Larry West

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Roy Walton	Impact	Aces in envelopes with holes, chosen one turns over, then Ace in envelope turns over	Inspired by Air Mail (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Also published here Impact (Roy Walton, 1969) Impact (Roy Walton, 1979) Impact (Roy Walton, 1981)	Nov. 1968	Epilogue (Issue 4)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Foreword			1968	Tricks You Can Count On	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Preface			1968	Tricks You Can Count On	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Face the Ace	four red-backed Aces and four blue-backed Aces, Ace chosen in one packet, its duplicate reverses in the other packet, the transpose		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Confusion	four Jokers, an odd-backed Ace of Spades appears, then its back transposes with one of the remaining Jokers	Variations Re-Confused (Bill Logan, 1973)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Air Mail	four envelopes in card size, one with window, a chosen card is put in it, it travels into one of the other envelopes	Variations Impact (Roy Walton, 1968) Impact (Roy Walton, 1969)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Jumping Jack Rabbit Card	Jack of Hearts travels from bottom to top of packet multiple times, all shown to be Jokers	Variations Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, 1979) Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	The Jack is a Joker	Jacks assemble one by one and turn over in leader packet, last one changes to Joker		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Acrobatic Cards	four cards, top and bottom cards turned over, they are all shown one way again, repeated	Variations The Chicago Combination (Edward Marlo, David Solomon, Jim Molinari, 1977) Convincing Acrobatic Cards (Edward Marlo, 1977) Jackrobats (David Britland, 1983) A Trick You Can Count On (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2004) Cascading Twist (Harapan Ong, 2018)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Twisting the Acrobats	"Acrobatic Cards" as follow-up to Twisting the Aces		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Buckaroo	false-count routine with four bills and Elmsley Count		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	23	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Flipper		Variations Three Different Ways (Paul Swinford, 1970) Viaje Insospechado (Verne Chesbro, Vicente Canuto, 1993)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Rapid Aces	Aces lost and found		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Verne Chesbro, Larry West	Trance-Position	two selections transpose between two decks		1968	Tricks You Can Count On	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Roy Walton	Impact	Aces in envelopes with holes, chosen one turns over, then Ace in envelope turns over	Inspired by Air Mail (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Variations An Impact on Impact (Jerry K. Hartman, 1975) Marlo's Impact (Edward Marlo, 1977) Impact-Collision-Crash (Edward Marlo, 1984) Collision Course (Paul Weir, 1993) Also published here Impact (Roy Walton, 1968)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Paul Swinford	Three Different Ways		Inspired by Flipper (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968)	July 1970	Epilogue (Issue 9)	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Larry West	Black and Blue	weird packet trick with letters		1972	Card Cavalcade	66	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Bill Logan	Re-Confused		Inspired by Confusion (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968)	Nov. 1973	Epilogue (Issue 19)	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Larry West	Buck-A-Reno	four one-dollar bills, one changes into a Fiver		1973	Close-up Cavalcade	143	Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Alex Elmsley, Larry West	The Elmsley Count	with dollar bills, including variation "The Modified Count"		1973	Close-up Cavalcade	144	Bill / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Larry West	Ace in the Case	cased Ace of Spades transposes with selection		1975	Card Cavalcade 3	27	Cards / Principles / Stranger Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Larry West	Four of a Kind	four random card change to duplicates of selections, then to the appropriate four of a kind		1975	Card Cavalcade 3	136	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Larry West	All Alike Sequence			1975	Card Cavalcade 3	138	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Edward Marlo, David Solomon, Jim Molinari	The Chicago Combination		Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Another Hamman Twist (Gene Castillon, 1977)	1977	Good Turns	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Edward Marlo	Convincing Acrobatic Cards	two cards turned over, then other two cards turn over as well	Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968)	1977	Good Turns	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Larry West	Introduction			1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Larry West	Smile Count	four cards shown from both sides, three surfaces hidden	Related to Pairs Count (Larry West, 1977)	1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	54	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Pairs Count	different handling of Smile Count, broken Elmsley	Related to Smile Count (Larry West, 1977)	1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	55	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Acrobatic Card Extension	bluff rising sequence, then card jumps out between two cards	Related to Another Royal Miracle (Jon Racherbaumer, 1980)	Mar. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)	171	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Obie O'Brien	USA Happenings	on FISM Brussels, John Cornelius, Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Magic Christian, Tommy Wonder, Bill Wells, Bob Elliott, David Walker, Michael Ammar, Bob Read, Hirata, Hank Moorehouse, Larry West, Al Schneider		Aug. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 8)	714	Articles / Columns
