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Karl Fulves The Office further comments on the referenced items, poker probability problem by Martin Gardner
Related to 1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 1)
6
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 371
Martin Gardner Introduction
1991 1
Karl Fulves Square Paper
Related to 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 6)
62
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 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 22
Martin Gardner Triple Corte cut in preparation for a red/black riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. VIII.
1992 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 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 1
Ken Simmons Updating The Vanishing And Reappearing Card Routine card reappears from pocket
Inspired by 1992 7
Michael Weber (reviewer) Fractal Music, Hypercards and More... by Martin Gardner Jan. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 5)
49
Michael Weber (reviewer) On The Wild Side by Martin Gardner Apr. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 8)
60
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 Table Tricks intro
1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
13
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
Karl Fulves Wraparound credit comment on the tapestry procedure, Tom Daugherty's "Folderol"
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 3)
20
Martin Gardner Fortune information on the petal principle force
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 4)
25
(reviewer) The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy by Martin Gardner
reproduced review
1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
45
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 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
Michael Weber (reviewer) Martin Gardner Presents by Martin GardnerRelated to May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
64
Richard Kaufman Product
  • Letters
Related to June 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 10)
10
Michael Weber (reviewer) Mathematics, Magic and Mystery by Martin Gardner July 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 11)
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 102
Philip T. Goldstein Yada pack with ten arrow cards
Inspired by 1994 59
Karl Fulves Foldover Notes
Related to 1994 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
Prof. M. O'Snart Martin Gardner: Encore! Encore! Encore!
Related to Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
60
Martin Gardner Gardner's Magnetized Knife secretly magnetized knife used for paper clip vanish/travel effects
Apr. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 8)
71
Jim Gardner Gardner(s)
  • Letters
Related to June 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 10)
11
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 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 Introduction
1995 1
Martin Gardner Basic Tosses fair tosses, slide and dump toss
1995 3
Martin Gardner Classifying Controls on controlled dice tosses
1995 4
Martin Gardner In Closing end of introduction
1995 4
Martin Gardner The Classic Palm one from a group
1995 6
Martin Gardner Control 1 with cup
1995 8
Martin Gardner Rolling Any Number with cup
1995 10
Martin Gardner Controlling Two Dice
1995 11
Martin Gardner Control 2 with cup
1995 12
Martin Gardner Control 3 with cup
1995 13
Martin Gardner Control 4 - Little Finger Palm with cup
1995 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 15
Martin Gardner Control 6 with cup
1995 17
Martin Gardner Control 7 with cup
1995 17
Martin Gardner Control 9 with cup, kick-off shot
1995 19
Martin Gardner Basic Grip similar to a purse palm with dice
1995 21
Martin Gardner The Pick Up getting into palm position
1995 22
Martin Gardner Control 10 with cup
1995 23
Martin Gardner Control 11 with cup
1995 24
Martin Gardner Without The Cup
1995 27
Martin Gardner Control 1 without cup
1995 27
Martin Gardner Control 3 without cup
Also published here
  • "Dice: Squares, Tops, and Shapes" (Burton Williams, 1982)
1995 29
Martin Gardner Control 5 inverted whip shot, without cup
1995 31
Martin Gardner Control 8 without cup
1995 33
Martin Gardner Control 9 without cup
1995 34
Martin Gardner Control 11 without cup
1995 36
Martin Gardner Control 12 without cup
1995 37
Martin Gardner Addendum about Steve Forte's demonstration on Gambling Protection Series Vol. 4
1995 38
Martin Gardner Surprise Finish production of giant dice from under dice cup
1995 39
Martin Gardner Bibliography on controlled dice throws
1995 40
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 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
Karl Fulves (reviewer) More Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner 1995 28
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 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
Martin Gardner Light From The Wrong End
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bottom end of just-blown-out match light another match
Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
83
Marcello Truzzi RetroCognition on Uri Geller, Anna Eva Faye, Houdini, Kellar, Goldston, D. D. Home, Eusapia Palladino, Martin Gardner, Stanley Jaks, Kreskin
Feb. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 8)
9
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Ring a ring on a rubberband penetrates the hand
Spring 1996 59
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner Twistover (Optical Revolve)
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
56
Martin Gardner Saliva Card Rise with handkerchief
1996 36
Martin Gardner Face-Up Gemini Twins
Inspired byVariations 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
29
Karl Fulves Cross Hatched
Inspired by 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
30
Karl Fulves How To Beat The Test color cards in paper folders are guessed with above-average score in three ways
Inspired by
  • "How Not To Test A Psychic" (Martin Gardner, 1989)
Related to
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
48
Karl Fulves Smoke/Silver "A routine for the cigarette thru quarter"
cigarette and quarter held between first finger and thumb of both hands, the hands link and unlink
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
52
Martin Gardner Color Magnets card cut into deck attracts a few card of same color, based on fact that at least four card of same color are together in most shuffled decks
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
56
Karl Fulves Notes Gemini Twins with a stooge, Face-Up Gemini in which the backs match instead of faces
