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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	To Make the Pass - Sixth Method		Related to Die Volte, mit den Fingerspitzen einer Hand auszuführen (1895) Variations The French Shift (Dai Vernon, 2008) Also published here Single-handed Pass, No. 3 (1889)	1876	Modern Magic	19	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / One-Handed
S. W. Erdnase	Bottom Palm. First Method	with left little finger option	Related to Change a la Erdnase Bottom Palm (S. W. Erdnase, 1927/28) Daley's Note (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Notes on the Erdnase Bottom Palm (Jack Carpenter, 1992) On the Erdnase System of Palming (S. W. Erdnase, Roberto Giobbi, 2012) Bottom Palm - First Method (Shane Cobalt, 2019) The Erdnase System of Palming (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations Bottom Palm Handling (Jörg Alexander Weber, 1991) The Bottom Palm (John Carney, S. W. Erdnase, 2002) Erdnase Bottom Palm (S. W. Erdnase, Jörg Alexander Weber, 2008) The Erdnase Bottom Palm (Dai Vernon, 2008) Erdnase Bottom Palm Variation (Aaron Fisher, 2009) Erdnase Bottom Palm Handling (Dai Vernon, 2018) Bottom Palm (John Galsworthy, S. W. Erdnase, 2020) The S.W.E. Fan Palm (Allan Ackerman, 2024)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	86	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
S. W. Erdnase	The Erdnase Shift. One Hand		Related to Shifts (Steve Forte, 2020) Erdnase One Hand Shift (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations Single-Handed Slip-Cut (Felix Farrell, 1995) Revolution E (Dan Buck, Dave Buck, 2003) Erdnase Go Round (Dan Buck, Dave Buck, 2006) Covering Erdnase (Charlie Miller, 2018) Johnny's Glimpse (Johnny Thompson, 2018) Also published here The Erdnase One Hand Shift (S. W. Erdnase, 2007)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	99	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / One-Handed Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts
S. W. Erdnase	The Diagonal Palm-Shift	mention of top palm, bottom palm and multiple shift on page 141	Related to The Diagonal Palm Shift (Graham Adams, 1931) The "Diagonal-Palm Shift" As an Aid to the "Rising Card Trick" (Edward Victor, 1946) Center Steal (Cy Endfield, 1955) KF Note (Karl Fulves, 1989) One-Handed Get-Ready for the Diagonal Palm Shift (Eric Evans, 1999) Hoffmann + Erdnase (Karl Fulves, 2003) Diagonal Palm Shift (DPS) (Alexander de Cova, 2014) The Diagonal Palm-Shift (Shane Cobalt, 2019) Erdnase Diagonal Palm Shift (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations A Multiple Card Palm and Steal Utilizing the Diagonal Push-Through Method (S. W. Erdnase, Francis Carlyle, 1975) The Use of the Little Finger in Positioning Exactly the Card in the Palm (Vanni Bossi, 1991) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994) Diagonal Palm Shift (Paul Chosse, 1997) Erdnase + Vernon (Karl Fulves, 2003) Prelude to DPS (R. Paul Wilson, 2003 ca.) Sneaky Palm Shift (Tom Stone, 2004) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Dai Vernon, 2008) Peeping Palm (Dave Buck, 2011) Diagonal Palm Fan (Edo Huang, 2015) The Overhand DPS (Benjamin Earl, 2019) From The Peek (Shane Cobalt, 2019) On The Table (Shane Cobalt, 2019) As a False Cut (Shane Cobalt, 2019) In the Secret Angle - The Revolve Diagonal Palm Shift (Helder Guimarães, 2019) TPS (Tapered Palm Shift) (Ryan Plunkett, 2020) Also published here The Diagonal Palm Shift (S. W. Erdnase, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (S. W. Erdnase, 2009)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	137	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
S. W. Erdnase	Palming	two methods without apparently touching the deck with right hand single card à la Vernon's Topping the Deck	Related to The Buatier Palm (Buatier de Kolta, 1897) "Topping The Deck" (Dai Vernon, 1941/49) The Erdnase Connection (Jamy Ian Swiss, 2023) Variations The Erdnase Top Palm (Benjamin Earl, 2019)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	144	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Prof. Robert Hellis	The Double-Palm Change		Related to To "Change" a Card - Sixth Method (Prof. Robert Hellis, 1876) Variations On the Double Palm Change (Dai Vernon, 2008)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	150	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
	Transformations. One Hand - First Method	one-handed, thumb drags face card to the back	Variations On the Erdnase One-Hand Color Changes (Dai Vernon, 2008)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	156	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
	Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order. - First Method		Related to Erdnase Blind Shuffles (Karl Fulves, 1987) Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order (First Method) (Roberto Giobbi, 2011) The Combination Shuffle (Benjamin Earl, 2019) Blind Shuffles (Erdnase) (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations The Dan Fishman Overhand False Shuffle (Dan Fishman, 2014) Erdnase False Overhand Shuffle (Jennings Finesse) (Larry Jennings, 2020)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	159	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
	Fourth Method	"Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order." Greek Shuffle	Related to Blind Shuffles (Erdnase) (Dai Vernon, 2022)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	164	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Weave or Greek Shuffle
S. W. Erdnase	D. By the Gaze	"Methods for Determining a Card Thought Of" cards shown one by one, spectator's eyes are watched	Related to New Thought Card Sleights - First Method (William E. Robinson, 1897) On the Gaze Selection Method (Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue, 1942) "Covertly" and Reading Erdnase Closely (Dai Vernon, 2008) Variations Erdnase Method D (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994) The Gaze Method - Think-a-Card (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994) Determination D (R. Paul Wilson, 2017)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Spread between Hands, Faces towards Spectator
S. W. Erdnase	A Mind-Reading Trick	one out of four, "did you see your card already" and fishing	Related to An L. W. Mindreading Routine (William Larsen, T. Page Wright, 1991) A Mind-Reading Trick (Jon Racherbaumer, 2007) Variations Out of Sight - Out of Mind (Dai Vernon, 1960) A Wry Gleaning Trick (Allan Ackerman, 2008) The Mind Reading Trick (Allan Ackerman, 2024)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	194	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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)
	Fan Glimpse	from behind by bending corner	Related to Fan Glimpse (1940) Vernon's Fan Peek Glimpse (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1909	The Art of Magic	165	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
T. Nelson Downs	The Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver	coin travels under named object on table, then under all objects coin is found	Related to The Free and Ultimate Coinage of Silver (1952) Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver (T. Nelson Downs, Dai Vernon, 1957)	1909	The Art of Magic	262	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coin under Object (Saltshaker, ...)
Charles T. Jordan	Sympathetic Sympathy	two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated	Related to Synthetic Sympathy (Theodore Annemann, 1934) Variations Cards of Coincidence (Dai Vernon, 1961) Also published here Sympathetic Sympathy (Charles T. Jordan, 1937) Sympathetic Sympathy (Charles T. Jordan, 1975) Sympathetic Sympathy (Charles T. Jordan, 1992)	1921	The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Jack Merlin	Snap Pass	Push-In Palm, palming the card while tapping it into the deck, producing it at the fingertips	Related to Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 3) (Dai Vernon, Jack Merlin, 1972)	1927/28	Merlin's Master Manipulations	6	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Productions & Revelations without deck Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Jack Merlin	Tip Over Change and Pass		Variations Vernon Tip-Over Move (Dai Vernon, 1985)	1927/28	Merlin's Master Manipulations	7	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Tip-Over Switch
Jack Merlin	Change Over Palm Change		Related to Color Change (1928) The Delayed Color Change (M. T. Coogan, 1951) "No Palm" Colour Change (Dai Vernon, 1959) Quick-Change (Larry Jennings, 1989)	1927/28	Merlin's Master Manipulations	15	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Jack Merlin	A Double Change		Related to Dai Vernon's analysis of the move in Genii, Jan. 1969, Vol. 33 No. 5, "The Vernon Touch"	1927/28	Merlin's Master Manipulations	16	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time
Jack Merlin	Rubbing Off the Spot and Showing Where it Goes	picking off the pip	Variations Vernon's Handling Of Merlin's Color Change (Dai Vernon, 1972) Triple Whammy Color Change (William Goodwin, 2014) Also published here Paint Brush Card (Jack Merlin, 1937)	1927/28	Merlin's Master Miracles	7	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Multiple Cards at the same time Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Picking Off the Pip
	Color Change	from classic palm, loading and unloading palmed card, to show palm empty	Related to Change Over Palm Change (Jack Merlin, 1927/28) The Delayed Color Change (M. T. Coogan, 1951) "No Palm" Colour Change (Dai Vernon, 1959)	1928	Sub Rosa	5	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Joe Berg	Flesh Grip Force	using Greek Break	Related to A Spectator finds his own Card (Dai Vernon, 1967)	1930	Here's Magic	46	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force
Laurie Ireland	Aeroplane Card to Pocket		Variations Bluff Card to Pocket (Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon, 1970) Dai Vernon's Aeroplane Card (Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland, 1976) The Aeroplane Card Trick (Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon, 1987) Day Tripper (Peter Duffie, 1987)	1931	Ireland Writes a Book	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Ralph W. Hull	Birds of a Feather Flock Together		Inspired by "Picture Puzzle" (Dai Vernon)	1933	More "Eye-Openers"	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Card Puzzle
Theodore Annemann	Synthetic Sympathy	two cards from different decks match	Related to Sympathetic Sympathy (Charles T. Jordan, 1921) Cards of Coincidence (Dai Vernon, 1961) Annemann's Sympathetic Sympathy (Jinx No. 2) (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Variations Extra Sensational Perception (Ronald B. Edwards, 1964)	Nov. 1934	The Jinx (Issue 2)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Laurie Ireland	A False Count to be Used when Dealing Off the Deck	featuring push-off	Related to The Double Card Turn-over (Victor Farelli, 1936) Marlo's One Hand Double Turnover (Edward Marlo, 1945) The Dai Vernon Pushoff (Jennings Fingering) (Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon, 2020)	1935	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")	8	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Laurie Ireland	A Most Unusual Experiment in Which a Chosen Card Appears Instantly at Any Number in the Deck from 10 to 45		Related to "Card at Any Number" (Edward Marlo, 1990) Card at Any Number Count (Laurie Ireland, 2022) Variations The Slap Trick (Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland, 1988)	1935	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation
Dai Vernon	The Vernon Five-Card Mental Force	No. 35		1935	Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Frank Lane	An Indetectable Stop Trick	Ace, Three, Five, Seven, Nine alternating set-up, 1-0-1	Related to Vernon's Automatic Mento Stop Trick (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1936	Card Manipulations (Issue 5)	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	An Insolvable Mystery	deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position	Related to Insolvable Mystery (Dai Vernon, 1997) Variations Insolvable Mystery (Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue, 1985) Know Way (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995) Punched in the Dark (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1936	Card Manipulations (Issue 5)	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Glimpse through Handkerchief			1936	Card Manipulations (Issue 5)	152	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Top or near Top
Dai Vernon	Super Card Prediction	stabbing force with principle that used deck splits always at same point	Variations Dai Vernon Force (Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue, 1985)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	29	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Peculiarities of certain Cards Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force
Dai Vernon	The Five Card Mental Force		Related to Psychological Locations (Ormond McGill, Dai Vernon, 1951) Daisection (Thomas Alan Waters, 1982) The Ultimate Out (Dennis Marks, 1982) Variations Vernon's F.C.M.F. (Gerald Kosky, 1964) Tele-Mental (Gerald Kosky, 1971) On My Mind (Gerald Kosky, 1973) Vernon's F.C.M.F. (Gerald Kosky, 1975) Tele-Mental (Gerald Kosky, 1975) Fource of Hearts (Allan Slaight, 1976) The Ultra Effect (Paul Rylander, 1976) Cicar-Dai! (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, Dai Vernon, 1985) Also published here 5 Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, 1976) The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, 1999)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson	Double Prediction	two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure, positions predicted, actually Walter Gibson's (see article "Reverse Faro Shuffle" on ConjuringCredits)	Related to Up and Down (Dai Vernon, 1950) Variations Synchronicity Revisited (Nick Trost, 2015) Also published here Double Prediction (Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson, 1975) Double Prediction (Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson, 1992) "The Double Prediction" (Walter B. Gibson, Sixteen Master Card Mysteries, 1928)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Dai Vernon	Chameleon Backs	two odd-backed cards, back color transposes, red-blue double backer		1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
	Coincidence Extraordinary	piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical	Related to Necromantic Calculation (Rolland Hamblen, 1937) Royal Card Discovery (1941) Affinities (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Super Count Down	thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up	Related to Super Clairvoyant (Justin Higham, 1994) Variations Clairvoyant Count-Down (Justin Higham, 1999) Stripper Count-Down (Justin Higham, 1999) Clairvoyant Svengali (Justin Higham, 1999) Also published here Vernon Super Count Down (Dai Vernon, 1962)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	208	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Dai Vernon	Card Divination	card thought of from twenty-six-card stack, multiple out location of card once it is named	Also published here The Vernon Card Divination (Dai Vernon, 1962) Vernon's Divination Effect With 26 Cards (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	224	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Dai Vernon	Miracle Card Location	daub on case	Also published here Vernon Miracle Card Location (Dai Vernon, 1962)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	302	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Miracle Location Club Version	daub, full deck stack, four or five cards		1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	302	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Dai Vernon	Automatic Second Deal	hole in card	Related to The Clean Second-Card Force Concept (Barrie Richardson, John Scarne, 1977)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	305	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Curiosities Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Dai Vernon	Poker Demonstration			1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	368	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	Up and Down	selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick	Related to Double Prediction (Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson, 1975) Card School (Roy Walton, 1979) Double Prediction (Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson, 1992) Thought Processor (George McBride, 2022)	Nov. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 38)	255	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Dai Vernon	Anti-Faro in the Hands			Nov. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 38)	255	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Frank Travers	Gambler at Large!	stack for demo with several games (Poker, Blackjack, Bridge)	Related to Fantasist at the Card Table (Roberto Giobbi, Frank Travers, Dai Vernon, 2003)	Dec. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 39)	257	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck
Edward Victor	A New "Glide"	out-jogged	Related to The Vernon Glide (Dai Vernon, 1960) Variations Nonsuch Glide (Francis Haxton, 1960) Glide Variation (Edward Marlo, 1988) The Glide (Roberto Giobbi, Edward Victor, 2016)	1937	Magic of the Hands	6	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Edward Victor	"Sign, Please!"	signed sandwiched selection, transposes with card in performer's pocket, duplicate	Variations Daley's Sign Please - Another Variation - Better (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Ed Victor's Sign Please (Edward Victor, Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) The Eight in the Side Pocket (Dai Vernon, 2012)	1937	Magic of the Hands	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Edward Victor	"A Silver Collection"	four coins are produced, then they travel one by one into glass	Variations Cocktail Coins (Horace E. Bennett, 1978) Five Coins and a Glass (Dai Vernon, 1987) Silver and Glass (John Carney, 2002) Coins of the Realm (Andrew Galloway, 2006)	1937	Magic of the Hands	36	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass held by Performer
Joe Berg	An Odd Handkerchief Knot	knot tied in handkerchief and pulled tighter and tighter, it dissolves in the end	Variations Berg Knot Variation (Dai Vernon, Joe Berg, 1977) Joe Berg and Tenkai's Silk Knot Vanish (Tenkai Ishida, Joe Berg, 1988)	1937	Here's New Magic	15	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
	Green Silk From A Dollar Bill	production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick, optionally the bill becomes whiter after silk is removed from it	Related to The Tale of the Treasury Worm (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1937	Money Magic	22	Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Hand Gimmicks / False Finger Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Dai Vernon	Dai Vernon Subtlety	distant crimped key card, bridge during tabled cut		1938	Greater Magic	52	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards) Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Daub Application with Cardcase		Related to Vernon Miracle Card Location (Dai Vernon, 1962)	1938	Greater Magic	72	Cards / Principles / Daub
Dai Vernon	Trick Wherein a Card is Thrust Beside a Predicted Card	two methods, one by Vernon		1938	Greater Magic	113	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations
Sam Leo Horowitz	Reverse Count Switch		Related to Reverse Count Switch (Sam Leo Horowitz, 1972) Vernon's Fake Count (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1938	Greater Magic	146	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Dai Vernon	Overhand Shuffle Positioning of Four Cards	context (OOSOOM setting?)		1938	Greater Magic	164	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Dai Vernon	By Means of a Faked Card	hole in top card		1938	Greater Magic	210	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Dai Vernon	A Flourish Count			1938	Greater Magic	220	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Counts
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Psychological Force	Five Card Mental Force		1938	Greater Magic	343	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Dai Vernon	With Unprepared Cards. A Method by Mr. Dai Vernon	spectator selects card in other room, subtle crimp		1938	Greater Magic	347	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Aces for Experts			1938	Greater Magic	363	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Harry Blackstone	Card and Number	number named, that many cards are cut to and selection is at that position, belly stripper card	Variations Vernon On Blackstone's Pet (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1938	Greater Magic	461	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz, Arthur Finley	The Ambitious Card	with double backer	Related to Kannibal Kards - Phase Four (Karl Fulves, 1975)	1938	Greater Magic	481	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Fred Heaman	A Visible Transformation	Two of Clubs to Two of Spades	Variations The Silhouette Change (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1938	Greater Magic	491	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Nate Leipzig	Five Hands		Variations Impromptu Poker Deal (Frederick Braue, 1978) Assembly of Selections in Poker Hands (Nate Leipzig, Juan Tamariz, 2004) Vernon's Five Hands (Dai Vernon, 2022)	1938	Greater Magic	560	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
John Northern Hilliard	X. Dai Vernon	Card Stars of the U.S.A. intro		1938	Greater Magic	575	Articles / Biographical
Dai Vernon	Do As I Do	packs not exchanged, no key card	Variations Kings Royale (Nick Trost, 1997) Abra-Card-Abra (Nick Trost, 1997) Incredible! (Nick Trost, 2008)	1938	Greater Magic	576	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Dai Vernon	Follow the Leader			1938	Greater Magic	578	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Dai Vernon	A Coin Vanish			1938	Greater Magic	666	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Dai Vernon	The Short Change with the Long Green	using glued bills	Variations Bamboozled (Karl Fulves, 1989) Also published here Short Change With Long Green (Dai Vernon, 1962)	1938	Greater Magic	779	Bill / Short Changing
Dai Vernon	Brain Wave Deck	brainwave	Related to Discussion of Vernon's "Brain Wave Deck" (Karl Fulves, 1983) Variations X Marks the Card! (Oran Bailey Dent, 1966) Also published here The Brain Wave Deck (Dai Vernon, 1944)	Oct. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 49)	341	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Tom Sellers	A Four Ace Move		Related to Vernon's Fake Count (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1939	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)	414	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Isolated Sequences & Ace Vanishes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Dai Vernon	The Lift Get-Ready	squeeze break, uncredited	Related to Double Lifting Again (Vanni Bossi, 1991) Dai Vernon's Squeeze Break (Dai Vernon, 2020) Variations The Reverse Autobreak (Lin Searles, 1961) Disarming Double (Peter Dudley, 1988) Straddle-Grip Getready (Dai Vernon, 1999) The Squeeze Break (Rafael Benatar, 2024)	1940	Expert Card Technique	4	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Get-Readys Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Other Counts from the Top
Louis Zingone	The Zingone Thumbnail Gauge	cutting off packet of known number	Related to Thumbnail Gauge (1962) Thumbnail Measuring (1972) Fingernail Estimation (Dai Vernon, 2000) Variations Third Method: The Nail Gauge (Edward Marlo, 1962) Ace Cutting (Karl Fulves, 1971)	1940	Expert Card Technique	114	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Mechanical Estimation Cards / Sleights / Counting Cards / Other Counts from the Top
	A New Glide	side glide, à la Kelly Bottom Placement attributed to Vernon in Enchantment reference, but Braue in Braue Notebooks reference	Variations Force #2 (Neal Elias, 2001) A Useful Utility For The Twirl Pass (Neal Elias, 2001) Side Glide Handling (Dai Vernon, Wesley James, 2004) Also published here Ein neues Glissieren (oder Schleifen) (1984) The SIde Glide (Frederick Braue, 1985)	1940	Expert Card Technique	123	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
	Establishing a Break from a Bridge		Related to Enlarging a Break (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1940	Expert Card Technique	124	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
	Enlarging a Break	uncredited, possibly claimed by Braue in Notebooks, see reference	Related to Braue Crimp Control (Frederick Braue, 1985) Enlarging a Break (Dai Vernon, 1987) A Subtle Getready for the Depth Illusion (Larry Jennings, 1997) Also published here Rescuing a Break (Dai Vernon, 2020)	1940	Expert Card Technique	125	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Cliff Green, Tenkai Ishida	Interlocked Production	here credited to Green but it's not his actual method but presumably Tenkai's which was worked out after seeing Green perform, for credit information see Cliff Green's 1961 write-up	Related to The Interlocked Card Production (Cliff Green, 1961) Interlocked Production (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations M.B. Card Production (Mike Bornstein, 1982)	1940	Expert Card Technique	159	Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Interlocked Production
Dai Vernon	Two-Six-Four	one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure using Four, Two and Six spots	Related to Vernon's Mental Trick (Dai Vernon, 1972) Vernon's 4-2-6 Card Affect (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations Daley's Improvement Of Vernon's Mental Card Trick (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Daley's Version Of Vernon's Thought Card Wrinkle (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) The Ross Simplified 2-6-4 (Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon, 1975) Handling of Vernon's 2-6-4 (Frank Shields, Dai Vernon, 1975) Two-Six-Four Royale (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1940	Expert Card Technique	221	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Dai Vernon	Solo Flight Aces	as finale four cards change into Aces one by one		1940	Expert Card Technique	254	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Collins Ace Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Dai Vernon	Dai Vernon's Mental Force			1940	Expert Card Technique	271	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a small Fan or Spread
	The Wheel Location	card peeked at, fan, card withdrawn	Related to Peek Control (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, 1985)	1940	Expert Card Technique	325	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Card of the Gods	card thought of from top third, found with procedure and counting	Related to The 'Helical' Card Trick (Bob Ostin, 2005) Variations Card of the Gods (David Britland, 1981)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 105)	633	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Dai Vernon	58 - "Brain Wave Deck"			1940	"Outs" Precautions and Challenges	73	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
	Royal Card Discovery	piles are made, card is divined, mathematical	Related to Coincidence Extraordinary (1937) Affinities (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	217	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	Sandwich Change		Also published here Sandwich Change (Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo, 1941)	1941	Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)	43	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes
Cagliostro, Jr. (reviewer)	S.A.M. Benefit Show	Show Review with performers: Fred Keating, The Hanlons, Jay Palmer & Co, The Great Le Roy, Al Baker, Dai Vernon, Dagmar & Co, The Five Elgins, Roner, Prince Leon and Gus Wayne, Roy Benson		1941	The Jinx (Issue 129)	743	Reviews / Other Articles / Theory & Essays
Bert Allerton	Magnetic Thought	"The Challenge"	Related to The Challenge (Dai Vernon, 1957) Variations Non-Confusing Challenge (Edward Marlo, 1962) Also published here Magnetic Thought (Bert Allerton, 1985)	1941	More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Dai Vernon, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue	Stripper Strip Out Addition			1941	The Stripper Deck	24	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Al Baker	The Pairs Re-Paired - New Baker Method	using memory, for credit information see reference	Related to Astronomen (Philip T. Goldstein, Dai Vernon, 1982) Variations No Latin Needed (John A. M. Howie, 1957) Also published here The Pairs Re-Paired (Al Baker, 2003)	1941	Magical Ways and Means	107	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	Sandwich Change		Also published here Sandwich Change (Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo, 1941)	1941	Amazing — Isn't It?	19	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes
Dai Vernon	Introduction			1941/49	Select Secrets	5	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Dai Vernon	"Topping The Deck"		Related to Palming (S. W. Erdnase, 1902) On the Top Palm (Dai Vernon, 1987) 1.- Con las Dos Manos (Vicente Canuto, Dai Vernon, 1993) The Vernon Top Palm (Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi, 2016) Carlyle Top Palm Replacement (Francis Carlyle, 2018) The Erdnase Top Palm (Benjamin Earl, 2019) Topping the Deck: The Perfect Move (Jamy Ian Swiss, 2022) Topping the Deck (Dai Vernon, Jamy Ian Swiss, 2022) Topping the Deck (Dai Vernon, Jamy Ian Swiss, 2023) The Erdnase Connection (Jamy Ian Swiss, 2023) Flaws and Fixes (Jamy Ian Swiss, 2023) Variations Gambler's Top Cop (Harry Riser, 1996) Wrist Turn Top Palm (Karl Fulves, 1997) Also published here Top Palm (Dai Vernon, 1961) The Top Palm (Dai Vernon, 1996)	1941/49	Select Secrets	7	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Dai Vernon	The Royal Marriages	eight-card packet of Kings and Queens is mated with down-under deal	Variations Royal Marriages (Dave Ossip, 1974) The Royals Go Courting (Ramón Riobóo, 2004) Also published here Königliche Hochzeit (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1941/49	Select Secrets	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Dai Vernon	"Follow The Leader"		Related to Scarne's Follow the Leader (John Scarne, Alan Barnett, 1950)	1941/49	Select Secrets	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Dai Vernon	Wedge Cull	for a displacement		1941/49	Select Secrets	14	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
Dai Vernon	The Optical Monte			1941/49	Select Secrets	17	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Automatic Gambler	same set-up dealt over and over for two players	Related to Repeat Poker Deal (Dai Vernon, 1968) Vernon's Progressive Poker Routine (With Riffle Shuffle) (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations The Automatic Gambler is Back (Ian Baxter, 1996) Semiautomatic Gambler (Harry Riser, 1996) Ten-Card Repeat And Any Hand Called For (Nick Trost, 2011) Also published here Repeat Poker Deal (Dai Vernon, 1977)	1941/49	Select Secrets	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Three-Jacks Deal & Repeat Poker Deal Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	Addition and Subtraction	one of fifteen cards and its position remembered, via calculation the card is found		1941/49	Select Secrets	21	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Dai Vernon	The Little Dictators	spectator notes card and its position up to ten, three dice are thrown, the total gives position of card		1941/49	Select Secrets	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Dai Vernon	Winged Silver	three silver coins in one hand, three gold coins in other hand, silver travels across	Related to Backfire Eagles (John Riggs, 1995) Variations Winged Silver (Albert Goshman, 1985)	1941/49	Select Secrets	27	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Dai Vernon	A Cigarette Switch			1941/49	Select Secrets	34	Cigarette & Cigar / Switches
Dai Vernon	Heads or Tails	routine for "glass through table"	Variations Glass Thru Table (Albert Goshman, 1985)	1941/49	Select Secrets	35	Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover) Coin / Effect Themes / Head & Tail
Dai Vernon	Twentieth-Century Handkerchief Trick			1941/49	Select Secrets	37	Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Twentieth Century Silks
Dai Vernon	Snow Storm in China			1941/49	Select Secrets	38	Paper / Snow Storm
Edward Marlo	Handling Improved		Related to Cutting The Aces (Dai Vernon, 1946)	1942	Let's See the Deck	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Manuel	Manuel's Coin Star		Variations Five Coin Star (Dai Vernon, Manuel, 1987)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	137	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes
Manuel	The Four Coin Flourish	roll out	Related to Five Coin Star (Dai Vernon, 1957) The Coin Star (Ron MacMillan, 1981)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	139	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes
Dai Vernon	Multiple Card Pass	to top To Bring the Aces to the Bottom of the Deck To Reverse the Aces in the Center of the Deck	Variations The Multiple Shift (Roy Walton, 1981) One-Hand Addition (Karl Fulves, 2003) Erdnase + Vernon (Karl Fulves, 2003) Also published here Vernon's Four Ace Strip (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	192	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
John Scarne	John Scarne's Master Change	card put in envelope changes	Related to Switching a Card in an Envelope (Dai Vernon, 1961) Variations A Novel Transposition (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	217	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue	Dealing Thirds	second deal & saliva	Related to Automatic Second & Third Deal (Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon, 1979)	1943	Tricks and Sleights	28	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Special Third, Fourth,... Deal / Strike
Dai Vernon	Up and Down	selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick		1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Richard Himber, Stuart Robson, Charley Larson, Dai Vernon, Tommy Dowd, Ducrot		Mar. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 55)	227	Articles / Columns
	Whose?	same as Expansion of Texture - Expanded!	Related to The Expansion of Texture - Expanded! (Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, L'Homme Masqué, Dai Vernon, 1952)	Sep. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 68)	278	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
Joseph K. Schmidt,	One Hand Riffle Shuffle	tabled	Related to Magicana (Jean Hugard, 1945) Vernon One-Handed Shuffle (Dai Vernon, 1967) One-Hand Table Faro (Joseph K. Schmidt, 1971) Variations False One Hand Riffle Shuffle (Gustave Southall, 1947)	Dec. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)	91	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / One handed Shuffles Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Real
