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Bert Fenn, Karl Fulves*, Joseph K. Schmidt Impromptu Haunted Deck rubber band around deck, deck pivots and card sticks out
  • Bert Fenn
  • Schmidt & Fulves
see also p. 780 for comment by Joseph K. Schmidt
Also published here
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Variations
Jan. 1974 704
Daryl Martinez Triumph Cutting Display
Variations
1979 3
Gene Maze Kelly Reverse
Also published here
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1982 89
Philip T. Goldstein* PSI-Con Ruse double-ended cards are placed into book (instead of apparatus) so they stick out half-way in different positions, one chosen, it matches prediction
Also published here
Variations
1986 63
Karl Fulves* Here Spot lose knot tied, loop/circle comes off rope
Also published here
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1986 37
Stephen Minch Unbalanced two black cards on table, four red cards in spectator's hand, one red card moved to black pile, now four red cards on table and black in spectator's hand
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade, July 1981
Inspired by
Variations
1987 4
Hiroyuki Sakai Preface
1988 6
Hiroyuki Sakai, Michael Weber Spoony Ring ring through spoon
1988 113
Gene Maze Ovette Reversal
Also published here
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May 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 5)
1496
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
1988 17
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
1988 3
Hiroyuki Sakai Simplified Simple Shift
Nov. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 11)
1852
Karl Fulves* Here, Spot! No. 25, lose knot tied, loop/circle comes off rope
Also published here
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1990 51
Hiroyuki Sakai Blue Prediction odd backed Prediction
Dec. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12)
2011
Hiroyuki Sakai Point Break three coins production
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1991 722
Hiroyuki Sakai Band On the Run rubber band around deck disappears and is found around selection, see p. 760 for credit information
Also published here
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Variations
1991 722
Hiroyuki Sakai The Duck Change back-to-back double is shot from right hand onto deck and secretly turns over
Also published here
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Variations
Sep. 1991
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 1)
37
Hiroyuki Sakai My Little Kaps c/s transposition with Chinese transformation kicker
1992 84
Hiroyuki Sakai Imprisoned Rising Card out of box, gaffed box
1992 88
Hiroyuki Sakai It Doesn't Fit! card flies out of box, several feet high, elastic
1992 92
Hiroyuki Sakai The Perfect Assistant two signed selections, joker is torn in half face down, in wallet two half cards appear, each half selection, the halves on the table of the former joker match, gaffed
1992 95
Hiroyuki Sakai The Flowing Pips multiple card transformations using blank cards, gaffs, ...
1992 100
Toyosane Sanada Finger through Bill
Variations
June 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 6)
2079
Hiroyuki Sakai Tokyo Triumph
1992 828
Hiroyuki Sakai Table Display Variation on Martinez' Packet Display
Inspired by
1992 830
Hiroyuki Sakai Invisible Slit bill covered with a little piece of paper is cut with a knife and restored
Sep. 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3)
1
Hiroyuki Sakai Midnight Chicago or The Right-Angle Bill Mystery spectator holds on to three stacked bills and closes eyes, when eyes are opened again chosen bill is found at right angles to the other two in perpendicular position, Power of Darkness type
Also published here
Feb. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 6)
45
Hiroyuki Sakai The Vanish Which Elevates Tenkai coin put in hand, other hand waves over it, hand shown empty, transfer from Tenkai pinch to fourth finger to other hand
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Apr. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 8)
50
Hiroyuki Sakai Facing the Aces four aces end up face up in the deck, deck is thrown in other hand
1993 885
Bernard Bilis, Jean Philippe Total A-Band-A-Ment rubber band around deck, finger put through, selection jumps face-up onto back of fingers, with locking feature, Hiro Sakai not mentioned
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Variations
June 1993 1
Karl Fulves*, Joseph K. Schmidt Aparición Fantasma card appears from deck encircled with a rubber band
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Variations
1993 226
Hiroyuki Sakai Four Card Touch Force multiple cards touched, stripped out, first card out-jogged by performer
1995 74
Hiroyuki Sakai Haunto deck cuts itself on out-stretched palm at selection
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1995 1