Inspired by 1996 38
Kuda Bux Kuda Bux's Secret dough blindfold method
Related toAlso published here
  • Weird Water & Fuzzy Logic (Martin Gardner)
1996 70
J. W. Sarles Magnetic Personality chosen court card clings to magnet
Inspired by
  • "Dippy Magnet" (Harbin)
Related to
1996 74
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles on Martin Gardner, David Copperfield
1996 76
(reviewer) The Night is Large by Martin Gardner
reprinted from a newspaper
1996 76
Martin Gardner Der esoterische Glas-Trick air bubbles in upside down glass filled with water
1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2)
83
Bob Farmer The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner
  • Flim-Flam
more on the referenced proposition bet with head/tails triplets
  • Irwin Stern Calls Flim-Flam's Bluff
  • Debruijn Doublets
  • Hustler TH, Mark HH
  • Hustler XX, Mark YY
  • It's Triplets, Mr. Farmer
  • The Secret Formula
Related to Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
80
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Balloon
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
inflating a balloon inside a bottle
Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
83
Martin Gardner A Square That Ain't There
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
optical illusions
Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
73
Bob Farmer Thugs & Tugs bet about tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
72
Martin Gardner Pool Hustler Scam
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet about knocking over a nail that's standing on its head between three pool balls
Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
73
Michael Close, Mac King Martin Gardner To Rubber Chickens...
  • Product Reviews
Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
77
Martin Gardner Zombie Glass
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet about hight of glass and circumference
Apr. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 8)
87
Martin Gardner Transporting an Olive
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving an olive with a glass upside down around
May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
73
Martin Gardner Somersault Shell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
half an egg shell is put in water, it turns over as it sink, spectator cannot duplicate this
June 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 10)
71
Martin Gardner An Illusion of Weight
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
haptic weight/gravity illusion with large and small can
July 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 11)
73
Martin Gardner The Cartesian Matches
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
matches floating up and down in bottle of water
Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
85
Martin Gardner The Biased Penny
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bias in spinning a new penny on glass surface
Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
79
Martin Gardner The Puzzling Quarters
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
puzzle about moving coins around on a surface without touching
Oct. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
89
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Catch The Terrorist instruction game with map, final destination predicted
Inspired by
  • "The 3-by-3 Matrix" (Martin Gardner, Scientific America, Aug. 1960)
Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
67
Martin Gardner Roly-Poly Folder
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
empty and bent match book somersaults on the table
Nov. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
79
Nick Trost Seven Card Count Variation of Six Card Repeat, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Linking Ring, Feb. 1955
1997 19
Nick Trost The Penney Paradox sucker bet
Related to
  • Trine (Lewis Jones, 2002)
  • "Penney-Ante" (Walter Penney, The Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Oct 1969)
  • "On the Paradoxical Situations that Arise from Nontransitive Relations" (Martin Gardner, Scientific American, Oct 1974)
1997 89
Nick Trost Automatic Lie Speller Lie Detector with verification
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1997 155
Karl Fulves Power of One pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it, two methods
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Paranoiac Pyramid" (Shigeo Futagawa, Jan. 1992, Genii)
Variations
1997 58
Ron Bauer The Lie Detector three packets, selection is found on top of remainder, impromptu version
Inspired by 1997 1
Martin Gardner A Curious Number Force Ace through Nine in 3x3 layout
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
62
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1997 109
Martin Gardner, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix A New Year Curiosity
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
apparently random calculation with a 3x3 matrix, 1997 arrived at
VariationsAlso published here
  • REC Newsletter (Michael Ecker)
1997 127
Martin Gardner Pepper presentation for the stunt in which pepper in water rushes to the edge of the glass, soap
1997 154
Sam Schwartz A Very Good Year
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
apparently random calculation with a 3x3 matrix, 1998 arrived at
Inspired by 1997 163
Martin Gardner Eine Mutprobe spectator is told to hold paper strip while it is burning, it rolls up towards his fingers
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
104
Martin Gardner Stegreif-Hellsehen items given to performer behind his back, he can describe them, two methods
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
114
Martin Gardner Balancing A Book
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
book balanced on three fingers which move together to always the same spot
Jan. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 5)
77
Martin Gardner How To Make Magic Changing Pictures
Related to Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
60
Martin Gardner Magnetized Pencils
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two pencils held together with force, they seem to cling together then
Feb. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 6)
73
Martin Gardner A Mirror Paradox
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
phrase that reflects lengthwise in the mirror but not sideways
Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
73
Alan Ward Thought Snapper chosen card "appears" on mechanical paper construction
Related toAlso published here
  • Griff on Close-up
Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
14
Martin Gardner Which Thread?
