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Justin Higham Ringing In a Fooler tabled deck switch choreography involving a packet
  • Fake Deck Switch
  • The "Appearing-Deck" Packet Switch
2011 12
Justin Higham, Will Houstoun Casual Palm-Replacement Switch
  • Illogical CPR Switch
  • 1-of-2 CPR Switch
  • 2-for-2 Spread Version (Will Houstoun)
  • 1-of-2 Spread Version
  • 1-of-2 Squared Version
  • Modified CPR Switch (Will Houstoun)
Inspired by 2011 15
Justin Higham Secret-Transfer Switch
Variations 2011 21
Justin Higham Secret-Transfer Deal-Off Switch
Inspired by 2011 22
Will Houstoun Turn-and-Spread Transfer Switch partial switch
  • As a Three-of-Four Switch
Inspired by 2011 23
Justin Higham Tip-Up Hole-Card Switch
  • With a Forward-Tabling Action
2011 25
Justin Higham Underhand Hole-Card Switch 1
Inspired by 2011 27
Justin Higham Underhand Hole-Card Switch 2
2011 28
Justin Higham Modified Kardyro Hold-Card Switch
Inspired by 2011 29
Justin Higham Further Reading five hold-card switch references
2011 30
Bobby Bernard, Justin Higham Two-Faced Hand Muck fake muck demonstration
2011 31
Justin Higham Pseudo Turnover Switch palmed card is switched in
  • As an Addition
  • As a 1-of-2 Switch
2011 35
Justin Higham Mechanical Queens Revisited two pairs of a red and black Queen each placed in two corners, two of the Queens transpose
Inspired by 2011 37
Justin Higham Being a Magician Kings change to Aces, Kings then shown reversed in deck
2011 38
Justin Higham Spread-Cover Unload Aces four chosen cards turn out to be the Aces
2011 39
Justin Higham Spread-Cover Unload Switch tabled, deck spread over switched-out cards
2011 39
Justin Higham An Extra Layer of Deception handling for a packet switch demonstration
2011 41
Justin Higham Instant Strip-Out Addition
Also published here 2011 41
Justin Higham General Note on Presentation
2011 41
Justin Higham Foreword
2011
Justin Higham The KOSBE System article on improvisation in card magic in twelve chapters, KOSBE = Knowledge Of Sleights and Basic Effects
Related to 2011 1
Justin Higham Conclusion
2011 61
Justin Higham Postscript
2011 71
Justin Higham Foreword
2012
Justin Higham Bevelled-Riffle Bottom Force discrepant
Variations 2012 1
Will Houstoun Bevelled-Riffle Prophecy Force
Inspired byVariations 2012 2
Justin Higham B Finds A value of a card used to count to selection
2012 3
Justin Higham Bevelled-Riffle Prophecy Move
Inspired byVariations 2012 3
Justin Higham, Kevin Baker Pseudo-Extraction Moves card stabbed in deck, stab card and card below it (really coming from bottom) removed
  • No. 1
  • No. 2 (Kevin Baker)
  • No. 3
2012 4
Justin Higham Tilted Fake Removal pretend to take card from center of deck, actually take bottom card
  • Alternative Handling
Also published here 2012 7
Justin Higham Illogical Stab-Revelation
2012 8
Justin Higham Alternative Prophecy Move
Variations 2012 9
Justin Higham Half-Bluff Location performer and spectator each choose a card, one card in deck touched, selections are on either side
2012 10
Justin Higham Palmist's "Business-Card" Prophecy Joker is stabbed two cards that add up to named number between ten and twenty
Inspired byRelated to
  • Dani DaOrtiz effect in Utopia DVDs
Variations
2012 10
Justin Higham Palmist's Non-Prophecy Prophecy Joker is stabbed two cards that add up to named number between ten and twenty
Inspired by 2012 12
Justin Higham Shared Prophecy spectator and performer each name a card, joker is stabbed between them by spectator
  • Shuffled-Deck Version
Variations 2012 12
Justin Higham Fully Integrated Mindreader with two cards
Inspired by 2012 13
Justin Higham Stab Force
Also published here 2012 14
