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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Roberto Giobbi Charles Schulz
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 10)
229
Roberto Giobbi The Magic Consultant presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 11)
230
Roberto Giobbi The Casual Glimpse flexing the deck
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 12)
231
Roberto Giobbi (reviewer) Notes on The Vernon Companion by Mike Perovich by Michael A. Perovich 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 13)
232
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Picking Off the Pip Finesse
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 13)
232
Roberto Giobbi Top Quotes Related to Magic
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 14)
234
Roberto Giobbi Timeline idea for card intro
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 15)
235
Roberto Giobbi Paradoxes
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 16)
236
Roberto Giobbi Wild Wild West presentational idea, using western-type cards
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 17)
237
Roberto Giobbi (reviewer) Favorite Sleights from Card College Volume 5 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 18)
238
Roberto Giobbi The Trick That Has No Presentation presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 19)
239
Roberto Giobbi Quotes to Open as opening quote for a trick
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 20)
240
Roberto Giobbi Wizard on the word "wizard"
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 21)
241
Roberto Giobbi Con Attempted anecdote by Dieter Haldimann
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 22)
242
Roberto Giobbi X-ray Trick deck cut into three piles, performer names top card of each pile
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 23)
243
Roberto Giobbi Ex Libris, Ex Magia bookplates
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 24)
244
Roberto Giobbi Famous People Do Magic list of celebrities
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 25)
245
Roberto Giobbi Gambling Stories presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 26)
246
Roberto Giobbi (reviewer) Words About Wizards by Robert Parrish by Robert Parrish 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 28)
248
Roberto Giobbi "Set" Cards decks that have been used in movies, presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 29)
249
Roberto Giobbi Top Ten Quotes on Perfection
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 30)
250
Roberto Giobbi Made-to-measure Magic - A Solution deck spread on table, length named and measure, card at that position is selection
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 31)
251
Roberto Giobbi Practice
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 1)
252
Roberto Giobbi Linear Solutions
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 2)
253
Roberto Giobbi Cryptic Notes on taking notes
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 3)
254
Roberto Giobbi Accidental Magic taking advantage of accidents, with Vernon/Leipzig anecdote
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 4)
255
Roberto Giobbi Entry Exam presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 5)
256
Roberto Giobbi In-Transit Curry starting with card in hand
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 6)
257
Roberto Giobbi Korem Lecture and Anecdote
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 7)
258
Roberto Giobbi Success quotes on success
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 9)
260
Roberto Giobbi Opener for a Card Session cased deck, pyro flash, changes into fan, posed as problem
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 10)
261
Roberto Giobbi Polyglot Cards presentational ideas
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 11)
262
Roberto Giobbi A Moment in Time presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 12)
263
Roberto Giobbi Close-up: A Profession With Many Facets different performing conditions
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 13)
264
Roberto Giobbi Top Quotes on Creativity & Originality
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 14)
265
Roberto Giobbi Einstein's Lesson on throwing away work
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 16)
267
Roberto Giobbi Missing in Action why cards could be missing in the deck
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 17)
268
Roberto Giobbi Degrees of Learning
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 18)
269
Roberto Giobbi Mathematical Structure! presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 19)
270
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon Thoughts on Ambitious Card Finale
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 20)
271
Roberto Giobbi The Deck That Cannot Be presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 21)
272
Roberto Giobbi Russian Roulette story as introduction
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 23)
274
Roberto Giobbi, Arturo de Ascanio Action of Apparent Continuity with coin vanish as example
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 24)
275
Roberto Giobbi Modal Verbs of Necessity on how to give rules in gentle way
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 25)
276
Roberto Giobbi Problem: Double From Fan posed as problem
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 26)
277
Roberto Giobbi "Match the Joker to the Pack" Deck Switch
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 28)
279
Roberto Giobbi From the Vineyard to the Bottle: The Structure of Magic analogy
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 29)
280
Roberto Giobbi The Trick That Fooled... presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 30)
281
Roberto Giobbi Details of Handling on the Brush Color Change paintbrush change
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 1)
282
Roberto Giobbi Tongue Twisters
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 2)
283
Roberto Giobbi Cop Force dribble force, force card starts in cop position
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 3)
284
Roberto Giobbi Stebbins & Galasso For Book Test using cards for page selection
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 4)
285
Roberto Giobbi Mental Magic Opener: Magic by Know-how
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 5)
286
Roberto Giobbi Envelopes for Magic ideas for special envelopes
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 6)
287
Roberto Giobbi Lefty Deck created by Kevin Reylek
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 7)
288
Roberto Giobbi Poetic Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 8)
289
Roberto Giobbi Sotheby's presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 9)
290
