Beam, Steve, Kaufman, Richard, Takizawa, Atsushi

Book

2025
Written by Steve Beam, Richard Kaufman, Atsushi Takizawa
Work of Hiroyuki Sakai

73 pages (Paperback), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Earle Oakes*, Steve Beam, Atsushi Takizawa
Language: English

13 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Joshua Jay	Introduction			1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Hiroyuki Sakai	The Fishy Five	ten dollar bill and five dollar bill with slit, the one with slit is folded so it looks like two, it then changes into the ten dollar bill and the one with slit is found in wallet	Also published here The Fishy Five (Hiroyuki Sakai, Genii, 1999)	3	Bill / Transposition Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Hiroyuki Sakai	Balloon Bank Night	using a kind of rattle gimmick for balloons	Also published here Balloon Bank Nite (Hiroyuki Sakai, Genii, 2009)	12	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Balloon / Miscellaneous
Hiroyuki Sakai	Impromptu Psi-Con Ruse	five cards are placed into book so they stick out half-way in different positions, one chosen, it matches prediction in envelope	Also published here Impromptu Psi-Con Ruse (Hiroyuki Sakai, Lecture Notes 1999, 1999) Inspired by PSI-Con Ruse (Philip T. Goldstein, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5, 1986) also in: Psi-Con Ruse (Das Phil Goldstein Seminar, 1988) Psi-Con Ruse (Lecture*, 1988) … and 9 more	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Hiroyuki Sakai	Card Switch with Book		Also published here Card Switch with Book (Hiroyuki Sakai, Lecture Notes 1999, 1999)	25	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Hiroyuki Sakai	Separation 8	4&4, the cards separate three times and then the colors transpose Preliminary Phase: Removing the Cards from the Deck First Phase Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4	Inspired by Color Sunder (Hiroyuki Sakai, Genii, 2006)	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Dai Vernon	Strip-Out Addition			32	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
	Establishing an Erdnase Break	over bottom card		46	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
	Packet Switch	Veeser type with Erdnase Break	Also published here Packet Switch (Genii, 2006)	47	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
Harvey Rosenthal*	Pop-Up Move	top card break	Also published here The Pop-Up Move (Harvey Rosenthal, Packet Switches (Part Three), 1977) Related to Pressure Break (Larry Jennings, The Cardwright, 1988) Baltazar's Break (Baltazar Fuentes, Arempi II*, 1999) … and 1 more	51	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses
Hiroyuki Sakai	Band On The Run	rubber band around deck disappears and is found around selection	Also published here Band On the Run (Hiroyuki Sakai, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1991) also in: Band on the Run (Hiroyuki Sakai, Lecture Notes, 1995) Inspired by Stretch aka Rubber Band Scam (revised) (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) Related to Total A-Band-A-Ment (Bernard Bilis, Jean Philippe, MO — Modus Operandi, 1993) Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Denis Behr, Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2, 2011) also in: Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Magic on Tap, 2018) Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Magic on Tap, 2018) Variations Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Denis Behr, Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2, 2011) also in: Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Magic on Tap, 2018) Herbert - The Trained Rubber Band (Magic on Tap, 2018)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards
Hiroyuki Sakai	Vibrating Bed	two red Queens on table, four black cards in spectator's hand, one black card moved to red pile, now four black cards on table and reds in spectator's hand	Also published here The Vibrating Bed (Hiroyuki Sakai, Genii, 2000) Inspired by Linking Ring Parade, July 1981 also in: Unbalanced (The Three Faces of Steve, 1987)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Hotel Mystery Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Larry Jennings	Rhythm Count			68	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind

Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2025.

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