238 entries for Lin Searles

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Fancy Blind Cuts - I. To Retain the Complete Stock
Related to
Variations
 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
44
The Siamese Aces two Aces separated in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck, sucker element
Related to
Variations
 1909
The Art of Magic
89
Ernando Veneri The Veneri Discovery crimping selection as it is pushed into deck
Variations
 1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
65
Lin Searles An Amusing Reversal ambitious card, then chosen card turns over, double backer
Related to
 1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
134
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
135
Audley Walsh Novel Beginning for a Four Ace Trick four chosen card turn out to be Aces
Related to
Variations
 1936
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
156
Henry Christ The Perfect Force double backer, 203rd force
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
128
Lin Searles Introduction
1938
The Card Expert
2
Lin Searles Chapter One: The Psychology of the Card Expert showing and hiding skill
 		1938
The Card Expert
3
Lin Searles The Lace-Through False Shuffle bottom bed
 		1938
The Card Expert
6
Lin Searles Holding Deck Lightly like a bird
Related to
 1938
The Card Expert
12
Lin Searles The False Cut simple cut vs. compound cut (multiple packet cut)
 		1938
The Card Expert
12
Lin Searles The Compound False Cut addition to the Erdnase cut
Related to
 1938
The Card Expert
13
Lin Searles The Simple False Cut straight cut
 		1938
The Card Expert
15
Lin Searles The Second Deal two different grips, one unnatural for demonstration deals, with list of tips
 		1938
The Card Expert
17
Lin Searles The Bottom Deal straddle grip, with tips (pushing top card over not strictly necessary)
 		1938
The Card Expert
21
Lin Searles Top Buckle Count left thumb buckles top cards and left first finger separates them
 		1938
The Card Expert
21
Lin Searles Back Palming a Complete Deck deck vanish via back palm, with secret ditch of three-quarters in the side pocket during manipulation sequence of single card
 		1938
The Card Expert
24
Lin Searles The One-Hand Shuffle continuous Charlier Cut
 		1938
The Card Expert
28
Lin Searles The Multiple Lift
1938
The Card Expert
31
Lin Searles A Subtle Card Location card is inserted and apparently palmed out, repeat and spectator shuffles, card is then shown reversed
Inspired by
 1938
The Card Expert
34
Lin Searles Ace Control tantalizer deal with two Aces, in the end the other two Aces are in penultimate packet as a surprise, apparent false dealing demonstration (as by Jamison)
Inspired by
  • "Elimination" (R. M. Jamison, The Sphinx, Vol. 34 No. 3, May 1935)
Related to
 1938
The Card Expert
35
Lin Searles Jacks and Aces Three-Jacks Deal with Ace transformation kicker
 		1938
The Card Expert
37
Lin Searles Second Deal Four Aces (No. 1) Aces are dealt out several times in a row, then assembled in two groups, two indifferent cards put on both Ace pairs, suddenly all Aces are in one pile
 		1938
The Card Expert
38
Lin Searles Second Deal Four Aces (No. 2) four Aces transpose with four indifferent cards after alternating them and dealing them out again
 		1938
The Card Expert
40
Lin Searles A Renovated Trick (A Variation) two Aces in deck come up next to each other when dealt through deck although a spectator "secretly" pocketed a card, sucker element
Inspired by
 1938
The Card Expert
45
Lin Searles Another Card Location red-black location, spectator riffle shuffles at the beginning and again after the selection
 		1938
The Card Expert
46
Lin Searles Spread Counting in Groups
1938
The Card Expert
47
Lin Searles A Novel Color Change Surprise card changes to miniature card via color change
 		1938
The Card Expert
47
Lin Searles Multiple Card Force four out-jogged chosen cards are switched for force card, with reversed clean-up card (or double backer)
Inspired by
 1938
The Card Expert
49
Lin Searles Double Deal performer shuffle-stacks the four Aces, in a repeat deal he gets a royal flush
 		1938
The Card Expert
50
Lin Searles Master Dealing performer looks at top cards in five-card groups and notes how to second deal himself a good hand, punchless punch deal
 		1938
The Card Expert
52
Lin Searles Bottom Deal Poker Demonstration dealing bottoms on the draw, also pseudo bottom deal demo (cards really stacked)
 		1938
The Card Expert
52
Lin Searles Conclusion
1938
The Card Expert
54
Dai Vernon The Lift Get-Ready squeeze break, uncredited
Related to
Variations
 1940
Expert Card Technique
4
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
77
Lin Searles The "So Simple Force"
1945
My Best
116
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Prime Presentation two decks, one card is selected and both decks dealt until same card is found in other deck, card found at same position as mate of selection is named and its mate is not found in other deck but in envelope, repeated with written prediction inside card case
Related to
Variations
 1949
Staggered
1
Lin Searles Lucky Aces
1950
Lucky Aces
1
