Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation

29 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Joseph Ovette	Simple Location	with Ace through King of one suit in order to locate card		1940	Fast Ones	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Doc Miller	That Number Down		Variations The Oops Principle (Eddie Fields, 1997)	1946	50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
	Think Stop			1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Jack Miller, Al Koran	Lazy Man's Card Trick		Related to The Controlled Cut (1976) Speaking Volumes (David Regal, Dan Garrett, 2005) Variations The Zen Master (Darwin Ortiz, 2002) Impromptu Lazy Man's Card Trick (2007) Prophecy Location (Karl Hein, 2014) Lazy Man on Edge (Ondřej Pšenička, 2017) 52! (Michael Breggar, 2018) The Lazy Man's Card Trick (John Graham, 2021) Prologue - A Preliminary Trick (Juan Tamariz, 2022) Also published here Lazy Man's Card Trick (Harry Lorayne, 2018)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	199	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
	The Controlled Cut	No. 65, spectator cuts and this value is used to count down to selection, Ace through King of Hearts set-up, Al Baker credit given	Related to Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	1976	Self-Working Card Tricks	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Al Koran	Ein Kartentrick für Faule Magier		Also published here New Pentagram, June 1973	June 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4)	65	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Edward Marlo	Not-so-Lazy-Man's Card Trick	Seven Variations on the Original Handling		Jan. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 1)	1737	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Stephen Tucker	Miracle Aces			1991	New Close-Up Lecture	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Mike Maxwell	Lazy Magician's Assistant	lazy interlocking set-up		Aug. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 8)	2396	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Simon Aronson	Doubly Lazy	two selections, Ace to King twice	Related to Lazy Memory (Simon Aronson, 1995)	1995	Simply Simon	136	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Simon Aronson	Lazy Memory	ideas for applying the memorized deck to the Lazy Man's Card Trick Memorized Doubly Lazy Spelling to the Second Selection "Sessions" Lazy Memory	Related to Doubly Lazy (Simon Aronson, 1995)	1995	Simply Simon	162	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Simon Aronson	Everybody's Lazy	two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch	Variations Location Sensing Device (Matt Baker, 2019) Also published here Everybody's Lazy (Simon Aronson, 2003)	1995	Simply Simon	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Michael Skinner, Al Koran	A Deeper Mystery		Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	1996	Classic Sampler	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Eddie Fields	The Oops Principle	Opportunity, Opportunism, Preparedness, Sneaky with handling of the Lazy Man card trick	Inspired by That Number Down (Doc Miller, 1946)	1997	The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields	98	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
David Regal	Crazy & Lazy	face up Lazy Man's Card Trick, 1-0-1	Inspired by All's Fair (David Regal, 1999)	2002	Constant Fooling 2	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Simon Aronson	Everybody's Lazy	two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch	Also published here Everybody's Lazy (Simon Aronson, 1995)	2003	Lecture Notes	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Eric Mead	Lazy Restoration	handling to restore reversed part of stack	Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	2006	Tangled Web	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Karl Fulves	The Pecking Bird	credit information, Howard Albright's "Herman, The Gilagloo Bird" (1930s)		2006	Prolix (Issue 1)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Wind-up Toy
	Impromptu Lazy Man's Card Trick		Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	June 2007	Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Alexander de Cova	Lazy Man's Card Trick	comment on the effect as part of blindfold card act		2015	Burners — Vol. 3	191	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Ondřej Pšenička	Lazy Man on Edge	Lazy Man Card Trick plot, uses Butterfly cards	Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	2017	The Secret of the Butterflies	70	Cards / Principles / One Way / Edgemarked Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Michael Breggar	52!	Repeatedly count and deal cards based on the card stopped at, magician predicts the final card	Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	Oct. 2018	Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
Harry Lorayne	Lazy Man's Card Trick		Also published here Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	2018	And Finally!	213	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Ramón Riobóo	Double Allerton	magician predicts card stopped on	Inspired by Allerton's Indicator (Bert Allerton, 1946)	2019	Second Thoughts	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Jon Racherbaumer	In Situ Lazy Man's Card Trick		Also published here Provenance Hunter No. 1, 2014	Apr. 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 4)	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation
John Graham	The Lazy Man's Card Trick	in-the-hands cutting, eight-card stack	Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	2021	Stage by Stage	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Dani DaOrtiz	The Lucky Magician			2022	Five	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Juan Tamariz	Prologue - A Preliminary Trick	found by spinning a pocketknife	Inspired by Lazy Man's Card Trick (Jack Miller, Al Koran, 1962)	2022	Letters from Juan — Volume 1	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Tobias Hudson	Lathered in Honey	selection lost in deck, spectator cuts deck into four face-up piles, top cards removed and deck assembled, one of the four cards is chosen and its value used to count to selection in deck		Aug. 2025	Curzon (Issue 1)	11	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Lazy Man's Card Trick & Variation Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial