Scott Baird

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The Hermit (Scott Baird, 2022-2024)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Bob Hummer	Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte	mathematical three card monte	Also published here 3-Card Monte (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Related to Psi-Cup '3' (Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones, Magick, 1977) "Perfected Stranger" in "The New Pentagram" Vol. 18, #7. 1986 also in: New Pentagram, Sep. 1988 Perfected Strangers (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more … and 1 more Variations Note Under Cups (Bob Hummer, Al Koran, Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes, 1958) Note Under Cup (Al Koran, Al Koran's Professional Presentations*, 1968) … and 13 more	1951	Mathematical 3 Card Monte	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games
Edward Marlo	Angle Palm Steal	from tabled deck	Also published here Angle Palm Steal (Edward Marlo, The Hermit, 2022) Variations Two-Card Tabled Tenkai Palm (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1957	The Tabled Palm	6	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Don Nielson, Karl Fulves*	Nightmare In Black	freely selected and signed card, duplicate turns over in other deck, disappearing ink and "same deck" approach, see also p. 679 for reference	Related to Seven Circles (May 1931) Wiz-Z-Zip! (Robert Cassidy, Sandy Kross, Magick, 1984) … and 3 more Variations A Nightmare in Red and Blue (Scott Baird, The Hermit*, 2023)	Nov. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1)	131	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo	IF Glimpse	after incomplete faro peek	Related to IF Glimpse (Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, Arch Triumphs, 1978) The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Winter 1969	The Hierophant (Issue 2)	38	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Trevor Lewis	Monte Plus (or Hallucination)		Also published here Monte Plus (Trevor Lewis, Esolc, 1981) also in: Monte Plus (Trevor Lewis, Special Effects, 2011) Related to Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Clipped Again (Sol Stone, Apocalypse, 1984) Variations Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Monte Plus Variation (Peter Duffie, Contemporary Card Magic, 1984) … and 4 more	June 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6)	67	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Simon Aronson	Aces Up, Countdown	selection lost, Aces put in different places, they turn over together in the center except the one with matching suit, value of selection used to count to Ace, reversed card in Ace packet is selection	Also published here Aces Up, Countdown (Simon Aronson, Bound to Please, 1994) Inspired by Criss Cross Triumph (Jean Faré, Card Tricks, French Style, 1977) Related to Aces Up, Collectors (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	1978	The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Robert Walker, David Solomon	Dunbury Sandwich	wrong card captured, sandwich cards transform and find selection	Related to Sandwich Transformation Move (Robert Walker, David Solomon, Out Of His Mind!, 1985) Snappy Dunbury (George McBride, The Glasgow File — Volume 1, 2022) … and 1 more Variations Devilish Deuces Wild Sandwich (David Solomon, Solomon's Mind, 1997) Cheops's Dunbury Sandwich (Fernando Cheops, Card College — Volume 4, 2000) … and 2 more	1980	The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation
Bob Hummer	3-Card Monte	mathematical three card monte	Also published here Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte (Bob Hummer, Mathematical 3 Card Monte, 1951) Related to Psi-Cup '3' (Gene Nielsen, Bascom Jones, Magick, 1977) "Perfected Stranger" in "The New Pentagram" Vol. 18, #7. 1986 also in: New Pentagram, Sep. 1988 Perfected Strangers (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) … and 1 more … and 1 more Variations Note Under Cups (Bob Hummer, Al Koran, Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes, 1958) Note Under Cup (Al Koran, Al Koran's Professional Presentations*, 1968) … and 13 more	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games
Trevor Lewis	Monte Plus	with bent corner subtlety which is not in Apocalypse	Also published here Monte Plus (or Hallucination) (Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus (Trevor Lewis, Special Effects, 2011) Related to Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Clipped Again (Sol Stone, Apocalypse, 1984) Variations Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Monte Plus Variation (Peter Duffie, Contemporary Card Magic, 1984) … and 4 more	1981	Esolc	18	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Tom Craven	Incomplete Faro Jog Control		Related to The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1982	Best of Friends	193	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel	Tidal Wave	impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, four applications, see credit corrections on pages 834, 864, 1092	Related to Perfekt wie Dunninger... (Jochen Zmeck, Das Zmeckt!, 1974) Wiz-Z-Zip! (Robert Cassidy, Sandy Kross, Magick, 1984) … and 2 more Variations Brain Waived (Jon Racherbaumer, Lee Freed, The Collected Almanac, 1984) New Wave Tidal Wave (Christopher Faria, Mr. Gadfly, 2001) … and 2 more	May 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5)	769	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Transfers & Displacements
Ross Bertram	Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish		Variations Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish Handling (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1983	Bertram on Sleight of Hand	179	Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Single Cards
John Bannon	I. Shake Well Before Using	red-black-separated cards instantly mix, faro fan	Also published here Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, Smoke and Mirrors, 1991) Related to Mixed-Up Perfectionist (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) also in: The Perfectionist (A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Transposed Perfectionist (A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) … and 1 more False Shuffles Applications: Rhapsody in Color (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009) Variations S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1986	Mirage	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Daryl Martinez	Elbow, Knee and Neck	three dollars at body parts	Also published here Elbow, Knee and Neck (Daryl Martinez, Spectacle, 1990) Variations Elbow, Neck, and Foot (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Apr. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 9)	6	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