Roberto Giobbi Carte Blanche Prediction blank paper as prediction, deck blank as well, prediction appears, selection is only proper card
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 10)
291
Roberto Giobbi Weight weight of things, with anecdote
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 11)
292
Roberto Giobbi Misdirection
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 12)
293
Roberto Giobbi Taxonomy for Library: Favorites sorting a library
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 13)
294
Roberto Giobbi Complex Magic, Simplified Einstein quote
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 14)
295
Roberto Giobbi Beyond What We Know anecdote from Zuckerbrot's Martin Gardner documentary
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 15)
296
Roberto Giobbi Card to Wallet, Pardon me, to Wallet...in Spectator's Pocket actus interruptus
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 16)
297
Roberto Giobbi It's All Done With Mirrors
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 17)
298
Roberto Giobbi Ten Covers for the Pass
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 18)
299
Roberto Giobbi Interesting Book Test suggestions for non-standard books
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 19)
300
Roberto Giobbi Overhandling the Cards
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 20)
301
Roberto Giobbi Disappearing Wife how to react to that question
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 22)
303
Roberto Giobbi Credit Crunch Solved puzzle story
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 23)
304
Roberto Giobbi Card Magic Comes From Gambling
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 25)
306
Roberto Giobbi Likes & Dislikes list of what Roberto Giobbi likes and what not
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 26)
307
Roberto Giobbi Prop List
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 28)
309
Roberto Giobbi Isolating the Deck staging ideas
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 29)
310
Roberto Giobbi Scoop-up Substitute For Double Lift KM Move with half deck
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 30)
311
Roberto Giobbi Running Cut Glimpse tabled
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 31)
312
Roberto Giobbi Buffalo play of words
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 1)
314
Roberto Giobbi Catchphrases of Famous Performers list, Charles Bertram, Max Malini, José Frakson, Dante, Kalanag, Silvan, Juan Tamariz, Horace Goldin, Dr. Giovanni, David Devant, Bruce Cervon, Allan Ackerman, Tommy Cooper, Paul Daniels, Sirdani, Dani DaOrtiz
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 2)
315
Roberto Giobbi Change Plane doing selection with faces towards spectator
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 3)
316
Roberto Giobbi (reviewer) Jennings '67 by Larry Jennings (written by Richard Kaufman) 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 4)
317
Roberto Giobbi The Lateral Insertion sideways insertion
  • Control
  • Multiple Shift
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 5)
318
Roberto Giobbi Cards as Objects
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 6)
319
Roberto Giobbi Seven Secrets of Life
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 7)
320
Roberto Giobbi, Anthony Norman Deal Force with small numbers that are named
Related to
  • "Basic Card Technique" (Anthony Norman, 1948)
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 8)
321
Roberto Giobbi The Accidental Glimpse glimpsing a selection or a card that is in the hands of spectator
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 9)
322
Roberto Giobbi Formula for Success in Magic
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 10)
323
Roberto Giobbi In Praise of Older (Magic) Magazines
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 11)
324
Roberto Giobbi A Novel Force
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 12)
325
Roberto Giobbi Guarantee Card
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 13)
326
Roberto Giobbi Lucky 7 things to "improve luck"
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 14)
327
Roberto Giobbi Dissertation
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 16)
329
Roberto Giobbi Body Magic Act
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 17)
330
Roberto Giobbi Yet Another Extraordinary Ability simultaneous speaking skill
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 18)
331
Roberto Giobbi (reviewer) Card Palming Techniques in Stars of Magic by Louis Tannen 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 19)
332
Roberto Giobbi On ESP Cards
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 20)
333
Roberto Giobbi Dead Man's Hand
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 21)
334
Roberto Giobbi Erroneous Correlations
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 22)
335
Roberto Giobbi One-way Stratagem reversal
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 23)
336
Roberto Giobbi Trick for Thanksgiving: Torn and Restored Turkey description of old trick around 1600
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 24)
337
Roberto Giobbi Card Tricks for Women list, quote from Expert Card Technique
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 25)
338
Roberto Giobbi Formula X on mathematics & magic
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 26)
339
Roberto Giobbi Dictionaries to Dictionaries posed as problem
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 27)
340
Roberto Giobbi Idea for a Bill Routine pencil through bill, promising to make hole disappear but making whole bill vanish, similar gags
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 28)
341
Roberto Giobbi Magic Libretto presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 29)
342
Roberto Giobbi List of Books by Working Professionals
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 30)
343
Roberto Giobbi Studies
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 1)
344
Roberto Giobbi, Ramón Riobóo Card Roulette analogy between cards and roulette table
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 2)
345
Roberto Giobbi This Trick Socks card vanishes, sock in case, card in shoe
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 4)
347
Roberto Giobbi Very Close-up presentational idea, magnifying glass
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 5)
348
Roberto Giobbi Personal Creativity with quote by André Gide
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 6)
349
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Roberto Giobbi Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin's Birthday
Related to
  • "Les métamorphoses" (Robert-Houdin, Comment on devient sorcier)
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 7)
350
Roberto Giobbi "Oh, that's how easy it is!"
