James Steranko

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
T. Nelson Downs	Third Method	spectator peeks in his own hands, risky bridge, also with rubber banded deck	Related to E=MC² (James Steranko, 1962) The Crimp - D.F.C. (Edward Marlo, 1970) Vernon's Peek Location At Finger Tips (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1909	The Art of Magic	150	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
	Bold Table Switch	deck next to packet, deck minus bottom cards moved on other packet, top of page	Related to Bold Table Switch (James Steranko, 2023)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	345	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Russell T. Barnhart	Secret Reverse on Table	passive or with a riffle shuffle	Related to The Action Reverse (James Steranko, 1960) Zarrow Action Reverse (Keith Bennett, 1993) Variations Tabled Reverse Throw Off (Ken Simmons, 1981) Table Reverse & Effect (Edward Marlo, 1988) Add to Shuffle - For those who know (Edward Marlo, 1988) Subtle Tabled Reverse (Doug Conn, 1995) Tabled Reverse Handling (Wesley James, 2004) Gambler's False Cut and Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1945	Off the Top	10	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
Claude Kimball	Substitutes for the Pass - A New Method	card is levered up with left fingers	Related to Steranko's Shadow Steal (James Steranko, 1960) George Pughe's Pass (George Pughe, 1994)	May 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 12)	118	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Karrell Fox	The Question Is...		Related to The Question Is: Where is Your Card (Charlie Dietz, 1958) A Question of Time (James Steranko, 1960) Dots it? (Francis Carlyle, 1975) That Is the Question (Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer, 2006) Variations Questions (Steve Beam, 2020)	1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Edward Marlo	Second Method	imperfection, nailnick, edgemark	Related to 45 - Look for informal "readers". (Charles Hopkins, 1940) Influence (James Steranko, 1962)	1956	Fingertip Control	6	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Edgemarked Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
Edward Marlo	Sixth Method - Tilt Glimpse	glimpsing card	Related to Simple Glimpse (T. Page Wright, 1933) Influence (James Steranko, 1962) Variations Tilt Glimpse Variatiion (William Goodwin, 2002) S.A.L.O.B. (R. Paul Wilson, 2017)	1956	Fingertip Control	16	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
Jerry Andrus	The Clip Slip	card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom Variation	Related to The Fingertip Peek Steal (Edward Marlo, 1984) Variations Steranko's Center Steal Change (James Steranko, 1960) Also published here The Clip Slip (Jerry Andrus, 1976)	1956	Andrus Deals You In	57	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Dai Vernon	The Jumping Jack	using only two cards apparently, using Tenkai Palm	Variations Jack and Ace Transposition (Edward Marlo, 1958) Blackjaq (James Steranko, 1962) A Reblocking of "The Jumping Jack" (Dai Vernon, 1988) Der mehrfache Farbwechsel einer Spielkarte (Patrick Page, 1993) Jumping Jacks Redux (Earl Nelson, 2001)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Steranko	Introduction			1960	Steranko on Cards		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	Chapter One - Fundamentals	chapter intro		1960	Steranko on Cards	5	Cards / Sleights / General Comments
James Steranko	The Simplex Turnover	riffling up with right first finger until two remain		1960	Steranko on Cards	5	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
James Steranko	Diagonal Jog Push Thru	card ends in-jogged	Variations The New Approach (James Steranko, 1962) Push Through Jogs (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1960	Steranko on Cards	6	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
James Steranko	The One Hand Mexican Turnover		Variations Multiple Card Switch (James Steranko, 1960)	1960	Steranko on Cards	8	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover
James Steranko	Chapter Two - The Action Center Reverse	chapter intro		1960	Steranko on Cards	10	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / General Comments
James Steranko	The Action Reverse	bottom card(s) reversed during tabled riffle shuffle	Related to Secret Reverse on Table (Russell T. Barnhart, 1945)	1960	Steranko on Cards	10	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
James Steranko	The Action Center Reverse	bottom card(s) reversed to center during tabled riffle shuffle	Related to Tabled Reverse Throw Off (Ken Simmons, 1981) Variations Tabled Reverse Throw Off (Ken Simmons, 1981)	1960	Steranko on Cards	12	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
James Steranko	Chapter Three - Positive Card Control	chapter intro		1960	Steranko on Cards	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / General Comments
James Steranko	Cut Control	breakless double cut		1960	Steranko on Cards	14	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
James Steranko	The Peek	glimpsing selection during double cut		1960	Steranko on Cards	15	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/...
