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Martin Gardner uses the penname Uriah Fuller.

Karl Fulves uses the pennames Ralph Gironda, Robert (Bob) Hess, Tony Cole, Aaron Wainer, Ben Christopher, Peter Alexis, Alan Brown, Jack Posetary, Robert Ellenwold, John Agra, Ian Mikby, Francis J. Baker, Sam Lebeoff, Lou Borin, Mike Morhman, B. B. Koch, Art Spring, K. Yost, Arthur Hill, Len Gardner, Charles Brent, Neal Thomas, John Taylor, Brian Jordan, Ned Powers, David Moore, Jack Hara, W. Mason, Ed Thiele, Charles Ostin, Ed Ryan, Bill Fleischman, Bob Paul.

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Dr. Jacob Daley The "Ad Lib" Spelling two cards spelled to
Inspired by
  • Larry Grey effect, marketed in Sphinx
Related toVariationsAlso published here 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
138
Martin Gardner Gardner's Card Speller answer to three questions is spelled, spectator can lie, still the card shows up at the end
Related toVariations 1937
Here's New Magic
3
Martin Gardner Gardner's Immovable Cigarette cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological
Also published here 1937
Here's New Magic
15
Sam Leo Horowitz A Psychological Discovery two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
549
Paul Rosini A Great Location Trick subtle key card location
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
570
Martin Gardner Preposterous
Variations Jan. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 40)
268
Martin Gardner Through the Hank whole deck penetrates handkerchief except selection
Variations 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
271
Martin Gardner Newspell
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
272
Martin Gardner Synthetic Seconds two selections travel together, presented as second deal demonstration, stooge
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
272
Martin Gardner Cigarette vs Beer lit cigarette is balanced on bottle and moves up and down within, thread
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
273
Martin Gardner That Quaint Joker routine in which thirteen values are spelt and spectator gets joker all the time
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
273
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Martin Gardner Red/Black Overhand Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Martin Gardner Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Martin Gardner Color Trouble head of paper match changes color
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
275
Martin Gardner Draw Poker Plus
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
275
Martin Gardner A Smart Cigarette lit cigarette through handkerchief
Variations 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
276
Martin Gardner An Easy Lesson
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
276
Martin Gardner Three Piles
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
277
Martin Gardner The Houdini Pen
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
278
Martin Gardner Pocket to Cuff marked dime travels from pocket to trouser cuff
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
278
Martin Gardner Fountain Pen Gone pen vanishes from handkerchief
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
278
Walter B. Gibson Date Sense numbers on calendar are added, matrix force
Related toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 41)
279
Martin Gardner Power! selection turns over, then transposes with duplicate from odd-backed deck
 		Feb. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 41)
280
Martin Gardner The ----- of -- Trick
Inspired by 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
323
Theodore Annemann Jordan Plus Gardiner Gardner
Inspired by 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
326
Martin Gardner Watchistry spectator calculates number from hours on watch, divined by performer
Variations Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
357
Separating the Colors slop shuffle
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
115
Edward Marlo The First Miracle spectator looks at any card in table spread while performer looks away, self-crimp
Related toVariations 1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
11
Martin Gardner Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck up to three selections, with slop shuffle followed by a riffle shuffle
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
4
Martin Gardner Face to Face Fantasy halves placed face-to-face right itself except selection, repeat with second selection
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
7
Martin Gardner Pad Spread Principle spreading deck lightly with reversed cards so they don't show, then with more force so they appear
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
7
Martin Gardner Double Climax Speller performer spells to wrong card which is there, then spectator to right card which is reversed
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
10
Martin Gardner Double Lift Reverse straightforward
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
11
Martin Gardner Never-Miss Stop Effect two-pile-stop trick with Tens/Jacks alternating set-up
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
12
Martin Gardner Big Casino Count Down one of nine cards thought of, Ten-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
13
Martin Gardner Six of Spades Count Down one of seventeen cards thought of, Six-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
14
Martin Gardner Two Piles and Subtract spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually found
Inspired by 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
15
Martin Gardner Do As I Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
VariationsAlso published here 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
17
Martin Gardner Eye-Pop Routine two selections reverse in the center, then travel back to top, pseudo duplicates
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
18
Martin Gardner Sympathetic Decks unknown card sandwiched in red-backed deck with red Aces, red Aces also placed together reversed in blue deck, duplicate appears between Aces in blue deck
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
19
Martin Gardner Plunger Glimpse sandwiched card secretly pushed out at the back via plunger principle
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
19
Martin Gardner Sandwiched Card Glimpse with center card outjogged
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
20
Martin Gardner Simple Sandwich Load with a double lift
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
20
Martin Gardner Vanishing and Reappearing Card spectator cuts deck and remembers card, halves placed face-to-face, selection vanishes (cards shown one by one) and reappears
VariationsAlso published here 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
20
Martin Gardner Improved Lie Speller with two cards
Inspired by
  • Martin Gardner's version in "Here's More Magic" (Joe Berg)
Related toVariations 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
22
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940
Half-A-Dozen Hummers
4
Martin Gardner Pen Kink borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 132)
759
Martin Gardner Four Piles and a Dollar Bill spectator deals pile into four piles, the values on top form the year on the bill
 		1941
After the Dessert
6
Martin Gardner Lighting a Match Twice multiple methods
 		1941
After the Dessert
8
Martin Gardner Japanese Paper Bird bird fold that flaps its wings, application with flash paper and coin appearing from bird or traveling in bird
Inspired by
  • "Houdini's Paper Magic" (p. 117)
Related to
  • "Scientific Recreations" (Tissandier, 1881, French work)
 1941
After the Dessert
11
Martin Gardner The Vanishing Salt Shaker covered with napkin, optional transformation into pepper shaker instead of vanish
 		1941
After the Dessert
18
Chefalo Chefalo's Vanishing Knot double knot vanish
Related to 1941 ca.
