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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase The Diagonal Palm-Shift mention of top palm, bottom palm and multiple shift on page 141
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 137
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
VariationsAlso published here 1933 11
Theodore Annemann A New Kink for the Reversing of One Card subtle reverse method for one-way back
Related to 1934 12
R. M. Jamison Touch blank cards variation, deck of blank backed cards, small-packet suggestion
Variations 1937 48
U. F. Grant Slow Motion Bill Transposition
Related toVariations 1943/27 109
Dai Vernon Bathroom Strippers using broken glass
Related to 1959 70
Dai Vernon Double Lift Unload for credit information see Marlo reference
Related toAlso published here 1961 70
Roger Smith The One Handed Faro Miracle gag, deck in order is placed inside case and is found shuffled, one handed Faro shuffle
Variations Jan. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
5
Juan Tamariz Blown Away "Neither Blind Nor Silly"
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here July 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)
1369
Larry Jennings All Up The Sleeves performer puts Ace of Spades in his sleeve, spectator names a card in the deck, Ace removed, it changes into the named card, Ace of Spades then pulled from spectator's sleeve
Inspired byVariations Aug. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 12)
54
Roberto Giobbi The Palindrome Cards a five-card row magically reverses its order several times
Variations 1998 585
Steve Freeman The Time Machine two-card transpo plus Ambitious Card theme
Related toVariations 1998 588
Paul Curry Touch with a lot of credit information
Variations 2001 206
David Regal The Very Last Card fair elimination process
Variations 2002 124
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker breather crimp
Related toVariations 2003 10
Ricky Smith, Salvador Sufrate The Cherry Control control to top as deck is fanned, for credit correction see Issue 11, p. 1
Related toVariations Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
13
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Table-Spread Force card thumbed onto table in spread layout with left hand until spectator says stop
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1997
2006 15
Ryan Plunkett Patet Pondus
  • 1. Charpentier's Dream: Deck placed in box with cellophane window. Cased deck felt to gradually lose weight, before shown to be empty
  • 2. Invisible Deck Monte: Three deck monte with card cases, cases start out empty, but then one of the boxes felt to suddenly grow heavy - deck produced from it
2016 11
Ryan Plunkett The Mexican-American War three blank cards, predictions written on them, match three freely selected cards
Inspired by 2016 20
Harapan Ong, Ryan Plunkett Stock Lines Stock Lines: Ad lib game for magicians, made into structured routine that dictates the card trick
Also published here 2016 27
Ryan Plunkett Pac-Man Sam Pacman drawn on card jumps from card to card, swallowing pellets. Ghost appears, then selection travels to card box.
Inspired by
  • "Stickman Sam" (Mark Mason, released with JB Magic, 2006)
Variations
2016 33
Justin Purcell Ms. Pac-Man card to wallet ending for Pac-Man Sam with streamlined handling
Inspired by 2016 42
Ryan Plunkett Fly By Night Three Fly routine using large, different-colored discs
2016 47
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
56
Benjamin Earl The Resourceful Professional gambling routine
1. Shuffle Location/Culling
2. False Dealing
3. Stacking
4. Card Mucking/Switching
5. Shuffle Tracking
6. Four-of-a-Kind Location
Variations 2017 110
Ryan Plunkett, Michael Feldman The Basics Misconceptions about tapered decks, terminology and basic handlings
  • Sides and Ends
  • The Cut
2017 11
Ryan Plunkett, Michael Feldman How to Cut Cards
  • Purchase
  • Card Trimmer
  • Stripper Jig (Eoin O'Hare)
  • Paper Cutter
  • "Bathroom Strippers"
  • Rounding Corners
Related to 2017 18
Ryan Plunkett Collect Yourself three cards selected and lost, four Aces magically appear on top of the deck, then three cards appear sandwiched between the Aces
2017 24
Ryan Plunkett Multiple Cull Control
2017 25
Ryan Plunkett Dual Thought two cards lost and found under "test conditions"
Inspired by 2017 38
Ryan Plunkett Shuffleupagus deck shuffled by two spectators, then shown to be almost separated into red and blacks, now in new deck order
Inspired byVariations 2017 40
Ryan Plunkett Shuffleupagus Redux deck is shuffled and shown to be mixed, shuffled again, placed in box. When taken out, deck is in new deck order (in the hands routine, no table required)
Inspired by 2017 49
