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Clayton Rawson The Card from Hell selection turns over and becomes different back color
 		July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
311
Clayton Rawson The Camel and the Needle's Eye apparently cigarette is pushed through eye of needle
Also published here July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
311
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Also published here July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
315
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
322
Clayton Rawson Puzzle From a Top Hat geometry puzzle
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
324
The Great Merlini Red-Vibro spectator puts any card in envelope, performer spreads second deck, it has one odd-backed card - the same as in the envelope
 		May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
395
Clayton Rawson Moistening a Card
1940
Expert Card Technique
418
Clayton Rawson Sixth Finger Card Rise
Related to Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 78)
511
Stuart Towne, Don Diavolo The Time Formula fairly selected card (6 duplicates used) predicted via mirror writing, time traveling presentation
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
591
Stuart Towne, Don Diavolo Diavolo Hide-Out Fan hiding packet underneath one-handed fan
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
592
Clayton Rawson Mass Production long short divided deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 110)
655
The Great Merlini Behind the Eight Ball
  • Effect #1: Top card changes into selection
  • Effect #2: Another selection comes to top
  • Effect #3: selection is stabbed to with another card
  • Effect #4: Magic Thrust
  • Effect #5: spectator seals card in envelope (glimpsed with alcohol)
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 114)
673
Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne Tomorrow's Card prediction written, six cards from shuffled deck selected, then one of those, matches prediction, five-billet index
Related toAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 116)
686
Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne Diavolo Hide-Out Fan brief, hiding packet underneath one-handed fan
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 116)
686
The Great Merlini Name Your Poison spectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 132)
758
Don Diavolo Magic Shuffle two halves shuffled face-up into face-down bring two selection next to each other
 		Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 133)
764
Clayton Rawson Ghost Writer card reversed behind back, name appears on slate
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 147)
821
Clayton Rawson The Cockeyed Cards joker always shows up and is torn up, then shows up again and pieces are now selection
Related toAlso published here 1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
21
Clayton Rawson Scrambled Thoughtwaves two cards are selected and deck put into pocket, cards transform into the thoughts of the spectator's (stripper, famous actor etc.) cards are eventually found and deck is normal again
 		Mar. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 3)
9
Clayton Rawson Card Switch
Related to Mar. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 3)
10
Dave Spindell, Clayton Rawson Out of the Smoke paper match turns into light cigarette, three more cigarettes appear
Also published here June 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 11)
41
Clayton Rawson No Corpse for the Coffin crimping selection, then "There It Is" with unload for transformation of wrong card into selection
Inspired byVariations July 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 14)
58
Clayton Rawson Twist for Ring and String hands tied with rope, ring on rope
 		Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 25)
106
Clayton Rawson Slate Sleights with small slates, two routines
  • The Great Oriental Enigma (selected card appears written on slates, two flaps)
  • Ghost Writer's Cramp (four messages, one on each side)
 		May 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 35)
143
Clayton Rawson The Backward Ghost two slate mysteries, different working and preparation
  • A Merlini Mystery
  • The Message From Nowhere
 		June 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 37)
151
Clayton Rawson A Sucker Bet performed as a bet
Related to
  • page 211 for a variation
 Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 50)
207
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
76
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
78
Clayton Rawson Tomorrow's Card prediction written, six cards from shuffled deck selected, then one of those, matches prediction, five-billet index
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
100
Clayton Rawson Ghost Writer card reversed behind back, name appears on slate
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
211
Clayton Rawson The Mental Broadcast wax
Variations 1945
My Best
108
L. Vosburgh Lyons, Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson, Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Boxed piece of a magazine is put on a string and the ends of the string thread through two holes in a box, a word is selected and when checked on the piece on the string all words are crossed out except the selected one
Related to Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
328
Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson Page Force pages are torn out of a a magazine
 		Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
329
Bruce Elliott (reviewer) Scarne on Dice by John Scarne (written by Clayton Rawson) Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
331
Kolmar, Clayton Rawson Detail Does It do as i do with three coins
Also published here June 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 86)
351
Clayton Rawson Letter to Bruce Elliott on Popper and Light Up
Related to Dec. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 97)
395
Clayton Rawson, Arthur H. Buckley The Force That Couldn't Be
1946
Card Control
14
Clayton Rawson Double-Lift Deceptions double-lift description
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
404
Clayton Rawson 1: Right in Front of Your Nose!