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
30
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine
Related toVariations 1942
Let's See the Deck
28
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner Casanova Card Trick two at a time production of Queens when two halves are rubbed face to face
Related toVariations 1942
Deck Deception
5
Martin Gardner The Unconfused Joker Joker put reversed above a selection, Joker moved to different position but selection is still found underneath
 		1942
Cut the Cards
6
Naming the Card Cut performer announces that he can immediately name any card cut to, deck secretly reversed under cover card
Variations 1942
Cut the Cards
10
Martin Gardner Use Your Head spectator shuffles packet, remembers bottom card ans spells it, packet pressed against performer's forehead where selection sticks
 		1942
Cut the Cards
10
Martin Gardner The Surprised Gambler bottom deal demo, Aces in second phase
 		1942
Cut the Cards
11
Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer Paper Clip Discovery chosen cards found to be paper clipped together with a message on them
Also published here 1942
Cut the Cards
12
Martin Gardner Vanish and Spell card vanishes and is found via spelling from the top
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
14
Martin Gardner Card Vanish Sequence Hide-Out Principle, deck shown in sections, card to vanish is reversed
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
14
Martin Gardner Deck Through Handkerchief first selection rises from handkerchief-wrapped deck, whole deck penetrates handkerchief except second selection
Inspired by 1942
Cut the Cards
16
Martin Gardner The Swizzle Stick Cipher distorted writing can be read through glass stick
 		1942
Cut the Cards
19
Martin Gardner A New False Cut straight swivel cut to table as false cut
 		1942
Cut the Cards
21
Martin Gardner Fan Glimpse card ends up angle-jogged after square up
 		1942
Cut the Cards
23
Martin Gardner A Face to Face Routine
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
24
Martin Gardner For the Man in Uniform back of selection changes to picture of uniformed man, performed for soldier
 		1942
Cut the Cards
27
Martin Gardner A Curious Card Vanish card vanishes from under handkerchief and reappears reversed in deck
 		1942
Cut the Cards
28
Martin Gardner Card Through Handkerchief single card penetrates handkerchief
 		1942
Cut the Cards
31
Martin Gardner X-Ray Touch deck cut and top card touched with first finger, then it is named, repeated
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
32
Martin Gardner Are You Psychic? performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match
Also published here 1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
13
Martin Gardner An Easy Lesson
Also published here 1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
38
Martin Gardner Draw Poker Plus
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
57
Martin Gardner Preposterous
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
63
Martin Gardner Newspell
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
65
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
69
Martin Gardner Red/Black Overhand Shuffle
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
69
Jean Hugard The Balanced Deck deck balanced on hand
Related to Aug. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 3)
66
Jerry Sorensen That's the Way They're Done four cards are found, one with Martin Gardner's "Lie Detector Test"
 		1945
My Best
33
Martin Gardner Spread, Shuffle, Spread one to ten cards are removed from a spread and replaced in the other half, after a shuffle all cards are found, sharp/round index divided deck
 		1945
My Best
89
Martin Gardner Pop Through Cigarette cigarette through handkerchief
 		1945
My Best
166
Martin Gardner The Flying Cigar Band "An Intriguing Table Interlude", from one finger to another finger of the same hand
 		July 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)
131
Martin Gardner, Neal Elias Vanishing Card from deck
 		1946
At the Table Tricks
4
Warren Wiersbe, Martin Gardner Think-A-Card - Wiersbe Version
1946
Mental Cases With Cards
18
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations
VariationsAlso published here 1946
Face Up Face Down Mysteries
1
A Poker Player's Picnic no-touch, little bit of dealing involved
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
16
Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner A Poker Puzzle
Related to 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
129
Martin Gardner Hand to Hand two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down
Also published here Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 163)
655
Martin Gardner Die-Vination two dice, sum divintion
 		Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 164)
658
Martin Gardner Coat Penetration
  • Impromptu Methods
  • Cigarette Version
 		Oct. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)
475
Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer Under the Table spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, cards are separated into red and blacks as climax
  • Turn Every Other Card
Inspired by Nov. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)
484
Martin Gardner Simplified Mnemonics spectator removes various cards with different values, performer going through the deck once and names missing values
  • Variation
Related to Nov. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)
485
Martin Gardner Scissors Sorcery two different colored light bulbs throw different colored shadows, Christmas theme
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
495
Martin Gardner The Magic Knot knot tied in rope, ends held by spectator, scissors threaded
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
495
Martin Gardner Chefalo Knot with scissors threaded
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
495
Martin Gardner Cut and Restored scissors threaded under handkerchief
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
495
Martin Gardner Prepared Version scissors threaded, scissors with slit
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
495
Martin Gardner "Pop Up" Cigarette cigarette through handkerchief
 		1948/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
52
Martin Gardner Immovable Cigarette cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological
Also published here 1948/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
53
Martin Gardner Card Through the Handkerchief no palming, deck in case
 		1948/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
84
Red-Black Shuffle no credit given, "shown to me by Downs"
Variations 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
170
Al Leech, Edward Marlo, Martin Gardner Elusive Jacks
Inspired byRelated to 1949
For Card Men Only
12
Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 168)
672
Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, Bert Allerton Ten Card Deal P.S. further ideas on the ten card poker deal
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
681
John Murray Take Ten finale for ten card poker deal, all cards are put in separated envelopes
Related toAlso published here June 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 180)
719
Martin Gardner Beery salt spilled in beer rises to top, see also p. 758
 		Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 188)
754
Martin Gardner The Saliva Plunger deck held with handkerchief over hand
Related to Jan. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)
505
Martin Gardner The Subway Trick four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains
Related to Jan. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)
505
Martin Gardner Reversed Subway four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains reversed
Related to Feb. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)
513
Martin Gardner Dollar Bill Folds
  • Mazuma Fish
  • Mazuma Midget
  • Mazuma Mushroom
 		Feb. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)
515
Martin Gardner Topsy Turvy Deck marking spot in center for easier reversal of top half, slop shuffle triumph
 		Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
525
Martin Gardner Center Deal fake center deal, four Aces
Related to Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
525
Martin Gardner Flexible Hands
Apr. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)
535
Martin Gardner Finger Stunts removing the thumb, with ideas by Paul Stadelman, Emil Jarrow and Bill Simon
 		Apr. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)
545
Stewart Judah, Martin Gardner, Milbourne Christopher Flash Paper Pellet Switch switching paper ball for flash paper ball, with ideas by Milbourne Christopher
 		May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
545
Martin Gardner Floating Weanie floating sausage illusion, optical illusion with fingers
 		May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
545
Martin Gardner Dead Finger odd sensation, holding hand with spectator and touching finger
 		May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
545
Martin Gardner, Morris Fox, Bob Nelson Two Pinkie Tricks shrinking and removing fourth finger
  • Trick Number One
  • Trick Number Two
Related to July 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)
565
Bert Allerton, Martin Gardner Bert Allerton's Crazy Cards transposition of two cards
  • Repeat
  • False Explanation
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 3)
575
Martin Gardner, Jay Marshall Stunts with Paper
  • Paper Bunnies (by Jay Marshall, based on Al Baker's Ring Around Rosie)
  • Paper Movies
  • Cardboard Snapper
Inspired by Sep. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)
585
Martin Gardner Jump Out Card shooting bottom card when deck is cut
 		Oct. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)
595
Martin Gardner Break Control selection is outjogged, break made before card is pushed in under card below selection
 		Oct. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)
595
Martin Gardner Yakity-Yak Gags ideas and lines for the wind-up teeth by Johnny Paul, Senator Crandall, Karrell Fox, Joe Berg, Frank Garcia, Bill Simon, Dick Himber
 		Nov. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)
605
Martin Gardner The Afghan Bands
  • Muslin Version
  • Effect No. 1
  • Effect No. 2
 		Dec. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 7)
615
Martin Gardner Five Nine King card chosen, three piles arranged as in Poker Player's Picnic, on top of the piles are then the mates that match the selection
Related to 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
11
Charles "Chic" Schoke Chic's Parlay bet about the order of the Aces as they show up when dealing through the deck after riffle shuffles
Related to 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
41
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's A Natural with matches, seven outs
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 199)
796
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's a Natural No. 11, Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted
VariationsAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
23
Cardini, Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Francis Carlyle, Martin Gardner, John Scarne The Initials Will Tell No. 38, Initials of chosen card appears on spectator's palm (sugar + pencil)
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
68
Martin Gardner Five Nine King No. 94, card is freely selected, and its mates are found by cutting the deck.