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 8)
351
Roberto Giobbi Magic Set presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 9)
352
Roberto Giobbi An Extraordinary Ability reading a vinyl album by looking at the grooves
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 10)
353
Roberto Giobbi My Father's Trick presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 11)
354
Roberto Giobbi Card to Pocket I at which angle to take palmed card out of pocket
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 12)
355
Roberto Giobbi Card to Pocket II
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 13)
356
Roberto Giobbi San Giovanni Bosco quote, presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 14)
357
Roberto Giobbi, Jean Hugard Giving a Reason for the Use of Certain Cards
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 15)
358
Roberto Giobbi Interdisciplinarity
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 16)
359
Roberto Giobbi Dribble & Palm Replacement Force dribbling on table
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 17)
360
Roberto Giobbi Top Ten Quotes on Thinking
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 18)
361
Roberto Giobbi Pandora's Box presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 19)
362
Roberto Giobbi Modern Magic From the Modern Conjurer? illustrations of old secret pockets from Hoffman's "Later Magic"
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 20)
363
Roberto Giobbi Miraculous Magic card transposes with page of dictionary
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 21)
364
Roberto Giobbi Card Press & Clip
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 22)
365
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz Emotional Script magic & emotions
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 23)
366
Roberto Giobbi Magic is a Gift
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 24)
367
Lennart Green, Roberto Giobbi The Index Intuition
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vo. 52 No. 9, Mar 1989, p. 560)
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
Roberto Giobbi Gifted Assistants
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 26)
370
Roberto Giobbi To Justify a Packet
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 27)
371
Roberto Giobbi The End-over-End Hit Double Lift
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 28)
372
Roberto Giobbi Personal Secret Agenda
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 29)
374
Roberto Giobbi Best Lecture Notes
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 30)
375
Roberto Giobbi Graduation: The Hidden Agenda Seminar Certificate
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 31)
376
Roberto Giobbi Bibliography
2016 377
Roberto Giobbi Thanks!
2016 v
Roberto Giobbi Nothing but a Deck of Cards!
2016 ix
Roberto Giobbi Introduction quasi Card College 6
  • On the Nature of This Book
  • References and Bibliography
  • Left-Right
  • A Final Detail about Detail
2016 xi
Roberto Giobbi Chapter 1: The Standup Card Conjurer
  • Rules Are Guidelines
  • The Standup Card Conjurer
  • Definition
  • Formal Elements
  • The Fascination of Standup Magic
  • History
2016 1
Roberto Giobbi The Parlor
  • Chair Arrangement
  • Platform and Technology
  • The Bear Pit
  • The Performing Area
  • The Table
2016 4
Roberto Giobbi Selecting Tricks
  • What Is the Effect?
  • Simple and Clear
  • Cards as Objects
  • Openers
2016 9
Roberto Giobbi The Performance in the Parlor
  • How to Look into the Audience
  • Body Language and Elbows
  • How to Introduce and Show a Deck
2016 10
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz How to Make the Invisible Visible
  • Jumbo Indices, Giant Cards and Hybrids
  • Professional Card Stands
  • Improvised Card Stands
  • The Tamariz Shadow Rule
  • The Spectator Shows a Card
2016 12
Roberto Giobbi Going into the Audience
2016 18
Roberto Giobbi Applause
  • How Do You Get Applause?
