fulves*, Tony Bartolotta	She Read Your Mind	No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer		2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	103	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Without a Clue	No. 80, some cards hidden, card cut to and lost, found by performer		2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Tony Bartolotta	Number Affinity	No. 81, two cards at their positions change		2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Two Cards change position Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card
Tony Bartolotta	Key Card Placement	dribble selection and tabled cuts		2001	My Best Self-Working Card Tricks	81	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Karl Fulves*	The Mystery Card	No. 62, card from wallet put into packet of Ace through Ten of Clubs, it vanishes and only those ten cards remain	Related to Top Ten Plus (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie, 2002)	2001	My Best Self-Working Card Tricks	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Karl Fulves*	Database	further comments and credit information on the referenced items	Related to Card Rise (Walter Brusa, New Card Rises, 1996) Thrifty Aces (Mel Bennett, Latter Day Secrets, 2000) … and 3 more	2001	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)	163	Articles / Columns
Tony Bartolotta	Jigsaw Puzzle	clear plastic bag with torn colored paper pieces, three spectators take three paper pieces and write word, number and picture, pieces torn up and mixed with the rest, performer reaches in and locates the right pieces that combine to the spectators's writing	Related to Color View (Bob Still, Latter Day Secrets, 2000)	2001	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)	215	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Tony Bartolotta	Book Minded	page number chosen by calculation with date on coin		2001	Discoverie (Issue 6)	76	Book / Book Test / Routines
Tony Bartolotta	Bill of Health Gag	paper folds out accordion style		2002	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)	221	Paper / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Ashes Gag	urn with "Ashes of Disgruntled Spectator", ashes to palm follow-up		2002	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)	221	Ashtray & Ashes / Ashes on Palm Ashtray & Ashes / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves*	Database	further comments and credit information on the referenced items	Related to Spirit Silver (Ronald Post, Discoverie, 2001) Ultra Fan Force (Joseph K. Schmidt, Discoverie, 2001) … and 2 more	2002	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)	274	Articles / Columns
Karl Fulves*, Tony Bartolotta	OOTW without Packet Switch	comments		2002	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)	276	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Lewis Jones	Right on Q	half the deck used, card chosen by making three piles, card found by spelling, can be performed over the phone	Inspired by Tale of the Q (Tony Bartolotta, Latter Day Secrets, 1999)	2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Karl Fulves*	Tony Bartolotta Issue	intro to one-man issue		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	85	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tony Bartolotta	Transference	spectator turns over any card in one deck, same card is reversed in another deck that is spread by spectator		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Tony Bartolotta	Thirty Dice	die rolled, number notes, then die given a quarter turn and top number added, repeated until thirty is reached		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	87	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Tony Bartolotta	Strictly By Chance	bank night with three paper shopping bags		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	88	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations
Tony Bartolotta	Sorry I'm Late	showing only the climaxes of different tricks, gag for magicians		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Articles / Joke
Tony Bartolotta	Top Ten Plus	one packet with red, one with black cards, two cards exchanged with counting procedure, they transpose back	Related to The Mystery Card (Karl Fulves, My Best Self-Working Card Tricks*, 2001)	2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards
Tony Bartolotta	Don't Blink!	coin vanishes as it is tossed up, then it is reproduced		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	92	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Visual
Tony Bartolotta	Night Flite	two cards shown and placed separately on table in preparation for a transposition, but both cards change into other cards		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Tony Bartolotta	Post-It Pocket	talking about breast pocket ditch vanish of a coin with handkerchief with magicians, performer has no pocket and sticks a post-it note on his breast to demonstrate it, coin still vanishes	Inspired by Hank Gag (Tony Slydini, The Chronicles, 1978)	2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	95	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Tony Bartolotta	Outworldler	with tray	Related to Database (Karl Fulves, Latter Day Secrets, 2002) Variations Another World (Barrie Richardson, Act Two*, 2005)	2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Tony Bartolotta	Polygraph	comedy bit with puppet		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	98	MC & Compere Bits of Business Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous
Tony Bartolotta	Swipe	credit card slid along card case, case pops open and duplicate of selection slides out		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Tony Bartolotta	Tattoo	tattoo appears on arm when it is rubbed, revealing some information, nail scratching		2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	98	Words & Letters / Word on Arm