Justin Higham Mirrored Coincidence both spectator and performer reverse a card in their half of the deck, card above and below make up four-of-a-kind
2012 15
Justin Higham Prefigured Coincidence
Inspired by 2012 15
Justin Higham Undercover Card and Number selection lost, deck covered with handkerchief, number between ten and twenty named, performer cuts off pile through handkerchief, it's that many cards and selection is at that position
Inspired by 2012 17
Justin Higham Five-Ten-Twenty Estimation performer cuts off exactly five, ten and twenty cards in succession, pinky count
2012 18
Justin Higham Pseudo Multiple Shift
Inspired byVariations 2012 19
Justin Higham Ribbon-Spread False Cut annulling the cut
Variations 2012 21
Justin Higham Ribbon-Spread Prophecy Move
Inspired by 2012 22
Justin Higham Casual Transfer-Switch Force
Inspired by 2012 22
Justin Higham Dual Peek Control two breaks, in the hand cuts
2012 26
Justin Higham Further Reading references on disguised cuts
2012 27
Justin Higham Foreword
2012 1
Justin Higham Re-Show Switch 1
2012 2
Justin Higham Re-Show Switch 2
2012 3
Justin Higham Open-Drop Switches 1, 2 & 3
2012 4
Justin Higham Side-Tilt Control card pushed side-ways into packet in right-hand end grip
2012 5
Justin Higham Disguised Braue Addition
2012 7
Justin Higham Open-Action Fan Addition
2012 8
Justin Higham Multiple-Lift Fan Addition
2012 9
Justin Higham Wrist-Turn Bluff Force best as self-force
Inspired by 2012 10
Justin Higham Palm-Down Illogical Riffle Force
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2012 11
Justin Higham Fake-Cut Principle Aces put on top of four tabled piles, packets cut around (some disguised singles) and deck assembled
2012 13
Justin Higham Illogical Ace-Control Aces lost on top of four assembled packets, all on top, bluff
Inspired by 2012 14
Justin Higham Pseudo Multiple Shift Note
Inspired by 2012 14
Justin Higham Illogical Throw-Down Switch jinx type with deck and palm
2012 17
Justin Higham Aces Low Ackerman/Wakeman type
2012 18
Will Houstoun Further Filling red Aces vanish from face of deck, appears in deck sandwiching black Aces
Inspired by 2012 19
Justin Higham Un/Trapped bottom half sandwiched between face-up cards, out-jogged card visibly jumps to top half, repeat
Inspired by 2012 20
Justin Higham Bar-Top Rising Card one-sided plunger
2012 22
Justin Higham Pseudo Air-Pressure Turnover 1 & 2 two alternatives
Related to 2012 23
Justin Higham Time Travel card at chosen number/hour travels back into deck at same position
  • Jinx-Switch Method
Inspired by 2012 24
Justin Higham Reverse Tabling-Action Switch as face-up packet is tabled, slip cut
Inspired by 2012 24
Justin Higham Foreword
2013 ii
Ian "Sav" Saville Finessed Bevelled-Riffle Force
  • Handling A
  • Handling B
  • As a Prophecy Force
  • The Non-Force Handling
Inspired byVariations 2013 1
Ian "Sav" Saville Biddled-Riffle Prophecy Move
Inspired by 2013 4
Justin Higham Variant Top-Card Force
Inspired by 2013 7
Justin Higham Collins/Prophecy Move end grip handling
Inspired byRelated to 2013 7
Justin Higham A Couple of Finesses
Inspired by 2013 8
Justin Higham Face-Down Illogical Riffle Force same but face down
Inspired by 2013 9
Justin Higham Push-Through Failure Lead-In
2013 10
Justin Higham Illogical Riffle Prophecy Forces
2013 11
Justin Higham Face-Down Riffle Glimpse selection is glimpsed
2013 11
Justin Higham Bluff One-Ahead Sequence
2013 12
Justin Higham Face-Down Riffle Reverse
2013 13
Justin Higham How Perceptive odd-backed card placed in deck, spectator should find it, instead rest of deck changes back color
Inspired byVariations 2013 14
Justin Higham Illusory-Removal Deck Switch deck pocketed and removed from different pocket
2013 15
Justin Higham IRF/IDF Plus Gilbreath