James Steranko	The Crimp	bottom right corner with left fourth finger		1960	Steranko on Cards	16	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
James Steranko	The Riffle Bridge	bottom third bridged, for placement of card in center at brigde		1960	Steranko on Cards	17	Cards / Principles / Mark a Position Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
James Steranko	Chapter Four - The Lateral Palm	chapter intro, "Certainly, I do not contend to have invented this method of holding a card."		1960	Steranko on Cards	18	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Top Palm	with Lateral Palm details		1960	Steranko on Cards	18	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Bottom Palm		Variations Lateral Bottom Steal (Jean-Pierre Vallarino, 2022) Also published here Bottom Lateral Palm (James Steranko, 2023)	1960	Steranko on Cards	20	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Replacements	to top or bottom		1960	Steranko on Cards	21	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm)
James Steranko	Steranko's Shadow Steal	card into right hand Lateral Palm as top half is replaced as direct control to top as color change from center to top	Related to Substitutes for the Pass - A New Method (Claude Kimball, 1945) Variations Tent Change (Michael Brewer, 2015)	1960	Steranko on Cards	22	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Reverses	follow-up to Shadow Steal		1960	Steranko on Cards	24	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
James Steranko	The Twist Bottom Reverse	follow-up to Shadow Steal, card directly pivoted around right edge to bottom		1960	Steranko on Cards	25	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
James Steranko	Center Jog Palm	insertion steal into right hand lateral palm		1960	Steranko on Cards	25	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Diagonal Jog Shift Palm	to right hand lateral palm from injog	Related to The Panoramic Shift (Jerry Andrus, 1961)	1960	Steranko on Cards	26	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Side Steal Lateral Palm	to right hand lateral palm from break	Variations Lateral Palm Side Steal Reverse (James Steranko, 2023)	1960	Steranko on Cards	27	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Steranko's Center Steal Change	card from injog position into right hand clip between right second and third finger and on top of deck	Inspired by The Clip Slip (Jerry Andrus, 1956) Related to The Fingertip Peek Steal (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1960	Steranko on Cards	28	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls Cards / Sleights / Palming / Clip Palm
James Steranko	The Push Off Spread	holding out a lateral palmed card during in-the-hands spread		1960	Steranko on Cards	30	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
James Steranko	Spread Replacement	placing lateral palmed card at wanted position during in-the-hands spread		1960	Steranko on Cards	31	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Passive Placement Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm)
James Steranko	Packet Replacement Variation	addition to packet, or card-at-a-number		1960	Steranko on Cards	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous
James Steranko, Jerry Andrus	Riffling the Deck	two-handed riffling while holding out lateral palmed card		1960	Steranko on Cards	32	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Riffling and Sound Effects
James Steranko	Lateral Turnover Change	lateral palmed card added to tabled single card and double turned over		1960	Steranko on Cards	32	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Turnover Change & Variations
James Steranko	Lateral Afterthoughts	crimping transfer to Tenkai or Rear Palm different anchor fingers		1960	Steranko on Cards	34	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Rear Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm / Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Steranko's Multiple Shift	Chapter Five hindu shuffle from injog position		1960	Steranko on Cards	36	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls
James Steranko	Multiple Insertion	flourishy way to insert four cards at different positions		1960	Steranko on Cards	36	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / General Comments
James Steranko	False Hindu Shuffle	stripping cards from bottom	Related to Oh-Calcutta Shuffle (John Cornelius, 1982)	1960	Steranko on Cards	37	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu
James Steranko	Chapter Six - Card Miscellanea	chapter intro		1960	Steranko on Cards	40	Cards / Sleights / General Comments
James Steranko	Diagonal Jog Drop Out Vanish	card pivoted out and lapped	Related to The Panoramic Shift (Jerry Andrus, 1961)	1960	Steranko on Cards	40	Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Concealed Card Addition			1960	Steranko on Cards	40	Cards / Sleights / Additions / from the Top of the deck
James Steranko	The Pinky Count			1960	Steranko on Cards	41	Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Pinky Count
James Steranko	Bottom Reverse	bottom card	Related to The Invisible Bottom Reverse (Ken Krenzel, 1978) Back-Flip Half-Pass (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) Variations Bottom Reverse Half Pass (James Steranko, Bernard Bilis, 2023)	1960	Steranko on Cards	42	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
James Steranko	Multiple Card Switch	Mexican Turnover with block of cards, switching all of them	Inspired by The One Hand Mexican Turnover (James Steranko, 1960)	1960	Steranko on Cards	43	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
