Aldo Colombini

9 publications by Aldo Colombini:

Colombini's Cups and Balls (Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series, Lewis Ganson, 1977)
Rings Supreme (Ganson's Magic Teach-In Series, Lewis Ganson, 1978)
FISM Lecture Notes (Aldo Colombini, 1991)
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini (Aldo Colombini, 1994)
What's Up Deck? (A notebook on card magic, Aldo Colombini, 1995)
Throw in the Sponge (A Funny and Commercial Sponge Ball Routine, Aldo Colombini, 1996)
Standing Room Only (A Lecture on Stand-Up Magic , Aldo Colombini, 2000)
Cardsdotcom (Aldo Colombini, 2004)
Killer Koncepts (A Koncise Kollaborative Kompendium of Kommercial Killer Kount Kreations for Kontemporary Klose-Up Kard Konjurers, Aldo Colombini, Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2004)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Henry Christ	Mathematical Black Jacks	black Jacks are located via counting	Related to marketed 1920 also in: The Keystone Card Discovery (Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) The Keystone Card Discovery (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) … and 1 more Variations Mathejack (Karl Fulves, Henry Christ, Kaleidoscope, 1989) Math-Aces (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) also in: Calculating Bullets (MAGIC*, 1997) … and 1 more	Dec. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 72)	485	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Bill Simon	The Simon Card Control	jog, insertion from the side with deck in end grip	Also published here Die Simon-Kartenkontrolle (Bill Simon, Intermagic, 1984) Related to Odla Control (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Variations Elias Multiple Shift Handling (Carl Mercurio, Bar None, 2003) The Squeeze Control (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009) … and 1 more	1952	Effective Card Magic	93	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Al Leech	The Descending Cards	cards are cased with a block sticking out, all cards slide down except selection in spectator's hand	Related to Stand Up (Aldo Colombini, Carlos Corda, What's Up Deck?, 1995) also in: Stand Up (The Magic Menu, 1996) Stand Up (MAGIC, 2005) Variations Case Card (Al Leech, The New Phoenix, 1956) also in: Case Card (A Last Look at Leech, 2004) MUM, Dec. 1985 also in: The Descending Card Revisited (Secrets of an Escamoteur, 2006)	1952	The Last Word on Cards	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
Edward Marlo	The Follow Up Aces	Aces are put on top of four piles which are gathered, they come to top	Related to K. M. Move Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The K. M. Move, 1962) Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, Expert Card Mysteries, 1969) … and 7 more Variations K. M. Move Follow Up Aces (Edward Marlo, The K. M. Move, 1962) Roundup (James Swain, Best of Friends, 1982) … and 6 more	1953	The Cardician	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Edward Marlo	Effect One	card from packet into odd-backed deck at named number	Related to Colorado (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1953	Unlimited	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Into another deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
George Blake	Uncanny Hanks	four silks tied on ribbon, one by one the specified knots dissolve and silks drop	Variations Blow (Aldo Colombini, FISM Lecture Notes, 1991)	1954	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	107	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
U. F. Grant, Harry Lorayne	Impromptu Out of this World		Also published here Impromptu Out of this World (Harry Lorayne, Intermagic, 1999) Variations Half a World Away (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1965	My Favorite Card Tricks	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Harvey Rosenthal*	Slide Glide / Reverse Glide		Related to Bottoms Up! (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	1969	Expert Card Mysteries	144	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Roy Walton*	Jefferson's Jest	card vanishes from plastic envelope	Also published here Jefferson's Jest (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Royal Steal (Al Smith, Cards At Bay, 1981) Clearly Vanished (Steven Hamilton, Profile, 1991) also in: Clearly Vanished (The Magic of Steven Hamilton*, 2013) … and 3 more	1971	Cardboard Charades	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Jack Chanin	TV Surprise	coins and other things appear from silk	Variations Heads or Tails? (Aldo Colombini, Onyx, 1998)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	167	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Bruce Cervon	Cervon's Universals	odd-backed card changes into three selections one by one, three different routines with different gaffs	Also published here The Universal Card (Bruce Cervon, The Cervon File, 1988) Inspired by By Any Other Name (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) Variations The Card That Gets Confused (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini*, 1994)	1972	The Universal Card	21	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap Cards (Acrobatic)
Father Cyprian	Hofzinser - 70	in addition to classic effect all cards of chosen suit appear reversed and in order throughout deck, faro	Variations Hofzinser 2000 (Aldo Colombini, Father Cyprian, Cardsdotcom, 2004)	Mar. 1973	Epilogue (Issue 17)	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Reverse Triumph Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Frank Shields	Four Card Display Move		Also published here Four Card Display Move (Frank Shields, Card Cavalcade Four, 1977) also in: Catching the Cards (Frank Shields, The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) The Frank Shields Display (Frank Shields, Card College — Volume 4, 2000) … and 2 more Related to Four Card Display (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1975	Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields	1	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Karl Fulves*	Omega Count	five as five, hiding two faces and backs	Also published here Omega Count (Karl Fulves, Card Dupery, 2007) Variations Six Card Omega Count (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?*, 1995)	1976	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #5)	933	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Edward Marlo	The Black Thought	from black to red packet	Related to Can't Play Your Game (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1977	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2	238	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across
Frank Shields	Four Card Display Move		Also published here Four Card Display Move (Frank Shields, Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields, 1975) also in: Catching the Cards (Frank Shields, The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) The Frank Shields Display (Frank Shields, Card College — Volume 4, 2000) … and 2 more Related to Four Card Display (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1977	Card Cavalcade Four	35	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Aldo Colombini	The Cups and Balls	The Colombini Presentation Requirements Set-Up Getting Ready Performance		1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	7	Cup / Cups & Balls / General Comments Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Aldo Colombini	The Can-Can Move	hiding balls in cup, while tossing them from hand to hand	Variations Der Wurfgriff (Kurti Freitag, Aldo Colombini, New Avantgarde Magic, 2014)	1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	12	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Cups
