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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eric F. Impey Another Effect on the Same Principle spectator cuts to same cards as have been selected from different deck, Instanto deck
Related to 1928
Original Card Mysteries
6
Billy O'Connor To Make Cards "Slippery"
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
75
Billy O'Connor A Card with a Certain Number of Pips six cards in a row, one value forced
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
32
Riffle Trick No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
1
Victor Farelli Poker and Brag four Aces produced in "magic gambling" routine via dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "After the Four Ace Trick" (Billy O'Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sept 1935)
 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
33
Billy O'Connor The Limit Four Ace Trick seven Aces are used
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
295
Billy O'Connor A Memory Feat naming any card at any number
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
365
Billy O'Connor The Bill in the Envelope burned bill reappears in empty envelope, number checked
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
29
Billy O'Connor Two Card Discovery card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, short card
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
469
Billy O'Connor Instanto cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related toAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
677
Billy O'Connor Rising Cards using "Instanto" deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
678
Billy O'Connor Cutting Off any Number of Cards using "Instanto" deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Connor Everready Pencil Trick vanish and production of a pencil
 		1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
4
59 - "New Era Instanto Deck" Performer can cut to any card desired
Also published here 1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
74
Billy O'Connor Introduction
1946
Card Fantasies
6
Billy O'Connor Mix - Cut and Look spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
9
Billy O'Connor O'Connor's Four-Ace Trick 10-20 force to find four Aces one by one
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
20
T. O'Connor Sloane The Mysteries of Nine Number forces using the number nine (e.g. 1089), includes variation by T. O'Connor Sloane using money
Related to 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
163
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Flip Deck cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
13
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
1971
Reputation-Makers
38
Jimmy Connor Tap-A-Card mental spelling as performer taps on random card, selection at final letter
 		1972
The Living End
11
Fred Robinson Oasis on the 26th Blackpool Convention, Fred Kaps, Gordon Bruce, Bob Read, Andrew O'Connor, Bert Graham, Paul Daniels, Ken Brooke, Ken Dodd
 		Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
520
Rudolf "Don Curano" Künzli Ken Brooke - Blackpool und One-day Voncention on the Ken Brooke celebration show and the Blackpool convention, Terry Herbert, Danny Ray, Joe Riding, Andrew O'Connor, David Hemingway, Carl Franz & Pat, Philippe Fialho, Mark Raffles, Ken Brooke, Don Curano, Al Goshman, Mark Haslam, Shaun McCree, Gaeton Bloom, Rovi, Ron MacMillan, Wayne Dobson, Henk Meesters, Phoa Yan Tiong, Roger John & Cynthia, Terri Rogers, Vito Lupo, Finn Jon
 		1980
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 2)
77
Peter Wilker Preisträger 1981 on the Magic Castle Awards, Marco the Magi, Le Grand David, Gene Gordon, Ken Brooke, Daryl, Andrew O'Connor, Daniel Huguenin, Crisco
 		1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 1)
1
Peter Wilker Geschichten um kleine und grosse Zauberer on Billy O'Connor, Doug Henning, Dunninger, Harry Blackstone
 		1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 6)
149
Steve Beam 6801 Prediction comedy prediction with a twist, 1089 force
Related to 1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 13)
222
Bob Farmer, Max Maven Fifty Years Ago in Magic
  • Flim-Flam
on the Billy O’Connor's backcount force in "One Card 10/20 Poker", back and forth letters between Max and Bob
Related to Sep. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
70
Karl Fulves Thoughts Of Others card written down by a spectator is thought of during riffling by other spectator, O'Connor's Instanto Pack
Related to 1996
Blocking Off
11
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 1996
Blocking Off
32
Jack Avis, Billy O'Connor O'Connor Caper two cards predicted and mates via count-back force (10-20 force), credit information
Inspired by
  • Billy O'Connor trick in The Magic Wand
 1998
Vis à Vis
131
Mark Mason, Vic Connor Hindu Rope Surprise rope floats and dances, invisible thread reel
 		2000
Up Close & Personal
8
Cardini Name-O-Card cutting to any named card
Related to 2003
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)
296
Karl Fulves Speller Notes
  • A. on locating previous trick
  • B. Instanto Deck and any card spelling
  • C. short routine to spell any named card impromptu, face-up counting and turnover pass
  • D. cutting as deck is dumped from case
Related to 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
100
Billy O'Connor The Flip Flop Cut
Also published here
  • "But Not To Play" (Wilfred Jonson)
 2007
The Anthology of One Handed Card Cuts and Flourishes
45
Anthony Owen, Pete McCahon, Andrew O'Connor, Richard Pinner Recaffinated Coffee performer pours coffee, milk and sugar into a cup and drinks it, then items are spitted out from mouth seperately
Also published here 2007
Some More Tricks
25
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
127
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
292
Mickey O'Connor Surviving China Franz Harary
 		Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
67
Larry Jennings Countback Aces spectator cuts deck in half, both halves counted, digits added and that many card counted off to form four piles in total, Aces are on top
Inspired by
  • “After the Four Ace Trick” (Billy O’Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sep. 1935, p. 85)
Variations 		2011
Evolution
32
William Goodwin Random Locations four spectators count a packet, add digits and then count to a card, using Billy O’Connor's procedure as placement/force, faro
 		2011
Evolution
39
Gordon Bean Count One Way three piles made with counting and adding digits (using Billy O’Connor's procedure), then top card of one pile chosen without performer looking and lost, performer knows pile and stops spectator as he deals through pile at his card
 		2011
Evolution
42
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
Also published here
  • The Magic Wand, June-Sep. 1935, "After the Four Ace Trick"
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
821
Doug Edwards, Billy O'Connor, Cardini Billy O'Connor's Instanto Deck how to build an Instanto deck, more ideas
Related to 2013
Nukes
63
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Paraphemalia (Steven Connor, 2011)
  • Mastermind (Maria Konnikova, 2013)
  • Mastery (Robert Greene, 2012)
 		Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
12
David Britland, Billy O'Connor Billy O'Connor's Two Card Discovery
  • Cardopolis
card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, short card
Inspired by July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
24
David Britland Billy O'Connor
July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
24
Anthony Owen, Pete McCahon, Andrew O'Connor, Richard Pinner Recaffeinated Coffee performer pours coffee, milk and sugar into a cup and drinks it, then items are spitted out from mouth seperately
Also published here 2017
Secrets
224
Remy Connor ACME small bills drawn on blank cards, bill appears
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
128
Roberto Giobbi Impromptu O'Connor card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, without short card
Inspired by 2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 17)
149