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
heavy item hanging on middle of a thread, one pulls at the bottom thread, question about whether the thread breaks above or below the object
Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
77
Andrew C. Weaver Changing Pictures
  • Letters
Related to May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
20
Martin Gardner Sneaky Switches
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
light bulb and switch board
May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
73
Martin Gardner Two Ten-Cent Betchas
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
picking up a coin with a straw, and dropping a coin so it lands on its edge
June 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 10)
76
Martin Gardner Penny For Your Thoughts
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
one of several coins pressed on forehead while performer is out of room, he divines the coin, temperature
July 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)
81
Martin Gardner A Water Transfer
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
construction with glasses, liquid and knives
Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
81
Martin Gardner The Rising Marble
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
dry rice with marble is shaken and marble rises, also with mix of small and large nails
Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
75
Martin Gardner Retinal Retention
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
moving board with slit up and down a page
Oct. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
85
Martin Gardner Water Level Riddle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
small glass swims in water
Nov. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
81
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Corner
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
stunt in which card turns face up by itself when held at opposite corners
Dec. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
75
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement
Related to 1998 700
Karl Fulves Paper Folding Note
Related to 1998 54
Martin Gardner Two Stunts
  • "Bronx cheer effect" with tv screen
  • tissue around end of tube, filled with salt, tissue cannot be broken
  • affecting television screen with magnet
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
95
Martin Gardner The K Diaries spectator chooses word, counts forward according to the number of letters a few times, final word predicted, Kruskal principle
Related toVariations 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
103
Martin Gardner The 7th Clip six paper clips in paper cup cling to it when turned upside down, when seventh clip is placed inside, they drop out
1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
120
Mel Bennett K-Plus spelling instead of counting, Kruskal Principle with words
Inspired by 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
123
Karl Fulves Stebbins Clock clock layout, one card turned over and put in center, counting procedure with the value and last card on count always turned over, remaining card forced
Inspired byRelated to 1998 176
Martin Gardner The 3 Switch Problem
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
puzzle about three switches on the wall
Related to 1998 203
Karl Fulves 4 In A Row
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
betting game with Ace through Ten and sequences within the row that are decreasing or increasing
Related to 1998 207
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998 226
Nob Yoshigahara Static Cling "an offbeat ace assembly"
four Aces face-down on table in a row, right first finger presses on first Ace, it clings to finger, places it on next Ace, both cards cling to finger, and so on
"in Science Magic Martin Gardner credits it to Nob Yoshigahara of Tokyo"
Related to 1998 232
Philip T. Goldstein Paradox Redux
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
tapestry parity principle, credit information, 4x4 number matrix, 19 or 61
Inspired by 1998 247
Martin Gardner The 3 Switch Problem
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
solution
Related to 1998 249
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998 274
Jack Avis Folding Numbers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, sum of one orientation predicted, parity
Inspired by 1998 86
Martin Gardner Calculated Swindle variation of the calculator trick with 12345679
1998 110
Martin Gardner The Ball That Rolls Uphill
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
experiment with two pencils and a ping pong ball
Jan. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 5)
73
Martin Gardner How Far Apart?