Aldo Colombini	The Tilt Move	tilting the cup from another cup, stealing a ball		1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	12	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Cups Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Flying Catch	ball is dropped from cup and caught under it, hiding other balls		1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	14	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Cups Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Travelling Balls			1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	15	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	Ball Through Table, Hand and Cups			1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	16	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Balls Penetrate Two Cups			1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	19	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Cups Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Ultimate Vanish	ball vanishes by hitting two cups against it		1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	20	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Cups Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Final Load			1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	22	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Aldo Colombini	The Climax	three large balls appear		1977	Colombini's Cups and Balls	25	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Lewis Ganson	Aldo Colombini's Linking Ring Moves	intro		1977	Three Chinese Rings	15	Ring / Linking Rings / General Comments
Aldo Colombini	Two Rings and a Silk	ring penetration combined with silk through ring		1977	Three Chinese Rings	15	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Triple Unlink			1977	Three Chinese Rings	19	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud	Le Jeu des Anneaux Chinois	study on the linking rings Bibliographie Passes applicable d'une maniere générale I Présentation d'un anneau a) L'enroulement: the twisting move b) Autre présentation par enrouolement c) Présentation de la clé d) Présentation Al Koran de la clé e) Présentation de la clé et d'un anneau enclavé II Enclavage a) Enclavage par glissement rotatif des anneaux b) Enclavage par approchement simple des anneaux c) Enclavage Al Koran d) Enclavage Jack Miller e) Enclavage de l'anneau passé sur l'avant-bras f) Enclavage à la frappe. III Désenclavage a) Désenclavage diamétral b) Désenclavage au lancé en rotation de Tommy Dowd c) Désenclavage Aldo Colombini IV Fioritures diverses a) L'anneau désenclavé projeté en l'air b) Deux et deux c) La descente de l'anneau d) L'échelle de Jakob e) La goutte de rosée de Herman Weber Passes nécessitant un anneau large a) Premier passage b) Deuxième passage c) Troisième passage Remarque finale		1977	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 4)	123	Ring / Linking Rings / General Comments Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring Ring / Linking Rings / False Counts and Displays
Dai Vernon	Four-Card Brainwave - The First Method	four Aces, named Ace turns out to be reversed and odd-backed, extra card, for credit information see reference	Also published here Four Card Brainwave (Dai Vernon, A History of the Brainwave Principle, 1983) Related to 4-Card Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Interlocutor, 1978) Variations 4'Wave (Aldo Colombini, Discoverie, 2001) also in: 4'Wave (Cardsdotcom*, 2004)	1978	Four-Card Brainwave	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
Aldo Colombini	Rings Supreme	with three rings and a handkerchief		1978	Rings Supreme	7	Ring / Linking Rings / Routines
Aldo Colombini	The Count - The Three Rings are Displayed			1978	Rings Supreme	7	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	The Twisting Move - The Circumference of Each Ring is Shown			1978	Rings Supreme	8	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	The Snap Link - Two Rings Become Linked when Snapped by a Finger			1978	Rings Supreme	8	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Spinning the Rings - Two Rings Spin Linked to Each Other			1978	Rings Supreme	9	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Revolve Unlink - One Ring is Revolved around the Other and Comes Free			1978	Rings Supreme	9	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Thumbs Link - The Rings Link as the Thumbs are brought Together			1978	Rings Supreme	10	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Throw and Link - A Ring becomes Unlinked as It is tossed Into the Air			1978	Rings Supreme	11	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Slow-Motion Link - The Third Ring Sinks Slowly Down Between the Other Two and Becomes Linked			1978	Rings Supreme	12	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Fly Up Unlink - A Ring Jumps Up, Becomes Unlinked and Flies Into the Air			1978	Rings Supreme	13	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	The Gag Link - You Fail to Link the Rings with the Forefinger but are Successful with the Thumb			1978	Rings Supreme	14	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Rings Over the Arms - A Ring is Unlinked			1978	Rings Supreme	15	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Unlink and Penetration - A Second Ring is Unlinked but the First becomes Linked Again			1978	Rings Supreme	16	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Spin Unlink - One Ring is Spun Around Another and Flies Off			1978	Rings Supreme	17	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Ring and Silk - A Ring Penetrates a Silk			1978	Rings Supreme	18	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases without Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Two Rings and a Silk - The Silk is Tied to One Ring but the Ring Penetrates the Silk and Becomes Linked to the Other Ring			1978	Rings Supreme	18	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Three Rings and a Silk - The Silk, Knotted on One Ring, Comes Free as the Three Rings Becomes Linked			1978	Rings Supreme	20	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Unlinking Three Rings - All Three Rings Become Unlinked			1978	Rings Supreme	21	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
Aldo Colombini	Sympathetic Okito	four coins assemble in one corner, with Okito box and jumbo card		1978	A new look at the Okito Box	22	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	One-Handed Turnover	tabled		1978	A new look at the Okito Box	23	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
Aldo Colombini	Colombini Turnover Move		Related to Turnover 7 (Vanni Bossi, The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi, 2016)	1978	A new look at the Okito Box	31	Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
Hannes Höller, Aldo Colombini, North Bigbee	Kontrollieren einer (oder mehrerer) Karten nach oben und nach unten	controlling cards to top or bottom, with Stripper deck A. Auf Numero sicher B. Einfach und todsicher am Tisch C. Ausstrippen mehrerer Karten D. Abheben a la Hindu-Shuffle E. Stripper-Running-Cut F. Raffiniertes Bringen der Zuschauerkarte nach oben (Aldo Colombini) G. Kontrolle ohne Drehung (North Bigbee)		1978	Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach	24	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Roy Walton*	Grown Up Hofzinser	four jumbo Aces, suit that matches selection is turned-over and when turned over the jumbo card became the selection and the selection became the Ace	Also published here Grown Up Hofzinser (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Variations Elastic Ace (Jerry K. Hartman, Elastic Ace, 1979) Elastic Ace (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft*, 1991) … and 3 more	1979	That Certain Something...	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Edward Marlo	Insertion Subtlety	displaying sandwich while hiding the color of one of the cards	Related to Back and Forth Sandwich (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1980	The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)	76	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Roy Walton*	Jefferson's Jest	card vanishes from plastic envelope	Also published here Jefferson's Jest (Roy Walton, Cardboard Charades, 1971) Inspired by Point of Departure (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Variations Royal Steal (Al Smith, Cards At Bay, 1981) Clearly Vanished (Steven Hamilton, Profile, 1991) also in: Clearly Vanished (The Magic of Steven Hamilton*, 2013) … and 3 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect)
