Ibidem

1955-1979
Written by P. Howard Lyons
Work of P. Howard Lyons, Various
1,028 pages (Stapled), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Pat Patterson Lyons
Language: English
1,051 entries
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Edward Marlo Type of Prediction odd-backed prediction in pocket, using "Double Face Mente Tekel in red and blue cards"
Inspired by 19 Dec. 1959 45
Edward Marlo Roughed Pair Flourish roughed pair is pivoted between fingers
 		19 Dec. 1959 46
Edward Marlo Roughed Pair Key Card
19 Dec. 1959 46
Edward Marlo 2nd Roughed Hofzinser - No duplicates version
Inspired by 19 Dec. 1959 46
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
20 May 1960 1
Edward Marlo The Miracle Spread deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection or force card, card secretly moved underneath spread
  • First Method (card culled to under spread on table with help of crimp)
  • Second Method (card starts on bottom)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 20 May 1960 2
Edward Marlo Next To It deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection, different handling for Miracle Spread starting with side-jogged card near top
Inspired by 20 May 1960 5
Edward Marlo The Basic Idea different ways to get into position for Miracle Spread, starting in-the-hands spread and culling card (multiple methods), then tabling the deck and completing the spread
Variations 20 May 1960 7
Edward Marlo Variation of MS Deck Move culling method for a single card, no buckling as in M.S. Move
Related to
  • "The M.S. Deck" (Ed Marlo, marketed 1954)
 20 May 1960 8
Edward Marlo Spectator Location spectator inserts card reversed in his own hands, it is next to previous selection
 		20 May 1960 9
Edward Marlo Move C. C. method to reverse cull bottom card in which deck starts in right-hand dealing position, see also p. 8
Inspired by 20 May 1960 10
Edward Marlo Basic Move Application deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection
Inspired by 20 May 1960 10
Edward Marlo Open Spread Prediction deck spread on table, card openly predicted by writing it on another card, spectator inserts card in spread next to predicted card
Variations 20 May 1960 11
Edward Marlo Spread Bottom Steal reverse cull with straddle grip
 		20 May 1960 11
Edward Marlo Open Dual Prediction handling with two cards
Inspired by 20 May 1960 13
Edward Marlo Dual Coincidence indicator card pushed into tabled-spread deck, the cards on both sides match two cards from another deck
 		20 May 1960 14
Edward Marlo Related Quadruplets performer removes unknown four-of-a-kind from blue-backed deck, spectator removes any quartet from a red deck, they match
Inspired byRelated to 20 May 1960 15
Edward Marlo Veeser Concept
20 May 1960 15
Martin Gardner Last August ring on cut-open rubber band moves left or right, can locate a selection that way
 		20 May 1960 16
Amazing James Randi Amazing!
  • You Don't Say Dept (on Joe Dunninger, Houdini)
 		20 May 1960 17
Amazing James Randi Here's a Routine "a clippo variation"
 		20 May 1960 17
Amazing James Randi Sticky Stuff using wide adhesive tape for clippo and Afghan Bands
 		20 May 1960 18
Amazing James Randi Large Discovery Dept on Egypts and thumb tip "discovery" in the Louvre in Paris
 		20 May 1960 18
Sam Randlett Dirty Deck Routine having tricks that can be done with any deck
Related to 20 May 1960 18
Mel Stover, Leo Moser, P. Howard Lyons, Martin Gardner A Short Shot proposition bet in which spectator writes nine different numbers on nine cards and turns them up one at a time, performer calls stop before the highest number is turned up
Related to 20 May 1960 19
Neal Elias Down & Out sixteen-card packet is sorted into four fours-of-a-kind with down-under-deal
Inspired by 20 May 1960 20
Neal Elias Comment on Bathroom Strippers doesn't seem to work
Related to 20 May 1960 21
Lin Searles (reviewer) Comments on Inner Secrets of Card Magic by Dai Vernon (written by Lewis Ganson)Related to 20 May 1960 21
The Cardiste - Issue 12 this was the first publication of issue 12 of The Cardiste, within the Ibidem magazine
 		20 May 1960 22
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Dealer's Choice
Also published here 20 May 1960 22
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Reader's Write Graham Reed, Steve Herald, Mel Brown, Bill Ruesskamp, Jim Glass, Doc Jessome, Ronald Edwards
Also published here 20 May 1960 22
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Poko-Combo stack that allows combination for ten card poker deal, strictly straight and straight cheating