Hiroyuki Sakai The Right-Angle Bill Mystery spectator holds on to three stacked bills and closes eyes, when eyes are opened again chosen bill is found at right angles to the other two in perpendicular position, Power of Darkness type
Also published here
1995 4
Hiroyuki Sakai Inner Inertia cards loaded on deck from inside of a wallet, in application a prediction card is added to top of a pile
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1995 7
Hiroyuki Sakai Karate Bill-Usion finger pushed through bill, bill unharmed
Inspired by
1995 10
Hiroyuki Sakai Belle's Rope Cut two ropes are cut into four, then restored back to two
Inspired by
  • "Again the cut and restored rope" (Bob Bell, Linking Ring, Aug. 1960)
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1995 12
Hiroyuki Sakai Band on the Run rubber band around deck disappears and is found around selection
Also published here
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Variations
1995 17
Hiroyuki Sakai Green-Back Gone building on dollar bill design appears and disappears, seen through cut-out in paper
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Summer 1996 103
Paul Harris Stretch aka Rubber Band Scam (revised) four ace production, combines
  • Stretch
  • Inner Circle
  • Classic Rubber Band Haunted Pack
Inspired by
Variations
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
147
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
1996 1
Hiroyuki Sakai E-Z Steal flash thread is burned and changes into silk, ball produced from it, system for freeing a load in the sleeve
Also published here
Jan. 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 5)
79
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
  • Deutsch (translated by Rudolf Braunmüller)
  • Francais (translated by Philippe Warren)
  • Español (translated by Rafael Benatar)
Also published here
Variations
1997 1
Hiroyuki Sakai Wild Cards Primera blank cards turn into selection, first published in Japanese in 1993
1997 1
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus), english and french
Also published here
Variations
1998 1
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
1999 1
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
1999 1
Hiroyuki Sakai The Fishy Five ten dollar bill and five dollar bill with slit, the one with slit is folded so it looks like two, it then changes into the ten dollar bill and the one with slit is found in wallet
Also published here
Feb. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 2)
39
Hiroyuki Sakai Green-Back Gone building on dollar bill design appears and disappears, seen through cut-out in paper
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1999 2
Hiroyuki Sakai Hairband Mystery hairband penetrates thumb, more or less classic method with hairband instead of rubber band
Also published here
1999 5
Hiroyuki Sakai Impromptu Psi-Con Ruse five cards are placed into book so they stick out half-way in different positions, one chosen, it matches prediction in envelope
Also published here
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1999 8
Hiroyuki Sakai Card Switch with Book
Also published here
1999 9
Hiroyuki Sakai E-Z Steal flash thread is burned and changes into silk, ball produced from it, system for freeing a load in the sleeve
Also published here
1999 11
Hiroyuki Sakai Dry Cups water poured in two paper cups, both held up with spectator, liquid vanishes from both
1999 13
Philip T. Goldstein* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein* PSI-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
2000 1
Hiroyuki Sakai The Vibrating Bed two red Queens on table, four black cards in spectator's hand, one black card moved to red pile, now four black cards on table and reds in spectator's hand
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Linking Ring Parade, July 1981
    • also in: Unbalanced (The Three Faces of Steve, 1987)
May 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 5)
50
Philip T. Goldstein* PSI-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
2000 1
Hiroyuki Sakai Wand Mystery black wand changes color to red, then changes into a silk, yellow wand is produced, changes back to black, vanishes
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
51
Hiroyuki Sakai Celebrity Torn and Restored Card one end of card signed by spectator and one by performer, torn in half and restored
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Hoodwink" (Kenton Knepper, Ben Harris)
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
52
Hiroyuki Sakai Pair-Card Mystery twenty four cards with names are used that make pairs (like Rome and Juliet), mate to selection is found
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
55
Hiroyuki Sakai Break a Leg foot stretched up to beside head, seen from the back
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
56
Hiroyuki Sakai One-Man Self Levitation in box
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
57
Hiroyuki Sakai Duck Change brief