Roy Walton*	Grown Up Hofzinser	four jumbo Aces, suit that matches selection is turned-over and when turned over the jumbo card became the selection and the selection became the Ace	Also published here Grown Up Hofzinser (Roy Walton, That Certain Something..., 1979) Variations Elastic Ace (Jerry K. Hartman, Elastic Ace, 1979) Elastic Ace (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft*, 1991) … and 3 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle	Plastic Man	gaffed	Variations Impromptu Rubberman (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) … and 1 more	Winter 1982/1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. Winter Extra)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Jay Sankey	Pyramid	banded deck is transformed in pyramid shape, including (mediocre) applications	Also published here Pyramid (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012) Related to Pyramid (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Phantom Torn and Restored Card (Yves Carbonnier, MAGIC, 1994) also in: Yves Carbonnier's "Notes de conférence", 1995. Neue zerrissene und wiederhergestellte Karte (Hokus Pokus, 1996) … and 1 more … and 1 more Variations Automatic Pyramid (Jon Racherbaumer, The Collected Almanac, 1983) More Pyramid (Ben Harris, Out Of His Mind!, 1985) … and 4 more	Jan./Feb. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 5 & 6)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards
Stephen Tucker	Ambidextrous	no extra card needed	Related to I'd Give My Right Hand (Roy Walton, Pabular, 1984) One, Two, Three (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?*, 1995) also in: Linking Ring	Sep. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 12)	1144	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis	Calculated Triumph	small packet cut off, selection made and returned, deck shuffled face-up and face-down, all one way except sandwich in center with selection, sandwich cards total cut-off packet	Inspired by Pair-A-Noic (Bernard Bilis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: The Calculating Sandwich (French Pasteboards, 1980) Variations I Missed (Edward Marlo, Bernard Bilis, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5, 1984) Card Counters (Doug Canning, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) … and 2 more	1983	The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8 Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Philip T. Goldstein*	Whispereaders	three selections are divined, then are found to have X on the back	Also published here Bubengeflüster (Philip T. Goldstein, Intermagic, 1996) Inspired by The Whisperers (Jerry Sadowitz, Alternative Card Magic, 1982) Variations Underground Spies (Aldo Colombini, Cardsdotcom*, 2004)	Sep. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29)	560	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Dai Vernon	Four Card Brainwave	1955	Also published here Four-Card Brainwave - The First Method (Dai Vernon, Four-Card Brainwave, 1978) Related to 4-Card Brainwave (Karl Fulves, Interlocutor, 1978) Variations 4'Wave (Aldo Colombini, Discoverie, 2001) also in: 4'Wave (Cardsdotcom*, 2004)	1983	A History of the Brainwave Principle	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
Randy Wakeman	Five-Way Fours	miniature card prediction, other three cards of same vale are found as a kicker	Variations Quarters (Aldo Colombini, FISM Lecture Notes, 1991)	1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Bill Simon	Die Simon-Kartenkontrolle	jog, insertion from the side	Also published here The Simon Card Control (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) Related to Odla Control (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Variations Elias Multiple Shift Handling (Carl Mercurio, Bar None, 2003) The Squeeze Control (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009) … and 1 more	Nov. 1984	Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)	67	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Stephen Tucker	Editorial	on the Harrogate Eastern Parade, Janet Claire, Philip Theodore, Wayne Dobson, Aldo Colombini		May 1985	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)	1283	Articles / Columns
Aldo Colombini	Clubbed	in one half selection turns over, in other half all cards from the same suit are found reversed	Variations Clubbed Again (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017)	1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 11)	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Suit Revelation Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Frank Shields	Catching the Cards	from double friction toss	Also published here Four Card Display Move (Frank Shields, Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields, 1975) also in: Four Card Display Move (Frank Shields, Card Cavalcade Four, 1977) The Frank Shields Display (Frank Shields, Card College — Volume 4, 2000) … and 2 more Related to Four Card Display (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)	25	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Larry Jennings	Prefiguration	impromptu	Related to Pocket Prediction (W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Karl Fulves, Self-Working Card Tricks, 1976) Forefiguration (Randy Wakeman, Special Effects, 1987) … and 3 more Variations "The Linking Ring" September 1976. P. 82. also in: Re-Prefiguration (Card Craft, 1991) Forefiguration (Randy Wakeman, Special Effects*, 1987) … and 6 more	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	156	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Quick Coincidence & Co
Edward Marlo	Olram's Clarified Routine	ten red and black cards, one card travels from packet to packet, then packets changes places, eight methods	Inspired by Instant Interchange (Roy Walton, Tale Twisters, 1972) also in: Blitztausch (Intermagic, 1975) Instant Interchange (The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Related to Can't Play Your Game (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) Variations Another Clarified Routine (Ken Simmons, Onyx*, 2000)	1986	Thirty Five Years Later	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Aldo Colombini	Autostop	with two rings, different sizes		1986	Gimmick (Issue 4)	14	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Johannes Held	Deutsche Meisterschaften Vorentscheidungen	convention in Stuttgart, Aldo Colombini, Eberhard Riese, Pat Page, Mr. Mango & Kiwi, Philius & Jane		1986	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 47 No. 5)	133	Articles / Convention Reports
Juan Tamariz	Blown Away	"Neither Blind Nor Silly"	Also published here Neither Blind Nor Silly (Juan Tamariz, Sonata, 1989/91) also in: Neither Blind Nor Stupid (Juan Tamariz, Lessons in Magic, 1997) Inspired by An Alternate Detection (Theodore Annemann, SH-H-H--! It's A Secret, 1934) also in: The Alternate Detection (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Related to The Clueless Card Trick (Edward G. Brown, The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown, 1973) Friends (Aldo Colombini, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995) … and 6 more Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Paul Cowling, Apocalypse, 1988) Blown Away Plus (Edward Marlo, Apocalypse, 1988) also in: Blown Away Plus (Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6*, 1988) … and 11 more	July 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)	1369	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Ken Simmons	Another Cutting to the Aces		Variations Ace High (Aldo Colombini, Onyx, 1999)	1987	Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Ed Andres	Sleightly Diced	Ace, Two and Three of Clubs on table with dice on top with the same number upwards, cards follow when dice are changes, Six of Clubs appears as finale	Inspired by The Cards and Dice - 1. The Transposition (Bill Simon, Sleightly Sensational, 1954) 2. The Big Change (Bill Simon, Sleightly Sensational, 1954) Variations Never Say Dice (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1987	Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Aldo Colombini	Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Les ballons multiples	jumbo magic wand routine for children adapted to balloons, as Fabian		1987	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 2)	62	Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Routines Children Magic / Routines
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann	Der Traum von Krems	on the magic convention in Krems, Kurt Baldrian, Herbert Mayer, Dixon, Leonhard Kubizeck, Yoshe Tomo, Piet Forton, Edernac, Bob Little, Aldo Colombini, Magic Christian, Ricki & Nelson, Brigitte Varga, George Fleury, Peki, Al Carthy, Peter Lodynski, Roy Roth		1987	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 6)	211	Articles / Convention Reports
Bruce Cervon	The Universal Card	three Methods, also gaffed (divided card, flap gimmick)	Also published here Cervon's Universals (Bruce Cervon, The Universal Card, 1972) Inspired by By Any Other Name (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) Variations The Card That Gets Confused (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini*, 1994)	1988	The Cervon File	57	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card