Dai Vernon	The Brain Wave Deck	brainwave	Also published here Brain Wave Deck (Dai Vernon, 1938)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	277	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Marlo's One Hand Double Turnover	featuring a push-off (also credited to Dai Vernon)	Related to A False Count to be Used when Dealing Off the Deck (Laurie Ireland, 1935) Variations Flip Flop Find (Steve Reynolds, 2010) Somersault to Table (Steve Reynolds, 2021)	1945	Off the Top	7	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / One-Handed
Clyde Cairy	Dick Tracy Card Trick	almost the same as Fingerprint Card Trick	Related to Detected by Fingerprints (1937) Kort Kard (Milton Kort, 1950) The Fingerprint Card Trick (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1945	My Best	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / "The Bet"-Theme
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Maurice Zolotow, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, Annemann's use of the nail writer, Tom Osborne, Jay Marshall		Mar. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 79)	323	Articles / Columns Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Dai Vernon	The Queens' Soiree	four Queens on a handkerchief or newspaper, two are covered with a piece of paper, one by one they are placed under cloth and they travel under one piece of paper	Related to Electromagnetic Aces (Dai Vernon, 1983) Variations Queen's Sore Ear (Richard Bartram, Jr., 1997)	1945	The Queens' Soiree	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Newspaper
Dai Vernon	Special One-Hand Cop	apparently covering a playing card, stealing it, matrix move		1945	The Queens' Soiree	3	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Dai Vernon	The "Pull-Back" Steal	steal under piece of paper		1945	The Queens' Soiree	3	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Triumph		Variations Trick Play (Brian O'Neill, 2017) Elementary, My Dear Vernon (Matt Baker, 2019) Also published here El Triunfo de Dai Vernon (Dai Vernon, 2014)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Dai Vernon	Explanation of False Shuffle	Triumph Shuffle 1. To Maintain the Order of the Reds and Blacks 2. To Maintain the Order of the Entire Pack	Variations The Triumph of the False Shuffle (Roberto Mansilla, Dai Vernon, 2022) Expertalk: Rafael Benatar on the Pullout Shuffle (Rafael Benatar, 2022)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)	24	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Strip Out
Dai Vernon	Classic Triumph Rightening			1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)	26	Cards / Sleights / Turnover
Dai Vernon	Cutting The Aces		Related to Handling Improved (Edward Marlo, 1942) Ace-Cutting without Double-Cutting (David Bendix, 1969) Extra (Bob Hamilton, 1975) The Unadulterated Cutting the Aces (Dai Vernon, 1987) Losing Aces, Cutting Aces (Edward Marlo, 1993) Breather Crimp Application (Al Thatcher, 1993) Variations Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm (Punx, 1977) One-Armed Bandit (Martin A. Nash, 1977) Pseudo (David Britland, 1981) The Cumanes (René Lavand, 1991) Cutting the Aces (Dai Vernon, Al Mann, 1997) Cutting the Aces or any Four of a Kind (Juan Tamariz, 2004) Cutting the Aces (Piet Forton, 2005) Almost Legitimate Cutting the Aces (Harry Riser, 2006) Cortando Los Ases (Áriston, 2017) Cutting the Aces (Johnny Thompson, 2018)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Dai Vernon	Double Undercut			1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)	29	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Dai Vernon	One Handed Slip Cut		Related to Vernon's Slip Cut Monte Throw (Dai Vernon, 1972) Throw-Cut Production (2005) Variations Daley's Improvement Of Vernon's Slip Cut Monte Throw (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) New Price Cut (Jerry K. Hartman, 1974) Devilish Digit Cut (Richard Kaufman, 1984) The Top-Block Slip Cut (Harry Riser, 2006) Refinement of the One-handed Slip Cut (Wesley James, 2010) Also published here Throw Cut (Dai Vernon, 1997)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)	30	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled
Dai Vernon	Spellbound			1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	31	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Dai Vernon	Kangaroo Coins	into glass	Variations Más allá de la Fisica (Juan Tamariz, 1969) Coins Thru Table (Derek Dingle, 1973) The Bean Coins (Johnny Thompson, 2018)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)	35	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
Dai Vernon	One of Four		Related to One of Four (Dai Vernon, 1968) One of Four (Dai Vernon, 1985)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)	36	Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish
Dai Vernon	Vernon Multiple Shift			1946	Card Control	20	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Arthur H. Buckley	Sighting while Cutting the Pack	using buckling action	Related to Subway Transfer for Two (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1946	Card Control	40	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Bottom or near Bottom
Dai Vernon	The Shift and Shuffle	extension of Vernon Shift leading in tabled riffle shuffle		1946	Card Control	100	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls
Arthur H. Buckley, Karrell Fox, Dai Vernon	The Chivalrous Kings and The Four Ladies	Experiment No. 36 - four duplicates, one set in case	Inspired by "Jacks in the Box" (Karrell Fox, 1986)	1946	Card Control	203	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Neal Elias	On the Card to the Pocket	palmed card transferred to inside pocket	Inspired by Card in the Pocket (Tommy Dowd, 1943) Related to Card from Pocket (Dai Vernon, 1961)	1946	At the Table Tricks	4	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Roger Barkann	Follow the Leaders	routine with red/black effects prediction of red / black relationship (Phoenix No. 1) Out of this World (not explained) Follow the Leader (not explained) Slop Shuffle Color Separation	Related to Follow the Leader (Dai Vernon, 1938) Pay Off (Walter B. Gibson, 1942) One Plus One Equals Three (Roger Barkann, 1945) Out of this World (Paul Curry, 1965)	Mar. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 102)	409	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Walter Gibson's "Bunco Book", L. Vosburgh Lyons, Oscar Weigle, Jack Hughes, Dai Vernon, Bob Reinhart		Oct. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 114)	460	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon	Multiple Shift			Nov. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 115)	463	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon's lecture, Richard Himber, Frank Taylor		Nov. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 115)	464	Articles / Columns
Paul Fleming (reviewer)	Dai Vernon's Select Secrets	by Dai Vernon		1946	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume II	19	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Dai Vernon	Infallible Indicator	four as indicator card face up in the deck, together with second card used selection is found	Variations Vernon's Indicator (Andrew Galloway, 1984)	July 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)	231	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Frederick Braue	Roundabout	on Jean Hugard, George Kaplan, John Scarne, Nate Leipzig, Nelson Downs, Al Keene, John Crimmins, Audley Walsh, Gerald Kaufman, George Karger, Dai Vernon, S.A.M. Show, Al Baker, Joe Berg, Kellar, Trenis Jones, Abril Lamarque, Frakson, Paul Fleming, Devant and more		July 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)	236	Articles / Columns
Jean Hugard	Hu-Gardenias	on Dai Vernon		Oct. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 5)	257	Articles / Articles
Dai Vernon	The Magic Spell	any thought-of card from packet can be spelled to	Variations Vernon + Braue (Frederick Braue, Dai Vernon, 1946) Thinking Spell (Jerry K. Hartman, Joseph K. Schmidt, 1973) JKSpell (Joseph K. Schmidt, 1975) Thinking Spell (Jerry K. Hartman, Joseph K. Schmidt, 1991)	Oct. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 5)	259	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Frederick Braue, Dai Vernon	Vernon + Braue	variation of Vernon routine, any thought-of card from packet can be spelled to, see p. 320 for correction, idea by Joe Schmidt on p. 342	Inspired by The Magic Spell (Dai Vernon, 1946)	Dec. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)	281	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	Ducy-Ducy	sandwiched selection transposes with card in performer's pocket, Seven/Eight pseudo duplicate	Variations Double Deuce (Lou Gallo, 1996) Also published here The Eight in the Side Pocket (Dai Vernon, 2012) Genii, Mar. 1941	1946	50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