Also published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
405
Clayton Rawson 2: Magic Taught in One Easy Lesson card transforms into selection, apparently spectator does the transformation
Also published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
405
Clayton Rawson 3: Stream-Lined Hypnotism duplicate
Also published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
405
Clayton Rawson 4: The Absent-Minded Spectator one person "forgets" card (he was shown a blank card), other can not find it, duplicate and blank
Also published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
406
Don Diavolo, Stuart Towne Diavolo Hide-Out Fan fanning six cards as five
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
35
Clayton Rawson Strip Tease undressing a man's vest without taking off the jacket, then removing someone's tie and shirt, stooge
 		Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
497
Clayton Rawson Everyone Take A Card six or more people select a card
 		July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 129)
519
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done
Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 133)
534
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic pack with blank faces becomes a normal deck, humorous presentation
 		Mar. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 10)
300
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic - How to Build a Routine description of a long routine
Related to Apr. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 11)
308
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic - How to Build a Routine description of a long routine part two
Related to May 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 12)
316
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic on suspense
 		June 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 1)
326
Clayton Rawson The Counterfeiter's Dream borrowed five-dollar bill is burned, then one-dollar bill changes into silk and then into five one-dollar bills
 		June 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 1)
326
Clayton Rawson The Little Wonder Thought Projector spectator divines selection of other spectator, using egg beater as comedy prop, see p. 370 for idea by Edwin Shaw using a tray
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 2)
331
Clayton Rawson Knots of Flame do as i do cut and restored ropes, second knot vanishes in a flame
 		Aug. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 3)
343
Clayton Rawson Magic Is Easy spectator touches a card and it's card named before by performer, repeated, then card reversed
 		Sep. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 4)
351
Clayton Rawson The Clairvoyant Spectator faced deck is turned over
 		Sep. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 4)
351
Clayton Rawson The Two-Faced Stranger selection turns over, then wrong card turns over, transformation to correct card in the hand of spectator
 		Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
360
Clayton Rawson Spirit Script name of chosen card appears on card, deck moves, plate lifter
 		Nov. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 6)
368
Clayton Rawson The Obliging Queen visual transformation when card is pushed through deck, adding half card to borrowed deck
 		Dec. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)
378
Clayton Rawson Double Hallucination Four/Two of Hearts gaff
Inspired by Jan. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 8)
384
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic shuffled deck is cut into several packets, prediction slip placed in front of one packet and top card is predicted
 		Dec. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)
488
Clayton Rawson Under the Table cards under table, one selected, shuffled and found, three methods
Related toVariations Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
682
Clayton Rawson, George Sands The Super Dooper Optical Illusion four blue backed cards reverse themselves and changes faces and backs, messages appear on back of cards
Related to Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
517
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic using Rawson's "Turn-Up Sleight"
Related to Apr. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)
533
Clayton Rawson Arithmetic Test presentation for children
 		July 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)
562
Clayton Rawson The Uncountable Golf Balls five balls vanish
 		July 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)
562
Clayton Rawson Crooked Corners on using crimps in different corners for two cards
 		Nov. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)
600
Clayton Rawson The Weight of Thought two cards are located, see p. 611 for corrections
 		Nov. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)
600
Clayton Rawson The Blankety-Blank Color Changing Deck backs change and faces vanish and return
 		Dec. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 7)
607
Clayton Rawson In One Second Flat saliva, two cards are found
Also published here Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 196)
783
Clayton Rawson Magic Scheme No. 48, Mathematical prediction
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
