Effect Variations

259 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
U. F. Grant Giant Acrobatic Cards some jumbo cards are dealt face up face down alternating, they turn over again while a second packet is now mixed alternately, double backers
VariationsAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 127
Kent Arthur "Never Idle" Cards slop shuffle Triumph with twelve card packet
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 81) 526
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Restless Cards seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smooth
Also published here 1948 Rough & Smooth Possibilities 5
Bob Hummer The Stubborn Card No. 46
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 81
Al Leech The Sandwich Aces distributed in one half which is placed reversed in center of rest, cards right themselves except Aces ("Hot Card Trick No. 3", ca. 1950)
 		1950/2004 A Last Look at Leech 16
Edward Marlo Effect No. 11 cards dealt face-up/face-down alternately, yet all cards are face-down again
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 6
Toni Koynini Switch It deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer sorts cards out behind his back except free selection, deck switch
  • The Basic Switch
  • Switch It
  • Alternative Routine
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 5
Eddie Joseph Give Me Another Chance selection not found after slop shuffle, second selection made, then both found
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 6
Eddie Joseph Everything Goes By Three shuffled deck, card chosen from one half put anywhere in spread of second half, slop shuffle, wrong card cut to, wrong card face-up in Triumph climax, selection spelled to
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 10
Eddie Joseph Triple Discovery three cards lost and revealed, slop shuffle triumph climax
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 11
Bill Simon The Turnabout six or seven packets put together face-up and face-down, they sort themselves the same way
Variations 1954 Sleightly Sensational 18
Brother John Hamman Face Up - Face Down Surprise cards separated in reds and blacks, triumph with reds, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Related toVariations 1958 The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M. 32
Al Leech Easy Aces Reversed
1959 Cardmanship 24
Bob Hutcheson, Jr. Remarkable Face Up and Face Down Revelation cards are turned over, number chosen by spectator, selection is only reversed card at the end
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 42
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Ups and Downs
1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 213
Tan Hock Chuan Ruhelose Karten seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smooth
Also published here 1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 26
Roy Walton The Overworked Card Triumph type of effect, one card travels from bottom to top and turns every reversed card over
Related toVariations 1969 The Devil's Playthings 33
Karl Fulves Triumff
1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 67
Edward Marlo Marlo's Miss triumph, only Aces face up with one card in between each, three selections, dated 1962
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 97
Bob Still Sight Unseen eight or nine cards placed under head, spectator reaches underneath and turns some cards over, then performer, then spectator again, when hat is lifted only selection is face-down
 		Winter 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio) 376
Allan Ackerman Color Triumphant color changing deck climax
 		1971 The Esoterist 32
Bruce Cervon All Shook Up color changing Triumph, red-blue double backer, including "Non-Gimmicked Method"
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 3
Derek Dingle Color Triumphant color changing deck climax
Related toVariations 1971 Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins 3
Roy Walton Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
VariationsAlso published here 1971 Cardboard Charades 22
Roy Walton Parrott Fashion triumph, red Queens face-up with selection in the middle
 		1971 Cardboard Charades 38
Jim Lee, Edward Marlo Triumph Plus with four-of-a-kind productions
Inspired by 1972 Card Cavalcade 78
Derek Dingle Mental Triumph mathematical selection procedure
Related to 1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1)) 129
Derek Dingle Gambler's Triumph matching the cards / triumph combo
 		1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2)) 131
Derek Dingle Progressive Triumph four selections, funny presentation, solution
Inspired by 1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2)) 141
Karl Fulves Progressive Triumph posed as a problem
Related toVariations 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 18
Jack Avis Topsy Turvy triumph with ambitious phases and four-of-a-kind kicker
 		1973 Epilogue (Issue 18) 163
Derek Dingle Royal Triumph "Progressive Triumph" with color changing back kicker, simplified handling
Inspired by 1973 Innovations (Issue 2) 1
Derek Dingle Royal Triumph Variation with Zarrow shuffle