2013 15
Justin Higham Pseudo Memorisation Plus spectator shuffles once, card forced, its identity divined and then matching three-of-a-kind found, two cards preset on each half (mini-Gilbreath)
Related to 2013 15
Justin Higham Prediction-Modification Ruse two-way out prediction, a card preset on each half (mini-Gilbreath)
2013 16
Justin Higham IRF Finesses
Inspired by 2013 17
Justin Higham Thumb-Off Glimpse as card is thumbed off onto table
  • In the Hands
2013 17
Justin Higham Illogical Dribble Force
Also published here 2013 20
Justin Higham Multiple IDF
  • IDF Jokers
  • IDF Ace-Cutting
Related to 2013 20
Justin Higham Randomised IDF Count-Down
2013 22
Justin Higham Reverse-Spread Placement light-reft type
2013 22
Justin Higham IDF-O-Matic number is arrived at with dice
Inspired by 2013 23
Justin Higham Unimpaired Prefiguration
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 23
Justin Higham Illogical Control Notes
Related to 2013 25
Joseph Barry Slap Handling
Inspired by 2013 25
Joseph Barry, Will Houstoun Finessed Side-Jog Handling
Inspired by 2013 26
Joseph Barry Reverse Illogical Control
Inspired by 2013 26
Justin Higham Illogical Self-Force top/bottom discrepancy
Inspired by 2013 27
Justin Higham Named-Card Stab with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Ace of Spades
Variations 2013 28
Justin Higham Illogical Spread Control
  • Basic Handling
Related to 2013 28
Justin Higham Top/Bottom Discrepancy Spread Switch performer spreads, then squares both halves in the hands and thumbs off card from originally bottom instead of center
Also published here 2013 28
Justin Higham Illogical Convincing Control credit information
Related to 2013 30
Justin Higham Mock Pass Notes bottom half quickly placed on top as top half is replaced
2013 32
Justin Higham The Face-Up Pass
2013 33
Justin Higham Stepped-Undercut Force small packets cut to top until called to stop
Inspired by 2013 36
Justin Higham Pseudo Swivel-Strip Shuffle cards randomly out-jogged and stripped out as a false shuffle
  • Swivel-Strip Red-Black Shuffle
  • Illusory Swivel-Strip R-B Shuffle
  • Illogical In-Out Shuffle
Variations 2013 37
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
VariationsAlso published here 2013 40
Justin Higham Slice Load card loaded at point where spectator cuts
Inspired by 2013 41
Justin Higham Easy Spectator-Cuts...
Inspired by 2013 41
Justin Higham Bold Thumb-Off fake pick-up of top card of tabled packet with packet in hand
2013 42
Justin Higham, Will Houstoun Pseudo Top-Card Removal fake pick-up of top card of tabled packet with packet in hand
  • First Version
  • Second Version (Will Houstoun)
  • Third Version
2013 43
Justin Higham Fake All-Around Square-Up hiding jog
Inspired by
  • Lennart Green's All-Around Square-Up, Green Magic Vol. 5 video, 2003
2013 46
Justin Higham Swivel-Turnaround Glimpse selected card is glimpsed after riffle-stop
2013 49
Justin Higham Packet Reversal Glimpse as top part of deck is lifted and turned face towards audience
  • Handling One
  • Packet-Reversal Glimpse Variations
    • Handling Two
    • Handling Three
2013 51
Justin Higham Relay Revelation Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control
2013 51
Justin Higham Reverse IDF Prophecy Move
2013 51
Justin Higham Foreword
2013 iv
Justin Higham The 15-Card Poker Climax featuring a phase with fifteen cards in which performer still gets a Royal Flush, other hand and discard predicted
  • Introduction
  • Cards & Set-Up
  • The Prediction
  • Patter
  • The Routine
    • Part One - The 10-Card Poker Deal
    • Part Two - The 15-Card Poker Climax
  • End Notes
Variations 2013 1
Will Houstoun Switch Method
  • Another Use - "Do You Want to Switch"?
