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Michael Skinner The Hay-Dai Stack mental speller, leads to Vernon Poker Demonstration
Inspired by
  • Henry Hay's "The Mental Selection Speller" in "The Amateur Magician's Handbook", p. 120.
Related to
2012 243
Roberto Giobbi Key Card Placement
Inspired by Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
33
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Dai Vernon's Revelations: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition by Dai Vernon Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
83
Aaron Fisher, Dai Vernon The Vernon Two-Hand Push-Off comments
June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
39
Dai Vernon The Eight in the Side Pocket sandwiched selection transposes with card in performer's pocket, Seven/Eight pseudo duplicate
Inspired byAlso published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
37
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Hanky
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1947
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
50
Dai Vernon Ball Through Silk
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
50
Dai Vernon A Dai Vernon Sleight the center of three cards changes into selection
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1957
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
64
Dai Vernon Alignment Move
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
64
David Davies Covered Vernon Change two-card switch
Inspired by 2012 15
Gabi Pareras, Dai Vernon Ola de D. Vernon con extensión spreading cards in the hands, hiding double card
2012 110
Gabi Pareras El Juego que yo haria a Dai Vernon ("El juego que yo hice a Dai Vernon") three phases, variation with extra card
  • Versión para cuatro cartas
    • Alternando los colores
  • Versión para cinco cartas
    • Primera Parte
      • Fase Expositiva
---Situación Inicial
      • Momento Mágico
    • Segunda Parte
    • Tercera Parte
      • Situación Inicial
      • Momento Mágico
  • Consideraciones Finales
    • Primera versión
    • Segunda versión
Inspired by 2012 159
Dai Vernon Paintbrush Color Change
2013 28
Bill Abbott, Dai Vernon Impossible Killer
Inspired by 2013 1
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon The No Switch Deck Switch strategies to justify the open use of a different deck
Related toAlso published here 2013 127
Roberto Giobbi Staring-Him-in-the-Face deck switch application
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 146
Dai Vernon, Juan Tamariz Stop Force cards spread on table, hand over spread, wrist held by spectator
2013 57
Dai Vernon Vernon Strip-Out Addition
2013 47
Dai Vernon Strip-out Addition
2013 5
Dai Vernon Buckle Count
2013 19
Steven Hamilton A New Twist
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 27
Dai Vernon Twist Flourish as used in Twisting the Aces
2013 31
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo The Tilt (Depth Illusion)
2013 43
Palmed Card from Inside Pocket
Related to 2013 51
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift hindu shuffle
2013 53
Steven Hamilton VIC (Vernon-inspired Countdown) card fairly chosen and replaced, later counted down to
Inspired by 2013 132
Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread Coincidence using tabled spreads
Inspired by 2013 133
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Also published here Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
44
Dai Vernon Vernon on Gilbreath
Also published here Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
45
Dai Vernon Plunger-Action AASU origin unknown, demonstrated by Vernon 1989
Related to 2013 49
Justin Higham The Compensation Deal people join the game after deck has been stacked, from four hands to up to eight hands
Inspired byRelated to 2013 17
Dai Vernon Das Stehlen und der Transfer
Dec. 2013 415
Dai Vernon The Slap Trick brief
2013 21
Justin Higham The Previous Effect how to lead into The 75% Production
  • Basic Procedure
  • End Notes
  • Spread-Cutting
Related to 2014 9
Dai Vernon The Vernon Transfer
2014 31
Dai Vernon Topping the Deck
2014 67
Christian Scherer Davids Spleen ball, cone and handkerchief variation, with cup, big die and silk
Inspired by 2014 286
Tomas Blomberg Double Brainwave Update Update ungaffed
Inspired byRelated to 2014 70
Tomas Blomberg Interlocked Daley red Aces transpose with black Kings
Inspired by 2014 106
Tomas Blomberg Intelligent Leaper Handling using the Hindu Interlock
Inspired by 2014 115
Tomas Blomberg One Behead Twisting the Aces version
Inspired by 2014 187
Dai Vernon Strip-out Addition
2014 204
Tomas Blomberg (Vernon + Sadowitz)^2 spectator cuts deck into four packets, with one hand performer shows face cards, turns packets over again, when turned over again, they are Aces, then Jacks
Inspired by 2014 249
Dai Vernon Given the Slip Move
2014 249
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2014 13
Dai Vernon, Bébel Strip-Out Addition Variation
2014 16
Dai Vernon Through The Fist Flourish
2014 67
Joaquín Matas Los Cubiletes de Vernon "Tuneados" with three cups, one chop cup
Inspired by 2014 253
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora El "Wand Spin"
2014 265
Dai Vernon Stabbing Force
Also published here June 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 6)
40
Roberto Giobbi On Vernon's Enlarging a Break
Inspired by Nov. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11)
23
Dai Vernon Ribbon-spread Hideout credited to Charles Nyquist
2014 118
Dai Vernon, Juan Tamariz Stop Force cards spread on table, hand over spread, wrist held by spectator
2014 61
Dai Vernon Vernon Dribble Force angle jog handling
Also published here 2014 185
Mac McDonald, Dai Vernon La Rutina de los 100 Dolares de Mac Donald three double facers, translation from "Ilusionismo" N° 192, 1963
Also published here 2014 2
Dai Vernon El Triunfo de Dai Vernon
Also published here 2014 11
Dai Vernon Triumph False Shuffle
2014 11
Alexander de Cova Zur Leitkarte using double-backer as key card
Related toAlso published here Feb. 2014 488
Steve Beam Eight Against One Finish for 3 card monte where target card vanishes and a four of a kind is produced.
Related to 2015 69
Dai Vernon Sure Fire Showdown
Also published here 2015 9
Bob Farmer The Phoenix 1949 reprinted with commentary
The Phoenix #168 - Ten Card Deal
  • Vernon and the Mexican Gambler
  • Presentation
  • Jonah On Top
  • Jonah On Bottom
  • Jonah Second From Top
  • Spectator Second Deals
  • Spectator Shuffles
  • Ace As Jonah On Top
  • Credits
The Phoenix #170 - Ten Card Deal P.S.
  • Martin Gardner
  • Ed Marlo
  • Bert Allerton
  • Biddle Move
Also published here 2015 13
Harry Lorayne The Card Sharp & The Four Gamblers one-handed Ace cutting, with four Kings kicker and story, simplified
Inspired by 2015 172
Dai Vernon One-Handed Slip Cut
2015 172
Harry Lorayne Calculated Risk "trick that cannot be explained"
Inspired by 2015 181
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Dai Vernon: An Interview 1974 by Dai Vernon, Tony Delap July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
81
Jesús Etcheverry Capitulo tercero: Juegos con habilidad, primer bloque Notes on tricks Ascanio performed, tricks using sleight of hand
  • Card Flight (Tenkai, yo)
  • Huellas dactilares (Cy, yo)
  • La flecha (Andrus)
  • Agua y Aceite
  • Dai Vernon
  • Pollock-Kaps
  • Marlo (Final Fu)
  • mio
  • Biddle Move
  • Mentalismo 12 cartas (Vernon)
  • Penetración pensamiento (8 ases; Vernon)
  • Mentalismo por eliminación (mio)
  • Mental Card Miracle (Vernon)
  • Four Aces (Andrus)
  • Triumph (Vernon)
  • Reverse Shuffle (Andrus)
  • Aces Over Kings (Marlo, yo)
  • Mágicas coincidencias (mio)
2015 97
Jesús Etcheverry Capitulo cuarto: Juegos con habilidad, segundo bloque Notes on tricks Ascanio performed, tricks using sleight of hand
  • 5 Rojas y 5 Negras (mio)
  • Cuatro Ases Charles Miller
  • Transposición de Ases con 6-7-8 rojos (Marlo)
  • The Follow Up Aces (Marlo)
  • Cardician Makes Good (Marlo)
  • Carta rota (Marlo, yo)
  • Carta rota (Al Saal, yo)
  • Ases y Reyes (Cy Endfield)
  • Salute to Dai Vernon (Al Koran)
  • Los dos cartas vueltas (mio)
  • Siguiendo al lider (Marlo)
  • Mental Reverse (Marlo)
  • Supreme Reverse (Zingone)
  • Carta ambiciosa
  • Imanes (Leech)
2015 123
Jesús Etcheverry Capitulo séptimo: Juegos con dos barajas Notes on tricks Ascanio performed, tricks using two decks
  • Haga como yo
  • Versión Dai Vernon (Greater Magic)
  • Peek
  • Versión Finale (de Ganson)
  • Cuádruple coincidencia
  • Rutina del sobre (Vernon)
  • Chamel Aces (Roy Walton)
  • Penetración del pensamiento (Vernon)
  • ¿ Es Vd. buen observador (Paul LePaul)
2015 187
Jesús Etcheverry Capitulo octavo: Rutinas, primer bloque Notes on tricks Ascanio performed, routines
  • Rutina con dos barajas
  • Chamele Aces (Roy Walton)
  • Penetration of Thought (Vernon)
  • No da Vd. ni una
  • Aces Transposition (triple lift)
  • Bolsillo Transposition (Gerald Kosky)
  • Cinco rojas, una azul (Paul LePaul)
  • Haga como yo
  • Dai Vernon (Greater Magic)
  • Peek
  • Cuádruple coincidencia
  • Los dados mandan y las cartas obedecen
  • Sube-baja (Daley)
  • Bill Simon
  • (m. Moroso)
2015 195
Dai Vernon Das Stehlen und der Transfer
2015 116
Alexander de Cova Tipp zur Leitkarte using double-backer as key card
Related toAlso published here 2015 211
Alexander de Cova Phase I: Chinese Money Mystery two rows of four plus penny
Inspired byRelated to 2015 81
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer Move
2015 103
Dai Vernon Dai Vernons "Ginsburg Poke"
2015 181
Dai Vernon Dai Vernons "Emotional Reaction"
2015 182
Dai Vernon Perfect-Pitch False Count
Related to 2016 34
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition right-hand version
2016 144
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016 232
Dai Vernon Hand Washing classic to classic
2016 21
So Sato The Professor Still Fools Us card "named" by spectator, Dai Vernon's named used to spell to it
2016 76
Dai Vernon Retrieving the Break Recovering from a fine pinky break
Related to 2016 12
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2016 37
Jared Kopf Repelling Breathers withstanding heavy riffle shuffling, two breathers
Inspired by 2016 7
Jared Kopf Riffled OOSOOM just the shuffling sequence with riffle shuffle
Inspired by 2016 13
Dai Vernon Strike on 2nd Street thoughts on the speed of false dealing from a lecture transcript
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 29)
33
Roberto Giobbi Cold-deck Cut Force & Key Card Placement
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 9)
133
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Vernonisms: Some of Dai Vernon's Favorite Quotes
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 1)
156
Roberto Giobbi All Backs Get-Ready location effect to set up for Vernon's All Backs
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue June 3)
158
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Picking Off the Pip Finesse
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 13)
232
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon Thoughts on Ambitious Card Finale
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 20)
271
Roberto Giobbi "Match the Joker to the Pack" Deck Switch
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 28)
279
G. W. Hunter, Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The G. W. Hunter False Shuffle
Related to 2016 39
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
  • Insertion of the Cards
  • False Insertion
  • Control Shuffle
  • With Chosen Cards
2016 60
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Vernon Top Palm