Also published here 1973 Innovations (Issue 2) 4
John Carney Color Triumphant...Again triumph, then all cards except selection change color of the back
Related to 1973 (ca.) Revolutionary Close Up — Part One 4
Edward Marlo Impossible Location Triumph
1974 The Ten Hand Poker Stack 135
Edward Marlo Surprise - Surprise - Surprise Aces produced, triumph effect with no reversed cards, Aces reverse at once
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 156
John Miller Riffle Ups and Downs based on Gene Finnell's "Ups and Downs" (Free Cut Principle)
 		1974 Card Cavalcade II 216
Gustave Southall Pseudo Strippers simulating a stripper deck with Zarrow shuffle
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One 30
Derek Dingle 4-Way Triumph with four named cards from poker hands, Daley's Blindfold Poker Deal meets Triumph
Variations 1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One 31
Jerry Mentzer Card Mix Up cards mixed face-up/face-down without a riffle shuffle
 		1975 Close Up Cues 27
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Face-to-Face Four cards selected from Poker hands, Triumph
Inspired by 1975 Card Fare 23
Bruce Cervon Triumph Fast Flush royal flush production, pivot revelation, combined with triumph
 		1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 53
Frederick Braue Count-Down Triumph wrong card used to count to selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 11) 143
David Britland Through the Fourth Dimension
Oct. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 2) 316
Paul Harris Joker Poker triumph with color changing back kicker, Color Stunner
 		1976 The Magic of Paul Harris 33
Paul Harris Color Stunner color changing deck triumph, credit to Dingle for plot
VariationsAlso published here 1976 The Magic of Paul Harris 41
Frederick Braue Counting On Triumph wrong card used to count to selection
Also published here 1976 Lecture Notes 1 3
Martin A. Nash Collectors Triumphant plot combo, faro
 		1977 Any Second Now 230
Martin A. Nash In His Cuts Triumph/Magician vs. Gambler - combo
 		1977 Any Second Now 262
Jerry Mentzer Phase II
1977 Card Cavalcade Four 136
Kevin Davie Red-Black Surprise see p. 531 for corrections
Inspired by Aug. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12) 449
Philip T. Goldstein Disguise aces, slop shuffle, three aces + x, x is transformed into last ace
 		1977 Scattershot 20
Jean Faré Criss Cross Triumph Selection is lost, Triumph shuffle, reveal to have three Aces face up with selection face down amongst them, then selection's value used to find final Ace
Variations 1977 Card Tricks, French Style 32
Jean Faré Triumph Color Change Handling of Color Triumphant by Derek Dingle (uses Marlo's Hung Card gimmick)
Inspired by 1977 Card Tricks, French Style 35
Allan Ackerman, Derek Dingle Thinking it Through color chaning deck climax
 		1978 Here's My Card 37
Allan Ackerman, Heck The Spectator's Triumph spectator shuffles cards face up and face down, ungaffed (almost)
Inspired by 1978 Here's My Card 68
Brother John Hamman 2 Shuffles Harry red black kicker
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 85
Richard Kaufman Triumph cards rise from face up / face down deck which is then rightened
 		1978 On the Up and Up 20
John C. Wagner J.C.'s Color Changing Deck Routine
Inspired by 1978 7 Secrets 36
Doug Alker Rainbow Triumph three cards, triumph, rainbow deck as a kicker
 		Jan. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5) 518
Simon Aronson Triumph for Two two cards selected, Triumph and one card shows, cards re-spread and same selection is face-up and first one transformed into second one
 		1978 Arch Triumphs 4
Jon Racherbaumer Hofzinser Triumphs selection is lost, Triumph shuffle, reveal to have three Aces face up with selection face down amongst them, then selection's value used to find final Ace
Inspired by 1978 Arch Triumphs 6
David Solomon Triumphant Aces selection is lost, Triumph shuffle, reveal to have three Aces face up with selection face down amongst them, then selection's value used to find final Ace
  • Racherbaumer Addition
Inspired by 1978 Arch Triumphs 10
Edward Marlo Swindle Triumph color changing deck, single odd-backed card used
 		1978 Arch Triumphs 12
Simon Aronson, David Solomon, Edward Marlo Stop Perfecting Triumph! first selection used to count down to second after Triumph
  • Dave Solomon Handling
Inspired byVariations 1978 Arch Triumphs 27
Jon Racherbaumer Push-thru Failure Triumphs
1978 Arch Triumphs 29
David Solomon Toss-in Triumph no card reversed after Triumph, indicator is tossed next to selection
 		1978 Arch Triumphs 33
Frederick Braue Deal-down Triumph
Also published here 1978 Arch Triumphs 43
Paul Swinford, William Zavis, Mike Rogers Every Which Way Mini Packet Triumph (nine cards), three methods
 		1978 Loose Ends 75
Martin A. Nash A Problem With Fulves Progressive Triumph Plot
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 355
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Triple Triumph red black kicker and four king production
Related to June 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 207
Daryl Martinez Double-Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Variations 1979 Double-Dazzling Triumph 1