Also published here 20 May 1960 23
Stephen Herald Temperamental Aces follow up for The Lost Ace
Also published here 20 May 1960 25
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alaska three cards are located, dealing seven hands twice
Also published here 20 May 1960 26
Bob "Hardell" Ecklund Enigmatic Enclosure on Milbourne Christopher presenting the Nap Han Deal on TV
Also published here 20 May 1960 27
Ed Mellon A Case for Mentalism shuffled deck, stopped at card is predicted
Also published here 20 May 1960 28
John A. M. Howie 1-2-3-4 Aces transform into Ace to Four
Also published here 20 May 1960 29
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here 20 May 1960 31
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Prediction forcing a number with stay stack
  • With Two Decks
Also published here 20 May 1960 33
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
21 June 1960 1
Bill Elliott Spirit of '76 - or '67? performer explains pseudo duplicate effect with a black Six and Seven, ambitious phase, sucker explanation in which the lost pair comes to top as well
 		21 June 1960 2
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Ounces & Mugs number puzzle with number of ounces that fit in mugs
 		21 June 1960 4
Jack McKenty Drink Up picture cards with images of drinks are spelled out with story, instead of beer water comes up, "drunk" as final gag
Inspired byVariations 21 June 1960 5
Tom Ransom Puzzle: Drawn and Thirded drawing a figure without leaving the paper
 		21 June 1960 5
Paendemonium quote from "A Treatise on the Police and Crimes of the Metropolis", 1829
 		21 June 1960 6
Dr. Albert M. Wilson Best Wishes to Len Vintus and Gene Gordon quote
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Aug. 1922
 21 June 1960 6
Edward Marlo Holograph deck cut into two piles, spectator looks at top cards, top cards are tabled, both transform and are brought from the pocket, with challenge presentation in which spectator must point to originally seen cards
  • 1st Variation
  • 2nd Variation
  • An Original Method
  • Other Thoughts
  • A New Thought
  • Addenda re 3H idea
Inspired by 21 June 1960 7
Edward Marlo Another Tip-Over Switch flipped-over card secretly picked up, Reverse Drop Sleight
Related to 21 June 1960 7
Edward Marlo Diminishing Lift Switch switching sequence with consecutively smaller multiple lifts on top of the deck, see following pages for more applications
Related toVariations 21 June 1960 8
Edward Marlo Addenda re Diminishing Lift Switch Observation Test handling with Diminishing Lift Switch
Inspired by 21 June 1960 10
Norman Houghton A Fan Letter
Related to 21 June 1960 12
Norman Houghton Clip Climax two paperclips on folded bill link, stream of paper clips appears as climax, romantic story presentation
Inspired byVariations 21 June 1960 13
Tom Ransom 1784 Evening-Post Quote Request looking for details of a game
 		21 June 1960 14
Bill Simon For Faro-Nicks faro Triumph with thirty-card deck
 		21 June 1960 15
Mel Stover Remarks on Martin Gardner's Math, Magic and Mystery Japanese printing
 		21 June 1960 16
Lin Searles The Las Vegas Shuffles "A System of Cull, Stock, and Combination Cull-Stock Shuffles for Cardicians and Thieves"
intro
 		21 June 1960 17
Lin Searles The Stock Shuffle from the bottom
Also published here 21 June 1960 17
Lin Searles The Cull Shuffle from bottom
 		21 June 1960 18
Lin Searles The Cull-Stock Shuffle from bottom
 		21 June 1960 20
Neal Elias Strip Faro Stock Shuffle Aces placed on top, stacked to any number from two to eight, faro and stripper deck combination
 		21 June 1960 21
Neal Elias A Pseudo Cull-Stock Shuffle with faros
  • Four Five Hands
Inspired byVariations 21 June 1960 22
P. Howard Lyons Lyons Replacement card touched in in-the-hands spread and right hand lifted to show selection, on way down some cards are fed to bottom
 		21 June 1960 23
Sam Randlett Filler on filling space in New Phoenix with masterheads of old magazines
 		21 June 1960 23
Sam Randlett Name-O-Card Revisited set-up to produce any named card, jukebox magic, card reversed, or cut short, or found in envelope, ..., incorporating statistics of often-named cards
  • Special Breaks
Inspired by
  • Name-O-Card by Hull
 21 June 1960 24
P. Howard Lyons Thoughts on Threes
21 June 1960 27
Francis Haxton Royal Company four packets of four cards each, one card removed from each packet, they are the four Queens
 		21 June 1960 28
Francis Haxton Nonsuch Glide out-jogged
Inspired by 21 June 1960 28
Sam Randlett Oh You Kito!
Inspired by 21 June 1960 29
Harry Riser Farrago all-backs, all-faces, faro shuffles
 		21 June 1960 30
Mel Stover Twomula mathematics of down/under deal, binary formula
Related to
  • Nathan Mendelsohn in American Mathematical Monthly (Jan. 1950 & Aug./Sept. 1950)
 21 June 1960 31
Edward Marlo Ace Cutting Follow Up cutting to three Aces, then to a six-spot which is used to count to the last Ace, then a switch and all Aces come to top
 		21 June 1960 32
Ken Beale $pell any coin is used to spell a card
Inspired by
  • Tom Sellers item in The Gen, Nov. 1953
 21 June 1960 33
P. Howard Lyons (reviewer) Seconds, Centers, Bottoms by Edward Marlo 21 June 1960 34
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
Related to 22 Oct. 1960 1
Edward Marlo Rub Away Spots Four of Clubs to Three to Two to Ace, then optionally blank
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Variations 22 Oct. 1960 2
Edward Marlo Bottop Change brief
 		22 Oct. 1960 3
Edward Marlo Double Hit Top Change single card placed on deck, double turned over, then second card extracted instead of top card
Related toAlso published here 22 Oct. 1960 4
Edward Marlo Impromptu 1493-1495 four Aces are numbered with an invisible marker on top of the deck and change one at a time into Kings
  • First Method (1493)
  • Second Method (1494)
  • Third Method (1495)
Inspired by
  • "1492 Ace Effect" (Art Johnston, November 1955)
Related to 		22 Oct. 1960 6
Edward Marlo Tabling a Double Card nail presses onto card, step 6
 		22 Oct. 1960 6
Edward Marlo Diminishing Lift Sequence in third method, faced set-up on top
Related toVariations 22 Oct. 1960 8
Edward Marlo Rub Away Spots (3rd Method) Four of Clubs to Three to Two to Ace, diminishing lift method
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 9
Lin Searles The Best of All Possible Ace Tricks assembly using Turnover Add variation
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 10
Lin Searles Reverse Autobreak mentioned but not described
 		22 Oct. 1960 10
Edward Marlo Double Thought Coincidence performer removes two red-backed cards, spectator removes two from a blue-backed deck, they match
Related toVariations 22 Oct. 1960 11
Anthony J. Gugliotta Leap Frog two cards at the same position in two halves transpose
 		22 Oct. 1960 12
Norman Houghton Riffle Lift thumb counting one card openly, then a second card under cover of right hand that picks up the card
 		22 Oct. 1960 12
Anthony J. Gugliotta The Gugliotta Variations piano trick with cards in pairs on table, not between fingers
 		22 Oct. 1960 13
Ronald B. Edwards Son of Lhasa word predicted, card stack used for force
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 15
Harry Lorayne Mindreader's Nightmare Mindreader's Dream with blank deck, thought-of card is the only one with face
 		22 Oct. 1960 15
P. Howard Lyons Unlikely Occurrence Dept Charlie Miller and Ed Marlo anecdote
 		22 Oct. 1960 15
Ronald B. Edwards Digital Deck’s Terity deck cut into two halves, spectator deals two piles of card from one half corresponding to a thought-of number, values in one pile added, card at that position predicted in other half
 		22 Oct. 1960 16
Ken Beale Trireme sixteen-card packet cut and dealt into two piles, top card of one pile pocketed, down-under-deal with both packets result in a card of the same value and the same suit of the pocketed card
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 17
Ken Beale Triplets spectator counts down to a number between twelve and twenty and pockets card, down-under deal with dealt packet results in mate, another card of that value is taken from pocket
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 17
Charles Aste Jr. Coffin Cop hand with copped card is brought to mouth for coughing as cover
 		22 Oct. 1960 18
P. Howard Lyons Quote from History of Mathematics by D. E. Smith
 		22 Oct. 1960 18
Jack Avis The Devilish Die two card selected with top and bottom numbers of rolled die, both are eventually located
Variations 22 Oct. 1960 19
John Hamilton Thanks Norm after riffle shuffle performer recites the red/black order of half the deck with his back turned
Inspired by
  • Ron Edwards's handling of Magnetic Colors in The Linking Ring
 22 Oct. 1960 20
Tom Ransom A SwyMove on a head/tail game with two coins, briefly explaining a controlled coin toss off a match box
 		22 Oct. 1960 21
Tom Ransom Puzzle Solution Follow-up: Knight’s Tour
22 Oct. 1960 21
P. Howard Lyons 5 Corpses in 1 Coffin one of three cards thought of, they are lost, performer finds it with "There It Is" sequence
Inspired byRelated to 22 Oct. 1960 22
Norman Houghton Another Fan Letter
Related to 22 Oct. 1960 23
Norman Houghton Bring on the Band! Afghan Bands routine with ribbons
 		22 Oct. 1960 24
Lin Searles All the Sad Young Card Men "un unpopular history of modern card magic"
Related to 22 Oct. 1960 25
Norman Houghton Drank Up picture cards with images of drinks are spelled out with story, "drunk" as final gag, see also p. 33
Inspired by 22 Oct. 1960 26
P. Howard Lyons Cutting to Kwik Key Kard cutting it to either top or bottom
Related to 22 Oct. 1960 26
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #1 as "The Modest Randi"
deck is riffle shuffled twice, yet a removed suit is recited in order, interlocking chains
 		22 Oct. 1960 27
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #2 as "The Modest Randi"
performed over television interactively, everyone remembers a card in the center, deals out deck into six piles, takes pile with selection, it will be at same position for every spectator
 		22 Oct. 1960 27
P. Howard Lyons Puzzle: Smart Magic: Seven from Eleven a number puzzle from Hull & Hahne's "Smart Magic"
Related to 22 Oct. 1960 27
Stewart James A James Bibliography several pages, magazine contributions and more, see also p. 33
 		22 Oct. 1960 28
Quote on Blackjack Strategy
22 Oct. 1960 32
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
23 Mar. 1961 1
Edward Marlo Forward to ---- intro on Ace Assemblies as transpositions and using less cards
Related to 23 Mar. 1961 2
Edward Marlo Ace Deuce Transposition Aces in T formation, three Twos on leader Ace, they transpose with Aces one by one, Seven Card Assembly (second method)
Related to 23 Mar. 1961 3
Tony Kardyro Kardyro-Biddle Peeling Move Braue Addition & Switch type handling, step 5, see credit information at the end of the effect on page 11
 		23 Mar. 1961 3
Edward Marlo Small Packet Palm card pivoted at an angle first, then popped into palm
 		23 Mar. 1961 6
Edward Marlo Hull Deck Tips revolves around showing a deck either blank or normal, super-roughing
 		23 Mar. 1961 8
Edward Marlo, Bert Fenn 7 Card Assembly (3rd Method)
Related toVariations 23 Mar. 1961 11
Edward Marlo 6 Card Assembly with three Aces and three Twos
 		23 Mar. 1961 15
P. Howard Lyons 12,000 cps Cross-Over three pennies in one hand, three silver coins in other hand, they transpose one by one, using two sticky copper/silver coins
 		23 Mar. 1961 16
P. Howard Lyons One-Speed Reverse card is reversed on bottom, comes back face-down to top, repeats in various variations
Related toAlso published here 23 Mar. 1961 17
P. Howard Lyons Over X-ertion spectator marks a card with an X behind its back, it is predicted
 		23 Mar. 1961 18
P. Howard Lyons Safety Match two decks shuffled, the top cards match, then one of those cards changes to match new top card of other deck
 		23 Mar. 1961 18
P. Howard Lyons Phraud person is phoned and asked to name any card, it is a previous selection
 		23 Mar. 1961 18
Stewart James Fourtold spectator cuts deck, four cards of different suits are chosen during a face-up deal, they are predicted, corrected from New Tops write-up
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Fourtold" (Stewart James, Tops, 1937)
 23 Mar. 1961 19
Charles Aste Jr. Cop Cover copped card is bent, corrected from Hugard's Magic Monthly write-up
Related to
  • write-up in Hugard's Magic Monthly
 23 Mar. 1961 20
Norman Houghton Chinese Mindreading comedy routine in which the performer doesn't read any minds at all and is alway wrong on purpose
 		23 Mar. 1961 21
Martin Gardner Brain Popper spectator writes "yes" or "no" on a card to predict whether an event will take place, logic paradox
Related toVariations 23 Mar. 1961 23