  • Gestures and Poses
  • Position of the Deck and Cover
Inspired by 2016 75
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon The Classic Top Change
  • The Top Change from End Grip (credit information)
  • The Cross Top Change (Vernon)
  • Concluding Remarks
2016 96
Roberto Giobbi Prediction at Risk card from red-backed deck matches card from blue-backed deck, also predicted in envelope, Himber wallet
Inspired by 2016 156
Pepe Lirrojo Asamblea Total Aces separated in four piles, brought together to top via faro, deck is arranged by quartets as climax
Inspired by 2016 30
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2016 10
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
2016 23
Dai Vernon Snapping Two Cards as One
2016 139
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
62
Dai Vernon Ball Through Silk
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
63
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
64
Tony Slydini The Revolving Pass one-handed switch as double is turned over with one hand, unload on deck
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 50 No. 5, Sep. 1951
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
69
Jamy Ian Swiss The Sandwich Loading Maneuver from bottom of deck in right-hand end grip between sandwich cards in left hand
Related to 2016 14
Roy Walton Thanks For The Memories one out of nine, faro
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 74
Gary Plants "This is Why I am Here" replacing glimpse after spectator's shuffle with set-up and shuffle strategy
Inspired by Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
30
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Dai Vernon Book of Magic by Dai Vernon (written by Lewis Ganson)Also published here
  • Genii, Dec. 1994
2017 17
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) Revelation by Dai Vernon (written by David Ben)Also published here 2017 117
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2017 54
Ryan Plunkett, Michael Feldman How to Cut Cards
  • Purchase
  • Card Trimmer
  • Stripper Jig (Eoin O'Hare)
  • Paper Cutter
  • "Bathroom Strippers"
  • Rounding Corners
Related to 2017 18
Brian O'Neill Trick Play Spectator's thought of card is found reversed in deck. Deck is shuffled face up/down, end with Triumph ending
Inspired by 2017 113
Dai Vernon, Charles Nyquist Ribbon Spread Hide-Out with bottom card, credit information
2017 92
Paul Vigil Using Equivoque in "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" strategy to get down to five cards
Inspired byRelated to 2017 162
Dai Vernon Dribble Force
Related to 2017 19
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift Hindu shuffle control, brief
2017 63
Jon Allen Ring on String Move Ring links onto string
Inspired by 2017 6
Dai Vernon Vernon's Revelation for OOSOOM
2017 16
Dai Vernon Through-the-Fist Flourish
2017 6
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition brief
2017 15
Dai Vernon Vernon Hand Load from thumb palm, see p. 203 for deep back clip variant by Geoffrey Latta
2017 202
Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger Dai Vernon
  • Eugene's Notebook In Which Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride Have a Chat
Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
35
George C. Engel George Engel's Doozee
  • Cardopolis
Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match, credit information
Related toAlso published here Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
36
Áriston Ta-Te-Ti packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Inspired by 2017 146
Áriston Cortando Los Ases Vernon's Cutting the Aces, without disturbing the stack
Inspired by 2017 149
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Stehlen nach Dai Vernon
2017 54
Jared Kopf Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind
  • Scenario One (overhand shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Two (tabled riffle shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Three (in-the-hands riffle shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Four (hindu shuffle sequence)
Inspired by Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
8
Dai Vernon Sliding the Break tabled cut at a break
2018 40
Dai Vernon Erdnase Bottom Palm Handling
Inspired by 2018 41
Dai Vernon Topping the Deck single card
Related to 2018 43
Dai Vernon Push Through Shuffle Sequence no details on actual push-through
Related to 2018 49
Johnny Thompson Finessed Hofzinser Snap Change
Inspired by 2018 69
Dai Vernon Depth Illusion lowering deck for get-ready
2018 71
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Finesse shuffling bottom card(s) to top, with break, see also p. 210
2018 78
Charlie Miller Vertical Snap Change
Inspired by 2018 80
Johnny Thompson The Bean Coins into glass
Inspired by 2018 93
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo Vernon Transfer onto Spread
2018 110
Dai Vernon The Optical Move
2018 127
Dr. Jacob Daley Mental Card Miracle
Inspired by 2018 133
Johnny Thompson, Dai Vernon False Running Cut "Greek", top and bottom stock
2018 165
Dai Vernon, Johnny Thompson Triumph with four Aces, strip-out shuffle
2018 171
Dai Vernon The Travelers updated handling
Inspired by 2018 176
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift hindu shuffle
2018 177
Dai Vernon Card from Pocket inner jacket pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2018 180
Dai Vernon, Paul LePaul Card to Envelope Finale
Related to 2018 180
