141 entries for William P. Miesel

3 publications by William P. Miesel:
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Stewart James Miraskill
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
147
Walter B. Gibson* Pay Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Also published here
Related to
 Jan. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 1)
1
Stewart James Miraskill No. 90
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
168
Bill Simon The Cards and Dice - 1. The Transposition Ace to Four of Clubs face-down on table with a die on top of each with one to four to top, dice exchanged and cards follow
Related to
Variations
 1954
Sleightly Sensational
14
Bill Simon The Four Packet Shuffle four packets are shuffled into each other face-up/face-down
Related to
Variations
 1954
Sleightly Sensational
21
Walter B. Gibson* Pay-Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Also published here
Related to
 1956
The Best in Magic
97
William P. Miesel The Lost Ace four cards are shown as the ace of spades, then they transform into the other three aces and the king of spades
Related to
 June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
8
P. Howard Lyons Three Up Ace-Two-Three rise from middle of deck to top individually
Related to
Variations
 Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
9
William P. Miesel Ambitious Ten with Ace through Ten of Clubs
 		June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
13
William P. Miesel 33 Up Ace-Two-Three rise from middle of deck to top individually
Inspired by
 Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
19
William P. Miesel Straight Cheating straights, then four royal flushes as climax
Related to
 Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
6
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to
 Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
7
William P. Miesel Second and Middle Deals with break
 		May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
7
William P. Miesel Another Spirit Slate after writing appears, slate is still wet
 		July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
9
William P. Miesel Vacation Time imaginary trip
 		July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
10
William P. Miesel Mexicali Move variation
 		Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
15
William P. Miesel A Day at the Races prediction of imaginative horse race
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
11
William P. Miesel Fifty One to One selection has odd back
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
52
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Also published here
Related to
 Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
2
Stephen Herald Temperamental Aces follow up for The Lost Ace
Also published here
Related to
 Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Also published here
Related to
 May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
23
Stephen Herald Temperamental Aces follow up for The Lost Ace
Also published here
Related to
 May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
25
William P. Miesel Invincible Open Travelers, last card with deck
 		Oct. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 362)
277
William P. Miesel Routine Pinochle
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
  • Phase IV
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
16
William P. Miesel Pinochle Tricks routine to be performed with a pinochle deck
  • Phase I (two selected cards match, Mexican Turnover)
  • Phase II (different matching phase)
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
17
William P. Miesel Easy Over as cards are shown and turned over book-wise in blocks a card is secretly reversed
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
18
William P. Miesel Phanto Cards three phases
 		Jan. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 376)
333
William P. Miesel The Shrinking Card sandwiched card shrinks
 		Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
9
William P. Miesel Card Thru Magazine
Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
10
William P. Miesel Passe-Passe Aces two red Aces cut to one by one, then two indifferent cards, red Aces change to black and indifferent cards to red Aces
 		Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
11
Karl Fulves* Static Problems with Cards - No. One
selection made by stabbing joker into deck without removing selection, how to control it
Solutions: see references
Variations
 Feb. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 4)
19
William P. Miesel Named Red Card in Black Packet as a problem
Variations
 June 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 8)
41
Bruce Cervon, William P. Miesel, Bill Simon, Victor Marsh Etcetera
June 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 8)
41
Edward Marlo Named Red Card in Black Packet solution to Miesel's problem
Inspired by
 Aug. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 10)
51
William P. Miesel Static solution
Inspired by
 Sep. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)
56
William P. Miesel Cards & Dice Ace to Four and four dice match up, Aces appear
Related to
 Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Karl Fulves* Three Way Split transposition procedure posed as a problem, for solutions see references
Variations
 Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
32
William P. Miesel 3rd Flight follow the leader with 3 quartets
 		July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
48
Roy Walton* Oil and Queens transformation kicker
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1969
The Devil's Playthings
15
William P. Miesel Colored Oil and Water 3&3, four phases, with alternate methods
 		1969
Ultimate Color Separation No. 2
25
William P. Miesel Simplex 3 Way simplified solution
Inspired by
 July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
65
Karl Fulves* Cards And A Number... counting selection procedure
Variations
 1971
The Book of Numbers
5
William P. Miesel That Twist Again final card changes front and back
 		Fall-Spring 1971
The Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
288
William P. Miesel Duplicate Copy carbon paper in book
 		1971
Magick (Issue 30)
149
William P. Miesel The Devil's Pasteboards prediction of a symbol, elastic bands on poster board to put symbol cards
 		1971
Magick (Issue 32)
157
Ron Wilson To Pay the Price performer switches cards with spectators, yet is left with royal flush, uses four jokers
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Jan. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 47)
303
William P. Miesel Miesel Pays! performer switches cards with spectators, yet is left with royal flush, uses four jokers
Inspired by
 Apr. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 5)
33
William P. Miesel Miesel Pays Again!!! performer switches cards with spectators, yet is left with royal flush, uses four jokers
Inspired by
 Apr. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 5)
35
William P. Miesel Thrice Paid performer switches cards with spectators, yet is left with royal flush, uses five jokers
Inspired by
 Apr. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 6)
42
William P. Miesel Final Payment performer switches cards with spectators, uses five jokers
Inspired by
 Apr. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 7)
51
William P. Miesel Dual Ambitious one to top, one to bottom
 		Feb. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 2)
13
William P. Miesel Card to Pocket solution to third Hofzinser Problem, transposition of card with pocketed card, three phases
 		Aug. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 10)
555
William P. Miesel Duo Coincido two mates are found, two methods
Inspired by
  • "Double Coincido" (Karl Fulves, MUM Vol.62/8)
 July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
200
Stewart Judah Substitution Trunk card case prop with flap, card inside and outside transpose
Also published here
Variations
 Autumn 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One))
804
William P. Miesel A Different Approach to Transpositions
1975
Card Cavalcade 3
87
William P. Miesel Take Three from sandwich in one half to other half
 		1975
Card Cavalcade 3
91
William P. Miesel Mini Oil and Water 2&2, four phases
Also published here
 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
96
William P. Miesel All-Fair Moving Collectors odd backed mates find two cards and then transform
 		Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
310
Barry Govan J-A-W-S "Joker And Wallet Solution", four Aces transpose with joker in wallet one by one
Variations
 Dec. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 12)
423
Gene Maze That Better Be Your Card!
Variations
 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
53
Karl Fulves* (reviewer) The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel by William P. Miesel 1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
184
Roy Walton* Oil and Queens transformation kicker
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
6
Derek Dingle Card Under Glass
Variations
 1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
175
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Fork Full of F.F.F.F. Appetizers by William P. Miesel Oct. 1982
Epoptica (Issue 2)
88
William P. Miesel Cards
1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
1
William P. Miesel Water and Oil Barrons
Inspired by
Variations
 1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
29
William P. Miesel Coins
1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
45
William P. Miesel Miscellaneous Close-Up Magic
1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
53
William P. Miesel Mini Oil and Water 2&2, four phases
Also published here
 1982
Packet Tricks
24
William P. Miesel Precursor I
June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
1
William P. Miesel The Tahoe Key card from other deck with different back, acts as locator card
 		June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
2
William P. Miesel Multiple Card Control card from other deck with different back, acts as locator card
 		June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
4
William P. Miesel Wild Prediction In Wallet odd-backed Menetekel made with two decks with different backs, prediction of chosen card in wallet
 		June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
5
William P. Miesel The Millenium Backs
June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
10
William P. Miesel Wild Tic - Wilder Tac - Wildest Toe packet trick with blank cards where Xs and Os appear, Tic Tac Toe theme
Inspired by
  • Ed Hollins' "More Tic Than Toe" in "Heuristic Series", 1979.