Darwin Ortiz	Jumping Gemini	using only four cards	Inspired by Jumping Jack Rabbit Card (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Also published here Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, 1988)	1979	Darwin's Deceits	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jon Racherbaumer	Another Royal Miracle	aces change to Royal Flush	Related to Acrobatic Card Extension (Larry West, 1979)	Jan. 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1)	296	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Larry West	Larry West Transformation	four cards at once		Oct. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 6)	105	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time
David Britland	Jackrobats	with extra card, first packet then in the deck	Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Variations Or...... (Justin Higham, 1983) Som-Ace-Sault (Justin Higham, 1984) Dust Busters (David Britland, 1985) Also published here Jackrobats (David Britland, 1983) Jackrobats (David Britland, 2012)	1983	Deckade	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once
Larry West	Snapover Flourish	rightening the bottom reversed card in small packet while flipping it over in the hands, Mexican Turnover action		1983	Cardopolis (Issue 1)	7	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover
Larry West, Philip Reed Willmarth	Larry West Twisting the Aces	first one after the other, then until all Aces are face up		1984	Magic from the Parade #1	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Larry West	Double Card Handling Finesse	similar to a in the hands Pad Spread		1984	Magic from the Parade #1	16	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Back-on-Back Spread
Larry West	It Would Have Been One Hell of a Trick	deck shown blank, card named, two blank cards taken, they transpose and are shown to be printed		1984 (ca.)	Magic of my Friends	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
Larry West	Foreword			1986	Mirage		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Larry West, John Bannon	Mirage Count Variation	Rhythm count alternative	Also published here The Mirage 2.0 Count (John Bannon, Larry West, 2024)	1986	Mirage	42	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Mirage Count		Related to Convincing 2 As 4 Count (Jack Carpenter, 2021)	1986	Mirage	50	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Shiv Duggal	Ace Team	red Aces appear sandwiched between Jokers, then Jokers change into black Aces	Inspired by Ben Harris' "KM Sandwich" in "Magic Manuscript" July/August 1984. Related to Snapover Flourish (Larry West, 1983) K.M. Sandwich Production (Shiv Duggal, 1989)	May 1987	The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)	56	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Darwin Ortiz	Jumping Gemini	using only four cards	Inspired by Jumping Jack Rabbit Card (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Related to Speaking Volumes (David Acer, 2002) No-Palm Queens to Pocket (Jack Carpenter, 2024) Variations Keep on Cloning (Frank Simon, 1983) Thumping Gemini (Bob Kohler, 2001) The Anything Card (Aaron DeLong, 2011) Also published here Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, 1979)	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	141	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jonathan Townsend	Variation Elmsley	to show both faces and backs	Related to Ace-and-Three-Card Vanishes (Wesley James, 2004) Variations West-Townsend-James (WTJ) Count (Larry West, Jonathan Townsend, Wesley James, 2004) Twonsend Count (Kiyoshi Satoh, Jonathan Townsend, 2022 ca.) Also published here Townsend Elmsley Count (Jonathan Townsend, 2022)	Jan. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 1)	1590	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count
Larry West	Mirage Count			1989	Randy Wakeman Presents	72	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Larry West	Mirage Display/Count	Rhythm Count alternative		1990	Impossibilia	6	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West, John Bannon	Mirage Count Variation	Rhythm Count alternative		1990	Impossibilia	34	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Spill Out Addition	palmed coin added to coins that are spilled out of glass		1990	Impossibilia	74	Coin / Sleights / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
John Bannon, Larry West	Strangers' Gallery			1990	Secret Weapons	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Larry West	The No-Gimmick No-Palm Card to Wallet	With a double Climax		1991	Card to Wallet	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Arthur Emerson, Larry West	The Pocket Secret-Ary			1991	Card to Wallet	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
