Editors:
  • Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2025: Richard Kaufman
  • Feb. 2025 - Feb. 2026: Jim Steinmeyer
  • Mar. 2026 onwards: Will Houstoun
Magazine
1999-2026
Written by Various
Work of Various
28,000 pages (Stapled), 331 Issues, published by Genii
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Earle Oakes*, Ever Elizalde
Language: English
12,327 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Kieron Johnson Cigarettes and Candy cigarette becomes pack of candy, cigarettes in pack change to money
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 58
Ryan Matney Without a Clue card lost, a Four is found and placed aside, four cards counted off, one changes into the Four and the card placed aside is now selection, other three cards are mates of selection
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 59
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 62
Dustin Stinett 48th Academy of Magical Arts Awards Show Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 66
Denis Behr Simon Pierro: The Magic of a Digital Native Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 76
Simon Pierro Interview Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 82
Simon Pierro The Stage is Yours on presenting magic on the internet
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 85
Simon Pierro Instant Digital Magic removing an object on the screen of a smartphone as a real object
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 89
Richard Kaufman, Penn Jillette, Teller Set to Fool on Penn & Teller's magic set
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 92
John Guastaferro (reviewer) Ultramodern Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 98
John Guastaferro (reviewer) Perplexities Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 99
John Guastaferro (reviewer) Card Activist Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 100
John Guastaferro (reviewer) Hooked On Cards Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 100
John Guastaferro (reviewer) All Done By Coindness Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 101
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Vanishing Coins Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 102
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) The Patrick Page Audio Archive Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 103
David Regal (reviewer) The Experiment Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 104
David Regal (reviewer) Sands Minds Wallet (hip pocket street style) Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 105
David Regal (reviewer) Stand Up Assembly Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 105
David Regal (reviewer) Fixed Fate Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 105
David Regal (reviewer) Awe Struck Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 105
David Regal (reviewer) Float SansMind
Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 106
David Regal (reviewer) Blinked Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 106
David Regal (reviewer) RIP Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 106
David Regal (reviewer) FigMENt Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 106
David Regal (reviewer) REM Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 107
David Regal (reviewer) Inflexion Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 107
David Regal (reviewer) Miracle bingo Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 107
David Regal (reviewer) Travel in Mind Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 107
David Regal (reviewer) The Colossal Coloring Book Vol. 79 No. 7 July 2016 108
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Pepe Sousa's passing
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 10
Danny Orleans Bronwyn Clare Anderson Pipitone Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 12
Todd Karr The Eye Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Inevitable (Kevin Kelly)
  • Magic and Loss (Virginia Heffernan)
  • Lapham's Quarterly: Luck
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 22
John Gaughan The Vanishing and Reappearing Lamps
  • The Chamber of Secrets
mechanical, collapsible on tables
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 24
Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger Beyond Magic
  • Eugene's Notebook In Which Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride Have a Chat
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 29
Max Maven* Three Little Words
  • Lost Horizons
three-letter words on two decks of cards (animals, vegetables, minerals), performer takes out three predictions from one pack for each category, a word is chosen from the other deck and it matches the prediction from its category
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring, Oct. 1985
Inspired by
  • "Chronokinesis" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, 1954)
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 31
Jim Steinmeyer My Word
  • Conjuring
princess card trick with word cards, word chosen from one of several quotes by spectators, divined with matrix principle by reading several quotes and seeing who hears his word
Also published here
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 32
Helder Guimarães Purely Visual
  • Invisible Strings
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 36
Helder Guimarães 90 Degrees signed card becomes perpendicular when pushed through deck
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 36
Stuart Gordon, Larry Jennings Handling of Stuart Gordon Double Lift Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 36
Jonathan Pendragon Interlude
  • Panmagium
on the Interlude illusion
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 44
Chris Hannibal Road
  • Happiness is the Road
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 46
Andi Gladwin Magicana Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 50
Jack Carpenter One Handed Double Unlink one strand at a time
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 50
Jared Molton Impromptu Thought of Card to Pocket one of six
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 51
Scott Kahn My Signature Effect signature transposition using novelty deck made from clear plastic
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 53
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 58
Richard Pitchford (reviewer) A Grand Show of Magic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 64
Dustin Stinett In and Of Itself - The Duality of Derek DelGaudio on DelGaudio and the show "In & Of Itself" directed by Frank Oz
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 72
Kainoa Harbottle (reviewer) The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 90
Kainoa Harbottle (reviewer) Magnum Opossum Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 91
Kainoa Harbottle (reviewer) The Complete Walton, Vol. 3 Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 92
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Premise and Premonition (4-DVD set) Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 94