Dai Vernon Key Card Placement
2018 192
Francis Carlyle Carlyle Top Palm Replacement Topping the Deck in reverse
Related to 2018 227
Charlie Miller, Johnny Thompson The Trick that Cannot be Explained
Inspired by 2018 271
Howard Hamburg Ribbon Spread Angle Jog
Inspired byAlso published here 2018 272
Johnny Thompson The Cups and Balls routine presented in the style of three magicians
  • Max Malini
  • Pop Krieger
  • Dai Vernon
2018 15
Bartolomeo Bosco, Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Phase
2018 28
Johnny Thompson On Vernon's Pseudo-Exposure Phase
Related to 2018 35
Johnny Thompson Expert Vernon's Variant card vanish finale
Inspired by 2018 59
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer from packet to deck
2018 63
Johnny Thompson Cutting the Aces
Inspired by 2018 69
Dai Vernon One-Handed Slip Cut to table
2018 69
Johnny Thompson, Dai Vernon Copper Silver Transposition coin travels to other hand to show both empty, then transposition with second coin and spectator's hand, extra coin
2018 75
Johnny Thompson Dai Vernon's Magic Castle Act from late Sixties
  • The Cups and Balls
  • Han Ping Chien
  • Winged Silver
  • Copper/Silver
  • Matching the Cards
  • Ambitious Card
  • Color-Changing Deck
2018 81
Dai Vernon "Another one" Deck Switch as deck is almost put away before last card trick
2018 83
Johnny Thompson Pick-up Glimpse Finesse deck on glass, cards picked up one by one
Related to 2018 103
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Finesse shuffling bottom card(s) to top, break
2018 114
Dai Vernon Ribbon Spread Hideout credit information
2018 124
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Kiss Pass with (Johnny Thompson) or without (Dai Vernon) pause in the middle
Related to 2018 149
Martin Gardner Tic Tac Toe Force
Related to 2018 164
Johnny Thompson, Dai Vernon Triumph
2018 283
Denis Behr The Dark Force spectator reverses any card below table, forced
Related to 2018 41
Dai Vernon The Vernon Transfer brief
2018 16
Dai Vernon Ribbon Spread Hideout brief
2018 17
Charles Nyquist, Dai Vernon Ribbon-Spread Hide-Out
2018 28
Harapan Ong Thoughts on "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" I: Introduction
II: Favorite "Licks"
Inspired by 2018 229
Dai Vernon Interlock Principle
2018 8
David Solomon The Finger-Print Trick away from deck
Inspired by 2018 3
Alexander Hansford Modified Vernon Switch
Inspired by 2018 70
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2018 146
Theodore Annemann, Dai Vernon Alignment Move
2018 42
Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon Tilt
2018 94
S. W. Erdnase, Harry Houdini, Dai Vernon Erdnase / Houdini Color Change as a vanish
2018 251
Matt Baker Elementary, My Dear Vernon divining a selection by eliminating the impossible, followed by ending with a Triumph
Inspired by 2019 72
Dai Vernon Angle Jog Dribble Force
2019 16
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2019 11
Dai Vernon, Jon Racherbaumer, Yves Carbonnier Vernon Addition Variation
2019 99
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
2019 209
Lorenz Schär Satisfriction chapter on jog controls using the Plunger Principle
  • Satisfriction
  • Second from Top/Bottom
  • Satisfriction with two Cards
Related to 2019 35
Benjamin Earl The Erdnase Top Palm single card top palm, credit information
Inspired byRelated to 2019 35
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
2019 1
Tom Gagnon Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration adding a color-changing deck phase during ribbon-spreading the deck face-down as fake cooler deck switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019 4
Tom Gagnon Chinese Card Spin card spins out after flip-over deal flourish, also as apparent transformation
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Chinese Boomerang" (Roger Klause, The Gen, Vol. 19 No. 10)
2019 23
Tom Gagnon Punched in the Dark Royal Flush located under handkerchief on table
Inspired by 2019 25
Tom Gagnon Aces by Weight Aces cut to and their position announced and verified, faro
Inspired by 2019 31
Tom Gagnon Weighing In Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table and stopping the spread, number of cards in un-spread portion named and last card is Ace each time, Aces in named order
Inspired byVariations 2019 68
Tom Gagnon Clipped Thought unknown card with paper clip set aside, it turns out to be named Ace, then changes to another named Ace, then all Aces are in clip, ribbon spread techniques used
Inspired by 2019 104
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Transfer Force ribbon spread handling
Inspired by 2019 214
Tom Gagnon A Novel Transposition one card in envelope and one in pocket, featuring a switch with an envelope and without deck in hand
Inspired by 2019 238
Dai Vernon Flick Glimpse
2019 441
Dai Vernon, Bob Farmer Vernon Repeat Poker Deal ten card set-up
  • Adding The Voodoo (marked and starts with honest shuffle)
  • Adding The Hoodoo: Shanghai Ten Card Poker
Inspired by 2019 28
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition brief
2019 18
Michael Powers Small Packet I.C. selection put amongst Aces, it becomes invisible, reappears reversed in deck
Related to 2019 26
Dai Vernon The Vernon Utility Move card stolen from out-jogged packet on top underneath top card
2019 26
Michael Powers Natural Faro Slough Off with cascade
Related to 2019 135
Dai Vernon, Carmen D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding block
2019 158
José Franco Mnemonicosis on José Carroll's own memorized stack