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
puzzle with object between two mirrors
Mar. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 7)
79
Martin Gardner The Unreversed Reflection
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
curiosity with reflected image, bent mirror surface
Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
79
Martin Gardner Two Stunts With A Bottle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
trapping air under pressure in a bottle to blow out a candle, and coin on top of (cold) bottle moves
June 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 10)
72
Martin Gardner Psychic Motor
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
paper balancing on needle spins, heat
Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
74
Martin Gardner The Pulfrich Illusion
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
swinging pendulum swing unexpectedly when viewed through 3d glass lens
Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
75
Martin Gardner Swinging Cups
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
two hanging and swinging coffee mugs behave unexpectedly with one starting the swinging when the other one stops
Nov. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
83
Martin Gardner The Revolving Circle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
circle on spinning top
Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
86
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo spectator shuffles between rounds
Related toVariations 1999 16
Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer Lorayne's Poker Deal royal flush kicker
Inspired by 1999 13
Martin Gardner Suspend A Cup "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
plastic cup clings to hand
Inspired by
  • suspended tumbler in Hatton & Plate's "Magician's Tricks" (1919)
Variations
1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
134
Martin Gardner Cheap Zombie "Two Floating Cup Ideas"
styrofoam cup floats between hands, hole in back
Variations 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
134
Karl Fulves Mathematical 3-Cup Monte idea with three styrofoam cups
Inspired by 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
135
Martin Gardner Five x Five
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
number puzzle with equation
1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
345
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Mental Magic by Martin Gardner 1999 2
Martin Gardner Short Armed spectator stand in front of wall with out-stretched arms, fingertips touch the wall, a bit later the arms seem shorter
1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
2
Martin Gardner Dice Catch
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet of getting two dice held at side of glass into glass
Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
84
Michael Close (reviewer) Martin Gardner's Table Magic by Martin Gardner Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
33
Martin Gardner Apparition
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
after-picture after staring at an image
Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
87
Martin Gardner Tabletops Illusion
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
classic optical illusion
Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
81
Martin Gardner Three Balls High
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
height of cylinder that contains three tennis balls is less than the circumference of one ball
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
76
Martin Gardner Zero Gravity
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
water doesn't run out of holes in a bottle if the bottle falls
May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
75
The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America
  • Al Flosso (1895-1976)
  • Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
  • John Ramsay (1877-1962)
  • Penn & Teller
  • Percy Abbott (1886-1960)
  • Dr. Albert M. Wilson (1885-1930)
  • Roy Benson (1915-1978)
  • John Gaughan
  • Martin Gardner
  • Neil Foster (1921-1988)
  • Nate Leipzig (1873-1939)
  • Frances Marshall
Related to June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
56
Martin Gardner Climbing Bear
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
paper carton figure climbs up when pulling on string
June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
75
Martin Gardner Various Anecdota Magicana
  • 48 Years Ago...
anecdotes left out of Martin Gardner's "Argosy" article, on John Mulholland, Paul Fleming, Rudy Miller, Milbourne Christopher, Blackstone, Paul Stadelman, Carl Ballantine, Roy Benson, Dr. Jaks, Norman Jensen
Also published here June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
112
Michael Close (reviewer) Science Magic by Martin Gardner July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
31
Martin Gardner Optimal Optical Cut straight cut to table
Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
77
Martin Gardner The Jumping Pencil
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
pencil jumps out of plastic bottle with balloon insert
Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
83
Martin Gardner Reverse Jack's Profile
  • Martin Gardner's
seeing one-eyed Jacks through glass of water, mirror writing
Sep. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
78
Martin Gardner Two Stunts With Eggs
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
black egg is silver under water, egg floats in middle of glass, salt in water
Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
85
Martin Gardner Three Drop Task
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
challenge of dropping match or cork so they stand in impossible conditions
Dec. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
92
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner The Stop Trick
Related to 2000 910
Dan Tong, Martin Gardner The Pad Spread
2000 144
Karl Fulves Introduction on legal battle of "largest and oldest magic group", clairvoyants, atom pearls, movie "The Blair Witch Project", auction of Martin Gardner material on Erdnase by H&R Books, on Erdnase being a woman
2000 23
Martin Gardner The Balancing Deck deck sands upright on back of hand, with comment by Joseph K. Schmidt
Related to 2000 25
Simon Lovell Two Pieces of Silliness - Teethy "Silly Stunt Number One"
piece of glass bitten out of glass, coin for sound effect
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
2000 131
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Gardner-Smith Correspondence by Martin Gardner Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