Quote: Corning Glass Ad
Also published here
  • Scientific American, July 1959
 23 Mar. 1961 23
Lin Searles Diapsalmata "An Old Poker Deal Refrain"
 		23 Mar. 1961 24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Sum Fun more on the mathematics of the Kruskal count procedure, forcing number 52, at the end all face-up cards add to force number
  • Numeric Cycle
  • Spelling Cycle
  • Ending a Cycle
  • Inducing a Cycle
  • Backward Cycle
Inspired byRelated to 23 Mar. 1961 25
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Eyes of the Cyclists three spectators look at bottom card and use its value to make a selection, all cards found
Inspired by 23 Mar. 1961 28
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) More Biz stack with forty-eight cards, three cards are spelled to Kruskal-like and they are always an Ace, Two,Six and Ten
Inspired byVariations 23 Mar. 1961 29
From Beyond Laughter by Martin Grotjahn, MD quote
 		23 Mar. 1961 29
David Bendix Dear Mr. Lyons one-hand riffle shuffle as a secret sleight, credit information
Related to 23 Mar. 1961 30
Arthur Hastings Dear Howard one-hand riffle shuffle as a secret sleight, credit information
Related to 23 Mar. 1961 31
P. Howard Lyons On the One-Hand Ribbon Drop and Catch
23 Mar. 1961 31
Ken Beale Souvenir
  • Re Pierce
  • Re Elmsley
  • Re Pierce Arrow
Related to 23 Mar. 1961 32
Ken Beale Square Deal nine cards are arranged in a 3x3 square as dictated by spectator, they are a magic square
Variations 23 Mar. 1961 33
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
24 Dec. 1961 1
Stewart James Trisi spectator cuts deck and pockets top card, performer removes top fourteen cards, with two down-under deals he locates cards with same value and suit, then performer and spectator both do a down-under deal and arrive at matching cards
 		24 Dec. 1961 2
Lin Searles Query: Logic Windows Cards comment on Martin Gardner's Logic Machines
 		24 Dec. 1961 2
Jack Avis Repartition 4&4
  • Part One (using Glide)
  • Part Two
 		24 Dec. 1961 3
P. Howard Lyons (reviewer) Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions by Martin Gardner 24 Dec. 1961 4
Norman Houghton Mutus Mutated
24 Dec. 1961 5
Bill Simon Double Play Ace of Spades cut into deck, the cards above and below are shown to be indifferent cards, they change into selections
 		24 Dec. 1961 7
Edward Marlo Vanishing Eleven eleven cards vanish, selection remains, Biddle steal
Related toVariations 24 Dec. 1961 9
Quote: Natural Magick (Porta) Writing on an Egg
Related to 24 Dec. 1961 9
Edward Marlo E. G. Brown Mental Transpo, 2nd method using Veeser Concept instead of Switchless Switch
Inspired by 24 Dec. 1961 10
Quote: Natural Magick (Porta) More Writing on an Egg
Related to 24 Dec. 1961 10
Edward Marlo Ambitious Handling multiple phases
 		24 Dec. 1961 11
Edward Marlo Single Card Display during Double Lift display in which the single face-up card is removed with a wrist-turn before turning the double face down again
 		24 Dec. 1961 11
Edward Marlo One-Handed Reverse at side of body
 		24 Dec. 1961 11
Edward Marlo Double Lift from Fan dated to 1952
Related to 24 Dec. 1961 12
Edward Marlo The Ambitious Four face of ambitious card is (partially) shown each time it is inserted in the center
 		24 Dec. 1961 14
Quote: Guardian
24 Dec. 1961 15
William P. Miesel Routine Pinochle
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
  • Phase IV
 		24 Dec. 1961 16
William P. Miesel Pinochle Tricks routine to be performed with a pinochle deck
  • Phase I (two selected cards match, Mexican Turnover)
  • Phase II (different matching phase)
 		24 Dec. 1961 17
Quote: The Secret Life of Salvador Dali
24 Dec. 1961 18
Milton Kort Kort Kards monte packet trick with color changing backs
Inspired by
  • "Amaso" (Will de Sieve, marketed)
 24 Dec. 1961 19
P. Howard Lyons Alex Elmsley Anecdote
24 Dec. 1961 20
Quote: Beyond Laughter (Martin Grotjahn)
24 Dec. 1961 20
Anthony J. Gugliotta This is Your Life four digits of named year cut to, simplified
Inspired by 24 Dec. 1961 21
Bill Simon "Never-Fail" Thumbtip thumb tip snaps back onto thumb, sight gag for magicians
 		24 Dec. 1961 21
