176 entries for Alexander Hansford

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card. Tankai's Method "Tenkai" misspelled in title
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
202
Bill Simon The Simon Card Control jog, insertion from the side with deck in end grip
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1952
Effective Card Magic
93
Dai Vernon To Exchange a Card Tenkai Palm Switch
Related toVariations 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
77
Edward Marlo The Knoxville Aces four piles, Ace on each, packets assembled, Aces travel to top
Related toVariations Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
168
Edward Marlo Ever Ready-Black Routine three phases, locations with divided deck (third phase inspired by previous version in 1957 reference)
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1967
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
264
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces spectator cuts and values are used to count down to Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
299
Guy Hollingworth Optical Alignment
Related toVariations 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
21
Lee Asher Pulp Friction reverse spread control/cull/displacement
VariationsAlso published here 2000
Pulp Friction
5
Reinhard Müller Miumph Redux using subtle tabled turnover of one half before the shuffle, see next issue for corrected photographs
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
81
Glenn Morphew Rub-A-Dub-Deluxe angled
Variations Jan. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1)
27
Tom Stone Minus Deck ATFUS table, handling away from deck
Related toAlso published here 2010
Vortex
45
R. Paul Wilson The Con-Cam Coincidence spectators shuffle packets, yet Four-of-a-kind on top matching selection
Variations 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
159
Brother John Hamman Easy Cull while up-jogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2012
The Cardjurer
69
Carlos Vinuesa The Sports Almanac (The Race) combination of strippers with cuts in short and long sides; prediction of race results in Shuffle-Bored style (including photo finish of the race)
Inspired byRelated to 2013
Numbers, Cards... and Time!
66
Alexander Hansford Introduction
2016
Sprezzatura
2
Alexander Hansford Card to pocket Card chosen and placed back in deck, hand shown empty before entering back pocket, card produced from back pocket
 		2016
Sprezzatura
4
Alexander Hansford Thoughts on the Tenkai Palm
2016
Sprezzatura
4
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford Deliberate Side Steal to Tenkai Palm
Inspired by 2016
Sprezzatura
6
Alexander Hansford Back Pocket Subtlety Tenkai palm production used as convincer in the context of card to pocket routine to show hand empty, see also p. 27
Related to 2016
Sprezzatura
7
Alexander Hansford Microbreaks Work on obtaining, maintaining and recovering from very fine pinky breaks
 		2016
Sprezzatura
10
Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford Control A Sidejogging a card during square up to obtain microbreak, sidejog finesse provided by Will Houstoun, cut card to the top of the deck
Inspired by 2016
Sprezzatura
13
Alexander Hansford Control B Obtain microbreak through plunger principle
 		2016
Sprezzatura
16
Alexander Hansford Erdnase Break from Jog
2016
Sprezzatura
17
Alexander Hansford Key Card + Glimpse Key card glimpse + placement using microbreak
Related to 2016
Sprezzatura
18
Alexander Hansford Side Jog to Injog
2016
Sprezzatura
19
Alexander Hansford Mystery Card Card is selected and signed, odd-backed card shown to be the same card with different signature, signature then changes into spectator's signature
 		2016
Sprezzatura
22
Alexander Hansford Hofzinser Force Handling
2016
Sprezzatura
23
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford Convincing Control to Deep Cop
2016
Sprezzatura
25
Alexander Hansford Instant Assembly Four Kings visually vanish from packets, appear assembled on tabled packet
 		2016
Sprezzatura
29
Alexander Hansford Tabled ATFUS ATFUS by ditching face up cards onto tabled deck
Related to 2016
Sprezzatura
34
Alexander Hansford A Second Phase? three kings distributed in tabled spread, they jump back to remaining king
 		2016
Sprezzatura
37
Alexander Hansford Diamond Cut Diamond selection transposes with selected Diamond card, duplicate
 		2016
Sprezzatura
39
Alexander Hansford Reverse Spread Switch showing reversed card in deck and switching it
Inspired byVariations 2016
Sprezzatura
40
Alexander Hansford Cull Effect Four Queens change to any named four of a kind
 		2016
Sprezzatura
44
Alexander Hansford Cull Spread Switch discrepant
 		2016
Sprezzatura
45
Arturo de Ascanio, Alexander Hansford Ascanio Spread Ideas
2016
Sprezzatura
46
Alexander Hansford A Childish Spelling Trick two selections lost and shuffled in the deck, spelled to cleanly, with demonstration spell & faro placement
 		2016
Sprezzatura
48
Alexander Hansford Crediting Et c.
