Magic, Inc. edition used
Book
1940
Written by Martin Gardner*
Work of Martin Gardner*
23 pages (Stapled), published by Magic, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Harlan Tarbell
Language: English
23 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Paul Rosini Introduction
1
Martin Gardner* Preface
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S. W. Erdnase Erdnase In-Jog Shuffle top stock control, also as control of one selection
3
Martin Gardner* Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck up to three selections, with slop shuffle followed by a riffle shuffle
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John Snyder Reversed Hindu Shuffle "shown to my by John Snyder", cards controlled to bottom, dragged by friction of fourth finger
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Martin Gardner* Face to Face Fantasy halves placed face-to-face right itself except selection, repeat with second selection
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Martin Gardner* Pad Spread Principle spreading deck lightly with reversed cards so they don't show, then with more force so they appear
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Tenkai Ishida Optical Revolve credit in "Cut the Cards", p. 24
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Variations
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Martin Gardner* Double Climax Speller performer spells to wrong card which is there, then spectator to right card which is reversed
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Martin Gardner* Double Lift Reverse straightforward
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Martin Gardner* Never-Miss Stop Effect two-pile-stop trick with Tens/Jacks alternating set-up
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Martin Gardner* Big Casino Count Down one of nine cards thought of, Ten-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
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Martin Gardner* Six of Spades Count Down one of seventeen cards thought of, Six-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
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Martin Gardner* Two Piles and Subtract spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually found
Inspired by
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Martin Gardner* Do As I Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
Also published here
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False Cut bottom half stripped out in hindu shuffle grip and tabled
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Martin Gardner* Eye-Pop Routine two selections reverse in the center, then travel back to top, pseudo duplicates
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Martin Gardner* Sympathetic Decks unknown card sandwiched in red-backed deck with red Aces, red Aces also placed together reversed in blue deck, duplicate appears between Aces in blue deck
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Martin Gardner* Plunger Glimpse sandwiched card secretly pushed out at the back via plunger principle
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Martin Gardner* Sandwiched Card Glimpse with center card outjogged
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Martin Gardner* Simple Sandwich Load with a double lift
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Martin Gardner* Vanishing and Reappearing Card spectator cuts deck and remembers card, halves placed face-to-face, selection vanishes (cards shown one by one) and reappears
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Variations
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Martin Gardner* Improved Lie Speller with two cards
Inspired by
  • Martin Gardner's version in "Here's More Magic" (Joe Berg)
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Variations
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Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2019.