P. Howard Lyons Suction Pen Cap pen snaps back onto pen, sight gag
 		24 Dec. 1961 21
Anthony J. Gugliotta Venus Observa card chosen and lost reversed in deck, its name is spelled in another deck and the arrived-at card lies next to the selection in first deck
 		24 Dec. 1961 22
Lin Searles Quick Watson, the Aces Aces in row on table, three cards put on first Ace, that packet lost, repeated with next two Aces, three cards put on last Ace, packet shown to be Aces
VariationsAlso published here 24 Dec. 1961 22
Lin Searles The Repeat Pick spectator touches four cards in in-the-hands-spread which are out-jogged, they are the Aces, Aces are lost again and effect repeated
 		24 Dec. 1961 23
Lin Searles The Reverse Autobreak deck held with both hands and squeezed with right hand, break opens at right side
Inspired byAlso published here 24 Dec. 1961 23
Bill Elliott Thumb through Handkerchief gag sequence, thumb half-way through silk
 		24 Dec. 1961 23
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Page see following items
 		24 Dec. 1961 24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Improbable head/tail proposition bet in which spectator throws two coin and performer one coin
 		24 Dec. 1961 24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Kap's Kubes cut wedge in sugar cube so two cubes look like three
Inspired by 24 Dec. 1961 24
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Another Secret Out in-jog and out-jog shuffle in The Secret Out, credit information
 		24 Dec. 1961 24
Ken Beale Brownian Movement deck cut, two spectators remove a number of cards and remember cards at that position, halves dealt in unison, performer stops when the cards appear at the same position, when removed number is counted down again mates are found
 		24 Dec. 1961 25
Ken Beale A Venue unfinished idea for range force with stack and adding up some consecutive cards
 		24 Dec. 1961 25
Ken Beale Exploring a Principle number chosen with dice throw, card at that position removed, added to number, several of the numbers are counted to until total of five cards are removed, they're predicted
Variations 24 Dec. 1961 26
Amazing James Randi Houdini's Grandma tied on chair with ropes, chains on wrists, Grandmother's Necklace as escape
Also published here 24 Dec. 1961 28
Martin Gardner All The Non-Conformists named Ace is shown to have an odd back, demonstrated with multiple Aces
Related toVariationsAlso published here 24 Dec. 1961 29
Dr. Stanley Jaks Magical Chairs one person selects one of six chairs, described by Martin Gardner
Also published here 24 Dec. 1961 30
Quote: Toronto Daily Star (Adam’s Evil)
24 Dec. 1961 30
Tom Ransom Theoretical & Practical Solution to an Impossibility "to indicate with four cards the suit and value of a fifth card"
 		24 Dec. 1961 31
Quote: 101 Zen Stories
24 Dec. 1961 32
P. Howard Lyons Molding with Fluid Silicone tip
 		24 Dec. 1961 32
P. Howard Lyons A Message to Garcia Chinese Whisper with playing card, final spectator names the card and finds it in his pocket
Inspired by 24 Dec. 1961 33
Quote: First Love (Vladimir Nabokov)
24 Dec. 1961 33
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem All-Marlo Issue
Inspired by 25 May 1962 1
Edward Marlo Technicolor Thought "Technicolour Thought", any Ace named, it is reversed, and then it is shown to have a different back color as well
  • Commercial Version (with envelope)
    • Buckle Handling
  • Second Version
  • Third Version (double backer added behind back)
  • First Procedure
  • Second Procedure
  • Third Procedure
  • Fourth Procedure
  • Fifth Procedure
  • Sixth Procedure
  • First Four Card Method (no extra card)
  • Second Four Card Method
  • Third Four Card Method
  • Method from Deck
Related toVariations 25 May 1962 2
Edward Marlo K.B.V. Count Kardyro-Biddle-Veeser, Elmsley count in end grip, see also next pages for variations
 		25 May 1962 8
Edward Marlo Technicolor Thought Transposition Aces taken from a deck, any Ace named, it is reversed, and then it is shown to have a different back color as well, in the other deck the missing Ace is found
 		25 May 1962 12