	I Should Judge	spectator cuts to and remembers a card, deck dealt into five pile and spectator says which pile has his selection, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at selection	Related to Judgment (Dai Vernon, 1949) Stop! (Harry Lorayne, 1962) Impossibility (Roberto Giobbi, 2000) Variations Caliban's Revenge (Aaron Shields, B.J. Bueno, 2004) Also published here I Should Judge (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1946	50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do	38	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller	Buckle Count	see credit on page 50		1947	Marlo In Spades	48	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Bill Larsen, E. B. Moore, Greer Marechal, Roy Benson		Feb. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 120)	484	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon		May 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 125)	504	Articles / Columns
Frank Garcia, Dai Vernon	Quick Silver	continuous coin production, with coin roll, based on a Vernon idea		June 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 127)	511	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Walter Gibson, Bill Woodfield, Cy Endfield, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Richard Himber, H. P. Graham, Ben Braude		June 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 128)	513	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon	123		Related to 123 (Dai Vernon, 1969) Variations Your Choice (Harry Lorayne, 1965) Lasso-Due-Tre (Edward Marlo, 1969) Tit For Tat (Roy Walton, 1971) A Choice Trick (Jerry K. Hartman, 1973) Tré Choice (Frank Simon, 1983) The Promise (Edward Marlo, 1988) Acerca del 1-2-3, de Vernon (Arturo de Ascanio, 1992)	July 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 129)	517	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / One, Two or Three
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Kolma		Nov. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 139)	560	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Al Wheatley, Bert Allerton, Frank Taylor		Dec. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 140)	564	Articles / Columns
J. B. Bobo	Multiple Card Control	hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition	Related to Multiple Card Control (Dai Vernon, 1950)	1947	Watch This One!	15	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
J. B. Bobo	Telepathic Miracle	key card placed next to thought-of card	Related to Emotional Reaction (Dai Vernon, 1959)	1947	Watch This One!	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Dr. Jaks, Dunninger, Paul Fleming, Dai Vernon, Baldwin, Scarne, Lloyd Jones, Joe Stanley and more		Nov. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 6)	370	Articles / Columns
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Dai Vernon, Franz Polgar, Lyle Laughlin, Carter and more		Dec. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)	377	Articles / Columns
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon	The Royal Assembly	Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks of each suit separate into piles of their own kind	Variations Asamblea Real (Juan Tamariz, 1982)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Card Puzzle
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon, Al Baker	The Game of "Thirty-One" Played with a Die			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	275	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
Dai Vernon	Message in the Flames	center tear handling	Related to Center Tear Handling (Paul Curry, 2001) Variations No Sleight Centre Tear (Paul Alberstat, 1998)	1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	149	Paper / Center Tear
Dai Vernon	Mental Prediction	method to predict anything written up via center tear		1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	152	Paper / Center Tear Paper / Prediction
Dai Vernon	Magazine Test		Related to Book Test (5) (Dai Vernon, 1951)	1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	154	Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
	Monte	by "Bertram", told by Dai Vernon		Jan. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 143)	573	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jay Marshall, Roy Benson, Dai Vernon		Dec. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 166)	667	Articles / Columns
Arthur H. Buckley	Five Silver Dollars and a Handkerchief Routine	five coins in handkerchief, vanish, reappear	Related to Silk and Silver (Dai Vernon, 1987)	1948	Principles and Deceptions	102	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Dr. Stanley Jaks	News USA	on the magic scene in the USA and in New York, SAM, Dixie Hotel, Dai Vernon, John Scarne, Francis Carlyle, Cardini, Russell Swann, Frakson, Blackstone, Okito, Fu Man Chu, Dell O'Dell, Bert Allerton		1948	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 2&3)	4	Articles / Articles
Dai Vernon	Impromptu Cups and Balls		Related to Covered Glasses for the Cups and Balls (Dick Lee, 1949)	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)	69	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Dai Vernon	Vanish	put-type		1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)	75	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Balls & Wand
Dai Vernon	Ambitious Card		Related to Emotions (Juan Tamariz, 2019)	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Dai Vernon	Paintbrush Color Change			1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)	77	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Dai Vernon	Thumb Crotch Pass	like manipulator's steal		1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)	77	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	The Double Lift	top two cards moved to the right in right-hand end grip as simulated push-off	Related to The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover (Arthur Finley, Dai Vernon, 1999) Also published here The Vernon Light Lift (Dai Vernon, 2020)	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)	78	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Dai Vernon	Mental Card Miracle	card is put in pocket	Related to Card Man's Mentalism (Edward Marlo, 1960) Daley's Note - 3) (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Princess Card Trick Using One Duplicate (1972) Daisection (Thomas Alan Waters, 1982) The Little Princess (Larry Jennings, 1988) Variations On Vernon's "Mental Card Miracle" (Edward Marlo, 1993) Mentalism by Elimination (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) Mental Card Miracle (Dr. Jacob Daley, 2018)	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Cards)
Dai Vernon	The False Count	buckle count		1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	82	Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Dai Vernon	Snapping Two Cards as One			1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	83	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Dai Vernon	The Gambler's Palm			1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	83	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Paul LePaul	A Quadruplicate Mystery	four spectators each find their selection	Related to To Change Three Cards, placed in the Pocket of a Spectator, into Three Others previously chosen (Gordon Wigan, 1890) R.W. Four Card Stunner (Randy Wakeman, 1985) That's Richard's Problem! (Peter McLanachan, 2002) Nameless (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations Le Paul's Multiple Discovery (Jim Ryan, Paul LePaul, 1981) R.W. Four-Card Stunner (Randy Wakeman, 1989) Pasteboard Overdose (Tom Mullica, 1992) Simon Takes On Le Paul (Simon Lovell, 1997) Homenaje a Le Paul (Iñaki Zabaletta, 2019) Free Choice (Deane Stern, 2022)	1949	The Card Magic of Le Paul	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Double Undercut			1949	The Card Magic of Le Paul	176	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Paul LePaul	Cards in a Sealed Envelope	construction of loading envelopes, four signed Aces	Related to Card to Envelope Finale (Dai Vernon, Paul LePaul, 2018) Variations The Nest Of Envelopes (Bert Allerton, Paul LePaul, 1958) The Paul Le Paul Signed Cards to Sealed Envelope & Wallet (Paul LePaul, Francis Carlyle, 1975) Ferly Defragmentation Etc. (Steven Hamilton, 1980) Cards in a Sealed Envelope (Larry Jennings, 1980) Der präparierte Kuvertsatz nach Le Paul (Roberto Giobbi, Paul LePaul, 1993) Das Aranka-Prinzip (Alexander de Cova, 1998) On the LePaul Envelope Set (Roberto Giobbi, Paul LePaul, 2003)	1949	The Card Magic of Le Paul	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Paper / Envelopes / Loading
Dai Vernon	Vernon Multiple Shift	as an exchange of four cards		1949	For Card Men Only	8	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh	Ten Card Deal	jonah card	Related to Ten Card Deal P.S. (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton, 1949) Take Ten (John Murray, 1949) Also published here Ten Card Deal (Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh, 1956) The Phoenix 1949 (Bob Farmer, 2015)	Jan. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 168)	672	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton	Ten Card Deal P.S.	further ideas on the ten card poker deal	Related to Ten Card Deal (Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh, 1949) Take Ten (John Murray, 1949) Also published here The Phoenix 1949 (Bob Farmer, 2015)	Feb. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 170)	681	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Russel Swann, Lee Noble, Dai Vernon, Walter Gibson, Frances Ireland		Mar. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 173)	695	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, John Boyko		May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 176)	707	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Fred Braue, Dai Vernon, Jack Crimmins, Carl Ballantine, Stewart Judah, Norman Jensen, hand caring		June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 179)	719	Articles / Columns
