David Kuraya

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Brother John Hamman	The Pinochle Trick	ungaffed, Gemini Count	Related to Pinochle Plus (Conrad C. Bush, 1985) A Purist Plays With Pinocle (Jon Racherbaumer, 1992) Pinochle To Blackjack (Martin A. Nash, 2007) Variations Pinochle Pinnacle (Martin A. Nash, 1977) The Pinochle Caper (Dai Vernon, Jack Avis, Brother John Hamman, Jay Malbrough, 1979) Panic at the Poker Table (Allan Ackerman, 1981) Keep on Cloning (Frank Simon, 1983) Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2017) Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2020) Hamman Card Trick (Vernon Version) (Dai Vernon, 2022) Also published here The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1984) The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1989)	Oct. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14)	130	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Eric Mead	Signed Stunner	spectator signs card on face, performer different one on back, both signatures on one card at the end	Variations Mystery Wand (David Kuraya, John Guastaferro, Eric Mead, 2018)	Nov. 1986	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 4)	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
David Kuraya	Blackjack for Brother John	four cards shown as duplicate Jacks, then as two Blackjack hands, then into five cards that add up to twenty-one	Inspired by The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1983) Also published here Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2020)	Apr. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
David Kuraya, John Guastaferro, Eric Mead	Mystery Wand	signed card placed among the Aces, wand made from rolled-up odd-backed card, that card turns out to be the signed selection	Inspired by Signed Stunner (Eric Mead, 1986) Variations Mystery Wand (John Guastaferro, David Kuraya, Eric Mead, 2023)	Oct. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
David Kuraya	Blackjack for Brother John	four cards shown as duplicate Jacks, then as two Blackjack hands, then into five cards that add up to twenty-one Phase One: Four Black Jacks Phase Two: Double Down	Inspired by The Pinochle Trick (Brother John Hamman, 1983) Also published here Blackjack for Brother John (David Kuraya, 2017)	2020	Output (Issue 6)	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
David Kuraya	Ask the 8	Hofzinser Aces with the Eights and eight-ball presentation		Jan. 2022	The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 10)	259	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
John Guastaferro, David Kuraya, Eric Mead	Mystery Wand	signed card placed among the Aces, wand made from rolled-up odd-backed card, that card turns out to be the signed selection	Inspired by Mystery Wand (David Kuraya, John Guastaferro, Eric Mead, 2018)	2023	The N^th Degree°	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
Tom Frame (reviewer)	Ginóskó	by David Kuraya		Oct. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 10)	83	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Kuraya (reviewer)	Afterglow	by John Graham		Dec. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 12)	84	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Kuraya (reviewer)	The Inventive Magician's Handbook	by Gary Brown		Dec. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 12)	86	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Kuraya (reviewer)	The Particle System	by Joshua Jay		Mar. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 3)	66	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Kuraya (reviewer)	Forged by Fire	by Christoph Borer		May 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 5)	69	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes

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