Dan Harlan, Mitch Williams	Linking Rubber Bands		Related to The Linking Bands Pinch (Michael Ammar, Magical Arts Journal, 1988) Untruc (Michael Weber, Dan Harlan, Chris Kenner, Untruc, 1990) also in: Stretching It (Life Savers, 1991) Variations The Linking Bands Pinch (Michael Ammar, Magical Arts Journal, 1988) Super Link (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) … and 5 more	1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)	28	Rubber Band / Penetration / Linking
Christoph Borer	Jugoslawischer Nationalkongress in Maribor	on the magic convention in Maribor, Benno Strausak, Peter Wilker, Zoran Nikolin, Christoph Borer, Wladimir Mikek, Aldo Colombini, Arsène Lupin, H. Ziegler, Vasil Nacev, Christoph Borer, Barbara Prewin, Zeljiko Cor		1988	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 49 No. 3)	14	Articles / Convention Reports
Jim Molinari	Why Take Chances?		Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Aldo Colombini, Apocalypse, 1994) Cutting to a Straight Flush II (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8, 2020)	Dec. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 12)	1724	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards / Matching selection / Spectator Selects Three Cards
Ron Ferris	Into Orbit		Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Aldo Colombini, Apocalypse, 1993)	Dec. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 12)	1726	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz	Neither Blind Nor Silly	red black stack, two cards	Also published here Blown Away (Juan Tamariz, Apocalypse, 1987) also in: Neither Blind Nor Stupid (Juan Tamariz, Lessons in Magic, 1997) Inspired by An Alternate Detection (Theodore Annemann, SH-H-H--! It's A Secret, 1934) also in: The Alternate Detection (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Related to The Clueless Card Trick (Edward G. Brown, The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown, 1973) The Psychic Spectators (Dr. Dan J. Alessini, Vibrations, 1995) … and 6 more Variations Blown Away Plus (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6, 1988) also in: Blown Away Plus (Apocalypse, 1988) Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Paul Cowling, Apocalypse*, 1988) … and 11 more	1989/91	Sonata	211	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Aldo Colombini	The Fly	using blank Cards with Flys printed on them	Variations Comodines Progresivos (Gabi Pareras, Ases de Mano a Mano, 2014) McMoscas (Joaquín Matas, A Fuego Lento — Volumen II, 2016) … and 1 more	Feb. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 2)	1743	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Progressive
Doug Edwards	Triple Instant Reverse		Variations Shadoogie (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) also in: Genii, column "Aldo Colombini and Friends"	Mar. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 3)	1760	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Aldo Colombini	On and Off		Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Steve Clark, Apocalypse, 1991)	June 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)	1792	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Jerry K. Hartman	The Whole World in his Hands	small packet	Related to World Class (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Variations Out of Apocalypse (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	June 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)	1799	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet
Aldo Colombini	Paradox			Nov. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 11)	1849	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Gary Ouellet	Three Triumphant Cuts	deck is cut somewhere and reversed three times, selection ends up on top and all cards are face down again	Variations Flip Flop (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) also in: Genii	1990	Close Up Illusions	147	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Aldo Colombini	Kayak	multi-phase routine with half dollar, Chinese coin, string, cards Air Mail: two coins and two cards Express Transposition: two coins and one card Hands Only: without cards Chinese Coin: a coin and a length of rope Karate Chop: two coins from one The Magnified Coin: climax for the routine (with magnifying glass)	Also published here Kayak (Aldo Colombini, Close-Up File, 1994)	Jan. 1990	Opus (Vol. 3 No. 1)	15	Coin / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Paul Maurer	Basel Magic 23. - 25.3.1990	on the Swiss magic convention in Basel, Mc Saimn, Magrée, Primera, Roberto Giobbi, Dick de Witte, Magic Christian, Aldo Colombini, Toni Forster, Tommy Wonder, Richard Ross, Jörg Alexander, Waltini, Rico Leitner Eröffnung, Gala GV MRS-Generalversammlung am 25.03.1990		1990	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 52 No. 2)	13	Articles / Convention Reports
Larry Jennings	Oil and Water	4&4, all black finale	Also published here Oil And Water (Larry Jennings, Up In Smoke, 2005) Variations Oil, Water & Guts (Aldo Colombini, Cardsdotcom, 2004) Bile and Blood (Jon Racherbaumer, Antinomy, 2011)	1990	Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Steve Clark	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by On and Off (Aldo Colombini, Apocalypse, 1990)	June 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 6)	1936	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Aldo Colombini	Laser Cups			Aug. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 8)	1961	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
David Regal	Inexplicaple Miracle	card made out of suit and value from two chosen cards, it is predicted via card in pocket or card case (multiple out)	Also published here All's Fair (David Regal, Close-Up & Personal, 1999) Related to The Mexican Prediction (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Have a Heart (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5, 2015) Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (David Regal, Apocalypse, 1992) also in: No Mercy All's Fair (Close-Up & Personal, 1999) "Point of No Return" (Aldo Colombini, Linking Ring, Aug. 1999) … and 1 more	Dec. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12)	2015	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Alexander de Cova	Schlüsseltransposition	borrowed key under business card and coin in hand transpose	Inspired by "Kajak" (Aldo Colombini, Spaghetti Magic)	Apr. 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 1)	8	Key / Transposition Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object
Alexander de Cova (reviewer)	The Greater Magic Video Library: Aldo Colombini	by Aldo Colombini		June/July 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)	33	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Aldo Colombini, Davide Costi	Alamo			Nov./Dec. 1991	Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)	9	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck or Bank Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Aldo Colombini	Introduction			1991	FISM Lecture Notes	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Aldo Colombini	Tip Top	cards with clowns with different colored noses, one color is selected and performer appears to wear the same colored clown nose		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	2	Spongeball / Appearance & Production Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Poppy	knot in rope slides from one end to the other, changes color, slides again and when opened it is found to be part of the rope	Related to Pavel's "Acrobatic Knot"	1991	FISM Lecture Notes	3	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Hit	false knot handling		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	4	Rope / Knot Effects / False
Aldo Colombini	Slip	knot sliding along rope and finally jumps off the rope		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	6	Rope / Knot Effects / Sliding Rope / Knot Effects / Popping Off
Aldo Colombini	Trio	handling for professor's nightmare, rope is cut into three pieces and becomes one again, different approach		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	8	Rope / Professor's Nightmare