  • Lack of Applause
2016 19
Roberto Giobbi The Script
2016 20
Roberto Giobbi Concluding Remarks
2016 22
Roberto Giobbi Chapter 2: Spectator Management
  • Interaction with Spectators
2016 23
Roberto Giobbi The Spectator Onstage
  • Spectators and Communication
  • Spectators and Dramatic Construction
  • Spectators and Psychological Construction
  • Homo Ludens
2016 23
Roberto Giobbi Selection Criteria for spectators that should assist
  • Numerus Clausus
  • Selection Test
  • Man or Woman?
  • A Woman Who Knows Playing Cards
  • What Age?
  • General Remarks
2016 26
Roberto Giobbi, Ted Lesley The First Step when a spectator comes onto stage
  • Invitation
  • The Way of the Inchworm
  • Props
  • Interactive Questions
  • One, Two, Three
  • The Lesley Ploy
2016 28
Roberto Giobbi Interaction with the Spectator
  • Thank You Very Much!
  • The Personal Touch
  • Win-Win
  • Dealing with Problem Spectators (hecklers)
  • Dismissing the Spectator
  • Concluding Remarks
2016 30
Roberto Giobbi Chapter 3: Card Technique for the Standup Performer
2016 35
Roberto Giobbi False Shuffles short intro
2016 37
Roberto Giobbi The True Shuffle for use on stage
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle
  • The Hindu Shuffle
2016 37
G. W. Hunter, Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The G. W. Hunter False Shuffle
Related to 2016 39
Roberto Giobbi Cut-Shuffle-Cut framing for the Hunter shuffle
2016 40
Roberto Giobbi The False Weave Shuffle
  • True Weave Shuffle
  • False Weave Shuffle
2016 41
Roberto Giobbi The Optical False Shuffle only referenced
Related to 2016 43
Roberto Giobbi In-the-Hands False Riffle Shuffle
Also published here 2016 43
Roberto Giobbi False Cuts
2016 44
Roberto Giobbi The False Swing Cut
  • From the Hand in to the Hand (straight cut)
  • From the Hand to the Table
2016 46
Roberto Giobbi The Partial False Cut
  • Shuffle and Cut in Combination - Top
  • Shuffle and Cut in Combination - Bottom
2016 49
Roberto Giobbi Card Controls
  • Controlling Single and Multiple Cards
  • Scenario 1
  • Scenario 2
  • Scenario 3
2016 50
Roberto Giobbi The Parallel Shift side steal dynamics
  • Variation
2016 51
Roberto Giobbi The Lift-Shuffle Control
2016 53
Roberto Giobbi Control with Dribble and Side Shuffle
  • Optional Preliminary Procedure
  • Selection Procedure
  • The Side-Control Shuffle
  • Additional Options
Related toAlso published here 2016 55
Jack McMillen, Roberto Giobbi Variation with an Injog Shuffle
Inspired by
  • Control in "Jack McMillen" (Michael Landes)
2016 59
Michel Gammenthaler, Roberto Giobbi The Fast Control
2016 59
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
  • Insertion of the Cards
  • False Insertion
  • Control Shuffle
  • With Chosen Cards
2016 60
Roberto Giobbi Forces short intro
2016 65
Roberto Giobbi Classic Force Light more or less giving force card to spectator
  • Original Form
  • The Failsafe Classic Force
  • Notes on the Classic Force
Also published here 2016 65
Roberto Giobbi The Riffle Force with break, for stand-up use
2016 67
Roberto Giobbi The Hindu-Shuffle Force for stand-up use
  • Hindu Force from a Distance
  • Forcing Multiple Cards with a Hindu Shuffle
2016 68
Roberto Giobbi The Peek Force
  • Peek and Force
2016 71
Roberto Giobbi Palming short intro
2016 75
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Vernon Top Palm
  • Gestures and Poses
  • Position of the Deck and Cover
Inspired by 2016 75
Roberto Giobbi The One-handed Palm tips on management
2016 77
Roberto Giobbi, Edward Marlo The Bottom Palm - The Due Tempi Palm delayed
Related to 2016 79
Roberto Giobbi The Color Change
  • The Classic Color Change
  • Concluding Remarks
2016 81
Roberto Giobbi The Top Change
2016 84
Roberto Giobbi, Edward Victor The Glide
  • The Classic Glide for Standup Magic
  • Variation ("A New Glide" handling)
Inspired by 2016 84
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift and Double Turnover for stand-up use
  • Showing a Double Card
2016 87
Cliff Green, Roberto Giobbi A Fine Double Lift