Related toVariations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
176
John Scarne Scarne's Lie Speller No. 96
Related toVariations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
182
Martin Gardner, Johnny Albenice, Bert Feinson Cross Suits No. 99, two cards reverse in the center, then travel back to the top
Related to 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
189
Martin Gardner Gardner's Sympathetic Cards No. 111, Two-deck Do-as-I-Do
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
214
Martin Gardner The Impossible Location No. 129
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
249
George Schindler, Bob Condon The Mishap Poker Deal No. 134
Inspired byAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
259
Martin Gardner A Novel Discovery producing a card which matches value and one which matches suit, then actual selection, method of secretly cutting the deck when removing a card
 		Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
623
Joe Berg, Martin Gardner The Joe Berg Knot
Also published here Feb. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 9)
630
Martin Gardner Allerton's Crazy Card Variation
Related to Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
651
Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
  • Lambert's Improvement
  • Additional Improvement
Inspired by May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
665
Martin Gardner The Red-Black Shuffle
  • Overhand Red-Black Shuffles
  • Hindu Red-Black Shuffles
 		June 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)
674
Martin Gardner Red-Black Riffle Shuffles
  • The Center Pull Out
  • The Center Lever Out
  • Cutting Colors
  • Naming Colors
 		July 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 2)
679
Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo More Red-Black Riffle Shuffles
  • Marlo's Red-Black Shuffle
  • Step Version or Marlo Shuffle
  • Use of Bridge
  • Cut Flourish Version
 		Aug. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)
689
Martin Gardner Red-Black Riffle Shuffles-Conclusion
  • The Fred Black Shuffle
  • Step Version of Fred Black Shuffle
  • Three-Cut Shuffle
Inspired by Sep. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 4)
699
Hideout Principle showing that no Aces are in rest of deck while deck is shown in sections
Related to 1950
Lucky Aces
2
Martin Gardner Spectacular name of card appears on lenses of glasses when breathing on them
 		July 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 234)
937
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value
Variations Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 241)
962
Dai Vernon, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Bill Simon, Martin Gardner, Norman Jensen, Bruce Elliott The Ruler force with ruler with name of cards, ruler is balanced on two fingers and fingers brought together until fingers meet, see also p. 981 for ideas by John Hamilton
Variations Dec. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 244)
974
Martin Gardner, Charles "Chic" Schoke Easy Aces Aces in the deck stay in the same order after spectator riffle shuffled the deck three times
Related to Feb. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 249)
997
Martin Gardner Where Does the Easter Bunny Go? puzzle
 		Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 252)
1009
Martin Gardner Cubism sugar cubes travel from one hand to the other and back
 		May 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 254)
1016
Martin Gardner Fir You! making a christmas tree from paper
Related to Dec. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 271)
1082
Bill Simon The Middle Deal mock center deal
Related to 1952
Effective Card Magic
86
Bill Simon, Martin Gardner Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
151
Martin Gardner Poker Problem open drawing of cards, solution on p. 1104
Related to Feb. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 275)
1101
Martin Gardner Mity Match two paper match routines, vanishing / appearing spots on match
  • Multiplying Spots
  • Diminishing Spots
 		May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 307)
25
Martin Gardner Airing the Deck deck is aired and held in proper angle to simulate full deck
 		Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 321)
92
Martin Gardner Pencilvania ideas for effects with pencils, with ribbon, naming color
 		Dec. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 334)
146
Martin Gardner Hand to Hand two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down, cards are thrown several times
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
112
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh Ten Card Deal jonah card
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
190
The Missing Card method to clock the deck to find missing card
Variations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
10
Charles T. Jordan, Martin Gardner Jordan's Method Charles Jordan's method for clocking a deck (can be used to clock for four removed cards), with a tip from Martin Gardner to use the feet or fingers to help keep track of the suits
Inspired byRelated to 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
11
Steve Belchou Belchou's Aces Poker Player's Picnic, four Aces found via dealing and transferring cards between four piles, credited to Steve Belchou
Related to 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
27
Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick Packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Related toVariations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
28
, Eddie Joseph Tapping the Hours Spectator think of any hour on the clock, magician tap the clock at random points, eventually will end counting on the thought-of hour. Variation by Eddie Joseph using blank cards with words
Variations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
50
Martin Gardner Die and Watch Mystery Die is used to start counting clockwise and anticlockwise on a clock, count to thought-of number, the two hours are added together and magician can divine the number on the die
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
51
Martin Gardner Tap-a-drink Tapping the Hours but with names of different drinks in a clock shape
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
103
Martin Gardner Tap-an-Animal Tapping the Hours but with animal names in a clock shape
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
104
Martin Gardner The Riddle Card Tapping the Hours type of trick with a card with riddles
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
106
Theodore DeLand DeLand's Paradox Geometrical Vanish of a playing card
Variations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
123
Martin Gardner The Vanishing Rabbit Geometrical vanish of a rabbit
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
125
Martin Gardner Fibonacci Series About the mathematics behind geometrical vanishes where the area of a shape changes. Based on work by V. Schlegel, E.B. Escott and Lewis Carroll
Related to
  • V. Schlegel, Zeitschrift fur Mathematik und Physik, Vol. 24, p. 123 (1879)
  • E. B. Escott, Open Court, Vol. 21, p. 502 (1907)
Variations 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
134
Harry Langman Langman's Version Rectangle changes in area when pieces are moved around, related to Fibonacci series
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
137
Paul Curry Curry's Paradox Various geometrical vanishes of squares in rectangles and squares
Variations 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
139
Martin Gardner Curry Triangles Geometrical vanishes with triangles
Inspired by 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
145
Paul Curry, Martin Gardner Two-piece Squares Cut square into two pieces, rearrange to get hole
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
153
Martin Gardner Curved and 3-D Forms Discusses the possibilities of geometrical vanishes with 3-D shapes
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
155
Martin Gardner The "One Two Three" Trick three sets of Ace to Three are removed, one set put in a face-up row on table, one set put face down under those cards in the row, last three cards are distributed by spectator so they don't match the face-up cards, face-down cards either predict the placement, or each set has an Ace, Two and Three, also suggestion with other objects (different-sized cups of three colors)
Variations July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
5
Martin Gardner Principles Only! divination of a picture card of which the center has been hole-punched to hang it on the wall, application idea for Dai Vernon principle (centers of all picture cards are different)
 		July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
9
Martin Gardner Flexa Tube Puzzle flexagon-related puzzle about folding a tube inside out in a certain way
Related to Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
13
Martin Gardner Puzzle: Smith's Dilemma number puzzle in which the word "smith" is coded into digits
 		Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
21
Martin Gardner Cigar Vanish
1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
96
Tom Ransom Flexa-Tube Solution
Related to Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
12
Martin Gardner Looped!!! spectator draws intersecting curve on floor, pair of mates placed on each intersection, cards picked up according to rules, packet cut, top and bottom cards remembered and exchanged and later divined, exploiting topological curve properties
 		June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
9
P. Howard Lyons Martin Gardner Force Book comment that Martin Gardner's "Mathematics, Magic And Mystery" is a force book
 		Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
20
Bert Allerton Surprise Spelling
Related to 1958
The Close-Up Magician
30
Martin Gardner Two Puzzles
  • arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch
  • arranging four matches into a square that becomes smaller and smaller
Related to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
5
Martin Gardner Puzzle Solution: Seven Cigarettes arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
11
Dai Vernon The Bent Corner Prediction spectator names number up to 52, card there is predicted by performer
Related toVariations 1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
12
Al Leech Routine Royal
Related toVariations 1959
Cardmanship
18
Martin Gardner Ein paar Streichhölzer instruction game with matches, three piles, center pile ends up with named number
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
799
Martin Gardner Ein eigenartiger Schnurtrick as "Gardener", string is knotted to a loop and spectator places it on the table and builds a special form, sides are covered with paper so it's unclear which parts are inside the loop and which outside, performer returns and places pins at several places which are all outside the loop
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)
835
Martin Gardner Piano Mover piano card trick, one double lift
Related to Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
8
Martin Gardner Puzzle Solution: Matches arranging four matches into a square that becomes smaller and smaller
Related to Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
10
P. Howard Lyons Ring Off
Related to Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
20
Martin Gardner Hummering Off
  • Second Version
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
3
Martin Gardner Odd! Monty Hall discussion, bet with three cards
Variations Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
3
Martin Gardner Glass House both hands hold a glass and set it down reversed, really only one glass is turned over, two applications:
  • 1. old three-glass trick parity puzzle
  • 2. parity puzzle with six glasses
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
4
Martin Gardner Cardless but Glassy Hummer-inspired trick with rows of six glasses, some up some down
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
4