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Bring Back the Shtick (2-DVD set) Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 95
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Full House Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 95
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Entertainment Arts Magical Mike
Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 96
David Oliver (reviewer) iFlight Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 96
David Oliver (reviewer) The Dream Act Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 97
David Oliver (reviewer) Magma Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 98
David Oliver (reviewer) Vanishing Ring Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 99
David Oliver (reviewer) Priceless Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 99
David Oliver (reviewer) Clign Vol. 79 No. 8 Aug. 2016 100
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 10
Gary Bartlett Abner Pope Dickson, Jr. Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 11
Todd Karr The Eye Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Invisible Influence (Jonah Berger)
  • Should Magicians Pass on the Pass?
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 20
John Gaughan Willmann's Giant Fire Bowl
  • The Chamber of Secrets
collapsible metal bowl on a table
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 22
David Britland Thoughts on Hummer's Monte
  • spectator cuts three packets, bottom card of one packet is remembered and other two piles switched
  • repeat phase with Svengali deck
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 26
Overhand Shuffling a Svengali Deck Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 27
David Kaye Be Vewy, Vewy, Quiet. I'm Hunting Wabbit Ideas!
  • The Expert at the Kids' Table
using animals in a show
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 30
Bob Read Apocalypse on Hold
  • Hidden Treasures
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 36
Kainoa Harbottle A Token of My Affection
  • By Means of Metal
"or a Coin Trick to Cry Over", using coin with emotional engravings
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 42
Josh Janousky DMV
  • Right-Handed
photo on driver's license changes, sun glasses vanish
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 46
Harrison Greenbaum Third!
  • You Are All Terrible
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 50
Andi Gladwin Magicana
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 54
Jason "Jafo" Fields O'Ferrall Display airing the deck and letting one half drop out half-way, then in-the-hands spread
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 54
Jack Parker Flip Toss variant of Hofzinser Two-Card-Toss
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 57
Tom Stone Bluff Finesse Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 58
Kent Axell The Magician and the Card Sharp two card location, first card changes into the second card, using the Stanton Pivot Change in off-beat
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 59
Rafael Pablo The Magic Path to the Way of the Journey Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 60
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 62
Carl Mercurio The Book on Buchinger on Ricky Jay's new book
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 68
Ricky Jay Excerpt: Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living" Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 76
Richard Wiseman Blink and You'll Miss It Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 80
Barry Murray Genesis: The Patrick Page Audio Archive Story Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 84
John Lovick* (reviewer) Standup Card Magic Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 88
John Lovick* (reviewer) Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 90
John Lovick* (reviewer) Cool Kid Show Magic Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 90
Danny Orleans (reviewer) iFlight Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 91
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Band Writer Vernet
Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 92
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Lightning Comedy Wrist Tie Escape Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 92
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Scarlet Monte Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 92
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Space Time Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 93
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Cortana Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 93
Danny Orleans (reviewer) The Informer Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 94
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Legacy Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 94
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) My Silly Tricks! Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 96
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Move Zero Volume 1 Vol. 79 No. 9 Sep. 2016 97
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 10
David Britland Lesley Hazlitt Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 11
Todd Karr The Eye Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Visual Intelligence (Amy E. Herman)
  • Mrs. Houdini
  • Dialogue (Robert McKee, 2016)
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 20
John Gaughan The Neyhart Houlette
  • The Chamber of Secrets
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 22
Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger Food For Thought
  • Eugene's Notebook In Which Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride Have a Chat
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 29
Max Maven* Stack Cats, Senile Felines, And The Switchless Rotor
  • Lost Horizons
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 30
Max Maven* Switchless Rotor fake switching of two piles on the table
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 31
Jim Steinmeyer Epidemic
  • Conjuring
packet of cards with a pink dot on the back of each is shown, card chosen, it gets lots of pink dots on them, using apparatus box
Inspired by
  • Metamorpho Spots, 1960s
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 32
Helder Guimarães The Narrative of Actions
  • Invisible Strings
on culling named cards
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 38
Helder Guimarães Tantalizer Card to Wallet card named, Tantalizer performed with another selection, in a repeat phase the named card appears in a wallet
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 38
Dani DaOrtiz In Series
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
several cards chosen, they correspond to the serial number of a borrowed bill, Hofzinser inspired
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 40
Dani DaOrtiz Switch of the Bill with deck of cards
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 42
Tom Stone Like a Lotus
  • Lodestones
Also published here
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 46
Tom Stone Three Degrees of Impossibility three cards to pockets, or handbag, wallet, ...
