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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
S. W. Erdnase	II. To Retain the Complete Stock		Related to Acting Out Erdnase (Justin Higham, 2015) Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations Cutting Up (Tom Gagnon, 1988) Cy Endfield's Four-Way Slip Cut - Reconstruction (Justin Higham, Cy Endfield, 1999) More Options (Steve Forte, 2020)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	45	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / False Flourish Cut
S. W. Erdnase	Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing	different methods while toying with the deck	Related to Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations Method Five: Multiple Cull (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994) Method Six: Multiple Cull (Roger Crosthwaite, 1994) Gagnon Stocks Erdnase (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	60	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Arranging the Order Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / One Card Passes
S. W. Erdnase	The S.W.E. Shift	color change mention on page 136	Related to The Short Pass (C. H. Wilson, 1877) S.W.E. Shift Applications (Roberto Giobbi, 2012) The S. W. E. Shift (Shane Cobalt, 2019) Variations Ribbon Spread Double Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2011) fast S. W. E. (Steve Forte, 2020) Expertalk: Ernesto Melero on the S.W.E. Shift (Ernesto Melero, 2022) Top Card Cover S.W.E. Shift (Roger Klause, 2022) Bruce's Top Card Cover S.W.E. (Gordon Bruce, 2022)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	134	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Miscellaneous
S. W. Erdnase	Power of Concentrated Thought	number up to ten	Related to Thought Reading Extraordinary (1897) Card and Number Divination (1935) Card at Any Number (Chan Canasta, 2000) Variations SCAAN (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	196	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Yank Hoe	The Sympathetic Coins	on corners of handkerchief	Variations The Sympathetic Discs (Lewis Ganson, 1952) Ho Ho Coins (Karl Fulves, 1985) You Have My Sympathy (Tom Gagnon, 1988) Ultimate Coin Assembly (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Gagnon's Sympathetic Coins (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1909	The Art of Magic	251	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Dai Vernon	An Insolvable Mystery	deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position	Related to Insolvable Mystery (Dai Vernon, 1997) Variations Insolvable Mystery (Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue, 1985) Know Way (Jerry K. Hartman, 1995) Punched in the Dark (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1936	Card Manipulations (Issue 5)	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Sam H. Sharpe	Domination of Thought	key card, originally from Conjured Up	Variations Domination of Thought (Al Mann, Sam H. Sharpe, 1976) You Must Do as I Do (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	72	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Henry Christ	The Perfect Force	double backer, 203rd force	Variations The Open Prediction #10 (Stewart James, 1955) The Imperfect Force (Tom Gagnon, 1998)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	128	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Theodore Annemann	Jinx Switch	original source	Variations Sliding Jinx Switch (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	Sep. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 36)	243	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Jean Hugard	The Handkerchief Force		Variations Crystal Clairvoyance (George G. Kaplan, 1948) The Thinner Handkerchief Force (Harry Riser, 2006) Inverse Handkerchief Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1938	Greater Magic	195	Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props
Orville Wayne Meyer	The Burglars	three Jacks between the four Kings, all face down	Variations Burglar's Big Break Out (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1938	More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
	Fan Control	spectator inserts card in fan a/. (Automatic Jog Control) b/. Riffle Control	Related to An Automatic Jog-Control (Paul LePaul, 1949) Single Card Control (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Variations Four-Flushed Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Fan Control Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Fan Control Finesse (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Fan Control (Frederick Braue, 1972) Fan Control (1991)	1938	More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)	49	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fan Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Plunger Jog
	Gamblers' False Cut - Retaining Bottom Stock	tabled, straight cut, bottom cards slid back to bottom	Related to Tabled Tilt Pass (Edward Marlo, 1984) Bottom-Slug Hops (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations One-Handed Gambler's False Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Cutting Action Gambler's False Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Dribbler Action Gambler's False Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Gambler's False Cut and Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Gamblers' Stack (Jack McMillen, 1985)	1940	Expert Card Technique	79	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Partial / Bottom Stock
	The Jog at the Break	transforming a break into a jog, two methods	Variations Push Through Jogs (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1940	Expert Card Technique	102	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
	The Tap	tapping a produding card "through" the squared pack	Related to The Deliberate Shift (Tommy Tucker, 1933) Tapping the Cards (Bill Simon, 1952) Taps (Bill Simon, 1979) The Tap (2008) Variations Tap Illusion (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1940	Expert Card Technique	122	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
	The Mexican Turnover		Variations Flexible Turnover Move (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1940	Expert Card Technique	128	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover
Charlie Miller	The Dunbury Delusion		Related to The Dunbury Delusion Improved (Charlie Miller, 1968) Redone-bury Delusion (Jerry K. Hartman, 1970) Variations The Dunbury Switch (Tom Gagnon, 1988) Don't Count On It (Justin Higham, 1988) No Seconds Dunbury (Harry Milliken, 1994) Undone Delusion (R. Paul Wilson, 2018) Ed Marlo's Dunbury Delusion (Edward Marlo, 2022)	1940	Expert Card Technique	319	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Partagas Sell (Dunbury Delusion)
	Crystal Thought	duplicate, mexican turnover	Related to Crystal Thought (Roberto Giobbi, 2002) Variations Devilish Thought (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1940	Expert Card Technique	335	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Tabled Card is Named Card
	The Hindu Color Changing Deck		Variations Gambler's Delight (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	208	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Al Baker	Slipping the Cut - Table Method	"Baker Improvement" Draw Shift variation	Variations Zigging & Zagging the Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Slipping the Cut, Table Method (Al Baker, 2003)	1941	Magical Ways and Means	29	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / One-Handed