John F. Mendoza Timing of "Color Triumphant" see also p. 69
Related to 1979 Close-up Presentations 14
Edward Marlo The Melding Pot two decks are shuffled together and separate
 		1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 45
Stephen Minch San-Sub
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 572
Don England Very Simple R/B Triumph red-black separation climax
 		1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 21
Don England Color Changing Deck Triumph with kicker
 		1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 41
Derek Dingle Poker Triumph with four named cards from poker hands
 		1981 Octet 9
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves "Poker Triumph" variation, with color changing back kicker for four-of-a-kind
 		1981 Octet 12
Ken Simmons A Triumph For You two selections, Triumph with one selection face-up in center, cards re-spread, now second selection in center and first in pocket
 		1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 31
Derek Dingle CutOff
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 27
Derek Dingle Little Miracle selection changes back color, two handlings
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 140
Derek Dingle Four Poker Triumph combined with Triumph
Related toVariations 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 144
Derek Dingle Progressive Triumph four selections, funny presentation
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 145
Derek Dingle Royal Triumph "Progressive Triumph" with color changing back kicker
VariationsAlso published here 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 147
Derek Dingle Deluxe Anytime Color Triumphant color chaning deck kicker
Variations 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 196
Derek Dingle Color Triumphant II color changing deck climax
Related to 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 199
Michael Farmer Eight Is Enough eight turns up but is wrong, is used to count to selections
 		Feb. 1982 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 5 No. 2) 591
David Grenewetzki, Brother John Hamman "TSHocker" with new deck order kicker
Inspired by 1982 Best of Friends 97
Ian Land Getting Lost in the Shuffle Hofzinser Ace Trick combined with Triumph, optional red black separation climax
 		Aug. 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5) 1044
Bob Farmer Double-Dazzling Slop Shuffle Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by 1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 15
Ian Land Imperfect Triumph? another card ends up reversed and its value is used to count to selection, without stack
Inspired by 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17) 316
Unknown Card Mix Up mixed face-up/face-down in bunches without riffle shuffle, at the end the card named by performer is only reversed card
 		1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 14
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byVariations 1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 56
Al Smith Fresh Sliced sandwich/triumph combo
 		Sep. 1983 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 12) 1147
John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis Calculated Triumph small packet cut off, selection made and returned, deck shuffled face-up and face-down, all one way except sandwich in center with selection, sandwich cards total cut-off packet
Inspired byVariations 1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 59
Ed Balducci, Frank Mireider The Auto Mazo Deck 1934, see also p. 63 for comment by Ralph W. Hull
#1 Thought of Card Reversed
#2 Alternate Reverse Trick
#3 Selected Card Found Reversed
#4 Selected Card Transferred from One Half of Pack to Another
#5 Three Card Monte
#6 The Vanishing Aces
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 58
Karl Fulves Spectator's Named Triumph spectator sorts out face-up/face-down shuffled deck below the table by himself except for named card
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 110
Marc Russell Tell Tale Triumph selection lost, then Aces lost, face-up/face-down shuffle, Ace of same suit as selection found, then other Aces are reversed in deck with selection in between
 		1983 Cardopolis (Issue 1) 9
Michael Powers Four-Tune Hunter named four-of-a-kind produced
 		1983 Powerful Magic 16
Ken De Courcy Any Which Way Slop shuffle triumph, deck is shown to fix themselves, red-black separation, except for four reversed Aces, cards are separated during slop shuffle
 		1983 Four Ace Intro's 16
Edward Marlo, Bernard Bilis I Missed impromptu version of Bilis' "Calculated Triumph", packet cut off, Triumph with rest, selection between two face up cards whose values add up to number of cut off cards
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 57
Edward Marlo Eddie Still Shuffles Once aces in different parts, suits separated
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 69
David Tropeano Hofzinser Triumphs! Triumph-Kartenkunste-combo
 		June 1984 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 6) 928
Jerry Sadowitz Vendetta
1984 Cards Hit 20