Inspired by 2013 7
Will Houstoun Pointing Up the Spectator's Discards
Inspired by 2013 8
Dean Bodenham Spectator Versus Spectator
Inspired by 2013 8
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker Stacks intro
2013 9
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 1 groups spread off and dropped onto table to stack Aces which start on top, drop stack
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 9
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 2 memory presentation
Inspired byRelated to 2013 10
Justin Higham Bottom-Deal Count Substitute milk build combined with drop stack
Inspired by 2013 14
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Named Centres Aces and Kings put in center, named four-of-a-kind apparently dealt from center in poker deal
  • T.O.P. Alternatives
  • Optional Endings
  • Mini Faro, Two/Three Players
  • Mini-Faro Hold 'em
Related toVariations 2013 15
Justin Higham The Compensation Deal people join the game after deck has been stacked, from four hands to up to eight hands
Inspired byRelated to 2013 17
Justin Higham Pseudo 10-Hand Poker Stack
Related to 2013 18
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Blackjack Deal adding second face-down phase
Inspired by
  • Fred Braue's Blackjack deal, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Jan. 1962
2013 19
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Poker Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 20
Justin Higham GM Poker
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • End Notes
  • Other Handlings
  • Multiple-Shift Handling
  • Restacking Ruse
  • Deal-Yourself-First Ruse
Related toVariations 2013 21
Justin Higham Easy Gardner-Marlo
2013 25
Justin Higham Two Shufflers
Related toVariations 2013 25
Justin Higham Two-Phase Shufflers
2013 26
Justin Higham Notes on Dealing
2013 27
Ian "Sav" Saville Stand-Up Poker Deal running through deck once, then dealing winning hand after two faros
  • Credits
Related toVariations 2013 28
Justin Higham 75% Poker Deal three-of-a-kind dealt without culling from shuffled deck
  • End Notes
Inspired by 2013 29
Justin Higham Faro Flush Presentation
Inspired byVariations 2013 31
Benjamin Earl Pseudo-Memory Deal pseudo memory
Inspired byVariations 2013 31
Justin Higham Pseudo-Memory Deal/Location
Inspired byRelated to 2013 32
Justin Higham Frank Lane in Disguise intro
2013 33
Justin Higham First Flush royal flush received that has previously been put in center, with drawing
Inspired by 2013 33
Justin Higham Poker Charade with drawing
Inspired byVariations 2013 34
Justin Higham What Goes Around, Comes Around with drawing
Inspired byVariations 2013 36
Benjamin Earl The "Appearing" Poker Hand additional hand dropped onto table secretly after haphazard poker deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 36
Justin Higham Jungian Poker (Modified) five poker hands dealt, spectator peeks at one card from a poker hand, all cards are collected and re-dealt, performer gets winning hand of straight flush consisting of peeked at card
Inspired by 2013 38
Justin Higham Jungian Location exploiting John S. Frazee's Shuffle Force
Inspired by 2013 39
Justin Higham Jungian Instinct spectator cuts deck and remembers bottom card, replaces, poker hands dealt and card located
Inspired by
  • "Ramjollock" (Benjamin Earl, Past Midnight DVDs)
2013 40
Benjamin Earl The Bounce Cut simulates running cut from hand to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2014 19
Justin Higham Foreword
2014 v
Justin Higham The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation

  • Performance
  • End Notes
  • Culling in Advance
  • Non-Linear Culling
  • Shuffling After Culling
  • Recycling Knowledge
  • The Key to Improvisation
Related toVariations 2014 1
Justin Higham Other Approaches
  • Leaving the selection till last
  • Without a selection
  • Pseudo-Memory Presentation
  • 100% Production
  • 50% Production
  • Other 50% Productions
  • 50% Ambitious Production
Related to 2014 6
Justin Higham The Previous Effect how to lead into The 75% Production
  • Basic Procedure
  • End Notes
  • Spread-Cutting
Related to 2014 9
Justin Higham The Trick With No Method Different handlings / situations for improvised card magic
Related to 2014 13
Justin Higham Freestyle Card Tricks More examples of improvisation in card magic
2014 19
Justin Higham Mindreader's Lucid Dream Plus (semi-improvised effect) Find thought-of-card, and produce other three mates on top of three piles as surprise kicker
Variations 2014 21
Justin Higham Reflected Do As I Do (semi-improvised effect) Standard effect
2014 23