James Steranko	Two Methods for In Jogging a Card	The Thumb Jog (as top half is replaced) The Push Thru (card hit through loosely held deck)	Related to The Deliberate Shift (Tommy Tucker, 1933)	1960	Steranko on Cards	43	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
James Steranko	Flip Over Count			1960	Steranko on Cards	44	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Counts
James Steranko	The Duplex Cull	openly removing two sets of cards, flourish		1960	Steranko on Cards	45	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Bottom Stock Safety	block slip shuffle		1960	Steranko on Cards	46	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
James Steranko	Chapter Seven - Cues on Cards	"a few little touches that will aid in gaining a finer card technique" Cue on Cards (what cards to use?) On Routines On Confidence On Skill Capsule Cues		1960	Steranko on Cards	47	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays
James Steranko	Setting up During Performance	through routining		1960	Steranko on Cards	48	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Arranging the Order
James Steranko	No-Touch Key Placement	spectator selects and replaces card while performer has his back turned		1960	Steranko on Cards	50	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
James Steranko	Chapter Eight - Quick Trix			1960	Steranko on Cards	51	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	A Flashy Opener	deck appears spread on table between the hands		1960	Steranko on Cards	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Deck
James Steranko	A Question of Time	same as "The Question Is..."	Related to The Question Is... (Karrell Fox, 1948/27)	1960	Steranko on Cards	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
James Steranko	The Jumping Card	card jumps from table back to deck		1960	Steranko on Cards	53	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
James Steranko	Chapter Nine - Trio	chapter intro		1960	Steranko on Cards	55	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	Suspension of Thought	"Brainwave with an Ordinary Deck", named card is reversed in deck		1960	Steranko on Cards	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
James Steranko	Voodoo Card	"An Experiment into the Unknown" card named and removed and turned over, mate turns over in deck, they transpose, Triumph phase	Variations The Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko, 1996)	1960	Steranko on Cards	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Steranko	Turnover	of bottom half as top half is cut off		1960	Steranko on Cards	61	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
James Steranko	Sudden Thought	faced deck method		1960	Steranko on Cards	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
James Steranko	Action Half Pass	as top half is replaced		1960	Steranko on Cards	63	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Designed for about Half the Deck / Active
James Steranko	Aces in Abstraction	Chapter Ten, A Lesson in Extraordinary Card Technique Part One: Aces and Kings removed, Kings shuffled back, Aces placed in deck reversed, when deck is spread the Kings are face up and Aces have vanished Part Two: Kings placed in row, deck placed on each and they change to Aces		1960	Steranko on Cards	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
James Steranko	Card Eclipse	Chapter Eleven, "The Ultimate in Color Change Routines three routined changes on top of deck, then card vanishes from hand and reappears in deck		1960	Steranko on Cards	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James Steranko	Dead Man's Hand Finale	Chapter Twelve, "A Lesson in Card Artistry" spectator choses card, they turn out to be Dead Man's Hand (pair of Eights and Aces), third Ace appears between them		1960	Steranko on Cards	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
James Steranko	Pick-Up Turnover	end-for-end as pack is picked up from table, approved by Dai Vernon		1960	Steranko on Cards	85	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
James Steranko	Five as Four Spread			1960	Steranko on Cards	88	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards
James Steranko	Saliva Vanish	reversed card vanishes		1960	Steranko on Cards	89	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
James Steranko	Fantasy Card Routine	Chapter Thirteen Oneway Faces (not pointer cards, but uneven printing) The Division (spectator cuts to a card behind the performer's back and replaces) The Afterthought (selection from in-the-hands spread) The Bisection (two selections by cutting of small packets and remembering bottom cards) The Retention (fake memory demonstration, move-a-card) The Abstraction (one of three cards thought of, OOSOOM) Fantasy Notes		1960	Steranko on Cards	93	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Move-A-Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
James Steranko	The Turnabout Square	turning orientation of bottom half	Related to Rotator (William Goodwin, 2011)	1960	Steranko on Cards	96	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
Jerry Andrus	The Panoramic Shift	pivot action of in-jogged card with right thumb, heel of right hand or right fourth finger, also pivoting against left fingers instead of left thumb base	Inspired by Delayed Center Steal (Jerry Andrus, 1956) Up the Sleeve (Jerry Andrus, 1956) Related to Diagonal Jog Shift Palm (James Steranko, 1960) Diagonal Jog Drop Out Vanish (James Steranko, 1960) To the Top - Deck Face Down (Edward Marlo, Jerry Andrus, 1961) Panoramic Shift Anecdote (Karl Fulves, Carmen D'Amico, 1978) Longitudinal Center Steal (Justin Higham, 1988) Variations Panaramic Reverse (Roger Smith, 1971) KK's Handling of the Panoramic Shift (Ken Krenzel, 1978) Combination Shift (Jason England, 1999) Also published here Panoramic Shift (Jerry Andrus, 1976)	1961	Sleightly Miraculous	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Edward Marlo	First Method: The Comparison Method	comparing two packets, cited as Mechanical Estimation, but it's rather visual	Related to The Ultimate Move (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	Estimation	2	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Mechanical Estimation Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation
Edward Marlo	Key Card Plus Estimation: Second Method	spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card, replaces, then performer notes bottom card and spectator cuts a few times	Related to Part Two (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	Estimation	26	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Key Card Plus Estimation: Fourth Method	two card location, deck cut into three packets, bottom card of two of the packets remembered, all assembled and cut, estimation and key card	Related to Part Three (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	Estimation	28	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Edward Marlo	Key Card Plus Estimation: Eleventh Method	real riffle shuffle in lieu of a faro after estimated fingertip peek	Related to Plus One (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	Estimation	33	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Color Eliminator	color reflects on back of other card or nail polish on fingertip, (back-)dated "over a dozen years ago", quoted from a 1958 letter	Related to Ocellus (James Steranko, 1962) Color Sense (Edward Marlo, 1975) Color, How Glimpsed (Karl Fulves, 2003) Impromptu Peek Deck (Justin Higham, 2010)	1962	Estimation	35	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other)
James Steranko	Introduction			1962	The Ultimate Move	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	The Ultimate Move	chapter intro		1962	The Ultimate Move	9	Articles / Articles
James Steranko	The Ultimate Move	on estimating cuts by sight	Related to First Method: The Comparison Method (Edward Marlo, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	10	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation
James Steranko	Habit Cut	small cut with fingertips is always of the same approximate size		1962	The Ultimate Move	11	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Natural Estimation
James Steranko	The Study of Card Spelling	knowing which cards spell with how many letters		1962	The Ultimate Move	14	Cards / Principles / Spelling
James Steranko	Ultimation	some more comments on estimating a spectator's cut Partial Judgment vs. Total Judgment (packet pulled out of center) Delayed Completion		1962	The Ultimate Move	14	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation
James Steranko	Part One	spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, then cuts again, performer takes cards behind back, then spectator spells out his card, including one additional cut in the estimation		1962	The Ultimate Move	15	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
James Steranko	Part Two	spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, then cuts again as often as he likes, deck spread face up and performer finds card	Related to Key Card Plus Estimation: Second Method (Edward Marlo, 1962) Variations Plus One (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	16	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
James Steranko	Part Three	two cards selected by cutting off packets, all assembled and cut a few times, performer finds cards	Related to Key Card Plus Estimation: Fourth Method (Edward Marlo, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	17	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James Steranko	Plus One	spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, gives deck a riffle shuffle, performer finds card	Inspired by Part Two (James Steranko, 1962) Related to Key Card Plus Estimation: Eleventh Method (Edward Marlo, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	17	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
James Steranko	Technotes	chapter intro, "Technique Tomorrow" is heading according to Genii review		1962	The Ultimate Move	21	Cards / Sleights / General Comments
James Steranko	The Gentle Touch	deck thrown on table so it spreads, spectator takes a card, either force or two key cards, toss force	Inspired by "The Touch" (James Steranko, Genii, Jan. 1962, p. 191) Related to The Dual Crimp (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1962	The Ultimate Move	22	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Force / Table Spread Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Force of Evil	spectator cuts the deck and remembers bottom card, performer divines it, risky, with location as out		1962	The Ultimate Move	24	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
James Steranko	Take Five	spectator removes any five cards, remembers one and performer divines it, risky		1962	The Ultimate Move	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
James Steranko	Pile of Trouble	deck with in-jogged card dribbled on table, then Checkerino to apparently square cards and control selection	Related to "Checkerino" (James Steranko, Genii, June 1961, p. 411)	1962	The Ultimate Move	27	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
James Steranko	E=MC²	fingertip peek control with bridge	Related to Third Method (T. Nelson Downs, 1909) The Crimp - D.F.C. (Edward Marlo, 1970)	1962	The Ultimate Move	28	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