Martin Gardner Brewer's Gold ideas using Ken Beale's two ring and cord principle
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
5
Martin Gardner Pop Up Cube cryptic, perhaps production cube
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
6
Martin Gardner, Fred Kaps Capp's Cubes pencil line on sugar cube so two cubes look like three, "Kap's Cubes"
Variations Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
7
Martin Gardner Stick Up bar bet with bent paper clip and paper match, creator unknown
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
7
P. Howard Lyons Stuff Page
  • proposition bet in which spectator writes nine different numbers on nine cards and turns them up one at a time, performer calls stop before the highest number is turned up
  • 5x5 magic squares
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
18
U. F. Grant Lilly - Levi knife in paper cup, knife is held and cup remains suspended
Related to Nov. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 351)
231
Martin Gardner Last August ring on cut-open rubber band moves left or right, can locate a selection that way
 		May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
16
Mel Stover, Leo Moser, P. Howard Lyons, Martin Gardner A Short Shot proposition bet in which spectator writes nine different numbers on nine cards and turns them up one at a time, performer calls stop before the highest number is turned up
Related to May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
19
Paul Marcus More Natural Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted
Inspired by Aug. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 360)
268
Martin Gardner Brain Popper spectator writes "yes" or "no" on a card to predict whether an event will take place, logic paradox
Related to Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
23
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Kap's Kubes cut wedge in sugar cube so two cubes look like three
Inspired by Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
24
Martin Gardner All The Non-Conformists named Ace is shown to have an odd back, demonstrated with multiple Aces
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
29
Dr. Stanley Jaks Magical Chairs one person selects one of six chairs, described by Martin Gardner
Also published here Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
30
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner Lorayne's Poker Deal
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
153
Martin Gardner Knotty Problems
  • The Impossible Knot
  • Knot Box
 		Apr. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 368)
299
Edward Marlo Technicolor Thought "Technicolour Thought", any Ace named, it is reversed, and then it is shown to have a different back color as well
  • Commercial Version (with envelope)
    • Buckle Handling
  • Second Version
  • Third Version (double backer added behind back)
  • First Procedure
  • Second Procedure
  • Third Procedure
  • Fourth Procedure
  • Fifth Procedure
  • Sixth Procedure
  • First Four Card Method (no extra card)
  • Second Four Card Method
  • Third Four Card Method
  • Method from Deck
Related toVariations May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
2
Martin Gardner Doink!! pin stuck through rubber eraser bounces when dropped on table
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
25
Martin Gardner The Thirteenth Turn die is turned according to some rules, divination of amount of turns (extra turn or not)
Related to Feb. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 387)
375
John Robbins For Magicians Only double backer changes into selection, see p. 394 for idea by Martin Gardner and p. 398 for idea by Francis Haxton
 		May 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 390)
388
Martin Gardner Variable Magnetic Lie Detector lie detector using the Variable Magnetic Executive Tranquilizer
 		Nov. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 393)
399
Martin Gardner Zundholz-Köpfchen head of paper match changes color
Also published here 1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)
8
Martin Gardner Lippenstift Magie using cap of a lipstick as thumb tip etc.
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 11, Nr. 12, 1954.
 1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)
9
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, for credit information see reference
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Karl Fulves Over/Under - Monge Notes special shuffling procedure and some properties, featuring a trick in which eight cards are monge-shuffled an unknown number of times yet the performer knows the order afterwards
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
10
Karl Fulves The 3-Card Cycle properties after riffle shuffling deck in 1-2-3-1-2-3-... order
Variations July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
18
Martin Gardner More Monge more notes on the Monge Shuffle:
  • References
  • Recycling the Deck
  • The M/S Shuffle
  • Tricks (position of selection predicted & Do as I Do)
  • Analog of the M/S Shuffe
Related to Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
29
Martin Gardner Version of the 5x5 Problem
Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
160
Martin Gardner Odd And Even Dice three dice are turned according to some rules, then the chosen die is divined
Related to July 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9)
196
Joseph K. Schmidt Some Notes on the Rising Card Trick saliva rise
Related to 1968
The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise
22
Gene Anderson Fir Tree
Related toAlso published here 1968
Newspaper Magic
11
Martin Gardner All the Non-Conformists named Ace is shown to have an odd back, demonstrated with multiple Aces
Also published here 1968
Tricks You Can Count On
31
Bert Allerton Variation on the Hunter Knot variation on G. W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot, described by Martin Gardner
Related to 1968
Give a Magician Enough Rope... and he'll do a trick!
68
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Magic Knot scissors on rope, ends held by spectators and performer is able to make a knot around scissors under handkerchief
Also published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
34
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Chefalo Release double knot vanish, freeing scissors
Related toAlso published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
34
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Impossible Knot rope pulled through hole of newspaper, knot appears
 		1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
36
Martin Gardner Rope and Coat Release ropes on coat hanger pulled through sleeves of jacket
Also published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
90
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Scissor Cut No. One scissors knotted on rope, removed under handkerchief, apparently cutting rope
Also published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
188
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Scissor Cut No. Two scissors knotted on rope, removed under handkerchief, apparently cutting rope, gaffed scissors
Also published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
190
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Two Chess Wagers
Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
34
Karl Fulves The Compleat Gamester proposition bets
  • Birthday Bet (see p. 292 for Mel Stover comment)
  • Red And Black (Martin Gardner)
  • License Plate Poker
  • Ace-Deuce-Jack Variations
  • Black And White
  • Coin Swindles
  • 3-Card Poker
  • Odds On Favorite (Omega Bet, card pushed in reversed and pairs dealt off)
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 9)
272
Martin Gardner Repeat Lie Speller see p. 289 for reference
 		Oct. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 12)
288
Martin Gardner The Compleat Gamester Addition red-black betting game with eight cards
Inspired by Mar. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5)
324
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale, see also p. 340 & 342
Inspired byRelated to
  • "The Psychological Loser" (Daniel Dobson, Tokyo Trickery by Takinshi Nemoto, Magic Inc.)
VariationsAlso published here 		Mar. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5)
325
Martin Gardner Mutus Nomen simplified handling, see p. 527 for presentation by Steve Freeman and his addition on p. 565, see also p. 648
 		May 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 7)
338
Martin Gardner Are You Psychic? performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match, see also p. 348
Also published here July 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9)
345
John Hamilton Down & Out Tantalizer type routine with cut-off packet, card predicted and one of same value is on top of discard pile, see also p. 373
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 10)
354
Emil Jarrow, Theodore Annemann All In A Row coin layout puzzle
Related to Dec. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2)
386
Dr. Jacob Daley, Martin Gardner Daley's Card Thru Hank
Mar. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 11)
87
Martin Gardner "Wink Change"
Related toVariationsAlso published here Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
290
Martin Gardner Turnabout Coins coin layout puzzle
Related toVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5)
412
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with cards, Steve Shimm suggestion, tapestry handling, see also p. 521 for Gene Nielson handling, H. E. Dudeney
Inspired by
  • Henry Dudeny puzzle from "Modern Puzzles" (1926)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 		July 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 9)
429
Edmund Rowland News Test newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper
Related toVariations Aug. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10)
440
Karl Fulves Unmatch five reds and five blacks mixed, spectator points to any five, removed as block, cards from both piles simultaneously turned over, always one red and one black, see also p. 460
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 11)
443
Jack Lottey Electronic Cards square layout of nine cards, instruction on tape, based on Martin Gardner routine
Related to 1971
Magick (Issue 30)
148
Everett Lyda Precognition! word predicted, using cards and Martin Gardner's "Mathematics Magic and Mystery"
 		1971
Magick (Issue 39)
193
Roy Walton Tit For Tat
Inspired byAlso published here 1971
Cardboard Charades
41
Dan Tong The Pad Spread throwing several cards on table, some of which are a double
Related to 1972
Card Cavalcade
106
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)
488
Theodore Annemann Psychic Ring rope tied on both wrists of the performer, spectator's as well but with hands behind him, plastic ring is linked onto spectator's rope, then also his own rope then only performer's rope, see also p. 513
Related toVariations Apr. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6)
511
Martin Gardner Three Rings red, white and blue ring on rope that is tied to performer's wrists, order of rings change
Inspired by May 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7)
517
Ken Beale Ring Sation two rings on string, one comes off, originally published by Lou Tannen, with variation:
  • The Hard Way
see also p. 565 for background information, see p. 608 for comment by Paul Brian
Related to Oct. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 12)
563
Sam Lloyd The Missing Digit spectator form two numbers from all ten digits, adds them and removes one digit from answer which the performer divines, from a Dover collection edited by Martin Gardner
 		Dec. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2)
578
Bert Allerton Do As I Do ala Allerton No. 582
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
162
Martin Gardner Brush Gag apparently brushing spectator's jacket
Related to
  • Whisk Broom Nr.2 in Martin Gardner's "Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic" p.570
 1973
Thanks to Pepys...