Justin Higham Mono Do As I Do Plus (semi-improvised effect) Standard effect
Inspired by 2014 24
Justin Higham Estimation Kicker (semi-improvised effect) Uses natural air pocket location
Related to 2014 24
Justin Higham Improvisation Through Ignorance - The KOSBE System in Action
Related to 2014 27
Justin Higham Bibliography of Improvisational Magic
2014 29
Joseph Barry A Narrowed Thought card thought of and after small dealing procedure it is named, hands-off
Inspired by
  • "Mind Reader's Lucid Dream" (Justin Higham, Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream, 2011)
2014 22
Will Houstoun (reviewer) The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method by Justin Higham Aug. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 8)
93
Justin Higham Foreword
2014 iv
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 3 drop stacking after royal flush has been palmed onto top
  • Prediction Versions
  • Full-House Version
  • Face-Down Version
Related to 2014 1
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 4 drop stack
2014 3
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 5 drop stack
2014 4
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Poker partial stack and draw gets performer the royal flush
  • Full-House Version
2014 4
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Pseudo Overhand Cull-Stack
2014 5
Justin Higham 1-5-4 Blackjack drop stack
  • Version One
  • Version Two
  • End Notes
2014 6
Justin Higham Spread-Count Hold 'em drop stack
2014 7
Justin Higham Split Pick-Up Spread-Count Stack
  • For Brag
  • For Poker 1
  • For Poker 2
  • For Poker 3
  • For Poker 4
2014 7
Justin Higham The Spread-Separation Concept credit information
  • Spread-Separation Cull-Stack
  • Seven-Card Full-House Combination Cull
Variations 2014 11
Dylan Holmes Making the Rounds full house received after draw
  • JH Notes (Justin Higham)
Inspired by 2014 13
Justin Higham Frank Lane Returns with drawing
Inspired by 2014 15
Justin Higham Hold-Out Hold 'Em full house for performer
2014 16
Benjamin Earl Pick-Up Restacking performer receives Aces, when hands are gathered, Aces are stacked again for next deal
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
Variations 2014 17
Justin Higham Pick-Up Restacking - Method Four performer receives Aces, when hands are gathered, Aces are stacked again for next deal
Inspired by 2014 20
Justin Higham Spread-Loaded Pseudo Centres
  • Method One
  • Method Two
2014 22
Justin Higham Spread-Loaded Overhand Stack
2014 23
Justin Higham Four Fantastic Centres
Inspired by 2014 24
Justin Higham Extended Face-Up Poker Plus Sucker Hand
Inspired by 2014 26
Justin Higham A Switch on the Three Jacks
2014 27
Justin Higham 100% Poker Deals exploiting positions of good cards
  • The Ghost of Rakinakis
  • Other 100% Poker Deals
  • Conclusion
2014 28
Justin Higham Alternatives for the Streamlined Overhand Cull-Stack
Inspired byRelated to 2014 30
Justin Higham Prefigured Poker Deal impromptu
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 31
Justin Higham Performer Fiddles While Spectator Burns three phase routine, faro
2014 33
Justin Higham Appendix II: Notes on Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects further thoughts on references routines
Related to 2014 40
Justin Higham Direct Named Centers
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Challenge Centres
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham Mini Faro, Four Hands
Inspired by 2014 40
Justin Higham No Faro Hold 'em
Inspired by 2014 41
Justin Higham Not Seeing Double
Inspired by 2014 41
Justin Higham BDC Face-Up Poker
Inspired by 2014 44
Roger Crosthwaite Adjusted Deal-Yourself-First Ruse
Inspired byVariations 2014 45
Justin Higham ADYF Bottom Deals
Inspired by 2014 45
Justin Higham Two Shufflers - Second Method no faro
Inspired by 2014 46
Justin Higham Two-Phase Shuffling Lesson
Inspired by 2014 46
Justin Higham Transposition Gag two cards keep transposing with Daley switch
2014 47
Justin Higham The "Appearing" Poker Hand additional hand is brought into play that was not actually dealt
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
Inspired by 2014 48
Justin Higham Pseudo-Glide Monte cards removed from bottom of deck, card to wallet climax (duplicate)
Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
38
Justin Higham Pseudo-Glide bottom palm replacement and really bottom card taken
Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
38
Justin Higham Foreword
2015 iv
Justin Higham Pseudo Drop Cut triple cut to table, actually straight cut or cut to a break or double cut substitute
Related to 2015 1
