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Pit Hartling Foreword
2023 5
Friedrich Roitzsch Introduction on close-up performing conditions
2023 8
Dan MacMillan One Hand Turn Over Switch brief, without folding
Also published here 2023 11
Covered Multiple Turnover while holding a cover card in right hand
2023 13
Friedrich Roitzsch Luminous Readers performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
Inspired by 2023 16
Larry Jennings Optical Add-On
Also published here 2023 18
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition wedge break handling
2023 21
Friedrich Roitzsch Robin Hood card is thrown and caught in deck and splits signed selection which has a tear then
  • Other Performing Conditions
  • Unsigned Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 23
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 2023 25
Fingertip Peek Force angle jog
2023 30
The Snap Throw method to throw card, starting position on back of thumb with finger over card
2023 31
Friedrich Roitzsch The Fastest Card Trick in the World Aces and Kings transpose at once, followed by pocket interchange
Also published here 2023 34
Stuart Gordon Double Turnover brief
2023 38
Guy Hollingworth Bent Cop Fake Pocket Placement card apparently placed in pocket
2023 40
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by 2023 43
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement
2023 45
Bill Simon Business Card Prophecy Move Handling
2023 49
Friedrich Roitzsch Nine Card Monte Revisited
Inspired byRelated to
  • Alberto de Figueiredo, 52 Infieles, p. 114
2023 53
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
  • Close-Up Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 63
Denis Behr Finger Count Strategy counting cards with fingers while listening to spectator reading them off
Also published here 2023 64
Karl Fulves Combo System memorizing red/back order
Also published here 2023 68
Friedrich Roitzsch Magic Squared deck of number cards used, four cards put aside as prediction, number named, four-card groups produced that add up to that number, prediction cards also add up, all groups form a 4x4 magic square
  • The First Coincidence
  • The Second Coincidence
  • The Third Coincidence
  • The Prediction
  • The Finale
Inspired by
  • "The Grid" (Richard Wiseman, DVD, 2012)
  • "Square Deal" (Karl Hein, The Heineous Collection Volume 2)
2023 75
Friedrich Roitzsch Instructions for a Miracle signed card appears bound in spiral-bound booklet
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 87
Fränz Strawberry Fields word is formed by association of letters, last word is divined, done with entire audience, no-prop mentalism
  • Anwendungen
    • Als Massenforce
    • 1-On-1
  • Alternative Forceziele
Inspired by 2023 6
Harapan Ong Introduction
2023 3
Harapan Ong Centre of Attention Ace of Spades keeps reversing itself in packet of Aces, ends with imbalanced transposition between Ace of Spades and other three Aces
Also published here 2023 8
Harapan Ong The Four Card Puzzle Packet trick, three face-up Aces and one face-down card. Face-down card shown to be Ace of Spades, but three Aces transform into three random cards
2023 17
Harapan Ong Hamburger Multiple selection sandwich trick, sandwich cards trap eight to nine selections instantly
2023 26
Reed Swans Collective, John Hostler Introduction author's identity given as "John Hostler" in Genii review
  • A Special Note on Crediting
  • A Very Special Note on Pronouns
2023 4
John Hostler Sightlines card thought of from half of the deck, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure
Inspired by 2023 12
John Hostler W.I.M.P. "Wild Inverted Monte Progression"
monte routine with more spot cards added during the routine, then all spot cards become Queens of Hearts
2023 17
John Hostler Roundabout Retreat spectator remembers card and its position from the top, after some cutting the card's value at the original position is used to count down to selection
Inspired by 2023 25
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Also published here 2023 26
John Hostler Top Twenty song title chosen from list, title's letters used to remove cards from a deck of cards with letters written on the cards's backs, the face are Ace through Queen of Hearts and a previously chosen card is the King to complete the suit, the song's title is an anagram and spells out "King of Hearts"
Inspired by 2023 30
John Hostler Instant Sandwich "Featuring the Backhanded Pincer"
card pointed to in spread, cards closed, selection instantly found in sandwich, similar to Bilis Load
Related to 2023 43
John Hostler Chromatose three selections made, deck washed face-up/face-down on the table, triumph reveal and deck has rainbow deck as kicker, faros
Inspired by 2023 50
Springboards "Rum Thoughts for Special Occasions"
2023 58
John Hostler 2x4 Cull strategy to culling up to eight cards (two quartets) with "removing some target cards" preliminary premise, negative cull
2023 59
John Hostler The Great Big Think-a-Card Con everyone in the audience is asked to think of a card, some gag revelations, later one of those cards used for real revelation
2023 61
John Hostler Deliver Me three cards are predicted written on the blank back of another playing card, can be palmed out and used as prediction
Related to 2023 62
John Hostler An Inconsistent Fooling presentation for Walton's effect with an additional set of four red cards for a pseudo-explanation, additional set changes to black at the end
Inspired by 2023 64
Jack Parker "For Marlo" Switch Variation feigning a switch of two packets (Pseudo Switch)
Also published here 2023 67
Gary Plants Miracle Dealer spectator and performer select a card, both get half the cards and start dealing, suddenly performer says stop and on top of both halves are the selections
  • Update: I now like a different selection process and control
  • A fun story about this trick
Inspired by 2023 3
Gary Plants No Way spectator removes any thought-of card from twenty-card packet, it is lost in deck and then found as spectator counts through the cards
Also published here 2023 7
Gary Plants Dunsbury Delusion different handling for Pareras's presentation
Inspired by 2023 13
Gary Plants, Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Lie Detector answers to several questions are spelled out, at the end one arrives at the selection
2023 17
Gary Plants I Know Why I Am Here card found by counting down multiple times to apparently random values, different getting-into and four packets
Inspired by 2023 23
Gary Plants Culling the Aces pseudo riffle culling demonstration
Inspired by 2023 26
Brother John Hamman Brother John Hamman Cull sorting strategy to get four-of-a-kind together, packets dropped on table
Related to 2023 29
Gary Plants Another Look at the Criss Cross Force variations of a Michael Skinner finesse with a demonstration cut
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
2023 31
Gary Plants Thought 1: Down and Under Again spectator deals off a couple of cards and those are used for down-under deal to locate selection, bottom deal placement
2023 33
Gary Plants Thought 2: Tilt Key Card using tilted card as key
2023 34
David Williamson, Jay Burke Spooky Aces (At a Distance) Twisting the Aces with two sets of Aces with different back and sympathetic presentation, last Ace optionally transposes between packets
2023 1
David Williamson, Andi Gladwin Scaling Up on transitioning from close-up to stage
2023 8
David Williamson, Joshua Jay Mentoring Magicians
2023 13
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 18
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
Luke Jermay Touching on Hoy performer reveals thoughts of three spectators, when tapped on shoulder one has to think of a shape, one of a date and the third of a name
Also published here 2023 3
Luke Jermay Touching on Divination variations of "Jermay's General Person Ploy", same spectators should think of questions
Also published here 2023 8
Pit Hartling Opposite Pockets Revisited card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
  • Shuffling the deck
  • Hands-Off and The Sudden Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 1
Pit Hartling Tuscan Sandwich two sandwich cards placed at the ends of a ribbon spread come together to sandwich selection, repeat, third time with cards out-jogged that visually move together
Related to 2023 8
Fontal Tilt Trap two out-jogged cards visually come together to sandwich selection, bluff spacing
2023 18
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Also published here 2023 22
Frank Ward Cloyes Paintbrush Change as a double change
2023 12
Jamy Ian Swiss The Vernon Palm some history on Topping the Deck
2023 1
Jamy Ian Swiss To Palm a Card on the classic palm position, and holding a card in palm
2023 7
Jamy Ian Swiss The One-Hand Top Palm comments on the sleight
2023 17
Jeff Silverstein Sleeve Tug Cover for one-handed top palm
2023 18
Jamy Ian Swiss Squaring the Pack squaring without palming action
2023 21
Dai Vernon, Jamy Ian Swiss Topping the Deck thorough discussion
  • Completing the Action
Related to 2023 27
Jamy Ian Swiss The Erdnase Connection on the Topping the Deck precursor in Erdnase, with Bob White observations
Related to 2023 45
Howard Schwarzman, Jamy Ian Swiss The Schwarzman Finesse deck bevelled, left fingers squaring cards under card to be palmed
Inspired by 2023 49
Jamy Ian Swiss Flaws and Fixes tips for Topping the Deck
Related to 2023 55
Jamy Ian Swiss Select Bibliography
2023 59
Christoph Borer Das Duft-Dreieck prediction of chosen fragrances, 50 cards with different fragrances
Related to 2023 6
Christoph Borer Wasserbecher water monte, using five cups, water vanishes as climax and changes into paper streamer
Related to 2023 9
Christoph Borer Meister und Margarita one of several books and a paragraph are selected, prediction of book title and content of paragraph
2023 12
Christoph Borer Fussball-Philosophie two books,chosen page vanishes from printed book and appears in blank book on correct page number, football themed books
Also published here 2023 15
Christoph Borer Die Buchseiten-Force riffle forcing page from a book
Related to
  • Borodin's "Die Riffelforce" in "Ex Faustibus", 1999. P. 24.
2023 17
Christoph Borer, Oliver Scheer Todsünde und Tugend word on two slates changes into name of freely chosen card with deadly sin or virtue
2023 19
Christoph Borer Der Lebensbaum divination of spirit animal, tarot card and zodiac sign, using the AstroLight book
2023 22
Christoph Borer Zauberei mit 5 Sinnen divination of five chosen cards using all of the senses, for the climax all the mates of the chosen card are found
2023 28
Rico Weeland Guilt and magic
2023 9
Rico Weeland People might not be reacting for the way you think
2023 32
Markus Gabriel Hallo!
2023 6
Markus Gabriel Theorie
  • Misdirection
  • Tricktechnik
  • Aufmerksamkeit
  • Licht und Schatten
  • Umgebung
  • Schichten
  • Misdirection der Misdirection
  • Choreographie
  • Das 3er System
2023 7
Markus Gabriel Techniken
2023 14
Markus Gabriel Hören
  • Text / Vortrag
  • Klänge / Geräusche
  • Musik
  • Fühlen
2023 17
Markus Gabriel Sehen
  • Allgemein
    • Aufmerksamkeit
    • Wenig Aufmerksamkeit
  • Blickkontakt
  • Blick
    • Kreuzblick (Crossing the Gaze)
  • Spannung / Entspannung
    • Der Off-Off-Beat
  • Bewegung
    • Natürlichkeit
    • Motivierte Handlungen
    • Überleitende Handlung
    • Nachahmen
    • Aufeinander folgende Aktionen
    • Gleichzeitige Aktionen
    • Grössere / kleinere Bewegung
    • Verlockende Bewegung
  • Keine Bewegung
    • Der Fixpunkt
    • Der Fixpunkt in der Zauberei
2023 22
Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
2023 24
Markus Gabriel Card under Glass palm loading choreography
2023 33
Jerry Sadowitz Slip Jog
Also published here 2023 42
Markus Gabriel Falsche Übergabe
2023 44
Markus Gabriel Filieren / Top Change
2023 47
Markus Gabriel Riechen
2023 53
Markus Gabriel Mentale Misdirection
  • Motivation
  • Natürlichkeit
  • Suspension of Disbelief
  • Time Misdirection
  • Passender Moment
  • Repetition
  • Red Herring
  • Zuschauerbeteiligung / Aufgabe
  • Emotion
  • Beabsichtigte Fehler und Pannen
  • Überraschung
  • Neuer Gegenstand
  • Falsche Zusammenfassung
2023 54
Markus Gabriel Anwendung
2023 66
Markus Gabriel Kunststücke
2023 68
Markus Gabriel Firestarcler hole is torn from a napkin, napkin is burned in flash of fire, torn out piece is a star instead of circle
Inspired by 2023 70
Markus Gabriel Gedankenblitz spectator thinks of number, performer doodles around on a business card, writing changes into named number in flash of fire, friXion pen
2023 76
Markus Gabriel Carpie routine with paper carton and pen for MC, pen and cap appear, vanish, ...
2023 79
Sleeving
2023 83
Markus Gabriel Und Tschüss!