Stephen Tucker Stitches in time Triumph effect with pseudo-Bob-Hummer presentation/procedure, spectator "unmixes" deck themselves via long mathematical/Hummeresque procedure
Inspired by 1984 The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker 3
Paul Harris Sensuous Shuffle Triumph/Reverse routine with deck in incomplete riffle shuffle position, halves turn over and rise up
Related to 1984 Close-up Seductions 20
Bill Kalush Trapped Triumph combination of Triumph and Sandwich effect, deck in order with card in correct position, with variations
Related to 1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 28
Ian Land Red Rust September backs of two selections change color as kicker
 		1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 34) 667
Brother John Hamman New Shuffles Harry starting with shuffled deck
Related to 1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36) 362
Richard Bartram, Jr. Color Coordinated Triumph! color changing deck climax
 		1985 Close-Up of the Damned 32
David Britland Tri-umph "In the midst of chaos something always turns up"
no shuffle, three packets placed face-up/face-down
Related to 1985 Equinox 14
Larry Jennings The Bonus Trick four-of-a-kind kicker
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 29
Ron Ferris Glamour-Ace weird concept for a triumph-collectors-combo
 		May 1986 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9 No. 5) 1211
Ben Harris Super Cruel Triumph Triumph effect with color changing back kicker, half the deck is of different color
 		1986 Killer Klose-Up 72
Ken Simmons Triumphing for a Change color changing deck kicker
 		1986 Riffling the Pasteboards 33
Dai Vernon In Uniform eight cards small packet Triumph
 		1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 117
Karl Fulves Power of a kind slight effect variation
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 38
John Carney Triumph Rip Off cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection
Also published here 1987 Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Conjuring con Carney) 21
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 Card Stories 16
Jamy Ian Swiss The Obligatory Card Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 Theatrics 7
Jamy Ian Swiss Brainy Triumph wrong card found and used to count down to selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 Theatrics 10
Jamy Ian Swiss Juan Betterini presentation for Daryl's effect
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 Theatrics 17
Ron Ferris Mardi Gras Queens cards are not really "shuffled", rather bizzar
 		Apr. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 4) 1485
Bruce Cervon All Shook Up Color Changing Triumph
 		1988 The Cervon File 242
Bruce Cervon All Shook Up - ungaffed Color Changing Triumph
 		1988 The Cervon File 247
Edward Marlo The Spectator Really Triumphs spectator does shuffling, too
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 214
Jörg Alexander Weber DDT "Double Decker Triumph", presentation for Triumph, face-up/face-down shuffle deck put in case and ordered deck taken out
Inspired by 1988 First there was a dream 46
Shigeo Takagi Reddish-Blue Triumph Color Changing Deck Kicker
Also published here Mar. 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 3) 1618
Steve Rogers, Paul Cummins True Triumph haphazard mixing on the table
Related toVariations May 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 5) 1640
Brother John Hamman Two-Shuffles Harry begins with shuffled deck
Related toAlso published here 1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 87
Brother John Hamman The Pesky Card triumph with red-black kicker and selection to pocket finale
 		1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 89
Brother John Hamman Cream Rises to the Top triumph combo in which aces show up and change into selections
Related to 1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 191
Juan Tamariz I. Tamariz Jumble faro, cards rightened below table
 		1989/91 Sonata 221
Jerry K. Hartman Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Jan. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 1) 1735
Gary Ouellet Three Triumphant Cuts deck is cut somewhere and reversed three times, selection ends up on top and all cards are face down again
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 147
Shigeo Takagi Rising Triumph deck shuffled face-up/face-down, selection rises, then Triumph
 		1990 The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi 51
Shigeo Takagi Color-Shift Triumph color changing deck climax
Also published here 1990 The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi 53
Robert Gardner "Sloppy" Spectator Spectator (!) does Slop Shuffle
 		Jan. 1991 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 14 No. 1) 1879
Alex Elmsley A Minor Triumph with ten cards
Related to 1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 256
John Carney Triumph Rip-Off cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection
VariationsAlso published here 1991 Carneycopia 164
John Bannon, Bob Farmer Clock O'Doom clock trick with small packet triumph sequence, selection travels from packet to deck, inspired by Bob Farmer's "Hand O'Doom", see Racherbaumer reference for credit information
