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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Dr. Jacob Daley	The "Ad Lib" Spelling	two cards spelled to	Inspired by Larry Grey effect, marketed in Sphinx Related to Double Climax Speller (Martin Gardner, 1940) Daley's Counting And Spelling Trick (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Surprise Spelling (Bert Allerton, 2000) Variations My Name - Your Name (Lewis Ganson, 1950) Ad Lib Spell Variation (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Also published here "Ad Lib" Spelling (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1943)	1936	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Gardner's Card Speller	answer to three questions is spelled, spectator can lie, still the card shows up at the end	Related to Automatic Lie Speller (Nick Trost, 1997) Variations Si-Decker (Steve Beam, 2015)	1937	Here's New Magic	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Martin Gardner	Gardner's Immovable Cigarette	cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological	Also published here Immovable Cigarette (Martin Gardner, 1948/27)	1937	Here's New Magic	15	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration
Sam Leo Horowitz	A Psychological Discovery	two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up	Related to Curious Coincidence (1936) Never-Miss Stop Effect (Martin Gardner, 1940) Name Your Number (Bert Allerton, 1945) N-E-T Profit (Richard Vollmer, 1985) Coversion (Peter Duffie, 1998) The Stop Trick (Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner, 2000) The Horowitz Variation (Eugene Burger, 2021) Variations Diploid (Peter Duffie, 1996) Another Psychological Discovery (Bob Farmer, 2017) Also published here Horowitz's Mental Stop (Sam Leo Horowitz, 1972)	1938	Greater Magic	549	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Paul Rosini	A Great Location Trick	subtle key card location	Related to Your Number - Your Card (Paul Rosini, 1995) I'm Not Peeking I (Lennart Green, 2008) I'm Not Peeking II (Lennart Green, 2008) Variations Two Piles and Subtract (Martin Gardner, 1940) While I Turn My Back (Paul Rosini, 1950) Also published here Your Number - Your Card (Paul Rosini, 1946) Your Number - Your Card (Paul Rosini, 1950)	1938	Greater Magic	570	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Preposterous		Variations Jordan Plus Gardiner (Theodore Annemann, 1938)	Jan. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 40)	268	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Through the Hank	whole deck penetrates handkerchief except selection	Variations Deck Through Handkerchief (Martin Gardner, 1942) Jinx Deck (Karl Fulves, 1987) Jinx Deck (Karl Fulves, 1988)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	271	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
Martin Gardner	Newspell			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	272	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Synthetic Seconds	two selections travel together, presented as second deal demonstration, stooge	Related to Destiny (Philip T. Goldstein, Arthur Carter, 1977)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	272	Cards / Principles / Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two selections are next to each other
Martin Gardner	Cigarette vs Beer	lit cigarette is balanced on bottle and moves up and down within, thread		1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	273	Cigarette/Cigar / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	That Quaint Joker	routine in which thirteen values are spelt and spectator gets joker all the time		1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	273	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit/Values
Martin Gardner	Card Minded	spectator divines card from other spectator		1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	274	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	274	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	Red/Black Riffle Shuffle			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	274	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	Color Trouble	head of paper match changes color	Also published here Zundholz-Köpfchen (Martin Gardner, 1967)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	275	Match & Matchbox / Match / Transformation
Martin Gardner	Draw Poker Plus			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	275	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Martin Gardner	A Smart Cigarette	lit cigarette through handkerchief	Variations After the Dessert Thought Transference (Barrie Richardson, 2005)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	276	Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration
Martin Gardner	An Easy Lesson		Related to Do As I Do ala Allerton (Bert Allerton, 1972) Synchronism (Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner, 2001) Variations Two Deck Criss Cross (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves, 2011) Also published here Do As I Do (Martin Gardner, 1940) An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, 1943)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	276	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner	Three Piles		Related to The ----- of -- Trick (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	277	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	The Houdini Pen			1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	278	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Pen/Pencil / Penetration
Martin Gardner	Pocket to Cuff	marked dime travels from pocket to trouser cuff		1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	278	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Fountain Pen Gone	pen vanishes from handkerchief		1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	278	Pen/Pencil / Vanish
Walter B. Gibson	Date Sense	numbers on calendar are added, matrix force	Related to Date Sense (Walter B. Gibson, 1983) Variations Crazy Calendar (Martin Gardner, 1983) Also published here Date Sense (Walter B. Gibson, 1944)	Feb. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 41)	279	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calendar Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Martin Gardner	Power!	selection turns over, then transposes with duplicate from odd-backed deck		Feb. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 41)	280	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Martin Gardner	The ----- of -- Trick		Inspired by Three Piles (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)	323	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Theodore Annemann	Jordan Plus Gardiner	Gardner	Inspired by Preposterous (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)	326	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Watchistry	spectator calculates number from hours on watch, divined by performer	Variations Times Two (Karl Fulves, 1974)	Dec. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 51)	357	Watch / Miscellaneous Watch / Set Time is Predicted/Changed
	Separating the Colors	slop shuffle	Related to Slop Shuffle Separation (Martin Gardner, 1974) Separating the Colors (Roberto Giobbi, 2002)	1940	Expert Card Technique	115	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red/Black Separations Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
Theodore Annemann (reviewer)	12 Tricks With A Borrowed Deck	by Martin Gardner		Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 81)	524	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Martin Gardner	Preface			1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck	up to three selections, with slop shuffle followed by a riffle shuffle	Related to Slop Shuffle Or Triumph? (Edward Marlo, 1995)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	4	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Martin Gardner	Face to Face Fantasy	halves placed face-to-face right itself except selection, repeat with second selection	Related to A Face to Face Routine (Martin Gardner, 1942)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
Martin Gardner	Pad Spread Principle	spreading deck lightly with reversed cards so they don't show, then with more force so they appear	Related to The Pad Spread (Dan Tong, 1972)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Back-on-Back Spread