2016
Sprezzatura
51
Alexander Hansford Gödel Hand holds two cards face up, one of those cards change with a wave
 		2017
Wabi-Sabi
28
Alexander Hansford Objectively Cool thoughts on magic, enjoyment
 		2017
Daily Dose
16
Alexander Hansford Intro
2018
Kino.
5
Alexander Hansford Photography on his time in California, many photographs
 		2018
Kino.
6
Alexander Hansford Oddity four random cards tabled face-down, another card selected and switched for one of those four, the other three change to complete a four-of-a-kind with the selection
 		2018
Kino.
16
Alexander Hansford Lay down switch left-handed handling
 		2018
Kino.
20
Alexander Hansford Squash four Kings change into one King of same suit as selection, then it changes into selection itself
 		2018
Kino.
46
Alexander Hansford Control using reverse spread
Inspired by 2018
Kino.
51
Alexander Hansford Vernon Transfer Handling left hand wrist turn cover
 		2018
Kino.
52
Alexander Hansford Ditch
2018
Kino.
60
Alexander Hansford Snap Double isolated double card snapped over in hand
 		2018
Kino.
66
Alexander Hansford Lateral Palm Switch
2018
Kino.
68
Alexander Hansford Modified Vernon Switch
Inspired by 2018
Kino.
70
Alexander Hansford Stack - A critique on the memorised deck "I don't really like it."
  • Severing the method from the deck
  • Benefits of the shuffled deck
 		2018
Kino.
80
Alexander Hansford On Divided Decks red/black, EBOR/OBER, high/low
 		2018
Kino.
89
Alexander Hansford The basic effect high/low
 		2018
Kino.
96
Alexander Hansford Finding cards
  • One card
  • Two cards
  • Two cards variant
Inspired by
  • Marlo selection procedure in Cardfixes
Related to 		2018
Kino.
98
Alexander Hansford Notes
  • Culling in
  • Accomplice
  • Fooling magicians
 		2018
Kino.
106
Alexander Hansford Crediting + Reference
2018
Kino.
110
Matt Baker, Barrie Richardson Banned For Life variation on Shuffle Bored, done as a real time skill demonstration of card counting for casino cheating. Magician can tell number of cards face up, number of red cards, and the total sum of the values of the red cards

Includes a magician-fooler method using "Rounders" gaffed cards, idea by Barrie Richardson, which is basically stripper deck but with rounded corners
Related to 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
159
Alexander Hansford To Our Readers about this magazine, "only perhaps two of them would consider themselves professional magicians - Derren and Justin"
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
11
Alexander Hansford About the Contributors mini bios and contact information for all eight contributors, Paavan Buddhdev, Rory Aadams, Alexander Hansford, Justin Higham, Andrew Frost, Kez Dearmer, Stephen Long, Derren Brown
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
13
Alexander Hansford Kez Dearmer intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
22
Alexander Hansford Justin Higham intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
38
Alexander Hansford Rory Adams intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
66
Alexander Hansford Alexander Hansford intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
80
Alexander Hansford Oil and Water deck shown mixed, spectator gives it one riffle shuffle, deck shown separated into red and black
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
82
Alexander Hansford Count Cull while counting off a certain number of cards
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
86
Alexander Hansford Paavan Buddhdev intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
92
Alexander Hansford Master in Freesolo on the documentary "Free Solo" (2018) and how it applies to magic
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
106
Alexander Hansford Andrew Frost intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
110
Andrew Frost Tabled False Cut straight false cut from the hands to the table
Related toVariations 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
112
Alexander Hansford Tabled False Cut Variant triple cut variation
Inspired by 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
118
Alexander Hansford The Session Convention on VanishingInc.'s Session Convention with many photographs
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
126
Alexander Hansford Stephen Long intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
150
Derren Brown, Alexander Hansford Derren Brown Alexander Hansford interviews Derren Brown
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
162
Alexander Hansford To Our Readers
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
11
Alexander Hansford About the Contributors mini bios and contact information for all eight contributors, Eric Hu, Vera Tobin, Tatanka Tan, Tony Chang, Éireann Leverett, Ricky Smith, Benjamin Pratt, Asi Wind
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
13
Alexander Hansford Vera Tobin intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
20
Alexander Hansford Eric Hu intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
40
Alexander Hansford Éireann Leverett intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
66
Éireann Leverett, Alexander Hansford Cyber Security, Risk and Card Tricks "Éireann Leverett Discusses The Overlap between Magic and Hacking"
as an interview
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
69
Alexander Hansford Neat Hand Insurance gag advertisement
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
82
Alexander Hansford Tatanka Tan intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
84
Alexander Hansford Ricky Smith / Benjamin Pratt intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
104
Alexander Hansford Tony Chang intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
150
Tony Chang, Alexander Hansford Midlife-Crises of a Move Monkey interview, title given by Tony in NYC
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
152
Alexander Hansford Asi Wind intro
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
178
Asi Wind, Alexander Hansford Time, Art and Magic - In Conversation with Asi Wind
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
