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Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Seelenwanderung der Karten four-of-a-kind placed in square formation in a napkin, two card covered with cardboard, they travel upwards one by one through the napkin, preliminary phase in which every Ace does a trick (comes to top, travels from pocket to pocket, to pocket, appears at any number) to switch the ungaffed cards for double facers
Jan. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 1)
2
Ralph W. Hull (6) Topsy-Turvy Climax slop shuffle triumph with preliminary phase in which cards are really shuffled face-up/face-down
1932 12
Stanley Collins Those Aces fair preliminary actions
1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
697
Minar Fake Minar with two different sized shells
Aug. 1948 9
John Ramsay Section I. Preliminary 1. Initial Position
2. On the Table
3. Moistening the Beans
4. Poition
1952 7
Minar Realisierte Idee aus einem Wettbewerb quick change of dress
Also published here
  • "L'Escamoteur" Nr. 34.
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2)
16
Al Koran Hindu Force with preliminary display face in which bottom card changes
1952 76
Brother John Hamman The Perfect Bridge Hand Spades stacked in preliminary dealing round
Variations 1958 24
Jack Miller, Al Koran Lazy Man's Card Trick
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1962 199
Edward Marlo Combination Methods stacking multiple cards in one shuffle, two methods, incorporating preparation methods:
  • The Release (from center)
  • The Step and Block
  • The Preliminary Riffle
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
11
Jerry K. Hartman Preliminaries general technical background and some credit info of top-of-deck, Braue-style add-on/switches, six contexts to add top card(s) to a packet, three methods to obtain initial break below card(s)
1970 1
Herb Zarrow Additional Zarrow Technique
  • Preliminary Cut To Set Deck
  • One-Shuffle Technique
1975 26
Will Dexter Forcieren - Ein Kurzseminar overview about forcing methods with examples
  • Psychologische Forcen
  • Die Auswahllose Force
  • Die Beschränkte Auswahlforce
  • Die Von-Bis Force
  • Mathematische Forcen
  • Mechanisch oder Automatische Forcen
Also published here
  • The Gen, Apr. 1953
July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
60
Ken De Courcy Die Taubenkasserole - Ein Kurzseminar ideas for the dove pan
  • Bandsprudel
  • Das tanzende Skelett
  • Kartenhaus
  • Kartenproduktion
  • Klappwürfel
  • Kindervorstellung
  • Kravattenzerschneiden
  • Tauben
  • Zigaretten
Also published here
  • Magigram, Vol. 2
Oct. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
105
Peter Duffie Collectors Seminar Aces change to royal flush as a kicker
Related toVariations Sep. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 9)
734
Earl Nelson Color Changing Deck featuring a deck switch in the lap at the end of an optional preliminary All Backs routine
Also published here 1979 17
Simon Aronson Shuffle-Bored
  • The Basic Shuffle-Bored Effect (only number of reversed card is divined)
  • The Secret
  • The Set-Up
  • The Procedure
  • Preliminaries
  • The Cancellation Combination
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 1
Jeff Busby Preliminary Set-Ups Mental Reverse
Inspired byRelated to 1981
Arcane (Issue 5)
53
Frank Thompson The Thompson Tilt Pass described in context of a control
  • The Preliminary Moves
  • The Interchange of Packet
  • Concluding Observations
1981 1
John Ramsay Comedy Billiard Ball Routine four balls, with a hat, at the end balls vanish from hat and appear in performer's mouth
1 - Preliminary
2 - Production of the First Ball
3 - The Ball Penetrates the Hat
4 - Ball Travels to Hat
5 - Production of Second Ball
6 - Ball Behind the Back
7 - Production of Third Ball
8 - Production of Fourth Ball
9 - Disposal of Four Balls in the Hat
10- The Balls Appear in the Mouth
1982 9
Brother John Hamman Flash Poker poker hand changes five times, pair of Twos changes into two Jacks, then three Twos, then full house, then royal flush, ungaffed, on deck
Related toAlso published here Summer 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30)
290
Peter Duffie Collectors' Seminar
1987 83
Simon Aronson Simple Simon overhand stacking sequence, with pre-setting during preliminary display, with variations in final comments
Related toVariations 1990 36
Karroll Priest Test Condition Second Sight - Part I as Carroll Priest
  • Introduction
  • Simple and Direct
  • The Role of Publicity
  • Test Conditions
  • Do It Right
  • The Preliminary Talk
  • Sample Remarks
Related to Mar. 1991
Magick (Issue 453)
2267
Jack Carpenter Multiplex Reset Reset combined with double Travelers
  • Preliminary display sequence
  • Reset phase
  • The Double Travelers Phase
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1992 21
Jack Carpenter Multiplex Reset Reset combined with double Travelers
  • Preliminary display sequence
  • Reset phase
  • The Double Travelers Phase
Also published here Nov. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
51
Simon Aronson Shuffle-Bored
  • The Basic Shuffle-Bored Effect (only number of reversed card is divined)
  • The Secret