John Murray	Take Ten	finale for ten card poker deal, all cards are put in separated envelopes	Related to Ten Card Deal (Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh, 1949) Ten Card Deal P.S. (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton, 1949) Also published here Take Ten (John Murray, 1956) Take Ten (John Murray, 2015)	June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 180)	719	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jay Marshall, Lee Noble, Carl Ballantine, Mike Bornstein, Jerry Cohen, Dai Vernon, Cy Endfield, Milbourne Christopher		June 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 180)	722	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Steve Miaco, Richard Himber, Robert Harbin		Oct. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 188)	754	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon, Jack McMillen	Just Injog	plunger Aces, handling	Also published here Just Injog (Dai Vernon, 2002)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 191)	763	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Bill Simon, Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Robert Harbin	Related to The Layout Problem (Karl Fulves, 1983)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 193)	773	Articles / Columns
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Dai Vernon's Select Secrets	by Dai Vernon		Mar. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)	524	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Dai Vernon	All Backs		Also published here The All Backs (Dai Vernon, 1950)	June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	552	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Dai Vernon	The False Turn-Over			June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	552	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Paddle Move with Cards
Dick Lee	Covered Glasses for the Cups and Balls	using paper bag to cover glasses, tip	Related to Impromptu Cups and Balls (Dai Vernon, 1949)	Sep. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)	581	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments
Dai Vernon	Judgment	spectator peeks himself and remembers a card, performer looks through cards, spectator names card and performer names position	Related to I Should Judge (1946) Pseudo Memory #2 (Harry Lorayne, 1965) A Mental Discovery (Dai Vernon, 1970) LJ on Vernon’s Weight Guesser (Larry Jennings, 2020) Impossible With a Twist (Cyrille Savelief, 2022) Also published here Daley's Estimating Peek: 2) Vernon Estimate (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	59	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	The Ring on the Wand	Method No. 1 Method No. 2 Method No. 3 (duplicate ring) Method No. 4 (duplicate ring)	Related to Ring Off Pencil (Al Schneider, 1980) The Cursed Ring (Ron Bauer, 2000) Also published here Method No. 1 (Dai Vernon, 2003) Method No. 1 (Dai Vernon, 2022)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)	84	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick
Dai Vernon	Slow-Motion Four Aces	two methods	Related to Vernon's One At A Time Ace Trick Idea (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations Slow-Motion Ace Switch-A-Roo (Roger Smith, 1971)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion
Dai Vernon	Packet Palm	multiple, small packet	Also published here Packet Palm (Dai Vernon, 1980)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)	94	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Dai Vernon	Face Up Tent Vanish			1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)	94	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Dai Vernon	The Travelers		Variations Mr Fogg Tracked Down (Steve Reynolds, 2009) Troy-velers (Troy Hooser, 2010) The Travelers (Dai Vernon, 2018)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Dai Vernon	Multiple Shift	brief, hindu-shuffle	Variations Strip Control (Frederick Braue, 1985)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)	98	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Shuffle Controls
Dai Vernon	Modified Hofzinser Palm			1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)	98	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Dai Vernon	Hugard Top Palm			1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)	99	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
Jean Hugard	Dai Vernon			1950	Expert Card Technique	449	Articles / Biographical
Dai Vernon	The De Kolta Change	sleeve rubbing cover, pips of card change to suit clothing	Variations Unload under Deck (Karl Fulves, 1993)	1950	Expert Card Technique	450	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Dai Vernon	Tips on Changes			1950	Expert Card Technique	451	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Bottom Change Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Dai Vernon	Multiple Card Control	Hindu Shuffle and crimp/locator	Related to Multiple Card Control (J. B. Bobo, 1947) Variations Dai Vernon's Multiple Card Control (Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi, 2012)	1950	Expert Card Technique	453	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Dai Vernon	Hand-to-Hand Card Transfer	classic to classic	Related to Vernon's Washing Hand Transfer Of Palmed Card (Dai Vernon, 1972) Hand to Hand Card Transfer (Dai Vernon, 2022)	1950	Expert Card Technique	455	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Dai Vernon	The Peregrinating Pip	pip is transfered from Five to Two	Related to Tete a Tete (Peter Duffie, 1984) Also published here The Paintbrush Change (Dai Vernon, 1981)	1950	Expert Card Technique	457	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Picking Off the Pip
Dai Vernon	The All Backs	Details of Handling	Related to All Backs and Additions (Dai Vernon, Bob Read, 1973) All Backs Get-Ready (Roberto Giobbi, 2016) Variations All-Backs (Arturo de Ascanio, 2008) Back to Back (George McBride, 2022) Also published here All Backs (Dai Vernon, 1949) The All Backs (Dai Vernon, 1963)	1950	Expert Card Technique	459	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Dai Vernon	Paddle Move Turnover		Variations Little Finger Turnover (Bruce Cervon, 1989)	1950	Expert Card Technique	461	Cards / Sleights / Turnover Cards / Sleights / False Display / Paddle Move with Cards
Dai Vernon	Hit Double Lift			1950	Expert Card Technique	463	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Dai Vernon	Insertion of the Cards	alternative to diagonal insertion, getting a break underneath out-jogged card	Related to Insertion Break (Edward Marlo, 1953) In Lieu of the Diagonal Push-In (Dai Vernon, 2010)	1950	Expert Card Technique	464	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Jack Chanin, Dai Vernon, Clayton Rawson, George Karger, Wally Dean		Jan. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 194)	777	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon	12 Outs	court card is found	Related to Two-Six-Four Royale (Dai Vernon, 1988)	Mar. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 199)	794	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Russell Swann, Cy Endfield, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Lee Noble, Richard Himber		Aprs 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 200)	801	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Fred Keating, Dai Vernon		Aug. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 209)	837	Articles / Columns
Milton Kort	Kort Kard	fingerprint card trick, see also p. 855 for cryptic credit information	Related to Dick Tracy Card Trick (Clyde Cairy, 1945) The Fingerprint Card Trick (Dai Vernon, 1987)	Sep. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 211)	845	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion)
John R. Boyko	Strike Three and Out Variation	card found by counting down three times to apparently random values	Inspired by "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9) Related to Why am I Here? (Dai Vernon, 1988) Variations RSC Discovery (Mel Bennett, 2006) Chip Shot (Karl Fulves, 2006) Also published here Strike Three and Out Variation (John R. Boyko, 1997)	Oct. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 214)	855	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Cliff Green	Magic in Your Own Hands	No. 29, spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number	Related to "Secrets" (Dai Vernon, 1967) Variations Predetermined Count-Down (Justin Higham, 1999)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	53	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Cardini, Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Francis Carlyle, Martin Gardner, John Scarne	The Initials Will Tell	No. 38, Initials of chosen card appears on spectator's palm (sugar + pencil)		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	68	Cards / Principles / Moisture Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Cubes / Marks on Cube