John C. Wagner	Up-Standing Triumph		Variations FUJ-ed Triumph (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	147	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Darwin Ortiz	The Si Stebbins Secret	from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros	Related to The Impromptu Arranged Pack (Charles T. Jordan, Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks, 1920) also in: The Impromptu Arranged Pack (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Si Stebbins Stack (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, The Cardiste, 1957) … and 2 more Variations Something for Nothing (James Swain, Miracles with Cards, 1996) S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022) … and 2 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	137	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Jerry Sadowitz	Aces in Kings	red and black Aces transpose despite the pairs being isolated between Kings	Variations Kings & Aces (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	1989	Cards on the Table	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Daryl Martinez	Elbow, Knee and Neck	three dollars at body parts	Also published here Elbow, Knee and Neck (Daryl Martinez, Magical Arts Journal, 1987) Variations Elbow, Neck, and Foot (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1990	Spectacle	85	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Simon Aronson	Two Minds and a Mate	card chosen, another removed and a third one thought-of, all found	Inspired by Triple Mate (Harry Lorayne, The Epitome Location, 1976) Related to Logical Double Thought, Plus One (Edward Marlo, The Olram File, 1991) Triathlon (Pit Hartling, Das Kleine Grüne Heft, 1998) Variations Four Ways To Go (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6, 1988) The Gambler, The Magician, and The Psychic (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1990	The Aronson Approach	50	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Simon Aronson	Four Part Harmony	center cut location expanded to four selections	Inspired by Center Cut Location (Simon Aronson, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) also in: Center Cut Location (Bound to Please, 1994) Variations Four Card Symphony (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1990	The Aronson Approach	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
John Bannon	Shake Well Before Using	red-black-separated cards instantly mix, faro fan	Also published here I. Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, Mirage, 1986) Related to Mixed-Up Perfectionist (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) also in: The Perfectionist (A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Transposed Perfectionist (A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) … and 1 more False Shuffles Applications: Rhapsody in Color (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009) Variations S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	1991	Smoke and Mirrors	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Yuji Wada	Eerie Revelation	flourish production of two four-of-a-kinds after short slop shuffle	Also published here Eerie Revelation (Yuji Wada, The Hermit, 2023) Inspired by 4-Ace Reveal by David Britland Variations Eerie Collectors (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Mar. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 3)	2041	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Ken Krenzel	The Fabulous Jumping Card	card vanishes from sandwich and is shown to be mystery card tabled at the beginning, duplicate, two handlings	Variations Fabulous Jumping Jokers (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	1992	The Collected Almanac (Issue )	xiv	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Simon Aronson	Aces Up, Countdown	selection lost, Aces put in different places, they turn over together in the center except the one with matching suit, value of selection used to count to Ace, reversed card in Ace packet is selection	Also published here Aces Up, Countdown (Simon Aronson, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) Inspired by Criss Cross Triumph (Jean Faré, Card Tricks, French Style, 1977) Related to Aces Up, Collectors (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	1994	Bound to Please	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Simon Aronson	Prior Commitment	two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers	Also published here Prior Commitment (Simon Aronson, Lecture Notes, 2003) Related to Chapter Seven: The False Frame of Reference (Darwin Ortiz, Designing Miracles, 2006) Variations Satan is My Buddy (Bob Farmer, Genii, 2009) also in: Satan is My Buddy (The Jinx — 75 Years, 2009) A Coin Trick (Asi Wind, Repertoire, 2018) … and 1 more	2001	Try the Impossible	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / UnDo Influence
John Cornelius	Peeping Tom	glimpsing key card during faro cascade	Related to The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	2001	The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius	31	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Reed McClintock	Seven The Hard Way	in-the-hands production of seven coins	Related to Miser's Dream (Reed McClintock, Genii, 2007) Variations Seven the Hard Way (Curtis Kam, By All Means, 2007) COINtortionist (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	2002	Knuckle Busters Vol. 2	17	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Simon Aronson	Prior Commitment	two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers	Also published here Prior Commitment (Simon Aronson, Try the Impossible, 2001) Related to Chapter Seven: The False Frame of Reference (Darwin Ortiz, Designing Miracles, 2006) Variations Satan is My Buddy (Bob Farmer, Genii, 2009) also in: Satan is My Buddy (The Jinx — 75 Years, 2009) A Coin Trick (Asi Wind, Repertoire, 2018) … and 1 more	2003	Lecture Notes	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / UnDo Influence
Paul Cummins	Tap A Lack	one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa	Also published here Tap a Lack (Paul Cummins, Freebie 6, 2005) also in: Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by An Ungaffed Ted (Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes, Classic Handlings, 2002) also in: An Ungaffed Ted (All In — Volume 2, 2024) Variations Diplopia (Paul Vigil, Diplopia, 2007) also in: Diplopia (X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx, 2024) Diplopia (Anonymous, Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Diplopia (MAGIC, 2011) Diplopia (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 2 more	July 2005	MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 11)	96	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
Paul Cummins	Tap a Lack	one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa	Also published here Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by An Ungaffed Ted (Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes, Classic Handlings, 2002) also in: An Ungaffed Ted (All In — Volume 2, 2024) Variations Diplopia (Paul Vigil, Diplopia, 2007) also in: Diplopia (X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx, 2024) Diplopia (Anonymous, Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Diplopia (MAGIC, 2011) Diplopia (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 2 more	2005	Freebie 6	36	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