70
Martin Gardner A Different Sure Thing plastic cup used to shake die, orientation of die can be glimpsed through slit
Inspired by
  • "Sure Thing" (Dick Zimmerman, marketed 1995)
July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
59
Martin Gardner, Charlie Miller Miller's Strip-Out push-through sequence with a straight cut, credited to Miller, letter from Martin Gardner from 1992
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
43
Mel Bennett Hopscotch puzzle/game in which coins have to be moved on a layout
Inspired by
  • Martin Gardner article in Parade Magazine, May 23, 1999
Related to
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
47
The Giraffe Puzzle match layout puzzle, see page 62 of next issue for solution
Also published here
  • Martin Gardner article in Games magazine, Oct. 1997
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
48
Martin Gardner Pencil Magnet pencil in paper cup, pencil is held and cup remains suspended
Related to 2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
39
Martin Gardner Thot Card To Pocket card thought of from red-backed deck, same card vanishes from blue deck and travels to pocket
2000
Discoverie (Issue 4)
43
Michael Close (reviewer) The Gardner-Smith Correspondence by Martin Gardner, Marshall D. Smith Jan. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 5)
33
Michael Close (reviewer) Mental Magic by Martin Gardner Mar. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 7)
38
Martin Gardner, Richard Hatch In His Words: Martin Gardner
Apr. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 8)
22
Martin Gardner Two Rollers and a Yardstick
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
experiment with stick on two tissue rolls
Apr. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 8)
77
Martin Gardner Match Penetration
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
match is pinned on safety pin and penetrates other pin side when snapped
May 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 9)
81
Martin Gardner Impromptu Haunted Napkin
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
impromptu glorpy with fork
Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
74
Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner Synchronism No. 56
Related to 2001 83
Martin Gardner, Howard A. Adams Make the Cards Match No. 88, five cards matched with other five cards
Related toVariations 2001 130
Martin Gardner, Robert Brethen Mind Matrix No. 92, square layout of nine cards, instruction game with prediction of final card
Related to 2001 138
Karl Fulves, Howard A. Adams The Odds Against No. 55, five cards torn in half, halves matched, using two dice
Inspired by 2001 125
Karl Fulves Bulgarian Solitaire four coin piles with one, two, three and four coins, coins moved around, outcome predicted, card application posed as a problem
Related to
  • August 1983 column "Mathematical Games" (Martin Gardner)
2001 159
Karl Fulves Database further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 2001 163
The Instantaneous Knot
Related toAlso published here 2001 163
Karl Fulves Introduction on David Copperfield's "Tornado of Fire" special, camera tricks and mirrors, Joseph Dunninger's radio magic, Ken Burns, jazz, two Martin Gardner titles that have an identical chapter by editorial mistake, psychic healing techniques, John Edward
2001 167
Martin Gardner Three Dice Bets
2001
Charlatan (Issue 5)
62
Robert E. Neale Con-Tainer milk carton container that is used to drop out different-colored balls for probability bets
  • The Prop
  • Handling
  • Illustrating False Odds
  • Preventing Favorable Outcomes
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's column in Scientific American, Dec. 1970
2001
Charlatan (Issue 6)
63
Martin Gardner, Joseph K. Schmidt Turnaround Knot silk held by both ends, performer turns around full circle and then a knot is seen in the middle of the handkerchief, with alternate handling by Schmidt
Related to 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
64
Martin Gardner The Electric Grape
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
flashes from grapes in microwave
May 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 9)
82
Martin Gardner Shuffled Pages
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
shuffling two books together by their pages, cannot be pulled apart
June 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)
83
Martin Gardner A Pinhole Paradox
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
small hole in paper cover at end of tube, one sees three holes
July 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 11)
73
Martin Gardner A Slinky Problem
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
dropping an extended slinky toy
Aug. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)
82
Martin Gardner Broken Symmetry
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
experiment with cards standing upright in a circle and then falling down
Sep. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)
118
Martin Gardner The Water Knot
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
three water streams can be adhered together
Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
75
Martin Gardner The Rotating Face
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
negative mask that follows
Nov. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 3)
71
Martin Gardner Airing the Deck
Related to 2002 88
Martin Gardner, John Carney Wink Change Variation
Inspired byRelated to 2002 185
Martin Gardner Match Ace layout puzzle
2002 264
Lewis Jones Up and Down Double cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes a face up card and performer a face-down card with same value
Inspired by 2002 133
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's New Method Egg Bag egg on thread attached to bag
Also published here
  • "A New Egg Bag" (The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 12, Feb. 1931, p. 519)
2002 109
The Crush-proof Egg egg cannot be crushed between hands
Also published here
  • Martin Gardner in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. X No. 3, Aug. 1952, p. 975
2002 254
Martin Gardner Knock Off the Match
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
knocking a match off a coin under a glass, static electricity
Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
76
Martin Gardner A Watermark Code
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
wet writing
Apr. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 8)
84
Martin Gardner The Magic Jigger