Laurie Ireland	The Imaginary Half Dollar	half dollar appears	Variations Flip Up Production (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1942	Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks	20	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only
Eddie Joseph	The Monocle Mystery	marked coin held with eye, taken out, vanished, and shown back in eye, double lift with coins	Variations Popeyed (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1942	Coin and Money Magic	71	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
John Scarne	John Scarne's Master Change	card put in envelope changes	Related to Switching a Card in an Envelope (Dai Vernon, 1961) Variations A Novel Transposition (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	217	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Edward Marlo	Dice Switches	1. The One Hand Switch 2. Money Switch 3. Cuff Switch 4. Table Switch 5. Single Dice Switch	Related to Shuttle Switch (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1943	Shoot the Works	40	Dice (small) / Switches
Dave Price	The Dave Price False Cut		Related to One-Handed Fancy True Cut (1902) New Price Cut (Jerry K. Hartman, 1974) Variations New Price Cut (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991) Price-Gagnon False Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1943	Tricks and Sleights	29	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / False Flourish Cut Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Russell T. Barnhart	Secret Reverse on Table	passive or with a riffle shuffle	Related to The Action Reverse (James Steranko, 1960) Zarrow Action Reverse (Keith Bennett, 1993) Variations Tabled Reverse Throw Off (Ken Simmons, 1981) Table Reverse & Effect (Edward Marlo, 1988) Add to Shuffle - For those who know (Edward Marlo, 1988) Subtle Tabled Reverse (Doug Conn, 1995) Tabled Reverse Handling (Wesley James, 2004) Gambler's False Cut and Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1945	Off the Top	10	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
John Scarne	Triple Coincidence	two decks, three cards exchanged	Variations Odd Men Out (Dan Tong, 1967) Triple Coincidence (John Scarne, Roberto Giobbi, 1995) Kings Royale (Nick Trost, 1997) Triple Vision (David Regal, 1999) Coincidence with Two Decks and Three Cards (Juan Tamariz, 2004) ESP Triple Coincidence (Nick Trost, 2011) Scarne's Triple Coincidence Revisited (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1946	Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Arthur H. Buckley	Buckley's Reverse	from bottom to center, while riffle shuffling	Variations A Variation Of The Buckley Reverse (Ellison Poland, 1973) T.G. Ribbon Spread Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Bottom Reverse - Arthur Buckley's Reverse (Arthur H. Buckley, 1969)	1946	Card Control	39	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
	A Different Top Change - Mass Hypnotism	one-handed top change ("Ultra Move")	Variations About Face (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1946	Card Control	88	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Ultra Move
	Bottom Stock Shift	retaining only bottom stock after cut	Variations One-Handed Gambler's False Cut (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1946	Card Control	110	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Two-Handed
Milbourne Christopher	The Bag Stab	with knife, deck in paper bag	Variations Pool Cue Card Stab (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	June 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 1)	224	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Paper bag
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Miracle Routine: Cards By Weight	multiple phases, Ace-King set-up, faro	Related to Unforgettable (Pit Hartling, 2003) Variations Aces by Weight (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Weighing In (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1947	Marlo In Spades	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Dr. Jacob Daley	The Cavorting Aces		Variations Cavorting Aces Handling (Dr. Jacob Daley, Tom Gagnon, 1995) The Jumping Aces (Jack Avis, 2006)	1950	Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces
Richard Bruce	WOW!	one of five cards travel into deck face up, biddle trick	Variations Here's a Tip (Pete Biro, 1971) The Invisible Card (Dick Ferguson, George G. Kaplan, Roberto Giobbi, 1998) Wow - that's Different (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	Sep. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)	835	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
	Bluff Vanish	pretending to take a coin from a handful of change	Variations Tipsy Coin Vanish (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	59	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
	The "Pumpkin Seed" Vanish	squeeze method	Variations Pumpkin Seed Split (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	101	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Stewart Judah	Second Method		Variations Soda Jerk (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	288	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Stanley Collins	Owen Clark		Variations Miser's Daydream (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	333	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Articles / Anecdotes
Stanley Collins	Morritt's Purse Trick	purse palm	Variations Contemporary Purse Swindle (Tom Gagnon, 1981) The Purse Trick (Jim Steinmeyer, 1997)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	334	Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Bill Simon	The Gambler Controls the Aces	cutting the Aces (jogged Aces), then all Aces turnover in the deck at once	Variations ZigZag Aces (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1952	Effective Card Magic	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Edward Marlo	Bottop Change		Related to What From Whom (Karl Fulves, 1988) Karl Fulves: The Great Pretender (Jon Racherbaumer, 1989) Variations Variation on the BoTop Change (Harry Levine, Derek Dingle, Edward Marlo, 1989) Bottop Spread Switch (Tom Gagnon, 2013) The Bottom Change and Back ("Magic" Christian Stelzel, 2017) Also published here Bottop Change (Edward Marlo, 2007)	1953	The Cardician	35	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / BoTop & Bottop Change