Aldo Colombini	Quarters	jumbo card as prediction, quarters of cut jumbo cards are selected, prediction match even though one corner does not fit the card	Inspired by Five-Way Fours (Randy Wakeman, Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2, 1984)	1991	FISM Lecture Notes	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Prediction
Aldo Colombini	Gimmick	matrix with backfire, special gimmick		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	12	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
Aldo Colombini	Jumbo	airplane is formed with cards, selection is found and four Aces produced as kicker	Also published here Jumbo (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) Inspired by Ken de Courcy's "Airplane" Variations Star Trick (Simon Lovell, Son of Simon Says!, 2000)	1991	FISM Lecture Notes	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Aldo Colombini	Twist	child selects card with animal, performer divines it by twisting balloon behind back		1991	FISM Lecture Notes	15	Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Routines Children Magic / Routines
Aldo Colombini	How to Make a Dog			1991	FISM Lecture Notes	15	Balloon / Balloon Modelling / Animals
Aldo Colombini	Blow	four balloons tied on rope, one balloon is selected by drawing a silk from a clear bag, matching balloon flies away	Inspired by Uncanny Hanks (George Blake, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6, 1954)	1991	FISM Lecture Notes	16	Balloon / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Gobelets et noeuds	routine with rope, knots and cups, different colored knot as climax		1991	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 53 No. 6)	24	Cup / Miscellaneous Rope / Transformation Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Rope / Knot Effects / Traveling & Jumping
Don England	Plastic Lady	card stretches between two other cards lengthwise and sideways, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Lady II (Don England, Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!, 1985/93) Variations The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1991	Plastic Lady	1	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Jerry K. Hartman	Middle Joint	signed card fuses with card from different deck	Variations Love Affair (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1991	Card Craft	628	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Knotty Knot	by Aldo Colombini		Sep. 1991	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 1)	42	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Weber (reviewer)	The Fly Cards	by Aldo Colombini		Nov. 1991	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 3)	50	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Impact	by Aldo Colombini		Nov. 1991	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 3)	51	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Aldo Colombini	Box, Card, Coins - and You!	three coins travel from box to under playing card		Mar. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 3)	2045	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Coins from Box to hand
Aldo Colombini	Sliding Color-Changing Knot			Nov. 1992	Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 11)	2139	Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Rope / Knot Effects / Sliding
Edward Marlo	Nominal Switchless Switch Unload		Variations Switchless Switch Unload Variation (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1992	Card Finesse II	144	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Aldo Colombini	Crazy Horse	two cards chosen from twenty-card packet, two packets eventually formed, one all red with black selection and vice versa	Also published here Spaghetti Magic lecture notes Inspired by Ron Ferris	Dec. 1992	Profile (Issue 11)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Race Plot
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Fly Cards II	by Aldo Colombini		May/June 1992	The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 11)	115	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Mike Bornstein	Every Fourth	combo with Royal Flush kicker	Variations Majesties (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Sep. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 9)	2260	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Aldo Colombini	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Into Orbit (Ron Ferris, Apocalypse, 1989)	Nov. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)	2289	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	A Kick Out Of It	Christ force, Six-spot cut to, counting down to selection, the five counted cards are a Royal Flush	Also published here Kick Out (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Variations Royal Revealment (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	1993	Card File	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Aldo Colombini	Aldo's "Clean" Parade of the Kings	one of four court cards thought of, it's odd-backed and other cards blank	Inspired by Mark Leveridge handling	1993	Card File	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
Aldo Colombini	I'm a Joker	color-changing back kicker	Also published here I Am a Joker (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	1993	Card File	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Aldo Colombini	Ace-mbly	Kings assemble and change to Aces	Also published here Ace-mbly (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1993	Card File	149	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Jean de Merry	Magie à Genève 1992	on the Magie à Genève convention in Geneva, Cénacle Magique 5, Pavel, Aldo Colombini, Kovari, Jean-Yves Prost, André Ciocca, Giovanni di Fatta, Nick Lang, Pinelli, Claude Rix		1993	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 55 No. 1)	14	Articles / Convention Reports
Wolfgang Öller	38. Osterreichischer Magierkongress	on the Austrian magic convention in Eisenstadt, Kaldy KAro, Michael Swatosch, Tony Rei, Jupiter, Karly Ann, Dixon, Irène Larsen, Peter Lodynski, Mystina, Mischa Valigura, Paul Morak, Die Spaghettis, Van Veos, Jair Bonair, The Pendragons, Devil, Roberto Giobbi, Trevor Lewis, Aldo Colombini, Magic Christian		1993	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 55 No. 4 & 5)	20	Articles / Convention Reports
John Bannon	Twisted Sisters	two duplicate four-of-a-kinds from different decks, thought-of suit transposes First Scenario: Apparent Transposition Second Scenario: Implied Transposition	Variations Trifle (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Duplicity (John Bannon, High Caliber, 2013)	1993	Twisted Sisters	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Jumbo Coincidence	by Aldo Colombini		Feb. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 6)	60	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Ace-mbly & Mat-rick	by Aldo Colombini		Mar. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 7)	55	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Aldo Colombini	Italian Serenade	combo, see credit correction p. 2412	Also published here Serenade (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2341	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Aldo Colombini	In-Visible Coins	two silver dollars		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2343	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Aldo Colombini	Tri-Emphasis	based on Cut-Deeper-Force	Also published here Tri-Emphasis (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2344	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Aldo Colombini	Mini-Maxi Hofzinser	selection made from miniature deck	Also published here Hof-Mini-Maxi (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995) Inspired by Grown Up Hofzinser (Roy Walton, That Certain Something..., 1979) also in: Grown Up Hofzinser (The Complete Walton — Volume 1*, 1981)	Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2345	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Aldo Colombini	The Professor Strikes Again	lead-in		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2346	Rope / Professor's Nightmare
Aldo Colombini	Apache	two cards stuck together and are peeled apart again	Also published here Apache (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2348	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Aldo Colombini	Alomst by Mistake	cut production		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2348	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop"