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
shot glass with marble, image underneath cannot be seen until water is filled in
May 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 9)
84
Martin Gardner Spooky Rotation
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
optical illusion with two circles
Oct. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
94
Al Baker Ring around Rosie paper is torn and image "appears" on what is left
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1934
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
575
Martin Gardner Prediction number named, card at that position openly crimped, crimped card turns out to be prediction, with handling by Karl Fulves
Related toAlso published here
  • Conjuror's magazine
2003 327
Martin Gardner End-for-End Reversal
2003 327
David Regal, Paul Harris Speaking Volumes
Related to
  • "Spoon" (Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, Martin Gardner, p. 529)
Aug. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 8)
85
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Gambling, Game, and Psyche (Bettina L. Knapp)
  • Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries? (Martin Gardner)
  • Stacking the Deck (Bryan Berg)
Oct. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10)
12
Martin Gardner Mysterious Glass Straw
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
siphon made out of glass straw
Jan. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 5)
102
Martin Gardner Water Down
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
water runs along string into glass
Mar. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 7)
94
Martin Gardner The Twirled Ring
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
ring spins on a string held at both ends, string pulled tighter
June 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)
110
Martin Gardner Suspended Bottle
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bottle filled with rice is lifted with stick
Aug. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 12)
100
Martin Gardner Estimating Height
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
stacking pennies and estimating how much are needed to exceed the diameter of a dime
Sep. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
110
Martin Gardner Bronx Cheer Syndrome
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
sound distorts picture on old television
Oct. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
111
Martin Gardner Unbroken Tissue
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
paper tube sealed with tissue paper and filled with rice, paper cannot be broken by pressing on rice on other side
Nov. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 3)
119
Davide Costi Ultimate Retention Vanish See also Steve Freeman's " The Perfect Coin Vanish" (Magicana 107, Genii, February 1974)
Related to 2004 135
Karl Fulves Database further comments and credit information on the referenced items, Vent Mental
Related to 2004 388
Bob Read The Invisible Man Doing Karate handkerchief over head with hat and glasses on top, crease "appears" in hat
Inspired by
  • "Zombie Face", p. 259 & 267 in Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
72
Bob Read Cracking Wise piece bitten out of drinking glass, with additional phase
Inspired by
  • Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, p. 168
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
74
Bob Read The Stumbling Miracle selection jumps out of hat when kicked from below
Inspired by
  • Snap It (1941/27)
  • Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, p. 269
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
75
Martin Gardner Mate In One winning on the opening move
2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
107
Martin Gardner Coin That Floats Japanese 1-yen coin floats on water, then sinks on command
  • KF note (Karl Fulves)
2004
Discoverie (Issue 9)
120
Tom Stone Triball Rites three different-colored balls are switched around under three cups according to instructions, final configuration predicted
Inspired by
  • The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner, Ibidem, July 1956)
  • "Tribulation" (Max Maven, Dr. Faustus Journal, Apr. 1999)
2004 1
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, see credit correction in Issue 11, p. 1
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
17
Martin Gardner William Tell bent card stands upright on table, it is "shot" over with mime gun or rubber band around box
2005 393
Martin Gardner Band Box rubber band around box, can be instantly released
Variations 2005 394
Barrie Richardson After the Dessert Thought Transference divination of information written on a business card, covered with handkerchief in the hands
Inspired byAlso published here 2005 71
Max Maven The Ruling Class
  • The Other Month
spectator moves fingers together under ruler, where they end up is predicted by length of pencil
Inspired byAlso published here July 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 7)
32
Karl Fulves Loco-Motion follow-up for "Auto Kinetic", toy car replaced in card case, then full deck removed from it, case balances on edge of one-handed fan, signed card to case
Inspired by 2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
5
Martin Gardner A Tabletop Miser's Dream with one coin an styrofoam cup with slit
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
38
Martin Gardner Gardner's Gambit row of cards, taking cards from either end alternately with spectator, whose cards add up higher wins, forced outcome, parity
  • Final Game (Royal Flush ending)
Inspired by
  • coin item in "Mathematical Puzzles" (Peter Winkler)
Related toVariations
2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
69
Karl Fulves Notes on MG's Game explanation of the parity principle at work and further applications, see following items
Inspired by 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
71
Robert E. Neale Draw For The Devil nine cards, performer and spectator alternately put them in a 3x3 square à la Tic Tac Toe, a magic square for six results
Inspired by 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
85
Joseph K. Schmidt Band Box Encore rubber band around box, can be instantly released
Inspired by 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
104
Karl Fulves Pencil With Memory "Unexplained"
old pencil with memory idea, now really available as transmission pen, posed as a problem
Related to 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
111
Lewis Jones Rack and Bled second phase with updated handling from the routine in Ahead of the Pack