Related to 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 20
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Ripper quarter shuffled face up into face down quarter, other half is shuffled into it and face up cards ripped out
VariationsAlso published here 1991 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 36) 650
Chris Kenner Paint by Numbers triumph with four Royal Flush climax, which are "painted" on rubber back of close up pad
Inspired byVariations 1992 Totally Out Of Control 140
Ken Simmons Triumphing for a Change color changing deck kicker
Related to 1993 Simplicity at Your Fingertips 24
Jerry Mentzer Color Change Deck Routine Triumph with four Aces, deck changes back color
 		1993 Card File 197
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Ripper quarter shuffled face up into face down quarter, other half is shuffled into it and face up cards ripped out
Also published here 1993 Mystification 63
Richard Bartram, Jr. Fortunato quarter shuffled face up into face down quarter, other half is shuffled into it and face up cards ripped out, with selection reversed
 		1993 Mystification 65
Richard Bartram, Jr. Morella quarter shuffled face up into face down quarter, other half is shuffled into it and face up cards ripped out, with Aces reversed
 		1993 Mystification 66
Steve Mayhew, Jack Carpenter Mayhew's Master Deal ace climax
 		1994 Castle Collection 19
Karl Fulves Triumph With Math tapestry layout and foldover
 		1994 Crooked Tales 39
Karl Fulves Trapper Keeper two cards reversed at end that sandwich selection
 		1994 Crooked Tales 96
David Neighbors Colorful Rip-Off Triumph cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by 1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3) 1
Lou Gallo Lou's Lulu aces lost, then found in a triumph routine
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 57) 1077
Bill Simon, William P. Miesel, Karl Fulves The Forgetful Gambler No. 54, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, they right themselves except for Royal Flush, rest of deck changes back color
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 107
U. F. Grant Die akrobatischen Riesenkarten some jumbo cards are dealt face up face down alternating, they turn over again while a second packet is now mixed alternately, double backers
Also published here 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4&5) 152
Steve Rogers, Paul Cummins True Triumph mixing hapzardly on the table
 		1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two 6
Peter Duffie Pasteboard Detection mathematical, CATO
 		May 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 5) 2645
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby The Un-Topsy-Turvy Deck halves are left telescoped and spread - one half visibly rights
Related toVariations 1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 73
Paul Harris Unshuffling Rebecca cards in incomplete faro condition reverse themself without being squared
Variations 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue New Stuff) 23
Paul Harris Color Stunner color changing deck triumph
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris) 55
Dominique Duvivier Tri-Oomph! Locate Aces in Triumph routine
 		1996 Magie Duvivier 35
James Swain The Airmail Card Triumph done with signed card, this card is then removed from wallet with different back design and stamp
Inspired by 1996 Miracles with Cards 1
James Swain Perfect Triumph ambitious card with joker, joker put in breast pocket, Triumph with all cards face-down, when spread face-up the deck is in new deck order with joker reversed and selection in breast pocket
Related to 1996 Miracles with Cards 41
James Swain, Alex Elmsley Brainweave follow up with Play It Straight type effect
Inspired by 1996 Miracles with Cards 84
Chad Long Sloppy Business slop shuffle triumph with business cards
 		1997 More Stuff... 3
Nick Trost Dingle's "Royal Triumph" - Trost Version Four kings with odd backs will change into four selections
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 182
Wesley James, Harry Lorayne Siamese Shuffle "shuffle" travels from one half to other
  • Method I
  • Method II (twenty-six double backers)
  • Method III (thirteen double backers)
  • Method IV - Cold Deck (deck switch presentation)
  • The Lorayne Approach (deck switch presentation)
Related to 1997 The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James 62
Peter Duffie Still Scheming Play it Straight Triumph type of effect with CATO procedure, use half a deck
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 144
Peter Duffie Some Might Say Triumph type of effect, end with four of a kind
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 159
Doug Edwards Jumping Colors Deck shuffled face up and face down - suddenly all the face up cards are black except one red card which is the selection
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 21
Bruce Cervon Turnabout is Faro Play spectator separates face-up/face-down with closed eyes, "This is an interesting effect. I don't say it is a good effect, but it is certainly novel."