2023 102
Markus Gabriel Quellen
2023 103
Justin Higham Foreword originally released at Neatcon, July 2023
2023 3
Justin Higham Double-Crossed Aces performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be indifferent, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 4
Justin Higham Cognitive Transpo - Alternatives two cards transpose, and then the suits on the cards transpose
  • Second Method
Inspired by 2023 5
Justin Higham Illogical Retention Change face-up/face-down discrepancy
Also published here 2023 6
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Controls - Part 2 four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top, no crimps, no shuffles
  • Method Twelve
  • Method Thirteen
  • Method Fourteen
  • Method Fifteen
Related to 2023 7
Table Drag Shift brief
2023 7
Justin Higham Stripcut Aces Plus Table Shift Aces produced during strip-cut action one by one
2023 8
Justin Higham Multiple Shift Finesse forgetting one Ace during multiple shift and losing it afterwards
2023 8
Shiv Duggal K.M. Sandwich Production two cards appear between sandwich cards one by one on top of deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 9
Justin Higham K.M. Ace Production four Aces produced between sandwich cards on top of deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 10
Justin Higham Four-Way Thompson Cut
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 11
Justin Higham Monte Plus Move - Finesse out-jogged handling
  • Credits (credit information)
Inspired by 2023 13
Justin Higham Geiger Meets Hofzinser
  • Phase One (a card is moved along spread, clicking sound changes at selection)
  • Phase Two (three Aces change and Ace matching the selection remains, Geiger Counter Card changes into selection)
Inspired by 2023 15
Noah Katznelson Radiation Everywhere variation in which Geiger Counter card becomes selection in follow-up phase
Inspired by 2023 16
Edward Marlo Reverse Mexican Concept switching the in-the-hands card
Also published here 2023 16
Justin Higham All's Well That Ends Well version without stack
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2023 17
Justin Higham Count-Action Double Deal cards counted from left-hand dealing position into right-hand dealing position
Also published here 2023 17
Justin Higham Speed Larreverse Handling two cards are turned over book-wise quickly
Related to 2023 18
Justin Higham A Pedantic Poker Player's Picnic top cards are used to count down
Inspired by 2023 19
Benjamin Earl Spectator's Holdout Shuffle spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained, brief
Also published here 2023 19
Justin Higham Deal-Cut-Shuffling Lesson spectator shuffles and cuts and turns over and gets Aces while performer demonstrates the actions with the other half and gets Kings
Inspired by 2023 20
Justin Higham Finessed Dealing the Aces spectator deals and stops, then deals into four piles
2023 21
Justin Higham Easy-Going Gambler Gambler vs Magician version
2023 21
Justin Higham For The Less Perceptive odd-backed card placed in deck, spectator should find it, he finds one with a third back color and rest of deck changes back color
  • Second Method
Inspired by 2023 22
Justin Higham Palm-Down Illogical Riffle Force
Also published here 2023 23
Justin Higham Thought Card Across Finessed
2023 24
Justin Higham Bonus Section (Second Edition)
2023 25
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Control - Method Nine, Version Two four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top
Inspired by 2023 25
Justin Higham Be Honest, Did You See It? two methods for Fechter's effect
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by 2023 26
Justin Higham Secret Full House spectator draws cards face up, performer still gets a Full House, Reverse Mexican Concept
2023 27
Justin Higham Open-Switch Coins Through Table with discrepancy
Related to 2023 28
Justin Higham Foreword
2023 29
Justin Higham A Short Introduction to Improvisation
2023 29
Justin Higham The Trick That Can Be Explained Again
Related to 2023 31
Justin Higham The Workshop - Aide Mémoire list of tricks that were part of the workshop with references
2023 33
Justin Higham Live Improv Examples
2023 35
Justin Higham Game or Demo? some culling improvisation stories
2023 35
Justin Higham Improv Coins #1 improvised one coin routine at table
2023 35
Justin Higham Improv Coins #2 coin travels on top of tabled card case
2023 36
Justin Higham These Walls Have Ears phone call anecdote with David Carré about an overheard Ace production
2023 36
Justin Higham Impromptu Bullseye card chosen, indifferent card placed under smartphone, it changes into card from same value, other cards of same value are produced and selection is found under phone
Inspired by 2023 36
Justin Higham Slapped Card Under Mat card under close-up mat at end of Nerve Trick
Related to 2023 37
Justin Higham Anson Chen Improvises on improvisation, fake faro principle idea
2023 37
Justin Higham 20 Reasons for Improvisation
2023 39
Justin Higham Real Versus Fake Interaction
2023 44
Justin Higham Foreword
2023 1
Justin Higham Double-Crossed Again performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be indifferent, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets
  • End Notes
Inspired by 2023 1
Kevin Baker Double Double-Cross performer cuts deck into four packets in square formation, top cards are shown to be Kings, then they change to Aces, using pick-up from wrong packets, with optional double change
Inspired by 2023 2
Jordan Waller Spin-Cut Set-Up block slip cut handling
Related to 2023 2
Justin Higham Tabled Four-Way Thompson handling with deck in riffle shuffle position
  • End Note
Inspired by 2023 3
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Control - Method 14 four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top, brief note
Related to 2023 3
Ennio Lenti, Justin Higham KM Aces Plus two Aces produced between sandwich cards on top of deck, then the sandwich cards change to Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2023 3
Justin Higham Note On "All's Well That Ends Well" note on the Speed Larreverse Handling, two cards are turned over book-wise quickly
Related to 2023 4
Justin Higham Open Switch Coins Through Table - Note with discrepancy
Related to 2023 5
Anson Chen The Trick That Can Be Explained Again (Note)
Related to 2023 5
Justin Higham Locating a Royal Flush (Note)
2023 5
Greg Cook The King of Diamonds coincidence anecdote
2023 6
Justin Higham Slapped Card note
Related to 2023 6
Justin Higham Probability Full House Plus impromptu
  • I Prefer Poker
Inspired by 2023 6
Justin Higham Flushtration Control multiple tabled cards are lost in the deck at apparently different positions, discrepant
Related to 2023 7
Justin Higham All Ends Well version without stack
Inspired by 2023 8
Justin Higham, Edward Marlo Reverse Cover-Up Cut
2023 8
Anson Chen Reality Is Magic
2023 16
Anson Chen Real Magic In Fake Magic on finding the real magic in fake magic
2023 28
Anson Chen Abracadabra on patter and scripting
2023 46
Anson Chen, Kelvin Chow Out of Hong Kong
2023 62
Anson Chen, Kelvin Chow The Cull Block apparently showing several cards but limiting the amount by culling a card
2023 64
Anson Chen Thought Crime prediction of chosen object and of any named word, second prediction in wallet on table
2023 84
Anson Chen Closing the Gap subtlety for ESP matching routines
2023 94
Anson Chen Thought Of Card Transposition one card from ten card packet to other ten card packet
2023 102
Anson Chen Cactus prediction of object, people name objects which are listed from one to six, using a die for selection
2023 124
Anson Chen Serial Killer first group of card is selected and then after the packet is mixed, one card is chosen, card matches prediction and order of other cards match serial number on bill, using a Quiver wallet
2023 134
Bold Table Switch deck next to packet, deck minus bottom cards moved on other packet, top of page
Related to 2023 141
Anson Chen The Uber Miracle changing time on phone to shorten time waiting for an Uber
Related to
  • Patrick Kun's & Marc Kerstein's app "Timeline"
2023 146
Anson Chen The Full Moon spectator places imaginary golden coin in his pocket and silver coin in performer's hand, both become real, chocolate coin
Inspired by
  • Garrett Thomas' "Imagination Coins"
2023 164
Anson Chen Phoenix signed card is placed inside envelope and everything is burnt, card is found in sealed deck at correct position, Hollingworth signature principle
2023 182
Anson Chen Lockdown post-it prediction signed by spectator is secured with lock and given to spectator in advance
2023 194
Anson Chen Best Story Wins
  • Magic In Story Form
  • Creating Stories with Magic
  • How Will They Remember This?
