Subtle Card Magic — Part One

A Unique Collection of Clever Card Effects

Book
1976
Written by Nick Trost
Work of Nick Trost
35 pages (Spiralbound), published by unknown publisher
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
27 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Nick Trost The Odd-colored Back six face-up cards shown, spectator always picks the card with an odd colored back
Also published here
  • also in: "The Odd-Colored Back" (The New Tops)
Variations
 3
Edward Marlo The Olram Subtlety
3
Nick Trost The "One-Two-Three" Trick coincidence effect - spectator places a row of Ace, Two, Three on table, matches order of performer's row of Ace, Two and Three
Also published here
Inspired by
 4
Nick Trost The Lone Stranger Spectator locates own card by unknowingly placing it with a group of cards of a different color
Also published here
 5
Nick Trost Card in Pocket Coincidence Card placed previously in pocket is the mate of spectator's free selection
Also published here
Variations
 6
Nick Trost Intuition Card reversed by spectator in red pack matches card reversed in blue pack by magician, same position in deck as well
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 7
Nick Trost The Odd Couple six pairs of cards on table, spectator always picks the "odd couple"
 		9
Nick Trost Color Match-up spectator able to colors of ten pairs of cards
 		10
Stewart Judah Simple Version of "Triumph" Triumph effect with no selection
 		12
Spread Bottom Reversal
12
Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve
12
Nick Trost Believe It or Not! Half the deck shuffled face up/down, is magically straightened out but the messy order is transferred to the other half sitting on the table (mixed half transposes with unmixed half)
Also published here
  • "Believe it or Not" (Nick Trost, Linking Ring, Feb. 1955, Vol. 34 No. 12, p. 63)
Inspired by
Variations
 14
Nick Trost Push-through Reversed Card Card Tunnel effect, card turns over as it is pushed perpendicularly through the deck
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 15
Nick Trost Four Ace Opener four Aces found one by one via flipping packets over on top of the deck, like a Cut Deeper Force
 		17
Nick Trost Four Ace Disclosure simple four Ace production
Also published here
 18
Nick Trost Aces in Reverse Triumph with Aces
 		18
Nick Trost Topsy-turvy Ace Location Triumph with Aces
Also published here
  • New Tops, Dec. 1968
 19
Nick Trost The Elevator Effect Four Jacks travel up, down in deck, also end with Jack face up in deck
 		20
Nick Trost Transposed Aces with Repeat Four blue backed Aces and four red backed Aces on table, named Aced transposes between the two packets, twice
 		21
Shigeo Futagawa Japanese Ace Trick Oil and Water effect with two red Aces and two black Aces, 2&2
Also published here
 22
Walter Rollins, Brother John Hamman, Nick Trost Six Cards - Three Black and Three Red Six Card Repeat type of routine
Also published here
Inspired by
  • The Linking Ring, Feb. 1955
 24
Nick Trost Optical Three Card Monte
Also published here
 24
Stewart Judah, Tom Bowyer Stewart Judah's Svengali Deck Routine
26
Al Stevenson, Stewart Judah Stripper Deck Location Color separation with two selections
Also published here
 30
Nick Trost Truly - Unbelievable! Matching effect using Svengali type of deck
 		32
Nick Trost ESP Double-thot Pack
32
Nick Trost Color-Changing Pack
34
Data entered by Harapan Ong, May 2017.