Martin Gardner	Double Climax Speller	performer spells to wrong card which is there, then spectator to right card which is reversed	Related to The "Ad Lib" Spelling (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1936)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Double Lift Reverse	straightforward		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	11	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Martin Gardner	Never-Miss Stop Effect	two-pile-stop trick with Tens/Jacks alternating set-up	Related to A Psychological Discovery (Sam Leo Horowitz, 1938)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Martin Gardner	Big Casino Count Down	one of nine cards thought of, Ten-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	13	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Martin Gardner	Six of Spades Count Down	one of seventeen cards thought of, Six-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	14	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Martin Gardner	Two Piles and Subtract	spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually found	Inspired by A Great Location Trick (Paul Rosini, 1938)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	15	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Do As I Do	two selections match with top card of each other's deck	Variations Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do (Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, 1950) Also published here An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner	Eye-Pop Routine	two selections reverse in the center, then travel back to top, pseudo duplicates	Related to Cross Suits (Martin Gardner, Johnny Albenice, Bert Feinson, 1950)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Martin Gardner	Sympathetic Decks	unknown card sandwiched in red-backed deck with red Aces, red Aces also placed together reversed in blue deck, duplicate appears between Aces in blue deck		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Plunger Glimpse	sandwiched card secretly pushed out at the back via plunger principle		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	19	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
Martin Gardner	Sandwiched Card Glimpse	with center card outjogged		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	20	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
Martin Gardner	Simple Sandwich Load	with a double lift		1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	20	Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques
Martin Gardner	Vanishing and Reappearing Card	spectator cuts deck and remembers card, halves placed face-to-face, selection vanishes (cards shown one by one) and reappears	Variations Ideas for Gardner's Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine (Ken Simmons, 1992) Updating The Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine (Ken Simmons, 1992) Also published here Vanishing and Reappearing Card (Martin Gardner, 1992)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Martin Gardner	Improved Lie Speller	with two cards	Inspired by Martin Gardner's version in "Here's More Magic" (Joe Berg) Related to Scarne's Lie Speller (John Scarne, 1950) Variations The Lie Detector (Ron Bauer, 1997)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Martin Gardner	Pen Kink	borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again	Also published here Pen Kink (Martin Gardner, 1981)	1941	The Jinx (Issue 132)	759	Pen/Pencil / Pen (& Cap) Manipulation Routines
Martin Gardner	Introduction			1941	After the Dessert	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Four Piles and a Dollar Bill	spectator deals pile into four piles, the values on top form the year on the bill		1941	After the Dessert	6	Bill / Number-Reading Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Phone or Bill Number with Card Values
Martin Gardner	Lighting a Match Twice	multiple methods		1941	After the Dessert	8	Match & Matchbox / Match / Relighting already struck match
Martin Gardner	Japanese Paper Bird	bird fold that flaps its wings, application with flash paper and coin appearing from bird or traveling in bird	Inspired by "Houdini's Paper Magic" (p. 117) Related to "Scientific Recreations" (Tissandier, 1881, French work)	1941	After the Dessert	11	Paper / Origami Effects Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Scientific Amusement
Martin Gardner	The Vanishing Salt Shaker	covered with napkin, optional transformation into pepper shaker instead of vanish		1941	After the Dessert	18	Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover) Salt Shaker & Pepper Shaker / Vanish Salt Shaker & Pepper Shaker / Penetration
Martin Gardner	Introduction			1941	Six More Hummers	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Chefalo	Chefalo's Vanishing Knot	double knot vanish	Related to Martin Gardner's Chefalo Release (Martin Gardner, 1968) Loe's Chafalo Developments (Gerry Loe, 1968)	1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks	30	Rope / Knot Effects / False
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo	Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine		Related to The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo (Steve Mayhew, 1999) Variations The Mishap Poker Deal (George Schindler, Bob Condon, 1950) Rump Shaker (Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg, 2007)	1942	Let's See the Deck	28	Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner	Casanova Card Trick	two at a time production of Queens when two halves are rubbed face to face	Related to Elusive Jacks (Al Leech, Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner, 1949) Variations Breakless Kiss Double Transformation (John F. Mendoza, 1980)	1942	Deck Deception	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Martin Gardner	Introduction			1942	Cut the Cards	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	The Unconfused Joker	Joker put reversed above a selection, Joker moved to different position but selection is still found underneath		1942	Cut the Cards	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
	Naming the Card Cut	performer announces that he can immediately name any card cut to, deck secretly reversed under cover card	Variations Untitled (Frederick Braue, Martin Gardner, 1985)	1942	Cut the Cards	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Martin Gardner	Use Your Head	spectator shuffles packet, remembers bottom card ans spells it, packet pressed against performer's forehead where selection sticks		1942	Cut the Cards	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Forehead Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Martin Gardner	The Surprised Gambler	bottom deal demo, Aces in second phase		1942	Cut the Cards	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer	Paper Clip Discovery	chosen cards found to be paper clipped together with a message on them	Also published here Paper Clip Discovery (Bob Hummer, Martin Gardner, 1981)	1942	Cut the Cards	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Martin Gardner	Vanish and Spell	card vanishes and is found via spelling from the top	Related to Seven Card Count (Nick Trost, 1997)	1942	Cut the Cards	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Card Vanish Sequence	Hide-Out Principle, deck shown in sections, card to vanish is reversed	Related to Hideout Principle (1950) Card to Pocket (Frederick Braue, 1985)	1942	Cut the Cards	14	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Martin Gardner	Deck Through Handkerchief	first selection rises from handkerchief-wrapped deck, whole deck penetrates handkerchief except second selection	Inspired by Through the Hank (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1942	Cut the Cards	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	The Swizzle Stick Cipher	distorted writing can be read through glass stick		1942	Cut the Cards	19	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Martin Gardner	A New False Cut	straight swivel cut to table as false cut		1942	Cut the Cards	21	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Swivel Cut Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Martin Gardner	Fan Glimpse	card ends up angle-jogged after square up		1942	Cut the Cards	23	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
Martin Gardner	A Face to Face Routine		Related to Face to Face Fantasy (Martin Gardner, 1940)	1942	Cut the Cards	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