Edward Marlo	Simple Shift		Related to The Most Flexible Shift: Simple Shift (Edward Marlo, 1961) Reverse Simple Shift (Karl Fulves, 2003) Variations The SMITH Shift (Al Smith, 1979) The Smith Shift (Al Smith, 1980) The "Block"Buster Pass (James Swain, 1996) Combination Shift (Jason England, 1999) Simple Shift - Technical Variation (Ken Simmons, 1999) Simple Shift Variation (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) MK Simple Shift Variation (Michał Kociołek, Edward Marlo, 2012) Finessed Simple Shift (Johnny Thompson, 2018) Four-Flushed Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut (Larry Jennings, 2020) Multi-Directional Simple Shift (Larry Jennings, 2020) Not So Simple Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1953	The Cardician	58	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Edward Marlo	The Late Arrival	top card changes to selection, turned over by spectator before and after transformation, four methods (with and without stripper deck)	Variations Never Too Late (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1953	The Cardician	85	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Bill Simon	Twice Clipped	two mate predictions, cards clipped together with paper clips	Variations Twice Clipped Improved (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	Feb. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 300)	1199	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Cy Endfield	The Escape of the Musketeers	three cards, Biddle Handling	Variations Packet Collectors (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1955	Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon, Mac McDonald	Seven Card Monte	card vanishes from packet and reappears on top of the deck, repeat	Related to Pitch Tricks (Mac McDonald, 1986) Seven Card Monte Redux (Edward Marlo, 1991) Seven Card Monte (Dai Vernon, 2022) Variations Seven-Card-Monte (Juan Tamariz, 1970) Thoughts on Vernon's Seven Card Monte (Paul Swinford, 1971) Seven-Card-Monte (Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon, 1994) Five Card Monte (Harry Riser, 1996) Seven Card Monte (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Dai Vernon	The Vernon Poker Demonstration	half deck set-up	Related to Speaking Volumes (Ray Kosby, 2002) The Hay-Dai Stack (Michael Skinner, 2012) Mnemonicosis (José Franco, 2019) Variations Vernon Variation (Stewart James, 1954) Here's a Tip (Pat Lakey, 1970) Propriétés du chapelet modèle (Claude Rix, 1995) Locating a Deal (Joshua Jay, 2000) Back-to-Back Deals - After Dai Vernon's Formula (Manuel Cuesta, Juan Tamariz, 2004) Vernon-Gagnon Poker Demonstration (Tom Gagnon, 2019) The Principles of Deception (David Ben, 2022) Grand Poker Demonstration (Juan Tamariz, 2022) Also published here The Vernon Poker Routine (Dai Vernon, 1954)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	223	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Dai Vernon	Repeat "Do as I do"	spectator and Magician exchange cards from different colored decks which match, sets up again	Variations Miracle Spread Coincidence (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Prediction at Risk (Roberto Giobbi, 2016) Triple Match-Up (Nick Trost, 2017)	1959	Inner Secrets of Card Magic	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Dai Vernon	The Chinese Second Deal	one-handed pop-over flourish	Related to T. K's Master Deal Supreme (Tony Kardyro, 1955) Variations Chinese Second Deal Variation (Edward Marlo, 1995) Chinese Second Deal variation (Dai Vernon, Tyler Wilson, 2007) Chinese Card Spin (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Chinese second (Steve Forte, 2020)	1959	Inner Secrets of Card Magic	71	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Flourish Deals Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / One-Handed
Edward Marlo	The Throw Bottom Deal	two versions: The Outward Deal The Inward Deal	Related to One-Handed Bottom Deal Force (Jerry Streicher, 1980) One Hand Bottom Deal (John Murray, 1993) Lateral Bottom Deal (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Outward Bottom Deal (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Variations Riffle-Toss Force (Tom Gagnon, 1995) Switcharoo Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019) A McDonald Vanish (Tom Gagnon, 2019) One-Hand Behind the Back Force (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Also published here Throw Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 2007) Outward Throw Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 2022)	1959	Seconds, Centers, Bottoms	45	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / One-Handed
Alex Elmsley	Fan Prediction	touched card matches with prediction	Variations Spread Switch Out (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here The Fan Prediction (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1959	Low Cunning	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Dai Vernon	Think of an Ace	any Ace named, that Ace is shown in deck with four-way out	Related to Vernon's Four Ace Thot Trick (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations The Thinking Cardman (Philip T. Goldstein, 2000) Weighing In (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Clipped Thought (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	13	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
James Steranko	Diagonal Jog Push Thru	card ends up in-jogged	Variations The New Approach (James Steranko, 1962) Push Through Jogs (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Card Control 3: Steranko's Diagonal Jog Push Through with an Overhand Shuffle (Gary Plants, 2024)	1960	Steranko on Cards	6	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
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 to Miracle Spread Move (Edward Marlo, 1998) Variations Next To It (Edward Marlo, 1960) The Miracle Spread - Variation (Edward Marlo, Larry Jennings, 1986) Flexible Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, 1986) The Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon, 1988) The Inverse Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 1998) Miracle Spread Force (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Dual Miracle Spread (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Miracle Spread Handling (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Miracle Spread under Handkerchief (Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon, 2019) Easy Rider (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here The Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, 1986) The Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, 2019)	May 1960	Ibidem (Issue 20)	2	Cards / Sleights / Force / Table Spread Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Dai Vernon	Plunger Location	card above inserted card ends up in-jogged	Variations Cased Plunger Location (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1961	Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic	27	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Plunger Jog Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Dai Vernon	Switching a Card in an Envelope		Related to John Scarne's Master Change (John Scarne, 1943) Variations A Novel Transposition (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1961	Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic	29	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Neal Elias	Side Jog Multiple Shift	swing cut	Related to A Multiple Shift for Close-up (Neal Elias, 1963) Cover Shift (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984) Side Jog Multiple Shift (Neal Elias, 2022) Variations Side-Jog Square Up Peek (Ken Simmons, 1992) LJ Swing Cut Multiple Shift (Larry Jennings, 1997) The Multiple Cortez - It's a Killer (Aaron Fisher, 2003) T. G. Tabled Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1961	The Multiple Shift	9	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Edward Marlo	Marlo's All Around Square Up - The Movable Jog	including some jog variations	Variations All-Around Square-Up Steal (Doc Docherty, 2009) Cased Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1961	The Multiple Shift	11	Cards / Sleights / All Around Square Ups Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Edward Marlo	Single Cut Swivel Shift		Variations Swivel Cut Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1961	The Multiple Shift	19	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Carmen D'Amico	D'Amico's Multiple Shift	sliding block	