 June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
16
William P. Miesel Precursor II
Oct. 1983
Precursor (Issue 2)
1
Karl Fulves*, William P. Miesel Notes by Karl Fulves riffle stacking from the bottom
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
130
William P. Miesel Stand-Up Wild Card two methods
 		1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
317
Earl Nelson The Flying Signature odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it
Related to
Variations
 Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
56
William P. Miesel Signa-Flite odd-backed card turns out to be same as signed selection, then signature appears on it, simplified variation
Inspired by
Related to
 Summer 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
41
William P. Miesel Cards
1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
1
William P. Miesel Twice under the Shot card under shot glass changes into signed selection, card is put back under glass then a second card is selected and signed on the back, signatures turn out to be on same card
Inspired by
 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
40
William P. Miesel More Card
1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
78
William P. Miesel Coins
1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
96
William P. Miesel Mis. Close-Up
1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
112
William P. Miesel Bill Miesel's Utility Chart erasable marker on poster board, for predictions
 		1984
Magic from the Parade #1
23
William P. Miesel Precursor III
Mar. 1984
Precursor (Issue 3)
1
William P. Miesel Further Mysteries of the Locker Room two Kings placed on a red Queen and two Kings placed on a black Queen, four Kings end up together and two Queens, using two card cases
 		Mar. 1984
Precursor (Issue 3)
6
William P. Miesel The Riffle Shuffle as a Control
  • Controlling Two Cards During a Riffle Shuffle
  • Using a Riffle Shuffle to Bring the Bottom Card to the Top
  • Bring the Selection from the Bottom to the Top without Disturbing the Order of the Deck
  • Second Method
 		Mar. 1984
Precursor (Issue 3)
12
William P. Miesel The Substitution Trunk Card Trick King and Queen transposition, sub trunk story with card case and rubber bands
Inspired by
  • a routine by Jon Brunelle
Related to
 Mar. 1984
Precursor (Issue 3)
19
William P. Miesel Precursor IV
Apr. 1984
Precursor (Issue 4)
1
William P. Miesel Color Triumph four packets are shuffled into each other face-up/face-down, color change kicker
Inspired by
 Apr. 1984
Precursor (Issue 4)
8
William P. Miesel The Joker is a Joke four Aces transpose with joker in wallet one by one
Inspired by
 Apr. 1984
Precursor (Issue 4)
18
William P. Miesel Precursor V
Sep. 1984
Precursor (Issue 5)
1
William P. Miesel The Substitution Trunk Card Trick
  • Second Method
King and Queen transposition, sub trunk story with card case and rubber bands
Inspired by
Related to
 Sep. 1984
Precursor (Issue 5)
9
William P. Miesel Cover Up Lapping Switch packet switch using lapping, as method for That Better Be Your Card! and cutting the Aces
  • Spectator Cuts the Aces
Inspired by
 Sep. 1984
Precursor (Issue 5)
17
William P. Miesel Precursor VI on some remarks by Phil Willmarth
 		Dec. 1984
Precursor (Issue 6)
1
John Holland (reviewer) Fork Full of Appetizers - Book Two by William P. Miesel Nov. 1985
Epoptica (Issue 7)
416
William P. Miesel The Fastest Sandwich in the World
1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
174
William P. Miesel Filling the Elevator small packet with two quartets
 		1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
176
William P. Miesel Hit Double Lift Second Deal
1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
178
William P. Miesel Deceived
Inspired by
 1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
179
William P. Miesel Here and Gone three cards change to selection, then become aces
 		1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
181
William P. Miesel Barefaced Commitment prediction written on playing card
 		1985
Arcane (Issue 13)
183
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Precursor by William P. Miesel Spring 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27)
268
Charles Hudson The Visine Trick all black climax
Inspired by
Related to
 1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
506
Stewart Judah Die Karten-Fluchtkiste card case prop with flap, card inside and outside transpose
Also published here
Variations
 July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
136
Ron Wilson To Pay the Price performer switches cards with spectators, yet is left with royal flush, uses four jokers
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
29
Ken Simmons Reverse Variant reverse from center top
Inspired by
Related to
 1987
Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!