27
Martin Gardner Color Thot
Inspired byAlso published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
81
Martin Gardner A Betting Swindle betting game with three suits after a riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
88
Martin Gardner King James Version book test using two dice and unfaked King James bible, two presentations, see also p. 648
 		Aug. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 10)
643
Karl Fulves Drop Out three red dice alternate with two white dice and are held between thumb and first finger as block, white dice fall out at once, posed a problem
Related toVariations Aug. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 10)
644
Sam Lebeoff Alice's Key marked key vanishes from hand and reappears underneath performer's foot, repeat, see also p. 780 for comment by Martin Gardner
Inspired by
  • Al Thompson card effect
 Aug. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 10)
645
Martin Gardner Gardner Vanish see also p. 668
 		Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
665
Martin Gardner The "Wink" Change
Also published here July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
194
Karl Fulves Times Two spectator sets a time on a wristwatch and performer behind back, numbers are added and the result told to the performer, who can now name both numbers
Inspired by 1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
8
Martin Gardner Parity Bet eleven cards on table with one free section, sliding task for spectator as bet
 		Jan. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 3)
700
Martin Gardner Yin-Yang only high cards used, five cards dealt out in row, spectator marks them with either red/black, odd/even or high/low property, all cards divined, three-way gray code
 		Feb. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 4)
710
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme with face-up/face-down mix of twenty cards behind spectator's back
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
724
Martin Gardner, Clayton Rawson Further Ideas
Inspired by Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
726
Martin Gardner Slop Shuffle Separation red black separation, credited to Gardner
Related to Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
726
John Cornelius Magnetic Fork powerful magnet below table makes fork magnetic above table
Related toAlso published here May 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 7)
733
Martin Gardner Strange Bedfellows upside down number to word gag
 		June 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8)
749
Ed Balducci Impromptu Levitation with presentation angle by Martin Gardner (reaching up)
Related to July 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9)
755
Martin Gardner Fish Layout Puzzle
Variations Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10)
776
Martin Gardner Coin to Cuff marked coin travels down to cuff, two methods, one with secret tube slide and one impromptu
 		Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10)
780
Martin Gardner On "Drop Out" solution to Fulves's problem
Inspired by Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10)
782
Paul Swinford Octo octahedral die with symbols, chosen symbol divined
Inspired by Oct. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 12)
809
Martin Gardner With Magnets picking up metal things with match, see also p. 834 for clarification, p. 874 for obtaining magnets
Related to Dec. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 2)
829
Martin Gardner Von Hand zu Hand two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down
Also published here Oct. 1974
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
35
The Magic Tipper paper fold that moves by itself
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Magic Tipper" (Origami in Action, Eric Kenneway)
 May 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7)
961
Martin Gardner He Does Tricks presentation for Tipper
Inspired by May 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7)
962
Martin D. Kruskal The Kruskal Principle also with two deck, described by Martin Gardner, see p. 985 for references to Ibidem
Also published here June 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8)
967
Martin Gardner Hyper Card posed as problem with illustration
Related to Aug. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1042
Karl Fulves Half Doz. Glasses "Math Trix"
six glasses, some up and down, instructions given
Related to Oct. 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 12)
1057
Kabon Fujimara, Juan Tamariz El Pez Japonés puzzle and number divination with 8 cigarettes, fish layout
Inspired by 1975
Magia en el Bar
85
Martin Gardner Holding Two As One Subtlety
1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
107
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner Twistover Optical Revolve
 		1976
The Magic of Paul Harris
42
Martin Gardner Penetrating Matches match through match between fingers
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #5)
936
Karl Fulves (1) The Pencil That Remembers What It Writes after examining pencil, performer knows what was written with it, electronics, no details given
Related to 1976
Interlocutor (Issue 6)
20
Martin Gardner Plunger Glimpse sandwiched card in center of deck is glimpsed
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
14
Martin Gardner Ultra Coincidence No. 27
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
44
Opposites Attract No. 58, Kings and Queens are paired by spectator
Related toVariations 1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
89
Philip T. Goldstein, Arthur Carter Destiny spectator and magician think of a card, after the spectator shuffles the card are found next to each other, miscalling, based on Carter's "A Universal Out" from Magigram 3/75
Related toVariations 1977
The Green Book of Mentalism
5
Bert Allerton, Jerry Mentzer Credit Cards transposition, double facer
Inspired by 1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
93
Martin Gardner Torn Corners corners from five cards are torn, performer turns corner over which matches selection, then corner travels to rest of the card in spectator's hand
 		1977
Magick (Issue 172)
859
Martin Gardner Turnabout coin layout puzzle
Also published here 1977
The Magic Book
88
Martin Gardner The Red-Black Swindle two red and two black cards under table, one brought out, proposition bet about the next card matching
 		1977
The Magic Book
168
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner How to Cut the Aces spectator cuts deck into four piles on a tray, topological swindle in which tray is turned around so that it looks like the cards come from all four piles instead of just two
 		1977
The Magic Book
168
Martin Gardner, Stewart James Fibonacci Fantasy using Stewart James' AAG Principle
 		Aug. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 8)
88
Frederick Braue Middle Deal Demonstration with reversed indicator ace and slip cut, last ace to pocket
Variations 1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
25
Martin Gardner Middle Deal Demonstration - Variation
Inspired byRelated to 1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
26
Karl Fulves, Kim Iles, Mel Stover, P. Howard Lyons Hyper Card various ideas with the Hypercard
Related toVariations 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 1)
1067
Marcello Truzzi, Martin Gardner Truzzi/Gardner Method solo levitation behind cloth
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 2)
1077
Martin Gardner First Finger Grip
1978
The Chronicles (Issue 8)
1142
Martin Gardner Two Coin Vanishes
  • The First Vanish (with copper/silver coin application)
  • The Second Vanish (Steve Freeman credit information)
for credit information, see reference
Related to 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 8)
1144
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Ideas "you will chose the only red card", both sides shown at beginning, three ideas
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 9)
1152
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Psychic Motors "Curiosities"
piece of paper spins on the tip of a needle
  • Martin Gardner's Method (Scientific American, April 1975)
  • Streamlined Psychic
  • Stop/Reverse
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 11)
1168
Karl Fulves Solid Liquid "Curiosities"