Related to 1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 134
Bruce Cervon Turnabout is Faro Play II spectator separates face-up/face-down with closed eyes
Also published here
  • Ibidem #35
 1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 136
Bruce Cervon Turnabout is Faro Play III spectator separates face-up/face-down with closed eyes
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 137
Larry Jennings, Bruce Cervon Revealment triumph & dealing thing
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 138
Karl Fulves Triumph With A Twist spectator and performer select a card from half the deck each, halves shuffled together face-up/face-down, top half spread, cards face-down except spectator's selection, bottom half face-up except performer's selection which is mate of spectator's selection
Related to 1998 The Fine Print (Issue 7) 183
Steve Bedwell Shake Shuffle and Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1998 ca. Flexing and Twisting 3
Allan Ackerman, Simon Aronson, Steve Mayhew Mayhew Poker Again triumph as center deal demo
 		1999 Classic Handlings 32
Steve Mayhew Freedom Mayhew Poker Deal, face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker
Variations 1999 Impressing Jodie Foster 4
David Regal Letter Perfect Spectator mixes stack of alphabet cards face up/down, the face down cards spell his/her name
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 88
Justin Higham Failure Turned Into Triumph
Inspired by 1999 Collected Card Notes 57
Karl Fulves Place The Aces twenty-card packet mixed face-up/face-down, all cards right except Aces
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 56
Jack Avis Reverso seven cards triumph without selection
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 133
Richard Bartram, Jr. Joker Assisted Triumph ends in new deck order, faros
Inspired by 2000 Card File Two 17
Reinhard Müller Surprise Ace Triumph Aces shuffled reversed into packet, face-up/face-down mix, all cards right except the Queens
Inspired by
  • "Automatic Ace Triumph" (Kuniyasu Fujiwara, Genii, May 2000)
Related to 		2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 139
Roy Walton Back Into Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here 2001 Omerta 8
Jack Avis Club sandwich five packets put together face-up and -down, only two selections reversed at the end
Inspired byVariations 2002 Ahead of the Pack 97
Jack Jansen Variant five packets put together face-up and -down, only two selections reversed at the end, with further idea by Lewis Jones
Inspired by 2002 Ahead of the Pack 98
Jamy Ian Swiss The Obligatory Card Trick
Also published here 2002 Theatrics II 7
Jamy Ian Swiss Brainy Triumph wrong card found and used to count down to selection
Also published here 2002 Theatrics II 11
Jamy Ian Swiss Juan Betterini presentation for Daryl's effect
Also published here 2002 Theatrics II 17
Roberto Giobbi, Larry Jennings All's Well That Ends Well red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 Card College — Volume 5 1361
Karl Fulves Select & Reject one of two cards decided upon, then triumph
Variations 2003 Off The Books (Issue 10) 196
Karl Fulves Not Not True prediction written and torn up, two cards chosen and one put back, Triumph done, rejected card turns out to be dismissed prediction
Inspired by 2003 Off The Books (Issue 10) 197
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Shiftless Royalty ten cards taken from deck and every second card turned over, suddenly only selection is reversed
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 42
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Impaired Royalty another method, small packet triumph
Related to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 44
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Ambitious and Overworked
Inspired by 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 55
Max Maven Over Easier Small packet Triumph with nine cards - selection shown to have different colored back
Inspired by 2004 Random Acts of Magic 29
Joshua Jay Over Easy Scrambled Small packet Triumph, selection is odd-backed, then deck changes color
Inspired by 2004 Random Acts of Magic 82
Richard Sanders, David Acer Time Boards Triumph-shuffled deck rights itself except for three cards, which tell the time
 		2004 Random Acts of Magic 139
Wesley James I'll Put Money on It coin appears in deck next to selection, rest straightened out
  • Method 1 (Basic)
  • Method 2 (Tabled Reverse)
  • Method 3 (No Turn)
  • Method 4 (Coup de Grace)
