Collected Card Notes

Book
1999
Written by Justin Higham*
Work of Justin Higham*
126 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Justin Higham*
Language: English
156 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Sleights & Applications
1
Roger Crosthwaite Transfer Switches - First Method card is shown in spread and tabled
Also published here
 3
Justin Higham* Transfer Switches - Second Method variations of Walton's switch
  • First Version
  • Second Version
  • Third Version
  • Fourth Version
  • Fifth Version
  • Sixth Version
  • Seventh Version
 		4
Justin Higham* X Cards to Aces four indifferent cards tabled one by one, they change to Aces
Variations
 5
Justin Higham* Face-Down X Cards to Aces four indifferent cards tabled one by one from face-down spread, they change to Aces
 		5
Justin Higham* Transfer-Switch Force
Variations
 6
Justin Higham* Transfer-Switch Reverse card openly turned over in spread, same card is still reversed afterwards
 		7
Justin Higham* Illogical Retention Change face-up/face-down discrepancy
Also published here
Inspired by
 8
Justin Higham* Illogical One-Hand Bottom face-up/face-down discrepancy
 		8
Justin Higham* Shuffled X Cards to Aces four indifferent cards are reversed in deck, they change to Aces
Inspired by
 9
Justin Higham* Transfer Switches - Third Method fake transfer
  • First Technique
  • Second Technique
 		10
Justin Higham* Transfer Switches - Fourth Method fake transfer
  • First Technique
  • Second Technique
 		10
Justin Higham* Transfer Switches - Fifth Method tabled card picked up and put into spread and switched
 		10
Justin Higham* Transfer Switches - Sixth Method tabled card picked up and put into spread and switched
Related to
 11
Justin Higham* Transfer-Switch Transposition
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
 		11
Justin Higham* Reverse Top Change slow motion type
Related to
Variations
 12
Ace Switches
13
Justin Higham* Choreographed Ace Switch Aces removed from in-the-hands spread and then switched on deck, all or only partial switch
  • First Method
  • Second Method (with palm)
    • With a Pause
    • Without a Pause
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
    • 1-of-4
    • 2-of-4
    • 3-of-4
    • 4-of-4
  • Fifth Method
Variations
 13
Justin Higham* Illogical Ace Switch partial or full switch on deck
  • 1-of-4
  • 2-of-4
  • 3-of-4
  • 4-of-4
Inspired by
  • Justin Higham, The New Tops, June 1985
Related to
 15
Justin Higham* Lost-Cover Ace Switch starting position as in slide-under switches, but cover card lapped
  • First Method
  • Second Method
 		17
Justin Higham* Fine Step Control post-peek step control
 		17
Longitudinal Angle Palm Notes
19
Justin Higham* Longitudinal Fan Steal (From Bottom)
Inspired by
Related to
 19
Justin Higham*, Edward Marlo Longitudinal Multiple Shift
Related to
 20
Justin Higham* Longitudinal Bottom Replacement
20
Justin Higham* Longitudinal Center Replacement
Inspired by
 21
Justin Higham* K-B Flick Change double removed from bottom, unload on top with deck in right-hand end grip
 		21
Illusory Double Undercuts
22
Justin Higham* Step Double Undercut with visible (sucker) step
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 22
Justin Higham* Finessed Double Undercut
24
Justin Higham* Double-Undercut Throw-Off
Inspired by
 24
Justin Higham* Fake Jog Shuffle
Related to
 24
Justin Higham* Count-Action Bottom Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
  • Necktied Version
  • Count-Action Double Deal
  • As a Switch
Also published here
 25
Justin Higham* Surprise Collectors using Count-Action Bottom Deal
 		26
Justin Higham* Flexican Turnover single or multiple cards
 		27
Justin Higham* Lengthwise Packet Switch tabled
Inspired by
Related to
 28
Justin Higham* Half-Pass Action Glimpse during cutting action, also for multiple cards
 		30
Justin Higham* Note on the Riffle Peek on picking up the break
 		31
Justin Higham* Full Tilt straight to bottom
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 31
Justin Higham* Full-Tilt Pseudo Center Deal
32
Justin Higham* Less Than Full Tilt to certain number from bottom
Inspired by
 32
Justin Higham* All-Around Turnover with faced deck, credit information
Related to
 32
Justin Higham* Repeat Reverse
33
Techniques for the Pass
35
Notes on the Herman Pass
37
Edward Marlo Six O'Clock Shift
Inspired by
 37
Justin Higham* Three O'Clock Shift
Inspired by