Lin Searles The Fair Deal Aces T formation layout is fair, then each packet has to go back to the deck
 		1950
Lucky Aces
1
Lin Searles Paging the Aces Aces are lost and found again
 		1950
Lucky Aces
3
Lin Searles The Four by Twelve Aces
1950
Lucky Aces
5
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico A Future Classic four cards removed from spread by spectators, one changes into an Ace, then the other three as well, card is peeked, three cards dealt on Aces, spectator choses unknown card which is put in pocket, Ace packets lost one by one and selection shown on top and dealt on table four times, the four "duplicates" change back to Aces, selection removed from pocket
Related to
Variations
 1953
The Future Classic
1
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		1956
Top Secrets of Magic
16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Strictly Straight performer always gets a straight, from five to two hands, then performer deals and can chose if dealer gets top or bottom card, progressive poker deal, Gilbreath precursor
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
Related to
 Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
3
Lin Searles Doublethink Speller as Lynn Searles, cut deck in three piles, cards are mentally selected and found by spelling
 		1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
33
Milton Kort Gambling Expose long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four Aces
Also published here
Related to
 May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
3
Lin Searles The Basic Plot
1958
Ultimate Aces
2
Lin Searles Introduction
1958
Ultimate Aces
2
Lin Searles The Ultimate Aces odd-backed Ace assembly
 		1958
Ultimate Aces
4
Lin Searles Turnover Add Variation addition and switch variation to switch in three double-backers
Variations
 1958
Ultimate Aces
5
Lin Searles The Covered Vanish with red-blue double backer
 		1958
Ultimate Aces
7
Dai Vernon Elastic Touch rubber particles mark the spot
Related to
 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
39
Lin Searles Slow-Motion Poker Deals
1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
1
Lin Searles The Cross Shuffle Slow-Motion Deal thirds of deck shuffled according to spectator's wishes, yet predicted Full House received in seven-handed game, faro
Related to
 1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
1
Lin Searles Table Faro as Slow-Motion Riffle Shuffle presentational ploy for shuffling very slow
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
2
Lin Searles The Slow-Motion Crooked Straight fake false dealing from all parts of deck, pseudo mate pairs
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
3
Lin Searles The Slow-Motion Idiot's Shuffle deck shuffled face-up/face-down in slop style from tabled packets, humorous presentation, then "eightses" are dealt to performer
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
5
Lin Searles Some Slow-Motion Remarks
1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
8
P. Howard Lyons (reviewer) Slow Motion Poker Deals by Lin Searles July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
22
Lin Searles The Cannibal Cards packet with two Jacks and several blank cards, blank cards and parts of Jacks vanish, a Three shrinks, other flat items vanish in the packet (stamp, rubber band, the envelope the cards came in)
 		1959
The Cannibal Cards
1
Lin Searles (reviewer) Comments on Inner Secrets of Card Magic by Dai Vernon (written by Lewis Ganson)
Related to
 May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
21
Lin Searles The Las Vegas Shuffles "A System of Cull, Stock, and Combination Cull-Stock Shuffles for Cardicians and Thieves"
intro
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
17
Lin Searles The Stock Shuffle from the bottom
Also published here
 June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
17
Lin Searles The Cull Shuffle from bottom
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
18
Lin Searles The Cull-Stock Shuffle from bottom
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
20
Lin Searles The Best of All Possible Ace Tricks assembly using Turnover Add variation
Inspired by
 Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
10
Lin Searles Reverse Autobreak mentioned but not described
 		Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
10
Lin Searles All the Sad Young Card Men "un unpopular history of modern card magic"
Related to
 Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
25
Lin Searles Diapsalmata "An Old Poker Deal Refrain"
Variations
 Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
24
Lin Searles Query: Logic Windows Cards comment on Martin Gardner's Logic Machines
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
2
Lin Searles Quick Watson, the Aces Aces in row on table, three cards put on first Ace, that packet lost, repeated with next two Aces, three cards put on last Ace, packet shown to be Aces
Also published here
Variations
 Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
22
Lin Searles The Repeat Pick spectator touches four cards in in-the-hands-spread which are out-jogged, they are the Aces, Aces are lost again and effect repeated
