Alexander Hansford

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Tenkai Ishida	Palming One Card. Tankai's Method	"Tenkai" misspelled in title	Related to Daley's Left Hand Steal From Center Of Deck (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Palming One Card: Tenkai's Method (Tenkai Ishida, 1994) Variations Kort's Center Steal (Milton Kort, 1999) Direct Bottom Palm (Dan Buck, Dave Buck, 2011) Tenkai Palm Variation (Alexander Hansford, 2021) Also published here Empalme Tenkai del centro (Tenkai Ishida, 2017)	1938	Greater Magic	202	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Bill Simon	The Simon Card Control	jog, insertion from the side with deck in end grip	Related to Odla Control (Aldo Colombini, 1995) Variations The Squeeze Control (Arie Vilner, 2009) Control A (Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford, 2016) Also published here Die Simon-Kartenkontrolle (Bill Simon, 1984)	1952	Effective Card Magic	93	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Dai Vernon	To Exchange a Card	Tenkai Palm Switch	Related to Tenkai-palm Switch (Dai Vernon, 1988) Jumping Jack Switch (Dai Vernon, 2021) Variations Covered Vernon Change (David Davies, 2012) Modified Vernon Switch (Alexander Hansford, 2018)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	77	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Edward Marlo	Ever Ready-Black Routine	three phases, locations with divided deck (third phase inspired by previous version in 1957 reference)	Inspired by Red Black Locations (Edward Marlo, 1957) Related to One Way, Two Selections (Edward Marlo, 1995) Finding cards (Alexander Hansford, 2018) Variations The Cut Deeper Location (Jon Racherbaumer, Philip T. Goldstein, Simon Aronson, 1984) (C) Ever Ready Black Routine with Mexican Joe (Edward Marlo, 1984) Also published here The New Tops, Feb. 1967	1988	M.I.N.T. — Volume I	264	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces	spectator cuts and values are used to count down to Aces	Variations Spectator Cuts to Indicate the Aces (Justin Higham, 2001) The Limestone Yearbook (Alexander Hansford, 2021) Also published here Spectator Cuts To Locate Aces (Edward Marlo, 1976) The New Tops, Sep. 1976	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	299	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
Guy Hollingworth	Optical Alignment		Related to The Basic Move (José de la Torre, 1976) Impossible Twist Move (Zenneth Kok, 2005) Optical Alignment Variation (Chris Beason, 2015) Variations Coin Realignment Move (Jeremiah Zuo, Justin Hanes, Eric Jones, 2018) Optical Alignment Vanish (Alexander Hansford, 2021)	1999	Drawing Room Deceptions	21	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Lee Asher	Pulp Friction	reverse spread control/cull/displacement	Variations Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson, 2009) Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks (Ricky Smith, 2015) Reverse Spread Switch (Alexander Hansford, 2016) Also published here Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, 2018)	2000	Pulp Friction	5	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...) Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Reverse Cull
Tom Stone	Minus Deck ATFUS	table, handling away from deck	Related to TATFUS (Andi Gladwin, 2006) Tabled ATFUS (Alexander Hansford, 2016) Also published here Expertalk: Tom Stone on ATFUS (Tom Stone, 2022)	2010	Vortex	45	Cards / Sleights / Switches / ATFUS & Variations
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford	Deliberate Side Steal to Tenkai Palm		Inspired by The Deliberate Side-Steal (Edward Marlo, 1957)	2016	Sprezzatura	6	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
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 Back Pocket Subtlety (Alexander Hansford, 2021)	2016	Sprezzatura	7	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Alexander Hansford	Microbreaks	Work on obtaining, maintaining and recovering from very fine pinky breaks		2016	Sprezzatura	10	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
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 The Simon Card Control (Bill Simon, 1952)	2016	Sprezzatura	13	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Alexander Hansford	Control B	Obtain microbreak through plunger principle		2016	Sprezzatura	16	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Alexander Hansford	Erdnase Break from Jog			2016	Sprezzatura	17	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Alexander Hansford	Key Card + Glimpse	Key card glimpse + placement using microbreak	Related to Side-Jog Glimpse (Jerry Kogan, 1947)	2016	Sprezzatura	18	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Alexander Hansford	Side Jog to Injog			2016	Sprezzatura	19	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Hofzinser Force Handling			2016	Sprezzatura	23	Cards / Sleights / Force / Spread Force
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford	Convincing Control to Deep Cop			2016	Sprezzatura	25	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Alexander Hansford	Instant Assembly	Four Kings visually vanish from packets, appear assembled on tabled packet		2016	Sprezzatura	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Alexander Hansford	Tabled ATFUS	ATFUS by ditching face up cards onto tabled deck	Related to Minus Deck ATFUS (Tom Stone, 2010)	2016	Sprezzatura	34	Cards / Sleights / Switches / ATFUS & Variations Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case
Alexander Hansford	A Second Phase?	three kings distributed in tabled spread, they jump back to remaining king		2016	Sprezzatura	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Alexander Hansford	Diamond Cut Diamond	selection transposes with selected Diamond card, duplicate		2016	Sprezzatura	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Diamond Cut Diamond
Alexander Hansford	Reverse Spread Switch	showing reversed card in deck and switching it	Inspired by Pulp Friction (Lee Asher, 2000) Variations Control (Alexander Hansford, 2018)	2016	Sprezzatura	40	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Cull Effect	Four Queens change to any named four of a kind		2016	Sprezzatura	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Alexander Hansford	Cull Spread Switch	discrepant		2016	Sprezzatura	45	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Spread Switches Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Arturo de Ascanio, Alexander Hansford	Ascanio Spread Ideas			2016	Sprezzatura	46	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