  • 1. Spelling
  • 2. Poker
  • 3. Poker - Gin Rummy
  • 4. Dai Vernon's Poker Formula
  • The Shift from a Stacked Deck to a Symmetrical Deck
  • 5. The Great Coincidence
  • Author's Note
Related toAlso published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 67, July 1980
2019 25
Dai Vernon Note One: "The Wave" Vernon push-off
Also published here 2019 114
Dai Vernon Paintprush Change
2019 127
Ramón Riobóo The Underground Stop Using Vernon Transfer to force card
Related to 2019 203
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2019 203
Juan Tamariz Emotions
  • Kind of an Introduction
  • A Human Analogy
  • Analysis of the Emotions in Magic
    • The Emotions (ans Situations That Cause Them) in Relation to the Effect
    • The Emotions (and Situations That Provoke Them) in Relation to the Secret Method
    • The Emotions (and Situations That Provoke Them) in Relation to Others: The Magician, Helpers, Assistants, Spectators
  • The Emotional Scheme
  • About the Variety of Emotions: An Example
    • The Ambitious Card
    • The Vernon Routine (from Stars of Magic
Related to 2019 187
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
2019 105
Dai Vernon Optical Move Optical Monte Move
2019 113
Ryan Plunkett Triple Lift Unload
Related to 2020 177
Steve Forte Table-cut (poker) tabled straight forward cut
  • technical observations
    • hand cover
    • speed
    • lifting the initial half
    • cutting with one hand
    • carrying cut with one hand
    • squaring action
Related to 2020 73
Steve Forte Questionable Information strike second myths
  • delaying the left-thumb pushing action
  • elliptical path
  • emerging angles
  • melting action
  • difficulty factor
Related to 2020 372
Steve Forte Chinese second offering better get-ready
Inspired by 2020 414
Steve Forte The Revelations analysis and fact checks about Erdnase and his book
  • The Thought Process
  • Plagiarism
    • Early Authors on Cheating
    • Stealing Information
    • Erdnase Versus the Early Authors
  • Sub-par Gambling Moves
    • Practical Applications
    • Technical Considerations
    • Technical Perfection
    • Technical Improvement
    • Knowledge Is A Process
    • Nothing But Moves
    • The Expert's Best Gambling Moves
  • Omissions
    • Betrayed No Confidences
    • Pressure From Clubs and Cheaters
    • Maybe Erdnase Didn't Know?
    • No Omissions
    • More Omissions
  • Oddities
    • Choice of Words
    • Inventorship
    • Attention To Detail
    • Single-o
    • Pseudonyms
    • Before and After
    • Contradictions
    • Gambling Influence
    • Multiple Sources
    • Self-Incrimination
  • Did Erdnase Violate His Own Principles?
  • Magic
    • magic at the card table
    • Dai Vernon
    • A Modern Development (Joe Crist, Artanis)
2020 689
Steve Forte (reviewer) Vernon - Revelations by Dai Vernon 2020 725
Steve Forte One-handed Crimp Cut clean cutting to the last Ace after a spectator's strip cut, one-handed crimp enlargement
Inspired by 2020 822
Dai Vernon Optical Move
2020 41
Christian Scherer Süchtig nach Baumnüssen walnuts appear, vanish and travel to glas under tube, then walnuts vanish again and jumbo walnut appears, using nutcracker and toy squirrel
Inspired by 2020 3
Giancarlo Scalia Triangulation several packets are formed with one reversed card on top, spectator selects some and adds up values, total leads to selection in the deck
Related to 2020 220
Dai Vernon, Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ VAC Alignment Move
2020 307
Dai Vernon Vernon Hand Washing
2020 124
Dai Vernon Buckle Count
2020 43
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Squeeze Break
  • Two Hands
  • One Hand
Related toAlso published here 2020 49
Dai Vernon Rescuing a Break enlarging a break
Also published here 2020 51
Dai Vernon Verdnase Break (A Right Pinky Break)
2020 52
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Greek Break Cut performer holds deck while spectator cuts into break
2020 59
Larry Jennings The New Theory Getready credit information
Inspired byRelated to 2020 149
Dai Vernon The Vernon Light Lift top two cards moved to the right in right-hand end grip as simulated push-off
Also published here 2020 151
Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon The Dai Vernon Pushoff (Jennings Fingering)
Related to 2020 153
Dai Vernon End-for-End Step Turnover deck turned over with step, see also p. 335 for packet handling
2020 161
Dai Vernon The Clean-Up Move rightening a reversed card in center and bringing it to top
2020 190
Dai Vernon The Depth Illusion (Original Dai Vernon Get-Ready and Technique)
2020 197
Dai Vernon The Optical Move
2020 224
Dai Vernon Depth Illusion with an one-handed get-ready
2020 227
Larry Jennings The Strange Case of the Unsinkable Ace card placed second from top comes back to top, repeats
  • Version One (Ungimmicked)
  • Version Two (Gimmicked)
Inspired by
  • "The Trick that Fooled Houdini" (Dai Vernon, Vernon Touch column, Genii, Vol. 37 No. 4, Apr. 1973)
2020 233
Dai Vernon Through the Fist Turnover
2020 314
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition wedge break
2020 317
Larry Jennings LJ on Vernon’s Weight Guesser performer knows position of spectators's fingertip peeked card, estimation
Inspired byRelated to 2020 380
Dai Vernon The Proper Ways to Perform Dai Vernon’s Strip-Out Addition
  • First Handling
  • Second Handling (wedge break)
Also published here 2020 500