Also published here
Inspired by
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 50 No. 5, Sep. 1951
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 46
Drop Jog Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 49
Jonathan Pendragon Proteus Bound: Interlude Chapter Two
  • Panmagium
more on the Interlude illusion
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 54
Chris Hannibal On The Busk, November 2012
  • Happiness in the Road
street magic
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 56
Andi Gladwin Magicana
  • Hidden Secrets
on Gladwin's final Magicana column, listing his favorites from the past columns
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 60
Andi Gladwin Convincing Depth Illusion a card actually sticks out at back
Also published here
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 61
Andi Gladwin Road Trip Sandwich two Queens produced, selection appears visibly between them, two phases
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 62
Andi Gladwin Road Trip Aces three Aces produced and given to spectator to hold, then same three Aces produced again and spectator holds final Ace
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 65
Andi Gladwin Pop Top deck tabled before card pops to top
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 65
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 68
Lawrence Hass Magic & Mystery School: Unveiling the Secrets 25th anniversary
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 74
Dustin Stinett Cody Clark: A Different Way of Thinking autism
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 92
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Art of Magic Video Downloads Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 96
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Forces of Nature Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 96
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) C2P Card to Pocket
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 97
David Regal (reviewer) Trilogy Extreme Alakazam
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 99
David Regal (reviewer) Smooth Prediction Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 99
David Regal (reviewer) The Wallet Clip Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 99
David Regal (reviewer) Praemovo Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 100
David Regal (reviewer) Regrowth Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 100
David Regal (reviewer) Never There Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 100
David Regal (reviewer) Leap of Faith SansMind
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 100
David Regal (reviewer) Flaming Coffee SansMind
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 101
David Regal (reviewer) Vice Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 101
David Regal (reviewer) Blistering Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 101
David Regal (reviewer) Lightning Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 101
David Regal (reviewer) Deal Sealer Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 102
David Regal (reviewer) Ambitious Chips Tango Magic
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 102
David Regal (reviewer) Funeral Samper Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 102
David Britland (reviewer) Mentalissimo Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 102
David Britland (reviewer) The Secrets of So Sato
by So Sato (written by Richard Kaufman)
Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 104
David Britland (reviewer) Super Sized Silly Vol. 79 No. 10 Oct. 2016 105
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 10
Dustin Stinett In Memoriam: Paul Ferris Osborne, Jr. Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 11
Todd Karr The Eye Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Into the Magic Shop (James R. Doty, 2016)
  • Idiot Brain (Dean Burnett)
  • Presto! (Penn Jillette)
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 20
John Gaughan The Antique Card Rise
  • The Chamber of Secrets
table with rotating mechanical index
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 22
David Kaye The Verbal Challenge
  • The Expert at the Kids' Table
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 28
Kainoa Harbottle Never Too Many Coins
  • By Means of Metal
on routining
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 34
Kainoa Harbottle Gadabout You
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 34
Kainoa Harbottle Pop-Up Move Variation Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 35
Jeff Prace Pb
  • Left-Handed
monte routine with mechanical pencils and lead that either rattles inside or not
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 38
John Guastaferro Magicana on his first Magicana column
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 42
Jindai Nishikawa Floating Pencil pencil clings to hand, then floats
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 42
Peter Duffie Lie To Me card chosen and lost, spectator can lie or tell the truth three times and performer cuts to a card that reveals the truth, selection travels to pocket and three cut-to cards transform into mates of selection
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 44
Rajneesh Madhok Coincealed one of four objects on the table is chosen with a number, the objects spell the selection COIN, Dionic Force
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 46
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 50
Richard Kaufman, Steve Cohen Tenyo 2017 Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 56
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Water Crystal Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 56