Aldo Colombini	Apocalypse Variations Or Additions		Inspired by Why Take Chances? (Jim Molinari, Apocalypse, 1989)	Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2349	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards / Matching selection / Spectator Selects Three Cards
Aldo Colombini	Sleight of Foot	prediction of shoelace at own foot		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2349	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Aldo Colombini	Cut Corners	torn pieces, transformation climax		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2350	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix like Effects
Aldo Colombini	Two-Card Revelation	ribbon spread thing		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2351	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Aldo Colombini	ESP Coins	coins assume shapes of symbols		Nov. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 11)	2429	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous ESP Cards / Miscellaneous
Chad Long	Back & Forth	written messages on cards ("LOOK IN YOUR POCKET", ...), scavenger hunt	Also published here Look Snooker (Chad Long, MAGIC, 1995) Related to Turn Me Over! (Bruce Cervon, Expert Card Chicanery, 1971) Here It Is (Jamie Badman, Mr. Gadfly, 2001) … and 2 more Variations Clean Sanchez (Tyler Wilson, The Cheetah's Handbook, 2005) also in: Clean Sanchez (Dominatricks, 2006)	1994	The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume One	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Aldo Colombini	Follow the Ruler	impressions with a carpenter's ruler, eventually selection is formed	Also published here The Ruler (Aldo Colombini, Standing Room Only, 2000)	1994	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 52)	956	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Ruler
Aldo Colombini	Lite Switch	two card transposition, duplicate	Also published here Lite Switch (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Mar. 1994	The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 1)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Karl Fulves*	Even Money Extra		Inspired by Even Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) also in: Even-Money Proposition (Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to It's A Small World (Aldo Colombini, Ego, 2001) also in: It's A Small World (Latter Day Secrets*, 2004)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 10)	116	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Aldo Colombini	Las Vegas	three cards end up reversed, suit, value and card itself	Also published here Colombini's "Top Ten" lecture notes Related to Las Vegas (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	Feb. 1994	Profile (Issue 18)	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Aldo Colombini	Kayak	half dollar changes to Chinese coin under card, some card and coin things, Chinese coin travels onto string with knots	Also published here Kayak (Aldo Colombini, Opus, 1990)	1994	Close-Up File	16	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Aldo Colombini, J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen	Chinesische Seile		Also published here Genii, 1989	May 1994	Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)	90	Rope / Penetration / Linking Rings
Aldo Colombini	A Few Words to the Reader...			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Aldo Colombini	Back and Forth Sandwich	black card between black Kings transposes with red card between red Kings	Related to Insertion Subtlety (Edward Marlo, The Hierophant, 1980)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Aldo Colombini	Follow This!	card chosen, Triumph in which deck except selection changes back color		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Aldo Colombini	Under-the-Table Force			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	4	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Under Handkerchief
Aldo Colombini	Love Affair	selection and unknown blue-backed card travel together and fuse into one card	Inspired by Middle Joint (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion
Aldo Colombini	Easy Location	card and its position remembered, it is then found by spelling another card	Variations Easy Triple Deal (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9, 2023)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Aldo Colombini	Fast Food	two cards vanish between three Jokers, they reappear in deck		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Vanish
Aldo Colombini	Zig Zag	three selections match three prediction cards		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Aldo Colombini	F.F.F.F.	four selections lost, spectator cuts deck in four piles, Aces on top, selection found in another cut-off packet as well	Inspired by Randy Wakeman effect as performed on FFFF	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
Aldo Colombini	North by Northwest	three four-card packets, selection jumps from packet to packet		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Aldo Colombini	Missing			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Aldo Colombini	Ranka-Chank	Britland style		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Vanish
Aldo Colombini	Switchless Switch Unload Variation		Inspired by Nominal Switchless Switch Unload (Edward Marlo, Card Finesse II, 1992)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	21	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Aldo Colombini	Back to the Future	two black Aces produced and tabled, two face-down cards are shown in face-up spread, they are the black Aces and tabled Aces are now red Aces		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Never Say Dice	Ace, Two and Three of Hearts on table with dice on top with the same number upwards, cards follow when dice are changes, Royal Flush transformation as finale	Inspired by Sleightly Diced (Ed Andres, Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!, 1987)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Aldo Colombini	Can't Play Your Game	ten red and black cards, two selections are told to transpose, packets transpose instead	Related to The Black Thought (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) Olram's Clarified Routine (Edward Marlo, Thirty Five Years Later, 1986) … and 1 more	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Aldo Colombini	Hats Off	three-card location		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	30	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Aldo Colombini	Sandwich For You	card travels between tabled sandwich, smiling mule gag		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
Aldo Colombini	The Old Romantics	four Aces of Hearts are produced, the change into the four different Aces		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Aldo Colombini	Mambo Jack	selection lost, Jacks change into four Jokers, then into four-of-a-kind matching selection		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Aldo Colombini	Havana Sandwich	spectator locates Aces on either side of a selection, selection then travels between two other sandwich cards in the deck, duplicate	Inspired by "Havana" (Andre Robert, Card Creations)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Aldo Colombini	Poker Coins	performer cuts deck into four piles and four cards are left on the table, they are the Aces, coin is found under each		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	44	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Coins Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled
Aldo Colombini	Triumph Trio	Queens are only reversed cards in the end		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Aldo Colombini	Champagne	Ace through Four assemble, then change, packet trick with twelve blank cards		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Aldo Colombini	Italian Heart	card selected, deck riffle shuffled twice, all Hearts removed, selection remains after down-under deal with all Hearts in order		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Aldo Colombini	The Killer	noose formed with a rope only tightens when spectator who is holding the selection pulls it	Inspired by Tom Craven effect	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	57	Rope / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Aldo Colombini	Formula One	tabled card turns out to be later sandwiched selection		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Aldo Colombini	Las Vegas	deck shuffled face-up/face-down by cutting piles on the table, two cards end up reversed sandwiching the selection	Inspired by Tom Craven effect Related to Las Vegas (Aldo Colombini, Profile, 1994) also in: Colombini's "Top Ten" lecture notes	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Aldo Colombini	Royal Flush	spectator finds selection and card that completes a Royal Flush		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Colorado		Related to Effect One (Edward Marlo, Unlimited, 1953)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Aldo Colombini	Jumbo	airplane is formed with cards, selection is found and four Aces produced as kicker	Also published here Jumbo (Aldo Colombini, FISM Lecture Notes, 1991) Variations Star Trick (Simon Lovell, Son of Simon Says!, 2000)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Aldo Colombini	Ace-mbly	Kings assemble and change to Aces	Also published here Ace-mbly (Aldo Colombini, Card File, 1993) Related to "Acid Test Aces" (Daniel McCarthy, Sly Glances)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	69	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Aldo Colombini	Snapping	rubber-banded card is inserted and drags out two selections, then the cards changes into third selection	Inspired by Andre Robert routine	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Aldo Colombini	Four Card Display		Related to Four Card Display Move (Frank Shields, Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields, 1975) also in: Four Card Display Move (Card Cavalcade Four, 1977) Catching the Cards (The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) … and 3 more	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	74	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Aldo Colombini	Vortex	two decks, various coincidences, then dealing into four piles to find Aces	Inspired by Frank Pemper routine	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Sleights / Force / Re-Deal Force
Aldo Colombini	Mini & Maxi	two card prediction with jumbo Five of Hearts that has a part cut off to predict both the Five and Three		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Aldo Colombini	Top Control	selection placed on bottom half in left hand which pushes it into top half that is one-hand-fanned in right hand		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	84	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	One, Two, Three, Four	Aces change into Ace through Four, then other three Aces are found again	Inspired by Larry Jennings effect	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	86	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Open Prediction	dealing stopped at two cards, they are pushed reversed in deck, then are shown to match open prediction, then they change back color		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Aldo Colombini	Follow the... Oil and Water	10&10, combining Follows the Leader and Oil and Water, two selections are found as well		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Aldo Colombini	The Silence of the Kings	Kings shown, they change into double backers, then Aces		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet
Larry West, Aldo Colombini	Know-a-Count Variation	packet all backs display		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	100	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Aldo Colombini	W-Hole	odd-backed card with hole in center transposes, two center-pieces of two cards transpose		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Odd-backed
Aldo Colombini	Swivel Cut Lap			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	105	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping
Aldo Colombini	Well Done, Boys!	four packets made, on the top are the Kings, on the bottom the Aces	Related to Ed Marlo routine in Sly Glanced, p. 47	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Aldo Colombini	No Fake Wild Card			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Aldo Colombini	All the Best	two black Jacks change to match selections		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card
Aldo Colombini	Aldo Count	three cards shown as all alike		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	111	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Aldo Colombini	Foottapper	card vanishes from Jacks and reappears reversed in deck, biddle trick		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Aldo Colombini	Koin Kut	packet cut off, under that cut-off packet is found a coin, in-the-hands		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	115	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Coins
Aldo Colombini	Super Link	link and unlink in hands of spectator, set-up between performer's fingers/fists	Inspired by Linking Rubber Bands (Dan Harlan, Mitch Williams, Magical Arts Journal, 1988)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	117	Rubber Band / Penetration / Linking
Aldo Colombini	Hopping Cups & Balls	short routine with two cups, sponge balls, purse frame		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	121	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Spongeball / Purse Frame
Aldo Colombini	Hiccup-Coins	three coins shown, two coins travel to other hand and back, extra coin		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	126	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Aldo Colombini	Ring on Rope, or Vice Versa			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	128	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Aldo Colombini	Ping Pong Routine	Chinese coin transposes with a half dollar, with Okito Box and handkerchief, coin on stick		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	130	Coin / Gaffed / Chinatown Half Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Transposition
Aldo Colombini	Rings Off... Rings On	two key rings & rope, rings link as finale		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	137	Ring / Other Rings (like Keyrings) Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Aldo Colombini	Squeeze Ball Move	ball starts between first and second finger of one hand		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	141	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Vanish
Aldo Colombini	The Rubber Illusion	card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983) Plastic Lady (Don England, Plastic Lady, 1991)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	143	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Aldo Colombini	The Rubber Illusion	card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983) Plastic Lady (Don England, Plastic Lady, 1991)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	143	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Aldo Colombini	The Card That Gets Confused	odd-backed card changes into three selections one by one, then becomes a gag card with various pips printed all over the face	Inspired by Cervon's Universals (Bruce Cervon, The Universal Card, 1972) also in: The Universal Card (The Cervon File, 1988)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	149	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Aldo Colombini	A Mirror Will Do	odd-backed blank card changes into three selections one by one, as a climax the selections become odd-backed	Also published here Genii, 1991	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Aldo Colombini	Out of this Country	spectator touches twenty-six cards		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Aldo Colombini	Out of Color	separating the backs instead of faces, two back colors		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	158	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Aldo Colombini	Out of Apocalypse	full deck version	Inspired by The Whole World in his Hands (Jerry K. Hartman, Apocalypse, 1990)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Aldo Colombini	Half a World Away	predicting two mistake cards	Inspired by Impromptu Out of this World (U. F. Grant, Harry Lorayne, My Favorite Card Tricks, 1965) also in: Impromptu Out of this World (Intermagic, 1999)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	162	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet
Aldo Colombini	Out of Suits			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits
Aldo Colombini	Matrix for Lazy People			1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	168	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Four Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Reverse Matrix