Larry Jennings DeeVee Miracle two cards chosen and lost, five cards removed, one is selection and turns over, it changes into the other selection and original one is found reversed in deck
Inspired by
  • unidentified Dai Vernon effect
2020 511
Dai Vernon Changeover Palm
Variations 2020 43
Michael Rubinstein Separation Changeover Palm
Inspired by 2020 157
Dai Vernon, Dominic Twose Ectoplasmic Aces four Kings on table, deck placed onto one and it travels to top, repeated three more times
Inspired byAlso published here May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
62
Don May Easy Affinity
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
piles are made, spectator chooses one pile and remembers top card, rest shuffled, performer takes three cards out and uses them to divine the selection, the three cards change to match the selection
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
41
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Dai Vernon's "Ectoplasmic Aces" four Kings on table, deck placed onto one and it travels to top, repeated three more times
Inspired by 2021 17
Dai Vernon Be Natural
2021 24
Dai Vernon Be Yourself
2021 26
Dai Vernon, John Carney Punctuation
Related to 2021 90
John Carney Bare-Handed Productions & Appearance in the Handkerchief three coins appear one by one, they are thrown into handkerchief
Inspired by 2021 3
John Carney Three Coin Vanish and Reproduction coin vanish at once in handkerchief and are reproduced from it one by one
Inspired by 2021 9
Moritz Mueller The Moritzworth Shuffle in the hands strip-out shuffle with waterfall, strip-out delayed by honest cut
Inspired by 2021 62
Moritz Mueller The Moritzworth Triumph in-the-hands
  • Triumph Skript
Inspired by 2021 68
Christian Scherer Dai Vernon's Spinning the Wand Vanish without the wand
2021 9
Dai Vernon Jumping Jack Switch Tenkai palm switch of two cards
Related to 2021 11
Ricardo Rodriguez Caudales por cabales multi-phase coin routine, three coins are produced, travel and vanish, using a glass and handkerchief
Inspired by 2021 109
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
2021 54
Dai Vernon Three Times Impossible No. 9, card found by counting down three times to apparently random values, same as Vernon's
Inspired by 2021 28
Justin Higham Impromptu Six-Card Repeat Addition addition from sleeve
Related to 2021 19
Erik Casey, Paul Cummins The Memory Test order apparently memorized, spectator cuts off a pile, performer names how many and at which card
Related to June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
53
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
59
Dai Vernon Top Palm classic palm variation, no text, unclear
2022
The Neat Review (Issue 4 - Everywhere & Nowhere 2022)
78
Roberto Mansilla, Dai Vernon The Triumph of the False Shuffle
  • Artifices
one-shuffle solution for Triumph Shuffle as false shuffle
Inspired by Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
52
Dai Vernon Dai-Ja-Vue
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related to
  • "Peerless Card Divination" (Vaudeville Magic, David L. Lustig, 1920)
Also published here
Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
43
Nathan Coe Marsh (reviewer) Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic by Dai Vernon (written by David Ben) Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
82
Dai Vernon Spin Flourish out-jogged card spins on first finger, credit information
Related to
  • Stephen Minch, The Vernon Chronicles, Vol. 4, p. 83
Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
59
Max Malini Seated With No Table coin left on knee with forearm covering it, credited to Vernon in Stars of Magic
Also published here 2022 116
Max Malini Three From One coin broken in two, then again, with cracking sound
Related toAlso published here 2022 123
Max Malini Thumb Riffle Open Index spectator looks at a card while performer spread cards with faces towards audience, deck face up during riffling
Related to 2022 274
Jamy Ian Swiss Topping the Deck: The Perfect Move introductory comments
  • Squaring the Pack
Related to 2022 1
Dai Vernon, Jamy Ian Swiss Topping the Deck thorough discussion
  • Completing the Action
Related to 2022 2
George McBride Royal Exchange
Inspired by 2022 15
George McBride Thought Processor card and its position thought of from nine-card packet, located with anti-faros
Related to 2022 34
George McBride Back to Back
Inspired by 2022 76
George McBride Vernannemann a Four is put reversed in deck, spectator cuts to a card, it matches, other two Fours show up as well
Inspired by
  • "The Message Card" (Dai Vernon, Dominic Twose's Impromptu Secrets)
2022 96
Dai Vernon Reverse Count Switch here credited to Vernon, sometimes Kaps or Ascanio
Also published here 2022 121
Derrick Chung Deal With The Devil apparent false deals with small packet
  • Phase 1 - Regular Deal
  • Phase 2 - Second Deal
  • Phase 3 - Third Deal
  • Phase 4 - Greek Deal
  • Phase 5 - Bottom Deal
Inspired by 2022 9
Derrick Chung Cold Deck Cut Variation incorporating a slip cut displacement
Inspired byRelated to 2022 34
Shimpei Katsuragawa Crimpromptu modified breather crimp
Related to 2022 83
Dai Vernon Vernon Replacement
2022 50
David Ben Dai Vernon: An Introduction
2022 10
David Ben Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
2022 14
David Ben Constellations of Magic on schools of magic and Dai Vernon's influence
2022 24
David Ben Dai Vernon: The Professor
  • The Forties
  • The Fifties
  • America's Greatest Man of Magic
    • Vernon was Wonderful!