Martin Gardner	For the Man in Uniform	back of selection changes to picture of uniformed man, performed for soldier		1942	Cut the Cards	27	Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Martin Gardner	A Curious Card Vanish	card vanishes from under handkerchief and reappears reversed in deck		1942	Cut the Cards	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Martin Gardner	Card Through Handkerchief	single card penetrates handkerchief		1942	Cut the Cards	31	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
Martin Gardner	X-Ray Touch	deck cut and top card touched with first finger, then it is named, repeated	Related to The Anything Trick (Steve Beam, 2015)	1942	Cut the Cards	32	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Are You Psychic?	performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match	Also published here Are You Psychic? (Martin Gardner, 1970) Psidentify (Thomas Alan Waters, 1985)	1943	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)	13	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	An Easy Lesson		Also published here An Easy Lesson (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner	Draw Poker Plus			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Martin Gardner	Preposterous			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	63	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Newspell			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Card Minded	spectator divines card from other spectator		1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	69	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Red/Black Overhand Shuffle			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	69	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Jean Hugard	The Balanced Deck	deck balanced on hand	Related to The Balancing Deck (Martin Gardner, 2000)	Aug. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 3)	66	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Defying Gravity
Jerry Sorensen	That's the Way They're Done	four cards are found, one with Martin Gardner's "Lie Detector Test"		1945	My Best	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling) Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Spread, Shuffle, Spread	one to ten cards are removed from a spread and replaced in the other half, after a shuffle all cards are found, sharp/round index divided deck		1945	My Best	89	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Martin Gardner	Pop Through Cigarette	cigarette through handkerchief		1945	My Best	166	Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Martin Gardner	The Flying Cigar Band	"An Intriguing Table Interlude", from one finger to another finger of the same hand		July 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)	131	Thimble / Routines Paper / Traveling
Martin Gardner, Neal Elias	Vanishing Card	from deck		1946	At the Table Tricks	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Warren Wiersbe, Martin Gardner	Think-A-Card - Wiersbe Version			1946	Mental Cases With Cards	18	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Mike Bornstein, Karrel Fox, Stuart Jules, Martin Gardner, Burling Hull		Dec. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 116)	468	Articles / Columns
Frederick Braue	Roundabout	on John Mulholland, Roy Benson, Martin Gardner, Carl Jones, Orson Welles, Frakson, Cardini, George Karger, George Starke, Bert Allerton, the Mesmerized Glasses and more		Sep. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 4)	252	Glass / Levitation Articles / Columns
Bob Hummer	Hummer's 18 Card Mystery	spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations	Variations Under the Table (Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer, 1948) Vuelvo Dos y Corto (Vicente Canuto, Bob Hummer, 1993) Also published here Hummer's 18 Card Mystery (Bob Hummer, 1980)	1946	Face Up Face Down Mysteries	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other) Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Bert Allerton, Lyle Laughlin, Martin Gardner, Cardini, Dante, The Five-Best Poll (cards), Don Medley, Stanley Collins, Stewart James, Neal Elias, Jack Crimmins, Don Lawton, Bert Fenn, Paul Morris, Frederick Carter and more		Mar. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 10)	304	Articles / Columns
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Martin Gardner, Stewart James, Erdnase, Art Lyle, Walter Gibson, Max Holden, Ben Braude, Stanley Collins, The Five-Best Poll, Bob Stull, Lloyd Jones, Eddie Clever, Milbourne Christopher, Elwin Shaw and more		Apr. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 11)	311	Articles / Columns
	A Poker Player's Picnic	no-touch, little bit of dealing involved	Related to What's Up? (Sam Pavloff, 1948) The Weigle Aces (Oscar Weigle, 1950) Swimmers (John Scarne, 1950) Five Nine King (Martin Gardner, 1950) Belchou's Aces (Steve Belchou, 1956) Ace Assembly (Steve Belchou, 1985) The Computer Deck (Karl Fulves, 1995) El juego de los cuatro elementos (Miguel Gómez, 2007) Two, Six, Ten (Steve Belchou, Martin Gardner, Roberto Giobbi, 2010) Variations The Tarot Touch (Anthony Raven, 1976) Matching "Do As I Do" (Luis Gavilondo, 1977) Spectator Cuts to Indicate the Aces (Justin Higham, 2001) Poker Player's Dine Out (没大没小) (G, 2015) Poker Player's Picnic Plus (Harapan Ong, Donald Chung, 2018) Just in Time v2.0.4 (self-working) (Fritz Alkemade, Benjamin Earl, 2019) Stoned Soul Picnic (John Bannon, 2021) Picnic Under the Stars (Nancy Colwell, 2021) A Presentation for Belchou's Aces (David Regal, 2022) Also published here Easy Aces (1989)	1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner	A Poker Puzzle		Related to Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, 1942)	1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Kruger and Starke, Dr. Jaks, Martin Gardner, Roy Benson, Paul Draylin, Hal Haber, Bill Simon		Sep. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 160)	645	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Hand to Hand	two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down	Also published here Hand to Hand (Martin Gardner, 1956) Von Hand zu Hand (Martin Gardner, 1974)	Nov. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 163)	655	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Martin Gardner	Die-Vination	two dice, sum divintion		Nov. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 164)	658	Dice (small) / Divination
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jay Marshall, Robert Harbin, Martin Gardner		Nov. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 164)	659	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Coat Penetration	Impromptu Methods Cigarette Version		Oct. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)	475	Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Penetration Clothing / Jacket
Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer	Under the Table	spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, cards are separated into red and blacks as climax Turn Every Other Card	Inspired by Hummer's 18 Card Mystery (Bob Hummer, 1946)	Nov. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)	484	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other) Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Martin Gardner	Simplified Mnemonics	spectator removes various cards with different values, performer going through the deck once and names missing values Variation	Related to Jordan's Method (Charles T. Jordan, Martin Gardner, 1956)	Nov. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)	485	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Martin Gardner	Scissors Sorcery	two different colored light bulbs throw different colored shadows, Christmas theme		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Light & Fire / Light Light & Fire / Light Bulb
Martin Gardner	The Magic Knot	knot tied in rope, ends held by spectator, scissors threaded		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Rope / Knot Effects / Real / Puzzle & Impossible Knot
Martin Gardner	Chefalo Knot	with scissors threaded		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Rope / Knot Effects / False
Martin Gardner	Cut and Restored	scissors threaded under handkerchief		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Rope / Cut & Restored
Martin Gardner	Prepared Version	scissors threaded, scissors with slit		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Rope / Cut & Restored Scissors
