S.B.S. Same Both Sides

A Unique Book of Card Tricks

Book
1973
Written by Lloyd E. Jones
Work of Various
43 pages (Stapled), published by Magic Limited
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
36 entries
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Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Lloyd E. Jones Foreword
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Lloyd E. Jones I Did Something! spectator counts to a card by using value of bottom card of shuffled deck, selection turns over
Also published here
  • M-U-M
 5
Jeff Busby Matched Selection card chosen from face-up red deck and face-down blue deck, they match, SBS deck
 		6
Robert Byrne Impossible Unreverse face-up card reverses itself multiple times, last time in case for clean up
 		7
Glenn G. Gravatt* Double Faced Do As I Do spectator and performer reverse a card behind their back, they match, single SBS and double-backer deck
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Glenn G. Gravatt* Double Faced Force behind the back the spectator cuts deck and faces the halves to select a card at that position
Related to
 9
Glenn G. Gravatt* Double Faced Reverse spectator reverses a card behind his back, matches a prediction, single SBS and double-backer deck
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Glenn G. Gravatt* Two Spectator Match two cards chosen from two decks match, single SBS and double-backer deck
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Glenn G. Gravatt* Short Double Face Reverse card reverses despite checking via riffling through cards that all are face down
 		12
Glenn G. Gravatt* Ultissimo, Junior spectator selects card that matches prediction, bad version
  • Postscript to "Ultissimo, Junior"
 		12
Glenn G. Gravatt* Double Faced Transposition
13
Glenn G. Gravatt* Coincidence performer places a card in a glass, spectator chooses one which is added, they are shown to match
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Ed. Prendergast Mental Miracle spectator mixes cards on a tray under a handkerchief and turns two over, they've been predicted, uncredited (Prendergast saw it in David Hoy lecture)
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Gerald Kosky A Good Gag spectator cannot do air-pressure turnover, card remains face up
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Gerald Kosky Change of Signature spectator signs card, name changes to performer's signature via air pressure turnover
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Tan Hock Chuan Prediction two cards stuck in top of book match
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Glenn G. Gravatt* To Glide Force a Double Facer deck held face up
  • Trick Using Above Force (spectator finds card from backs, instant stooge)
Related to
 19
Glenn G. Gravatt* Using a BF Deck spectator finds selection, only card in blank-faced deck
 		20
Sid Fleischman* Tinytype Trickery card chosen, corner torn off (and switched), spectator holds card face towards him and a polaroid picture is made, on the photo the face is seen instead of the back, card shown normal
 		20
Glenn G. Gravatt* You Can't Do As I Do
22
Burling Hull Chinese Mind Reading spectator writes question on a card, it is dropped into hat, writing changes to Chinese characters, question is answered, sucker element
 		25
Burling Hull U-Find It spectator finds card from backs, instant stooge
Related to
 25
Lloyd E. Jones A Startling Change! wrong card changes into selection
 		26
Jeff Busby Card Transpo
27
Ken Beale Royal Transposition Aces and Kings transpose once leader is exchanged
 		28
Reversal Move turning whole packet over while hand is down at the leg
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Ken Beale Cut Force spectator cuts deck and faces the halves to select a card at that position
Inspired by
Related to
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Ken Beale Psychic Message spectator cuts deck and faces the halves to select a card at that position and places a blank card between the halves, name of selection appears on blank card
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Ken Beale Two Deck Mystery card chosen from red deck matches blue-backed prediction, secret additional one-way forcing deck
Inspired by
 33
Ken Beale Turnover Deck Switch apparently red and blue deck (= red deck with blue cover card), they are put face to face and secretly turned over
Inspired by
 34
Jeff Busby The Bashful Queen three Kings and a Queen, Queen turns over and back changes color
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U. F. Grant Name Spelling spectator's name is spelled
 		36
Tan Hock Chuan Compatibility three chosen cards turn over in another deck, SBS deck
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Lloyd E. Jones The "Dilly Deck!" prediction card removed, spectator touches cards with faces towards him and performer names them, then Touch version, stacked deck with several SBS cards distributed in it
 		39
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, John Murray Here Are Some Quickies!
  • 1. face-up/face-down 50% prediction
  • 2. SBS as openly shown gag card
  • 3. SBS as openly shown gag card
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Lloyd E. Jones The Mirror Card SBS card placed in glass, it then acts as a mirror glass, egg production or coin production applications, cracking an egg into bottomless glass on spectator's hand as gag
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Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2026.