Justin Higham Pre-Faroed Shank Shuffle Zarrow/Shank shuffle convincer with ribbon spread before square-up (deck left in slight reverse faro condition)
Inspired byRelated to 2015 3
Justin Higham Notes on the Shank Shuffle handling the unweave and lifting of one half, Oeink
  • Spring-Off Method
  • Failed Square-Up Method
2015 5
Justin Higham False-Count False Shuffle Control fake take
Inspired by 2015 6
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
Also published here 2015 6
Justin Higham Covered D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding block
Inspired by 2015 7
Justin Higham Longitudinal Steal-Load card second from bottom is transferred into center with the longitudinal palm
Related to 2015 8
Justin Higham Spread-Count Poker 6 groups spread off and dropped onto table to stack Royal Flush which starts on top, drop stack
Related to 2015 11
Justin Higham, Will Houstoun Eight-Card Spread-Separation Cull drop-stacking a hand on the fly
  • End Notes
Inspired byRelated to 2015 12
Justin Higham Acting Out Erdnase doing the cut slowly for effect
Related to 2015 13
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015 14
Justin Higham Illogical-Reversal Stab card or business card stabbed between two selections or predicted cards, using the Bruce Cervon Invisible Reverse
Related to 2015 15
Justin Higham Charlier's Ambition routine with block turnover
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • Third Phase
  • Climax Phase
Inspired by 2015 17
Ken Krenzel, Justin Higham Block Turnover Handling choreography for turning sideways
2015 17
Justin Higham Impromptu Six-Card Repeat ends with a Six spot card
Related to 2015 21
Justin Higham Skype Detector eight cards binary sorting
Related to 2015 24
Justin Higham Limited-Selection NoBo
Inspired by 2015 25
Justin Higham Further Notes on Mindreader's Lucid Dream finding thought-of-card, and producing other three mates on top of three piles as surprise kicker, breather crimp
Inspired by 2015 26
Justin Higham HaLo Think-a-Card selection process for a multiple out ending
Inspired by 2015 28
Justin Higham Stenographic Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2015 29
Justin Higham Pseudo 2002nd Aces spectator can freely choose the leader packet
Inspired by 2015 32
Joseph Barry Justin Higham
Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
10
Justin Higham Illogical Revolve-Cut Production
Related to Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
11
Joseph Barry Swivelosis cards apparently up-jogged from various places, stripped out and given to spectator, actually order retained
Inspired by Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
26
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Full House by Justin Higham Aug. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 8)
95
Justin Higham Self-Working Turnover Pass
  • Tabled Handling
  • Swing-Cut Handling
  • Stand-up Handling
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
6
Justin Higham The Wrist Reversal Secretly get a selection to be placed reversed end for end in a one-way deck, hands off approach
2017 34
Justin Higham Double Shared Prophecy two spectators name a card each and stab a Joker in the deck, it ends up between the two named cards
Inspired by
  • "Shared Prophecy" (Justin Higham, Prophecy Moves and Effects, 2012, p. 12)
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
34
Justin Higham Discrepant Dribble Force bold
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
36
Justin Higham Rolling-Stock Production Flashy production of card originally on top of the deck
2019 183
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 Justin Higham intro
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
38
Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin Impressionistic Ace Controls four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top
  • Method One (Vollmer & Marlo, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Two (Higham, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Three (Gambin, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Four to Eleven (Higham, some tabled, some with hands & tabled, one, two or no crimps, some with overhand shuffles)
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
40
Justin Higham Illogical Four Ace Control Variant four Aces lost by assembling four tabled packets and the Aces, they end up on top, bluff
Inspired by
  • "Illogical Ace-Control" (Justin Higham, Non-Automatic Card Tricks, 2012)
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
52
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 134
Justin Higham Alternate Handling for Lay People with clean vanish from packet