John Bannon, Larry West	Strangers' Gallery		Related to Back to the West (Pete Ottaviano, 1997) Bullet Catcher (John Bannon, 2011) Variations Rainbow Connection (Michael Kaminskas, 1996)	1991	Smoke and Mirrors	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Larry West, John Bannon	Mirage Count Variation	Rhythm count alternative		1991	Smoke and Mirrors	136	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Cut-Up	amount of cut cards is divined and card changes into selection		Dec. 1991	The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4)	8	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Larry West	Mirage Count			1992	Modus Operandi	68	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Michael Close, Larry West	A Visit from Rocco	using giant bills	Variations Spielschulden / Am Bankschalter (Larry West, Michael Close, Christian Scherer, Sveroni, 2009)	1993	Workers Number 3	20	Bill / Short Changing
Verne Chesbro, Vicente Canuto	Viaje Insospechado		Inspired by Flipper (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) Variations The Unexpected Journey (Roberto Mansilla, 2024)	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	267	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Larry West, Aldo Colombini	Know-a-Count Variation	packet all backs display		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	100	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Mirage Count			1995	What's Up Deck?	110	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Michael Kaminskas	Rainbow Connection	rainbow deck climax	Inspired by Strangers' Gallery (John Bannon, Larry West, 1991)	1996	Miracle Material	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Pete Ottaviano	Back to the West	four Three of Diamonds are cut to in a deck, then their backs change color as well as the backs of the rest of the deck	Inspired by Larry West's "Backgambit" in "Lecture 2" Related to Strangers' Gallery (John Bannon, Larry West, 1991)	1997	Trephine	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Danny Orleans (reviewer)	Passing the Buck	by Larry West		Nov. 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)	69	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Larry West	Mirage Count			Jan./Feb. 2002	Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)	56	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Larry West, Jonathan Townsend, Wesley James	West-Townsend-James (WTJ) Count	Elmsley-style Gemini Count, backs and faces of four cards	Inspired by Variation Elmsley (Jonathan Townsend, 1989)	2004	Enchantments	384	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	A Trick You Can Count On	Queen repeatably reverse, then capture a selection	Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968)	2004	Diamonds from Coal	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Nick Trost	Bigfoot	footprints appear on blank cards	Inspired by "Eight Ball" (Larry West, 1975)	2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	211	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Larry West, Michael Close, Christian Scherer, Sveroni	Spielschulden / Am Bankschalter	with giant bills	Inspired by A Visit from Rocco (Michael Close, Larry West, 1993) Larry West's "Passing the Buck" in "The Linking Ring", 1980	2009	... oder so!	32	Bill / Short Changing
John Bannon	Bullet Catcher	performer reverses four cards in the deck out-jogged with cuts, they're the Aces	Related to Strangers' Gallery (John Bannon, Larry West, 1991) Also published here Bullet Catcher (John Bannon, 2013)	2011	Bullet Party	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Larry West	Mirage Count			2013	Too Hot for the Devil	158	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Scotty York	My Handling of Larry West's "Hornswaggled"	Hornswoggled, with jumbo bill variations	Inspired by handling in Linking Ring, Aug. 1980	Mar. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)	55	Bill / Short Changing
Helder Guimarães, Larry West	Mirage Count Variation			Feb. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)	47	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Harapan Ong	Cascading Twist	Kings turn over one by one, then all at once two times	Inspired by Acrobatic Cards (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, 1968) The Royal Acrobats (Philip T. Goldstein, William Goodwin, Roberto Giobbi, 1996)	2018	Principia	169	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Larry West	Mirage Count			2018	一盅两件	24	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry West	Mirage Count			Sep. 2019	Genii (Vol. 82 No. 9)	23	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Jack Carpenter	Convincing 2 As 4 Count	Stud Handling	Related to Mirage Count (Larry West, 1986)	Sep. 2021	The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 6)	167	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Larry West	The Mirage Count			2024	All In — Volume 2	59	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
John Bannon, Larry West	The Mirage 2.0 Count	Rhythm count alternative	Also published here Mirage Count Variation (Larry West, John Bannon, 1986)	2024	All In — Volume 2	60	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces

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