Inspired by 2016 88
Roberto Giobbi The Replacement
2016 90
Roberto Giobbi False Dealing- The Second Deal for stand-up use, end grip
2016 91
Roberto Giobbi Forcing second deal
2016 93
Roberto Giobbi The Bottom Deal for one-time use in stand-up situation
2016 94
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 Card Call "Cabaret Card Divination" of a bunch of cards, last card predicted in letter
Inspired by 2016 105
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi And Yet It Is! apparently wrong card found, changes to correct one
Inspired by
  • "The Unknown Solider's Card Trick" (Patrick's Pages of Magic, Lecture Notes 1973)
Related to
  • "The Three to Two of Spades" (Ken de Courcy, Ken on Kards - Card Magic for Non-Card Men)
2016 119
Jim Ryan, Roberto Giobbi Vice Versa two spectators get the wrong card each, then they transpose, thoughts on transpositions
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 137
Edward Marlo, Roberto Giobbi Double Selection & Control two card control
2016 138
Roberto Giobbi A Comedy of Errors Queens change into other matching set, Queens from different pockets, standup staging with glasses
2016 144
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
Roberto Giobbi, Theodore Annemann The Three Roses red-backed card put in blue-backed deck, deck in glass, card named in three stages, it's odd-backed card
Inspired by 2016 166
Roberto Giobbi, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser's Triple Prediction three cards in handkerchief in spectator's hands, they turn out to be later signed selections, dropping double backers
Inspired by
  • "Die Drei Kräfte" (Hofzinsers Kartenkünste)
Related to
  • "Winter-Sommer" (Hofzinser's Zauberkünste)
2016 178
Roberto Giobbi The Devil's Messenger three signed selections shuffled back, messenger brings envelope from back with those selections, credit information, Universal Card Scam
Inspired byRelated to 2016 187
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Jinx Switch Version
2016 192
Roberto Giobbi, Fred Kaps Swiss Poker named card to cigarette
Inspired byRelated to 2016 195
Roberto Giobbi Verbal Range Force getting spectator to name high card
2016 202
Roberto Giobbi Card in Lemon deck changes into lemon underneath handkerchief, selection inside lemon
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 211
Roberto Giobbi Napoleon's Game "Nap Hand Deal", three spectators play cards, performer divines cards in hands and makes weakest hand win
2016 225
Roberto Giobbi Stickler detailed description, single card stabbed, newspaper cover, credit information
2016 242
Roberto Giobbi Déjà vu "Card Routines from Other Books by Roberto Giobbi That Are Suitable for Parlor and Stage"
- Card College 1-5
  • Light Trilogy
  • Confidences
  • The Art of Switching Decks
2016 267
Roberto Giobbi Works Cited
  • Books
  • Magazines
  • Lecture Notes
  • Internet
2016 273
Roberto Giobbi Envoy
2016 279
John Lovick (reviewer) Standup Card Magic by Roberto Giobbi Sep. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 9)
88
Jamy Ian Swiss Premonition Redux
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016 21
John Cottle Border Control on using border-less cards, control, location, fingertip peek force
Related to Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
32
Tom Frame (reviewer) Hidden Agenda by Roberto Giobbi Mar. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 3)
100
Roberto Giobbi Prólogo
2017 15
Patrick G. Redford The Ninja Deck Switch
Related to 2017 238
Andi Gladwin, Eugene Burger, Roberto Giobbi, John Archer, Chris Cox Story Time: How Some Pros Went Pro
Also published here 2017 32
Herb Zarrow, Johnny Thompson Zarrow Translating Deck spectator answers some questions, performer apparently removes four cards according to answers, spectator cuts to the four mates
Inspired by
  • "Matched Revolvers" (Herb Zarrow, Linking Ring, July 1977)
Related toAlso published here
  • "The Translating Deck" (MUM, Sept. 1995)
2018 187