Related to Hindu Shuffle Multiple Shift (Carmen D'Amico, 1985) Sliding Block Timing (David Davies, 2015) Variations Covered D'Amico Multiple Shift (Justin Higham, 2015) D'Amico Shift with Dollar Bill (Carmen D'Amico, Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1961	The Multiple Shift	31	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Bob Veeser	Veeser's Bluff Multiple Shift	three handlings	Related to More Bluff Shifts (Edward Marlo, 1962) Variations The Bull Shift (Bob Veeser, Allan Ackerman, 2005) Tweaking the Veeser Bluff Shift (Allan Ackerman, 2012) Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson, 2018) HP Multiple Shift (Allan Ackerman, 2020) Rosenthal's Favorite Multiple Shift (Harvey Rosenthal, 2022) Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #2 (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #3 (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1961	The Multiple Shift	31	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Subtle Shift	two methods, placing cards in same place one by one with jog or estimation	Related to OAATI Table Multiple Shift (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1961	The Multiple Shift	33	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Edward Marlo	The Cut Estimate	cutting off the same number of card, tabled or in-the-hands, Ace cutting application	Variations Ribbon Spread Cut Estimation (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1962	Estimation	19	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Natural Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Tabled Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Harry Lorayne	Spread Control	table spread, bold	Variations Mechanical Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Also published here The Spread Control (Harry Lorayne, 2010)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	121	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled
Harry Lorayne	Spread Control with Handkerchief Cover	cards end up in separated section of silk and can be stolen	Variations Veiled Card Steal (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	124	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Spread Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Tabled
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Aces	Aces separated in four piles, brought together to top via faro	Related to Vernon - Daley Four Pile Ace Deal (Dai Vernon, Dr. Jacob Daley, 1972) Variations No Key - Faro Aces (Edward Marlo, 1964) Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, 1975) Vernon's Aces plus Kings (Murray Bonfeld, 1976) Vernon's Aces Variation (Dai Vernon, Christian Scherer, 1978) Double Poker Control (Murray Bonfeld, 1986) Hoochie Coochie Aces (Michael Powers, 2006) Ideas for "Vernon's Aces" (Darwin Ortiz, Paul Griffin, 2012) Asamblea Total (Pepe Lirrojo, 2016) Aces by Weight (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1962	Close-up Card Magic	162	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Edward Marlo	Marlo Miracle Aces	classic faro Ace cutting ("estimation aces"), last Ace found at named number	Related to Speaking Volumes (Harry Mendoza, 2002) Jive Aces (Edward Marlo, Michael Close, Andrew Wimhurst, Patrick Lehnen, 2013) Variations Impossible Poker Demonstration (John F. Mendoza, 1978) Marlo Miracle Aces (Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash, 1980) Flash of Light (Eddie Taytelbaum, Stephen Tucker, 1983) The Miracle Aces (Roberto Giobbi, 2000) Automatic Ace Cutting (Tom Gagnon, 2000) Aces Reloaded (R. Paul Wilson, 2015) Expert Estimating the Aces (Johnny Thompson, 2018) Punched in the Dark (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Marlo Miracle Aces (Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash, 1980) Miracle Ace Routine (Edward Marlo, 2020)	1964	Faro Controlled Miracles	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miracle Ace Cutting (Estimation)
Al Leech	Paint Brush	card is changed into mate	Variations Brush Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1965	Super Card Man Stuff	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Harry Lorayne	Out of my Control	standard psychological stop effect, with outs	Related to Psychic Backstop (Jerry K. Hartman, 1973) Variations Ace Placer (Jerry K. Hartman, 1972) Psychic Touch (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Also published here Out Of My Control (Harry Lorayne, 1965) Außerhalb meiner Kontrolle (Harry Lorayne, 2000)	1965	My Favorite Card Tricks	12	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Psychological Stop Force (Seventh Card Force) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Spectator
Conrad H. Haden	The Silver and Two Copper Transposition	including "Alternate Version"	Variations Silver and Two Copper Interlude (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1966	The New Modern Coin Magic	442	Coin / Gaffed / Two Copper One Silver set Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Stewart Judah	Chinatown Dollar Routine	chinese coin and dollar are in handkerchief on table, one coin removed, they transpose in various phases	Related to Copper/Silver Switch (Stewart Judah, 2017) Variations Shanghai Express (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Also published here Eine Chinamünzen-Routine (Stewart Judah, 1985)	1966	The New Modern Coin Magic	459	Coin / Gaffed / Chinatown Half Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Tony Slydini	One Coin Routine	many phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration Slydini "Touches"	Variations The Phantom Coin (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Also published here One Coin Routine (Tony Slydini, 1976)	1966	Slydini Encores	35	Lapping Principles / General Principles Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Hand Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine
Dai Vernon	Key Card Location	spread	Variations Key Card Placements (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	166	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Harry Lorayne	Stabbed in the Pack	card really thrown in deck	Related to Stabbed in the Pack (John Benzais, Harry Lorayne, 1967) One in a Million (Eric Mason, 1984) Variations Spooner's Mission Impossible (Bill Spooner, 1973) Laterally Stabbed (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Tossed in the Deck (Camilo Vázquez, 2018) Shot in the Pack (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Stabbed In The Pack (Harry Lorayne, 2018)	1967	Deck-Sterity	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection
Edward Marlo	Open Prediction (Automatic Jog)	Method Nine	Related to The O. P. Spread (Patrick G. Redford, 2014) Variations Umpteenth Open Prediction (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	Fall 1969	The Hierophant (Issue 1)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread
Roy Walton	Finders Keepers	with two selections	Variations Front Cover (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984) Subterranean Collectors (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Finders Keepers (Roy Walton, 1981)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Fred Lessor	Flipover Switch	Mexican Turnover as tabled spread is flipped over with a card	Related to Heavy Mexican (Karl Fulves, 1987) Devilish Switch (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	Nov. 1970	Epilogue (Issue 10)	80	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Milton Kort, Ron Bauer	Off Color Elevators	with odd-backed Ace to Three	Variations Technicolor Elevator (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Technicolor Elevator Revisited (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1970	Off-Color Card Tricks	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
