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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Victor Farelli	The Mystic Eight	four-of-a-kind location based on the mystical number eight	Variations A Mystic Seven Phase (Paul Gordon, 2006) A Mystic Seven Phase II (Paul Gordon, 2006) Four of a Kind - Another Version (Nick Trost, 2009)	1936	Lend Me Your Pack	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Lin Searles	Moracle	packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson	Inspired by Oracle (Karl Fulves, 1970) The Neutralizer (Steve Beam, 2015) Related to Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, 1988) Starburst (Jack Avis, Lewis Jones, 2002) What, Another Kick? (Paul Gordon, 2006) Lie-Decker (Max Maven, 2015) Bluff Oracle Aces I (John Bannon, 2015) Bluff Oracle Aces II (John Bannon, 2015) Rock Bottom (Steve Beam, 2015) Binary Bypass (Steve Beam, 2015) Darned Pain in the Neck (Paul Gordon, 2023) Variations Immoracle (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979) Justin Time (Roy Walton, 1979) Modern Day Moracle (Marty Kane, 1997) Moracle (Roberto Giobbi, 2000) Royacle (Mel Bennett, 2011) Royal Roundup (Steve Beam, 2015) Bottom Feeder (Steve Beam, 2015) Moracool (Steve Beam, 2015) Si-Decker (Steve Beam, 2015)	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 9)	430	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Karl Fulves	Factor Four	"Still Counting" card turns over in four-card packet, then changes into Jacks, then other cards change to Jacks, then card changes back to original selection, ungaffed	Variations Are We Still Counting? (Paul Gordon, 2006)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 3)	1088	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Bob Hummer	This Is It	twenty cards in a row, spectator selects amount of matches and signs the corresponding card on the the face, on the back of the card is written "This is It" and the correct number of selected matches	Inspired by Isolator (Roy Walton, 1973) Related to Color Scheme (Oscar Weigle, 1974) Variations Another This (Philip T. Goldstein, 1994) Thumbs Up! (Paul Gordon, 2006) Also published here marketed 1943	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
Jerry Sadowitz	The More Things Change		Related to The Ultimate Transposition (Paul Gordon, 1996) Multiplex Re+Set (Tomas Blomberg, 2014) Variations Round-Trip Travellers (Jon Racherbaumer, 1983) One, Two, Three, Four Exchange (David Solomon, 1990) Within You Without You (Peter Duffie, 1995) New Wave Travelers (Baltazar Fuentes, 1996) Ships In The Night (Chris "Doc" Dixon, 1997) Tech-Less Multiplex Reset (Steve Reynolds, 2020)	1982	Alternative Card Magic	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / The More Things Change (Pocket Interchange)
Richard Vollmer	Earthly Powers	selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"	Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Variations Unearthly Powers (Harry Lorayne, 1988) Worldly Powers (Justin Higham, 1992) Beyond Belief (Harry Lorayne, 2001) "Power"ful (Paul Gordon, 2007) Powerful Powers (Harry Lorayne, 2015) Royal Power (Harry Lorayne, 2017) Earthly Powers (John Graham, 2021)	June 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)	1503	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Richard Vollmer	Oil and Aces	4&4, one packet transforms to aces	Related to Oil & Water Startler (Paul Gordon, 2007)	Oct. 1989	Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 10)	1696	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
John Bannon	Assisted Switch	Elmsley Count type switch in the spectator's fingers	Variations ITHEC (Paul Gordon, 1999) Also published here Assisted Switch (John Bannon, 1991)	1991	Smoke and Mirrors	155	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Switches / Spectator-assisted Switches
Peter Duffie	Hummer of a Trick Variation	some cards mixed face-up/face-down by spectator, performer takes one section under the table briefly, in the end there are the same number of face-up cards in two piles	Inspired by Hummer of a Trick! (Robert Page, Bob Hummer, 1968) Related to Hum-Drum (Paul Gordon, 2006)	Oct. 1993	Profile (Issue 16)	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Paul Gordon	Thirteen Times and Out			Aug. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 8)	2393	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Suit Appearance
