Sankey Unleashed

Book
2004
Written by Jon Racherbaumer
Work of Jay Sankey
178 pages (Hardcover), published by Squash Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Earle Oakes*
Language: English
119 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jay Sankey A Trick Question "What's a good trick?"
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Jay Sankey Back In Time slop shuffle with time travelling presentation
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Variations
 1
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
1
Jay Sankey Fragile Harbor ship and bottle drawn on card, ship moves into bottle via color change
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 3
The Erdnase Change
3
Jay Sankey Leaving Home key penetrates visually on shoe lace
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Variations
 4
David Williamson Striking Vanish brief
 		7
Jay Sankey Big Time chosen card matches jumbo card prediction
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Related to
  • "Big Deal" (Don Alan, marketed)
 8
Bottom Deal Load under jumbo card
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 8
Transfer Switch under jumbo card
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 8
Jay Sankey Slick Splits four coin production
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 10
Jay Sankey Push Button four coins into card case, they penetrate the case one by one
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  • Masters of Excellence, Volume 1 video, 1987
 12
Jay Sankey Versa-Pitch production move of coin from card case
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Jay Sankey Coin Roll Hang Ping Chien
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 14
David Roth Pop Outs tabled
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Jay Sankey Hot Tomato two tomatos produced from tomato seed packet
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 16
Jay Sankey Wichita Slip scissor bottom deal take while right hand holds packet in end grip
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  • Sankry-tized 1 video, 1995
Variations
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Jay Sankey Wham Bam! face-up prediction, three chosen cards match the prediction, backs are boldly marked, rest of deck blank
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Inspired by
  • an unnamed Richard Sanders trick
 20
Dai Vernon Vernon Strip-Out Switch
20
Jay Sankey Unscrewed signed bill is twisted and split apart, then melds back together
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Jay Sankey Divine thought-of card travels from one half to the other, half pass
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Jay Sankey Forbidden Fruit chewing gum changes into selected card
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Jay Sankey Extended Credit borrowed credit card put in coin envelope, broken and restored
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Jay Sankey Jaw Dropper card to card case, repeat
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Inspired by
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Rudy T. Hunter Distant Misdirection Palm one-handed, out-jogged card is top card of left-hand half
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Edward Marlo Card to Case Extraction
31
Jay Sankey Going Down deck with out-jogged selection is placed on case, selection squared and deck tapped, selection found in case
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Jay Sankey Card into Case Load bottom card as deck is placed on case
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Jay Sankey Inside Trading spectator draws ship on a bill, it penetrates into a bottle
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 35
Jay Sankey Yo-Yo Mon cut and restored yo-yo string
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 37
Jay Sankey Short Fuse Two of Diamonds initialed on face, Ace of Diamonds on back, they fuse together into a Three of Diamonds (blendo) initialed on both sides
Inspired by
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Jay Sankey Just Joking Jokers disappear from deck to sandwich selection in center, sandwich removed, selection vanishes and reappears reversed in deck
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  • Sankey Very Much video, 1998
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The Riffle Pass brief
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Elmer Biddle The Biddle Steal brief
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Two-As-Three Count
44
The Revolution Count counted packet flipped over during count
 		44
Jay Sankey Bluff Tent Vanish face-up, Charlier cut
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Jay Sankey Seven seven wrong cards located, spectator dials phone number as indicated by seven cards on the table, message on answering machine reveals the spectator's selection
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Jay Sankey Bon Bon copper in one hand and silver coin in other hand, they both change into wrapped candy
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Jay Sankey Palm-Down Retention Vanish
47
Jay Sankey Pocket Drop Vanish handling for ditch in breast pocket
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Jay Sankey Electric Candy part of cellophane wrapper torn off and restored
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Jay Sankey Holistic Medecine one coin with hole and one without, hole jumps around, in the end both coins have no hole and another coin has two holes, with purse
 		51
J. B. Bobo The Bobo Switch
51
Palm Change
52
Jay Sankey Spellbound Change Variant
54
Jay Sankey, Frank Garcia Topper Tack outjogged center card removed while pivoting the deck upwards, switched for top card
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Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ Alignment Move
55
Jay Sankey Group Hypnosis three people select a card from a third of the deck each, they turn out to be the same card which turns out to be a previously pocketed card
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  • Hemispheres DVD, 2006
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Jay Sankey Push-In Palm top card pushed back and instantly squared, apparently it is in center
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Jay Sankey A Stronger Magnet blank card with magnet drawn on back find selection a few times, then the faces transpose
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Monte Move optical
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Dai Vernon Depth Illusion
60
The Paint Brush Change
61
Jay Sankey Broken English chop stick used to bring card to top, Chinese characters on chop stick change into name of selection
  • The Paddle Transformation
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Jay Sankey Family Tree half of a pencil changes into wooden branch with twigs
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 65
Jay Sankey Mightier than the Sword cap springs back onto pen as if it were magnetic, spectators cannot remove cap
  • The "Snapper" Move
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 67
Jay Sankey Through and Through card chosen and lost, three cards wrapped with bill, one penetrates the bill and it is selection
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Jay Sankey Crocodile Tear torn and restored bill using $100 Bill Switch
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 72
Jay Sankey Personal Check check changes to bill using $100 Bill Switch
Variations
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Jay Sankey Cornered corner torn off, missing corner changes to other side of bill, it still fits, using $100 Bill Switch
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Jay Sankey Geometrick round hole changes into square hole, using $100 Bill Switch
Related to
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Jay Sankey Genuine Counterfeit corner torn off piece of white paper, paper changes into bill with missing corner, white corner fits, using $100 Bill Switch
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  • One Hundred Dollar Miracles DVD, ca. 2008