David Solomon	Army Card Trick	two-phase routine in which a peeked-at card is counted to from an odd-backed indicator card, faro	Variations Army Reenlisted (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	2007	The Wisdom of Solomon	210	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Trevor Lewis	Monte Plus		Also published here Monte Plus (or Hallucination) (Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus (Trevor Lewis, Esolc, 1981) Related to Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Clipped Again (Sol Stone, Apocalypse, 1984) Variations Monte Plus Plus (Ken Krenzel, Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus Plus (Mirage, 1986) Monte Plus Plus (Session, 2007) … and 4 more Monte Plus Variation (Peter Duffie, Contemporary Card Magic, 1984) … and 4 more	2011	Special Effects	78	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
Aljaz Son	Coin on Call	spectator holds penny up and phone picture is taken, coin changes into dime in real life and on photograph	Also published here Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Related to On Copper Silver Camera (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2024) Copper Silver Camera (CJ O'Hara, The Hermit, 2024) Variations Mike's Two-Cents (Mike Pisciotta, From the Depths, 2016)	Aug. 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 12)	66	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Charlie Frye	Fryed Switch Deck	two cased decks are secretly switched, using two red/blue cases, as video instructions	Related to Cased Deck Switch Handling (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Feb. 2013	Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 11)	1	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Chris Mayhew	Caandy	card at any number, card created by combining value and suit of two cards that are found on either side of a card that's stabbed into the deck	Inspired by "The Spell of Mystery" (Stewart James, 1929) Variations Pockets of Candy (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	July 2017	Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Michael Pilkey	SIRIously Mental	Left-Handed (Jeff Prace) iPhone reveals a chosen song	Also published here SIRIously Mental (Michael Pilkey, The Hermit, 2022) Variations A Tune Ahead (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Sep. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)	30	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Andi Gladwin	Aura	three selections lost, first found by performer in face-down spread, second with deck in performer's pocket, third by spectator who reaches into pocket	Related to The Gambler, The Magician, and The Psychic (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	221	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Peculiarities of certain Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Greg Chapman	Searchers Undone	faros bring sandwich cards together in stages	Related to Hard Target (Darwin Ortiz, The Ephemeral Lecture Notes, 2007) also in: Hard Target (Lessons in Card Mastery, 2012) Central Intelligence (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	2020	Faro Fundamentals	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / UnDo Influence
Scott Baird	The Hermit	about the new magazine		Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	1	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Rubik's Nap	cube is shuffled and solved by performer, different presentations The Move (self-repairing shuffle sequence) The Solve Cycle I Am Very Smart		Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	8	Rubik's Cube / Solving
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	20	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Fly Fly Again	"A literal take on a Visual Coins Across" coins seen to fly to other hand via muscle pass		Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	22	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Muscle Pass Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Three Fly
Scott Baird	Logo Design	"A step-by-step examination of a different creative process" IBM logo		Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	26	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The FUJ Shuffle	"Faro Utility Jog" card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea	Related to IF Glimpse (Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo, The Hierophant, 1969) Incomplete Faro Jog Control (Tom Craven, Best of Friends, 1982) … and 2 more Variations FUJ-ed Triumph (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	36	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Scott Baird	Army Reenlisted	two-phase routine in which a peeked-at card is counted to from a reversed odd-backed indicator card, faro, FUJ Shuffle application	Inspired by Army Card Trick (David Solomon, The Wisdom of Solomon, 2007)	Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Scott Baird	I Do Whatever You Do	"Re-Imagining the Do As I Do Plot" card lost in deck, half the deck (or another deck) is given to spectator and the performer follows along and copies whatever the spectator does to locate selection, improvisation		Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Jan. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)	50	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Feb. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)	52	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Undo Two	two cards chosen by cutting to them and replacing the packets, four Aces are put in face-up pairs in deck, after a faro they sandwich the selections	Inspired by Prior Commitment (Simon Aronson, Try the Impossible, 2001) also in: Prior Commitment (Lecture Notes, 2003)	Feb. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / UnDo Influence
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Feb. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)	86	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Feb. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)	95	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	97	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins	presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle	Inspired by I. Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, Mirage, 1986) also in: Shake Well Before Using (Smoke and Mirrors, 1991) The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Related to Splell (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	110	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
Scott Baird	Pockets of Candy	card created by combining value and suit of two cards that are found on either side of a card that's stabbed into the deck, it is found in pocket, then the card if suit and value are combined vice versa as well, faro	Inspired by Caandy (Chris Mayhew, Elixir, 2017)	Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	114	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Scott Baird	Congratulations	winner of HermitMagicChallenge		Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	122	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Your Next Challenge	HermitMagicChallenge		Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	123	Articles / Columns