Tony Bartolotta	Nothing Just Happens	two cards chosen by two people from two decks before the show and signed on the back, in the show they are compared and found identical	Related to Letters (Jerry K. Hartman, Bob Ostin, Mel Bennett, Chris King, Bob Graham, Rob Wood, Dr. Edi Brum, Leonard Cohen, Latter Day Secrets, 2003)	2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Tony Bartolotta	All About Eve	revealing personal information about a spectator/guest		2002	Discoverie (Issue 8)	103	Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Tony Bartolotta	Sonic Secrets	kitchen objects written on blank cards mixed and put in card stand, one selected, it is predicted		2003	Hofzinser Notebook	37	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Jerry K. Hartman, Bob Ostin, Mel Bennett, Chris King, Bob Graham, Rob Wood, Dr. Edi Brum, Leonard Cohen	Letters	on Tony Bartolotta	Related to Nothing Just Happens (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie, 2002) Watch Test (Rob Wood, Latter Day Secrets, 2003)	2003	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)	290	Articles / Letters
Tony Bartolotta	Joker Jump	two Jokers apparently transpose (gag), then a big One and Two appears on their backs		2003	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)	304	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Tony Bartolotta	The Real Difference	spectator removes two cards and selects a card, two differences of card values calculated to count down to selection	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) Random Access (Karl Fulves, Prolix*, 2010)	2003	Off The Books (Issue 4)	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks
Tony Bartolotta	Chin Music	performer plays comb which sounds like a harmonica, it vanishes		2004	Discoverie (Issue 9)	121	Comb
Tony Bartolotta	Drop Dice	four dice put in cup, they penetrate cup one by one		2004	Discoverie (Issue 9)	124	Dice (small) / Penetration
Tony Bartolotta	T-Bills	three pennies and three different bills, three people take a penny and bill each and close their hands around it, performer then tell who has which and in which hand		2005	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)	415	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Barrie Richardson	Another World	"The Mount Kenya Paradox Revisited" stand-up handling	Inspired by "The Mount Kenya Paradox" (Barrie Richardson, Club 71, 1995) Outworldler (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie, 2002)	2005	Act Two	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Don Nielsen, Tony Bartolotta	Universal Lock	one of spectator's keys opens a lock, no method, perhaps gaffed lock		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	149	Lock
Tony Bartolotta	Signature Collection	spectator choses a half-card from clear plastic bag, some others tossed up and performer catches matching half-card with a deck while riffling it, prediction card in wallet, then a different card is chosen and signed on back, card in wallet then has the signature on back, Himber wallet, clear forcing bag		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Apparatus & Dealer Props / Changing & Switching Devices Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Shower of Cards
Tony Bartolotta	Double Tossed	Joker torn in half, both halves tossed in deck as it is riffled, next to two selections		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	164	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection
Tony Bartolotta	Narrow Minded	spectator shuffles deck and deals it in two piles, one in spectator's pocket and one in performer's pocket, both remove a card, piles exchanged and repeated, off-color matching cards, colors separated		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Tony Bartolotta, Karl Fulves*	High School Hijinks	using school textbooks		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	208	Numbers / Number Forces / Only Calculation Book / Book Test / Routines
Karl Fulves*	Four In Hand	same effect, four-way forcing deck	Inspired by The Neutral Zone (Karl Fulves, Prolix, 2008) Related to Gang Related (Tony Bartolotta, Underworld*, 1997)	2008	Prolix (Issue 4)	234	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations
Karl Fulves*	On the Named Gemini Twins		Related to Named Gemini (Tony Bartolotta, Rigmarole, 1993)	2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	509	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Karl Fulves*	Random Access	performer and spectator each name a number, cards at those numbers counted to, both predicted, re-count force	Related to Patent Portent (Jerry K. Hartman, Genii, 1999) also in: Patent Portent (Card Dupery, 2007) The Real Difference (Tony Bartolotta, Off The Books, 2003)	2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	510	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Tony Bartolotta	Tony's Transpo			2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	526	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Tony Bartolotta	T-Dex	bold		2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	526	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Tony Bartolotta	An Earlier Transpo	with paper pieces as tokens to indicate which card is where	Inspired by Simplo-Transpo (Bob Hanko, The Phoenix, 1942)	2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	527	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Tony Bartolotta	Mexican Mental	two cards		2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	536	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Tony Bartolotta	Long Shot	two-deck trick in which spectator and performer do the same thing, performer only has a single card though and handles it like a deck for humorous procedure		2011	Prolix (Issue 9)	595	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Tony Bartolotta, Karl Fulves*	Remote & Controlled	spectator finds odd-backed card from face, posed as a problem		2011	Prolix (Issue 9)	595	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects

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