The Paper Engine

Tension, Focus & Design in Card Magic

Book
2002
Written by Aaron Fisher, John Lovick*
Work of Aaron Fisher
126 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
54 entries
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Aaron Fisher Acknowledgements
4
Johnny Thompson Introduction
9
Aaron Fisher Preface
11
Aaron Fisher The Gravity Half Pass invisible Half Pass
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Variations
 15
Aaron Fisher A Simple Sandwich Kings jump to the top sandwiching the selection
 		21
Aaron Fisher A Half Pass Variation while bringing the deck to eye level and looking at the faces
 		24
Aaron Fisher Revolver first one card sticking out the face down deck turns face up, then the whole deck
 		26
Aaron Fisher Misdirection Turnover
26
Aaron Fisher The One-Handed Popover card pops out in the middle of the deck
Also published here
Inspired by
 29
Aaron Fisher Hello Goodbye card visibly jumps from the middle of one half of the deck to the middle of the other half
 		33
Aaron Fisher Pinch Me, I Think I'm Falling card caught with half the deck out of a shower of cards
Inspired by
 35
Aaron Fisher The Nowhere Pass
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Variations
 36
Aaron Fisher Additional Handlings for the bluff pass to control a card to certain position
 		41
Aaron Fisher Bluff Replacement Subtlety
43
Aaron Fisher The Advanced Nowhere Pass
46
Aaron Fisher The Illusion Control control with bluff pass concept
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Variations
 48
Aaron Fisher The Outjog Herrmann Pass Herrmann Pass with outjoged selection
 		52
Aaron Fisher The Academic outjog Herrmann Pass Herrmann Pass with outjoged selection, second handling
 		55
Aaron Fisher Don't Fear the Reaper spectator selects four cards from a fan being the four Aces
Inspired by
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 57
Aaron Fisher, Daniel Rhod The Undercover Switch three of four, a bit like Vernon's strip-out addition, reinvention of Daniel Rhod's sleight
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 57
Cliff Green Imperceptible Get-Ready
59
Aaron Fisher The Forced Undercover Switch Undercover Switch, forcing the first card to spectator
 		61
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Spread Cull for single card
 		61
Aaron Fisher Simpatico magician and spectator choose mate
 		62
Aaron Fisher Four by Four spectator selects one of four cards, the other three change into the quartet
 		63
Aaron Fisher The Under Control Switch switching three of four and controlling the outswitched cards
 		64
Aaron Fisher A Useful Switch switching three of four witch a top card cover half pass of top six cards
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Variations
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Aaron Fisher Decking the Top
69
Aaron Fisher A Diminishing Lift
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 72
Aaron Fisher The All Together Now Shift
75
Aaron Fisher The Omen Jack to Ace change in four Jacks of spades, then the other three are sixes
 		81
Aaron Fisher Golden Nugget Queens disapear one at a time from top of the deck and reapearance, with additional "Advanced Handling"
 		85
Aaron Fisher Cover Pass Reverse to Bottom block handling
Inspired by
 87
Aaron Fisher 2001, an Ace Odyssey
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 90
Aaron Fisher Facing the Bottom Card Variation overhand shuffle cover
Inspired by
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 90
Aaron Fisher Leaving a Card Behind
91
Dean Dill Equivoque Procedure one out of four
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  • "Aces in their Faces", Bob Kohler, 1997
 92
Aaron Fisher Three Kings one of four cards is chosen and use to count down and find a selection (king), the other three change into the missing kings
Variations
 94
Theodore Annemann* Jinx Switch
94
Aaron Fisher Revolution No. 9 card turns faceup in the deack, then the deck facedown arround the card
 		97
Aaron Fisher Startling Color Change Variation card sticking out from middle of the deck
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Variations
 98
Aaron Fisher Helter Skelter card and deck change color
 		101
Aaron Fisher Search and Destroy sleightless
Inspired by
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Variations
 104
Gordon Bean A Star is Born only the thought of of five cards stays reversed in the pack
Inspired by
 107
Aaron Fisher The Taxman
110
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift
110
Tenkai Ishida Pivot Break / Book Break
111
Larry Jennings Tip on Cliff Green's Imperceptible Get-Ready
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 112
Gordon Bean The Standing Challenge spectator mentally selects if the card will rise to the top or the bottom
Inspired by
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Variations
 114
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman The Long and Winding Trick Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets
Also published here
 116
S. W. Erdnase, Aaron Fisher Overhand Stock Shuffle
116
Aaron Fisher Here, There, and Everywhere first the Kings travel to the pockets, then the whole deck disappears, leaving only the Kings and a previously selected card
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 119
Aaron Fisher Stealing Cards from Deck to Under Case while closing the case
 		119
Bottom Card Palm single card
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Data entered by Hannes Freytag & Denis Behr, January 2004.