85
Harry Lorayne, Clayton Rawson, Norman Jensen The Great Poker Demonstration No. 80, Three Jacks Deal with four-of-a-kind climax
Related toAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
145
Frank Garcia, Clayton Rawson, Paul Fleming Variation on Card on the Ceiling No. 120, Variation using pre-loaded card
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
233
Clayton Rawson The Vanishing Cigarette
Related to Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
618
Clayton Rawson Poltergeist in the Library book jumps from bookshelf
 		Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
618
Clayton Rawson Sleight-Of-Mind two cards, one freely thought of, one ahead, using two decks
Inspired by Feb. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 9)
628
Clayton Rawson Finger Routine finger stretching and removing
 		Mar. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 10)
643
Clayton Rawson The Missing Card card is removed, mates are found
 		Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
654
Clayton Rawson Double Thought two card location
 		May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Double Thought #2 two cards
 		May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Saltless Sorcery deck kicked with foot, and several methods seated to break deck at bridge to reveal selection
 		June 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)
670
Clayton Rawson The Jinx Card presentation about trouble-making card, spectator keeps selecting this card, it changes places with other selections, and turns over in the deck
 		July 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 2)
678
Clayton Rawson The New "Sky Sense" selection moved from pile to pile, divined by performer
Inspired by Sep. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 4)
697
Clayton Rawson, Jean Hugard Poker Player's Nightmare first round while explaining bottom deal, player with winning hand can be chosen for second phase, then performer deals a Straight Flush and other good hands, ending with a Royal Flush
Related to Oct. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 5)
709
Clayton Rawson Merlin's Magic: Upside Down Magic intro to routines where a card reverse itself in the deck
 		Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
719
Clayton Rawson The Spectator Does It
Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
719
Clayton Rawson Right Side Up after selection turned face up it turns face-down again
 		Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
719
Clayton Rawson The Lightning Reverse
Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
719
Clayton Rawson The Merlini Cut charlier cut action, to reverse half the deck
 		Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
719
Clayton Rawson Postscript handling variation for Poker Player's Nightmare
Related to Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
722
Clayton Rawson The Merlini Fan Switch
Related to Dec. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 7)
729
Clayton Rawson Mass Prediction two decks spectator and performer select the same five cards
 		Dec. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 7)
729
Clayton Rawson The Merlini Fan Switch cards hidden behind fan
Related to Dec. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 7)
729
Clayton Rawson Poker Switch cards are exchanged, performer gets Royal Flush, Merlini Fan Switch
 		Dec. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 7)
733
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic
Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
741
Clayton Rawson Four Ace Assembly using the Merlini Fan Switch for an Ace Assembly
 		Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
741
Clayton Rawson Four Ace Surprise spectator touches four cards, they are the Aces, Aces are lost in the deck again and eventually produced from under coat using the Merlini Fan Switch
 		Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
741
Clayton Rawson The Spectator Reads a Mind spectator locates selection of second spectator, duplicates, using the Merlini Fan Switch
 		Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
742
Clayton Rawson, John Scarne Scarne's New Top Change stealing face card from double, while turning it over
  • The Scarne Change
  • The Merlini-Scarne Reverse
 		Feb. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 9)
749
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) Al Baker's Pet Effects by Al Baker (written by Clayton Rawson) June 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 1)
804
Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Related toAlso published here 1951
Pet Secrets
53
Clayton Rawson Rawson Card Reading peek box that can be shown from all sides
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
87
Clayton Rawson Double-Lift Deceptions
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
150
Clayton Rawson 1. Right in Front of Your Nose
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
151
Clayton Rawson 2. Magic Taught in One Easy Lesson card transforms into selection, apparently spectator does the transformation
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
153
Clayton Rawson 3. Stream-Lined Hypnotism duplicate
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