Martin Gardner	"Pop Up" Cigarette	cigarette through handkerchief		1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	52	Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Martin Gardner	Immovable Cigarette	cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological	Also published here Gardner's Immovable Cigarette (Martin Gardner, 1937)	1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	53	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette/Cigar / Penetration
Martin Gardner	Card Through the Handkerchief	no palming, deck in case		1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	84	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
	Red-Black Shuffle	no credit given, "shown to me by Downs"	Variations Red-Black Riffle Shuffles-Conclusion (Martin Gardner, 1950)	1949	The Card Magic of Le Paul	170	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Al Leech, Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner	Elusive Jacks		Inspired by Casanova Card Trick (Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner, 1942) Related to Routine Royal (Al Leech, 1959)	1949	For Card Men Only	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh	Ten Card Deal	jonah card	Related to Ten Card Deal P.S. (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton, 1949) Take Ten (John Murray, 1949) Also published here Ten Card Deal (Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh, 1956) The Phoenix 1949 (Bob Farmer, 2015)	Jan. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 168)	672	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jimmy Herpick, Fred Keating, Max Katz, Martin Gardner		Jan. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 169)	679	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton	Ten Card Deal P.S.	further ideas on the ten card poker deal	Related to Ten Card Deal (Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh, 1949) Take Ten (John Murray, 1949) Also published here The Phoenix 1949 (Bob Farmer, 2015)	Feb. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 170)	681	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
John Murray	Take Ten	finale for ten card poker deal, all cards are put in separated envelopes	Related to Ten Card Deal (Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh, 1949) Ten Card Deal P.S. (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton, 1949) Also published here Take Ten (John Murray, 1956) Take Ten (John Murray, 2015)	June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 180)	719	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Martin Gardner	Beery	salt spilled in beer rises to top, see also p. 758		Oct. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 188)	754	Liquid / Miscellaneous Scientific Amusement Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Miscellaneous
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Erdnase, Al Baker, The Great Jasper, Clayton Rawson		Nov. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 190)	762	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Bert Allerton, Bob Hummer		Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 192)	769	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	The Plunger Principle			Jan. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)	505	Articles / Articles
Martin Gardner	The Saliva Plunger	deck held with handkerchief over hand	Related to Some Notes on the Rising Card Trick (Joseph K. Schmidt, 1968)	Jan. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)	505	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	The Subway Trick	four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains	Related to Reversed Subway (Martin Gardner, 1949)	Jan. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)	505	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Martin Gardner	Reversed Subway	four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains reversed	Related to The Subway Trick (Martin Gardner, 1949)	Feb. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)	513	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Martin Gardner	Dollar Bill Folds	Mazuma Fish Mazuma Midget Mazuma Mushroom		Feb. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)	515	Paper / Origami Effects
Martin Gardner	Topsy Turvy Deck	marking spot in center for easier reversal of top half, slop shuffle triumph		Mar. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)	525	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Martin Gardner	Center Deal	fake center deal, four Aces	Related to Middle Deal Demonstration - Variation (Martin Gardner, 1978)	Mar. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)	525	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Martin Gardner	Flexible Hands			Apr. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)	535	Propless / Body Magic
Martin Gardner	Finger Stunts	removing the thumb, with ideas by Paul Stadelman, Emil Jarrow and Bill Simon		Apr. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)	545	Propless / Body Mutilation Propless / Body Magic
Stewart Judah, Martin Gardner, Milbourne Christopher	Flash Paper Pellet Switch	switching paper ball for flash paper ball, with ideas by Milbourne Christopher		May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	545	Billet / Switches Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Martin Gardner	Floating Weanie	floating sausage illusion, optical illusion with fingers		May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	545	Propless / Body Magic
Martin Gardner	Dead Finger	odd sensation, holding hand with spectator and touching finger		May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	545	Propless / Body Magic
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Over the Coffee Cups	by Martin Gardner		June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	554	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Martin Gardner	Notes on the I.B.M. Convention	on George Jason, LePaul, Jack Kodell, Okito, Fanita Lasswell Slydini's Table Work Schocke's Ace Trick Allerton's Wrist Watch Senator Crandall's Card	Variations Allerton's Wrist Watch Trick (Herb Runge, 1949)	June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	555	Articles / Convention Reports
Martin Gardner, Morris Fox, Bob Nelson	Two Pinkie Tricks	shrinking and removing fourth finger Trick Number One Trick Number Two	Related to The Telescopic Pinkie (Meir Yedid, 1981)	July 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)	565	Propless / Body Magic
Bert Allerton, Martin Gardner	Bert Allerton's Crazy Cards	transposition of two cards Repeat False Explanation	Related to Allerton's Crazy Card Variation (Martin Gardner, 1950) Variations Credit Cards (Bert Allerton, Jerry Mentzer, 1977) Also published here Verrückte Karten (Bert Allerton, 1978)	Aug. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 3)	575	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Herb Runge	Allerton's Wrist Watch Trick	note on Allerton routine	Inspired by Notes on the I.B.M. Convention (Martin Gardner, 1949)	Aug. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 3)	576	Articles / Articles
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Dr. Jaks, Dante, Slydini, Martin Gardner, Clayton Rawson, Tom Osborne Notes and News Tips on Trickery Have You Heard Strictly Personal TV Topics Time for Revival Random Jottings		Sep. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)	582	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Jay Marshall	Stunts with Paper	Paper Bunnies (by Jay Marshall, based on Al Baker's Ring Around Rosie) Paper Movies Cardboard Snapper	Inspired by Ring around Rosie (Al Baker, 2003)	Sep. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)	585	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects Paper / Cut-up Paper gets Design
Martin Gardner	Jump Out Card	shooting bottom card when deck is cut		Oct. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)	595	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling
Martin Gardner	Break Control	selection is outjogged, break made before card is pushed in under card below selection		Oct. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)	595	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Martin Gardner	Yakity-Yak Gags	ideas and lines for the wind-up teeth by Johnny Paul, Senator Crandall, Karrell Fox, Joe Berg, Frank Garcia, Bill Simon, Dick Himber		Nov. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)	605	Comedy Magic / Comedy Props