  • Ultra Mental Deck
  • Spoon Bending
  • The Hierarchy of Mind Reading
2023 208
Anson Chen Acknowledgement
2023 218
Michael Weber Lucky Dollar chosen card is located by spelling digits from the serial number of a bill, the spelled packets have the three mates on top
  • History
  • Rights
2023 1
Michael Weber Attention Please legal notice
2023
Michael Weber, Tim Trono A Presentation list of one hundred objects, one chosen by selecting a number, performer draws the object
Related to 2023 6
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Power of the Package on the Mental Pictionary set
2023 7
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Backhanded conceptual fishing to get the exact object in some cases in Mental Pictionary
2023 7
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Hidden in Plain Sight involving a more free choice and up to three spectators in Mental Pictionary
2023 8
Michael Weber, Tim Trono The Written Reveal finesse in handling a multiple-out drawing, Mental Pictionary
2023 13
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Pictionary 2.0 list of one hundred objects, one chosen by selecting a number and then changes the object, performer draws the object
Inspired by 2023 17
Michael Weber, Tim Trono The Null Card using a normal Mental Pictionary card
2023 19
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Thanks for Playing
2023 19
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
2023 20
Bradley Hodgins Nucleus
  • Effect #2
spectator cuts off pile, shuffles, remembers bottom card and his pile is lost in the middle, position of selection known, "card at any number" application
  • Notes
2023 30
Alexander Hansford A Dual Location
  • Effect #3
challenge location with shuffling by the spectator
  • Two Cards
2023 38
Alexander Hansford Unrelated Straight Cut multi-packet cut, cuts once
2023 49
Michael Weber Match two dice rolled and covered by performer who then turns his back, two other dice are rolled and covered by spectator, same total arranged with two more dice and one placed with performer's dice, performer turns back and takes remaining die and puts it with spectator's dice, both sets of three hidden dice have the same total
  • History (credit information)
  • Rights
Inspired byRelated to 2023 1
Michael Weber V1 - One Deck Version: The Division reds and blacks openly separated, five cards are reversed as a block in both halves, three cards travel across leaving two red cards reversed in the red half and eight in the black half, almost hands off
  • Performance Notes (variant with two sets of Ace through Five as the reversed cards)
Inspired byRelated to
  • No Touch Cards Across (Michael Weber, 2012 FISM Notes)
2023 1
Michael Weber V2 - Two Decks: Remote Control two decks with different back colors, five cards are reversed as a block in both decks, three cards travel across leaving two cards reversed in one deck and eight in the other deck, almost hands off
2023 5
Michael Weber Rights
2023 7
Michael Weber Opening Re:Marks on using a marked deck, for laypeople vs. magicians
2023 1
Michael Weber Marked Key Card Location marked deck, but chosen card itself is not sighted
2023 1
Michael Weber The Pasteboard Mirror card cut to and replaced without the performer looking, deck spread and a face-up blank card is seen and removed, performer names selection
Inspired by 2023 3
Michael Weber Neither Blind Nor Looking gaffed variation of "Neither Blind Nor Stupid"
Inspired by 2023 4
Michael Weber Divination Effect spectator cuts deck into three piles and pockets top card of any pile while the performer is not looking, performer names card
2023 6
Michael Weber Please Note legal notice
2023 6
Jan Imhof Erwin's Cat deck is shuffled, spectator names two cards, those are the only cards occupying their numerical position if the shuffled deck was in new deck order, Schrödinger presentation
  • About Erwin's Cat
  • Effect
  • Preparation
  • Basic Handling
    • Notes On The Selection Procedure
    • Notes On Explaining Schrödinger's Theory
  • A Minor Change In Order
Inspired by
  • "Going Home" (Carl Irwin, video download, 2022)
2023 6
Sharing Shuffle of both Halves spectator apparently shuffles whole deck by shuffling one half and then the other
2023 12
Christoph Borer Vorforce handling when spectator doesn't name a suitable choice in a magician's choice, brief
Related to 2023 17
Jan Imhof First Alternative Switch: Face-up Cover Pass Switch spectator apparently shuffles whole deck by shuffling one half and then the other
Related to 2023 23
Jan Imhof Second Alternative Switch shuffling and cutting choreography with two spectators which retains half the deck
2023 25
Jan Imhof Second Alternative Without A Switch: The Shuffle Game performer and two spectators shuffle in different ways simultaneously, retains half the deck
2023 31
Luis Otero Horizontal Shuffle Handling Charlier type false shuffle
Related to
  • "Horizontal Shuffle" in Sachs's "Sleight of Hand"
2023 33
Jan Imhof From Tamariz Stack To Catstack procedure to get into order for the routine
2023 40
Jan Imhof Acknowledgements
2023 44
Ricky Smith Egg Bag Routine any named object appears in bag in form of an egg, baby gag presentation
Also published here 2023 11
Ricky Smith Dealing DPS way to get into "Diagonal Palm Shift
Also published here 2023 17
Ricky Smith Learning Palming
Also published here 2023 19
Ricky Smith On Palm-to-Palm Transfers general comments
2023 20
Ricky Smith Learning Second Dealing practice tips
Also published here 2023 25
Ricky Smith When Life Gives You Lemons... idea for classic punch deal
2023 33
Ricky Smith Kepplinger Prediction three selections travel to performer's sleeve
Also published here 2023 35
Ricky Smith, S. W. Erdnase Multiple Card DPS Handling
Also published here 2023 37
Ricky Smith The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante when sitting, also without table
Also published here 2023 43
Ricky Smith Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folk chest height
Also published here 2023 47
Ricky Smith Shuffle DPS way to get into "Diagonal Palm Shift"
Also published here 2023 51
Ricky Smith The Runcible Card Trick accidentally torn card is put away and spectator selects it again from deck, then it turns out to be paperclipped card from beginning
Also published here 2023 55
Ricky Smith The Bar on Spring Street spectator selects card, performer then stops springing flourish at three Aces which match selection
Also published here 2023 59
Ricky Smith Establishing a Break under a few cards, using partial cull
Also published here 2023 60
Steve Forte Spring St. Aces Production stopping at an Ace during springing flourish
2023 62
Ricky Smith The Odds Against Us spectator cuts at his card, then it travels to envelope
Also published here 2023 65
Michael Skinner Loading Technique
Related toAlso published here 2023 67
Ricky Smith What a Fool Believes any card named, performer produces two cards from the air that are wrong with a verbal gag ("Nine out of Ten ain't bad")
2023 69
Ricky Smith Damn It... presentation for Easy Money as transposition that goes wrong and ends with two bundles of one-dollar bills
2023 71
Michael Murray Pause for Thought on the use of language
2023 2
Michael Murray On the Edge (The Universal Forcing System Updated) numbered business cards, method to force object or topic
Inspired by
  • Ken Dyne's "iThought So"
Related to
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Michael Murray Directional Intuition (Q&A) verbal segment for Q&A or a reading
2023 9
Michael Murray Fragment (ACAAN) website links to performance and explanation a Fragment ACAAN
2023 11
Michael Murray The Collective Conscious theatrical finale for a mental magic show, standing ovation
2023 12
Michael Murray Selling the Reaction increasing impact of routine by changing form of prediction
2023 14
Michael Murray Show Reel website link to explanation of Show Reel effect, one page from movie magazine used for mind reading
2023 16
Michael Murray Rock & Roll prediction of chosen symbol, using the Tombola Force
2023 17
Michael Murray Trilogy three spectator chose words from list, after association gamed words are divined, last word is even predicted, using the Combine Harvester Technique
Inspired by
  • Bill Goldman's "Mental Yarn"
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Michael Murray Closing Words
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Todd Karr Todd of This World spectator deals deck randomly into a chosen number of pile, in each pile all the the suits are present but separated into groups
2023 1
Todd Karr Karr Forçage Trois - Cinq force of an item in a row of ten, 10/11 Force application
2023 5
Todd Karr Karr Forçage Visuel postcard chosen from twenty-four postcards with flowers depicted on them, it is predicted, using a force stack of differently looking rose images
Inspired by
  • "Punchline" (Timothy Wenk, marketed 1989)
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Todd Karr Le Cauchemar D'Annemann chosen card vanishes from deck and appears elsewhere
Inspired by
  • "A Day-Time Nightmare" (Theodore Annemann, 1929)
2023 9
Pit Hartling Back to the Future card trick done in reverse, card is found first but not looked at, then a card is peeked at, it vanishes and previously chosen card turns out to be selection
Also published here
  • "Back to the Future" (Pit Hartling, Flicking Fingers DVD & Linking Ring Parade Oct. 2019)
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Todd Karr Texas Todd performer wins with Royal Flush in Hold 'Em game
2023 11
Harapan Ong I am not a cardist.