Inspired by 2021 172
Justin Higham Foreword on producing named cards from a shuffled deck
2021 4
Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Justin Higham Top/Bottom Discrepancy Spread Switch performer spreads, then squares both halves in the hands and thumbs off card from originally bottom instead of center
Also published here 2021 6
Christian Gambin Named-Card Spell named card spelled to from reversed Ace of Spades indicator
Inspired by 2021 7
Justin Higham If Anyone Can, ACAAN card named, Jokers removed, any number from ten to fifty named and card found there
Inspired by 2021 8
Justin Higham Multiple Necktie Second Deal second and third card taken out together, deck held upright
2021 8
Justin Higham The Lady Has It spectator riffle shuffles and removes top card and repeats this until three cards are tabled, one chosen, it is predicted on a postcard (two-way out)
  • A Marked Improvement
2021 10
Justin Higham Combination Cull-Addition Effect strip-out addition with spread-culled cards, applied to an effect in which the four Aces change to a named four-of-a-kind
Related toAlso published here 2021 13
Justin Higham From Hull to London card named, spectator stabs Ace of Spades between two card of the same value and suit, actual named card is found in wallet as prediction
  • End Notes
  • Regular Wallet Handling
Inspired by 2021 15
Justin Higham Regular Wallet Handling palm-loading into an ungaffed wallet
2021 17
Justin Higham Invisible Thought Manifested card thought of from ten-card packet is removed invisible and is named, then reappears
Inspired by 2021 18
Justin Higham Impromptu Six-Card Repeat Addition addition from sleeve
Related to 2021 19
Justin Higham Quicksilver "Six or seven (or more) fours of a kind and other poker hands are produced from a genuinely shuffled deck."
  • Phase One (Eight-Card Spread-Separation Cull)
  • Phase Two (Prefigured Full House Poker Deal)
  • Phase Three (Improvised)
  • Phase Four (Impromptu Illogical Prefiguration / Unimpaired Prefiguration)
  • Phase Five (Alternative for the Streamlined Overhand Cull-Stack)
  • Phase Six (Improvised, 100% Production)
  • End Notes
  • Credits
  • Final Thoughts
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Gareth Bell Close-up Comfort in Harry's High Herb spectator finds Royal Flush, four times Christ Force handling
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
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Justin Higham One Card Monte tabled Queen of Spades transposes with two red spot cards in deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2012
2022 1107
Justin Higham Back to '89 Aces are lost and come back to top
  • Face-up Version
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2012
2022 1164
Justin Higham Foreword originally released at Neatcon, July 2023
2023 3
Justin Higham Double-Crossed Aces performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be indifferent, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 4
Justin Higham Cognitive Transpo - Alternatives two cards transpose, and then the suits on the cards transpose
  • Second Method
Inspired by 2023 5
Justin Higham Illogical Retention Change face-up/face-down discrepancy
Also published here 2023 6
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Controls - Part 2 four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top, no crimps, no shuffles
  • Method Twelve
  • Method Thirteen
  • Method Fourteen
  • Method Fifteen
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Justin Higham Stripcut Aces Plus Table Shift Aces produced during strip-cut action one by one
2023 8
Justin Higham Multiple Shift Finesse forgetting one Ace during multiple shift and losing it afterwards
2023 8
Justin Higham K.M. Ace Production four Aces produced between sandwich cards on top of deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 10
Justin Higham Four-Way Thompson Cut
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 11
Justin Higham Monte Plus Move - Finesse out-jogged handling
  • Credits (credit information)
Inspired by 2023 13
Justin Higham Geiger Meets Hofzinser
  • Phase One (a card is moved along spread, clicking sound changes at selection)
  • Phase Two (three Aces change and Ace matching the selection remains, Geiger Counter Card changes into selection)
Inspired by 2023 15
Justin Higham All's Well That Ends Well version without stack
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 17
Justin Higham Count-Action Double Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
Also published here 2023 17
Justin Higham Speed Larreverse Handling two cards are turned over book-wise quickly