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Magic Italian Style & Mamma-Mia Magic	by Aldo Colombini		Nov./Dec. 1994	The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)	295	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Chuck Fayne (reviewer)	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	by Aldo Colombini		Sep. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 1)	79	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Stephen Hobbs (reviewer)	Mamma-Mia Magic & Magic Italian Style	by Aldo Colombini		Dec. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)	73	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Jerry K. Hartman	Crossing Cards	red half and black half, two cards transpose	Also published here Crossing Cards (Jerry K. Hartman, After Craft, 1995) Inspired by The "Rule" Exchange (Harry Lorayne, Apocalypse, 1992) Related to Double Crosstrick (Jerry K. Hartman, Super Dupes, 1974) Variations Band-It (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Jan. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 1)	2449	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
Aldo Colombini	Colorado	three cards are lost, Ace to Three of Clubs are placed on top, the distribute through the deck one to three cards next to the selections	Also published here Colorado (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	Mar. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 3)	2478	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors
Aldo Colombini	Wild ESP-Ressions	combo		Nov. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 11)	2575	ESP Cards / Prediction
Miguel Gómez	Ladies of Spain	two Queens transpose with two random cards	Related to Interchange (Aldo Colombini, Standing Room Only, 2000) Variations Switch'em (Friedrich Roitzsch, FFFF Lecture Notes 2015, 2015) also in: Switch'em (Instructions for a few Miracles, 2022) Switch'em (Instructions for Miracles, 2023) … and 1 more Switch'em (A Handful of Miracles, 2023)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56)	1062	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Karl Fulves*, Aldo Colombini	Magic by Design	No. 1, design chosen from chart, triangle, rubber banded deck animates into triangle configuration		1995	Self-Working Close-up Card Magic	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Reinhard Müller	Pre-World	discussing precursors of OOTW and color guessing, credit information	Related to Pre-World (Karl Fulves, Reinhard Müller, The Fine Print, 1995) Letters (Aldo Colombini, Dennis Conlon, Max Abrams, The Fine Print*, 1996)	1995	Underworld (Issue 1)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Karl Fulves*	Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles		Related to Letters (Aldo Colombini, Dennis Conlon, Max Abrams, The Fine Print, 1996)	1995	The Fine Print (Issue 2)	18	Articles / Columns Words & Letters / Puzzle or Test Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Aldo Colombini	Friends	similar to "Neither Blind Nor Silly", with twenty cards, spectator has more decisions to randomize order	Related to Blown Away (Juan Tamariz, Apocalypse, 1987) also in: Neither Blind Nor Silly (Sonata, 1989/91) Neither Blind Nor Stupid (Lessons in Magic, 1997)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Steve Beam	Card Cleavage	Four split in two Twos, Twos split into Aces	Inspired by Card Cleavage (Steve Beam, The Trapdoor — Volume One, 1988) Variations Four Split (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	122	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Stephen Tucker	Xerox-Cards	signature multiplies on blank cards	Also published here The Xerox Effect (Stephen Tucker, Apocalypse, 1996) Variations King-Ko's (Stephen Tucker, Aldo Colombini, Standing Room Only, 2000)	1995	Inside Cardmagic	104	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards
Aldo Colombini	Acknowledgment			1995	What's Up Deck?	vi	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Aldo Colombini	To The Reader...			1995	What's Up Deck?	x	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Aldo Colombini	Bottoms Up!	control sequence using Glide variation with cards in right-hand end grip	Related to Slide Glide / Reverse Glide (Harvey Rosenthal, Expert Card Mysteries*, 1969)	1995	What's Up Deck?	6	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Odla Control	jog, insertion from the side with deck in end grip	Related to The Simon Card Control (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Die Simon-Kartenkontrolle (Intermagic, 1984)	1995	What's Up Deck?	8	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Aldo Colombini	By Mistake	packet drops on table during cutting sequence, Ace is on top		1995	What's Up Deck?	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Aldo Colombini	Twist & Shout	perpendicular card is squeezed and top half pops over, in-the-hands		1995	What's Up Deck?	11	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Aldo Colombini	Two-Card Location	brief		1995	What's Up Deck?	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Aldo Colombini	Prime Cut	two black Jacks are put into deck in different position out-jogged, after some cuts they are pulled out and have a selection sandwiched between them		1995	What's Up Deck?	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Second Coming	card found with the values of two random cards, improvisation		1995	What's Up Deck?	17	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Aldo Colombini	Kick Out	Christ force, Six-spot cut to, counting down to selection, the five counted cards are a Royal Flush	Also published here A Kick Out Of It (Aldo Colombini, Card File, 1993) Variations Royal Revealment (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	1995	What's Up Deck?	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Aldo Colombini	Spell the Name	selection lost, performer makes four packets, the name of any person is spelled to in each packet to locate selection and its three mates	Also published here Sand Castle lecture notes	1995	What's Up Deck?	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Aldo Colombini	Joking Around	three selections are tables, three Jokers are used to divine them, selections change to Jokers and Jokers are found elsewhere	Also published here Precursor No. XLVII Inspired by routine in Jon Racherbaumer's "Pastiche" (1992)	1995	What's Up Deck?	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Aldo Colombini	Colorado	three cards are lost, Ace to Three of Clubs are placed on top, the distribute through the deck one to three cards next to the selections	Also published here Colorado (Aldo Colombini, Apocalypse, 1995)	1995	What's Up Deck?	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Distributors
Aldo Colombini	Torn-Ado	card torn into quarters is restored when fan is waved over hand with pieces		1995	What's Up Deck?	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Pseudo & Impromptu Duplicate
Aldo Colombini	One, Two, Three	four cards removed, one of them is the selection, they are folded in half and torn, the selection restores and changes back color	Also published here Linking Ring Inspired by Stephen Tucker effect Related to Ambidextrous (Stephen Tucker, Pabular, 1983)	1995	What's Up Deck?	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Aldo Colombini	Wanna Bet?	one-handed production, three Aces flip over three different sides of the deck	Also published here John Cornelius has similar production	1995	What's Up Deck?	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Aldo Colombini	Math-Aces	Aces are found via counting from two packets, difference of two numbers	Also published here Calculating Bullets (Aldo Colombini, MAGIC, 1997) Inspired by Mathematical Black Jacks (Henry Christ, The Jinx, 1939)	1995	What's Up Deck?	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Hof-Mini-Maxi	selection made from miniature deck	Also published here Mini-Maxi Hofzinser (Aldo Colombini, Apocalypse, 1994) Inspired by Grown Up Hofzinser (Roy Walton, That Certain Something..., 1979) also in: Grown Up Hofzinser (The Complete Walton — Volume 1*, 1981)	1995	What's Up Deck?	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser & Victor Ace Problem
Aldo Colombini	Four Split	Four split in two Twos, Twos split into Aces	Inspired by Card Cleavage (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2, 1995)	1995	What's Up Deck?	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards

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