    • Au revoir, Dai Vernon
  • The Sixties
  • The Seventies
2022 38
Dai Vernon An Illustrated Resumé Lecture Notes by Dai Vernon from February 21, 1947, see following entries
2022 58
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 2022 61
Dai Vernon Ball Through Silk
Also published here 2022 61
Dai Vernon A Chinese Classic
Also published here 2022 63
Dai Vernon Han Ping Chien
Also published here 2022 63
Dai Vernon Follow the Leader
Also published here 2022 64
Dai Vernon Mind Reading secret reading after center tear
Also published here 2022 65
Dai Vernon Expansion of Texture
Also published here 2022 66
Dai Vernon Gemini Cards
Also published here 2022 67
Dai Vernon Three of a Kind three Twos alternated with indifferent cards, they come to top, 3&3, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 72
Dai Vernon Follow the Leader from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 72
Dai Vernon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, double facer, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 73
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 73
Dai Vernon False Count Move push-off count handling, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 74
Dai Vernon Nameless four cards chosen, spectator shuffles and takes out four cards which are shown as the selections, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 74
Dai Vernon Bottom Palm comment, Erdnase methods, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 75
Dai Vernon Mental Card Effect from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 75
Dai Vernon Envelope Switch card apparently inserted into envelope, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 76
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 76
Dai Vernon Hofzinser Force from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 77
Dai Vernon Interlocked Production from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 77
Dai Vernon One Ahead Variation from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 77
Dai Vernon Handkerchief Trick production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 79
Dai Vernon Peek Divination card peeked at, performer takes deck behind back and eventually divines card, glimpsing second face-up card, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 82
Dai Vernon Riffle Divination card put back in secretly reversed deck, card glimpsed during riffling as only face-up card, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 82
Dai Vernon Palming Subtleties what to do with the palming hand, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 82
Dai Vernon Flat Palm Replacement from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 82
Dai Vernon Collins Aces Tips from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 82
Dai Vernon Silk and Silver vanish, reproduction, gaffed idea with double silk and coin in between layers, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
Related to 2022 83
Dai Vernon New Theory Second Deal stop trick application, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 83
Dai Vernon Face-up Second Deal Control card shown and apparently dealt onto table one-handed, New Theory Second Deal, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 84
Dai Vernon Slow-Motion Classic Pass showing bottom, then lowering deck again and doing slow classic pass, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 84
Dai Vernon Pick-Up Classic Pass management of classic pass instantly after picking up deck after cut, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 84
Dai Vernon Chosen and Thought-of Card Location one card chosen out-of-hand (key card), other only thought of, both found from second deck, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 84
Dai Vernon Top Card Peek unclear description, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Dai Vernon On the Purse Palm from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Dai Vernon Gali Gali Palm coin tossed from hand to hand before it vanishes, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Dai Vernon Toss Out Switch from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Dai Vernon Opening for Five Coins and a Glass from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Dai Vernon Face-Up Ambitious Card Phase sucker elements, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon Ace Trick Sucker Opening from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon Misdirection for Charlier Pass from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon On Using a Bridge from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon Count from the Bottom without right thumb but left fingers instead, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon Three Card Monte routine, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 86
Dai Vernon Fluttering Finger Gesture while Palming from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 87
Dai Vernon No-Switch Switch coins for stack, simply opening the other hand after some talking, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 87
Dai Vernon Three Spectators get Same Card sequence with second deal, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 87
Dai Vernon Deck Rightening when everything is reversed except top card, apparent accident of dropping a card, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 88
Dai Vernon On Tricks in Which no Cards are Remembered from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 88
Dai Vernon Method for the McMillan Rising Card with handkerchief, top card moved down slowly, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 88
Dai Vernon On the Houdini Color Change from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 88
Dai Vernon On the Leipzig Card Stab from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
Related to 2022 88
Dai Vernon On the False Count from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 88
Dai Vernon On Telegraphing and naturalness, top change example, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 89
Dai Vernon On Passes comments on classic pass, one-hand pass, riffle pass, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 89
Dai Vernon Applause Pose after five-card manipulation routine, applause gag, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 89
Dai Vernon Opening Remarks importance of effect, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 93
Dai Vernon Cups & Balls routine, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
  • Cups Deeper on the Inside Than the Outside
  • Cup Through Cup
  • Spectator's Choice
  • All Balls Under Center Cup
  • Climax Ball Loading
  • General Comments
2022 93
Dai Vernon Coins and Champagne Glass from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 95
Dai Vernon Three-Ball Transposition from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 97
Dai Vernon Three Walnuts to Glass walnuts travel one by one from hand to under can-covered glass, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 98
Dai Vernon Silk Production from Dollar Bill with bill and sixth finger, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 98
Dai Vernon Color Changing Silk Routine with dye tube, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 99
Dai Vernon Salt Pour Paul Fox Gimmick, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 100
Dai Vernon Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins cylinder made from cardboard, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 100
Dai Vernon Coin Steal With Wand from left finger palm to right-hand thumb clip, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Also published here 2022 102
Dai Vernon, Max Malini Malini Color Change from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 102
Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig Leipzig Color Change from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 102
Dai Vernon Vernon's "Pick Off Pip" picking, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 102
Dai Vernon Hamman Card Trick (Vernon Version) from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
  • I. Tow Show Two Jacks And Two Queens
  • II. To Show Three Queens and One Jack
  • III. To Show Four Jacks
  • IV. To Show Four Aces
  • Clean-up
Inspired by 2022 103
Dai Vernon Gemini Count Handling from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 103
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces comment on pivot move, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 104
Dai Vernon Into and Out of a Move from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 105