Denis Behr Extended Gambling Demonstration multi-phase routine, named four-of-a-kind is riffle-culled, then riffle-stacked, then a bridge deal into new deck order
Inspired by 2018 19
Harapan Ong Remix in the Rubbish four Jokers turn face down one by one, then All Backs phase, then blank, back to Jokers
Related to 2018 162
Harapan Ong On the Alfonso-Giobbi Twisting Sequence section intro, actually William Goodwin's twisting sequence, mis-credited
Inspired by 2018 169
Harapan Ong Cascading Twist Kings turn over one by one, then all at once two times
Inspired by 2018 169
Harapan Ong Plot Twist transformation kicker
Inspired by 2018 170
Juan Tamariz, Jason Ladanye Openly Arranging Cards as demonstration what spectator should do with his packet, "it should only take about twenty seconds to rearrange these cards (...) No one will care what you're doing"
Related to 2018 295
Ignacio López El Carterista cased deck is in pocket, card fished out and put in wallet, very fast repetition
Related toAlso published here 2018 31
Ryan Matney (reviewer) Favorites by Roberto Giobbi Apr. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 4)
94
Roberto Giobbi Roberto Giobbis Finte case as hold-out to add cards later
2018 65
Ignacio López The Pickpocket cased deck is in pocket, card fished out and put in wallet, very fast repetition
Related toAlso published here 2019 12
Roberto Giobbi Préface
2019 16
Roberto Mansilla, Roberto Giobbi, Jim Cellini Spongeball Production from Purse Frame
2019 59
Shiv Duggal (reviewer) Card Magic Master Class by Roberto Giobbi Jan. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1)
107
Andi Gladwin, Eugene Burger, Roberto Giobbi, John Archer, Chris Cox How Some Pros Went Pro, Part Four
  • Going Pro
Also published here July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
58
Ryan Plunkett Ace on Top order of Ace through Five reverses, multiple phases
Inspired by 2020 39
Roberto Giobbi Preface
2020 3
Roberto Giobbi Why Did You Do That, Mr. Giobbi? on his book "Sharing Secrets"
July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
79
Roberto Giobbi Space-Information
Also published here July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
80
Roberto Giobbi Daley's Great Card Discovery
Also published here July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
81
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Sharing Secrets by Roberto Giobbi Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
80
Roberto Giobbi A Big Thank You
2021 6
Roberto Giobbi You Cannot Not Have a Theory
  • What is a Theory?
  • What is Theory Good For?
  • Genesis
  • The Danger of Theory
  • Lest I forget...
2021 7
Roberto Giobbi To Practice and Instill a Theory
2021 11
Roberto Giobbi How to Read This Book
  • The "Theory Page"
  • The "Practice Page"
2021 12
Roberto Giobbi Actions of Confirmation formerly "retrograde conditioning", Mexican Turnover example
2021 14
Roberto Giobbi Actions of Confirmation... in Action intro to examples
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Dribble Pass as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Hindu Shuffle bottom stock control as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Subtle Injog Shuffle top stock control as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Click Pass With Four Coins as example for Actions of Confirmation
2021 15
Roberto Giobbi Actions of Conviction on convincers
  • Actions of Explicit Conviction
  • Actions of Implicit Conviction
2021 16
Roberto Giobbi Dribble Key Card Placement
2021 16
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
Roberto Giobbi The "In-flagranti Degree" on being caught
  • First Degree
  • Second Degree
  • Third Degree
2021 19
Roberto Giobbi Actus Interruptus
Related to 2021 20
Roberto Giobbi False Swing Cut Actus Interruptus application
Also published here 2021 20
Roberto Giobbi Card to Wallet, Pardon, to Wallet... card to wallet that is in possession of spectator, Actus Interruptus application
Also published here 2021 21
Roberto Giobbi Actions of Apparent Continuity... Continued
  • Rattle Box
  • Shells & Co.