Michael Pilkey	SIRIously Mental	iPhone reveals a chosen song	Also published here SIRIously Mental (Michael Pilkey, Genii, 2017) Variations A Tune Ahead (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	124	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	144	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	147	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Four Card Symphony	four cut-to cards are found, all cards in last packet are named	Inspired by Four Part Harmony (Simon Aronson, The Aronson Approach, 1990)	Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	173	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Scott and Soda	international three-coin across, routine with locking Scotch and Soda gimmick		Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	178	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Gaffed / Scotch and Soda
Scott Baird, Mike Vance	Misdirection in Sports	The Feint The Shot Fake The Aside The Social Contract The Magic Coordinator		Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	186	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Apr. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)	192	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	195	Articles / Columns
Giacomo Bertini	Pinky Concealment	brief	Related to Additional Credits (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	216	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palming Techniques
Scott Baird	A Dream from The Hermit...	cake transformation in dream	Variations Any Cake Called For (Gareth Jones, The Hermit, 2022) The Dream Challenge (The Hermit, 2022)	May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	230	Food / Cake Articles / Anecdotes
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	231	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Gambler, The Magician, and The Psychic	two cards chosen, one removed, all found, using One and a Half Way Deck	Inspired by Two Minds and a Mate (Simon Aronson, The Aronson Approach, 1990) Related to Aura (Andi Gladwin, The Boy Who Cried Magic, 2020)	May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	232	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Scott Baird	One and a Half Way Deck	faces one-way scratch-marked, backs of only one color are one-way scratch-marked		May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	234	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits		Related to Pinky Concealment (Giacomo Bertini, The Hermit, 2022)	May 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)	244	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	247	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	On Waving Tides	card chosen and signed from blue deck, replaced reversed, deck cased and pocketed, red-backed deck removed from another pocket and signed blue-backed card is found in it, see also p. 294	Inspired by Tidal Wave (Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel, Apocalypse, 1983) Related to CAANADA (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	248	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	The Dream Challenge	intro		June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	280	Articles / Articles
Gareth Jones	Any Cake Called For	sponge cake changes into any flavor	Inspired by A Dream from The Hermit... (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	281	Food / Cake
	The Dream Challenge	cake changes into any flavor, by pseudonym "EvilDan"	Inspired by A Dream from The Hermit... (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	282	Food / Cake
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	283	Articles / Columns
John Carey	Teleport: A Card to Envelope	ten cards sealed into envelope, a signed card travels to join them Variation by Scott Baird	Related to Me, My Cards, and I (2017 ebook)	June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	288	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s)
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			June 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 6)	294	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	Mozart anecdote		July 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)	297	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	An Impossible Thing	HermitMagicChallenge		July 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)	310	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	CAANADA	"Card At Any Number - Alternate Deck Approach" card is chosen from blue-backed deck, signed on its back and put back reversed, deck pocketed, red-backed deck taken out, the same card appears reversed at chosen number with signed blue back	Related to On Waving Tides (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	July 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)	312	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			July 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)	341	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	344	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Lean Travellers	starts without extra card	Variations Techni-Lean Travellers (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	346	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Scott Baird	Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish Handling	with ditch onto tabled deck	Inspired by Tenkai Palm Throw Vanish (Ross Bertram, Bertram on Sleight of Hand, 1983)	Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	352	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Single Cards
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	377	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	A Tune Ahead	three-prediction routine with a musical theme, Siri reveals the last prediction	Inspired by SIRIously Mental (Michael Pilkey, Genii, 2017) also in: SIRIously Mental (The Hermit, 2022)	Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	380	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Aug. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)	389	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	393	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Bigger Deal	Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)	Inspired by "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)	Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	404	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Story Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Scott Baird	Mexico City Surrealism and Magic			Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	421	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	426	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	About Michael Boden			Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	430	Articles / Biographical