Reinhard Müller	3-Card Catch	one-handed sandwich throw	Related to Jumping Jacks (Edward Marlo, 1976) Sandwich Catch (Edward Marlo, 1983) Sudden Sandwich aka Jumping Jacks (Edward Marlo, 1991) Informant (Karl Fulves, 1999) Expertalk: Reinhard Müller on the 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, 2003) Sandwitch (David Britland, 2022) Variations Notes on 3 Card Catch (Jerry K. Hartman, 1971) Notes on 3 Card Catch (Harvey Rosenthal, 1971) Simplex Method (1971) Quick as a Wink (Harvey Rosenthal, Karl Fulves, 1976) Catchers (David Britland, 1981) Sandswitch (David Britland, 1983) Catch the Sandwich (Frank Simon, 1983) Prelude (David Britland, 1986) Supplementary Note (Karl Fulves, 1999) Catch Card Catch (Karl Fulves, 2001) Four-Card Catch (Harvey Rosenthal, 2004) Throwing a Slider (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Trap Shoot (Karl Fulves, 2012) 3-Card Catch Variation (Salvador Sufrate, 2022) A Fan of Müller's Three-Card Catch (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Also published here 3-Card Catch (Reinhard Müller, 1972)	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	431	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Sam Leo Horowitz	Master Copper & Silver	copper/silver routine with two cards and newspaper sheet, eight phases	Variations Radical Rebound (Tom Gagnon, 1985)	Autumn 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)	457	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Derek Dingle, Al Schneider	Pickup Move		Variations New Theory Pickup Move (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1971	Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins	43	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Peter Kane	Jazz Aces		Variations Jazlik (Al Smith, 1980) Be-Bop Deluxe (John Bannon, 1986) All That Jazz (Randy Wakeman, 1989) Clear-Cut Jazz Aces (Edward Marlo, 1990) Techno Aces (Justin Higham, 1992) Slow Henry (Roberto Giobbi, 2003) Illogical Acid-Jazz Aces (Justin Higham, 2007) Hof-Sendser Aces (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, 1974) Peter Kane's Jazz Aces (Peter Kane, 1982)	1971	Another Card Session with Peter Kane	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Jazz Aces & Less Cards
Nate Leipzig	Under The Handkerchief Force		Variations Inverse Handkerchief Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	259	Cards / Sleights / Force / With Props Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Under Handkerchief
Jack Kent Tillar	"Blister"	blister appears on finger	Variations Son of Thinkerprint (Michael Weber, 1990) Heat Spots (James Gallivan, Jack Kent Tillar, 1991) Band-Aid (Michael Weber, 2012) Re-Entry (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	379	Propless / Body Mutilation Propless / Body Magic
Karl Fulves	New Shell Gaff	shell with disc inside that can be shown from both sides, idea, "mint condition"	Related to Disc Gaff (Karl Fulves, 1973) Two-Sided Shell (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	May 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)	620	Coin / Gaffed / Off-beat Gaffs Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Harvey Rosenthal	Perfect Coin Assembly	four coins assemble under a corner of a handkerchief Alternate Handling of the Last Coin Second Alternate Handling of the Last Coin	Inspired by Birds of a Feather (Mallory Van Slyker, George Sands, 1954) Variations Ultimate Coin Assembly (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Cornerer (Chris Kam, 2021)	1973	New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 5)	1	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Eddie Fechter	Packet to Packet		Variations Packet Collectors (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Packet to Packet (Eddie Fechter, 1993)	1974	Card Cavalcade II	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Al Schneider	Matrix	Drill I - The Pickup Drill II - Card Placement A Word About the Drills Rules of Practice Of Magic and Matrix	Related to Classic Matrix (Al Schneider, 2011) Variations Scoop Assembly (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Quantum Matrix (Matt Baker, 2019) Also published here "Matrix" in "Genii" 11/1970	1974	Matrix	3	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Four Cards
Eddie Fechter	Fechter's Fan Glimpse	one-handed fan after peek	Variations A Fan of Müller's Three-Card Catch (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Fan Glimpse to Hindu Shuffle (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Fan Glimpse to Overhand Shuffle (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Also published here Fechter's Fan Glimpse (Eddie Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	87	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
Edward Marlo	K.M. Move - with Reverse Fingering Action	Move and Variations Single Card Exchanges Double Card Exchanges Exchanging Two of Four (three procedures) Exchanging Three of Four (two procedures) Exchanging Four for Four	Related to Illogical Ace Switch (Justin Higham, 1999) Variations Fabulous K.M. Combo (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1976	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1	39	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / K.M. Move Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Harvey Rosenthal	Purse Swindle	coin in hand transposes with coin in purse Compounding The Swindle	Variations Contemporary Purse Swindle (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1976	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3)	902	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
Jerry Andrus	Clivot Principle	Clamp Pivot Principle, pushing the card in and jogging it to the side, different variations, Diagonal Push In (DPI)	Related to The Diagonal Jog (Jerry Andrus, 1956) Variations Cased Clivot Control (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1976	Andrus Card Control	19	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Karl Fulves	Getting into Erdnase Break	cards riffled with left thumb until spectator stops, top half lifted and card shown, Erdnase break established over it	Variations Riffle Action Control (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1977	Packet Switches (Part Three)	168	Cards / Sleights / Break / Basic Break Handlings
Tom Gagnon	Visual Finders	one of four kings transforms in first then second selection, then back, selections from pocket		1977	Card Cavalcade Four	150	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Visual Quickie	one of four kings transforms into selection, then back, selection from pocket	Also published here Visual Quickie (Tom Gagnon, 1982) Visual Quickie (Tom Gagnon, 1999)	1977	Card Cavalcade Four	160	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Ken Krenzel	The One-Card Middle Pass		Variations One Card Ribbon Spread Pass (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	212	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / One Card Passes