Justin Higham	Super Clairvoyant	spectator thinks of any card, deals twice the value and drops rest on top, after a reverse faro, the performer knows the value and can fish	Related to Super Count Down (Dai Vernon, 1937) Variations Clairvoyant Plus (Justin Higham, 1999) Super Clairvoyant Plus (Justin Higham, 1999) Ultimate Clairvoyant (Justin Higham, 1999) Clairvoyant Count-Down (Justin Higham, 1999) Half a Higham (Paul Gordon, 2006) Also published here Super Clairvoyant (Justin Higham, 1991) Super Clairvoyant (Justin Higham, 1997)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	64	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Almost Perfect Stop Trick		Inspired by The Leipzig Stop Trick (Nate Leipzig, 1995) Variations Standing Up For Leipzig & Marlo (Paul Gordon, 2006) Also published here The New Tops, Jan. 1979	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	390	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Paul Gordon	Emergency Deam Card	to pocket with color changing back		Apr. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4)	2634	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Paul Gordon	The Ultimate Transposition	very similar to Sadowitz's routine	Related to The More Things Change (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982)	Sep. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 9)	2689	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / The More Things Change (Pocket Interchange)
Paul Gordon	Twister	kings to aces kicker		Nov. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 11)	2859	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Paul Gordon	Millenium Collectors			Dec. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 12)	2871	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Michael Close (reviewer)	The Card Magic of Paul Gordon	by Paul Gordon	Related to Name Calling (Paul Gordon, 1997)	Jan. 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 5)	89	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Paul Gordon	Name Calling	Letters	Related to The Card Magic of Paul Gordon (Michael Close, Paul Gordon, 1997)	Mar. 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)	15	Articles / Letters
Michael Close (reviewer)	Protean Card Magic	by Paul Gordon		Nov. 1998	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)	36	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Paul Gordon	ITHEC	"In The Hands Elmsley Count" Elmsley Count type switch in the spectator's fingers	Inspired by Assisted Switch (John Bannon, 1991)	Mar. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)	25	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Sleights / Switches / Spectator-assisted Switches
Gordon Bean (reviewer)	Powerful Impromptu Card Magic	by Paul Gordon		May 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 5)	60	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Paul Gordon	Hayden On Duty	displaying cards in bunches, with cuts in between, at the end the Aces are stacked	Inspired by "The Buffalo Cornstack" (Allan Hayden, Card Shark On Duty)	Apr. 1999	Onyx (Issue 7)	22	Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Michael Close (reviewer)	Powerful Impromptu Card Magic	by Paul Gordon	Related to Re: Reviews (Paul Gordon, Gaston Quieto, 1999)	May 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)	31	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Michael Close (reviewer)	Twenty	by Gaston Quieto	Related to Re: Reviews (Paul Gordon, Gaston Quieto, 1999)	June 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)	29	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Paul Gordon, Gaston Quieto	Re: Reviews	Letters	Related to Twenty (Michael Close, Gaston Quieto, 1999) Powerful Impromptu Card Magic (Michael Close, Paul Gordon, 1999)	July 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)	16	Articles / Letters
Paul Gordon	Whodunnit II	two prediction cards put aside, selection lost, a card chosen with down-under deal, it's an indicator card used to find selection, indicator and selection match the predictions	Inspired by "WhoDunnit" (Paul Gordon, Protean Card Magic, 1998)	Oct. 2000	Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Harry Lorayne	The Magical Gambler		Inspired by Paul Gordon effect	2001	Personal Collection	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miracle Ace Cutting (Estimation)
Darwin Ortiz	Remote Control	performer knows position of peeked at card in second deck	Inspired by "Twin Peaks" (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Miracles) Variations The Ultimate Weapon (Grace Ann Morgan, 2004) A Personal Favorite (Tony Cabral, 2019)	2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Michael Close (reviewer)	Professional Card Miracles	by Paul Gordon		Aug. 2002	Magic (Vol. 11 No. 12)	32	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	Hummer Plays Poker	packet mixed via CATO, Royal Flush shows up at the end	Related to Two for the Road (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2004) Variations Remote Control Poker (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) Stand Up For CATO (Paul Gordon, 2006)	2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