Related toAlso published here 2006 90
Martin Gardner, Jerry Andrus Airing the Deck
2006 131
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2006 166
Daniel Millstein Wild Card Control
Inspired by 2007 47
Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg Rump Shaker Performer deals four Aces to himself twice, then gives everyone great hands in the third round, leaving the best hand (straight flush) for himself
Inspired by 2007 81
Alexander de Cova Pokerama re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2007 1
Martin Gardner Four by Martin Gardner 1. number puzzle
2. word/letter puzzle
3. pencil puzzle
4. letter puzzle
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
158
Martin Gardner Band Through Hand or string, rubber band penetrates finger and vanishes (if rubber band is used)
Related to 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
196
Karl Fulves Back Story further comments and credit information on the referenced items, sliding shell, Werry's Matchbox Illusion
Related to 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
209
Nick Trost The "One-Two-Three" Trick small packet matching routine
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 35
Martin Gardner, Joseph K. Schmidt Riddle Rope knot appears or not
  • The Chefalo Phase
  • Schmidt's Fake Chefalo
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
265
Martin Gardner Trick Questions thirteen trick questions
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
297
Fred Robinson Dealer Demonstration
Inspired by 2009 107
Martin Gardner Berg-Hunter Knot not letting go of the ends
Variations 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
396
Karl Fulves Sting Theory not letting go of the ends
Inspired by 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
398
Axel Adlercreutz Time to Dice dice shown from all sides while reciting the numbers from one to six, one travels from hand to hand
Related to
  • "Leslie Hunt’s Move" (Match-ic, Martin Gardner, 1935)
2009 38
Steve Beam, Martin Gardner The Ace-Two-Three Trick three sets of Ace to Three are used for mathematical puzzle thing
Inspired by 2010 74
Steve Beam Checkmate three cards are matched with cutting procedure by spectator
Inspired by 2010 77
Steve Beam A.F. Taft Prediction spectator places three coins on three piles of cards, order predicted
Inspired byRelated to 2010 80
Cherchez Again sailor in flexagon, lady picture is hard to find by folding
Inspired by
  • "Cherchez La Femme" (Martin Gardner)
2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 6)
30
Martin Gardner 2-Way Flexagon folded square with 2x2 grid, map folding presentation with coincidence
2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 8)
42
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Tom Mullica's recovery
  • When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish (Martin Gardner, 2009)
Apr. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 4)
12
Max Maven In Memoriam: Martin Gardner
July 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)
24
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Harry Anderson's David Letterman appearance, Martin Gardner
Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
12
Steve Belchou, Martin Gardner, Roberto Giobbi Two, Six, Ten card chosen, three piles arranged as in Poker Player's Picnic, on top of the piles are then the mates that match the selection
Inspired by
  • Steve Belchou’s “The Million to One Trick” in "Dragon", Vol. 8, No. 5, 1939.
Related to
2010 83
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card
Related toAlso published here 2010 88
Alexander de Cova Poker-a-ma re-deal stacking, with dealing shoe, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 6
Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves Two Deck Criss Cross
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do" (Hugard's Magic Monthly, May 1950, p. 665)
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
601
Martin Gardner Jumping Skeleton Key on Martin Gardner's Skeleton Key, and knife that jumps out of handle when the performer handles it (Magic Christian), also with nail file, credit information
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
623
Mel Bennett The Force Methods number forces
  • 1. using number cards (Magigram, Amazing Trelba)
  • 2. "Newspaper Prediction" (Martin Gardner, Magic, August 2005, also Ibidem?)
  • 3. 4x4 matrix
  • 4. magic square
Related to 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 10)
69
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Where Good Ideas Come From (Steven Johnson, 2010)
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Memes (John Gunders and Damon Brown, 2010)
  • A Lifetimes of Puzzles: Honoring Martin Gardner (2008)
  • Laughter - Notes on a Passion (Anca Parvulescu, 2010)
Feb. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2)
13
Martin Gardner Foreword
2011 xiii
Nick Trost Hummer's Paradox spectator's cards is only reversed one after tapestry folding
  • Finding the Aces (variation with only Aces reversed at the end)
Inspired by 2011 717
Martin Gardner Foreword
2012 ix
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham Martin Gardner About Martin Gardner's work in mathematical magic
2012 211
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Book of Immortality (Adam Leith Gollner, 2013)
  • Martin Gardner in the Twenty-First Century (2012)
  • Thinking in Numbers (Daniel Tammet, 2013)
  • Intuition Pumps (Daniel C. Dennett, 2013)
Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Undiluted Hocus-Pocus (Martin Gardner, 2013)
  • Compelling People (John Neffinger, Matthew Kohut)
  • Macroanalysis (Mathew L. Jockers, 2013)
  • By the Grace of Guile (Loyal Rue)
Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
12
Tom Stone The True Name of Trigrammaton
  • Lodestones
three people distribute three paper balls among them and switch according to instructions, when unfolded, each spectator has his name written on the paper
Inspired by
  • The "One Two Three" Trick (Martin Gardner, Ibidem, July 1956)
  • "Tribulation" (Max Maven, Dr. Faustus Journal, Apr. 1999)
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
34
Max Maven A Gardnerian Centennial Martin Gardner's hundredth birthday
Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
31
Mentally Clocking The Deck determine value of single card missing, “casting out” 13’s, with clocking suit with feet from Martin Gardner
Related to 2014 102
Steve Beam The Anything Trick after several random cards are located by spectator-cutting, an item used in the patter (fruit, salt shaker, etc.) is produced for the climax.