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Jay Sankey Voodoo file card represents selection, it is folded and selection is then found folded in deck, selection's corner is burned and corner of file card found burnt as well
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John Scarne The Mercury Card Fold quarters
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Jay Sankey Swiddle Kings
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Jay Sankey The Swiddle Move switch as card is biddle off deck
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Jay Sankey A Clear Impossibility two cards placed in thin transparent cases/envelopes, they transpose three times
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Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wild-Card Move
85
Through-The-Fist Flourish
86
Jay Sankey Power Lunch spectator's initials travel from one business card to another
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  • U Sankey, Volume 2 lecture notes, 1999
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Jay Sankey Healed initialed business card in envelope, holes punched through it, business card restored
Inspired by
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Jay Sankey XXX-Rated Xs drawn into corners of four business card, they assemble on a single card
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Jay Sankey Sleeves-Up Bluff Pass action as in Display Pass
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Jay Sankey Amateur vs. Professional two cards chosen, one rises to top and changes into second selection
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Larry Jennings, Neal Elias Reverse Double Undercut
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Jay Sankey Sugar Rush selection appears folded in sugar packet
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 100
Jay Sankey A Strange Journey borrowed coin is inserted in straw and travels down
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Jay Sankey Hard to Swallow vanishing plastic sword, second dummy handle
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Jay Sankey Touch of Evil signed card travels from packet to packet, has burnt back then
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Inspired by
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The Turnover Pass
107
Jay Sankey World's Smallest Magic Wand card folded to match box
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  • Up to Date lecture notes, 1996
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Shuttle Pass with match box
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Jay Sankey Fake Case Insertion card placed underneath
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Jay Sankey Fire Down Below matchbook changes into actual card, folded like a matchbook with matches attached
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Jay Sankey Firefly burnt match transposes with pristine match inside matchbook
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Jay Sankey Lightning Bolt deck of card bolted together with bolt at the end
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  • marketed 2002
Inspired by
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Jay Sankey Once in a Lifetime birthday predicted on a card, a card is also predicted
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Jay Sankey What's In A Name?
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Jay Sankey Prime Time Bend borrowed quarter visibly bends
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Jay Sankey Silver Lining spoon bending in napkin
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Jay Sankey Spinach thick nail bent
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Jay Sankey Twister spoon visibly spins 180 degrees, head is then twisted
Inspired by
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Jay Sankey Between the Sheets name of selected card appears on two previously blank and banded together business cards
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Jay Sankey Merger two predictions written on two business cards, two cards selected, they are the same, business cards make up drawing of single card
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Jay Sankey Drew as I Drew two scribblings made with pen on business cards without looking match
Inspired by
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Jay Sankey Paging Ben Franklin three cards chosen, dollar bill changes into a book page, page number matches the three values of the cards, in book is dollar bill instead of page
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 133
Jay Sankey Ghost chosen book page (via riffle force) travels into envelope, Pegasus Page
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  • Short and Sweet video, 1999
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Jay Sankey Creamed short chop cup sequence with creamer and crumpled up lid, then creamer is restored and full of milk again
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Related to
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Jay Sankey Secret Passages glass with paper cover on table, two coins vanish and are heard to appear in glass one by one, glass penetrated table with coins
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Inspired by
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Jay Sankey Hot Knife paddle routine with knife and smoke stains from candle
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Jay Sankey Shanghai Change half the deck in left hand dealing position, face card changes when one-hand fan is waved over it
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Jay Sankey Homing Band rubber band removed from around deck of cards, shot upwards and becomes invisible, found back around deck on table
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Jay Sankey Sure-Shot Vanish
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Jay Sankey Special Delivery block of nine postage stamps shown, one travels onto back of chosen card
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Jay Sankey Greed
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Jay Sankey A Delicate Balance three nuts balanced, then shown to be permanently stuck together
Inspired by
  • "Balancing Act" (Paul Harris, coins balanced on edge)
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Jay Sankey 20th Century Fox three attached theater ticket torn apart, one signed, it travels between other two attached again
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Jay Sankey Nightcap pen cap becomes solid piece of plastic without empty space
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Jay Sankey House Bound card taped to case turns out to be later signed selection
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Jay Sankey The Blues red-backed deck changes into blue with help of a blue stone, red/blue double backer
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Jay Sankey Box 'N Ring finger ring in card case, selection appears rolled up in that ring
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Jay Sankey, Gary Kurtz* Stretching It finger ring stretches into long oval shape and back
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  • Sankey '90 lecture notes, 1990
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Jay Sankey The Hustler ashes on palm with pool billiard chalk
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 167
Jay Sankey Glass In Steel nut in bottle and out again
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 169
Jay Sankey UFO small silver ball floats up and down in a test tube
Related to
  • "Wunderbar" (Steve Dusheck, marketed item)
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Jay Sankey Black Stack eight coin production with black art displays
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Jay Sankey Bouncing Baby white ball bounced, changes into real egg
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Jay Sankey Paper Cloud card stabbed with knife
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Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2020.