  • "Perfect Pass" (Ed Marlo, Daniel Rhod's Ultimate Marlo Vol. 1 video)
 38
Justin Higham* Midnight Shift to Table
Inspired by
 39
Justin Higham* Screened Turnover Pass
39
Justin Higham* Turnover-Pass Switch face card of deck shown, deck turned over and (switched) face card tabled
Also published here
Variations
 39
Justin Higham* Table-Edge Pass Finesse
Inspired by
Related to
  • Ed Marlo, The Cardician video
 39
Justin Higham* End Notes comments on Herrmann passes
 		40
Edward Marlo Tilted-Dribble Pass
Inspired by
 41
Edward Marlo Hidden Pass
Inspired by
 41
Justin Higham* Dribble Shift - Second Version
Inspired by
 42
Justin Higham* Dribble Shift & Glimpse
43
Justin Higham* Stanyon Top-Card Cover Pass Variations
  • Preset Top-Card Cover Pass
    • First Technique
    • Second Technique
  • Immediate Top-Card Cover Pass
 		44
Tabled Shuffle & Cut Work
47
Riffle Stacking Methods
49
Justin Higham* Combination Riffle Stack
  • Method One
  • Method One Plus Sucker Hand
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
  • Method Four
  • Method Five
Inspired by
 49
Justin Higham* Double-Minus-2 Riffle Stack Aces put on top, one shuffle, then five-handed game dealt
  • 2 to 6 Hands Inclusive
  • 7 to 13 Hands Inclusive
 		51
Justin Higham* Ace Shuffle Resequenced
Inspired by
  • "Ace Shuffle Sequence" (Ed Marlo, Legend video)
 52
Justin Higham* Variations on Marlo's Underhanded Scoop Add adding card under a deck or packet, table edge, from deck
  • Underhanded Deck Add
  • Underhanded Covered Switch (packet switch except top card(s))
  • Underhanded Mid-Air Add
Inspired by
Related to
 53
Justin Higham* Shuffled Ace Cutting
54
Block Transfer Techniques
55
Justin Higham* Covered Block Transfer
  • Second Method (Simplex Strip-Out Shuffle)
  • Third Method (Triumph Shuffle)
Inspired by
 55
Justin Higham* Multiple-Cover Block Transfer
  • Second Method
Inspired by
 56
Justin Higham* Note on the Strip-Out Shuffle
56
Justin Higham* Failure Turned Into Triumph
Inspired by
 57
Justin Higham* Fake Zarrow Shuffle
Related to
Variations
 58
Justin Higham* Finessed Fourth Alternative
Inspired by
 59
Tabled False Cut Techniques
59
Justin Higham* Neocheating Triple Cut credit information
  • True Cut
  • False Cut
Related to
 59
Justin Higham* Notes on the False Strip Cut bottom strip cut
Inspired by
  • False Strip Cut, Richard Turner video
 60
Justin Higham*, Cy Endfield Cy Endfield's Four-Way Slip Cut - Reconstruction
Inspired by
 60
Mental & Related Effects
63
Justin Higham* Mindsight
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
 		65
Justin Higham* The Variation That Can Be Explained
Related to
 67
Justin Higham* Clairvoyant Variations
68
Justin Higham* Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by
 69
Justin Higham* Super Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by
 69
Justin Higham* Ultimate Clairvoyant
Inspired by
 70
Justin Higham* Clairvoyant Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 71
Justin Higham* Stripper Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired by
Related to
 72
Justin Higham* Clairvoyant Svengali spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired by
 72
Justin Higham* Broken-Line Location
Related to
 73
Justin Higham* Logical Twenty-Sixth Card
Inspired by
 74
Justin Higham* Predetermined Count-Down spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
  • First Method
  • Second Method (Discard)
Inspired by
 74
Justin Higham* High-Card Mental Revelation spectator shuffles, cuts off a pile and thinks of highest card in that pile
Inspired by
 76
Justin Higham* Direct 15-Card Trick applying Pre-determined Estimation to fifteen-card trick
  • Marked Version
  • With 21/24 Cards
Inspired by
Variations
 77
Justin Higham* Mono Do-as-I-Do performer and spectator have each other peek a deck, performer removes his selection, it's the same as spectator's
  • Marked Version
Inspired by
  • "Futzless" (Carmen D'Amico, Sticks & Stones No. 18)
Related to
Variations
 78
Roger Crosthwaite Split-Deck Version
Related to
 78
John Carey Mono Think-as-I-Think following gaze
Inspired by
 78
One-Way Reversals - Part One
79
Roger Crosthwaite First Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
Inspired by
 79
Daniel Rhod Second Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
Inspired by
 79
Justin Higham* Third Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
  • Discard Procedures
    • No. 1
    • No. 2
Inspired by
 79
