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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase System of Palming - Top Palm. First Method
Related toVariations 1902 83
Paul Curry Bottom Palm
Related toAlso published here 1941 25
Dai Vernon Transferring a Bottom Stock to the Top
Variations 1960 52
Karl Fulves Negative Stock Shuffle changing the number of players of a stacked set, posed as a problem
Related to 1973 21
Paul Harris A Very Strange Exchange card and coin transpose, three handlings
  • Macho Man One Coin Version
  • Cheap Shot Invisible Version
Related toVariations 1981 89
Edward Marlo Pivot Steal and Replacement
Related to 1984 166
Karl Fulves The Restacking Problem players leave or arrive after deck is already stacked, several solutions:
  • 4 Hands to 3
  • 5 Hands to 4
  • 5 Hands to 3
  • 3 Hands to 5
  • Mind Games (including finding some thought of cards (blindfold poker deal))
Related toVariations 1984 192
Ben Harris Crosswize Rize card rises perpendicular from deck on table
VariationsAlso published here 1985 24
William Goodwin Slap Exchange quartet distributed face up in deck changes places with another four-of-a-kind on top of deck once deck is slapped
Variations 1986 8
Dai Vernon It Stands Alone face up pile in deck turns over except one card
Variations 1988 195
Edward Marlo Tip - Ambitious Bit #2
Related to 1988 46
Larry Jennings Erdnase Break Clip Reverse as deck is turned over
Related to 1988 91
Tom Potente Flip Revelation
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)
1607
Paul Sorrentino Bluffed Again directly to the bottom, also with cover card, basically the same as Earick handling
Related to 1989 477
Ernest Earick Apologia on sleight-of-hand
1993 v
Ernest Earick Claptrap three cards jump out of deck one by one by clapping the hands every time, last one produced between the hands
Also published here 1993 3
Martin A. Nash, Ernest Earick Nash Multiple Shift Variation
Also published here 1993 3
Ernest Earick Clap Spin-Out Revelation for single or double cards
Also published here 1993 12
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here 1993 13
Ernest Earick Proteus indifferent changes into selection via snap change
1993 15
Ernest Earick Bow-to-stern Control
Related toVariations 1993 16
Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse as deck is turned over
Related to 1993 19
Horace Goldin, Ernest Earick Goldin Change Variant snap change, nice clean up
1993 21
Ernest Earick Jack Syna(ps)ces Jacks distributed face up in deck change places with Aces on top of deck once deck is slapped
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1993 27
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Ernest Earick Spread Pass single-card cull
1993 28
Ernest Earick Elevated Addition as packet is squared above pack
Variations 1993 30
Ernest Earick Step to Break Transfer
1993 31
Ernest Earick Wrist Turn Steal from packet to top of pack
1993 35
Ernest Earick Bluff Shift Variant straight to bottom
Related to 1993 39
Ernest Earick Turnover Top Palm the Erdnase Top Palm (see reference) adapted into the turning over of the deck
Inspired by 1993 42
Ernest Earick Lonely at the Top kind of assembly, packet of face-down cards and face-up Ace changes to four face-up Aces
Related to 1993 45
Ernest Earick Braue Reversal Variant
1993 46
Ernest Earick Slip Cut Switch
1993 47
Ernest Earick Endfield Slip-Cut Variant
1993 48
Ernest Earick House Guest fingertip handling
1993 52
Ernest Earick Broadside Center Steal centre to right Tenkai palm, with replacement to bottom
1993 55
Ernest Earick Tenkai Palm, modified
1993 56
Ernest Earick Swivel Load 1 from Tenkai palm to under deck or case
1993 58
Ernest Earick Card from Case extraction
1993 60
Ernest Earick The Longitudinal Swivel Steal centre to right hand longitudinal palm, with replacement to bottom as control, see also the related applications of the swivel action on p. 71 and p. 74
Related to 1993 63
Ernest Earick Swivel Load 2 from LTP to under deck
1993 66
Ernest Earick Swivel Steal Lapping one handed
1993 71
Ernest Earick Thought Manifest peeked at card appears visually in empty hands
1993 72
Ernest Earick Post-Peek Riffle Display
1993 73
Ernest Earick Left-Hand Swivel Steal see p. 80 for a one-handed application
1993 74
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Ernest Earick Palm-to-Palm Transfer (Hofzinser), variant 1 see also similar technique on p. 88
1993 76
Ernest Earick Between the palms Production visual
1993 79
Ernest Earick Bureau d'Échange four Kings change place with selection in pocket
Related toVariations 1993 81
Ernest Earick One-handed Convincing Control see page 90 for mention of the sleight as cull, force, palm, switch
Variations 1993 83
Ernest Earick Bottom Palm, one-handed independent of Curry's palm
Related toVariations 1993 85
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Ernest Earick Palm-to-Palm Transfer (Hofzinser), variant 2 at table edge, also described on p. 131, see also similar technique on p. 76
1993 88
Ernest Earick Kato-nine-tails deck tabled, slapping hand empty
1993 91