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	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Alexander Hansford	Gödel	Hand holds two cards face up, one of those cards change with a wave		2017	Wabi-Sabi	28	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Alexander Hansford	Lay down switch	left-handed handling		2018	Kino.	20	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Laydown Switch (Walton)
Alexander Hansford	Squash	four Kings change into one King of same suit as selection, then it changes into selection itself		2018	Kino.	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Alexander Hansford	Control	using reverse spread	Inspired by Reverse Spread Switch (Alexander Hansford, 2016)	2018	Kino.	51	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Vernon Transfer Handling	left hand wrist turn cover		2018	Kino.	52	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer
Alexander Hansford	Ditch			2018	Kino.	60	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case
Alexander Hansford	Snap Double	isolated double card snapped over in hand		2018	Kino.	66	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Alexander Hansford	Lateral Palm Switch			2018	Kino.	68	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Alexander Hansford	Modified Vernon Switch		Inspired by To Exchange a Card (Dai Vernon, 1957)	2018	Kino.	70	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Alexander Hansford	On Divided Decks	red/black, EBOR/OBER, high/low		2018	Kino.	89	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Alexander Hansford	The basic effect	high/low		2018	Kino.	96	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Finding cards	One card Two cards Two cards variant	Inspired by Marlo selection procedure in Cardfixes Related to Ever Ready-Black Routine (Edward Marlo, 1988)	2018	Kino.	98	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Alexander Hansford	Count Cull	while counting off a certain number of cards		2019	The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)	86	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
Andrew Frost	Tabled False Cut	straight false cut from the hands to the table	Related to As a False Cut (Shane Cobalt, 2019) Variations Tabled False Cut Variant (Alexander Hansford, 2019)	2019	The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)	112	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Alexander Hansford	Tabled False Cut Variant	triple cut variation	Inspired by Tabled False Cut (Andrew Frost, 2019)	2019	The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)	118	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Alexander Hansford	Control The First	four cards overhand-shuffled into the deck one by one, breather		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
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	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls
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 Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces (Edward Marlo, 1995)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
Alexander Hansford	Faro Multiple Shift	with in-the-hands dribble and spread delay		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	98	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
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 Alternate Endings Travel (Alexander Hansford, 2021) Alternate Handling for Lay People (Justin Higham, 2021)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Alexander Hansford	Optical Alignment Vanish	to visibly vanish one of four cards	Inspired by Optical Alignment (Guy Hollingworth, 1999)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	146	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Snap Double	double card in dealing position is turned over into other hand		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	150	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Alexander Hansford	Alternate Endings Travel	additional ending ideas like card to pocket, transforming the Aces to match the selection	Inspired by Travelling As You Please (Alexander Hansford, 2021)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Justin Higham	Alternate Handling for Lay People	with clean vanish from packet	Inspired by Travelling As You Please (Alexander Hansford, 2021)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	172	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Alexander Hansford	Two Methods For Card To Pocket	direct palm methods		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	174	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Alexander Hansford	Tenkai Palm Variation	into angly perpendicular cop position from center, overhand shuffle while holding card out	Inspired by Palming One Card. Tankai's Method (Tenkai Ishida, 1938)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	177	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Other Positions Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Alexander Hansford	Back Pocket Subtlety	showing hand empty before production from back pocket	Related to Back Pocket Subtlety (Alexander Hansford, 2016)	2021	Often Rarely That Simple	179	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Alexander Hansford	Card to Pocket Convincer	bottom card apparently doesn't change despite palm-off		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Alexander Hansford	Tenkai Drop Change	Tenkai-palmed card dropped onto single card in dealing position		2021	Often Rarely That Simple	197	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed
Alexander Hansford	A Dual Location	Effect #3 challenge location with shuffling by the spectator Two Cards		2023	NeatCon 2023	38	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Alexander Hansford	Red/Black Shuffle Combination	overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle		2023	NeatCon 2023	42	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Alexander Hansford	Unrelated Straight Cut	multi-packet cut, cuts once		2023	NeatCon 2023	49	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table

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