Scott Baird	One Way, All The Way	one-way forcing deck, card signed on the back, it is found from the faces		Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	432	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Sep. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)	438	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Central Intelligence	"a progressive searchers routine", faro shuffles between each phase	Related to Searchers Undone (Greg Chapman, Faro Fundamentals, 2020) Variations Iterant Intelligence (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022) Sandwich to Stack (Chris Bruce, The Hermit, 2023)	Oct. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)	442	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers")
Scott Baird	Iterant Intelligence	Joker stabbed into deck, suit and value of cards next to it used to make up another card which is found with "Central Intelligence" procedure, then the other possible suit/value combination is also found, faro shuffles	Inspired by Central Intelligence (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Oct. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)	450	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge	crossword puzzle challenge, see p. 513 for solution		Oct. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)	458	Articles / Columns Articles / Quiz
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Oct. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)	486	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Card from Purse Frame	selection travels into purse frame, presented as off-beat prediction odd-backed signed version on p. 501		Nov. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)	496	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Purse Frame
Edward Marlo	Angle Palm Steal	off tabled deck	Also published here Angle Palm Steal (Edward Marlo, The Tabled Palm, 1957) Variations Two-Card Tabled Tenkai Palm (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Nov. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)	499	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Scott Baird	Two-Card Tabled Tenkai Palm	without crimps or preparation, off tabled deck	Inspired by Angle Palm Steal (Edward Marlo, The Tabled Palm, 1957) also in: Angle Palm Steal (The Hermit, 2022)	Nov. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)	505	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Nov. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)	512	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Nov. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)	530	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	533	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Elbow, Neck, and Foot	three dollars at body parts	Inspired by Elbow, Knee and Neck (Daryl Martinez, Magical Arts Journal, 1987) also in: Elbow, Knee and Neck (Spectacle, 1990)	Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	546	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge	The Drawing Challenge The Prediction Challenge		Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	552	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	They Change Colour	case changes color with deck inside, deck inside as well		Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	575	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Card Case / Color Changing Card Case
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	580	Articles / Articles
Paul Cummins	Tap A Lack	one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa	Also published here Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Tap a Lack (Paul Cummins, Freebie 6, 2005) Inspired by An Ungaffed Ted (Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes, Classic Handlings, 2002) also in: An Ungaffed Ted (All In — Volume 2, 2024) Variations Diplopia (Paul Vigil, Diplopia, 2007) also in: Diplopia (X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx, 2024) Diplopia (Anonymous, Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Diplopia (MAGIC, 2011) Diplopia (Talk About Tricks, 2022) … and 2 more	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	415	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
Aljaz Son	Coin on Call	spectator holds penny up and phone picture is taken, coin changes into dime in real life and on photograph	Also published here Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, MAGIC, 2011) Related to On Copper Silver Camera (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2024) Copper Silver Camera (CJ O'Hara, The Hermit, 2024) Variations Mike's Two-Cents (Mike Pisciotta, From the Depths, 2016)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1051	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer)	The Hermit	by Scott Baird		Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	82	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	583	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Tap-a-Stack	one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa	Inspired by Tap A Lack (Paul Cummins, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Tap a Lack (Freebie 6, 2005) Tap A Lack (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	585	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	590	Articles / Columns
Michał Kociołek	Synergic	spectator cuts to a card, performer as well, deck assembled and each take a card out which turn out to be each other's selections, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection with slight variation by Scott Baird	Also published here Synergic (Michał Kociołek, Extra Plots & Methods, 2025) Inspired by "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)	Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	592	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Scott Baird	That's one year in the books			Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	624	Articles / Advertisements
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Jan. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)	626	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Editor's Note			Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	629	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	638	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	On Miscalling			Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	642	Cards / Principles / Miscalling
Scott Baird	On Assembly Discrepancies	general comments, transposition versus travelling in Ace assemblies		Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	648	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Real Gone Aces
Scott Baird	Shredder Aces	MacDonald presentation, first three packets are shreddered in an electric shredder		Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	648	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Electronics / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Scott Baird	COINtortionist	four-coin production with coin roll, one-handed	Inspired by Seven The Hard Way (Reed McClintock, Knuckle Busters Vol. 2, 2002)	Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	650	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Feb. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)	674	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Mar. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)	679	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Mar. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)	686	Articles / Columns