seesaw set-up with two filled glasses, ruler and pencil, it swings when water is pushed and thus water is apparently solid, physics
Inspired by
  • Martin Gardner's "Science Puzzlers"
 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1182
John F. Mendoza Impossible Poker Demonstration aces cut to in named order, shuffled back and cut to again (Estimation Aces), roll-over production with Royal Flushes, ten handed deal first with aces, then two royal flushes (Marlo-Gardner principle), optional color changing deck kicker
Inspired by 1978
The Book of John
7
Jerry K. Hartman To Spell the Truth Lie speller, inspired by Martin Gardner
Also published here 1978
Loose Ends
41
Joe Berg Der Joe Berg Tuchknoten
Also published here Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
19
Bert Allerton Verrückte Karten "The Two Card Trick"
  • Die Wiederholung
  • Die Falsche Erkärung
Also published here Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
24
Tom Gagnon The Forgetful Gambler riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase and optional color changing back kicker
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
172
Karl Fulves Stopped Twice two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979
Impromptu Opener
2
Martin Gardner Two Coin Vanishes on the history of the vanishes in the reference, with description of Paul Rosini's Five-Coin Routine
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 14)
1198
Martin Gardner Boiling Point "Curiosities"
cold water in glass starts to boil
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 15)
1211
Martin Gardner Gardner's Aces doing McDonald Aces with four double facers, posed as problem
Variations 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1256
Martin Gardner Aces doing McDonald Aces with four double facers, three ideas
  • Note By Karl Fulves
Inspired by 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 24)
1304
Tom Craven Head to Head puzzle/bet, head-to-head poker game, cards are openly chosen, yet performer wins
Related to Sep. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)
393
Harry Lorayne, Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo Lorayne's Poker Deal brief description
Inspired by 1980
Jacks or Better
3
Al Leech, Martin Gardner A Typographical Error variation on "Major Surgery", changing back kicker
 		1980
Al Leech's Legacy
18
Martin Gardner Euclid's Vanish number of objects drawn on a slate changes from seven to six, sliding part
Variations 1980
Curioser
11
Karl Fulves The Geometric Slate three-way multiple out prediction
Inspired by 1980
Curioser
12
Karl Fulves, Thomas Kovachevich, Martin Gardner, Jerry Andrus The Real Thing small paper parts come to life above hot water source, various ideas, see also p. 236
 		1980
Interlocutor (Issue 43)
169
John F. Mendoza Breakless Kiss Double Transformation
Inspired by 1980
John: Verse Two
29
Martin Gardner Hummer's Fortune Telling Book cards with questions on one side and different pictures of zombies on the other side, one question is selected and cards separated several times while checking different features of the zombies, eventually a four digit number is evaluated and leads to the answer of the question in a book
Related toVariations 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
77
Bob Hummer Hummer's Ring and Cord ring off and on string with handkerchief
Also published here
  • a part of Martin Gardner's column in "Hugard's Magic Monthly"
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
85
Bob Hummer Mother Goose Force to force a page, based on the Miraskill idea
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's "Mother Goose Mystery"
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
99
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Hat or Rabbit No. 15, three cards with hats on one sides and rabbits on other, spectator turns them to instructions with the performer's back turned, in the end all are the same way, also with coins or over phone
Related to 1980
The Children's Magic Kit
15
Martin Gardner The Vanishing Rabbit No. 16, rabbit changes into egg via geometrical vanish
 		1980
The Children's Magic Kit
16
Martin Gardner Daley's Card Thru Hank
1981
Side Steal
11
Don England, Martin Gardner The Blink Change streamlined version
Inspired by 1981
Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs)
38
Martin Gardner Quant Quirk 4x4 square of 16 cards, some face-up some face-down randomly, with certain allowed turnover moves one has to get all cards in one direction, sucker game
 		1981
Octet
18
Martin Gardner An Up/Down Bet packet of cards is shuffled face-up/face-down and then cards discarded according to rule, orientation of last card is predicted
 		1981
Octet
20
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Rubik Cube Swindles
  • solving cube by touch with marked colors
  • divining thought-of colors with cube ("can you see your color on this side?")
  • mis-colored cube as practical joke
 		1981
Octet
23
Martin Gardner Five Sided Business Card multi-pip card routine
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1355
Martin Gardner The Move false snap-turnover
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1355
Frederick Braue, Martin Gardner Braue Reversal with Gardner credit
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1362
Martin Gardner From Martin Gardner puzzle question about dice rolls
 		1981
Interlocutor (Issue 45)
177
Martin Gardner The Thirteenth Turn No. 24, parity principle, spectator can give die twelve or thirteen quarter turns, performer divines amount of turns
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
28
Martin Gardner Spell-A-Die No. 25, using the parity principle, instead of counting a number a name is spelled (Lincoln or Washington), name is divined
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
29
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Comedy Vanish No. 70, pencil under handkerchief vanishes and appears in mouth
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
84
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves, R. M. Jamison Looking-Glass Logic No. 78, sentences and letters in reflection of a mirror change meaning
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
96
Martin Gardner Pen Kink No. 94, borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here 1981
Self-Working Table Magic
118
Frank Csuri Frank Csuri explanation of card change mentioned by Gardner in the Introduction, Csuri variation
Inspired by
  • August Roterbeg's "Card Tricks and How to do them" 1902.
Related to 		1981
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
110
James E. Sansotera James E. Sansotera version of Hummer's Fortune Telling Book, without book method
Inspired by 1981
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
115
Bob Hummer, Martin Gardner Paper Clip Discovery chosen cards found to be paper clipped together with a message on them
Also published here 1981
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
118
Meir Yedid The Telescopic Pinkie
Related to 1981
Meir Yedid's Finger Fantasies
25
Gene "Phantini" Grant, Martin Gardner Key Word spectator divines word from a list and writes it down, it's the word the performer was sending
 		1981
Magick (Issue 282)
1408
Howard A. Adams Packeten One finding matching card, five pairs are needed, word is spelled to eliminate cards
Related toVariations 1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
6
Edward Marlo Of Course I can deal a good Poker Hand! combo with control, false dealing
Related toVariations 1983
Marlo without Tears
206
Martin Gardner Rotating Die optical illusion with hollow die
 		June 1983
Epoptica (Issue 4)
230
Steve Beam Upside Down Chinese compass effect with the words "up" and "down", square plaque, several moves, see also p. 51 for additional ideas and remarks by Martin Gardner, Dan Garrett and Sid Lorraine, more ideas on p. 990 by Lee Fred
Related toVariations 1983
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 1)
1
Martin Gardner Locked-Room Mystery No. 29, 3x3 number square, ring moved around to instructions, final position predicted
 		1983
Self-Working Number Magic
48
Martin Gardner Crazy Calendar No. 73, calendar force with matrix principle
Inspired byRelated to 1983
Self-Working Number Magic
94
Karl Fulves Auto Suggestion No. 84, license plate prediction, involving number cards and state cards
Related to 1983
Self-Working Number Magic
104