David Regal (reviewer)	Card Magic Companion	by Paul Gordon		Dec. 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)	98	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Gábor G. Szabó	Love Story	story and handling variation of Cardmans Twisting the Aces	Related to Paul Gordon's "Cardmans Twisting the Aces" in "Protean Card Magic" 1998.	2003	NewCastle Notes	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Peter Duffie	4-Some	using extension of Gemini Twins placement, dealing started in three piles, all Queens found	Variations Peter’s Foursome! (Paul Gordon, 2006)	2004	4 Most	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Eric Mead (reviewer)	Edward George Brown - A Magical Life	by Edward G. Brown (written by Paul Gordon)		June 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 6)	98	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Eric Mead (reviewer)	Percy Naldrett: A Man of Sussex; Conjurer and Poet	by Percy Naldrett (written by Paul Gordon)		June 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 6)	98	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Close (reviewer)	Explorations	by Paul Gordon		Oct. 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)	106	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Peter Duffie	Paul Gordon	mini bio		2006	England Up Close	119	Articles / Biographical
Paul Gordon	The Eradicator!	not with whole deck		2006	England Up Close	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Paul Gordon	Mystery of The Number Nine	reverse faro trick around number nine, selection is counted to in the end	Inspired by Jon Racherbaumer routine from his website, October 2005	2006	England Up Close	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Paul Gordon	JR’s Twisted!	Ace through Four of Clubs is put out of order, then is in order again	Inspired by Jon Racherbaumer routine from his website	2006	England Up Close	123	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet
Paul Gordon	The Mystic Nine	spectator thinks of a card using mathematical procedure of 10-20 force, it'll be a Nine which the performer produces		2006	England Up Close	124	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Paul Gordon	Half a Higham	spectator thinks of any card, deals twice the value and drops rest on top, after a reverse faro, the performer knows the value and can fish, with half the deck More Thoughts (without reverse faro)	Inspired by Super Clairvoyant (Justin Higham, 1994)	2006	England Up Close	125	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Paul Gordon	Murder To Describe	card chosen and lost, spectator chooses any four cards, they all change into selection, then into Nines	Inspired by "Future Classic" (Ed Marlo)	2006	England Up Close	126	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
Paul Gordon	Stand Up For CATO	stand-up CATO routine with sixteen cards, packet mixed via CATO, Royal Flush shows up at the end Additional Thought from Peter Duffie	Inspired by Hummer Plays Poker (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003)	2006	England Up Close	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Paul Gordon	Hum-Drum	CATO procedure to force a number by adding up the reversed cards	Related to Hummer of a Trick Variation (Peter Duffie, 1993)	2006	England Up Close	130	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards
Paul Gordon	Thumbs Up!	twenty cards in a row, one chosen with dice, it has a thumb print on its back and is odd-backed	Inspired by This Is It (Bob Hummer, 1980)	2006	England Up Close	131	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards
Paul Gordon	Impromptu Pokertell	spectator chooses a card from a packet with dealing procedure, then reads off all the cards, performer knows selection	Inspired by "Poker Tell" (Jon Racherbaumer, Big Easy Card Cunning)	2006	England Up Close	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Paul Gordon	Peter’s Foursome!	using extension of Gemini Twins placement, dealing started in three piles, Kings and Queens found	Inspired by 4-Some (Peter Duffie, 2004) "Caused Effect" (Paul Gordon, Cause And Effect, 1998)	2006	England Up Close	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
Paul Gordon	Thanks To Goodliffe	two cards chosen from eight-card packets, they eventually are located with reverse faros until two cards remain		2006	England Up Close	136	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Paul Gordon	Are We Still Counting?	packet trick with turnovers and transformations	Inspired by Factor Four (Karl Fulves, 1978) Variations PD Alternative Handling (Peter Duffie, 2006)	2006	England Up Close	137	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Peter Duffie	PD Alternative Handling	packet trick with turnovers and transformations	Inspired by Are We Still Counting? (Paul Gordon, 2006)	2006	England Up Close	138	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Paul Gordon	A Mystic Seven Phase	four-of-a-kind location based on the mystical number seven	Inspired by The Mystic Eight (Victor Farelli, 1936)	2006	England Up Close	139	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Paul Gordon	A Mystic Seven Phase II	using the Sevens to locate selections in between them Shorter Alternative	Inspired by The Mystic Eight (Victor Farelli, 1936)	2006	England Up Close	139	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Paul Gordon	Standing Up For Leipzig & Marlo	with impromptu double backer	Inspired by Marlo's Almost Perfect Stop Trick (Edward Marlo, 1995)	2006	England Up Close	141	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Paul Gordon	What, Another Kick?	