Elisav "Biz" Bizau, Luka Kratsashvili	Simply Change	side-jogged card changes, see reference for credit correction	Related to Inevitable Reinvention (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Mar. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)	716	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Out-jogged
Scott Baird	Editor's Note			Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	726	Articles / Columns
Boyet Vargas	CKR	"Coin, Key, Ring", one of those three objects chosen and divined, position of first letter of object in alphabet is key to method A Variation from Scott (Scott Baird)	Related to Placement Principle in Michael Murray's "Piece of My Mind", 2014, p. 192 "Bicycle Word Test" (Boyet Vargas)	Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	727	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	732	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Kings & Aces	red and black Aces transpose despite the pairs being isolated between Kings, one set in center of deck and one on top	Inspired by Aces in Kings (Jerry Sadowitz, Cards on the Table, 1989)	Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	738	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Mystic Slybaba	Ambitious Aces	red Aces keep jumping to top in four Ace packet, followed by Daley's Last, see reference for credit correction	Related to Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Inevitable Reinvention (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	744	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Scott Baird	Techni-Lean Travellers	spectator selects four cards, they are shown to be a four-of-a-kind, their backs change color, then an Open Travelers routine is performed with them	Inspired by Lean Travellers (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	752	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Color Changing Back Kicker Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Baird	Card Vanish	false transfer and ditch on deck, red/blue double backer		Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	756	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Bare Handed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	772	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	781	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Tap Triple Wild Coin	three coins produced and changed one by one and are put into cup, when poured out they have changed into Chinese coins	Inspired by "Stand-Up Wild Coin" (David Roth, Stars of Magic DVD Vol. 9)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	782	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Coins Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Scott Baird	Branding and Magic			May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	790	Articles / Business and Publicity
Scott Baird	Lysdexics Webare	intro on spelling effects		May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	794	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Michael Pilkey	ACAIN	"Any Card at its Name", selection lost, spectator spells to it without performer having seen its face	Variations Scott's Impromptu ACAIN (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	806	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Scott Baird	Scott's Impromptu ACAIN	"Any Card at its Name", selection lost, spectator spells to it	Inspired by ACAIN (Michael Pilkey, The Hermit, 2023)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	808	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Chris Bruce	Sandwich to Stack	sandwich trick with faro shuffles, ends in a wanted stack	Inspired by Central Intelligence (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	809	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Inevitable Reinvention	on crediting and reinvention, credit corrections	Related to Ambitious Aces (Mystic Slybaba, The Hermit, 2023) Simply Change (Elisav "Biz" Bizau, Luka Kratsashvili, The Hermit, 2023)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	816	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Splell	incorporating humorous spelling trick into procedure of Si Stebbins Secret	Inspired by The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Related to S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	820	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	822	Articles / Articles
Bill Citino	Making a Difference	three silver coins in purse, copper coin in hand transposes with silver coins in purse, asymmetric, see next issue for additional credits	Inspired by Differences (Scott Robinson, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1995) Related to Additional Credits (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	836	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	A Nightmare in Red and Blue	named card from one deck is signed and lost, another deck is uncased and signed card found inside, its back changes to match the second deck, "same deck" approach	Inspired by Nightmare In Black (Don Nielson, Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review*, 1967) Related to "A Scarf Called Moebius" (Roy Walton, Pentagram Vol. 12 No. 4, Jan. 58, p. 25)	June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	842	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Scott Baird	Cased Deck Switch Handling	using two red/blue cases	Related to Fryed Switch Deck (Charlie Frye, Real Secrets, 2013) "Naked Deck Switch" (Charlie Frye, marketed) … and 1 more	June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	845	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	847	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Flash Ribbon	coin is hanging on string, string light and it burns in a flash, coin now hanging on red ribbon		June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	861	Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Transformation Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			June 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)	870	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	A Diary Entry From Scott		July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	874	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Joke Matrix	four coins in square formation, one card on a coin, one-by-one assembly, suggested second phase: backfire routine by Shoot Ogawa (only effect description)	Inspired by One-Card Backfire Assembly routine shown in lecture by Shoot Ogawa	July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	875	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / One Card Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix
Scott Baird	These Are Not Cats	on artificial intelligence		July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	901	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge		Variations Challenge Accepted (Chiam Yu Sheng, The Hermit, 2023)	July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	902	Articles / Columns
Patrik Kuffs	Stupid Reversal	as top (double) and bottom cards are displayed	Related to Double Turnover Reverse (More "Eye-Openers", 1933) Variations Triumph Get-Into (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	904	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Scott Baird	Triumph Get-Into		Inspired by Stupid Reversal (Patrik Kuffs, The Hermit, 2023)	July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	905	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Scott Baird	Additional Credits		Related to Making a Difference (Bill Citino, The Hermit, 2023)	July 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 7)	920	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	924	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Fabulous Jumping Jokers	mystery card tabled, selection jumps from deck to between Jokers, selection put back in deck, Jokers used to pick up mystery card which turns out to be selection, Jokers change to two mates of selection, Jokers found in deck sandwiching last card to complete four-of-a-kind, two handlings	Inspired by The Fabulous Jumping Card (Ken Krenzel, The Collected Almanac, 1992)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	929	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Tabled Monte Plus Switch		Inspired by Monte Plus (or Hallucination) (Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus (Esolc, 1981) Monte Plus (Special Effects, 2011)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	934	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Monte Throw & Switches
Scott Baird	Hofzinser Makes Good	Ace matching the suit of a selection turns face-up, then down, then changes into selection, other three Aces change to match selection		Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	950	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Scott Baird	Strip-Out Addition & Switch	cards stripped out in two phases		Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	951	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	956	Articles / Columns
Chiam Yu Sheng	Backfire Biddle	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish and jump back to deck	Related to "Biddleless" (Think Nguyen, Ellusionist download) "Repeat Escape" (Rich Marotta) Variations A Handling for a "Thought-Of" Variation (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	958	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Scott Baird	A Handling for a "Thought-Of" Variation	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish and jump back to deck, with peeked card	Inspired by Backfire Biddle (Chiam Yu Sheng, The Hermit, 2023) Related to The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	960	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Brandon Sheffield	Compressing Biddle	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish except selection	Related to "Repeat Escape" (Rich Marotta) Variations A Thought for Making This a Two-Selection Routine (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	962	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Scott Baird	A Thought for Making This a Two-Selection Routine	Biddle trick in which the four other cards vanish except selection, it then changes into a second selection	Inspired by Compressing Biddle (Brandon Sheffield, The Hermit, 2023)	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	963	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	968	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Sep. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)	971	Articles / Columns
Chiam Yu Sheng	Challenge Accepted	poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces	Inspired by HermitMagicChallenge (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Sep. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)	1004	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co.
Scott Baird	Six Card Cheat	poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well		Sep. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)	1008	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Sep. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)	1018	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Aces Up, Collectors	Aces turned over, they come together with two (faro) shuffles, Aces then trap the three mates of a named selection	Related to Aces Up, Countdown (Simon Aronson, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, 1978) also in: Aces Up, Countdown (Bound to Please, 1994)	Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1028	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Scott Baird	Double Agent Collectors	Kings taken out, unknown card chosen and tabled, Kings are supposed to find the three mates collectors-style and find three Nines, but selection turns out to be a King Collectors-sandwich reverses King/Nine composition	Related to Dunbury Sandwich (Robert Walker, David Solomon, The Hierophant, 1980)	Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1032	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	Eerie Collectors	selection made, Aces lost face-up in deck, slop shuffle and Eerie Revelation to produce the Aces again at once, Ace taken and mates of selection appear between them	Inspired by Eerie Revelation (Yuji Wada, Apocalypse, 1992) also in: Eerie Revelation (The Hermit, 2023)	Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1037	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Yuji Wada	Eerie Revelation		Also published here Eerie Revelation (Yuji Wada, Apocalypse, 1992) Variations Eerie Collectors (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1040	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1062	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1064	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit			Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1068	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part One		Related to The Point of it All - Part Two (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023) The Point of it All - Part Three (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2024)	Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1069	Articles / Theory & Essays
Scott Baird	Int. - A Home Office - A Few Minutes After Dawn			Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1075	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Anti-Triumph	cards do not right themselves, they might in optional second phase, gag		Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1076	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Scott Baird	Peeked Key Triumph Control	face-up/face-down incomplete faro condition		Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1082	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Scott Baird	FUJ-ed Triumph	follow up from FUJ control	Inspired by Up-Standing Triumph (John C. Wagner, The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner, 1987) The FUJ Shuffle (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2022)	Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1084	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1116	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1118	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	Another Year Another Book Set		Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1122	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part Two		Related to The Point of it All - Part One (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1123	Articles / Theory & Essays