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 297
Wesley James Color Triumphant
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 309
Edward Marlo, Ron Bauer Time Machine three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time
Inspired by
  • "Time Machine" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem #7)
 2004 Time Machine 2
Ron Frost Retention Mini packet triumph with six cards
 		2004 After The Force 101
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Lucky Sorts two selections found with counting and reversed, then Triumph version, using Killer Count
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 41
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Noble Triumph King chosen, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, other Kings cut to, all cards rightened except Queens
  • Optional Additional Kicker (Kings odd-backed)
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 106
Darwin Ortiz Darwin Ortiz's Variation Trumped Triumph variation with two selections
Inspired by 2005 Sleight of Hand and a Twist of Fate 65
Karl Hein Karl Hein's Variation Trumped Triumph variation with phone number revelation
Inspired by 2005 Sleight of Hand and a Twist of Fate 66
Tyler Wilson B52 Shooter deck shuffled face-up into face-down, all face-up cards shoot out during one-handed shuffle except selection
 		2006 Dominatricks 68
Kostya Kimlat House Party Collectors as Kostya Kimlet, Collectors combined with Triumph, story presentation
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 180
Liam Montier The Cardless Triumph card printed face-up and down on a paper, folded and unfolded, only selection remains face up
 		2006 Switch 319
Bruce Cervon Turnabout is Faro Play selected card only face down between face-up
Related to 2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 20
Bruce Cervon, Larry Jennings Add to Faro Play
2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 20
Unknown Simon though Vernon
2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 21
Aldo Colombini The Dream triumph in which selection changes back color as kicker
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 80
Mark Levy Pitch Black Triumph can only be performed in totally dark room
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 466
Nathan Kranzo Standing Up to Ray & Bill Triumph with visual restoration
Inspired by 2007 The Magician's Ltd Cookbook 83
Christoph Borer Joker's Triumph triumph, reversed card at the end is a joker and selection is in card case
 		2007 Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind 22
Daniel Garcia Nacho Mama's Triumph Color changing deck Triumph
Inspired by 2009 Limited 14
Nick Trost Roll-Over Aces only Aces reversed, dealing procedure with sixteen cards
  • Roll-Over Poker (with Royal Flush ending)
Inspired by
  • "Automatic Ace Triumph" (Kuniyasu Fujiwara, Genii, May 2000)
Variations 		2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 370
Nick Trost Another Roll-Over Aces with grid folding
Inspired by 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 372
John Guastaferro Behind-the-Back Triumph spectator mixes cards behind his back
 		2010 One Degree 97
John Guastaferro Out in the Open "A variation with the cards in view"
Inspired by 2010 One Degree 99
John Guastaferro Ballet Stunner color changing back kicker
 		2010 One Degree 101
Troy Hooser Jack Act Named four of a kind and named card transpose repeatedly, seven phase routine involving Triumph, Inversion, transposition, vanishes and productions
 		2010 Moments 52
Helder Guimarães Triumphant new pack order finale despite seeing deck mixed
 		2011 Ontology Project 14
Darwin Ortiz Fast Company Triumph, second phase effect like "Play It Straight"
Inspired by 2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 121
Ben Train Segue face-up/face-down shuffle deck changes so that all red cards except black selection turn in one direction
 		2012 Anteater Consortium 23
Charles Hudson Baby Hummer Used to demonstrate the CATO principle, uses four cards
Related toVariations 2012 Magical Mathematics 1
Steve Freeman Royal Hummer Cards are mixed face up and face down haphazardly, later all cards are face down except a royal flush
Variations 2012 Magical Mathematics 8
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham Back to Magic End of chapter, describes Steve's own variation on Steve Freeman's handling of Royal Hummer
Inspired by 2012 Magical Mathematics 15
Mark Tams Topsy-Turvy Chameleon Card with odd-back climax
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 262