packet reduced to one card via reverse faros, selection remains and mates are on top of discard piles	Inspired by "What A Kick" series (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Companion) Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971)	2006	England Up Close	142	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Paul Gordon, Roger Crosthwaite	DuffieCrosGord	card chosen and lost, performer removes three packets of cards from the deck, top cards are turned over and added, selection is found at that number in rest of deck, previously top reversed cards change to mates of selection DuffieCrosGord 2 DuffieCrosGord 3 DuffieCrosGord 4	Inspired by "Return to Garden Path" (Peter Duffie's website) "Garden Path II" (Peter Duffie, Cardeceits, 2003) "Adagio" (Aldo Colombini, Impromptu Card Magic DVD series)	2006	England Up Close	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Paul Gordon	No- Force-Force	using slip force for "card at any number" effect		2006	England Up Close	144	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Paul Gordon	When I Was Twenty-One		Inspired by Jack Parker method	2006	England Up Close	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Harry Lorayne	Paul Gordon	mini bio		2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	96	Articles / Biographical
Paul Gordon, Roger Crosthwaite	Head-to-Head Poker	ten cards, performer received royal flush even though it was not part of the packet in beginning	Variations Head-To-Head Poker (Harry Lorayne, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Paul Gordon	"Power"ful	selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, 1988) Variations Royal Power (Harry Lorayne, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	102	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Location with kicker Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Robin Robertson	That Darn Four of Clubs!	Ace spelling effect with kicker, wrong card always shows up in the beginning, Royal Flush suggestion by Harry Lorayne in Afterthoughts	Variations That Darn Four Of Clubs (Harry Lorayne, 2017) Darned Pain in the Neck (Paul Gordon, 2023)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	179	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Paul Gordon	Oil & Water Startler	4&4, transformation kicker	Inspired by Oil and Aces (Richard Vollmer, 1989)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	358	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / with Kicker
Paul Gordon	(Gr)eight!	automatic placement	Variations (Gr)Eight (Harry Lorayne, Paul Gordon, 2017)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	362	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Paul Gordon	When I Was 21			2007	7-7-7	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	The Second 16th card Book	by Tom Craven, Paul Gordon		May 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 5)	110	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Justin Higham	The Illogical Dribble Force	The Basic Move	Related to T. K's Flip-Over Force No. 1 (Tony Kardyro, 1955) Other Ideas (Justin Higham, Kevin Baker, Benjamin Earl, 2007) Gambler's Cop Applications (Justin Higham, 2009) Variations Face-Up IDF (Justin Higham, 2007) Palm-Replacement IDF (Justin Higham, 2007) Pseudo IDF 1 & 2 (Justin Higham, 2007) IDF Convincer (Paul Gordon, 2009) Face-Down IDF (Bob Farmer, 2009) Illogical Swing-Cut Force (David Davies, 2009) Also published here Illogical Dribble Force (Justin Higham, 2013)	2007	The Illogical Dribble Force	3	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force
Justin Higham	IDF Count-Down	performer takes random card and uses its value to count to selection	Variations IDF Count-Down Plus Joker (Paul Gordon, 2009)	2007	The Illogical Dribble Force	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Michael Close (reviewer)	The Second 16th Card Book, Volume 2	by Paul Gordon		Feb. 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)	93	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jon Racherbaumer	Helter-Skelter Poker	poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together	Inspired by "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust) Also published here Helter-Skelter Poker (Jon Racherbaumer, 2023)	2008	Deal or No Deal	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Paul Gordon	IDF as an Indicator Force	glimpsing a random chosen card	Related to IDF Prophecy (Justin Higham, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	4	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center without mark-off
Paul Gordon	IDF Convincer	force card ends up sticking out of center	Inspired by The Illogical Dribble Force (Justin Higham, 2007)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	4	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force
Justin Higham	IDF Prophecy		Related to IDF as an Indicator Force (Paul Gordon, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
Paul Gordon	IDF Count-Down Plus Joker	Royal Flush revelation	Inspired by IDF Count-Down (Justin Higham, 2007)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