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
23
Lin Searles The Reverse Autobreak deck held with both hands and squeezed with right hand, break opens at right side
Also published here
Inspired by
 Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
23
Leo Behnke Sweet Smash smashing a sugar cube on the table and turn it flat
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles' "Smash"
 1962
Entertaining Close Up
8
Lin Searles The Open Prediction, What Else! with two pseudo-duplicates as convincers
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
22
Edward Marlo Marlo Writes Again letter from 1960, on reinvention, Bert Fenn, Charles Aste Jr., slum magic and other topics, containing several items, see following entries
Related to
 Oct. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 27)
2
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Oct. 1962
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 6)
22
Stewart James The Strayed Gambler additional straight flush phase
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
 Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
24
John Braun, W. F. "Rufus" Steele 3 Jacks Revamped duplicate Jack, with credit information, see p. 200 for further credits
Inspired by
Related to
  • p. 172 for Lin Searles suggestion
Variations
 Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 4)
157
Lin Searles, George Blake, Robert Eagle, George Jarvis Etcetera
Apr. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)
172
Milton Kort Kicker In the End long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four Aces, brief outline
Also published here
Related to
 1968
Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3
317
Larry Jennings Jennings' Visitor
Related to
Variations
 1969
Expert Card Mysteries
53
Ralph Gironda* Reversing Aces
Related to
Variations
 July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
47
Lin Searles Odd Backed Reversing Aces color changing back kicker idea
Inspired by
Related to
 Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
64
Karl Fulves* Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Nov. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 1)
374
Lin Searles M/Separation 4&4, using the Monge Shuffle
 		July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
89
Karl Fulves* The Running Cull sorting deck in thirteen quartets, several run throughs
Related to
 1971
The Book of Numbers
35
Lin Searles Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 July 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)
430
Kelly Green Magicology thoughts on magic
Related to
Variations
 Mar. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 1)
1
Gerald R. Blount Blounty Speaking on John Booth, Bill Larsen, Pete Biro, Channing Pollock, Don Lawton, Harry Blackstone Jr., John Allen Magee, Kelly Green, Lin Searles
 		Mar. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 2)
16
Lin Searles Letters comment on Magicology
Related to
 Mar. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 3)
23
Lin Searles Pre-Cannibal Cards card disappears from sandwich, reappears in another sandwich in middle of deck
Related to
Variations
 Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
109
Lin Searles Reversal Track card reverses itself and its value is used to count to selection, match occurs along the way
Related to
Variations
 May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
37
Lin Searles Christ Force Handling
May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
37
Roy Walton* Twice Removed four Twos found by spectator
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
73
Edward Marlo Flight for 3 three selections from between Aces to between Queens in center
Related to
Variations
 Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
78
Edward Marlo ETC. three touches
Inspired by
 Nov. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11)
89
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Lin Searles passing
 		1972
Magick (Issue 65)
324
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force Variation as Lynn Searles, portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		1972
The Living End
52
Karl Fulves* Babel Lin Searles shot in magic shop, newspaper clipping, on Lin (Lynn) Searles
 		Jan. 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 3)
582
Karl Fulves* Lin Searles folio intro, see also p. 735
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
661
Lin Searles Reverse Rise plunger location, card rises reversed
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
663
Lin Searles Face-Up Aces
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
663
Lin Searles Idiot's Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down (for real), then four eights (instead of aces) are dealt
Variations
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
664
Lin Searles An Ace Assembly
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
664
Lin Searles Impossible Location out-of-hand selection (203rd force), card vanishes and reappears in deck
Related to
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
665
Lin Searles General Assembly