John Guastaferro Stock Exchange cuts to mix face-up/face-down by spectator, red-black-separation as finale
 		2013 Discoveries & Deceptions 31
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Automatic Ace Triumph hands-off, dealing procedure, sixteen cards
 		2013 Ensuing Impuzzibilities 5
Chris Westfall Cheeky Triumph Color changing deck + Triumph, uses variant of Cheek-to-Cheek deck
 		2013 Calculated Chaos 9
Steven Hamilton Stressed-out Card in-the hands, deck changes into rainbow deck, red/blue double backer
Inspired by 2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 70
Steven Hamilton Transpo Triumph transposition add-on to Triumph
 		2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 145
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Sybil Triumph apparently deck is rightened via flourish cut
 		2014 Card Men 44
Paul Harris, Wayne Houchin Unshuffling R. Unshuffling Rebecca Triumph effect, end with a blackjack hand face-up in face-down deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 Remix 10
Ramón Riobóo Disparity Updated handling of the Dudeney Parity Principle. Cards are dealt into a grid on the table as directed by the audience. The cards are reassembled by folding rows and columns onto each other - again controlled by the audience - yet the selections are found reversed in the packet.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 88
John Hostler The Rauschenberg Effect ambitious card, then Triumph and all cards become blank except selection
 		2016 Magnum Opossum 47
Ryan Plunkett The Hallucinogenic Shuffle As deck is shuffled, more and more face up cards appear. Selection made, lost, dead cut to selection, then deck is all face down
 		2017 A New Angle 122
Ryan Plunkett Flash Triumph Clean handling of Triumph, selection appears in deck suddenly after all cards shown to have turned face down first
 		2017 A New Angle 131
Bob Farmer Messcal deck shuffled, dealt into eight piles randomly, Triumph, new deck order finale, octal sorting
Variations 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #5) 4
Bob Farmer Messcal Lite Triumph with new deck order finale
Inspired byVariations 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #6) 1
Bob Farmer Messcal Lite with a Better Lie Triumph with new deck order finale
Inspired by 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox (Issue Addendum #7) 1
Juan Villarejo Apertura en Ases production of four Aces then Triumph where Aces end up reversed
 		2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 52
Peter Pellikaan Conraad Four Jacks of Hearts, small packet Triumph, then change into four Aces
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 115
Asi Wind Double Exposure deck shuffled face-up/face-down, smartphone picture taken of fanned deck, later only one card is reversed on that picture
Inspired byVariations 2018 Repertoire 63
Asi Wind, Arthur Chavaudret, Shimshi, Amir Lustig Endnotes further ideas for Double Exposure
 		2018 Repertoire 69
Harapan Ong Dude, You're not even Trying competition with spectator who rights half a face-up/face-down mixed deck faster, spectator's end up mixed again while performer's magically unmix
 		2018 Principia 124
Harapan Ong The More you Shuffle cards shuffled face-up/face-down, they become progressively straightened out during more riffle shuffles, four Aces end up reversed
 		2018 Principia 125
Harapan Ong Going Both Ways Triumph routine, Nine of Hearts is revealed which is then used to find all four Aces
 		2019 A Stack to Forget 35
Wayne Houchin Unshuffling R. Unshuffling Rebecca Triumph effect, cards pushed through get turned the right way around, ends dirty
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 Houchin: $ Transposition & Unshuffling R. 11
Ramón Riobóo Shy or Showoff Many spectators, each spectator takes four cards, CATO Principle (Baby Hummer)
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Baby Hummer" (Nick Trost)
 2019 Second Thoughts 63
Ramón Riobóo Cards That Manifest Themselves Self working Triumph, based on parity principle, cards mixed face up and down restore, leaving only the selected cards reversed
Related to 2019 Second Thoughts 105
Andi Gladwin From the Centre face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker
Inspired byRelated to 2020 The Boy Who Cried Magic 149
Lee Benzaquin Surprise Ace Collectors collectors as finale of Triumph
Inspired by 2020 Magic for BLM 26
Reinhard Müller Baby Boom with four cards
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 179
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