Paul Gordon	Fast IDF Ace Production		Related to IDF Bluff Ace Production (Justin Higham, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Paul Gordon	IDF Mates	two cards chosen from two halves are mates of previously removed cards	Related to Double Odd-Colour IDF Coincidence (Justin Higham, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates
Justin Higham	Double Odd-Colour IDF Coincidence	two cards chosen from two halves, they're the only odd-colored ones	Related to IDF Mates (Paul Gordon, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
Justin Higham	IDF Bluff Ace Production		Related to Fast IDF Ace Production (Paul Gordon, 2009)	2009	Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
John Bannon	Short Attention Spin	three blank-faced cards and an Ace, Ace vanishes and appears, blank cards become other Aces with rainbow backs	Inspired by "Killer Observation Test" (Paul Gordon, 2011) Also published here Short Attention Spin (John Bannon, 2013)	2011	Triabolical	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Carlos Santillan	Barely Thought-of Card Miracle	Divine thought of card in a packet of eight cards by asking "yes" or "no" questions about whether their card is in one pile or not	Inspired by "Merely Thought-of Card Miracle" (Paul Gordon, Aldo Colombini's Self Working Packet Tricks DVD)	2015	The Saturday Morning Session	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical
Harry Lorayne	Royal Power	selected card and Royal Flush are found, antifaro "programming"	Inspired by Earthly Powers (Richard Vollmer, 1988) "Power"ful (Paul Gordon, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	31	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Harry Lorayne, Paul Gordon	(Gr)Eight	wrong card spelled, right card comes out	Inspired by (Gr)eight! (Paul Gordon, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	113	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Harry Lorayne	Head-To-Head Poker	ten cards, performer received royal flush even though it was not part of the packet in beginning	Inspired by Head-to-Head Poker (Paul Gordon, Roger Crosthwaite, 2007)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	165	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Ignacio López	Las Damas Cazadoras		Inspired by Paul Gordon's "Millenium Collectors" in "Nocturnal Creations"	2018	Sobre Magia de Cerca	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Vic Trabucco	That's Not Impossible	parts of Kings and Aces transpose, then Aces turn into a Royal Flush	Inspired by Paul Gordon's "That's Not Possible" in "Card Magic Companion" Related to Come Again (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984)	2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	184	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Ryan Matney (reviewer)	Quidnunc Plus	by Paul Gordon		Apr. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 4)	96	Reviews / Videos & DVDs
Jon Racherbaumer	Helter-Skelter Poker	Exhumations poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together	Inspired by "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust) Also published here Helter-Skelter Poker (Jon Racherbaumer, 2008)	Jan. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Paul Gordon	Darned Pain in the Neck	performer spells to three Aces but gets same wrong card every time, ends with Moracle to find wrong card again and Aces on top of anti-faroed packets	Inspired by That Darn Four of Clubs! (Robin Robertson, 2007) Related to Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Also published here Gold Dust Companion, 2014	Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	925	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Paul Gordon	Twisting the Aces Shocker	twisting with Ace through Four of Spades, they change to Aces as kicker	Also published here Card Startlers, 2022	Oct. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)	1046	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
David Williamson, Tim Cook	The Spelling Champ	Aces lost in deck and spelled out, but Joker appears every time and is removed, Aces then shown on tabled spelled packets, Jokers changed to Jacks	Inspired by "Darn Pain in the Neck" (Paul Gordon)	2023	Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Joe Rindfleisch	Computerized Deck 2.0	two cards chosen, e.g. Four and Five of Clubs, both found and then the added up sum card Nine of Clubs is found with down-under deal	Inspired by "The Computerised Deck" (Joe Rindfleisch, The Second 16th Card Book Vol. 2, Paul Gordon, 2007)	Jan. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)	1190	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Dale Moore	What the Actual Freak	twisting routine with a Royal Flush with rainbow back finale	Inspired by "What the Actual Fcuk" (Paul Gordon, Card Foolers, 2023)	Feb. 2024	The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)	1244	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors

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