  • The Set-Up
  • The Procedure
  • Preliminaries
  • The Cancellation Combination
Also published here 1994 149
Jörg Alexander Weber Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft prediction of three selected Tarot cards, representing past, present and future
Inspired by
  • Carlhorst Meier, "Mein Tarot Seminar" (1992)
Also published here
1995 23
Jack Carpenter Preliminary Notes and Credits credits for the Freeman Display
1997 11
Joe Mogar The Chorus Line four thimbles on the fingers, thimbles jump from hand to hand
Inspired by
  • Een vingerhoedgreß (Anverdi, Lezing Seminar Lecture)
Also published here
1997 154
Joe Mogar The Chorus Line four thimbles on the fingers, thimbles jump from hand to hand
Inspired by
  • Een vingerhoedgreß (Anverdi, Lezing Seminar Lecture)
Also published here
1997 12
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998 105
Lew R. Brooks Bughouse Poker tabled royal flush production with some preliminary handling, pivot revelation
Inspired by 1998 18
Richard Osterlind, John Cornelius Total Knock Out number divination and prediction with gaffed calculator, based on John Cornelius' "Total Recall"
  • Business Seminar Presentation
  • Stage Presentation
1999 54
Fredric P. Lamazor Color Change choreography with preliminary tabled ribbon spread of half the deck
1999 9
Carlhorst Meier Meine Drei-Zettel-Routine three names on billets, pseudo-psychometry, last name divined
Also published here
  • "Meine Drei-Zettel-Routine" (Carlhorst Meier, Seminar Carlhorst Meier)
2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
190
Harvey Berg The Ultimate Mind Reading Performance preliminary phase for OOSOOM with freely thought-of card (which is not divined, though)
2001 21
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Rollovers "a theme and twelve variations", on the bold rollover force
  • Theme
  • Variation 1: Avoiding the flash
  • Variation 2: Doing without the preliminary peek
  • Variation 3: The multiple rollover
  • Variation 4: Rollback
  • Variation 5: The slipped rollover
  • Variation 6: With a face-up marker
  • Variation 7: With the face-up deck
  • Variation 8: The two-spectator force
  • Variation 9: The two-in-one force
  • Variation 10: The locator
  • Variation 11: The transverse locator
  • Variation 12: The rollover control
2002 34
Lewis Jones Rack and bled starts with shuffled deck, deck set up in preliminary phase, gambling presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2002 162
Gabi Pareras Sandwich Estimación (Un caso de lógica absurda) two red cards are placed face-up in fan and end up next to selection
  • Preliminares
  • Estimación perceptiva
. Trabajando después de acabar
  • Notas
2002ca. 14
Earl Nelson Color Changing Deck featuring a deck switch in the lap at the end of an optional preliminary All Backs routine
Also published here 2003 35
Peter Duffie Finishing Touch spectator touches four indifferent cards, they then suddenly change to Aces
Inspired by 2005 67
Christoph Borer Lasset die Musik erklingen! several cards with music titles, selection is predicted with mechanical music box
Related toAlso published here 2006 28
Christoph Borer Pralinen five spectators select a chocolate-truffle from a box, they are all brown, the one that is remaining is white, poison story
Also published here 2006 34
Christoph Borer Ace Flip four chosen cards change into Aces
Also published here 2006 48
Christian Scherer, Christoph Borer Hofzinsers Handschuh cards put in a box, selection is fished out with a glove, that holds the card in an eery way
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2006 70
Christoph Borer Die Macht der Psychologie
Also published here 2006 73
Christoph Borer Anagramm-Wahl from a piece of newspaper two selected words are mixed up to form a message, anagram
Related toAlso published here 2006 131
Christoph Borer Herz 10
Related to
  • Herz 10 in "Seminarnotizen 2006"
2006 140
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2006 145
Christoph Borer Runen-Wunder selected rune stone is divined
Also published here
  • Runen-Mirakel in "Seminar 1997"
2006 151
Jörg Alexander Weber Drei-Namen-Eröffnung three names on billets, pseudo-psychometry, last name divined
Inspired by
  • "Meine Drei-Zettel-Routine" (Carlhorst Meier, Seminar Carlhorst Meier)
2008 49
Minar Minar's Visual Color Change 3/4 knife
2008 52
Nick Trost The Perfect Bridge Hand - Revisited preliminary deal used to stack Spades, re-deal, group shuffle before first deal
  • Hearts Deal
  • Fan Tan Deal
Inspired by 2009 392
Christoph Borer Bank Night four envelopes, apparently goes wrong, three consolation prizes which are better than the prize the spectator wins
Related to
  • Eckhard Böttcher's "Bank Night verkehrt" in "Magische Perlen Band 1 - Das Beste aus meinem Routinen-Service" 1995, P. 21
Also published here
2010 18
Harry Lorayne Psychic Spell placing the selection with preliminary bluff spell and turnover of whole packet
2011 181
Gabi Pareras, Joaquín Matas Ases para conocedores ("Los ases de mi examen")
  • Los preliminares ("Una idea deliciosa")
  • As de Trébol ("El abanico")
  • As de Diamantes ("El pincel")
  • As de Picas ("El escondite")
  • As de Corazones ("La frotadita")
  • Un Final ("Y dos alternativas")