2023 v
Harapan Ong Among the Discarded Selection appears between the two black Aces in a surprising location - not in the deck where they are placed, but on the table where the two red Aces were
Related to 2023 1
Harapan Ong The Last Trick of Dr. Siva Dr Daley's Last Trick done with Siva Count
Inspired by 2023 9
Harapan Ong, George Hage You As I You Do As I Do effect, you find spectator's card, they find yours.
2023 17
Harapan Ong (Maybe) I am a cardist.
2023 25
Harapan Ong Dynamite Triumph Flourishy Triumph effect, deck is tossed in the air and deck flips around to fix itself.
2023 31
Daren Yeow Dynamite Deck Flip Flourishy variant on the T.G. Murphy Deck Flip
Related to 2023 32
Harapan Ong Revolver Shot Two-handed version of the Hot Shot Cut where card pops out of the deck in a surprising manner
Inspired by 2023 39
Harapan Ong Gen-Aces Fancy Ace location sequence with two-handed cut sequence
2023 45
Harapan Ong The Gen-Aces Cut False two-handed flourishy cut
2023 46
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims
Jan. 2023
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Kevin James A Very Special Day in Baltimore on Johnny Eck, Jack Gaylan, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
Jan. 2023
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Michael Rose, Julie Saylor The Disappearing Clubhouse on the Demon's Club of Baltimore Magicians
  • The Birth of The Demons
  • The Demon's Find a Home
  • The Big Question
  • Walking in Demon's Territory
Jan. 2023
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Gary Hunt Pink Pills for Pale People on Minerva "The Queen of Mystery" and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
Jan. 2023
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Mac King A Fishing Expedition on Aerial Fishing, Gene DeVoe
Jan. 2023
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Richard Hatch Sic Transit Gloria on Gloria de Vos, Kalanag, Peter Reveen, selling of Kalanag's show
Jan. 2023
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Brian Lead The Trappings of Office... Chains, Boxes and Broken Wands
Jan. 2023
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James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Eddie Dawes, John Mulholland
May 2023
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Bill Smith The Journey of Howard Thurston's "Seeing Through a Woman"
May 2023
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Enrique Jimenez-Martinez Two Magical Priests - St. Vincent de Paul and St. Giovanni Bosco
May 2023
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Gene Matsuura Fooled by a Photo on Howard Thurston, Winston Free, picture of levitation of a person while standing surrounded on a nightclub table
May 2023
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Bob Farmer The Use of Abstraction in the Invention of Magic Tricks on the Mojo Boogie Boxes Routine, Roy Kueppers, Bammo Queen Monte Routine
May 2023
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James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Dan Witkowski
Aug. 2023
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Alexander Boyce In Praise of the Timeline timeline of Channing Pollock's career
Aug. 2023
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Gary Plants An Evening with Faucett Ross and Paul Rosini letter from Faucett Ross to Paul Fox about Rosini's show
Aug. 2023
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George Daily Handbook of Magic and WPA and on Bonomo, the Magic Clown
Aug. 2023
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Kent Blackmore What's In a Name? The Mystery of George Waldo Heller
Aug. 2023
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Richard Hatch An Experiment Using ChatGPT to Research the History of Magic
Aug. 2023
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Andrés Reynoso Flores Mexico's Finest Magician on Chen Kai aka Julio Hijuelos
Aug. 2023
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John Graham, Asi Wind Acknowledgements
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John Graham, Asi Wind Greetings
2023 1
John Graham, Asi Wind How to Lose Friends & Influence Yourself ten bullet poins
2023 3
John Graham Final Sale number prediction on price tag of jacket, spectator guess price correctly, with introductory discussion about the effect by John Graham and Asi Wind
  • Final Sale (Original)
Also published here 2023 5
John Graham, Asi Wind Final Sale (Extended) number prediction on price tag of jacket, spectator guess price correctly, number appears to be printed
Inspired byRelated to 2023 21
John Graham, Asi Wind Sweet Sixteen cards mixed face-up/face-down together with spectators, one chosen, memory demonstration by naming all face-up cards, then Triumph with selection, Cheek-to-Cheek meets Shuffle-Bored, with introductory discussion about the effect by John Graham and Asi Wind
Inspired by
  • "Cheek to Cheek" (U. F. Grant)
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Asi Wind Anybody & Nobody deck with random marks on the side, spectator removes bunches of cards so two piles are made, one has "Nobody" written on the edges, the other a chosen first name, no faros, Rounders corner stripper deck, with introductory discussion about the effect by John Graham and Asi Wind
  • Getting the Name (Three Methods)
    • 1. Pre-Show
    • 2. With an Assistant (no pre-show)
    • 3. iCurveball (no pre-show, no assistant)
Inspired by
  • no-faro Unshuffled on television by Nimrod Harel
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John Graham Free Choice comedy prediction effect for magicians
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John Graham, Asi Wind A Conversation
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John Graham, Asi Wind Until We Meet Again
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Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
Jan. 2024
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David Britland In Memoriam: David Berglas
Jan. 2024
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Gary L. Howard, Jr. In Memoriam: Leo Behnke
Jan. 2024
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Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Jan. 2024
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Krystyn Lambert Armando Lucero: The Hungry Imagination
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John Lovick (reviewer) Cruising With The Castle Jan. 2024
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Jon Racherbaumer Almost No Miraskill Required
  • Exhumations
starts with dealing off twenty-six cards face up, several prediction phases
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John Gaughan Voisin's Spirit Bell
  • Chamber of Secrets
Jan. 2024
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Rafael Benatar Deconstructing the Overhand Shuffle: Part 2
  • Thoughts...

  • On the Injog
    • How Large Should an Injog Be?