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2003 24
Rick Bronson Spinner "(A Flourish)"
card spun off right hand's fingers onto deck, Duck Change type dynamics
Related to
2005 13
Hiroyuki Sakai Color Sunder 4&4
  • Part I: The First Separation
  • Part II: The Second Separation
  • Part III: The Transposition
Variations
Oct. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)
24
Hiroyuki Sakai Duck Change brief
Also published here
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Variations
Oct. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)
25
Brandon Burton Spring Revolution duck change at the end of springing, for credit information see Antinomy references
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Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
20
Richard Kaufman Hiro Worship on Hiroyuki Sakai, Dr. Leon
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
56
Hiroyuki Sakai Currency Swap signed bill put in small coin envelope, coin visibly changes into that folded bill, coin now in envelope
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
59
Hiroyuki Sakai Quiet Revolution spectator choses card during dribbling, deck spread, spread again and selection is seen reversed
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Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
63
Hiroyuki Sakai The Bill Doctor knife through bill, gaffed bill
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
65
Hiroyuki Sakai, Yuic-hi Katakura YKK card chosen and lost, deck cut in three piles, top indifferent cards removed, they change into selection one by one, other Queens show up as well, see next issue for credit correction
  • Part One: Triple Wild Card
  • Part Two: The Other Three Queens
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Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
71
Hiroyuki Sakai Balloon Bank Nite using a kind of rattle gimmick for balloons
Also published here
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
74
Hiroyuki Sakai, Yukishige Kadoya The Strange Pass top half bevel-spread, top-card cover suggestion by Richard Kaufman
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
76
Hiroyuki Sakai The Uncluttered Mind spectator wears mirror glasses and performer names selection (gag), then rest of deck shown blank, featuring a deck switch with a paper back
Variations
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
77
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks on Andy Nyman, Robert Harbin, New York's Magical Nights, SAM, The Great Buck Howard
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Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
10
Denis Behr Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band rubber band around deck disappears and is found around selection, repeat with named card
Inspired by
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Variations
2011 76
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #40 on credits for The Recognition Reflex and Point Break, handling for The World's Greatest Magician
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2011 xxviii
Max Maven* Psi-Con Ruse double ended cards are placed in book (instead of apparatus)
Also published here
Variations
2011 1
Gene Maze The Ovette Reverse No. 5
Also published here
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May 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5)
24
Hiroyuki Sakai Duck Change back-to-back double is shot from right hand onto deck and secretly turns over
Also published here
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Variations
Jan. 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 5)
63
Hiroyuki Sakai Double Doppelganger two pairs are made with the performer always placing a card on the table first, they match
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
50
Hiroyuki Sakai Cutting-To-Aces Goes Undercover
  • Tokyo Workshop
spectator cuts to Aces under silks while performer holds deck
Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
54
Hiroyuki Sakai Time Regained
  • Tokyo Workshop
card signed on back and put in case, signature vanishes from card, another card is put in case and signature appears on that card
Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
49
Hiroyuki Sakai The Duck Change back-to-back double is shot from right hand onto deck and secretly turns over
Also published here
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Variations
Nov. 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 3)
65
Hiroyuki Sakai The Volunteer Swindler five Dollar bill with slit is folded so it looks like two bills, when opened up bill has transformed to ten Dollar bill and other bills is back in wallet
2013 23
Hiroyuki Sakai Hairband Mystery hairband penetrates thumb, more or less classic method with hairband instead of rubber band
Also published here
2013 28
Hiroyuki Sakai A Transient Love Story magic tricks to seduce a person, see following items/steps