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
665
Lin Searles Quik Cull with sixteen-card packet
Related to
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
666
Lin Searles All Fair Aces
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
666
Lin Searles Reverse Autobreak deck held with both hands and squeezed with right hand, break opens at right side, auto-break from 1957 letter
Also published here
Inspired by
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
667
Lin Searles Tap Jog card squared in by tapping on table, yet jog retained
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
667
Lin Searles Prophet out-of-hand selection procedure, two handlings, second one with pseudo duplicate pairs
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
667
Lin Searles Dealing Centers Aces cut in middle and dealt from there, last Ace travels to sleeve
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
667
Lin Searles Mexicali Aces
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
668
Lin Searles Packet Mexican Turnover turning packet over with single card and switching one of the packet for it
Also published here
Related to
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
668
Lin Searles Countdown Aces performer cuts to Ace, Two, Three and Four on top, counting down to the Aces according to values, inspired by Ed Marlo routine
Variations
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
668
Lin Searles Cannibal Jacks
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
669
Lin Searles Aces Up
Related to
Variations
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
670
Lin Searles Problems suggesting two plots where the performer turns his back
  • spectator switches two poker hands of several and performer can identify them
  • spectator deals poker hands, one from the bottom, that hand is identified
Variations
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
670
Lin Searles Quick Classic Aces change into selection one by one, then selection from pocket
Inspired by
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
670
Lin Searles Crossroader five-card poker hand spread face-down, center card is red-backed Queen of Spades, one card exchanged, now all have different colored backs
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
671
Lin Searles Blue Aces spectator finds aces two times, then they change back color
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
671
Lin Searles 3 Jacks Three Jacks Deal elaboration, see also p. 735
Related to
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
672
Lin Searles More Cannibals
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
673
Lin Searles, Cy Endfield Impromptu Miracle
Inspired by
 Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
673
Lin Searles Thru A Quarter
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
674
Lin Searles Come Back Queens
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
674
Edward Marlo Further Flight Kings and Queens are removed and alternated on table, then cut face-up into one half of deck, Kings vanish and appear face-up in other half
Inspired by
Related to
 1973
Further Flight
1
Lin Searles Half Passed Turnover
Also published here
Related to
 1973
Means & Ends
30
Neal Elias 2 Jacks Again Jacks travel from end of faced deck to center and around the deck (four phases)
Related to
 Nov. 1974
Epilogue (Issue 22)
209
Lin Searles Tilt Bit
1975
The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
53
Father Cyprian A Dice Opener two in the hand one in the pocket, using Lin Searles squashed die and pop-up die under close-up mat, six phases
Also published here
 Apr. 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 6)
956
Roy Walton* Chiefly Yourselves four cards are lost in the deck and their values used to find a good poker hand, the cards find themselves and one more
Also published here
Inspired by
 Sep. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1)
307
Lin Searles, Karl Fulves* The Three-Jacks Deal No. 17, nine-card set-up
Related to
 1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
29
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force no-touch, spectator cuts and turns over one pile
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
78
Karl Fulves* Oracle spectator cuts of packet, reverse faro down to one, remaining card predicted
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1977
The Magic Book
130
Lin Searles Cut Deeper Force here credited to Lin Searles
 		1978
51 Faces North
4
Lin Searles The Color-Blind Crossroader five cards, one has different back, all backs change, gambling story
 		1978
Lecture Notes
7
Jerry Mentzer, Lin Searles A Poker Plot spectator deal royal flush from bottom
 		1979
Card Cavalcade Finale
35
Philip T. Goldstein* Immoracle packet cut-off, anti-faro procedure to arrive at Royal Flush, overhand shuffle set-up sequence
Inspired by
Related to
 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1240
Ray Grismer From Ray Grismer on why he won the Lin Searles award
 		1979
Interlocutor (Issue 35)
139
Roy Walton* Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1979
That Certain Something...