Scott Baird	Beamrules	on a Sean Lock gameshow comedy magic bit		Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1124	Articles / Magic on TV
Scott Baird	One Point Five Hummer	mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well	Inspired by Hummers Mathematical 3 Card Monte (Bob Hummer, Mathematical 3 Card Monte, 1951) also in: 3-Card Monte (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1126	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Games / Instruction Games Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
John Carey	CAAN Lite!	variation with no deck but a printed liste of fifty-two numbers and cards Scott's Thoughts (Scott Baird) Travle Lite!	Inspired by CAAN You Believe It? (John Carey, The Hermit, 2023)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1128	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Michał Kociołek	Opposites	spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card	Also published here Opposites (Michał Kociołek, Extra Plots & Methods, 2025) Inspired by Opposite Pockets (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Correspondence regarding Opposites (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1146	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Mnemonica (Tamariz) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Scott Baird	Correspondence regarding Opposites	spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card, two handlings without memorized deck	Inspired by Opposites (Michał Kociołek, The Hermit, 2023) also in: Opposites (Extra Plots & Methods, 2025)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1149	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Brandon Sheffield	Sheffiddle	Biddle Trick handling without Biddle Steal A Thought from Scott (Scott Baird)		Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1151	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Patrik Kuffs	The Great Pepperoni Trick	salami sausage slices are used for a card trick, a signed piece is mixed back, followed by stabbing it with a knife under a sheet of paper on the table	Inspired by P.K. Card Stab (Patrik Kuffs, Seven By Patrik Kuffs, 2004) also in: P.K. Card Stab (MAGIC, 2005) P.K. Card Stab (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations Scott Slices Up The Great Pepperoni Trick (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1154	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table Food / Sausage
Scott Baird	Scott Slices Up The Great Pepperoni Trick	ungaffed method of the sausage slice card stab	Inspired by The Great Pepperoni Trick (Patrik Kuffs, The Hermit, 2023)	Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1157	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table Food / Sausage
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1162	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird, Ryan Pilling	The Prediction Challenge	predicting three things for 2023		Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1163	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Dec. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)	1166	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Extra!	"A new volume of The Hermit"		Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1170	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	The Point of it All - Part Three		Related to The Point of it All - Part One (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1171	Articles / Theory & Essays
CJ O'Hara	Copper Silver Camera	spectator holds silver coin up and phone picture is taken, coin changes into copper in real life and on photograph	Related to Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, MAGIC, 2011) also in: Coin on Call (Talk About Tricks, 2022) On Copper Silver Camera (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2024)	Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1201	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Scott Baird	Coin Vanish from Photograph	spectator holds coin up and phone picture is taken, coin vanishes in real life and also on photograph		Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1203	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1210	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1212	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	The Hermit	published in March 2024		Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1216	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	On Copper Silver Camera	credit correction, with poem	Related to Coin on Call (Aljaz Son, MAGIC, 2011) also in: Coin on Call (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Copper Silver Camera (CJ O'Hara, The Hermit, 2024)	Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1227	Articles / Articles
Scott Baird	Michael Pilkey Obituary			Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1243	Articles / Obituary
Scott Baird	Zoom & Google Sheets	"A Collection of Low-Tech Digital Ideas and Methods" using Google Suite to share information Using The Google Suite as a Magician How to create a RNG (random number generator)		Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1251	Games / Lottery Magic for Video Calls & Zoom
Scott Baird	Lottery Simulation	using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction		Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1253	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Games / Lottery Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Magic for Video Calls & Zoom
Scott Baird	Kwame's Lucky Day	using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction Mad Libs		Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1258	Cellular Phone & Smartphone Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Scott Baird	HermitMagicChallenge			Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1261	Articles / Columns
Scott Baird	Additional Credits			Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1264	Articles / Articles
Michał Kociołek	Opposites	spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card	Also published here Opposites (Michał Kociołek, The Hermit, 2023) Inspired by Opposite Pockets (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Correspondence regarding Opposites (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	2025	Extra Plots & Methods	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Mnemonica (Tamariz) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial

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