Martin Gardner	The Afghan Bands	Muslin Version Effect No. 1 Effect No. 2		Dec. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 7)	615	Paper / Topological Effects
Martin Gardner	Introduction			1949	Over the Coffee Cups		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Five Nine King	card chosen, three piles arranged as in Poker Player's Picnic, on top of the piles are then the mates that match the selection	Related to Two, Six, Ten (Steve Belchou, Martin Gardner, Roberto Giobbi, 2010)	1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Charles "Chic" Schoke	Chic's Parlay	bet about the order of the Aces as they show up when dealing through the deck after riffle shuffles	Related to Easy Aces (Martin Gardner, Charles "Chic" Schoke, 1952)	1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	41	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Frank Garcia, Puzzle by Charlie Arbuthnot, Dunninger, Carlo Menotti, Fred Keating, Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, Jean Hugard, Robert Harbin, Art Lyle, Frank Joglar		Feb. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 196)	785	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Puzzle Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon	It's A Natural	with matches, seven outs	Variations More Natural (Paul Marcus, 1961) Also published here It's a Natural (Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, 1950)	Mar. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 199)	796	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Russell Swann, Cy Endfield, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Lee Noble, Richard Himber		Aprs 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 200)	801	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Fred Keating, Wally Dean, Ballantine, Cy Endfield, Martin Gardner, George Schindler		Apr. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 201)	805	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Scarne, John Hamilton idea for the newspaper tear, Martin Gardner, George Karger, Max Andrews		May 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 203)	813	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Vernon, Martin Gardner, Mike Bornstein		Aug. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 210)	841	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Harry Blackstone, Martin Gardner, Dr. Jaks, Audley Walsh, Bobby Baxter, gag by Bob Hummer		Sep. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 212)	849	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott, Martin Gardner	The Back Room	anecdotes left out of Martin Gardner's "Argosy" article, on John Mulholland, Paul Fleming, Rudy Miller, Milbourne Christopher, Blackstone, Paul Stadelman, Carl Ballantine, Roy Benson, Dr. Jaks, Norman Jensen	Also published here Various Anecdota Magicana (Martin Gardner, 1999)	Nov. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 216)	865	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon	It's a Natural	No. 11, Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted	Variations More Natural (Paul Marcus, 1961) Also published here It's A Natural (Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, 1950)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	23	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox/Matchbook Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Cardini, Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Francis Carlyle, Martin Gardner, John Scarne	The Initials Will Tell	No. 38, Initials of chosen card appears on spectator's palm (sugar + pencil)		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	68	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Marks on Cube
Martin Gardner	Five Nine King	No. 94, card is freely selected, and its mates are found by cutting the deck.	Related to A Poker Player's Picnic (1948) Belchou's Aces (Steve Belchou, 1956) Variations Single Stack (Steve Beam, 2018) Quadruple Stack (Steve Beam, 2018)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	176	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
John Scarne	Scarne's Lie Speller	No. 96	Related to Improved Lie Speller (Martin Gardner, 1940) Variations Base Ten (Steve Beam, 2018)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Martin Gardner, Johnny Albenice, Bert Feinson	Cross Suits	No. 99, two cards reverse in the center, then travel back to the top	Related to Eye-Pop Routine (Martin Gardner, 1940)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Martin Gardner	Gardner's Sympathetic Cards	No. 111, Two-deck Do-as-I-Do		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner	The Impossible Location	No. 129		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	249	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George Schindler, Bob Condon	The Mishap Poker Deal	No. 134	Inspired by Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, 1942) Also published here Lorayne's Poker Deal (Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner, 1962)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	259	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Vincent O'Toole, R. Marcelliee, Emile Clifton, Bob Hummer, Monica Lewis, Russ Swann, Dick DuBois, Al Monroe, Kuda Bux, Walter Gibson, Jimmy Jimae, Bill Brema, Paul Rosini, Martin Gardner, Magazine Test Hummer News Video Trickery Munroe's Miscelleany Who Remembers? Open House More TV Topcis Bill Brema Paul Rosini Gardner Gum Baffler		Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	620	Chewing Gum Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	A Novel Discovery	producing a card which matches value and one which matches suit, then actual selection, method of secretly cutting the deck when removing a card		Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	623	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Joe Berg, Martin Gardner	The Joe Berg Knot		Also published here Der Joe Berg Tuchknoten (Joe Berg, 1978)	Feb. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 9)	630	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / False Knots
Martin Gardner	Allerton's Crazy Card Variation		Related to Bert Allerton's Crazy Cards (Bert Allerton, Martin Gardner, 1949)	Apr. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)	651	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert	Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do	two selections match with top card of each other's deck Lambert's Improvement Additional Improvement	Inspired by Do As I Do (Martin Gardner, 1940)	May 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)	665	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Martin Gardner	The Red-Black Shuffle	Overhand Red-Black Shuffles Hindu Red-Black Shuffles		June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	674	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	Red-Black Riffle Shuffles	The Center Pull Out The Center Lever Out Cutting Colors Naming Colors		July 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 2)	679	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	More Red-Black Riffle Shuffles	Marlo's Red-Black Shuffle Step Version or Marlo Shuffle Use of Bridge Cut Flourish Version		Aug. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)	689	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Martin Gardner	Red-Black Riffle Shuffles-Conclusion	The Fred Black Shuffle Step Version of Fred Black Shuffle Three-Cut Shuffle	Inspired by Red-Black Shuffle (1949)	Sep. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 4)	699	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