7
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		1979
Door to Door Card Sharp
6
Lin Searles, Jerry K. Hartman Lin Searles' Half Passed Turnover not described, ideas by Jerry K. Hartman
Related to
 1981
Milennium Aces
65
Lin Searles Ace Routine Aces in row on table, three cards put on first Ace, that packet lost, repeated with next two Aces, three cards put on last Ace, packet shown to be Aces
Also published here
Variations
 Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
138
Roy Walton* Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
170
Lin Searles Las Vegas Shuffles - The Stock Shuffle from the bottom
Also published here
 1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
132
Lin Searles Las Vegas Shuffles - The Cull Shuffle from the bottom, positions known
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
135
Lin Searles The Cull-Stock Shuffle positions known, from bottom
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
137
Ed Balducci, Lin Searles Cut Deeper Force
1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
10
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force straight cut and turn over
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
79
Lin Searles Four-Star Aces No. 85, Kings dealt to table, they're Aces now
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
128
Ian Baxter So Simple - So Good
Inspired by
 Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Lin Searles So Simple
Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Lin Searles The Haunted Card
Summer 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30)
301
Lin Searles Searles' Force top half cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over, The "So Simple" Force
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
7
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
19
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
163
Lin Searles Auto Break
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
214
Richard Vollmer Earthly Powers selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"
Related to
Variations
 June 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)
1503
Roy Walton* Twice Removed four Twos found by spectator
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
18
Roy Walton* Chiefly Yourselves four cards are lost in the deck and their values used to find a good poker hand, the cards find themselves and one more
Also published here
Inspired by
 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
67
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force only one cut, uncredited
Related to
 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
99
Father Cyprian High Rollers (A Dice Opener) two in the hand one in the pocket, using Lin Searles squashed die and pop-up die under close-up mat, six phases
Also published here
 1989
Lecture Notes #11
25
Jon Racherbaumer About Ultimate Aces commentary on Lin Searles' plot
 		Jan. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 2)
1
Jerry K. Hartman, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover with variations
  • Spread Half-Passed Turnover
Also published here
Related to
 1991
Card Craft
92
Jerry Mentzer A Poker Plot spectator deals poker hands, one from the bottom with the performer's back turned, he identified the bottom-dealt hand, also it's a royal flush
Inspired by
 1993
Card File
70
Alex Elmsley The Constant Stack
Related to
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
309
Peter Duffie The Maze Connection four times stop, off-beat effect
Inspired by
 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
186
Dealing Position
  • open dealing position
  • straddle dealing position
"Imagine the deck is a bird"
Related to
 1995
Card College — Volume 1
15
Jerry K. Hartman, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover “originally based on a Paul Curry and Lin Searles concept”
Also published here
Related to
 1995
After Craft
18
Lin Searles Auto-Break
1996
Classic Sampler
7
Lin Searles Autobreak
1997
Jennings '67
23
Larry Jennings A Gambler Holds Out the Aces
Inspired by
 1997
Jennings '67
39
Dai Vernon, Lin Searles Strip-Out Addition Handling
1997
Ingenuities
153
Lin Searles The "So-Simple" Force
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
281
Lin Searles Block Mexican Turnover
Related to
 1997
Effortless Card Magic
29
Peter Duffie Effortless Count-Down Kings cut and lost into the deck, deck is dealt into four piles by spectator, top cards are Ace Two Three Four, count down the values to find the Kings
Inspired by
 1997
Effortless Card Magic
56
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force
1997
Effortless Card Magic
71
Peter Duffie The Spectator Makes a Sandwich! Hands off multiple sandwich, find two cards
Inspired by
 1997
Effortless Card Magic
120
Marty Kane Modern Day Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card is selection and four Aces on top of discard piles, with two variations
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)
1258
Lin Searles Auto Break
1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
10
Lin Searles, Roberto Giobbi The Four Seasons quick ace assembly with poetic pattern
Inspired by
Variations
 1998
Card College — Volume 3
525
Lin Searles Inflated Deck illusion
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
44
Lin Searles Partial Mexican Turnover Change switching one card in a packet
Related to
 2000
Card College — Volume 4
825
Roberto Giobbi Moracle at the end of a sucessful prediction, the four Aces appear, anti-faro sixteenth card principle
Inspired by
 2000
Card College — Volume 4
921
Lin Searles Shuffle Control From The Peek setting a key, then getting card back to top
 		2000
Gambling Notes
14
Karl Fulves* Pointing Out multiple one-way location without the need to sort the deck in advance
Related to
 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)
133
Lin Searles One Way Secret for deck with obvious one-way pattern, turning only two suits over
Related to
 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
59
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Starburst packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles
Related to
 2002
Ahead of the Pack
88
Marty Kane Modern Day Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card is selection and four Aces on top of discard piles, with two variations
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
76
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force without Searles credit
Related to
 2003
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
85
Lin Searles Moracle anti-faro discovery
 		2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
80
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Block Mexican Turnover Chapter 2 - (BMT)
in-the-hands handling, side-jogged card used to flip over a block of cards on the deck
