Adam W. Elbaum

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Frederick Braue	The Pop-Up Card		Variations Tip - Ambitious Bit #6 (Edward Marlo, Frederick Braue, 1988) The Pop-Up Card (Neal Elias, 2001) Ambitious I (Frederick Braue, Roberto Giobbi, 2010) Pop Top (Andi Gladwin, 2016) Ambitious Card Finale (Anthony Owen, 2017) Tabled Braue (Andi Gladwin, 2020) Multiple Pop-Up Card Finale (Shimpei Katsuragawa, 2022) On the Bent Card (Adam W. Elbaum, 2025)	1940	Expert Card Technique	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes
Scott Robinson	The Queen Thing	selection vanishes among queens, then Queens travel to pocket and in the hand remains the selection	Variations The Mystery Thing (Scott Robinson, 2018) The King Thing (Adam W. Elbaum, 2025) Also published here The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, 2018)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1309	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Tony Binarelli	The Signature	named card has performer's signature on its back	Related to The Visible Deck (Adam W. Elbaum, 2024)	June 2000	MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 10)	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
David Regal (reviewer)	Awe Struck	by Adam W. Elbaum		July 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)	105	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Francis Menotti (reviewer)	A.W.E.struck	by Adam W. Elbaum		June 2016	MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 10)	78	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Asi Wind	Out of the Blue	cased deck on table, card named, it's only odd-backed card in the deck	Variations Something Blue: Out of the Blue (My Handling) (Adam W. Elbaum, 2024) Also published here Out of the Blue (or red) (Asi Wind, 2007)	2018	Repertoire	31	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Adam W. Elbaum	The Visible Deck	named card has spectator's name written on it, using rough/smooth or plasti-dip spray (Science Friction), with alternative presentations Stop! (STOP written on card that the spectator stops at in another deck) In the Pocket (freely pocketed card matches with card that has POCKET written on it) Happy Birthday (birthday book) Business Card Spinning Coin (Pascal El Hakim inspired, two-deck coincidence) Logo Shape (named shape is on named card) Mr. Sticky (stick figure presentation)	Related to The Signature (Tony Binarelli, 2000)	June 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 6)	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Birthday Book & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Jamy Ian Swiss	Intermission	on Adam W. Elbaum		June 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 6)	62	Articles / Biographical
Adam W. Elbaum	Introduction			2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[1]	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Adam W. Elbaum	Something Old: AWE Struck	named card is predicted written on post-it note in wallet OG Version The Post-it Note Addition Other Presentation Ideas (with idea by Asi Wind)	Inspired by "A.W.E. Struck" (Adam W. Elbaum, marketed) Also published here OG AWE Struck (Adam W. Elbaum, 2025)	2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[2]	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Adam W. Elbaum	Something New: ST1D	"Stoned", six small stones from an occult store, one chosen with roll of die, that one jumps off the spectator's hand into a glass		2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[7]	Stone & Rock Electronics / Miscellaneous Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Adam W. Elbaum	Handling of Steve Fearson Thread Set-Up	Angel Hair Pasta Anchor Thread Length and Placement Thread Management		2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[9]	Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Adam W. Elbaum	Something Borrowed: Infernal Phantom	after Triumph routine the deck is placed between the hands of a spectator, one card is chosen thought a verbal procedure, all other cards become clear plastic, quartet gaff	Inspired by "Inferno" (Joshua Jay, marketed 2013) "Phantom Deck" (Joshua Jay, marketed 2013) Related to "Invisible Phantom" (Kyle Littleton, At the Table Lecture)	2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[12]	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Transparent Card
Adam W. Elbaum	Deck Switch Helper	switched-in deck rubber-banded with transparent band		2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[13]	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Adam W. Elbaum	Something Blue: Out of the Blue (My Handling)	cased deck on table, card named, the cards have first names on their back and the named one has the spectator's name written on its back Additional Presentational Ideas (If You Don't Know the Spectator's Name Ahead of Time) Funny Descriptions Approach Two-Deck Solution With Secret Writing Rainbow Casino (named card has an odd-back that has been chosen from a rainbow deck)	Inspired by Out of the Blue (Asi Wind, 2018)	2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[18]	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Adam W. Elbaum	Acknowledgements			2024	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	[26]	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Adam W. Elbaum	OG AWE Struck	named card is predicted written on post-it note in wallet	Inspired by "A.W.E. Struck" (Adam W. Elbaum, marketed) Also published here Something Old: AWE Struck (Adam W. Elbaum, 2024)	Feb. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 2)	52	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Adam W. Elbaum	Ambitious Card	ideas on Ambitious Card Phases, see following items		Apr. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Adam W. Elbaum	The Elbaum Pop	top card seems to pop up		Apr. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Adam W. Elbaum	On the Bent Card	different grip and showing a pseudo duplicate in the center	Inspired by The Pop-Up Card (Frederick Braue, 1940)	Apr. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Adam W. Elbaum	Three Card Sequence			Apr. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Adam W. Elbaum	The King Thing	card lost, Kings change into selection one by one, then Kings from pocket and where Kings were remains the selection	Inspired by The Queen Thing (Scott Robinson, 1997)	June 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 6)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Adam W. Elbaum	All Alike Sequence			June 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 6)	54	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Adam W. Elbaum	Buckling Double Lift	left second finger buckles top two cards upwards, right fingers take them		June 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 6)	54	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Adam W. Elbaum	Blackjack Transpo	two pairs of cards transpose, blackjack themed Impromptu Version		Aug. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 8)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Adam W. Elbaum	Spectator Curs to the Aces	bold packet mis-placements Alternative Presentations		Oct. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 10)	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Adam W. Elbaum	The Give 'Em the Finger Shuffle	Charlier shuffle in overhand shuffle position		Jan. 2026	Genii (Vol. 89 No. 1)	58	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Charlier Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws

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