	Hideout Principle	showing that no Aces are in rest of deck while deck is shown in sections	Related to Card Vanish Sequence (Martin Gardner, 1942)	1950	Lucky Aces	2	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on George Kaplan, Milbourne Christopher, Martin Gardner, Mike Millet, Bill Simon, Dr. Jaks, Francis Carlyle, Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon, John Boyko, Sid Lorraine, Leo Rullman, Keith Clark, Fu Manchu		Apr. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 226)	905	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Richard Himber, Clayton Rawson, Dr. Elliott, Wallace Dibble, Audley Walsh, Bill Simon		Apr. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 227)	909	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Spectacular	name of card appears on lenses of glasses when breathing on them		July 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 234)	937	Glasses Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Cy Endfield, Jay Marshall, Roy Benson, Dr. Braude, Max Katz, Martin Gardner, Audley Walsh, Hen Fetsch, Cardini, Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon, T. Nelson Downs		Aug. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 235)	941	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Ivan Sanderson, Audley Walsh, Magicol, Dr. Jaks, Norman Jensen, Martin Gardner, Jay Marshall, Al Cohn, Lee Noble		Aug. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 236)	945	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Matt Schulien, Don Alan and his set, Clark Crandall		Sep. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 238)	953	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon	Similar Twins	cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value	Variations Up and Down Double (Lewis Jones, 2002)	Nov. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 241)	962	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jaks, Martin Gardner, Bob Orben, Frank Garcia, Lee Noble, Bill Simon		Nov. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 243)	973	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Simon, Martin Gardner, Norman Jensen, Bruce Elliott	The Ruler	force with ruler with name of cards, ruler is balanced on two fingers and fingers brought together until fingers meet, see also p. 981 for ideas by John Hamilton	Variations The Ruling Class (Max Maven, 2005)	Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 244)	974	Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards Ruler
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Gershon Legman, John Thursday, Harry Opel, Jack Chanin		Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 244)	977	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Don Castello, Gen Grant, Audley Walsh, Martin Gardner, Frank Joglar, Fred Keating, Jay Marshall, Al Baker, Norman Jensen, Lou Tannen		Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 245)	978	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner, Charles "Chic" Schoke	Easy Aces	Aces in the deck stay in the same order after spectator riffle shuffled the deck three times	Related to Chic's Parlay (Charles "Chic" Schoke, 1949)	Feb. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 249)	997	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Will De Sieve, Jay Marshall, Leslie Barrie, Friday Night Sodality, Frank Joglar, Martin Gardner, Bill Larsen, Lou Tannen		Apr. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 252)	1009	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Where Does the Easter Bunny Go?	puzzle		Apr. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 252)	1009	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	Cubism	sugar cubes travel from one hand to the other and back		May 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 254)	1016	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Traveling
Martin Gardner	Fir You!	making a christmas tree from paper	Related to Fir Tree (Gene Anderson, 1968)	Dec. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 271)	1082	Newspaper / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Introduction			1952	Effective Card Magic	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bill Simon	The Middle Deal	mock center deal	Related to Middle Deal Demonstration - Variation (Martin Gardner, 1978)	1952	Effective Card Magic	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Bill Simon, Martin Gardner	Similar Twins	cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value		1952	Effective Card Magic	151	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	reprint of chapter 25 of Martin Gardner's "In the Name of Science"		Jan. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 272)	1089	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on the Friday Night Sodality, Frank Garcia, Tommy Vanderschmidt, Martin Gardner, Bob Somerfeld, Audley Walsh, Jim Reneaux		Feb. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 275)	1101	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Poker Problem	open drawing of cards, solution on p. 1104	Related to Head to Head (Tom Craven, 1980) Face-up Poker (Karl Fulves, 1984)	Feb. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 275)	1101	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	solution to Martin Gardner's problem from issue 275, Friday Night Sodality, Orville Meyer, Arthur Buckley, Chic Schoke, Paul LePaul, Lou Tannen		Mar. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 276)	1104	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Gerald Kosky, Friday Night Sodality, Martin Gardner, Peter Warlock		July 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 285)	1141	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	mon Peter Warlock, Max Katz, Norman Jensen, Martin Gardner		Nov. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 293)	1173	Articles / Columns
Martin Gardner	Mity Match	two paper match routines, vanishing / appearing spots on match Multiplying Spots Diminishing Spots		May 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 307)	25	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous
Jay Marshall	The Birdcage	on Martin Gardner, Victor Jory, Fred Keating, Howard Brooks, John Thornton, Val Andrews, Stewart James, The Impromptu Trixter		Sep. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 316)	69	Articles / Articles
Jay Marshall	The Birdcage	on Herb Rungie, Martin Gardner, The Wizard, Dr. Stanley Jaks		Oct. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 318)	81	Articles / Articles
Jay Marshall	The Bird Cage	on Houdini, Howard Brooks, Carl Ballantine, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Martin Gardner, Francis Carlyle, Woodfield's Magicana, Lloyd Chambers		Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 321)	91	Articles / Articles
Martin Gardner	Airing the Deck	deck is aired and held in proper angle to simulate full deck		Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 321)	92	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck / Inflated Deck
Jay Marshall	The Birdcage	on Horace Bennett, Houdini, Grant's Inner Circle Magazine, Martin Gardner, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Griffiths, Mello Jones		Dec. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 322)	97	Articles / Articles
Jay Marshall	Back Talk	on the history of The New Phoenix, The Osirian, Dante's death, Martin Gardner, Robert Parrish		1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 329)	127	Articles / Articles
Martin Gardner	Pencilvania	ideas for effects with pencils, with ribbon, naming color		Dec. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 334)	146	Pen/Pencil / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Hand to Hand	two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down, cards are thrown several times	Also published here Hand to Hand (Martin Gardner, 1948)	1956	The Best in Magic	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh	Ten Card Deal	jonah card	Also published here Ten Card Deal (Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh, 1949)	1956	The Best in Magic	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Martin Gardner	Preface			1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	xi	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Tricks with Cards - Part One	chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	The Curiosities of Peirce	History of mathematical card tricks, history of Charles Peirce's work		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	2	Articles / Magic History
	The Missing Card	method to clock the deck to find missing card	Variations Jordan's Method (Charles T. Jordan, Martin Gardner, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	10	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Mathematical