Also published here
Related to
 2004
Diamonds from Coal
8
Doug Edwards Three Cards And An Ace Ace covered with three cards and cut into the back, repeated with other, Aces are produced at once
Related to
 2006
Brass Knuckles
128
Paul Gordon What, Another Kick? packet reduced to one card via reverse faros, selection remains and mates are on top of discard piles
Inspired by
  • "What A Kick" series (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Companion)
Related to
 2006
England Up Close
142
Jerry K. Hartman, Paul Curry, Lin Searles Half-Passed Turnover “This moniker was Lin Searles's name for a sleight separately conceived by him and Paul Curry”
Also published here
Related to
 2007
Card Dupery
62
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
287
Lin Searles So Simple Force
Related to
 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
269
Lin Searles Autobreak uncredited
 		2008
Approaching Magic
12
Herb Zarrow The Straightest Gambler performer repeatedly deals himself straights, in the end he gets a Royal Flush after a spectator shuffle & deal
Inspired by
  • Lin Searles's "The Straight Gambler"
 2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
22
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force
2009
Route 52
34
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Block Mexican Turnover in-the-hands handling, side-jogged card used to flip over a block of cards on the deck
Also published here
Related to
 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
383
Lin Searles Mexicali Aces Packet Mexican Turnover
Also published here
Related to
 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
384
Nick Trost A Stacking Demonstration three phase routine
Inspired by
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
389
Mel Bennett Royacle "A Royal Reunion"
Inspired by
 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 10)
67
Karl Fulves* Cut Faster three spectators cut to cards in their own hands and pocket them, named with cards behind performer's back, one travels into performer's pocket
Inspired by
 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
663
Lin Searles Auto-Break
2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
68
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
727
Max Maven* ESPecious
  • Lost Horizons
three letter cards chosen in 3x3 grid layout, they spell ESP
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, Jan. 1984
Inspired by
  • "ESPecially Mental" (Norman Vincent Pangloss aka Lin Searles, marketed 1959)
 Apr. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 4)
17
Max Maven* La Baraja Mentirosa Despite the deck lying, the magician uses it to determine the color and value of the selection, and to locate the selection.
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Spell of Mystery" (Stewart James, marketed, 1929)
  • "My Own Particular Way" (Ryan Matney, Card Jones, 2004)
Related to
Variations
 2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 27)
915
Steve Reynolds So-Simple Miracle Signed Card & Triumph
Inspired by
Related to
 May 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 9)
74
Max Maven* Lie-Decker Despite the deck lying, the magician uses it to determine the color and value of the selection, and to locate the selection.
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
39
Steve Beam Si-Decker despite always lying, the deck provides the color, suit, and parity of the selected card, and then helps to locate it
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
41
John Bannon Bluff Oracle Aces I Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
50
John Bannon Bluff Oracle Aces II Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
51
Steve Beam Rock Bottom Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Inspired by
  • "Swindlaces" (Al Smith, LaBal, April 2011)
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
52
Steve Beam Binary Bypass Move which allows one to accomplish the Moracle effect without stacking the deck.
  • Royal Mess
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
56
Steve Beam The Neutralizer Audience shuffles the deck and magician reverses their shuffles, producing a great poker hand.
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
57
Steve Beam Royal Roundup Despite the audience shuffling the deck, the magician is able to reverse their shuffles and produce a royal flush.
Inspired by
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
59
Steve Beam Bottom Feeder A move that allows you to accomplish the Moracle effect producing the cards on the bottom of the packets rather than the top.
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
63
Steve Beam Moracool A "Moracle" effect which produces the four aces on top of the packets (for poker) and four jacks on the face (for blackjack).
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
64
Steve Reynolds So-Simple Control
Inspired by
 Feb. 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 6)
73
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1162
Nick Trost My Lucky Card single card location with reverse-faro procedure, Royal Flush kicker on eliminated packets à la Moracle
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1318
John Cottle Card at Date card fairly lost, appears at day of the month of birth, two handlings
Inspired by
 Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
12
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1364
Nick Trost ESP Oracle Moracle to find five star symbols in ESP deck
Inspired by
 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1567
Lin Searles Auto-Break
2018
Repertoire
99
Inflating the Deck "fluffing" one third of the deck to make it look bigger, credited to Lin Searles
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
144
Nick Trost How Gamblers Cheat at Poker straight flush ending in re-deal poker deal, adding a riffle shuffle at the start
Inspired by
 2019
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7
1692
Lin Searles Auto Break
2019
Interpreting Magic
23
Harry Lorayne Try This!
  • Reverse Faro
four packets made via anti-faros, four Aces found
Related to
 2020
More Jaw Droppers!
11
Lin Searles Autobreak
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
60
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force
2020
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8
1820
Lin Searles So-Simple Force deck turnover
 		Mar. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
326
Paul Gordon Darned Pain in the Neck performer spells to three Aces but gets same wrong card every time, ends with Moracle to find wrong card again and Aces on top of anti-faroed packets
Also published here
  • Gold Dust Companion, 2014
Inspired by
Related to
 Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
925