Cards in Confidence — Volume One

1979
Written by Justin Branch
Work of Justin Branch
150 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
No illustrations
Language: English
79 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Justin Branch Introduction
Section One: Two Parallel Impromptu Routines
Justin Branch Section One Introduction comments on all the routines that follow
Justin Branch Twisting the Cull ruse in which some apparently random cards are taken out, but really the four Aces (or another set-up) is set on top, without an actual culling technique
 		1
Justin Branch Double Touch Turn two named cards in a packet turn over one by one
  • First Thought Of Card
  • Second Thought Of Card
 		2
Justin Branch Matching Partagus Ace to Four of Clubs are on table, elevator-style effects are done with them one by one, then they change to Hearts, "Partagas" misspelled
Variations 4
Justin Branch One-Handed Second Deal from break, à la "Downs Second", see a)
 		5
Justin Branch One-Handed Drop Second Deal from break, second card drops out, see b)
Related to 5
Justin Branch Visual Four Ace Location Plus Two with a surprise transposition of two Aces
 		7
Justin Branch, Fred Castle No Palming Two Handed Four Ace Routine
  • Choice of Leader Ace (diamond formation)
  • Transposition of First Ace
  • Transposition of Second Ace
    • Vanish From Its Packet
    • Appearance In Leader Ace Packet
    • Avoiding Premature Spreading
  • Transposition of Third Ace - Method One
  • Transposition of Third Ace - Method Two
  • Transposition of Third Ace - Method Three
Inspired by 10
Justin Branch False Placement when laying out the cards in an Ace Assembly
  • Two Cards As Three
  • Four Cards As Three
 		11
Justin Branch, Fred Castle Packet Turnover Change packet turned over, one of its cards is switched
Inspired by 14
Justin Branch No Palming One-Handed Four Ace Routine one-handed slow motion Aces, lot's of turnover switches
  • Transposition of First Ace
  • Transposition of Second Ace
  • Transposition of Third Ace
 		17
Justin Branch Signed Ace Transposition as a phase of a slow motion Ace assembly
 		21
Justin Branch The Steal from one packet to another as both are shown
 		21
Justin Branch Four Ace Follow Up
  • Initial Switch
choreography to switch the four Aces at the end of an Ace Assembly
 		24
Half Pass brief, normal and spread pass adaption
 		24
Justin Branch Flash Ace Assemblage Aces are placed at the bottom of four three-card packets, all packets collected, Aces rise to top
  • Advanced Handling for "Flash Ace Assemblage"
 		25
Justin Branch Elevating Aces short optional follow-up
 		27
Justin Branch Triumphant Transposition Aces lost face-up in deck, twelve cards are alternated face-up/face-down, six of them transpose with the Aces
 		29
Justin Branch Gambler Control follow-up simple Ace stack deal with two faros and spectator shuffling in the Aces (apparently)
 		30
Annex A to Section One
31
Justin Branch Impossible Transposition signed card in envelope transposes with sandwiched signed card on table
 		31
Justin Branch Card Envelope Steal card in envelope is stolen out
Inspired by 31
Justin Branch Signed Card to Wallet card signed on back travels from envelope to wallet
Inspired by 34
Annex B to Section One
35
Justin Branch Four Ace Routines: Handling of Last Packet
  • Premise
  • Unloading Moves
    • Method One
    • Method Two
    • Method Three
 		35
Section Two: The Centre Card Switch unnumbered page
 		38
Justin Branch The Centre Card Switch: Introduction
38
Justin Branch Double Sandwich Transposition
  • Utilising "Centre Card Switch"
two cards sandwiched on the table transpose twice
  • Follow Up
 		40
Justin Branch The Centre Card Switch Center Card Switch, card apparently slid between two sandwich cards, really under the sandwich and a previously hidden card switched-in instead
Variations 41
Justin Branch Miniature Locator
  • Utilising The Centre Card Switch
small card from miniature deck is sandwich between two small cards, it vanishes and is found next to its mate in a normal-sized deck
 		44
Justin Branch Double Sandwich Transposition
  • Utilising "Centre Card Switch Progressed"
sandwiched selection is placed on table, it changes into another card and selection is found sandwiched in rest of deck
  • Presentation Suggestions
    • First Suggestion (sandwiched card becomes blank)
    • Second Suggestion (sandwiched card becomes previously selected card)
Variations 46
Justin Branch The Centre Card Switch Progressed Center Card Switch Progressed, card apparently slid between two sandwich cards, really under the sandwich and a previously hidden card switched-in instead, with additional card hidden and Proofing Move display from both sides
Inspired by 47
Justin Branch Third Suggestion (For the advanced card man) selection and red Aces are placed in deck at different position, second selection is sandwiched between black Aces and placed on table, it changes into the first card and second selection is found sandwiched between red Aces in rest of deck
Inspired by 48
Section Three: Sleights unnumbered page
 		50
Justin Branch The One Handed Double Lift And Turnover card seems to be flipped over with first finger around front edge of deck
Also published here
  • Justin Branch, Manipulative Production and Card Routining - Volume 3
 50
Justin Branch Double Lifting a Conjuror sequence involving an ambitious card phase and transposition for other magicians, using one-handed triple lift
 		52
Justin Branch Controlled Add On card inserted in center, half-palmed into right hand, tabled packet is picked up and exchanged with deck so hidden card is always covered
  • Insertion of Chosen Card
  • Variation - Turning the Deck Face Up
  • Semi-Palm of Chosen Card
  • The Add On
  • Alternative Endings
    • 1. Deck Is Placed On Table
    • 2. Deck Is Retained In The Left Hand
 		53
Justin Branch Named Ace changes to Selection top of page
 		55
Justin Branch Matching Partagus Addition different get-into, "Partagas" misspelled
Inspired by 55