181
Alexander Hansford To Close
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019)
205
Elliott Terral (reviewer) The Neat Review: Issue One by Alexander Hansford Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
92
Alexander Hansford To Our Readers
2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
11
Alexander Hansford About the Contributors mini bios and contact information for all eight contributors, Tomoya Horiki, Shimpei Katsuragawa, Kyohei Tatsukawa, Hide Yamamoto, Takuma Suzu, The Impossible Co., Akira Fuji, Cyril Takayama
 		2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
13
Alexander Hansford Akira Fuji intro
 		2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
22
Alexander Hansford La Campanella on Shimpei Katsuragawa
 		2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
44
Alexander Hansford, Ponta the Smith, Takeshi Taniguchi, Ben Daggers The Impossible Co. founded by Ponta the Smith, Takeshi Taniguchi, Ben Daggers
 		2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
90
Alexander Hansford, Cyril Takayama Cyril Takayama
2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
152
Alexander Hansford, Takuma Suzu Takuma Suzu
2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
174
Alexander Hansford, Hide Yamamoto Hide Yamamoto - Halfmoon Bar "The best close up show we have ever seen"
 		2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
192
Elliott Terral (reviewer) The Neat Review: Issues Two and Three by Alexander Hansford Nov. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 11)
90
Elliott Terral (reviewer) Tangram by Alexander Hansford, Stephen Long Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
85
Alexander Hansford Intro
2021
Often Rarely That Simple
8
Alexander Hansford Right Hander Look Here
2021
Often Rarely That Simple
12
Alexander Hansford Control The First four cards overhand-shuffled into the deck one by one, breather
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
14
Alexander Hansford Control The Second four-of-a-kind inserted in different position, clean square up followed by a riffle shuffle
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
56
Alexander Hansford The Limestone Yearbook spectator selects four cards one by one from in-the-hands spread, each value is used to count down to an Ace
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
92
Alexander Hansford Faro Multiple Shift with in-the-hands dribble and spread delay
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
98
Alexander Hansford Travelling As You Please Aces are on table, another card chosen and lost and the Ace of matching suit vanishes and appears reversed in deck, selection's value is used to count to it from that Ace
Variations 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
134
Alexander Hansford Optical Alignment Vanish to visibly vanish one of four cards
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
146
Alexander Hansford Snap Double double card in dealing position is turned over into other hand
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
150
Alexander Hansford Alternate Endings Travel additional ending ideas like card to pocket, transforming the Aces to match the selection
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
160
Justin Higham Alternate Handling for Lay People with clean vanish from packet
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
172
Alexander Hansford Two Methods For Card To Pocket direct palm methods
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
174
Alexander Hansford Tenkai Palm Variation into angly perpendicular cop position from center, overhand shuffle while holding card out
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
177
Alexander Hansford Back Pocket Subtlety showing hand empty before production from back pocket
Related to 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
179
Alexander Hansford Card to Pocket Convincer bottom card apparently doesn't change despite palm-off
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
187
Alexander Hansford Beige Change And Back "(Jennings + Earick)"
selection lost, the Ace of Spades which is isolated in the hand changes into selection and back
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
190
Alexander Hansford Tenkai Drop Change Tenkai-palmed card dropped onto single card in dealing position
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
197
Alexander Hansford Credits
2021
Often Rarely That Simple
210
Alexander Hansford Bibliography and Video
2021
Often Rarely That Simple
216
Alexander Hansford Intro
2022
Mainspring
8
Alexander Hansford Preface to the New (2022) Edition first Mainspring edition was 2017
 		2022
Mainspring
11
Alexander Hansford Objectively Cool
2022
Mainspring
17
Alexander Hansford Whiplash
2022
Mainspring
23
Alexander Hansford Sprezzatura
2022
Mainspring
29
Alexander Hansford Flow
  • Less pressure
  • Relax your shoulders
  • Teach yourself your routines
  • Focus on the wrists
  • One hand
  • Relax
  • Fingertips
 		2022
Mainspring
37
Alexander Hansford Softness
2022
Mainspring
45
Alexander Hansford Pace
  • Slow down
  • Smooth out the finish
 		2022
Mainspring
51
Alexander Hansford Gravity & Momentum
2022
Mainspring
57
Alexander Hansford Learn Cardistry
2022
Mainspring
61
Alexander Hansford Guilt
2022
Mainspring
67
Alexander Hansford Mind Your Head
2022
Mainspring
73
Alexander Hansford Bigger Picture
2022
Mainspring
77
Alexander Hansford It is Not a Move & Respect
2022
Mainspring
81
Alexander Hansford Nervousness
2022
Mainspring
85
Alexander Hansford Conversational Magic
2022
Mainspring
91
Alexander Hansford Performance Mode
2022
Mainspring
97
Alexander Hansford Interactions through Magic are Not Genuine
2022
Mainspring
101
Alexander Hansford Look How Clever I am
2022
Mainspring
111
Alexander Hansford Just for Fun
2022
Mainspring
117
Alexander Hansford The Better we Want to be
2022
Mainspring
123
Alexander Hansford Social Intelligence
2022
Mainspring
127
Alexander Hansford Diminishing Returns
2022
Mainspring
131
Alexander Hansford Expectations
2022
Mainspring
137
Alexander Hansford For the Art?