Justin Higham* One-Way Reversals - Part Two one-way reversals of a peeked-at card
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
 		80
Two One-Way Effects
81
Roger Crosthwaite One-Way Estimation Speller
81
Roger Crosthwaite One-Way Sequence Location selection made from and lost in table spread, random one-way sequence codes position
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Related to
Variations
 82
Bobby Bernard Coincidental Brainwave deck cut in half and pairs turned up until there is a match, same value is reversed in second deck
 		83
Bobby Bernard Signing Ruse
83
Miscellaneous Effects
85
Justin Higham* Revolutionary Ace Cutting Aces found through consecutive cut forces
  • Cut-Deeper Ace Cutting
  • So-Simple Ace Cutting (Discard)
Inspired by
 87
Justin Higham* Reversed-Order Force spectator cuts off pile and counts it before remembering a card
Variations
 87
Justin Higham* Reversed-Order Divination spectator cuts off pile and counts it before remembering a card, both divined
 		87
Justin Higham* One-Ahead Foursome four-of-a-kind produced from shuffled deck
 		88
Bluff Colour Changes
89
Justin Higham* Bluff Erdnase Change
Inspired by
 89
Justin Higham* Bluff Charlier Steal
89
Justin Higham* Erdnase-Charlier Combination
89
Justin Higham* Replaced-Cut Revelation swing cut with tap to secretly cut the deck while apparently nothing changed
Inspired by
 90
Oil & Water Methods
90
Justin Higham* Unaccounted Oil & Water 4&4
Variations
 90
Justin Higham* Displaced Oil & Water 4&4
 		92
Justin Higham* Displaced Oil & Water Climax 4&4, magical mixing
 		93
Justin Higham* Direct Oil & Water 4&4
 		93
Justin Higham* Preset Oil & Water Climax 4&4, magical mixing
 		94
Discards
94
Justin Higham* Collected Oil & Water 4&4, magical mixing
Inspired by
Variations
 94
Justin Higham* Aesthetic Oil & Water 4&4
  • Variation
 		95
Justin Higham* West End Aces tabled Aces transpose with indifferent cards on other side one by one
Inspired by
 95
Justin Higham* Lengthwise Spread Addition
Also published here
Related to
 96
Sandwich Effects
97
Justin Higham* Slip-Cut Sandwich Transpo sandwiched card transposes with another card
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by
 97
Justin Higham* Pressed Between Again card from top vanishes and is found between sandwich cards
Inspired by
 98
Justin Higham* Bottom-Deal Sandwich card sandwiched turns out to be previously selected card
Inspired by
 99
Justin Higham* Bottom-Deal Sandwich Exchange
Inspired by
 99
Marlo Sleights & Effects
101
Notes on the Two-Hand Top Palm
103
Edward Marlo Reverse-Turnaround Palm reverse all-around square up cover
Inspired by
 103
Edward Marlo Glide Palm all-around square up cover
 		105
Notes on the Vernon Strip-Out Addition
105
Edward Marlo Immediate Strip-Out Addition corrected description
Inspired by
 105
Justin Higham* Combination Cull-Addition-Switch
Inspired by
Related to
 105
Miscellaneous Notes
106
Edward Marlo Double Clip Change
Inspired by
 106
Edward Marlo ATFUS Finesse
106
Vic Pinto, Justin Higham* Finessed Card-Case Load with glass to stabilise case
Inspired by
 106
Edward Marlo In-a-Jiffy K-M Move
Inspired by
 107
Edward Marlo Borrowed-Deck Transposition with stranger card
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • Final Phase
 		107
Edward Marlo Latest Rubaway Spots
Inspired by
 108
Edward Marlo Progressive Ace Switch
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by
 109
Edward Marlo Bluff Collectors
Inspired by
 110
Edward Marlo Double-Deal Count-Down card to any chosen number from ten to twenty
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Related to
 111
Edward Marlo, Justin Higham* K-M Reversing Aces Revised Aces reverse one by one
 		113
Edward Marlo, Justin Higham* Marlo's Direct Red-Black Aces - Reconstruction
113
Svengali-Deck Applications
115
Justin Higham* Think-a-Svengali a selection travels next to another thought-of card, svengali deck
Inspired by
 117
Justin Higham* Alternative Left-About Change snap-over change
Inspired by
 117
Justin Higham* Svengali Quickie reversed selection changed into another selection
Inspired by
 117
Justin Higham* Svengali Location
118
Justin Higham* Double X-Ray Vision cards next to chosen cards are divined, Paradox Deck (Multeffect)
Inspired by
 119
Justin Higham* Text Notes & References
121
Justin Higham* Automatic Jog-Control Multiple Shift
123
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2021.