48
William P. Miesel A Card Trick With Coins coin put on top of tabled deck, coin vanishes from there and appears next to selection
Inspired by
  • "A Coin Trick With Cards" (Justin Higham, Best of British, 1985)
 1987
Inside Out (Issue 2)
9
William P. Miesel Coin Vanish from Tabled Deck flicked in lap
 		1987
Inside Out (Issue 2)
9
Roy Johnson The £80 Card Game story presentation
Inspired by
  • "An Alternative Puzzle" (Bill Miesel, The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel, p. 59)
 1989
Silver Special
71
William P. Miesel A Porous Wallet see "The Joker and the Wallet"
 		1991
Card to Wallet
161
William P. Miesel Right Here Is Your Card revelation of a selected card by spelling Your Card Is Right Here and forming na arrow with the packets
Inspired by
Variations
 1992
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 43)
772
John Scarne, Karl Fulves* Spell Purple spelling red, black, suits with packet, ending with "purple" written on a card, see also p. 47
Also published here
Variations
 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
18
William P. Miesel Spell Green spelling red, black, suits with packet, ending with "green" written on a card as well as a rainbow car
Inspired by
 1993
Verbatim (Issue 6)
58
William P. Miesel Modern Warfare
Inspired by
  • "Foursee and Four Don't" (Peter Duffie, Ulterior Motifs)
 1993
Card File
138
William P. Miesel My Early Memories of Eddie
Also published here
 1993
Fechter
119
Roy Walton*, Vicente Canuto Agua, Aceite y Damas transformation kicker
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
270
Alex Elmsley Diamond Cut Diamond Ace to Ten of diamonds in order, selection transposes with named value
Related to
Variations
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
186
Stephen Hobbs (reviewer) Precursor by William P. Miesel Aug. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 12)
69
John Scarne, Karl Fulves* Spell Purple No. 42, red or black spelled and a card of that color comes up, finished with purple and purple is written on the card, or it is inked in purple
Also published here
Variations
 1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
82
Bill Simon, William P. Miesel, Karl Fulves* The Forgetful Gambler No. 54, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, they right themselves except for Royal Flush, rest of deck changes back color
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
107
Karl Fulves* My Card Isn't deck shuffled, performer thinks of card, spectator cuts it to top, tables it and thinks of new top card and cuts again, performer takes out a card, both are right
Related to
 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
23
William P. Miesel Letters on Move A Card, Bob Ecklund
Related to
 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 3)
56
William P. Miesel Introduction
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
13
William P. Miesel A Square Deal
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
solution to "What number divided by one third of itself equals 9?"
Inspired by
  • problem in Linking Ring, October 1961
 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
162
William P. Miesel Foreword
1997
Roger's Real Gone Aces
5
Harry Levine The Illegitimate Location with lots of flourish cuts, spelling this is not your card but this is
Inspired by
 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)
1437
Stewart James Miraskill Miraskill
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
63
William P. Miesel, Ed Eckl, Harry Hirschvogel Oil & Water Dice
  • Flim-Flam (by Bob Farmer)
bet with three white and three green dice that must be arranged in certain way with a minimum of moves
Also published here
  • Precurso issue LXIX
 Sep. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 1)
79
Karl Fulves* Unification Aces "Problems"
unexpected assembly, three packets cut off and Ace shown at bottom, four cards remain and they're the Aces, posed as a problem
Variations
 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)
78
William P. Miesel Unified Aces unexpected assembly, three quarters cut off and Ace shown at bottom, four cards remain and they're the Aces, three double facers
Inspired by
 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
94
William P. Miesel All By Themselves four selections lost in deck, then four Kings distributed face-up, they end up next to the selections
Inspired by
  • "Royal Command" (Peter Duffie, Abra #2576)
 2000
Card File Two
12
Karl Fulves*, William P. Miesel Cutting the Aces No. 26
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
53
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) Kellar's Wonders by Harry Kellar (written by Mike Caveney, William P. Miesel) Mar. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 3)
72
William P. Miesel Bill Miesel's "Red Card Prediction" prediction "you will select the only red card", faces-backs-ambiguity
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
202
William P. Miesel My Early Memories of Eddie on Eddie Fechter
Also published here
 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
174
William P. Miesel A Clean Nudist first blank, then backs on both sides then normal deck, using two blank cards
Inspired by
  • Bill Dunn's "The Non-Nudist Nudist Deck" in "The Close-Up Magic of Ray Mertz... and Friends"
 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
195
Will Houstoun (reviewer) The Complete Digital Precursor by William P. Miesel Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
100
Tom Frame (reviewer) Fork Full of Appetizers by William P. Miesel Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
76