  • Apparent-Continuity Coin Vanish
2021 23
Roberto Giobbi Top Palm & Be Natural
2021 24
Roberto Giobbi Naturalness in Practice
  • The "Perfect" Double Lift
  • Authentic Props
  • Consistent Construction
2021 25
Roberto Giobbi Magician and Actor - Two Professions on Robert-Houdin's quote
Related to 2021 27
Roberto Giobbi, John Guastaferro Butterfly Effect
Related to 2021 28
Roberto Giobbi The Butterfly in Effect
2021 29
Roberto Giobbi Just Imagine... spectator thinks of card at a chosen position, it travels to pocket
2021 31
Roberto Giobbi Communication
  • Logos
  • Pathos
  • Ethos
2021 32
Roberto Giobbi Torn and Restored Thread presentation
Inspired by 2021 33
Arturo de Ascanio, Roberto Giobbi Construction
  • 1. The Technical Construction
  • 2. The Dramatic Construction
  • 3. The Psychological Construction
2021 34
Roberto Giobbi Table of Degrees of Freedom
2021 37
Roberto Giobbi Emotions in Magic
2021 38
Roberto Giobbi The Eye
Related to 2021 40
Roberto Giobbi Practical Examples use of gaze
  • The Eye Onstage
  • Zarrow Shuffle
  • Elmsley Count
  • Coin Vanish
2021 41
Roberto Giobbi Gestalt
Related to 2021 42
Roberto Giobbi A Picture Says More Than a 1000 Words... reproduction of an artwork by Ken Knowlton
2021 43
Roberto Giobbi Bonus: Interdisciplinary Gestalt
2021 43
Roberto Giobbi The Goldin Pass display pass
Related to 2021 45
Roberto Giobbi Halo Effect
2021 46
Roberto Giobbi The Halo Effect in Real Life
2021 47
Roberto Giobbi Handling in Practice
  • Beauty
  • Disarming
  • Economy of Movement
  • Effortlessness
  • Generous Movements
  • Minimalism
  • Touch
  • Uniformity
2021 49
Roberto Giobbi Oil and Water... and More Water 4&4, all change to red as climax, credit information for one-color climax
2021 51
Roberto Giobbi Positive and Negative Insertions in Practice
  • Historical Example of a Positive Insertion
  • Positive Insertion - Delayed Elmsley Count
  • Positive Insertion - Card Control
  • Negative Insertion - Dramatic Construction
2021 53
Roberto Giobbi The Intelligent Injog Shuffle and Cut
2021 55
Roberto Giobbi The Intelligent Spread Pass management
2021 55
Roberto Giobbi Natural Miracle
2021 57
Roberto Giobbi Vanishing Lady application of in-transit action
2021 59
Roberto Giobbi Cut and Restored Rope application of in-transit action
2021 59
Roberto Giobbi Invisibility
2021 60
Roberto Giobbi Matching the Cards
2021 61
Roberto Giobbi Look-Ma-no-hands handling the cards less
Related to 2021 62
Roberto Giobbi Cut and Leave double cut onto table
2021 63
Roberto Giobbi Off-handed Ambitious Card tabled
2021 63
Roberto Giobbi Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno
2021 65
Roberto Giobbi Magic-Effect Field
2021 66
Roberto Giobbi Search for an Ideal Effect - Chicago Opener
2021 67
Roberto Giobbi Magic Pyramid/Iceberg
Related to 2021 68
Roberto Giobbi The Magic Pyramid and Magic Iceberg
2021 69
Roberto Giobbi The Magic Way Across the Rainbow
2021 71
Roberto Giobbi Management
2021 72
Roberto Giobbi Managing Management spectator shuffles deck, Aces are then added to top for next routine
2021 73
Roberto Giobbi Memory-Editing Techniques in Practice
  • Addition
  • Anchoring
  • Change
  • Deletion
  • Transposition
2021 75
Roberto Giobbi Midwife Theory Socratic Method
2021 76
Roberto Giobbi The Midwife Theory in Practice packet switch on deck as example
2021 77
Roberto Giobbi The Monkey Scale
2021 79
Gabi Pareras, Roberto Giobbi Morphology in Magic
2021 80
Roberto Giobbi To Remove a Deck From the Box
2021 81
Roberto Giobbi Pause
  • Punctuation Pause
  • Dramatic Pause
    • 1. Pause of Assimilation (Ascanio/Tamariz)
    • 2. Intrapersonal Pause (Tamariz)
    • 3. Post-effect Pause (Ascanio)
2021 82
Roberto Giobbi Ode to the Pause
2021 83
Roberto Giobbi Presentation and Plot
2021 84
Roberto Giobbi The Marvelous Book one of several billets chosen, the word on it is predicted in the form of a book
2021 85
Roberto Giobbi Let's Review... the Principle of Recap... wrong card changes into right one in spectator's hand
2021 87
Roberto Giobbi Prologue and Epilogue
2021 88
Roberto Giobbi Prologues to Ponder
  • The Magic Box
  • Magical Dice Games
  • Sheldon's Prime Number
  • The Eye is the Mirror of the Soul
  • Spectator's Magic Minutes
  • Making the Invisible Visible
2021 89
Roberto Giobbi Reframing
2021 92
Roberto Giobbi Parries replies to spectator's questions
2021 93
Roberto Giobbi The Peek Control reframing example
2021 93
Al Baker, Roberto Giobbi Run-chase Theory
2021 94
Roberto Giobbi I have a normal deck here...