    • The Pinky's Task
  • Disguising the Injog
    • The Rhythm
    • The Upward Beat
    • The Angled Jog
    • The Delayed Injog
    • The Careless Mess
    • The Double Tap
  • On the Outjog
different handlings (see following entries)
  • Expanding our Progress
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Steve Beam The Steve Beam Continuous Shuffle out-jog for control or top stock control in a single shuffle
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José Benzecri The Benzecri Shuffle Greek/Weave shuffle handling
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Rafael Benatar A Simple Full-Deck False Shuffle Greek & Hunter combo
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Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Handling Greek shuffle handling
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Rafael Benatar Practicing the Overhand Shuffle
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Rafael Benatar Having a Selection Replaced overhand shuffle control
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Rafael Benatar Counting Without Counting overhand shuffle run
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Jonathan Pendragon Cyrano, or: How to Fill the Stage with a Card Sword and a Deck of Cards
  • Panmagium
presentation for card sword, reciting poem
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David Britland, Gustave Gerard Laureyns Think Once, Look Twice
  • Cardopolis
twenty-one card trick version with full deck, dealing in seven piles twice, card ends up in a named position
Inspired by
  • untitled item by Gustave Gerard Laureyns in The Sphinx, Oct. 1913
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Roberto Mansilla Haikus
  • Artifices
comments on re-count method (first attempt fails) for card at any number
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Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
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Mark Calabrese Well Done Dunbury selection lost, deck cut into three piles, top cards shown, one seems to be selection by accident, value of third card used to count to selection, it's not there, but it's there on second try once spectators "believe" in it
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Rainer Teschner Riffle Force Handling break
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Jamy Ian Swiss Intermission on the history of Magicana, Dunbury Delusion plot
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Shawn McMaster Supernatural Soirée
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
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Tom Dobrowolski (reviewer) Marvel Superhero Magic Sets Fantasma Jan. 2024
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Tom Dobrowolski (reviewer) Marvel Doctor Strange Cards and Guard Fantasma Jan. 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) Neon Dreams: The Story of Las Vegas Magic by Lance Rich Jan. 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) You Are All Terrible, the Book by Harrison Greenbaum Jan. 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) The Retreat Gift Pack - Tuscany Jan. 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) Three for Tuscany by Pit Hartling Jan. 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) Touching on Hoy by Luke Jermay Jan. 2024
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Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
Feb. 2024
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Paul Gertner In Memoriam: Bill Goldman
Feb. 2024
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Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Feb. 2024
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Ponta the Smith Pop Tenkai Pennies dollar vanishes from one hand and visually appears on palm-up other hand, featuring Tenkai Pennies Move with Deep Back Clip
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Kenneth Silverman My Day With Frank Garcia
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Al Leech Homespun Spell
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card and its position remembered, then it is checked that it is no longer at its position, card found by spelling the spectator's name
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Jim Steinmeyer That Seat is Taken
  • Conjuring
six chairs with envelopes, procedure to get six spectators sitting on them, the envelopes contain predictions on the choices including the only female spectator's name
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David Regal Hanging Aces
  • Material Concessions
Ace Assembly, three packets are a face-down mess, the other packet is dropped onto it and visually changes into the four Aces
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Leg Reverse with packet above break, against leg
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David Regal Packet Flip-Over Change packet is dropped onto some cards on table and changes visually
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Krystyn Lambert Who We Were vs. Who We Are
  • Stage As Studio
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Jonathan Friedman Pirouette
  • WWPD
card face outwards in mouth and another card pressed against body, performer turns around and the two cards have transposed
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John Bannon Smack Monte
  • Dealing With It
four piles are cut by the spectator, top cards shown, spectator should follow Ace, suddenly there are Aces on all packets, no sleights
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Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
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Alexander Boyce Coin in Bottle with marked coin, for stand-up with spectator sitting on stage
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Shawn McMaster "Home" for the Holidays
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
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William A. Wells (reviewer) Penguin Live Curtis Kam 3 by Curtis Kam Feb. 2024
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William A. Wells (reviewer) Mike Gallo Live by Mike Gallo Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Demi Deck by Angelo Carbone Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Pocket Illusion Astor Illusions Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Imagine by Peter Nardi, Harry Nardi Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) I Don't Know Wallet by Tony Miller, Bob Farmer Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Progressive Bills by Meir Yedid Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Knock 'Em Dead (25th Anniversary Edition) by Peter Nardi Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Sweet Prediction by Ted Bogusta Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Lucky Ladybug by Joshua Ray Feb. 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Future Vision Vanishing Inc. Feb. 2024
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Tom Frame (reviewer) The Elusive Illusive by Ben Daggers Feb. 2024
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Tom Frame (reviewer) The Pages are Blank by Michael Feldman Feb. 2024
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Tom Frame (reviewer) The Magic Apple Live 2 by Brent Geris Feb. 2024
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Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
Mar. 2024
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Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Mar. 2024
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Dustin Stinett Becoming Pop: The Evolution of Pop Haydn
Mar. 2024
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Dani DaOrtiz Fluke or Fortuity?
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
two cards are placed aside, spectator cuts off some cards, spectator says stop during running cut for a further packet, all have the same number, faro
Mar. 2024
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John Gaughan The Learned Judge
  • Chamber of Secrets
Mar. 2024
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David Kaye Arriving at Your Show Without Your Show
  • Expert at the Kids' Table
Mar. 2024
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Rafael Benatar Deconstructing the Pinky Count: Part One
  • Thoughts...

  • Condition of the Deck
  • Guitar Grip vs. Violin Grip
  • The Pinky Count Grip
  • The Double Bevel
  • The Starting Contact Point
  • Counting or Riffling
  • How to Count
  • Acoustical Backtracking
  • Physical Cover
  • Disguising Tension
  • Other Observations
  • Splitting the Count
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Jonathan Pendragon Copentro Jr.
  • Panmagium
"Or, Coin in a Bottle Without the Bottle"
two glasses of different size are put mouth-to mouth to make a "locked" glass container that the spectator holds, coin is pushed through bottom of upper glass
Mar. 2024
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David Britland Revisiting The Invisible Deck
  • Cardopolis
on the invisible deck, see following items
Mar. 2024
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Patrick Page Thought-Card Reverse spectator is shown the deck and he thinks of a card, it is then shown reversed
Variations Mar. 2024
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David Britland Card to Pocket two spectators are shown the deck and one thinks of a spot and one of a court card he sees, one turns over and one travels to the pocket
Inspired by Mar. 2024
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David Britland Ultra Reverse Simplified deck put in a bag, spectator removes card, when deck is spread, its mate is reversed
Inspired by Mar. 2024
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Roberto Mansilla Spanish (Magic) Words
  • Artifices
Ace of Spades is lost, then spelled out in three piles, bottom of other piles has the other Aces, faro
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Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
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Dai Vernon The Transfer Force brief, with angle-jogged card
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Shawn McMaster The Week That Was
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
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David Britland (reviewer) Sleightly Absurd by Charlie Frye Mar. 2024
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David Britland (reviewer) Personal Magic - The Secret Books of Eric Lewis Volumes 2 and 3 by Eric C. Lewis Mar. 2024
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Mark Phillips (reviewer) Pocket Slot Machine Astor Magic Mar. 2024
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Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
Apr. 2024
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Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Apr. 2024
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Hal Schulman Kanpai Magic: Magic is Alive in New York City Alexander Boyce, Mark Calabrese, Matthew Holtzclaw, John Carney, Jade, Shoji, Jared Kopf
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Edward Marlo Double-Edged Outcome
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
Overkill type effect from 1968 notes, odd-backed kicker (either the selection or deck is perceived to have changed)
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Jim Steinmeyer Everyone Lost Together
  • Conjuring
with five chairs with five predictions on them that match the spectators's seat choices
Related to Apr. 2024
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David Regal Getting to Know You Better
  • Material Concessions
two cards with names of spectators written on them transpose
Inspired by
  • "Getting to Know You" (David Regal, Approaching Magic)
Apr. 2024
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T. Nelson Downs Downs Change
Apr. 2024
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Edward Marlo Breakless Curry Change
Apr. 2024
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Krystyn Lambert Seeking Control
  • Stage as Studio
Apr. 2024
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Jonathan Friedman Money Talk
  • WWPD
folded bill is initialed, a word appears on top of it out of the letters that are printed on the bill with accordion-like folding
  • Historic (the word is "HISTORIC")
  • Scene of the Crime (the word is "THEATER")
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John Bannon Black Ops Assembly
  • Dealing With It
assembly with Kings and twelve black spot cards, Aces appear in each packet as kicker
Apr. 2024
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Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
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Prakash Puru Heat! two selections are signed on the face, they fuse into one between the hands of two spectators, fair handling
Apr. 2024
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Prakash Puru Reverse Cull Handling with side-steal start for thick cards
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Jamy Ian Swiss Intermission on Prakash Puru and venues for close-up magic
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Shawn McMaster Another Month in Paradise
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
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Suzanne (reviewer) Jon Armstrong Masterclass by Jon Armstrong Apr. 2024
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Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Meaningful Conjuring by Ed Solomon Apr. 2024
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Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Canon by David Regal Apr. 2024
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Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Glance 3.0 by Steve Thompson Apr. 2024
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Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
May 2024
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Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
May 2024
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Dustin Stinett Paul Vigil: Magician, Mentalist, Student
May 2024
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Carl Mercurio (reviewer) Joshua Jay: Making Magic that Resonates by Joshua Jay
on the show "Look Closer"
May 2024
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Edwin A. Dawes The Memphis Magical Course on an old magic set and teaching course
May 2024
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John Gaughan Dr. Q's Visit of the Ghosts
  • Chamber of Secrets
small door knocks to answer questions
May 2024
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David Kaye The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Show
  • Expert at the Kids' Table
May 2024
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Rafael Benatar Deconstructing the Pinky Count: Part Two: The Dormant Break
  • Thoughts...