Justin Branch Illusory Bottom Second Count Down Force second card from bottom is forced by counting from the top into the right hand and doing a covered greek deal while lifting both hands
 		56
Justin Branch As a Double Deal top and second from bottom card
 		57
Justin Branch Using the Double Deal ambitious card sequence, or card changes back color
 		57
Justin Branch Small Number Count Down Force spectator names number from two to ten, counted to and original top card is forced with cumbersome procedure
 		58
Justin Branch Dual Quick Control (Educated) control of two cards to second from top and bottom, immovable, see Marlo's "Slip Cut No. 3" in reference
Related to 60
Justin Branch The Star Display display that displaces two cards (in same way as Siva Count)
 		62
Justin Branch The Swivel Count counting cards into left hand with packet gripped at diagonal corners and revolving it after every card
  • To Show 4 Blank Back Cards and One Double Blank As 5 Double Blanks
  • The Swivel Count With The Hamman Count
 		64
Justin Branch Two Deck Stack Retainment top stock in red and blue backed deck is retained despite the spectator apparently shuffling both
 		66
Justin Branch Bottom Second Slip Force card stabbed into deck, card next is the selection, forcing second from bottom card
  • Follow Ups
 		67
Justin Branch Four Coin Surprise deck cut into four packets, top cards taken and tabled one by one, coins appear under them
 		69
Justin Branch Section Four: Impromptu Three
  • Introduction
 		71
Justin Branch General Pair - Thrice spectator selects two cards which are lost in a packet, another spectator selects two cards which are lost, a third spectator chooses two cards, the first four selections have vanished and all have chosen the same two cards
 		72
Justin Branch Spectators Aces three spectators stop at cards, they are the Aces, performer cuts to fourth Ace
  • Method One
  • Method Two
 		73
Justin Branch Spectator Coincidence spectator cuts to mates twice
 		76
Justin Branch Think Four Aces the order of four cards is predicted in a packet, using false counts to adjust to any of the twenty-four possible orders
  • The Table of Twenty-Four
 		77
Justin Branch Section Five: False Counts
85
Justin Branch Displacement Counts ABC displacement counts with five cards to adjust the order ("In all twenty-six Displacement Counts with a five-card packet will be given.")
 		85
Justin Branch Packet Grip Required for Displacement Counts D to W
87
Justin Branch Displacement Counts D to W displacement counts with five cards to adjust the order ("In all twenty-six Displacement Counts with a five-card packet will be given.")
 		88
Justin Branch Misplacement Counts
93
Justin Branch The Elmsley Misplacement kind of broken Elmsley count
 		93
Justin Branch Signed Transposition card signed on back, its face transposes, small packet
 		93
Justin Branch The Hamman Misplacements broken Hamman count
  • Single Break Hamman Misplacement
  • Double Break Hamman Misplacement
  • Triple Break Hamman Misplacement
  • Quadriple Break Hamman Misplacement ("Quadruple" typo)
  • Quintiple Break Hamman Misplacement ("Quintuple" typo)
 		94
Section Six: Feature Effects Part One unnumbered page
 		101
Justin Branch Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression Spades and Hearts alternated in one half, other half with alternating Clubs and Diamonds, both halves are riffle shuffled individually and then faro-shuffled together
  • The Four Card Rule (each set of four contains one of each suit, first two cards give all information to know the next two cards)
variants replacing one or multiple suits with force cards, then procedure to further "mix" the cards by making groups and combining them again, giving rise to the following rules:
  • The Eight Card Rule
  • The Sixteen Card Rule
  • The Thirty Two Card Rule
Variations 101
Justin Branch Suit-Able after a long mixing procedure, the performer knows the suit order of the deck and packets are sorted from under handkerchief with help of spectator, Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
 		107
Justin Branch Even Odder performer separates red-backed from blue-backed cards under handkerchief after longer mixing procedure, Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
 		110
Justin Branch Suit Yourself performer knows suit order after longer mixing procedure while spectator only gets the expected amount right, Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
Variations 114
Justin Branch Honeymoon Suits extension of "Suit Yourself" about pairs of suits after one more faro shuffle
  • MK II Honeymoon Suits (different get-in)
  • MK III Honeymoon Suits
 		119
Justin Branch Double Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression extension of principle, see previous item and following items
Inspired by 127
Justin Branch Four Suit Sequence Prediction having information about the suit order of four cards from the four cards before that, Double Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
 		128
Justin Branch Ecliptic Suit Prediction having information about the suit order of four cards from the four cards before that, Double Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression, also with ESP cards
 		129
Justin Branch Incredible Mooseblaster guessing game with red/black ESP symbol deck, Double Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
 		131
Justin Branch Hypnotic Suits cards are sorted into suits by performer with presentation in which the spectators are apparently hypnotized, Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
 		138
Justin Branch Note on Gilbreath
  • Matching Cut Gilbreath Rule
  • Avoiding a One Packet Reversal
 		144
Justin Branch The Winning Method story presentation for suit separation by performer, Gilbreath in Arithmetic Progression
Related to 145
Justin Branch Definition of Terms
  • (single) Gilbreath (Tw o Cycle)
  • Two Cycle Double Gilbreath
  • Three Cycle (single) Gilbreath
  • Three Cycle Double Gilbreath
  • Two Cycle Triple Gilbreath
 		149
Justin Branch A Brief Excursion on the material in this book
 		150
Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2025.