Karl Fulves The Million-Dollar Prediction No. 101, four people call out four-digit numbers, all digits written out on billets and mixed, new number formed, total predicted
Related toVariations 1983
Self-Working Number Magic
140
Martin Gardner Twist And Link spectator holds end of paper construction which must be entangled in seemingly impossible way
Also published here
  • puzzle in Marin Gardner's "Scientific American" column
 1983
Trapdoor Card
2
Karl Fulves Slade's Braid comment on connection with Slade's impossible braiding
Related to
  • "The Church of the Fourth Dimension" (The Unexpected Hanging, Martin Gardner)
 1983
Trapdoor Card
11
Martin Gardner, Dr. Jacob Daley The Daley Red/Black Shuffle also as a get ready cut for Zarrow Shuffle
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
116
Jack Mitzman, Henry Hovalka, Martin Gardner All Good Things silk and rope release
 		May 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 5)
915
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Martin Gardner Chronometer Cards cards of one suit are laid out and elimination process is used to arrive at two cards, those coincide with current time
Related to 1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
288
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves Hole Second Deal handling for the fake second deal with hole card on top, also third deal demo
 		May 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 21)
205
Martin Gardner Impromptu Vanisher coin vanishes from paper napkin
 		1984
Magic from the Parade #1
2
Martin Gardner Stretching a Handkerchief
1984
Magic from the Parade #1
3
Martin Gardner Grandma's Needle handkerchief through thumb
 		1984
Magic from the Parade #1
4
Martin Gardner Jumping Hanky
1984
Magic from the Parade #1
5
Martin Gardner The Color of Thought No. 20
Inspired by 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
28
Karl Fulves Face-up Poker No. 75, poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, with variation
  • Revenge Poker
Related to 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
112
Martin Gardner Wild Aces No. 88, Aces vanish under handkerchief and reappear reversed in deck
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
134
Thomas Alan Waters Psidentify spectators chose a James Bond villain, divination who chose which one
Also published here 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
685
Martin Gardner A Fancy False Cut twirl/swivel
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
3
Martin Gardner The Unconfused Joker reversed joker is besides selection in deck, when joker is moved in spread the selection follows
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
25
Frederick Braue, Martin Gardner Untitled spectator cuts to reversed card, then performer names a card before he cuts to it
Inspired by 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
14
Frederick Braue Card to Pocket card vanishes from deck via Gardner's method
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
14
Routine routine outline:
  • Surprise Spell
  • Card turns over
  • Ambitious
  • Rub a Dub Dub
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
18
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers No. 9, paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with card values on paper or card layout (chosen card turned over is only odd-colored at the end)
Also published here 1985
Self-Working Paper Magic
18
Karl Fulves Soup to Nuts No. 61, price of dinner chosen from menu predicted, Martin Gardner Principle
Related toVariations 1985
Self-Working Paper Magic
108
Martin Gardner Dollar Bill Game game/puzzle about auctioning off a dollar bill
Also published here
  • Metamagical Themas (Douglas Hofstadter)
 1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1)
20
Martin Gardner, Milbourne Christopher Christopher's Knot dissolving knots routine
Inspired by
  • Milbourne Christopher's Square Knot (Hugard's Magic Monthly, August 1958)
Related to 		1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part II
30
Martin Gardner Las Vegas Knot knot appears or not
Related toAlso published here
  • Scientific American, September 1983
 1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part III
58
Karl Fulves Jinx Deck a red ace rises through handkerchief covered deck, then deck drops out leaving other red ace behind
Inspired byAlso published here 1987
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One
13
Karl Fulves Q-dini performer's wrists knotted with handkerchief, he turns and he's free, then knotted again
Inspired by
  • item in Martin Gardner's "Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic"
Related toAlso published here 		1987
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two
45
Jerry Sadowitz A Vanish and a Cull card shown missing (Martin Gardner) and three mates culled in the process
Related to 1987
Inspirations
32
Martin Gardner Fingers-Nose Do-As-I-Do
Mar. 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2)
13
Martin Gardner Burned, Restored, Unrestored Match restoring burned match
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)
24
Martin Gardner The Mouse No. 31, folding mouse out of handkerchief, "The following description, made available by Martin Gardner, is the first complete account to appear in print."
 		1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
87
Karl Fulves Jinx Deck No. 58, a red ace rises through handkerchief covered deck, then deck drops out leaving other red ace behind
Inspired byAlso published here 1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
171
Martin Gardner MG Trio #1 six red cards and black cards in two rows, collected alternating, suddenly they are in pairs r-r, b-b, ...
Related to 1989
Prototype
19
Martin Gardner MG Trio #2 variation of previous trick
Related to 1989
Prototype
20
Martin Gardner MG Trio #3 orientation of head on QS and KH used for monte type guessing game, turning on vertical or horizontal axis ("The principle behind this trick has floated around a while.")
Variations 1989
Prototype
20
Robert E. Neale Heads Turn orientation of head on picture cards
Inspired by 1989
Prototype
22
Karl Fulves Rightful Place deck spread face-down on table, spectator marks back of any card, spread turned over, magician correctly guesses card, multiple methods
Variations 1989
Quick Card Tricks
20
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Approach different method for "Rightful Place"
Inspired by 1989
Quick Card Tricks
23
Milbourne Christopher Square-Knot Paradox No. 21, square knot dissolves when pulled, repeated
Related to 1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
44
Martin Gardner Scissorcut No. 44, scissors threaded onto rope, released "magically" by cutting rope, rope restored
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
88
Michael Powers CARDial Infraction one shuffle and cutting, second phase with Marlo/Gardner kicker
Inspired by 1990
Top Secret Stuff
32
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves Martin Gardner's Elusive Ace Monty Hall problem with three Aces, monte type routine by Fulves
Inspired byRelated to 1990
Swindle Sheet (Issue 1)
6
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Well Stacked on top of bottle is a bill, followed by a stack of coins, problem of removing the bill, multiple methods
Related to 1990
Swindle Sheet (Issue 2)
23
Alex Elmsley, Martin Gardner Card Hopper selection is found by moving a prop from card to card in a row, Martin Gardner's Parity Principle
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
371
Martin Gardner Rattle Rock Spoon making rattle rock from bowl of plastic spoon, reverses direction when spun on table
 		1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 7)
69
Martin Gardner Red-Black Paradox three cards dealt, a matching pair turned up, color of third card is bet on
 		1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 9)
84
Jerry K. Hartman To Spell the Truth Lie speller, inspired by Martin Gardner
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
332
Martin Gardner Hide-Out showing cards in packet while hiding selection
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
4
Martin Gardner Double Speller "Surprise Spelling", credited to Gardner
Related to 1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
22
Martin Gardner Triple Corte cut in preparation for a red/black riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. VIII.