James Steranko	Psycussion	saliva put on selection during peek procedure, not for vanish but identification	Related to The Variant Fingertip Peek (Edward Marlo, 1970) Vernon's Peek Card Vanish (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1962	The Ultimate Move	29	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Kinetic Energy	fingertip peek, method to make the selection move to an in-jogged position, then nail nick		1962	The Ultimate Move	31	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
James Steranko	Impact	fingertip peek, left third fingernail enters break briefly, nicks card and break is lost		1962	The Ultimate Move	32	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
James Steranko	Impulse	fingertip peek, left third fingernail holds break	Related to A New Peek Control (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1962	The Ultimate Move	34	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
James Steranko	Influence	in demo riffle a card is nail nicked and peeked, then it is forced in fingertip peek position	Related to Second Method (Edward Marlo, 1956) Sixth Method - Tilt Glimpse (Edward Marlo, 1956)	1962	The Ultimate Move	36	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/... Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick Cards / Sleights / Force / Peek & Fingertip Peek Force
James Steranko	Further Adventures of the Lateral Palm	introduction		1962	The Ultimate Move	41	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Lateral Bottom Palm	deck held in right hand end grip and taken with left hand, bottom card palmed in right hand later palm		1962	The Ultimate Move	41	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	One-Eyed Jacks	selection placed between two Jacks and put on table, sandwich changes into three Aces and original sandwich found reversed in the deck		1962	The Ultimate Move	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation
James Steranko	Lateral Bottom Block Palm	bottom cards twisted inwards and moved into right-hand lateral palm		1962	The Ultimate Move	46	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Lateral Palm Packet Switch			1962	The Ultimate Move	46	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
James Steranko	Tabled Lateral Palm Replacement into Center	palmed cards inserted into center of tabled deck		1962	The Ultimate Move	52	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm)
James Steranko	Monte Classica	Ten through King of Spades cards change into four Jokers one by one, then back		1962	The Ultimate Move	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Homing Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
James Steranko	Display Sequence and Addition	top cards turned over one by one and taken into right-hand end grip, card added with last shown card		1962	The Ultimate Move	53	Cards / Sleights / Additions / from the Top of the deck
James Steranko	Plunger Move	some cards in ladder configuration, top one is a double, it is apparently dealt off but bottom card of double is left behind squared with next card		1962	The Ultimate Move	66	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Lateral Card Change Nr. 1	starts with double, face-card stolen into lateral palm		1962	The Ultimate Move	69	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
James Steranko	Blackjaq	three transpositions, using only two cards apparently, Lateral Palm and duplicate	Inspired by The Jumping Jack (Dai Vernon, 1957)	1962	The Ultimate Move	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Steranko	One-Handed Double Revolve	double pivoted over with first finger between tips of thumb and second finger and both long sides		1962	The Ultimate Move	74	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
James Steranko	Lateral Card Change Nr. 2	starts and ends with double		1962	The Ultimate Move	75	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
James Steranko	Wheelin' and Dealin'	chapter intro		1962	The Ultimate Move	83	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	The Crossfire Deal	one-handed flourish deal in which top card spins out	Variations Backfired (James Steranko, 1962) Blues Up and Down (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	83	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Deals
James Steranko	Backfired	second deal with Crossfire Deal	Inspired by The Crossfire Deal (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	85	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed
James Steranko	Blues Up and Down	stud-deal handling of Crossfire Deal	Inspired by The Crossfire Deal (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	85	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Deals
James Steranko	Dial "A" For Action	intro to chapter of techniques, "Parable of Action" is heading according to Genii review		1962	The Ultimate Move	89	Cards / Sleights / General Comments
James Steranko	The New Approach	card ends in-jogged	Inspired by Diagonal Jog Push Thru (James Steranko, 1960)	1962	The Ultimate Move	89	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
James Steranko	Third-Level	card inserted into deck, deck is held with one side against table, table is responsible for pivoting card out perpendicular, it is moved out and deck dropped on top, control to bottom	Variations Rebound (James Steranko, 1962) Boomerang (James Steranko, 1962) Stiletto (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	90	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
James Steranko	Rebound	variation in which card is moved out face-up and deck dropped on top face up, control to top	Inspired by Third-Level (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	94	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Boomerang	multiple shift variation	Inspired by Third-Level (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	94	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled
James Steranko	Stiletto	another multiple shift variation	Inspired by Third-Level (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	96	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled
James Steranko	Night Shift	card inserted into tabled deck in riffle shuffle position, pivoted out and to the bottom secretly	Variations Roundabout Midnight (James Steranko, 1962) Quarter to Three (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	96	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
James Steranko	Roundabout Midnight	card ends up reversed on the bottom	Inspired by Night Shift (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	100	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
James Steranko	Quarter to Three	variation in which card ends up second from top	Inspired by Night Shift (James Steranko, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	100	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Ocellus	color reflects on back of other card, color separation, also in peek position to see full index reflection	Related to Color Eliminator (Edward Marlo, 1962)	1962	The Ultimate Move	105	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other)
James Steranko	Dimensia	featuring partial clocking of a block of consecutive cards (The Dimensia Group) Part One (free selection placed into that Dimensia Group is found) Part Two (card selected from Dimensia Group and displaced is found) Part Three (more elaborate selection procedure, a few cards end up tabled and deck shuffled face-up/face-down)	Related to Blocking (Karl Fulves, 1979) Fractional Counts (Karl Fulves, 2005) Moe's move-a-card in "Moe and His Miracles with Cards"	1962	The Ultimate Move	113	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	The Crimp - D.F.C.	bridge where spectator stops, two methods	Related to Third Method (T. Nelson Downs, 1909) E=MC² (James Steranko, 1962) Double Crimp D.F.C. (Edward Marlo, 1970) Variations Delayed Control after the Peek (Vanni Bossi, 1992)	1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	6	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
Edward Marlo	The Variant Fingertip Peek	applying substance to peeked-at card with right second finger The Baisc Method Daub Variant Saliva Variant Adhesive Variant	Related to Psycussion (James Steranko, 1962) Vernon's Peek Card Vanish (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations Daub Fingertip Peek (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994)	1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	74	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Peek Card Vanish	No. 23, moisture on left third finger for card vanish after peek	Related to Psycussion (James Steranko, 1962) The Variant Fingertip Peek (Edward Marlo, 1970) Card Vanish (Dai Vernon, 1975)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	11	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Ken Krenzel	The Invisible Bottom Reverse		Related to Bottom Reverse (James Steranko, 1960)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	45	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
James Steranko, Henry Bihari, Jerry Andrus	Lateral Palm Side Steal			Nov. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 11)	268	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Lateral Palm Position			1979	CardMagic	42	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
Karl Fulves	Blocking	clocking used with only a known section in middle of deck	Related to Dimensia (James Steranko, 1962) Blockhead (Karl Fulves, 2005) Fractional Counts (Karl Fulves, 2005)	1979	The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle	39	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Ken Simmons	Tabled Reverse Throw Off	to second from bottom	Inspired by Secret Reverse on Table (Russell T. Barnhart, 1945) The Action Center Reverse (James Steranko, 1960)	1981	Close-Up With Cards	27	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
James Steranko	The Steranko Move	bringing a double from dealing position at the fingertips		1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	30	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
John Cornelius	Oh-Calcutta Shuffle	false Hindu Shuffle	Related to False Hindu Shuffle (James Steranko, 1960) Oh-Calcutta Shuffle (John Cornelius, 2000) Bottom Stripping False Shuffle (Lance Caffrey, 2013) Also published here John Cornelius Oh-Calcutta Shuffle (John Cornelius, 1988) The Oh, Calcutta! Shuffle (John Cornelius, 2001)	Mar. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 3)	604	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu
James Steranko, Jerry Andrus	Lateral Palm Side Steal			1982	Best of Friends	399	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
Edward Marlo	The Fingertip Peek Steal	fingertip peek handling, to top or Tenkai palm	Related to The Clip Slip (Jerry Andrus, 1956) Steranko's Center Steal Change (James Steranko, 1960)	1984	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5	173	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm / Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Dai Vernon	A New Peek Control	using finger nail	Related to Impulse (James Steranko, 1962)	1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	86	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
James Steranko	The Steranko Move	bringing a double from dealing position at the fingertips		1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	153	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Dai Vernon	The Dual Crimp	two crimped key cards in tabled spread	Related to The Gentle Touch (James Steranko, 1962)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	4	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	アクションリバース	(Action Reverse) Named by Steranko, reversal during table shuffle	Related to The Action Reverse (James Steranko, 1960)	1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	97	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
