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Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Routine half deck set-up, see also p. 63
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Variations
July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 311)
45
Dai Vernon The Vernon Poker Demonstration half deck set-up
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Variations
1957 223
Dai Vernon Matching the Cards
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1959 22
Dai Vernon One Handed Palm unusual right clip position, multiple or single
Also published here
Variations
1961 41
Roy Walton* Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection, see p. 608 for comment by Walton, see p. 640 for get-into by Robin Robertson
Also published here
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Variations
Sep. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)
559
Roy Walton* The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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Variations
1973 26
Roy Walton* Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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Variations
1975 45
Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser
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Variations
Apr. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)
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Roy Walton* Die Ehrgeizigen ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
Also published here
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Variations
Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
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Paul Harris Think of a Card one of about twenty
Also published here
Variations
1976 45
Patrick Page The Flying Ring ring vanishes from hand which is covered with handkerchief and appears in other hand
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1976 174
Paul Harris Grasshopper card vanishes between two Kings, travels to between another two Kings
Variations
1977 23
David Roth Chink A Chink
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Variations
Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
6
Paul Harris Black Jack Challenge four blackjacks are produced, Kings and Aces transpose, Aces change into royal flush
  • Cutting for Black Jacks
  • Black Jack Exchange
  • Royal Black Jack
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1979 24
Allen Okawa Cellophane Surprise torn and restored cellophane at cigarette case, healing process is felt
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Variations
1979 134
Allan Ackerman Reassembled Finale
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Variations
1980 79
Roy Walton* The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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Variations
1981 125
Daryl Martinez, Paul Curry, Bill Simon Sleightly Touched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value
Variations
1982 42
Daryl Martinez The Snowshoe Sandwich comical second deal demonstration, card flies out of deck between sandwich cards
Variations
1982 69
Ray Kosby Cooking With Oil & Water 4&4, separation and mixing phase
1984 103
Bruce Cervon, Larry Jennings The Stripout Insertion Addition see credit correction (claim) on page lxix
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Variations
July/Aug. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24)
231
Paul Harris Sensuous Shuffle Triumph/Reverse routine with deck in incomplete riffle shuffle position, halves turn over and rise up
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1984 20
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby The Camel's Back straw wrapper is torn and restored, then reappears around straw
1985 88
Ray Kosby The Sidewinder Pretzel straight bar-pretzel is pushed into fist and comes out at impossible angles, finally transforms into knotted standard pretzel
1986 108
Ray Kosby One, Two, Three, 4 four sponge balls produced and put between fingers of the left hand, they change into a numeral four out of sponge
1986 1
Ray Kosby Square 1 with backfire, three extra coins
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1986 4
Ray Kosby Short Hop visual transposition from card between in-the-hand sandwich to tabled sandwich cards
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1986 8
Ray Kosby Alignment Laydown apparently the bottom two cards of three cards are put on table, actually only one
1986 8
Ray Kosby Sideways Alignment Move end grip, two-handed
1986 9
Ray Kosby Sandwich Vanish sandwiched card vanishes via a one-handed palm
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1986 9
Ray Kosby Out of Space four Jacks shown, three Aces appear reversed between them, all Jacks change into final Ace leaving only the Aces
1986 10
Ray Kosby Packet Switch
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1986 10
Ray Kosby Interlaced Vanish Count
1986 11
Ray Kosby Forward to the Beginning
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1986 13
Ray Kosby Freedom of Choice four cards touched by spectator and outjogged, spread immediately held high and they are the Aces
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1986 15
Ray Kosby Elephant Rubber rubber band is stretched and is then large rubber band
Feb. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 7)
1
Ray Kosby Raise Rise out-jogged card visually rises up in the deck step by step
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June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
1
Ray Kosby One-Handed Bottom Change
June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
5
Ray Kosby Recurring Nightmare Professor's Nightmare with three different sized rubber bands
Also published here
June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
6
Roy Walton* Ambitious 1-2-3-4 ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
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Variations
1988 44
Ray Kosby Never The Twain Shall Mix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
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Variations
1990 41
Stephen Minch On Ray Kosby short biography
1990 41
Ray Kosby The Coffin Change visual change, used to make a card visibly vanish from case and reappear inside
1990 45
Ray Kosby False Shake-Out
1990 48
Ray Kosby Recurring Nightmare Professor's Nightmare with three different sized rubber bands
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Feb. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2)
74
Ray Kosby, Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon K. J. V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Also published here
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1990 31
John Carney Versa Switch including credit information
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Variations
1991 89
Michael Weber Inside Matchic signed matchbook turns inside out
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1991 9
Ray Kosby Tear For Two two sugar packets are torn and restored
1991 25
Ken Krenzel Case-Tration three face routine, card ends up under cellophane, card through card case and then penetrates it again, duplicate
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1991 648
Allan Ackerman Reassembled Finale different method from version in Close-Up Fantasies
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Variations
1991 25
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Surgical Copper/Silver
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  • "Copper/Silver Metamorphosis" (John Hostler, Linking Ring July 1987, Vol. 67 No. 7, p. 71)
1993 5
Ray Kosby Deep Thought one of about twenty
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1994 1
Ray Kosby Raise Rise Switch of outjogged card, one-handed, brief
1994 1
Ray Kosby Venus Flytrap cards outjogged near the bottom visually sandwich card near the top
1994 3
Ray Kosby The Bite apple changes color
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1994 5
Ray Kosby The Picnic Trick can is opened and restored
1994 6
Ray Kosby Re-cased "If your audience does not notice the effect, do not mention it."