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Justin Higham A Pedantic Poker Player's Picnic top cards are used to count down
Inspired by 2023 19
Justin Higham Deal-Cut-Shuffling Lesson spectator shuffles and cuts and turns over and gets Aces while performer demonstrates the actions with the other half and gets Kings
Inspired by 2023 20
Justin Higham Finessed Dealing the Aces spectator deals and stops, then deals into four piles
2023 21
Justin Higham Easy-Going Gambler Gambler vs Magician version
2023 21
Justin Higham For The Less Perceptive odd-backed card placed in deck, spectator should find it, he finds one with a third back color and rest of deck changes back color
  • Second Method
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Justin Higham Palm-Down Illogical Riffle Force
Also published here 2023 23
Justin Higham Thought Card Across Finessed
2023 24
Justin Higham Bonus Section (Second Edition)
2023 25
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Control - Method Nine, Version Two four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top
Inspired by 2023 25
Justin Higham Be Honest, Did You See It? two methods for Fechter's effect
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by 2023 26
Justin Higham Secret Full House spectator draws cards face up, performer still gets a Full House, Reverse Mexican Concept
2023 27
Justin Higham Open-Switch Coins Through Table with discrepancy
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Justin Higham Foreword
2023 29
Justin Higham A Short Introduction to Improvisation
2023 29
Justin Higham The Trick That Can Be Explained Again
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Justin Higham The Workshop - Aide Mémoire list of tricks that were part of the workshop with references
2023 33
Justin Higham Live Improv Examples
2023 35
Justin Higham Game or Demo? some culling improvisation stories
2023 35
Justin Higham Improv Coins #1 improvised one coin routine at table
2023 35
Justin Higham Improv Coins #2 coin travels on top of tabled card case
2023 36
Justin Higham These Walls Have Ears phone call anecdote with David Carré about an overheard Ace production
2023 36
Justin Higham Impromptu Bullseye card chosen, indifferent card placed under smartphone, it changes into card from same value, other cards of same value are produced and selection is found under phone
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Justin Higham Slapped Card Under Mat card under close-up mat at end of Nerve Trick
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Justin Higham Anson Chen Improvises on improvisation, fake faro principle idea
2023 37
Justin Higham 20 Reasons for Improvisation
2023 39
Justin Higham Real Versus Fake Interaction
2023 44
Justin Higham Foreword
2023 1
Justin Higham Double-Crossed Again performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be indifferent, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets
  • End Notes
Inspired by 2023 1
Kevin Baker Double Double-Cross performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be Kings, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets, with optional double change
Inspired by 2023 2
Jordan Waller Spin-Cut Set-Up block slip cut handling
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Justin Higham Tabled Four-Way Thompson handling with deck in riffle shuffle position
  • End Note
Inspired by 2023 3
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Control - Method 14 four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top, brief note
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Ennio Lenti, Justin Higham KM Aces Plus two Aces produced between sandwich cards on top of deck, then the sandwich cards change to Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2023 3
Justin Higham Note On "All's Well That Ends Well" note on the Speed Larreverse Handling, two cards are turned over book-wise quickly
Related to 2023 4
Justin Higham Open Switch Coins Through Table - Note with discrepancy
Related to 2023 5
Anson Chen The Trick That Can Be Explained Again (Note)
Related to 2023 5
Justin Higham Locating a Royal Flush (Note)
2023 5
Justin Higham Slapped Card note
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Justin Higham Probability Full House Plus impromptu
  • I Prefer Poker
Inspired by 2023 6
Justin Higham Flushtration Control multiple tabled cards are lost in the deck at apparently different positions, discrepant
Related to 2023 7
Justin Higham All Ends Well version without stack
Inspired by 2023 8
Justin Higham, Edward Marlo Reverse Cover-Up Cut
2023 8