Ryan Plunkett A Satisfying Sequence Getting a card turned end for end and returned reversed in the deck, out of magician's hands
Related to 2017 58
Ryan Plunkett Cherry Control Variation Cherry Control with Stripper Deck
Inspired by 2017 59
Ryan Plunkett, Michael Feldman Stay Stack: An Introduction Describing the basics of Stay Stacks
2017 60
Ryan Plunkett Twin Peeks Know which card spectator is peeking at during riffle peek
Related to 2017 64
Ryan Plunkett Subtleties displays for a stripper deck in which every second card is secretly reversed
1. Spread Subtlety (in-the-hands spread with ribbon-spread hide-out)
2. Riffle Subtlety
2017 73
Ryan Plunkett The Nearly Final Countdown Spectator peeks at card, mates appear at same position in two halves
Related to 2017 76
Ryan Plunkett Ode to Rusduck card and location divined by magician
2017 79
Ryan Plunkett The Hallucinogenic Shuffle As deck is shuffled, more and more face up cards appear. Selection made, lost, dead cut to selection, then deck is all face down
2017 122
Ryan Plunkett Flash Triumph Clean handling of Triumph, selection appears in deck suddenly after all cards shown to have turned face down first
2017 131
Paul Vigil Thou Shalt Not Steal "or The Mona Lisa Money Trick"
Inspired by
  • "Be Switched" (George Hample, 1985)
Related toVariations
2017 71
Harapan Ong Stock Lines Stock Lines: Ad lib game for magicians, made into structured routine that dictates the card trick
Also published here 2017 41
Ryan Plunkett The "Eh, Fuck it" Ace Interlude Magician loses three Aces in the deck, remaining Ace multiplies into four Aces
July 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))
3
Ryan Plunkett Muck Off magician demonstrates switching card on table for card in sleeve, has spectator try it too, then produce Royal Flush from spectator's sleeve
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
56
Ryan Plunkett Bottom Placement Addition bottom card of deck in right-hand End Grip added to packet in dealing position
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
60
Ryan Plunkett Any Card At Our Numbers deck given to spectator, another deck wash-shuffled on table, spectator and performer think of a number each and count down in both decks, the cards match
Inspired by 2020 3
Ryan Plunkett Fan Mail card predicted in envelope, fair elimination process after table wash by spectator
Inspired by 2020 21
Ryan Plunkett The Bug holdout under table and addition from there
2020 25
Ryan Plunkett Ace on Top order of Ace through Five reverses, multiple phases
Inspired by 2020 39
Ryan Plunkett Magnetic Silver two coins become apparently magnetic, one then travels across from hand to hand
  • Through-the-Hand Cleanup
2020 65
Ryan Plunkett The Time Machine top and bottom card shown, another card selected, all cards lost in the center, selection emerges from deck and top and bottom cards return as well
  • A Tapered Variant (version with stripper deck)
Inspired byVariations 2020 85
Ryan Plunkett Out Of Sight, Out of Mind using a breather crimp
2020 101
Ryan Plunkett Breather Crimp
  • Applying the Crimp
  • Punching the Crimp
  • Edge-Marking the Crimp
2020 103
Ryan Plunkett 1. A Replacement nonchalant handling to place card next to breather crimp
Inspired by 2020 123
Ryan Plunkett 2. A Natural Spread Break deck spread onto table from left-hand dealing position until stopped, force or to replace card, breather crimp
Related to 2020 126
Ryan Plunkett Versatile Transpo two borrowed bills transpose, index, with Jeff Corn/Bob McAllister gaff
Inspired by 2020 131
Ryan Plunkett TPS (Tapered Palm Shift) DPS from reversed card in stripper deck
Inspired by 2020 150
Ryan Plunkett The Card Through Handkerchief
2020 155
Ryan Plunkett Muck Off magician demonstrates switching card on table for card in sleeve, has spectator try it too, then produce Royal Flush from spectator's sleeve
Inspired byAlso published here 2020 171
Ryan Plunkett Triple Lift Unload
Related to 2020 177
Ryan Plunkett Bottom Placement Addition bottom card of deck in right-hand End Grip added to packet in dealing position
2020 183
Ryan Plunkett Clean Up Switch fanned packet used to flip over deck in hand, one card of packet switched
2020 193
Ryan Plunkett Gravity Deck Three Deck Illusion with weight/gravity using three card cases with windows, during demonstration a deck vanishes and reappears, using an omni deck
2020 197
Ryan Plunkett Stand-up Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
37
Derek DelGaudio Muck You performer puts Ace of Spades in his sleeve, blackjack mucking demonstration, repeat with a card in spectator's sleeve, duplicate
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2006
2022 497
Francesco Fontanelli The Time Machine top and bottom card shown, another card selected, all cards lost in the center, selection and top and bottom cards return again
Inspired by 2024 14