Dai Vernon Palming tips, letting fingers flutter, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 105
Dai Vernon Replacing Palmed Cards finessed pick-up from table, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 105
Dai Vernon Slipping the Cut draw shift, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 106
Dai Vernon Erdnase One Hand Shift from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 106
Dai Vernon Card Changes comment on crossing hands, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to
  • Elliott Card Change, Elliott's Last Legacy, p. 92
2022 106
Dai Vernon, Paul Fox Twenty Card Trick Move from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 106
Dai Vernon, Dad Stevens Dad Steven's Cut Before Strip Out delayed strip-out, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 106
Dai Vernon Blind Shuffles (Erdnase) comments, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 107
Dai Vernon Erdnase Diagonal Palm Shift from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 107
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ Henry Christ Spin Pass False Shuffle from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 107
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pinch Color Change only reference, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 109
Dai Vernon Removing Palmed Card from Pocket from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 109
Dai Vernon Gambler's Table Top Palm as right hand moves back towards deck, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 109
Dai Vernon Bottom Palms comments, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 109
Dai Vernon Bottom Deal comments, Charlie Miller's grip change, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 109
Dai Vernon Vernon Stud Second New Theory, card snapped face-up, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 110
Dai Vernon Erdnase Second Deal short comment, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 110
Dai Vernon, Max Malini Malini Coin Vanish from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
  • Fake Dropping of Coin
2022 110
Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig Leipzig's "What is Palming?" vanish and reproduction of coin, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 111
Dai Vernon Hand to Hand Card Transfer from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
  • Hand Washing Transfer ("This is not quite as explained in Expert Card Technique")
Related to 2022 111
Dai Vernon Elmsley Count five as five, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 111
Dai Vernon Double Lift on the value of a push-off, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 112
Dai Vernon Fan Spread Replacement from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 112
Dai Vernon Another Replacement from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 112
Dai Vernon Get ready little finger count or taking top card and replacing it, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 112
Dai Vernon Vernon's Son's Card Transposition Trick from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 113
Dai Vernon Coin Switch from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 113
Dai Vernon Vernon Linking Ring Routine with details on opening count, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
2022 113
Dai Vernon Cards to Pocket from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 115
David Ben Thunderstruck on Dai Vernon's classic routines
2022 116
Dai Vernon Optical Move no crossing
Also published here 2022 96
Rafael Benatar Expertalk: Rafael Benatar on the Pullout Shuffle Triumph Shuffle handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
2022 334
Michael Close Expertalk: Michael Close on the Cold Deck Cut Vernon Cold Deck Cut followed by fake bottom strip
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2007
2022 609
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition wedge break handling
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2009
2022 860
John Luka The Airplane Card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2009
2022 893
Joshua Jay Expertalk: Josh Jay on Aces by Proxy spectator shuffles and takes out any four cards, they are previous selections, switch handling
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2011
2022 1031
Cyrille Savelief Impossible With a Twist spectator cuts off and remembers bottom card, cards shuffled, performer memorizes order and names position of card once named, marked deck or impromptu
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2012
2022 1097
Dai Vernon Vernon's Five Hands performer blindfolded, five hands dealt, one for performer, four spectators remember a card and put it back in any position in their hands, deck shuffled and dealt, no one has his selection, they are not in performer's hand, on next deal everyone gets his selection and performer names them
Inspired byRelated to 2022 1
Dai Vernon Vernon's Mind Bridge spectator thinks of a card in a bridge hand, deck shuffled and dealt out again, spectator indicates the hand that contains his card, performer stops at selection while dealing through those thirteen cards
2022 4
Tom Gagnon Seven Card Monte card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat
Inspired by 2022 75
John Rakinakis Rackanacus False Cut credited to Vernon in Vernon Chronicles
Also published here 2022 90
David Ben The Principles of Deception Aces lost face up, center deal demonstration
  • Notes on The Principles of Deception
Inspired by 2022 10
Dai Vernon Method No. 1
Also published here 2022 38
Juan Tamariz Grand Poker Demonstration "Vernon Formula Plus"
  • I. Blackjack
  • II. Four Kings
  • III. Four Aces
  • V. The Vernon Poker Demonstration - The Formula
  • The Icing on the Cake: Total Color Separation
Inspired by 2022 34
Dai Vernon Overhand Shuffle Stack
2022 41
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move to remove one card of a double from between sandwich
2022 94
Dai Vernon Vernon Depth Illusion brief, see also p. 241
2022 138
Dai Vernon Cop transfer uncredited
2022 205
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer move
2022 216
Dai Vernon Hindu Shuffle Force
2022 21
Jeff Clow The Master and the Kid on meeting Dai Vernon
July 2022
PM2 (Issue 25)
9
William A. Wells (reviewer) Unheard Vernon by Dai Vernon Feb. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)
79
Ricardo Harada Invisible Transposition of a Ball cone and ball routine, on table
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
58
Jon Racherbaumer Clean Sweep Thought Penetration
  • Exhumations
odd-backed, two packets of four Aces each, thought Aces transpose, repeat
Inspired byAlso published here May 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 5)
44
Bernard Bilis Rising Sun Variation one-handed Tenkai Switch with triple, stealing a double int palm
Inspired by June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
31
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
62
Bruce Cervon, Dai Vernon Counting on the Foreseeable
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card and number are predicted by two cards (value and suit, then values added to count to selection)
Also published here Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
47
Don May Simpleton's Affinity
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
piles are made, spectator chooses one pile and remembers top card, rest shuffled, performer takes three cards out and uses them to divine the selection, the three cards change to match the selection
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
61
Dai Vernon The Vernon Solution shuffling the bottom card to top with break
Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
60
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition wedge break handling
2023 21
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
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
Jamy Ian Swiss Flaws and Fixes tips for Topping the Deck
Related to 2023 55
Harapan Ong The Last Trick of Dr. Siva Dr Daley's Last Trick done with Siva Count
Inspired by 2023 9
Dai Vernon The Transfer Force brief, with angle-jogged card
Mar. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 3)
69
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction Key Card Placement
2024 17
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
Allan Ackerman The HP Force Hidden Packet maneuver
Inspired by 2024 25
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
2024 72
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
2024 102
Dai Vernon Ribbon-Spread Hideout
2024 175