Charles T. Jordan, Martin Gardner	Jordan's Method	Charles Jordan's method for clocking a deck (can be used to clock for four removed cards), with a tip from Martin Gardner to use the feet or fingers to help keep track of the suits	Inspired by The Missing Card (1956) Related to Simplified Mnemonics (Martin Gardner, 1948) Mentally Clocking The Deck (2014)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	11	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Martin Gardner	Tricks with Cards - Part Two	chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	20	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Steve Belchou	Belchou's Aces	Poker Player's Picnic, four Aces found via dealing and transferring cards between four piles, credited to Steve Belchou	Related to A Poker Player's Picnic (1948) Five Nine King (Martin Gardner, 1950)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner	The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick	Packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen	Related to Tic Tac Toe Force (Martin Gardner, 2018) Variations Draw For The Devil (Robert E. Neale, 2006) Ta-Te-Ti (Áriston, 2017)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	28	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Martin Gardner	Other Tricks of Interest	suggested reading list		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	31	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Articles / Bibliography
Martin Gardner	Dice	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	42	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Magic With Common Objects	Chapter Intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	42	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Dominoes	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	46	Games / Dominoe Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Calendars	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	48	Calendar Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Calendar Memorizing	Bibliography and suggested reading list for memorizing calendars		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	50	Calendar Articles / Bibliography Propless / Memory Stunts / A Day for any Date
, Eddie Joseph	Tapping the Hours	Spectator think of any hour on the clock, magician tap the clock at random points, eventually will end counting on the thought-of hour. Variation by Eddie Joseph using blank cards with words	Variations Crazy Time (Tom Hamilton, 1956) Heath's "Tappit" (Royal Vale Heath, 1956) Tap-a-drink (Martin Gardner, 1956) Tap-an-Animal (Martin Gardner, 1956) The Riddle Card (Martin Gardner, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	50	Clock
Martin Gardner	Die and Watch Mystery	Die is used to start counting clockwise and anticlockwise on a clock, count to thought-of number, the two hours are added together and magician can divine the number on the die		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	51	Clock Dice (small) / Divination
Martin Gardner	Matches	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	55	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Coins	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	59	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Topological Tomfoolery	Chapter Intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	69	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	String and Rope	intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	81	Rope / General Comments Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Clothing	Chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	86	Clothing / Miscellaneous Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Rubber Bands			1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	91	Rubber Band / Miscellaneous Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Tricks With Special Equipment			1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	95	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	Tap-a-drink	Tapping the Hours but with names of different drinks in a clock shape	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	103	Clock
Martin Gardner	Tap-an-Animal	Tapping the Hours but with animal names in a clock shape	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	104	Clock
Martin Gardner	The Riddle Card	Tapping the Hours type of trick with a card with riddles	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
Martin Gardner	Geometrical Vanishes - Part 1	chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	114	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Theodore DeLand	DeLand's Paradox	Geometrical Vanish of a playing card	Variations The Vanishing Rabbit (Martin Gardner, 1956) Stover's Variations (Mel Stover, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	123	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	The Vanishing Rabbit	Geometrical vanish of a rabbit	Inspired by DeLand's Paradox (Theodore DeLand, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	125	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	Fibonacci Series	About the mathematics behind geometrical vanishes where the area of a shape changes. Based on work by V. Schlegel, E.B. Escott and Lewis Carroll	Related to V. Schlegel, Zeitschrift fur Mathematik und Physik, Vol. 24, p. 123 (1879) E. B. Escott, Open Court, Vol. 21, p. 502 (1907) Variations Langman's Version (Harry Langman, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	134	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish Puzzle / Miscellaneous
Harry Langman	Langman's Version	Rectangle changes in area when pieces are moved around, related to Fibonacci series	Inspired by Fibonacci Series (Martin Gardner, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	137	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry	Curry's Paradox	Various geometrical vanishes of squares in rectangles and squares	Variations Curry Triangles (Martin Gardner, 1956) Torn Uncut Card Sheet (Tomas Blomberg, 2014)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	139	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	Curry Triangles	Geometrical vanishes with triangles	Inspired by Curry's Paradox (Paul Curry, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	145	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner	Two-piece Squares	Cut square into two pieces, rearrange to get hole		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	153	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	Curved and 3-D Forms	Discusses the possibilities of geometrical vanishes with 3-D shapes		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	155	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	Magic with Pure Numbers	chapter intro		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	156	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Martin Gardner	The Mysteries of Seven	Explains why the number nine has such weird properties		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	168	Numbers / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	The "One Two Three" Trick	three sets of Ace to Three are removed, one set put in a face-up row on table, one set put face down under those cards in the row, last three cards are distributed by spectator so they don't match the face-up cards, face-down cards either predict the placement, or each set has an Ace, Two and Three, also suggestion with other objects (different-sized cups of three colors)	Variations The "One-Two-Three" Trick (Nick Trost, 2008) The Ace-Two-Three Trick (Steve Beam, Martin Gardner, 2010) Checkmate (Steve Beam, 2010) A.F. Taft Prediction (Steve Beam, 2010)	July 1956	Ibidem (Issue 6)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Martin Gardner	Principles Only!	divination of a picture card of which the center has been hole-punched to hang it on the wall, application idea for Dai Vernon principle (centers of all picture cards are different)		July 1956	Ibidem (Issue 6)	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Flexa Tube Puzzle	flexagon-related puzzle about folding a tube inside out in a certain way	Related to Flexa-Tube Solution (Tom Ransom, 1957)	Sep. 1956	Ibidem (Issue 7)	13	Paper / Topological Effects Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Martin Gardner	Puzzle: Smith's Dilemma	number puzzle in which the word "smith" is coded into digits		Sep. 1956	Ibidem (Issue 7)	21	Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Martin Gardner	Cigar Vanish			1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	96	Cigarette/Cigar / Vanish
Jay Marshall	BackTalk	on magic magazines, Martin Gardner, Erdnase, Hugh R. Johnston, F. B. Sterling, Tarbell Testimonial, Don Alan, Lee LeRoi, Jim Sherman, Carl Jones, Phoebe Baker, Fred Allen		Jan. 1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 340)	176	Articles / Articles