154
Clayton Rawson 4. The Absent-Minded Spectator one person "forgets" card (he is shown a blank card), other can not find it, duplicate and blank
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
157
Dave Spindell, Clayton Rawson Out of the Smoke paper match turns into light cigarette, three more cigarettes appear
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
223
Clayton Rawson, Cliff Green The 90 Per Cent Perfect Change attention to position of feet is given
Related to 1961
Professional Card Magic
34
Clayton Rawson The Camel and the Needle's Eye apparently cigarette is pushed through eye of needle
Also published here 1962
The New Jinx (Issue 1 (Introductory Issue))
3
P. Howard Lyons (reviewer) How to Entertain Children with Magic by The Great Merlini Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
42
Fred G. Taylor, Clayton Rawson, Jack Avis Etcetera hobbyist vs professionals
 		Aug. 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 10)
116
Clayton Rawson Thumb Count Double Lift see p. 210 for credit
Related to Sep. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 11)
208
Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson's Knots of Flame ends tied to knot, knot is lighted with match and rope is restored
Also published here
  • in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
230
Clayton Rawson The Cockeyed Cards joker always shows up and is torn up, then shows up again and pieces are now selection
Also published here 1972
The Living End
100
Clayton Rawson Magic Shuffle Variation cards shuffled face up into face down, cards found together
 		1972
The Living End
123
Clayton Rawson Name Your Poison spectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket
Also published here 1972
The Living End
134
Martin Gardner, Clayton Rawson Further Ideas
Inspired by Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 6)
726
Clayton Rawson In einer einzigen Sekunde saliva, two cards are found
Also published here Oct. 1974
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
37
Clayton Rawson, Walter B. Gibson, Jerry Ross Date Sense coins in handkerchief, one with specific date is found, several versions
 		1976
Magick (Issue 161)
802
Clayton Rawson Der Wundersame Gedankenprojektor egg beater mind reading
Also published here July 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
101
Clayton Rawson, Kolmar Tue was ich tue mit Münzen! do as i do with three coins
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
77
Clayton Rawson Das Rawson-Doublieren thumb count
Also published here Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
72
Clayton Rawson Rawson Transit selection travels from one deck reversed to another
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
23
Clayton Rawson, Karl Fulves Simon Says No. 34, five cards each, spectator cannot follow
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
64
Don Diavolo Tomorrow's Card Billet Index
Related to 1996
Mobile Mentalism
53
Clayton Rawson Little Wonder Thought Projector egg beater mind reading
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
4
Al Baker, Eugene Burger, Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Related to 2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
185
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) Clayton Rawson: Magic and Mystery by Clayton Rawson (written by Michael Canick) Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
70
Clayton Rawson Death from A Top Hat - An Excerpt
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
22
Clayton Rawson The Footprints on the Ceiling - An Excerpt
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
26
Clayton Rawson The Headless Lady - An Excerpt
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
28
Clayton Rawson No Coffin for the Corpse - An Excerpt
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
30
The Great Merlini The Invisible Murderer
Also published here
  • Clue, Vol. 1 No. 1, May 1948
 May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
34
The Great Merlini The Cockeyed Cards joker always shows up and is torn up, then shows up again and pieces are now selection
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 2 No. 11, July 1938
 May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
36
Clayton Rawson Cards of Satan two cards appear on face of deck in glass, smoke appears in glass as well
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Genii, Vol. 5 No. 6, Feb. 1941
 May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
37
Clayton Rawson Merlini Rides Again
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 6 No. 5, Jan. 1942
 May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
39
Clayton Rawson Beginner's Luck or Card Conjuring From A to B in One Easy Lesson sixth and seventh finger appears in a comedy rising card routine, card rises through finger at the top
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1940
 Sep. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 9)
58
Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
402
Clayton Rawson, Patrick Page Clayton Rawson egg beater mind reading, with different variations
Inspired by 2011
Magic Page by Page
314
David Britland (reviewer) Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
78