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Magic Maze Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 57
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Psycho Gravity Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 57
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Perpetual Puzzle Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 58
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Dream Psychometry Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 58
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Mentalist's Flash Cards Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 58
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Miracle Magic Square Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 59
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Hyper ESP Cards Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 59
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) The Magic Play Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 62
Will Houstoun A University for the Art of Amusement on the Stockholm university courses on magic, Tom Stone
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 68
Tom Stone Pedagogical Methods Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 78
Matthew Field Plenty Up His Sleeve Johan Ståhl
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 80
Mikael Hedne Stockholm's Magic Bar Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 84
Sweets from the Swedes Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 86
Tomas Blomberg Odd(s) Triumph at the end of an in-the-hands triumph, the selection appears on the spectator's palm à la off-beat
Also published here
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 86
Tom Ellis, Wesley James Loading Move with face-down card on face-up half
Also published here
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 87
Axel Adlercreutz Ourobouros vacuum cleaner sucks itself up until it has vanishes
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 88
Peter Brynolf, Jonas Ljung Group Dynamics Bank Night combined with Chair Test, gaffed envelopes
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 90
Tom Frame (reviewer) The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
by Vanni Bossi (written by Stephen Minch)
Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 96
Tom Frame (reviewer) Outside the Box Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 98
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Move Zero, Volume 2 Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 99
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Pen-nomenon Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 100
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) At the Table Live Lecture: The Other Brothers Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 100
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Routines Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 101
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Catch 23 Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 101
David Oliver (reviewer) ToeWANDo Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 102
David Oliver (reviewer) Locked In Thought Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 102
David Oliver (reviewer) Black Bird Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 103
David Oliver (reviewer) Wired Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 103
David Oliver (reviewer) Larry's Bag Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 104
David Oliver (reviewer) Astrological Sign Book Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 104
David Oliver (reviewer) NetWorker Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 105
David Oliver (reviewer) Monte Test Vol. 79 No. 11 Nov. 2016 105
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 10
Gordon Bean (reviewer) Thrills in Hells Kitchen show "Verso"
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 11
Todd Karr The Eye Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Half-Life of Facts (Samuel Arbesman)
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 20
Jon Racherbaumer The Nature of Nothingness invisible sponge ball, matchbook and die, one item chosen by spectator, it becomes visible
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 20
John Gaughan Adolphe Blind's Card Rise
  • The Chamber of Secrets
card floats up a flower pot and is then seen upright above the flowers
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 22
Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger Paper Magic
  • Eugene's Notebook In Which Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride Have a Chat
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 25
Jim Steinmeyer Poetry in Motion
  • Conjuring
order of six envelopes chosen by spectators, they form a poem in the right order
Also published here
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 28
Bob Read Binary Luck
  • Hidden Treasures
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 32
Tom Stone, Jonathan Pendragon Tricks of the Eye
  • Lodestones vs. Panmagium
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 38
Tom Stone Spatial Frequency Manipulation on hybrid images and Factory Blanks
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 38
Jonathan Pendragon Accidental Prophecy effect in which a spectator follows along the performer and both have a card chosen, one uses a blank deck ("Factory Blanks" by Tom Stone)
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 41
Tom Stone Psychic Paper blank card shown to various people, they "see" a card which also has been predicted, "Factory Blanks"
Related to
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 42
Harrison Greenbaum Reality!