Tom Ransom	Flexa-Tube Solution		Related to Flexa Tube Puzzle (Martin Gardner, 1956)	Mar. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 9)	12	Paper / Topological Effects Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Martin Gardner	Looped!!!	spectator draws intersecting curve on floor, pair of mates placed on each intersection, cards picked up according to rules, packet cut, top and bottom cards remembered and exchanged and later divined, exploiting topological curve properties		June 1957	Ibidem (Issue 10)	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
P. Howard Lyons	Martin Gardner Force Book	comment that Martin Gardner's "Mathematics, Magic And Mystery" is a force book		Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	20	Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Bert Allerton	Surprise Spelling		Related to The "Ad Lib" Spelling (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1936) Ad Lib Spell Variation (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Triple-Climax Speller (Harry Lorayne, Bert Allerton, 1977) Quick Spell (Jim Ryan, 1981) Double Speller (Martin Gardner, 1992) Surprise Spelling (Bert Allerton, 2000)	1958	The Close-Up Magician	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Martin Gardner	Two Puzzles	arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch arranging four matches into a square that becomes smaller and smaller	Related to Puzzle Solution: Seven Cigarettes (Martin Gardner, 1958) Puzzle Solution: Matches (Martin Gardner, 1959)	Mar. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 13)	5	Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Martin Gardner	Puzzle Solution: Seven Cigarettes	arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch	Related to Two Puzzles (Martin Gardner, 1958)	Dec. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 15)	11	Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Dai Vernon	The Bent Corner Prediction	spectator names number up to 52, card there is predicted by performer	Related to The Best Prediction (Paul Rosini, 1950) Inner Secrets of Card Magic (Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon, Lewis Ganson, 1995) Bent Sinister (Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo, 1997) Prediction (Martin Gardner, 2003) Variations Scarne's Number Card Crimp For Vernon's Reverse Effect (John Scarne, 1972)	1959	Inner Secrets of Card Magic	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Al Leech	Routine Royal		Related to Elusive Jacks (Al Leech, Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner, 1949) Aces Red and Black (Al Leech, 1953) Variations New Tens Routine (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1959	Cardmanship	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Martin Gardner	Ein paar Streichhölzer	instruction game with matches, three piles, center pile ends up with named number		1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)	799	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Games / Instruction Games
Martin Gardner	Ein eigenartiger Schnurtrick	as "Gardener", string is knotted to a loop and spectator places it on the table and builds a special form, sides are covered with paper so it's unclear which parts are inside the loop and which outside, performer returns and places pins at several places which are all outside the loop		1959	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)	835	Chain / Endless Chain Rope / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Martin Gardner	Piano Mover	piano card trick, one double lift	Related to Key Signature (Steve Beam, 2015)	Mar. 1959	Ibidem (Issue 16)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Martin Gardner	Puzzle Solution: Matches	arranging four matches into a square that becomes smaller and smaller	Related to Two Puzzles (Martin Gardner, 1958)	Mar. 1959	Ibidem (Issue 16)	10	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle
U. F. Grant	Lilly - Levi	knife in paper cup, knife is held and cup remains suspended	Related to Pencil Magnet (Martin Gardner, 2000) Stewart James in Tops, April, 1940.	Nov. 1960	The New Phoenix (Issue 351)	231	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cup / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Paul Marcus	More Natural	Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted	Inspired by It's a Natural (Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, 1950) It's A Natural (Martin Gardner, Bill Simon, 1950)	Aug. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 360)	268	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox/Matchbook Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner	Lorayne's Poker Deal		Inspired by Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, 1942) Related to The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo (Steve Mayhew, 1999) Variations Lorayne's Poker Deal (Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer, 1999) Lorayne's Poker Deal Plus (Harry Lorayne, 2018) Also published here The Mishap Poker Deal (George Schindler, Bob Condon, 1950)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Martin Gardner	Knotty Problems	The Impossible Knot Knot Box		Apr. 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 368)	299	Rope / Knot Effects / Real / Puzzle & Impossible Knot
Martin Gardner	The Thirteenth Turn	die is turned according to some rules, divination of amount of turns (extra turn or not)	Related to Odd And Even Dice (Martin Gardner, 1968)	Feb. 1964	The New Phoenix (Issue 387)	375	Dice (small) / Divination
John Robbins	For Magicians Only	double backer changes into selection, see p. 394 for idea by Martin Gardner and p. 398 for idea by Francis Haxton		May 1964	The New Phoenix (Issue 390)	388	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Don Tanner	The Back Room	on Modern Coin Magic, Martin Gardner, Stewart Judah, Joshua Stewart, Alvin Plough, Lu Brent, Micky Hades		June 1964	The New Phoenix (Issue 391)	394	Articles / Articles
Martin Gardner	Variable Magnetic Lie Detector	lie detector using the Variable Magnetic Executive Tranquilizer		Nov. 1964	The New Phoenix (Issue 393)	399	Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Martin Gardner	Introduction	on Paul Curry		1965	Magician's Magic	1	Articles / Biographical Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Wilker	Wir stellen. vor... Martin Gardner	on Martin Gardner		1967	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)	4	Articles / Biographical
Martin Gardner	Zundholz-Köpfchen	head of paper match changes color	Also published here Color Trouble (Martin Gardner, 1938)	1967	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)	8	Match & Matchbox / Match / Transformation
Martin Gardner	Lippenstift Magie	using cap of a lipstick as thumb tip etc.	Also published here Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 11, Nr. 12, 1954.	1967	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)	9	Lipstick Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Martin Gardner	Stock Holdout	spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, for credit information see reference	Related to Stock Holdout (Martin Gardner, 2005)	Mar. 1968	Epilogue (Issue 2)	9	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Karl Fulves	Over/Under - Monge Notes	special shuffling procedure and some properties	Related to More Monge (Martin Gardner, 1968)	Mar. 1968	Epilogue (Issue 2)	10	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Karl Fulves	The 3-Card Cycle	properties after riffle shuffling deck in 1-2-3-1-2-3-... order	Variations A Betting Swindle (Martin Gardner, 1973)	July 1968	Epilogue (Issue 3)	18	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack
Martin Gardner	More Monge	more notes on the Monge Shuffle: References Recycling the Deck The M/S Shuffle Tricks (position of selection predicted & Do as I Do) Analog of the M/S Shuffe	Related to Over/Under - Monge Notes (Karl Fulves, 1968)	Nov. 1968	Epilogue (Issue 4)	29	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet
Martin Gardner	Version of the 5x5 Problem			Feb. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4)	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
Martin Gardner	Odd And Even Dice	three dice are turned according to some rules, then the chosen die is divined	Related to The Thirteenth Turn (Martin Gardner, 1964)	July 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9)	196	Dice (small) / Divination
Joseph K. Schmidt	Some Notes on the Rising Card Trick	saliva rise	Related to The Saliva Plunger (Martin Gardner, 1949)	1968	The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise	22	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu

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