George Starke	Quadruple Coincidence	No. 55, Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George C. Engel, 1949) Speaking Volumes (David Regal, 2002) Variations Triple Coincidence (Dai Vernon, 2001)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
Stewart James	James's Miracle	No. 72, two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers	Related to Pure Mathematics (Dai Vernon, 1967) Applause Card (Stewart James, Steve Beam, 2000) A Slight Slant on Slaight (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) Variations Change X Change (Karl Fulves, 1992) Destiny Deck (Nick Trost, 2008) The Inverse Function Deck (Mel Bennett, 2010)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	132	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Stewart James's Miracle
John Scarne, Alan Barnett	Scarne's Follow the Leader	No. 79, 12-Card Follow the Leader Routine using just one displacement	Related to "Follow The Leader" (Dai Vernon, 1941/49)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Harry Lorayne, Clayton Rawson, Norman Jensen	The Great Poker Demonstration	No. 80, Three Jacks Deal with four-of-a-kind climax	Related to Automatic Poker (Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah, 1971) Also published here Little Fella' - Big Fella' (Harry Lorayne, 1962)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	145	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Three-Jacks Deal & Repeat Poker Deal
Dai Vernon	Up and Down	No. 81, Prediction cards give final positions of two selections after mixing procedure	Related to Double Prediction (Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson, 1937)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	148	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Dai Vernon, Carmen D'Amico	Vernon's Three-Card Assembly	No. 85, handling and presentation for three Jacks deal from a shuffled deck	Variations Three Jacks and a Full House (Nick Trost, 2009)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Three-Jacks Deal & Repeat Poker Deal
Nate Leipzig, Dai Vernon, John Mulholland, Francis Carlyle	The Piano Card Trick	No. 98		1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Piano Card Trick
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Series No. 6 of Stars of Magic	by Dai Vernon (written by George Starke) - Vernon's Ring on the Wand - Vernon's Slow-Motion 4 Aces - Vernon's Traveller Card Trick		May 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)	662	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	More Red-Black Riffle Shuffles	Marlo's Red-Black Shuffle Step Version or Marlo Shuffle Use of Bridge Cut Flourish Version		Aug. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)	689	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Frank Joglar	Backstage	on Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Houdini, Fogel, Dunninger, Abbott, George Jason, Jack Miller, Walter Gibson, Cardini, Jay & Frances Marshall, Ballantine, Kay Kayser, Michael MacDonald, Bruce Elliott, Al Baker, Jay Palmer, Card Mondor, Orson Welles, Jean Hugard, Roy Benson, Stanley Jaks and more Conclaves TV Topics Mystery of the Month Parties Grapevine Jottings Applause Memory Book Notes		Oct. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 5)	714	Articles / Columns
Paul Rosini	A Card in Flight	card travels from ten-card packet to another ten-card packet, one-behind structure	Related to Vernon's Ten Card Trick (Dai Vernon, 1972) The Twenty Card Trick (Paul Rosini, 1985) Chosen Cards Across (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	1950	Magical Gems	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Dai Vernon	Complete Cover	deck in performer's hand, covered with handkerchief, spectator names a number between ten and twenty, performer names card at that position		1950	Magical Gems	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Paul Rosini	The Card Through the Case	nerve trick with cased deck	Related to Staring Him in the Face (Dai Vernon, Paul Rosini, 1961)	1950	Magical Gems	31	Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card at the Outside of the Case Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Nerve Trick (Knocking out of Hand)
Paul Rosini	The Best Prediction	card at named number is openly corner crimped, then counted to again and removed, it matches prediction	Related to The Bent Corner Prediction (Dai Vernon, 1959) Bent Sinister (Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo, 1997) Variations Prediction Variation (Charles "Chic" Schoke, 1950)	1950	Magical Gems	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dorny, Leon Maguire, Jimmy Drilling, Dai Vernon, Norman Jensen, Johnnie Murray, Cy Keller, Pat Terry, Bill Larsen, Frank Jogglar, Feank Garcia		Feb. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 222)	889	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on George Kaplan, Milbourne Christopher, Martin Gardner, Mike Millet, Bill Simon, Dr. Jaks, Francis Carlyle, Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon, John Boyko, Sid Lorraine, Leo Rullman, Keith Clark, Fu Manchu		Apr. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 226)	905	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon, L. Widdop, Arthur Finley	Thanks to Finley, Vernon, Widdop		Inspired by Another Method of Divination (L. Widdop, 2007)	May 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 228)	910	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Dr. Taylor, Widdop, Magicol		May 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 228)	913	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on James G. Thompson Jr., Dai Vernon, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Al Baker, Harry Blackstone, Gali Gali, Washington Irving Bishop		May 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 229)	917	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon	Softy!	angles		June 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 231)	922	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on the S.A.M - I.B.M. convention, Sid Lorraine, Dai Vernon, Dr. Jaks, Frank Garcia, Bill Simon, Ross Bertram, Johnny Platt, Chic Schoke, Leslie Barrie, Gene Bernstein, Tom Hanlon, Russell Swann, Audley Walsh, Del Ray, Jay Marshall		June 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 231)	925	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Cy Endfield, Jay Marshall, Roy Benson, Dr. Braude, Max Katz, Martin Gardner, Audley Walsh, Hen Fetsch, Cardini, Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon, T. Nelson Downs		Aug. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 235)	941	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Simon, Martin Gardner, Norman Jensen, Bruce Elliott	The Ruler	force with ruler with name of cards, ruler is balanced on two fingers and fingers brought together until fingers meet, see also p. 981 for ideas by John Hamilton	Variations The Ruling Class (Max Maven, 2005)	Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 244)	974	Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards Ruler
Ormond McGill, Dai Vernon	Psychological Locations	first three cards, then five cards (Vernon's "Five Card Mental Force" credited here to Arthur Buckley)	Related to The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, 1937)	1951	Psychic Magic — Vol. 1	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Dai Vernon	Book Test (5)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks page force	Related to Magazine Test (Dai Vernon, 1948)	May 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 12)	790	Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Dai Vernon	Foreword		Also published here Foreword (Dai Vernon, 2003)	1951	Pet Secrets	5	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Nate Leipzig	Card Stab		Related to On the Leipzig Card Stab (Dai Vernon, 2022)	1952	Nate Leipzig's Card Stab	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Nate Leipzig	Leipzig's "Pride"		Related to Vernon - Leipzig Stack of Quarters Routine (Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, 1972) Also published here Leipzig's Pride (Nate Leipzig, 1963)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)	145	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Spectator's Hand (Stack of Coins) Coin / Gaffed / Stack Gaffs
Dai Vernon	Knee Hold-Out		Related to Revelations Video Series No. 5 Also published here Seated With No Table (Max Malini, 2022)	1952	Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1 )	157	Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins Coin / Sleights / Thighing and Kneeing
Edward Marlo	To Control Three Peeked Cards	with basically one cut to table	Related to Three Break Control (Dai Vernon, 1967)	1952	Control Systems	28	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control
Edward Marlo	The Magic Four	multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot	Related to The Magic Card (Edward Marlo, 1962) Four Options (Dai Vernon, 1988)	1952	Control Systems	107	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection

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