Frank Paglia	Shovel Coin Shuffle	(shuttle?) two coins and two cards, see also Bilis' "Close-Up French Style" (1976) according to page 136	Variations Radical Rebound (Tom Gagnon, 1985)	Aug. 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 8)	89	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Karl Fulves	Rebound	copper underneath one card, silver under another, the coins transpose, coin travel together under one card in repeat phase	Related to Launch Pad (Karl Fulves, 1975) Variations Radical Rebound (Tom Gagnon, 1985)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 5)	1110	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Cardini	Crawling Bill	bill crawl over floor, routine made available via Milton Tropp, wrist reel	Variations Educated Dollar Bill (Tom Gagnon, 1980)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 5)	1114	Bill / Animation / Miscellaneous Thread / Reel
Tom Gagnon	The Forgetful Gambler	riffle stack demo with second Marlo/Gardner Phase and optional color changing back kicker	Related to Gardner-Marlo Poker Routine (Martin Gardner, Edward Marlo, 1942) Also published here The Forgetful Gambler (Tom Gagnon, 2019) The Blueprint, March 1977	Mar. 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)	172	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo	The Illogical Double Lift		Related to K.M. Move - with Reverse Fingering Action (Edward Marlo, 1976) Variations Fabulous K.M. Combo (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1979	Quantum Leaps	30	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / K.M. Move
Bobby Bernard	The Routine	The Set-Up Position The First Pick-Up	Variations Chalk It Up (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1979	Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking	9	Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Paul Harris, Tayari Casel	Twilight	coins are produced with a small mirror, four coins, mirror in small envelope, five phases	Variations Twilight Visit (Ben Harris, 1981) Twilight's Last Gleaming (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Twilight Zone (Michael Powers, 1990) Also published here Twilight (Paul Harris, Tayari Casel, 1996)	1979	Twilight	1	Mirror Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Mirror
Tom Gagnon	Sandwich Spread	card peeked, spectator shuffles, black Kings removed and put on tabled spread, spread gathered and sandwich with selection ends up on top	Inspired by Spread Control (Harry Lorayne, 1962) Also published here Sandwich Spread (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	June 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)	359	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Simon Aronson	Ad-Jacent	advertisement card is used to stab between selections in tabled spread	Variations Breaking Up Ad-Jacent (David Solomon, 1997) Thanks to Aronson (Alexander de Cova, 2016) Stealth Card Stab (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Ad-Jacent (Simon Aronson, 1994)	1980	The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Tom Gagnon	Educated Dollar Bill	bill crawls underneath wallet in tent configuration, then under ashtray and back The Bill and Wallet Gaining Slack In The Thread Himber Plus Cardini The Bill and the Ashtray Notes by Karl Fulves	Inspired by Crawling Bill (Cardini, 1978)	1980	The Chronicles (Issue 27)	1325	Wallet Bill / Animation / Miscellaneous Thread / Reel Ashtray & Ashes / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	The Inertia Change			1981	CoinMagic	90	Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Tom Gagnon	The Tiddlywinks Change		Also published here The Tiddlywinks Change (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1981	CoinMagic	91	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes
Tom Gagnon	Forward			1981	Sleightly Original	v	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tom Gagnon	Thumb-Tipping Quickies	credit information on using a folding coin with a thumb tip		1981	Sleightly Original	1	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Coin to Pocket Ruse	coin travels from coin to pocket and back	Inspired by Coin to Pocket (Bob Chesbro, 1982)	1981	Sleightly Original	3	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Pocket Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Thumb Tip Coin Vanish		Related to Thumb Tip Coin Vanish (Bob Chesbro, 1982)	1981	Sleightly Original	4	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Flip Up Production	invisible coin flipped into air, it appears	Inspired by The Imaginary Half Dollar (Laurie Ireland, 1942) Also published here Bomb Bay Production (Tom Gagnon, 1982)	1981	Sleightly Original	6	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Bomb Bay	coin produced in empty hands	Also published here Bomb Bay Production (Tom Gagnon, 1982)	1981	Sleightly Original	10	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Double Duty Departure	two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip		1981	Sleightly Original	13	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Twofold Vanish	two coins vanish one by one, two folding coins and thumb tip		1981	Sleightly Original	16	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Coin-cidence	coin appears and vanishes in bare hands		1981	Sleightly Original	18	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Flash Coin Production	coin appears one-handed		1981	Sleightly Original	22	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Skullduggery	chapter intro		1981	Sleightly Original	25	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tom Gagnon	Miser's Daydream	featuring a continuous coin production sequence with folding coin and thumb tip	Inspired by Owen Clark (Stanley Collins, 1952)	1981	Sleightly Original	26	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Alchemorphosis	five dimes in prescription bottle change into a larger gold coin		1981	Sleightly Original	31	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual) Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Contemporary Purse Swindle	copper and silver coins in two purses, spectator can never guess the right one, sort of transposition	Inspired by Morritt's Purse Trick (Stanley Collins, 1952) Purse Swindle (Harvey Rosenthal, 1976)	1981	Sleightly Original	36	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Short Changing Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Optional Display Technique			1981	Sleightly Original	38	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Twilight's Last Gleaming	coins are produced with a small mirror	Inspired by Twilight (Paul Harris, Tayari Casel, 1979)	1981	Sleightly Original	43	Mirror Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Mirror Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Newfangled Matrix			1981	Sleightly Original	47	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Four Cards Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Puffed	flash silk production, thread and thumb tip		1981	Sleightly Original	51	Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / Bare Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	The Phantom Coin	much on table top	Inspired by One Coin Routine (Tony Slydini, 1966)	1981	Sleightly Original	54	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Tabled Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Gypsy Coin	coin through handkerchief		1981	Sleightly Original	62	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Bending Coin			1981	Sleightly Original	67	Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Torn & Bent Coin Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Tom Gagnon	Hodgepodge	chapter intro		1981	Sleightly Original	68	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tom Gagnon	The Tiddlywinks Change	coin visibly changes from copper to silver under shot glass, or miniature card appears on coin	Also published here The Tiddlywinks Change (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1981	Sleightly Original	69	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Tom Gagnon	Shanghai Express	chinese coin and half dollar transpose through handkerchief on table in various phases, including phase with shot glass	Inspired by Chinatown Dollar Routine (Stewart Judah, 1966)	1981	Sleightly Original	71	Coin / Gaffed / Chinatown Half Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Tom Gagnon	Silver and Two Copper Interlude	with shot glass	Inspired by The Silver and Two Copper Transposition (Conrad H. Haden, 1966)	1981	Sleightly Original	81	Coin / Gaffed / Two Copper One Silver set Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines
Tom Gagnon	Split Level	silver dollar on back of left hand, it changes into two half dollars		1981	Sleightly Original	84	Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions
Tom Gagnon	Transposition under Glass	"Although I can't actually say that I'm crazy about this effect, it is different.", coin under and on top of inverted shot glass visibly transpose		1981	Sleightly Original	87	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Tom Gagnon	Popeyed	coin placed in eye like a monocle, it drops into hands and is vanished, found back in eye	Inspired by The Monocle Mystery (Eddie Joseph, 1942)	1981	Sleightly Original	88	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Tom Gagnon	Two-Sided Shell	with thin milled down coin at inside of shell, can be shown from both sides, "mint condition"	Related to New Shell Gaff (Karl Fulves, 1973)	1981	Sleightly Original	88	Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Tom Gagnon	Soda Jerk	coin in bottle with transposition phase, folding copper/silver	Inspired by Second Method (Stewart Judah, 1952)	1981	Sleightly Original	89	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
Tom Gagnon	Flick Your "Trick" Load	flicking a coin under a mirror for use in Twilight Routine		1981	Sleightly Original	92	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Mirror Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Thumb Flick on Table
Tom Gagnon	Departures	chapter intro		1981	Sleightly Original	94	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tom Gagnon	New Theory Pickup Move		Inspired by Pickup Move (Derek Dingle, Al Schneider, 1971)	1981	Sleightly Original	95	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Tom Gagnon	Snap Over Display			1981	Sleightly Original	100	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Tom Gagnon	The Pickup and Displacement Move	one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch	Variations Slow-Mo P&D Move (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Pickup, Snap, and Displacement Move (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Also published here Pickup and Displacement Move (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1981	Sleightly Original	103	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings
Tom Gagnon	Open Procedure Load	loading Tenkai/Goshman pinched coin under card	Related to Phantom Coin Load (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1981	Sleightly Original	109	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings
Tom Gagnon	Flee Flicker	sleeving a coin during pickup move		1981	Sleightly Original	111	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
Derek Dingle	The DD Double Lift	stud type	Related to Double Lift (Derek Dingle, 1975 (ca.)) Variations DD Double Lift Variant (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	6	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Edward Marlo	Open Hockley	as force	Inspired by Who's Hockley (Edward Marlo, 1970) Related to Slip-Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Bold Card Control (Edward Marlo, 1984) Face-up Force (Randy Wakeman, 1989) Randy's Miracle Move (Randy Wakeman, 1989) Biddle Bottom (Jerry K. Hartman, 2007) Variations Combination Force Control (Justin Higham, 1992) Retention Hockley Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1982	Card Finesse	95	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations
Tom Gagnon	New Theory Pick-Up Move			Apr. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4)	617	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Tom Mullica	The Future Change	as card is pushed aside with hand that holds deck	Related to Gagnon Scoop Change (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here The Future Change (Tom Mullica, 1992)	1982	Best of Friends	56	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Turnover Change & Variations
Tom Mullica	The Future Spread	tabled card changes visibly as spread is scooped up, see also Eidetic Change	Related to "Is this your Card" (Dan Buck, Dave Buck, 2001) Variations The Blink Shrink (Tom Gagnon, 1988)	1982	Best of Friends	59	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Tabled
Jean-Jacques Sanvert	Instant Spread Reverse	table spread, card placed in tabled spread and slid free	Variations Positional Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1982	Best of Friends	121	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Jean-Jacques Sanvert	Ribbon-Spread Techniques - Glimpse	two glimpses of card inserted in table spread when spread is scooped up	Related to Overlap Procedure (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Overlap Procedure Peek (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1982	Best of Friends	125	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
Larry Jennings	Ribbon Spread Reverse	card reversed during ribbon spread turnover, credit unsure	Related to Remote Control Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 1998) The Spread/Gather Reverse (Harry Lorayne, 2001)	1982	Best of Friends	456	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Tom Gagnon	Electrostatic Recall	card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin as gimmick Notes by Karl Fulves	Also published here Electrostatic Recall (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1982	T.V. Card Rise	26	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Pinpoint Aces	four aces out-jogged, deck on table on side, named ace pivots out	Inspired by Electrostatic Recall (Tom Gagnon, 1982)	1982	T.V. Card Rise	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Any card called for Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Bomb Bay Production	coin productions with thumb tip First Method Flip Up Production	Also published here Bomb Bay (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Flip Up Production (Tom Gagnon, 1981)	1982	Fork Full of Appetizers	46	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / Two-Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	A Ball Penetration	ball on top vanishes and appear under it	Also published here "A Ball Penetration" in "The Blueprint"	1982	Fork Full of Appetizers	56	Sleeving Techniques Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Sequences