1994 7
Ray Kosby Coin Thru Hand With Conservation of Linear Momentum
1994 8
Ray Kosby Smudge case as vacuum cleaner for picking-off-a-pip, Ace in case then
1994 9
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Sleighty Retouched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value, involving transformation
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1994 11
Michael Weber, Ray Kosby Inside Out signed matchbook turns inside out
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1994 4
Timothy Mullins Magic Vs. Illusion
Variations
Sep. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 4)
1
Ray Kosby Jumbo Coin Thru Hand jumbo coin and half dollar switch places
Feb. 1995
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 9)
1
Ray Kosby Say Nothing
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Feb. 1995
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 9)
2
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby The Un-Topsy-Turvy Deck halves are left telescoped and spread - one half visibly rights
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Variations
Spring 1996 73
Paul Harris Think of a Card one of about twenty
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Variations
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
67
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris Deep Thought one of about twenty
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1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
71
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris Simplified Raise-Rise as a switch of an upjogged card
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
72
Paul Harris Blackjack Challenge four blackjacks are produced, Kings and Aces transpose, Aces change into royal flush
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1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
125
Allen Okawa Cellophane Surprise torn and restored cellophane at cigarette case, healing process is felt
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Variations
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
173
Michael Kaminskas Step by Step card rises visibly in stages
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1996 47
Ray Kosby Card Creations
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
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Ray Kosby Everything and Nothing On It Joker found three times instead of selection with two Queens, the three Jokers then change into selection one by one
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1
Ray Kosby Sandwich Switch
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
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Ray Kosby Sandwich Dribble Catch Handling
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Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
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Ray Kosby Quick 3-Way Handling
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
4
Ray Kosby Half Right half card sticks out of deck, when pulled out it is whole again
Apr. 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 2 No. 11)
4
Larry Jennings Hefty Oil & Water 4&4, "There are at least 14 moves", with mixing phase
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June 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 10)
63
Ray Kosby The Coffin Change brief
1997 5
Chad Long, Ray Kosby Gold Strike magician strikes finger ring with pen and it vanishes, striking vanish with half ring
June 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 10)
68
William Goodwin Variation of "He Who Spelt it, Dealt it" sent in by Ray Kosby
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Winter 1998 168
Rudolph Herzog, Ray Kosby, Joseph K. Schmidt, Rafael Benatar Our Readers Respond
Winter 1998 168
Michael Close (reviewer) Wow: It's Ray Kosby by Ray Kosby Feb. 1998
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 6)
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Ray Kosby False interweave sequence brief
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Variations
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 9)
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Ray Kosby, William Goodwin A Foregone Conclusion ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, last card vanishes from hand and is found in packet again
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Variations
June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
48
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Spider Card Vanish
June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
49
Matthew Field (reviewer) Impossible Card Magic by Ray Kosby Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
72
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
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2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
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Ray Kosby Mismatched matchbook turns inside out
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July/Aug. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 2)
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Ray Kosby Speaking Volumes
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June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
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Ray Kosby, Lance Charles, George Pughe Coffin Change with credit information, for further credits see Issue 11, p. 1
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Variations
July 2004
The Penumbra (Issue 8)
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Ray Kosby, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings K.J.V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
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2005 21
Ray Kosby Influential Choice three indifferent cards are held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change to mates of a selection
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
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Ray Kosby One-Hand Palm Transformation cards held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change
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Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
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Mark Lewis Martin's Oil Opener 4&4, turning center two cards over, last phase variation of Kosby's phase
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May 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 9)
96
David Acer The Immiscible Eight 4&4, three phases, only first phase is Acer's and is described here
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2007 19
Nathan Kranzo Standing Up to Ray & Bill Triumph with visual restoration
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2007 83
Ray Kosby Mix Nix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
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Variations
Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
8
Ray Kosby Raise Rise as a switch
2007 181
Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser
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Variations
2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
482
George Pughe, Ray Kosby, Lance Charles Coffin Change
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Variations
2010 53
Gabe Fajuri (reviewer) Impossible Card Magic by Ray Kosby Aug. 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 12)
82
Gabe Fajuri (reviewer) Impossible Close-Up Magic by Ray Kosby Aug. 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 12)
82
Ricky Smith Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine
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2015 37
Ray Kosby Raise Rise to make a card appear
2018 35
Ray Kosby, Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser Move card rises out of center
2020 95
Fred Robinson Ambitious Riser
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Variations
2021 42
Nathan Kranzo Apple and Orange Transpo Apple and orange change places in paperbags. Ending has orange peeled to reveal apple inside
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2021 9
John Bannon Twain in Vain 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together, End Grip handling
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Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
50
Mark Lewis Martin's Oil Opener 4&4, turning center two cards over, last phase variation of Kosby's phase
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2022 403
Ricky Smith Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine
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2023 45
Ray Kosby Raise Rise History credit information
June 2024
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)
66
Sara Rodríguez Fan Collectors
  • aka "The Trick I Would Show Ray Kosby"
three selections lost in the deck, deck fanned, Queens distributed in four parts left out-jogged, deck closed, out-jogged cards stripped out again and selections are found between the Queens, Raise Rise load
Mar. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 3)
54
Dai Vernon One Handed Palm unusual right clip position, multiple or single
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Variations
Apr. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)
49
John Carney Carney's Versa Switch
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Variations
2025 90