2022
Mainspring
141
Alexander Hansford Negativity
2022
Mainspring
145
Alexander Hansford The Importance of Doing your Own Work
2022
Mainspring
151
Alexander Hansford Intro Letter
2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
10
Father Alex, Alexander Hansford Theatre & Faith
2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
108
Arthur Chavaudret, Alexander Hansford, Kez Dearmer The Diversion of Reality Within Reality or "New Magic"
2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
190
Alexander Hansford NeatCon Tenets rules for the convention
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
4
Alexander Hansford Artists convention schedule
  • Itinerary
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
6
Alexander Hansford About the Convention
2023
NeatCon 2023
10
Alexander Hansford A Dual Location
  • Effect #3
challenge location with shuffling by the spectator
  • Two Cards
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
38
Alexander Hansford Red/Black Shuffle Combination overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
42
Alexander Hansford Unrelated Straight Cut multi-packet cut, cuts once
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
49
Alexander Hansford Upcoming Events "Ritual Lying"
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
7
Alexander Hansford Intro on how much he practiced as a kid
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
10
Alexander Hansford Right Hander Look Here written from left-handed perspective
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
18
Alexander Hansford Whilst Out Of Sight (A Reset) Jacks placed in four pockets, Aces in hand change to Jacks, Aces shown in pockets, all eight cards lost, Jacks travel to four pockets once more
  • Alternative (better) Andy Frost Ending (Andrew Frost)
  • Alternative Fully Clean Transposition
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
20
Alexander Hansford Packet Switch partial switch with two fours-of-a-kind
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
24
Alexander Hansford Knoxville Layout Variation showing four Jacks and putting them into four different pockets
Inspired by 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
26
Alexander Hansford, Giancarlo Scalia Elmsley Count Substitute showing cards one by one with lifts
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
32
Alexander Hansford Spectator Cuts Their Thoughts spectator thinks of a card while deck is riffled before his eyes and cuts deck into four piles, the four-of-a-kind matching the selection is found on top (last one misses and its value is used to count to fourth card)
Variations 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
52
Alexander Hansford & In Every Way Imaginable variation with four spectators involved in finding the four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
76
Alexander Hansford Thought Of Card To Pocket thought-of (and removed by the spectator before it is lost again) card travels to pocket, it is placed under the card case and vanishes from there to again travel into the pocket along with its three mates, deck vanishes and found in pocket
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
84
Alexander Hansford Easy Cull Handling four three-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
90
Glenn Morphew, Alexander Hansford Rub-a-Dub Deluxe under Case apparently placing the card under the case
Inspired by 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
96
Alexander Hansford Sudden Travelling Light signed cards, only one palm
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
116
Alexander Hansford Eight Year General Card odd-backed card put in back pocket, four Jacks change one by one into a signed selection, then back to Jacks, signed card is the odd-backed card in the back pocket
Inspired by
  • "Hessian" (Alexander Hansford, Dan & Dave Buck, 2016)
 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
144
Alexander Hansford Open Deck Switch one deck in hand, another deck is picked up with same hand, they are secretly exchanged
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
147
Alexander Hansford Five-as-Four Fan-Out
2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
153
Alexander Hansford Lateral Palm Steal Transformation bottom card of a double stolen, as transformation
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
171
Alexander Hansford Remorse Less Miracle Triumph using Reinhard Müller's subtle tabled turnover of one half before the shuffle
Inspired by 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
178
Alexander Hansford Chairman of the Bored deck shown in new deck order, then shuffled and later shuffled face-up/face-down, shuffle-bored prediction
Related to 2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
190
Alexander Hansford Aspect of Eternity / Gathering Dust under-the-spread force variation, reverse-spread under an in-the-hands spread, card traveling into another deck application, or transposition
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
200
Alexander Hansford Credits
2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
212
Alexander Hansford Bibliography and Video
2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
216