James Steranko	Flourish Count		Related to Flip Over Count (James Steranko, 1960)	1993	The Breather 2	4	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Counts
Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko	The Voodoo Card	selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched	Inspired by Voodoo Card (James Steranko, 1960) Also published here Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, 1999) The Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, 2015)	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Astonishing Friends)	303	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous
Guy Hollingworth	Voodoo Card	selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched	Also published here The Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko, 1996)	1999	Drawing Room Deceptions	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Action Reverse	tabled riffle shuffle		2002	Nursery Rhymes — Volume 2	31	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	Back-Flip Half-Pass	opposite direction than usual	Related to Bottom Reverse (James Steranko, 1960)	2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2	132	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
Thomas Solomon	Escape Artists We Have Known	Harry Houdini Theo Hardeen James Randi James Steranko		Sep. 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9)	40	Articles / Magic History
Jerry Sadowitz, James Steranko	Sterankowitz	as deck is cut to the table		2004	Cut Controls	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Jerry Sadowitz, James Steranko	Ambitious Steranko	top card stays in position despite straight cut		2004	Cut Controls	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Hands
Wesley James, James Steranko	The Steranko Move Handling	bringing a double from dealing position to the fingertips	Related to "The Steranko Move" (Steranko, Genii, Vol. 27 No. 3, Nov. 1962, p. 127)	2004	Enchantments	35	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Karl Fulves	Fractional Counts	clocking used with only a known section in middle of deck	Related to Dimensia (James Steranko, 1962) Blocking (Karl Fulves, 1979)	2005	Clockwork	21	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Push Through Jogs	card ends up injogged	Inspired by The Jog at the Break (1940) Diagonal Jog Push Thru (James Steranko, 1960) Also published here Push Through Jog (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	2011	Cased Card Controls	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
William Goodwin	Rotator	turning orientation of bottom part during all-around square-up Notes	Related to The Turnabout Square (James Steranko, 1960) Crimp Hideout (William Goodwin, 2011) Variations Fingertip Rotator (William Goodwin, 2011)	2011	Evolution	1	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Trancendia	"A New Double-Lift" hit type with thumb at left edge	Also published here Genii, Jan. 1961	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	70	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
James Steranko	The Twist	out-jogged card is pivoted once around the deck	Also published here Genii, Mar. 1961	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	71	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Gonesville	lapping a card by throwing it straight through the tabled deck, apparently into the center lapping bottom card after riffle shuffle, incomplete shuffled deck on edge, bottom card flicked with upright cards	Also published here Genii, Apr. 1961	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	72	Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Bottom Card(s) Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Isolated Cards
James Steranko	Checkerino	control in which the deck is tapped onto table while retaining fine in-jog	Also published here Genii, June 1961	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	73	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
James Steranko	Steranko Cuts the Pack	four packets	Also published here Genii, Dec. 1961	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	74	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
James Steranko	The Touch	deck thrown on table, one card more exposed, single-card crimp	Also published here Genii, Jan. 1962	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	75	Cards / Sleights / Force / Table Spread Force Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
	Lateral Palm Steal	Stealing bottom card into Lateral Palm	Related to Top Palm (James Steranko, 1960)	2014	实战魔术 Real Magic	12	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko, Guy Hollingworth	The Lateral Palm	position, angles, covers		2015	Renovations	6	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tips for Misdirection, Cover & Angles
Guy Hollingworth	The Voodoo Card	selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched	Also published here The Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko, 1996)	2015	Renovations	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous
Michael Brewer	Tent Change	Card held in tent position changes visually	Inspired by Steranko's Shadow Steal (James Steranko, 1960)	2015	The Saturday Morning Session	38	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Jean-Pierre Vallarino	Lateral Bottom Steal	different method to get bottom card into lateral palm, see also p. 185	Inspired by Bottom Palm (James Steranko, 1960)	2022	Vallarino	37	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko, Bernard Bilis	Bottom Reverse Half Pass	bottom card	Inspired by Bottom Reverse (James Steranko, 1960)	June 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)	34	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