2013 30
Hiroyuki Sakai Step 1: Approach divination of phone number, center tear
2013 30
Hiroyuki Sakai Step 2: A Present coin changes into flowers, with assistant
2013 32
Hiroyuki Sakai Step 3: Reach handling of Don Wayne's Room Service with room numbers on ten business cards
2013 33
Hiroyuki Sakai Step 4: JAB recipe for rice with sardines and ginger
2013 35
Hiroyuki Sakai Step 5: Propose ring vanishes and appears on person's finger, to propose
2013 36
Hiroyuki Sakai Extra Step: Strange Relationship two decks, on backs of chosen card are names of performer and spectator
2013 37
Hiroyuki Sakai Inception bill placed inside paper sleeve with little flap, building on bill seen through hole vanishes and appears again
2013 40
Hiroyuki Sakai The Right-Angle Bill Mystery spectator holds on to three stacked bills and closes eyes, when eyes are opened again chosen bill is found at right angles to the other two in perpendicular position, Power of Darkness type
2013 43
Hiroyuki Sakai The Vanish Which Elevates Tenkai showing both hands empty while transferring one coin from hand to hand, pinky transfer to classic palm
Also published here
Related to
2013 46
Hiroyuki Sakai Inner Inertia cards loaded on deck from inside of a wallet, in application a prediction card is added to top of a pile
Also published here
2013 48
Hiroyuki Sakai Celebrity Torn and Restored Card one end of card signed by spectator and one by performer, torn in half and restored
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Hoodwink" (Kenton Knepper, Ben Harris)
2013 50
Hiroyuki Sakai One Man Self-Levitation standing in a box, mirror
2013 55
Hiroyuki Sakai Split-Second Yank Hokum
  • Tokyo Workshop
very fast assembly
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
43
Hiroyuki Sakai Wanderfull, Wanderfull!
  • Tokyo Workshop
multiple pop-up wands appear
May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
59
Hiroyuki Sakai Regal Robbers Rise
  • Tokyo Workshop
Kings placed in different positions in tabled spread, they rise to top
July 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 7)
45
Alexander de Cova Papiertüten Austausch deck switch with a paper back, relatively complicated apparatus
Inspired by
2016 255
Giacomo Bertini Bertini Clip Aquitment showing hands empty while hiding a coin
Also published here
  • System for Amazement, 2018
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June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
73
Giacomo Bertini The Palm Shuttle showing both hands empty while transferring one coin from hand to hand, pinky transfer to classic palm, then to deep back clip of other hand
Also published here
  • System for Amazement, 2018
Related to
Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
158
Jeremiah Zuo Duck Change Vanish card shot between two tabled sandwich cards vanishes
Inspired by
Feb. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
283
Hiroyuki Sakai Duck Change brief
Also published here
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Variations
2022 1001
Hiroyuki Sakai, Nicolai Friedrich Band on the Run plus Transformation rubber band vanishes from around deck to trap selection in center, that card changes into another card
Also published here
  • "Herbert und Hermine" (Nicolai Friedrich, Magie, Feb. 2020)
2022 24
Hiroyuki Sakai The Fishy Five ten dollar bill and five dollar bill with slit, the one with slit is folded so it looks like two, it then changes into the ten dollar bill and the one with slit is found in wallet
Also published here
2025 3
Hiroyuki Sakai Balloon Bank Night using a kind of rattle gimmick for balloons
Also published here
2025 12
Hiroyuki Sakai Impromptu Psi-Con Ruse five cards are placed into book so they stick out half-way in different positions, one chosen, it matches prediction in envelope
Also published here
Inspired by
2025 21
Hiroyuki Sakai Card Switch with Book
Also published here
2025 25
Hiroyuki Sakai Separation 8 4&4, the cards separate three times and then the colors transpose
  • Preliminary Phase: Removing the Cards from the Deck
  • First Phase
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
Inspired by
2025 29
Hiroyuki Sakai Band On The Run rubber band around deck disappears and is found around selection
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
2025 54
Hiroyuki Sakai Vibrating Bed two red Queens on table, four black cards in spectator's hand, one black card moved to red pile, now four black cards on table and reds in spectator's hand
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Linking Ring Parade, July 1981
    • also in: Unbalanced (The Three Faces of Steve, 1987)
2025 64
Hiroyuki Sakai, Nicolai Friedrich Band on the Run plus Transformation rubber band vanishes from around deck to trap selection in center, that card changes into another card
Also published here
  • "Herbert und Hermine" (Nicolai Friedrich, Magie, Feb. 2020)
2025 51