Related to 2015 23
Ramón Riobóo Disparity Updated handling of the Dudeney Parity Principle. Cards are dealt into a grid on the table as directed by the audience. The cards are reassembled by folding rows and columns onto each other - again controlled by the audience - yet the selections are found reversed in the packet.
Related to 2015 88
Steve Beam Si-Decker despite always lying, the deck provides the color, suit, and parity of the selected card, and then helps to locate it
Inspired by 2015 41
Steve Beam Key Signature Piano Card Trick using a signed card.
Inspired by
  • "Piano Card Trick" (Uncredited, Stanyon's Magic, Aug. 1902)
Related to
2015 205
Bob Farmer The Phoenix 1949 reprinted with commentary
The Phoenix #168 - Ten Card Deal
  • Vernon and the Mexican Gambler
  • Presentation
  • Jonah On Top
  • Jonah On Bottom
  • Jonah Second From Top
  • Spectator Second Deals
  • Spectator Shuffles
  • Ace As Jonah On Top
  • Credits
The Phoenix #170 - Ten Card Deal P.S.
  • Martin Gardner
  • Ed Marlo
  • Bert Allerton
  • Biddle Move
Also published here 2015 13
Bob Farmer, Peter Winkler Winkler Poker chapter intro, Position Parity Principle
Related to 2015 313
Todd Karr Martin Gardner and the Science of Fun on The Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
Nov. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11)
58
Various (reviewer) Favorites from Impromptu by Martin Gardner
thoughts about the book and its content from - Eric Mead - Steve Cohen - Joel Hodgson - Paul Daniels - Levent - Christopher Hart - Quentin Reynolds - Jade - John Fisher
Nov. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11)
66
Roberto Giobbi Beyond What We Know anecdote from Zuckerbrot's Martin Gardner documentary
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 15)
296
David Britland (reviewer) Impromptu by Martin Gardner (written by Todd Karr) Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
103
Áriston Ta-Te-Ti 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
Inspired by 2017 146
Martin Gardner Tic Tac Toe Force
Related to 2018 164
Steve Beam Single Stack while forcing a card from a bank, controlling mates, with three variations
Inspired by 2018 24
Steve Beam Quadruple Stack stack to be able to produce four of a kind quickly
Inspired by 2018 28
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Poker Deal Plus
Inspired by 2018 217
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Hoax (Peter Nevramont)
  • On The Wild Side (Martin Gardner)
  • When (Daniel H. Pink)
June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
58
Yves Carbonnier La Fausse Coupe Qui Doit Déjà Exister Quelque-Part swivel false cut from hands to table
Related to 2019 106
Jon Racherbaumer The Last Card Trick of Ed Marlo marker moved on 3x3 grid of cards
Inspired by
  • "Precognition with Cards" (Martin Gardner, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Oct. 1961)
2021
Output (Issue 19)
25
Martin Gardner Airing the deck
2021 150
Martin Gardner Tic-Tac-Toe Magic Square tic tac toe with cards, resulting in a magic square
Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
59
Shigeo Futagawa Shigeo Futagawa Prediction four cards with numbers on both sides are mixed, total predicted
Also published here
  • Fractal Music, Hypercards & More (Martin Gardner, 1991, p. 223)
2022 18
Martin Gardner, John Carney Wink Change Variation
Related to 2022 79
Bob Farmer The Ten Count Force credit information
  • Audley V. Walsh & Hal Haber
  • Orville Meyer
  • Henry Christ
  • John Scarne
  • Martin Gardner
  • Nick Trost
  • Terry Lagerould
2022 10
Bob Farmer The Christ Countdown credit information
  • Henry Christ
  • John Scarne
  • Martin Gardner
  • Nick Trost
  • Terry Lagerould
2022 12
Joshua Jay Martin Gardner to Alain Nu
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2005
2022 421
Martin Gardner Newspaper Prediction four pages on newspaper sheet are added, number predicted
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2005
2022 422
Martin Gardner Expertalk: Martin Gardner on the Hindu Shuffle control to bottom
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2006
2022 503
Martin Gardner Can't Loose Change game with coin row that can be predicted
Inspired by
  • opening problem in Peter Winkler's Mathematical Puzzles, 2004
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2007
2022 624
Martin Gardner Cups Ahoy paper cup floats between hands, stuck on thumb
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2010
2022 924
David Williamson The Love Ritual five pairs of tarot cards are matched with spelling procedure
Inspired by 2023 23
Martin Gardner An Amazing Spelling Trick ten card packet, five pairs of mates are arrived at with spelling procedure
VariationsAlso published here
  • Word Waysm Vol. 42 No. 1, Article 24 (2009)
2023 23