  • You Are All Terrible
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 48
Helder Guimarães Filling Up the Spaces with Real Bricks
  • Invisible Strings
storytelling, Gabi Pareras's Fictional Magic
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 52
John Guastaferro Magicana Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 56
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Also published here
Variations
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 56
Larry Jennings, Harapan Ong Optical Add-On handling for single card
Also published here
Inspired by
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 57
Fritz Alkemade Late Night Aces four blank cards change to Aces
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 58
Nicholas Sinamon Scrabble Sum scrabble pieces used by spectator to form a word, their value is added and that page number in dictionary reveals the word
Inspired by
  • "Position Parity Principle" (Peter Winkler, Mathematical Puzzles, 2004)
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 62
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 64
Carl Mercurio The World in Play playing card exhibition in New York City
Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 70
David Ben Julie Eng: Buried Treasure Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 78
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Mnemonica Miracles Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 96
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Pasteboards: SansMinds Worker Series Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 98
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Pizza Paddle Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 100
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Revolution Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 100
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Imagination Holding Coins Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 101
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Inferential Coins Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 101
Danny Orleans (reviewer) TP Prediction Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 102
Danny Orleans (reviewer) UV Gypsy String Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 102
Danny Orleans (reviewer) Force of Will Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 103
Kainoa Harbottle (reviewer) The Jerx, Vol. 1 Vol. 79 No. 12 Dec. 2016 103
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 10
Todd Karr The Eye David Copperfield
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • What the Luck? (Gary Smith, 2016)
  • Wonderland (Steven Johnson, 2016)
  • The Attention Merchants (Tim Wu, 2016)
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 20
Tony Slydini Do As I Do Coins three coins picked up and set back down with ten-to-one count, spectator cannot duplicate it
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 21
Mike Caveney George Closson to Del Adelphia
  • Classic Correspondence
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 24
John Bannon Frontal Or Flank Attack: Transpositions
  • Dealing With It
comments on transpositions, see following item for effect
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 30
John Bannon Heart Of Glass card on top and bottom of glass, no duplicates, deck placed on top
Inspired by
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 31
Chris Hannibal Mr. Nickels
  • Happiness is the Road
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 36
John Stessel Popcorn
  • Left-Handed (Jeff Prace)
popcorn floats up from hand to mouth
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 38
Martin Lewis Strongbox
  • Making Magic
borrowed bill travels into locked bill tube
  • The Radioactive Box of Doom
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 40
Kainoa Harbottle For the Humorless Lot
  • By Means of Metal
"or Coin Magic for the Social Magician"
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 46
Curtis Kam Quartermaster six quarters and one copper coins put in spectator's hand, three travel to performer's hand one by one, copper coin transposes with a quarter
Inspired by
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 47
Curtis Kam Pair False Count coins counted in pairs
Inspired by
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 47
Curtis Kam Coin False Count counting coins into spectator's hand
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 48
Daniel Ulin Knights at the Magic Castle Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 52
Gary Brown Squeeky - The Golden Voice Thrower "A Wonderfully Awful Little Secret"
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 58
Dustin Stinett Flip on Flip Hallema
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 64
Dustin Stinett Flip - The Duplomagic Act Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 70
Flip Hallema Thinking-Outside-Inside-The Box "Or... Not Your Staple-Trick", signed stapler travels inside two sheets of paper that are stapled together all around
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 78
Flip Hallema Original Copies wild card with blank cards in which the word "original" is copied
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 81
Flip Hallema My First Original Rope Trick rope cut into three pieces
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 82
John Gaspard The Invisible Assistant "An Eli Marks Short Story"
Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 88
John Lovick* (reviewer) The Amateur at the Kitchen Table Vol. 80 No. 1 Jan. 2017 96
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