Ernest Earick, S. W. Erdnase Diagonal Palm Shift, Delayed Handling
1993 92
Ernest Earick Palm-to-Palm Transfer, classic to flat
1993 96
Ernest Earick Katosoarus Toss card tossed from palm onto deck as other hand slapps the deck
1993 100
Ernest Earick Yours, Mine, Yours coin with card face up in centre of deck
Inspired by 1993 102
Ernest Earick Palm-to-Palm Transfer, flat to classic
1993 103
Ernest Earick Spellbound Coin to Card Change
1993 105
Ernest Earick Fingertip Coin Cut handling for producing a palmed coin from centre of deck
1993 108
Ernest Earick Alone in a Crowd centre portion of deck with selection is turned face up, all except selection turn down again
Inspired by 1993 111
Ernest Earick Teeter-Totter Turnover Pass with screening action
1993 113
Ernest Earick Zorro Break / Z-break two breaks with thumb base and fourth finger
1993 115
Ernest Earick Covered Flippant block in centre is reversed with Simonoff's flippant action
1993 116
Ernest Earick A Flippant Triumph nice visual ending
1993 119
Ernest Earick Flippant Pop-Out
Inspired byRelated to 1993 123
Ernest Earick Bottomland Aces spectator shuffles, performer cuts to four Aces
1993 125
Ernest Earick Lazy-Susan Tabled Palm tabled palm in left hand lateral palm
Variations 1993 127
Ernest Earick Deal-and-Load Production transfer of a card from packet to packet while turning over top card of one packet
1993 136
Ernest Earick Double Damned
VariationsAlso published here 1993 141
Ernest Earick Cross Purposes card rises perpendicular from deck on table
Inspired by 1993 153
Ernest Earick Swivel Steal Reverse palm and replacement as reverse
1993 155
Ernest Earick Lustig for Life named value is cut to, selection at that number
Variations 1993 165
Ernest Earick Benzais spin-cut handling
1993 168
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 1
Inspired by 1993 170
Ernest Earick One Shuffle - One Winner black jack for any number of players from shuffled deck
1993 173
Ernest Earick Poker Blind two shuffle stack for four cards, five hands
1993 178
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 2
Inspired by 1993 180
Ernest Earick Tandem in One one shuffle stack for two quartets, five players, random positions
1993 182
Ernest Earick The Case of the Inconstant Player adjusting five player stack if up to three leave or two arrive
Related to 1993 192
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Related toAlso published here 1993 199
John Scarne Factory Seconds apparently several Sevens of Hearts are in the deck, they are all put aside and change into Aces
Variations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
29
Ernest Earick A Little Bit Patter presentation for restacking the deck when a player leaves
Also published here Aug. 1993
Profile (Issue 15)
10
Peter Duffie Fair Game
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 25
Ernest Earick Claptrap three cards jump out of deck one by one by clapping the hands every time, last one produced between the hands
Also published here Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
60
Martin A. Nash, Ernest Earick Nash Multiple Shift Variation
Also published here Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
60
Ernest Earick Clap Spin-Out Revelation for single or double cards
Also published here Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
62
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
63
Michael Weber (reviewer) By Forces Unseen - The Innovative Card Magic of Ernest Earick by Ernest Earick (written by Stephen Minch) May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
63
Ernest Earick Double Damned
Also published here 1995 35
Ernest Earick The Real Deal spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, second deals
Variations 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 3)
4
Ken Krenzel Box Top card comes to top inside case, cased version
Inspired byRelated to 1997 3
Ernest Earick Little Finger Break Transfer as a packet is turned over, see also p. 191
1997 179
Troy Hooser Displ-Ace Aces put on deck, vanish and distribute in deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998 1455
Peter Duffie Sudden Impact Aces lost, deck cut onto table at an Ace, the rest of one packet changes into other Aces
Related to 1998 2
Paul Cummins Onyx Convention Coverage Dan MacMillan, Allan Ackerman, Jerry Andrus, Ernest Earick, Ken Simmons, Roger Klause
Dec. 1999
Onyx (Issue 9)
4
Jason Alford Scamwich Bow-to-stern Control as sandwich load
Inspired by 2000 21
R. Paul Wilson Boxed Transpo Kings are placed into card case and case is set on top of spectator’s selection in his hand, selection transposes with Kings
Inspired byVariations Nov. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 6)
36
Eric Mead, Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse Handling
Also published here Apr. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 8)
77
Mark Aspiazu Outjogging Earick's Control card is out-jogged
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 10)
24
Andi Gladwin Bound To Stern control to top while the deck is in the card box
Inspired byRelated to June 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12)
22
Ernest Earick A False Cut tabled
Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
2
Ernest Earick A Hand For Mr. Scarne Aces lost in deck, one shuffle, performer deals himself four times the Ace of Spades, transformation into different Aces
Inspired byRelated to Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
4
Ernest Earick Step to Break Transfer break retained as deck is turned over
Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
4
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Transferring a bottom stock to the top - Handling brief
Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
7
Eric Mead, Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse Handling
Also published here 2003 19
David Jade Swing Control similar to Bow-to-stern Control
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
82
Scott Robinson Trading Spaces Kings face up distributed in deck change places with Aces on top of deck
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2004 152
Ernest Earick, Eric Mead Rotary Reverse Handling
Related to 2006 169
Trini Montes Jack This Ace Jacks distributed face up in deck change places with Aces on top of deck once deck is slapped
Inspired by 2006 16
Jerry K. Hartman A Case for Change Kings are placed into card case and case is set on top of spectator’s selection in his hand, selection transposes with Kings
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2007 96
Ernest Earick One-Hand Bottom Palm bottom card of two cards
July 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 7)
28
Tony Cabral Five Aces same Ace dealt to oneself five times, changes into royal flush, different handlings
Related toVariations 2011 38
Harry Lorayne Clip Reversal
Related to 2011 110
Will Houstoun Lateral-Palm Swivel Switch
  • No-Lap Clean-Up
Inspired byVariations 2011 9
Eric Evans One Handed Zorro getting into Z-Break one-handed, selection reverses in center as application
Related to 2012 7
Ernest Earick Covered Flippant brief
2012 8
Ernest Earick Mr. Earick's Collectors three cards are placed between Aces and all cards in middle of deck, three cards vanish from between Aces, the seven-card sandwich reappears on top of deck
2012 39
Ernest Earick Rotary Reverse brief, see Rotary Reverse
2012 41
Jason England A Curious Location selection lost, number up to ten named, performer cuts to this value and selection is found that many cards down
Inspired by 2012 16
Ernest Earick One-handed Convincing Control
2013 9
Eric Evans In Memoriam: Ernest Earick
July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
15
Tomas Blomberg Proteus Bound while the deck is in the card box
  • Ambitious Card Ending
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 84
Ernest Earick Double Damned
Also published here 2015 123
Tom Frame Well-Appointed Stud
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Well-Appointed Stud" (Scary Hotels, 1995)
2015 129
Peter Duffie Fair Game
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2015 136
Nick Trost Mississippi Poker five phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 183
Scott Robinson Trading Spaces Aces reversed in four different parts of deck, Kings change into Aces and Kings are found reversed and distributed throughout deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 69
Helder Guimarães By Mistake - The Perpendicular DMB Spread Control out-jogged card switched as in-the-hands spread is lowered
  • as a vanish
Inspired byRelated to 2019 108
Henok Negash Rotary Reverse Variation
Related to May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
204
Bottom Palm Change bottom card of double is palmed off
Inspired by 2021 199
Nancy Colwell Convincing Curve Finesse / variation on One Handed Convincing Control, bends the card
Inspired by 2021 29
Tom Dobrowolski, Jeremiah Zuo Transfer Addition as packet is placed elevated over deck, left thumb lifts and adds cards from the deck, see p. 19 for second handling
Inspired by Apr. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
16
Florian Brooks Workers' Steal from center to top, while squaring the deck, swivel steal
  • Safe version for dry or shaky hands
  • Alternative versions without using the pinky
Related to 2022 30
Marc Trudel, Sophie-Anne Vachon The Long Lost Idea... intro on unpublished Ernest Earick material and upcoming books by Derrick Chung about it
2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
12
Ernest Earick Ernie's Center Double single card out-jogged, raise rise used to add second card to it
Variations 2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
14
Derrick Chung Chung's Center Double Variation single card out-jogged, raise rise used to add second card to it
Inspired by 2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
16
Ernest Earick One-Hand Bottom Palm here with only two cards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2007
2022 607
Ernest Earick One-Handed Bottom Palm from packet
2023 58
Allan Ackerman A Sleightless Ernie spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, no false deals
Inspired by 2024 145