Richard Kaufman	Steranko Lives!	introduction to republished James Steranko section from November 1962 Genii		Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	12	Articles / Articles
James Steranko	Steranko: An Amalgam of New Effects Plus an Exclusive Interview - Stacked Deck	intro	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	13	Articles / Articles
James Steranko	Steranko: Legend	credited to Bill Larsen, but presumably written by Steranko, see p. 12	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	13	Articles / Biographical
James Steranko (reviewer)	The Ultimate Move	credited to Bill Larsen, but presumably written by Steranko, see p. 12	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	16	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
James Steranko	Stacked Deck	intro to a selection of tricks	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	17	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James Steranko	Improvisation Part One	spectator stops riffle four times so four packets are cut, the cut-to cards change into Aces of same suit one by one, then they are distributed reversed in the combined four piles and change back to the indifferent cards, Aces are reversed in remaining packet	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
James Steranko	Packet-to-Packet Addition	bottom card of packet in right-hand end grip added to left-hand packet as they briefly touch, no get-ready	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	19	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Bottom Lateral Palm	brief	Also published here Bottom Palm (James Steranko, 1960) Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	19	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
James Steranko	Lateral Palm Drop Addition	card dropped onto tabled packet from lateral palm with packet in same hand, other hand brushes table	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	19	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case
James Steranko	Improvisation Part Two	four indifferent cards reversed together in packet, Aces put reversed in another packet, they transpose	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
James Steranko	Bold Table Switch	deck held next to packet, deck minus bottom cards moved on other packet, choreography with both hands	Related to Bold Table Switch (1937) Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	21	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
James Steranko	Attitude Half Pass	two halves are replaced face to face via rhythm	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	21	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
James Steranko	The Turnabout Cut	deck cut and secretly turned over in the process, see also p. 23 for another use and explanation	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	21	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
James Steranko	Diabolique	deck is cut and halves placed face-to-face, spectator and performer each select a card, one from each half, they match and have also been predicted	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
James Steranko	Scoop-Up Turnover	one half of ribbon-spread faced deck is scooped up, a card added, and half secretly turned over	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	23	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
James Steranko	Cardman's Blues	routine with two packets of nine red cards and nine black cards Transposition (the nine-card packets transpose) Follow the Leader Oil and Water (9&9)	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
James Steranko	Lateral Palm Transfer	used as alternative to Vernon Transfer	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	25	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer
James Steranko	Hot Spell	two cards selected, one turns over and is used to spell to the second one	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
James Steranko	Lateral Palm Side Steal Reverse	card side stolen and deck turned over later palmed card	Inspired by Side Steal Lateral Palm (James Steranko, 1960) Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	27	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
James Steranko	Triplication	Part One (four-of-a-kind placed in deck on the table, deck covered with magazine, quartet penetrates table) Part Two (whole deck penetrates table) Part Three (four-of-a-kind penetrates table once more)	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Table
James Steranko	Setting Tabled Angle Jog	deck in riffle shuffle position	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	29	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
James Steranko	Lapping Choreography	bottom cards of top half as tabled deck is cut and another card placed onto lower half	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	29	Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Bottom Card(s)
James Steranko	Jubil-Ace-tion	four Aces, one placed face down on the table, it transposes with one of the Aces in the hands, repeated, then red and black Aces transpose (with unusual handling)	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James Steranko	Steranko Move	bringing a double from dealing position to the fingertips	Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	31	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
James Steranko	The Last Word		Also published here Genii, Nov. 1962	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	32	Articles / Articles

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