    • La mano de póquer
    • Cortando por los ases
  • Gran Final ("Cortesia de Joaquin Matas")
Inspired by 2012 215
Mike Caveney Giant Thimble Production load from table, with preliminary sequence with thimble and silk
Related to 2013 23
Roberto Giobbi Control with Dribble and Side Shuffle
  • Optional Preliminary Procedure
  • Selection Procedure
  • The Side-Control Shuffle
  • Additional Options
Related toAlso published here 2016 55
Christoph Borer Die Catha-Zettel spectator selects one of five billets on which is written "may the show begin", on the other billets are humorous remarks
Related to 2016 26
Kainoa Harbottle Stacked Coins Palm Transfer Transferring stack of coins from finger clip to clipped by thumb
Related to
  • "Pendulum Hanging Coins" (Kainoa Harbottle, New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 5, DVD)
2017 59
Markus Beldig Three-Billet Test
Inspired by
  • "Meine Drei-Zettel-Routine" (Carlhorst Meier, Seminar Carlhorst Meier)
2019 10
José Carroll Preliminary Techniques
  • 1. The Loading of the Thumb Tip into the Left Hand
  • 2. The Insertion of the Handkerchief into the Thumb Tip
  • 3. The Stealing of the Loaded Thumb Tip from the Left Hand
  • 4. The Showing of the Hands
    • Before the vanish
    • After the vanish
  • 5. The Reappearance of the Handkerchief
  • 6. Color Change
2019 250
Michael Rubinstein The Slide Move one-handed
  • Slide-In Phase
  • One-Finger Variation
  • Slide-Out Phase
VariationsAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 13, dvd, 2009
2020 68
Michael Rubinstein Getting into Stealth Palm low purse palm
  • Method One
  • Method Two
Related toAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 8 - 10, dvds
2020 73
Michael Rubinstein The Purse and the Glass three silver coins transpose with three copper coins in purse
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 13, dvd, 2009
2020 87
Michael Rubinstein The Magical Change Purse "Purse, No Glass"
three silver coins transpose with three copper coins in purse
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 13, dvd, 2009
2020 91
Michael Rubinstein Ungimmicked Copper-Silver-Brass
Related toAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 13, dvd, 2009
2020 109
Michael Rubinstein Matchbook Treasury Redux
  • Phase One: Coin Production
  • Phase Two: Copper-Silver Transposition
  • Phase Three: Coins to Matchbox
  • Phase Four: Coins to Watch
  • Phase Five: Ending
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 15, dvd
2020 118
Michael Rubinstein Sliding Wild Coin three-coin production followed by wild coin phase, then vanish
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 14, dvd
2020 142
Michael Rubinstein The Chocolate Coin
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 3, dvd
2020 151
Michael Rubinstein The Impossible Four Coin Trick II advanced handling
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 1, dvd
2020 196
Michael Rubinstein Long Term, Short Term three coins, involving a purse
Inspired by
  • version on New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 1, dvd
2020 200
Michael Rubinstein Triple Play appearances and vanishes, one-behind principle
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 5, dvd
2020 213
Michael Rubinstein Stealth Hanging Coins
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 9, dvd
2020 229
Michael Rubinstein Stealth Showcase
  • Phase Two: Coins Across
  • Phase Three: Gadabout Coins
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 10, dvd
2020 232
Michael Rubinstein Déjà Vu Coin Vanish vanish, production, vanish of three coins
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 10, dvd
2020 235
Michael Rubinstein Smileys drawn face on coin changes, coin changes into large smiley badge
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 8, DVD
2020 303
Michael Rubinstein Mint Condition coin to Listerine container
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 7, DVD
2020 333
Michael Rubinstein Time for Change coin changes to Chinese coin in purse, vanish and reappearance, becomes lots of small change
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 12, DVD
2020 343
Michael Rubinstein The Counterfeit Coin
Also published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 8, DVD
2020 345
David Roth The Roth Blank Coin Routine blank coin (disc without embossing) changes into three different coins
Inspired by
  • "Purse Frame Wild Coin" (David Roth, Live in Sacramento video, 1998)
VariationsAlso published here
  • New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 8, DVD
2020 455
Steve Reynolds Updated SRO Travelers no palm, preliminary production sequence
Inspired by
  • "Ambidextrous Card Shark" (Steve Reynolds, S.R.O., 2010)
2021
Output (Issue 20)
1
Juan Tamariz Prologue - A Preliminary Trick found by spinning a pocketknife
Inspired by 2022 20
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm from bottom preliminary double undercut to set cards into position to be lateral-palmed from bottom in right hand (then transferred to Tenkai), see also p. 37
2022 185
John Hostler 2x4 Cull strategy to culling up to eight cards (two quartets) with "removing some target cards" preliminary premise, negative cull
2023 59