Quote: "The Gadget Had a Ghost" from Thrilling Wonder Stories (Murray Leinster)
25 May 1962 13
Quote: The Night Lover (Anne-Marie Superveille)
25 May 1962 13
Edward Marlo Spur of the Moment named card is reversed and odd-backed, ends with normal cards
  • The Obvious Method (pocket index)
  • [unnamed]
  • The Memory Method
  • The Concentrate Method
  • Concentrate Again
  • Swivel Change Method (optional red/blue double backer, sticky)
  • The Chute Method (a card is dropped through sleeve from inside pocket)
 		25 May 1962 14
Edward Marlo Named Card Overhand Cull bold, shuffling ten-card runs and looking for card
 		25 May 1962 15
Edward Marlo Concentrate Approach verbal ploy to make a thought-of card out of a peeked-at/selected card
 		25 May 1962 16
Jerry Andrus Swivel Change Extra one-handed fan with out-jogged double/triple
Also published here 25 May 1962 17
Edward Marlo Chute Method for Cards from Pocket with drop through sleeve
 		25 May 1962 19
Quote: The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
25 May 1962 19
Edward Marlo Double Brainwave named or in some methods chosen card is reversed and odd-backed, missing card found reversed in second deck
  • The Commercial Version (two brainwave decks)
  • Second Method - Mnemonic Version
  • Third Method - Pre/set Version
  • Fourth Method - Impromptu Version
  • Fifth Method - Flip Action (4th Switch) Method (for Flip Action Switch see Linking Ring, Sept. 1959, p. 74)
Related toVariations 25 May 1962 20
Edward Marlo Peek Force Handling break
 		25 May 1962 21
Quote: New Statesman (V. S. Pritchett, 12/31/1960 issue)
25 May 1962 24
Ronald B. Edwards Thoughts on "Through Darkest Pierce"
25 May 1962 24
Edward Marlo Additional Brainwaves named card has different back color in normal deck
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by 25 May 1962 25
Alex Elmsley Angle Jog Switch as cards are fanned
Also published here 25 May 1962 25
Sam Randlett Thoughts on Force Books "Barnacle"
 		25 May 1962 26
Edward Marlo Additional Double B. W. named card is reversed and odd-backed, missing card found reversed in second deck
  • Sixth Method
  • Seventh Method (ungaffed)
Inspired by 25 May 1962 27
Edward Marlo Direct Oil and Water 4&4
  • First Method (fake square-up from Tom Wright)
  • Second Method (glide approach)
Inspired by 25 May 1962 29
Edward Marlo Out of this World Handling card taken from bottom, secret incomplete faro condition
Related to 25 May 1962 30
Edward Marlo False Faro Note comment without details
Inspired by 25 May 1962 31
Mel Stover Puzzle: Magic Square dissecting a magic square into two smaller ones
 		25 May 1962 31
P. Howard Lyons Ibidem
26 Sep. 1962 1
Stewart James Fare Enough card and its position remembered, spelling something relating to a lucky coin is used to locate selection
 		26 Sep. 1962 2
Edward Marlo How I Recall -- on connection of Impeccable Double and Hummer's Jumping Card
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 4
Edward Marlo Latest Presentation different grip for Bob Hummer's Jumping Card, selection shoots out of still-held deck across bar surface and stops in front of spectator
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 4
Edward Marlo Shoot double shoots out by itself from Impeccable Double grip
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 4
Edward Marlo Two-Card Location with Shoot two cards chosen, first one tossed on table and then turned face down
  • First Alternative (second selection removed from pocket, then it transposes with tabled card)
  • Second Alternative (first card is found again reversed in deck, tabled card is now second selection)
 		26 Sep. 1962 5
Edward Marlo The Sometime Miracle selection shoots out of still-held deck across table towards side of case which is standing on its side, case drops and card is stuck into side and is lifted up, also with double
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 6
Amazing James Randi Puzzle: Droodles identifying magically themed doodles
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 7
Neal Elias Athletic Aces Aces produced in different flashy ways
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 8