 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
78
Robert E. Neale Casino three red and three black cards are used for betting game, with bills
Inspired by
  • "Random Walks and Gambling" (Martin Gardner, Mathematical Circus, 1981)
 1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
99
Martin Gardner Cornered King proposition bet with 3x4 chess grid
 		1992
Cheat Sheet (Issue 10)
103
Ken Simmons Ideas for Gardner's Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine
  • First Suggestion
  • Second Suggestion
  • Third Suggestion
  • Fourth Suggestion
  • Fifth Suggestion
  • Sixth Suggestion
  • Seventh Suggestion
  • Eighth Suggestion
  • Ninth Suggestion
  • Tenth Suggestion
Inspired by 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
1
Martin Gardner Vanishing and Reappearing Card spectator cuts deck and remembers card, halves placed face-to-face, selection vanishes (cards shown one by one) and reappears
Also published here 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
1
Ken Simmons Updating The Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine card reappears from pocket
Inspired by 1992
Choice Effects — Number One
7
Bob Farmer Scam to the Future word play bar bet with two predictions, spectator has to proclaim whether he thinks the performer is a fraud or a psychic
Inspired by
  • "Brain Popper" (Martin Gardner, Ibidem)
 Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Martin Gardner Blow Up marshmallow grows to twice the size in vacuum and then instantly collapses again
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
10
Martin Gardner Vanishing Salt Shaker sitting down
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
13
Martin Gardner Force Field animating things on table, apparently no finger moves
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
14
Martin Gardner Hydrick's Bill Trick "four psychic tricks" No. 1
bill spins on needle under inverted glass tank, also spinning pencil on table
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
30
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Fortune cards with "He Loves Me", "He Loves Me Not", petal principle
Related toVariations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
43
Martin Gardner Coiled ring & spring
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 4)
44
Martin Gardner Fortune information on the petal principle force
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 4)
25
Jon Racherbaumer Psychic Leap Frog card chosen, a few cards tabled, origami frog from card produced and it locates a card (with Card Hopper parity principle) with funny message, frog unfolded and it is the selection
Inspired by Sep. 1993
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 3)
15
Martin Gardner Penny Tube stack of penny coins placed into a brass tube that is covered with a handkerchief vanish
Also published here
  • Martin Gardner Presents
 Feb. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)
52
Martin Gardner The Farmer And The Watermelons Thieves and Sheep version with matches
 		Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
56
Bob Farmer Three Card Monty Hall
  • Flim-Flam
on the monte hall problem
Related to
  • "The Elusive Ace" (Martin Gardner Presents, p. 228)
 May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
61
Martin Gardner Band Release rubber band penetrates card case or something else
Inspired by
  • Dan Harlan item on video The Band Shark
 Aug. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 12)
56
Martin Gardner The Come-Back Bill folded bill vanishes and reappears under interlocked fingers, optional transformation kicker
 		Oct. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)
59
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner Gardner-Tenkai Reverse
1994
Las Vegas Kardma
102
Philip T. Goldstein Yada pack with ten arrow cards
Inspired by 1994
Thabbatical
59
Karl Fulves Foldover Notes
Related to 1994
Crooked Tales
40
Martin Gardner Crazy Coin marked coin travels from envelope to envelope, no palming
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
102
Martin Gardner Rising Marble marble rises to the top in rice-filled glass
Also published here
  • "Physics Teacher" (Sept. 1994)
 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
115
Martin Gardner Pushdown saltshaker or other item penetrates bottom of glass with handkerchief cover, joke phase before effect phase
Inspired by
  • Arthur Setterington item in Swami (Vol. 1 No. 12, Dec. 1972)
 Jan. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 5)
51
Martin Gardner Gardner's Magnetized Knife secretly magnetized knife used for paper clip vanish/travel effects
 		Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
71
Martin Gardner Triangular Curiosity ten cards in pyramid layout, one changes into selection
 		July 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 11)
57
Lyndon B. Wainwright Lucky Number Divination crossing-out with 5x5 square of numbers, some of which where decided upon by spectator, remaining sum predicted, matrix force
Inspired by
  • "A Prediction Square" (Martin Gardner Presents, 1993)
 Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
62
Nob Yoshigahara Invisible Glue
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
row of cards on table, with bare fingertips the cards are picked up and apparently stick to finger
Also published here Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
64
Martin Gardner The Bent Playing Card
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
leaning card seems to bend, optical illusion
 		Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
67
Martin Gardner The Waltzing Egg Shell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
egg shell waltzes around on plate
 		Nov. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
69
Martin Gardner Colored Shadows
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
colors of shadows of red and green light bulbs are reversed
 		Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
65
Joseph K. Schmidt The Big "Ripp-Off" five torn cards are matched
Inspired by
  • "The Five Torn Cards" (Martin Gardner Presents, p. 183)
 1995
New Card Control Systems
92
Martin Gardner Hand-Held Pasteboard Prevarication Detector credit information
  • Phase One: Guessing the Selected Card
  • Phase Two: Detecting Lies
  • Phase Three: Testing for ESP
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
188
Joe Berg, Martin Gardner Knot from Nowhere & Variations thing where you don't let go of ends and still make knots
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
191
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Martin Gardner Separating Knots two ropes together are knotted, knots separated, with Single Rope Variation, With Silks
Related to 1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
196
Martin Gardner The Pyramid Spell using some pyramid layout on the table, two versions
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
198
Martin Gardner Self-Suspending Matches without pre-wedged broken match
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
200
Martin Gardner Quad Rise using tilt
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
202
Martin Gardner Tilt Finesse spreading top cards back
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
204
Martin Gardner Chromo-Clairvoyance five envelopes, five color cards, spectator puts them in, performer guesses all correctly, three methods
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
205
Martin Gardner Literary Brilliance book/magazine cover as shiner
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
207
Martin Gardner Sefalaljia Sans
1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
208
Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby Two Quick Tricks & Associated Ideas: A Reversal Method a card turns over, based on cut deeper force
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
210
Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby Additional Methods & Handlings card turns over
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
210
Martin Gardner Packet Parity color prediction with chess pieces, also with cards (color of a card is predicted)
 		1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
212
Edward Marlo Slop Shuffle Or Triumph? slop followed by riffle shuffle, no selection, Aces face-up at end
Related to 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
47
Martin Gardner Basic Tosses fair tosses, slide and dump toss
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
3
Martin Gardner Classifying Controls on controlled dice tosses
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
4
Martin Gardner The Classic Palm one from a group
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
6
Martin Gardner Control 1 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
8
Martin Gardner Rolling Any Number with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
10
Martin Gardner Controlling Two Dice
1995
A Die Of Another Color
11
Martin Gardner Control 2 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
12
Martin Gardner Control 3 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
13
Martin Gardner Control 4 - Little Finger Palm with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
14
Martin Gardner, Eddie Fechter, Audley Walsh Control 5 with cup
Related to
  • "Eddie Fechter's Dice Holdout Methods for Magicians" (Jerry Mentzer, 1974)
  • "Dice Dexterity" (Audley Walsh, Ed Mishell, 1953)
 1995
A Die Of Another Color
15
Martin Gardner Control 6 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
17
Martin Gardner Control 7 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
17
Martin Gardner Control 9 with cup, kick-off shot
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
19
Martin Gardner Basic Grip similar to a purse palm with dice
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
21
Martin Gardner The Pick Up getting into palm position
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
22
Martin Gardner Control 10 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
23
Martin Gardner Control 11 with cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
24
Martin Gardner Control 1 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
27
Martin Gardner Control 3 without cup
Also published here
  • "Dice: Squares, Tops, and Shapes" (Burton Williams, 1982)
 1995
A Die Of Another Color
29
Martin Gardner Control 5 inverted whip shot, without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
31
Martin Gardner Control 8 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
33
Martin Gardner Control 9 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
34
Martin Gardner Control 11 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
36
Martin Gardner Control 12 without cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
37
Martin Gardner Addendum about Steve Forte's demonstration on Gambling Protection Series Vol. 4
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
38
Martin Gardner Surprise Finish production of giant dice from under dice cup
 		1995
A Die Of Another Color
39
Simon Aronson Moves and Removes marker moved on 3x3 layout, final card predicted, with 4x4 "Sixteen Card Version" on p. 30
Related to
  • Martin Gardner Presents (1993), p. 149
 1995
Simply Simon
19
Cigar Levitation cigar clings to hand, reprinted from reference
Also published here
  • Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, Martin Gardner
 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
1
Martin Gardner Cornered bar bet with checkerboard pattern and coins
 		1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
23
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton LIII-Kelihood small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
155
Martin Gardner Rotating Egg
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
raw vs. boiled egg
 		Jan. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 5)
65
Martin Gardner Curious Feedbacks
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving fingers together under a stick, pulling on a rope with two different-sized knots
 		Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
67
Martin Gardner Two Corking Good Challenges
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two challenges with a cork swimming in glass of water
 		Mar. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 7)
66
Martin Gardner The Candle See-Saw
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
balancing candle that is burning on both sides
 		Apr. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 8)
88
Martin Gardner Headline
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
Bernoulli effect demonstration be blowing on balancing ruler
 		May 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 9)
61
Martin Gardner Blacker Than Black
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
white paper appearing blacker than black paper
 		June 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)
69
Martin Gardner Mysterious Circles
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
card with straight lines is spun and circles are visible
 		July 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 11)
73
Martin Gardner The Enchanted Die
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
hollow form optical illusion
 		Aug. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)
71
Bob Farmer A Penny For Your Thoughts proposition bet with head/tails triplets
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
80
Martin Gardner The Frustrating Papers
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Oct. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
83
Martin Gardner Stabbing an Eggshell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
piercing a piece of egg shell with a knife
 		Nov. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
78
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