  • The Pull-Down Correction
  • The Third-Finger Count
Related to May 2024
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Rafael Benatar Alternative Counting Procedures
May 2024
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Rafael Benatar Spreading and Checking
May 2024
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Rafael Benatar The Feed feeding a right-hand palmed card into a left-hand break
May 2024
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Rafael Benatar Exercises
  • For Counting Many Cards
  • For Smaller Numbers
  • For Counting to Assorted Numbers
  • Reducing and Disguising Tension
May 2024
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Jonathan Pendragon The Tortoise and The Hare
  • Panmagium
on speed
  • Production of a Person
    • Fire Cage
    • Crystal Casket
    • Canary Cage Vanish
May 2024
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Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
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Kevin Kapinos Totally Restored: The Completely Restored Corner corner torn off selection, card travels somewhere and after checking the corner it is restored
May 2024
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Shawn McMaster Evolving Fondness
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) LinkCard by Mickael Chatelain May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Hip Pocket Mullica Wallet by Tim Trono May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) The Rebel Note Wallet by Gerard Kearney May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Prism Plus by Joshua Jay May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Stroop Test by David Jonathan, Nikolas Mavresis May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Spectrum by R. Paul Wilson May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Misprint 2.0 by Luke Dancy, Kevin Reylek May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Planetarium by Manu Jo May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Puzzled by Roddy McGhie May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) Giant Robot by Josh Burch May 2024
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David Regal (reviewer) One Dollar Mystery by Chris Funk May 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) Wayne Dobson's Legacy by Wayne Dobson May 2024
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Francis Menotti (reviewer) Magic in America - The Story of the Society of American Magicians by David R. Goodsell May 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 5)
87
Boyet Vargas Person of Interest "(Mental Assassin 2.0)"
word from a list chosen and person associated with it, both divined after some procedure
Inspired by
  • "Mental Assassin" (Boyet Vargas, e-book, 2018)
Related to
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1176
Boyet Vargas Word Memorization
  • Exercise
  • Step One: Create your memory list
  • Step Two: Pegging
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1181
Landon Stark MentaliTea - A Pendulum With a Purpose tea bag lowered onto spectator's hand, it is hot
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1184
Werner Miller The Three of Diamonds Trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by
  • "Chain of Three Diamonds" (Werner Miller, The Mystery Magazine Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010)
Variations
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1186
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
Andy Choy, Yathunandh Corsican Closer three-phase routine for two performers
  • Phase 1 (card chosen, the second performer finds it from another deck)
  • Phase 2 Card Selections (three cards chosen from different positions and out-jogged, they are at same position in the other deck when dealt in unison)
    • Phase 2 Streamlined Version
    • Phase 2 Sleight-free Version
  • Phase 3 (decks are in same order)
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1192
CJ O'Hara Copper Silver Camera spectator holds silver coin up and phone picture is taken, coin changes into copper in real life and on photograph
Related to Jan. 2024
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Scott Baird Coin Vanish from Photograph spectator holds coin up and phone picture is taken, coin vanishes in real life and also on photograph
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1203
Claude Impériale Two Birds One Stone two cards chosen, one divined with memory feat, the other named as well
Inspired by
  • "Spaced Out" (Roger Golde, Card Treks, 1981)
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1204
John Carey Topsy Turvy Carey deck in six packets on the table, they are rolled up into an apparent face-up/face-down mix, then all one way again
Jan. 2024
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1209
Scott Baird HermitMagicChallenge
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1210
Millard Longman Bitcoins from Cyberspace four coins (bitcoin replicas) are produced and vanish, lump of gold appears, one behind
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1217
Patrik Kuffs 2Kuda blindfolded performer stabs all balloons held by spectators on six chairs except one of chosen color, color chosen with Rubik's Cube
Inspired by
  • "The Balloon Murder" (Richard Osterlind, The Blindfold Book, 1987, p. 13)
  • "Daze of Color" (Jeff & Tessa Evason, The Linking Ring, Vol. 100 No. 5, May 2020, p. 82)
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1222
Werner Miller A Correction for The Three of Diamonds trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by Feb. 2024
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1228
Kyle Leon Clean Cut Aces using gaffed deck with fifty 70/30 split cards
Related to Feb. 2024
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1231
Paul Hallas Three Person Quickie three cards selected and lost, three more cards selected, they are not the selections but change into them
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1238
Jerry K. Hartman Blow Away Change
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1239
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
Landon Stark Face Change Gimmick picture card held with the face towards the audience with both hands is bent back and forth and changes into another picture card
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1248
Scott Baird Zoom & Google Sheets "A Collection of Low-Tech Digital Ideas and Methods"
using Google Suite to share information
  • Using The Google Suite as a Magician
  • How to create a RNG (random number generator)
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1251
Scott Baird Lottery Simulation using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1253
Scott Baird Kwame's Lucky Day using Google Suite spreadsheet and an emailed prediction
  • Mad Libs
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1258
Scott Baird HermitMagicChallenge
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1261
Elisav "Biz" Bizau The Metro Control
  • The Sleight Corner
card shown face up in left hand packet, secrets transferred to other packet before first packet is lost into center of other packet
Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1262