P. Howard Lyons, Neal Elias On Herb Zarrow and "One-Speed Reverse"
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 8
Neal Elias A Cutting Discovery during in-the-hands cut the bottom card of the top half flips face up onto the table, dated 1949
Also published here 26 Sep. 1962 9
Neal Elias Another Cutting Discovery originally bottom card pops out face up in middle of deck, dated 1950
Related toVariationsAlso published here 26 Sep. 1962 9
Neal Elias A Card Spin card spins off the top of the deck, deck in dealing position, starts with flesh heel break, dated 1953
 		26 Sep. 1962 10
Neal Elias Self-Cutting Deck top portion jumps off to table, cut at selection, starts with flesh heel break
Also published here 26 Sep. 1962 10
Sam Randlett On Codicil gag comment
 		26 Sep. 1962 10
Bruce Posgate Togetherness follow-up to Clip Climax, several paper clips link into a chain in an envelope
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 11
P. Howard Lyons Filler Gag
26 Sep. 1962 12
Norman Houghton Re: Brain Popper and stuff logic paradox
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 13
Norman Houghton The Extracted Pair two Twos between two face-up Sevens are cut into deck, two more Sevens are cut in deck, the sandwiched Twos in the deck are now the other Sevens and the Twos are in pocket
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 14
Norman Houghton Triple Undercut to make double undercut more deceptive
 		26 Sep. 1962 14
Edward Marlo Double Buckle
26 Sep. 1962 14
Edward Marlo On Rusduck's Backward Faro Ideas
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 15
Ken Beale 3 Way Transposition monte effect from top of deck with Jack, Queen and King of Spades in which cards keep transforming
  • First Routine
  • Second Routine
  • Third Routine
  • Fourth Routine
  • Fifth Routine
Variations 26 Sep. 1962 16
William P. Miesel Easy Over as cards are shown and turned over book-wise in blocks a card is secretly reversed
 		26 Sep. 1962 18
Tony Blitz Colour Confused monte effect from top of deck
Variations 26 Sep. 1962 19
Ronald B. Edwards The Immovable Monte two cards change place in a three-card packet
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 20
Ronald B. Edwards Just Two Much calculation with number, result is predicted, two-way out, can only be one of two results
Variations 26 Sep. 1962 20
Tom Ransom On Sum Fun open question
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 20
Tom Ransom A Trick Worth Two of That!! deck riffle shuffled and dealt into two piles which are spread on table, spectator turns over cards in one half and performer turns card up of matching color in other half
 		26 Sep. 1962 21
Lin Searles The Open Prediction, What Else! with two pseudo-duplicates as convincers
 		26 Sep. 1962 22
Quote from Scientific American, May 1962, Shelter-centered Society
26 Sep. 1962 22
Amazing James Randi The Compleat Reader spectator chooses word on any page, performer names other pages where the word occurs, memory demonstration
Related to 26 Sep. 1962 23
P. Howard Lyons On Microfilm microfilming magazines
 		26 Sep. 1962 23
Norman Houghton On "Everybody is a Magician"
26 Sep. 1962 23
Jack Avis Put Back Aces with Biddle counting
 		26 Sep. 1962 24
P. Howard Lyons On Rufus Steele Cut Steele cutting a shuffled deck and then knowing a card at a named position, no method
 		26 Sep. 1962 24
Ross Bertram In the Money presentation for Card to Wallet, duplicate
 		26 Sep. 1962 25
Martin Gardner Doink!! pin stuck through rubber eraser bounces when dropped on table
 		26 Sep. 1962 25
Francis Haxton All Present red and black Aces transpose, red Aces change to Kings
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 26
Francis Haxton More for the Show two selections are peeked at, one turns over, other is spelled to
  • Method #1
  • Method #2
  • Method #3
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 26
Francis Haxton Good Grief! More Aces spectator can freely choose the leader packet
  • Another Variation
Inspired by 26 Sep. 1962 27
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Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2023.