2021 95
Roberto Giobbi Seeing is Believing four random cards put on table, they change into four Aces
Related to
  • "Desmemoria" (Gabi Pareras, Encuentros y desencuentros)
2021 97
Roberto Giobbi Simplicity
2021 100
Roberto Giobbi How Simple is Simplicity?
  • Simply Complex
  • Simply Elegant
  • Simply Difficult
2021 101
Roberto Giobbi Space-Information
Also published here 2021 102
Roberto Giobbi Daley's Great Card Discovery
Inspired byAlso published here 2021 103
Roberto Giobbi Slydini's "One Coin Routine" analysis
Related to 2021 105
Roberto Giobbi How to Study Magic
  • Practice Deck
  • Card Katas
2021 107
Roberto Giobbi Subliminal Suggestion
2021 108
Roberto Giobbi The Trick That Can Be Explained sure fire
2021 109
Roberto Giobbi Symbolism
2021 110
Roberto Giobbi Symbols in Magic
  • Any Card at Any Number
  • Ambitious Card
  • Card Discovery
  • Signing a Card
  • All Backs
  • Poetry, Music, Literature, Painting
2021 111
Roberto Giobbi Text script
2021 112
Roberto Giobbi The Persian Flaw on the Too-Perfect Theory
2021 115
Roberto Giobbi Truthfulness
2021 116
Roberto Giobbi, Rolf Andra Triple Prediction
Inspired by
  • "Eine dreifache Voraussage" (Rolf Andra, Eine Kartenroutine am Tisch)
2021 117
Roberto Giobbi Waiter's Theory and Actions of Recall in Practice
  • Shuffle and Cut
  • Coins Through Table
  • Card From Box
  • Triumph
2021 119
Roberto Giobbi Four Coins Through Table in Glass
2021 120
Roberto Giobbi The 13 Golden Rules of Magic
Also published here 2021 128
Roberto Giobbi Favorite Quotations on Theory
2021 132
Roberto Giobbi Artistic Magic
  • The Whole
  • The Detail
  • The Management
  • The Choice of Effect
  • The Dramatic Construction
  • The Psychological Construction
  • The Subtext
  • Recognize and Respect the Effect
  • The Economy of Movement
  • The Handling and Skill
  • The Virtuosity
  • The Ease
  • The Misdirection
  • The Timing
  • The Originality
  • The Emotional Appeal
  • The Spontaneity
  • The Aura and Charm
  • The Beliefs, Criteria, and Taste
  • The Devotion and Diligence
  • The Respect
  • The Likeability
  • The Passion
  • The Last Words
Also published here 2021 134
Roberto Giobbi The Lists
2021 142
Roberto Giobbi List of Operating Principles
2021 142
Roberto Giobbi List of Phenomena
2021 142
Roberto Giobbi List of Card Plots
2021 144
Roberto Giobbi Suggestions for the Practical Use of Lists
2021 145
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2021 145
Roberto Giobbi Applications of the All-Around Square-Up list with applications
Also published here 2021 147
Roberto Giobbi Bibliography
2021 148
Roberto Giobbi Glossary
2021 152
Roberto Giobbi Lest I Forget...
2021 156
Eugene Burger Einstein's Card Trick card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection
  • Interview Discussion
Inspired by 2021 138
Jean-Jacques-Maurice Talazac Talazac Switch
Also published here 2021 30
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Card College 3 & 4: Personal Instruction by Roberto Giobbi Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
131
Rico Weeland The Structural Problem of the Homing Card Plus "(and Alternate Endings)"
Inspired by Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
132
Matthew Dowden Underage Gambling two cards removed, neither of which is selection, one changes into selection
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2009
2022 870
Bedros "Spidey" Akkelian Kiss kiss appears on face of selection, its back becomes red
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2010
2022 922
Michael Vincent Pandora's Paradox Joker signed by spectator changes into named card, Joker then found folded in box under glass
Inspired by Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
27
Francesco Fontanelli Talazac Switch with Envelope Cover
Inspired by 2024 12