Tom Stone Mittens two signed cards appear inside oven mittens that the performer wears during the effect
Also published here 2024 1
Tom Stone The Suss postcard is chosen and signed, it is torn into four pieces which are replaced with pieces from another postcard one by one, the original pieces vanish and the pieces from the new postcard have the spectator's signature
Inspired by 2024 2
Tom Stone A Handy Gift gift package is cut open with scissors, then the very scissors that have been used to open the package are dumped out of it while the original scissors simultaneously vanish
2024 4
Tom Stone Flatworm Fry one spectator forgets a card he saw, while another spectator who didn't see it "remembers" it
Inspired by 2024 6
Tom Stone Color Deaf two colors are named but performer writes "gray" twice, writing changes to the actual named colors, acrobatic flap applied to Out to Lunch
Related to
  • "Multicolored Pen" (Daryl Martinez, 1986)
2024 7
Francesco Fontanelli Italian Triumph ends with kicker after Triumph effect in which all the cards of the same suit appear reversed distributed in the deck
  • First phase: magician guess the cards
  • Second phase: triumph
  • Third phase: suits revelation
Inspired by 2024 5
Francesco Fontanelli Magi-CAAN two-deck ACAAN with the two cards transposing as a kicker
2024 8
Francesco Fontanelli Thinking Across with envelopes
Inspired by
  • Michael Ammar, Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol. 7
  • Paul Daniels's television performance
2024 11
Francesco Fontanelli Talazac Switch with Envelope Cover
Inspired by 2024 12
Francesco Fontanelli The Time Machine top and bottom card shown, another card selected, all cards lost in the center, selection and top and bottom cards return again
Inspired by 2024 14
Francesco Fontanelli Think As I Do performer and spectator each think of a card and lose it, they locate each other's cards, impromptu
Inspired by 2024 17
Francesco Fontanelli The Lateral-Jog Shuffle side-jog instead of in-jog
2024 20
Luke Jermay The Hummingbirds three cards are selected and rise from deck in a glass one by one (one with transparent silk over glass, one without cover, one with glass bell jar cover)
  • The Audience Experience
  • The Gimmick
  • Performance Props
  • The Setup
    • With a Borrowed Deck
    • Another Approach
  • Handling
    • First Phase
    • Second Phase
    • Third Phase
  • Script Examination
2024 11
Andi Gladwin, Joshua Jay Letter From the Cofounders
2024 3
Jason Silberman Magic Convention EDC
  • The Perfect Bag
  • Decks of Cards
  • Something to Write with and a Notebook
  • Packing List
2024 5
Damian Jennings A Guide to Jamming at Magic Conventions
  • When to Hang
  • Intimidating?
  • Bring Something to the Table
  • Ask Questions
  • Meet Your Heroes
  • Why Our Hang Times Work
2024 7
Matt Szat Richard Turner: Playing the Hand You're Dealt
2024 10
Introducing Basecamp
2024 16
Andi Gladwin Catching Creativity
2024 18
Highlights from Magifest 2023 photographs
2024 20
Highlights from The Session 2023 photographs
2024 22
Allan Ackerman A Cheap Thought information written on a business card by spectator, it is lost in a stack of cards, performer secretly glimpses it
Also published here 2024 25
Damian Jennings The Retreat: Western Adventure - A Diary
2024 30
The Session and Magifest Youth Programs
  • Scholarships for young magicians
2024 38
Rachel Plotkin The Magic of Design
2024 40
Dominic Twose, Dai Vernon Vernon's Ectoplasmic Aces four Kings on table, deck placed onto one and it travels to top, repeated three more times
Inspired byAlso published here 2024 44
Chapter 1: Sleights, Techniques, and Concepts
2024 1
Edward Marlo Marlo's Bottom Deal Exchange as card is removed from in-the-hands spread
Related toAlso published here 2024 3
Allan Ackerman The A-I Move "Asher-Inspired", control to bottom with Pulp Friction / Hidden Packet methodology
Also published here 2024 19
Allan Ackerman The Fancy Pass using HP (Hidden Packet maneuver), as fan is closed
Also published here 2024 21
Allan Ackerman Tweaking the Veeser Bluff Shift four tabled packets, two handlings
Also published here 2024 27
Armando Lucero The Full-Circle False Count e.g. four as five, each card pivoted
Also published here 2024 31
Allan Ackerman Bottom Stet Overhand Shuffle Handling bottom stock remains, block slip shuffle handling
Related to 2024 34
Brother John Hamman Brother John's Cull culling four-of-a-kind while upjogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related toAlso published here 2024 35
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) and The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
  • The Joker Cull
Also published here 2024 38
Allan Ackerman The Bluff Swing Cut only top to bottom in single swing cut
Related toAlso published here 2024 40
Chapter 2: Memorized Deck Magic
2024 41
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck and Bonus Cull calculating positions in cyclical stack
  • The Chased Color Wheel
Also published here 2024 43
Jennifer Gwinn Introduction to Tetra-Red tetradistic memorized stack with irregular colors, way from Si Stebbins to Tetra-Red, related to Redford Stack
2024 49
Jennifer Gwinn Si Stebbins Secret Handling from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros
Inspired by 2024 50
Jennifer Gwinn, Brother John Hamman Brother John's Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
  • Jennifer Gwinn's Setup Table (getting into any stack, Eight Kings, Tetra-Red)
Related to 2024 52
Jennifer Gwinn, Allan Ackerman Acrobatic Anything Gymnastic Aces with named four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024 59
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon The A & D Sandwich Joker appears in sandwich which then changes to selection
Inspired by 2024 61
Allan Ackerman 7RS Cull Reverse Spread cull of named card in memorized deck with two markers (e.g. sandwich cards), one never has to count more than seven cards
2024 62
Allan Ackerman The A & D Follow-Up Jokers find two selection, third signed selection has been found at the start already à la Signed Card
Inspired by 2024 65
Allan Ackerman Discrepancy Deal Force Handling
Inspired by 2024 66
Edward Marlo Sleightless Drop Switch
Also published here 2024 66
Allan Ackerman Technicolor Progressive
Also published here 2024 75
Vernon Utility Move Handling cards pushed back without interlock condition, right thumb covers action
Also published here
  • Jon Racherbaumer's Card Finesse, 1982 (no specific reference given)
2024 76
Allan Ackerman The Prequel and the Sequel Aces transpose with card in pocket, McDonald's Aces is performed, Aces travel to pockets, designed to ring double facers in and out
Also published here 2024 82
Marc DeSouza The Shapeshifter Change brief
2024 83
Fenik, Allan Ackerman Reverse 2001 Queens assemble, change to Aces, Aces vanish, Queens are at original positions and Aces in different pockets
Inspired by
  • "Blast 88" (Fenik, The Code)
2024 87
Allan Ackerman No-Palm Travelers Kings signed and lost, then cut to, change to Aces, Kings from pockets
  • Additional Thoughts (using one palm, or topit)
Also published here 2024 93
Allan Ackerman Pen Pocket Load when placing away a pen with deck in hand
2024 94
Jerry Sadowitz Swing False Cut straight cut, packets turned face-up and tabled
Related to 2024 96
Edward Marlo Kick Out Count counting upwards from break
Related to 2024 97