Jerry Sadowitz	Slip-Jog		Related to Open Hockley (Edward Marlo, 1982) Rowan's Double (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Bold Card Control (Edward Marlo, 1984) Randy's Miracle Move (Randy Wakeman, 1989) Master Move (Randy Wakeman, Tom Gagnon, 1995) Internal Control (Steve Beam, 2011) VR Pulloff (John Hostler, 2016) Also published here Slip Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1984) Slip Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 2023)	Dec. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)	383	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Introduction			1982	The Tipnician		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Bob Chesbro	Coin to Pocket	with repeat	Variations Coin to Pocket Ruse (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Tipsy Coin Vanish (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here "Impossible Coin to Pocket" (The Blueprint)	1982	The Tipnician	42	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Pocket Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Bob Chesbro	Thumb Tip Coin Vanish		Related to Thumb Tip Coin Vanish (Tom Gagnon, 1981) Variations Thumb Tip Coin Vanish (Bob Chesbro, Tom Stone, 2009) Thumb Tip Coin Vanish (Bob Chesbro, Tom Stone, 2011)	1982	The Tipnician	42	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Visual Quickie	one of four kings transforms into selection, then back, selection from pocket	Also published here Visual Quickie (Tom Gagnon, 1977)	1982	Packet Tricks	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Re-Entry	by Tom Gagnon		June 1983	Epoptica (Issue 4)	205	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Edward Marlo	Bold Card Control		Related to Open Hockley (Edward Marlo, 1982) Slip-Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Master Move (Randy Wakeman, Tom Gagnon, 1995) Variations Related Bold Card Control (Ken Simmons, 1987)	1984	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5	324	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Tom Gagnon	The Scoop-Displacement Coin Vanish	coin is scooped up with card and put in left hand, vanishes, empty hands, using Ed Marlo's "Scoop Move"		1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	83	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Tom Gagnon	The Scoop-Displacement Coin Change	coin is scooped up with playing card and put in left hand where it changes, back clip		1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	88	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	The Fan Square-Up Pass	top card cover pass from one-handed fan	Inspired by Eddie Fechter's Fan Glimpse (Magic of Eddie Fechter, p. 185) Also published here Fan Square-Up Pass (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1984	Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)	301	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Spread & Fan Pass
Louis Falanga, Paul LePaul, Brother John Hamman	One-Handed Flushtration Count		Related to One-Handed Flushtration Count (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1985	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4	87	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Tom Gagnon	Radical Rebound	penny in fist, half dollar on table brushed with playing card changes to penny and half dollar is in pocket, then transposition phases and pocket penetration	Inspired by Master Copper & Silver (Sam Leo Horowitz, 1971) Shovel Coin Shuffle (Frank Paglia, 1978) Rebound (Karl Fulves, 1978) Also published here Radical Rebound (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1985	New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	1	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Clothing Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Pocket
Tom Gagnon	Retroflex Switch	visual switch of tabled coin with aid of playing card, tabled spellbound	Related to Pintaje instantáneo (Miguel Ángel Gea, Tom Gagnon, 2009) Variations Radical Expansion (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1985	New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	6	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Spellbound & visual Changes Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props
Tom Gagnon	Offspring Han Ping Chien	coin added from underneath card as coin(s) from other hand are thrown on table		1985	New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3)	14	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
Larry Jennings	Collectors II	faro	Variations Underhanded Collectors (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Edward Marlo	Spread Pass Addition	with variations Delayed Addition Off The Face Switch	Related to Covers & Applications for the A.G. Shift (Justin Higham, Will Houstoun, Dai Vernon, 2008) Variations Ribbon Spread Addition (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Spread Pass Addition (Edward Marlo, 1992) Spread Pass Addition (Edward Marlo, 2001)	1986	Thirty Five Years Later	20	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Tom Gagnon	Faro Control	corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle		1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	7	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities
Dai Vernon	The Transfer Force	angle jog handling	Related to The Dribbler (Joel Givens, 2000) Jog Dribble Force (Patrick Martin, 2008) The Three Secrets (Roberto Giobbi, 2024) Variations On Vernon's Dribble Force (Joel Givens, 2007) The Empty Control (Shane Cobalt, 2012) Gagnon Transfer Force (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Vernon Dribble Force (Dai Vernon, 2014)	1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	93	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer
Larry Jennings	Simplex L.J. Switch	context (also Tom Gagnon's Packet Vanish)		1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	131	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Tom Gagnon			1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	385	Articles / Biographical
Tom Gagnon	Pop Top	coin vanish and appearance, thumb tip and folding coin		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	386	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Gaffed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	The Tipsy Vanish			1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	387	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Gaffed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	The Tipsy Production	half dollar production		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	388	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / Two-Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Tom Gagnon	Cutting Up	false cut, shifts bottom card to the top, tabled	Inspired by II. To Retain the Complete Stock (S. W. Erdnase, 1902)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	389	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Tom Gagnon	The Dunbury Switch	drop switch variation from the Dunbury Delusion	Inspired by The Dunbury Delusion (Charlie Miller, 1940)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	390	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Tip-Over Switch
Tom Gagnon	The Blink Shrink	with miniature card	Inspired by The Future Spread (Tom Mullica, 1982)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	391	Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Growing & Shrinking Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Tabled
Tom Gagnon	Stranger Exchanger			1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	393	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon	The Miracle Spread	variation	Inspired by The Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, 1960)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	393	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	The Scoop			1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	394	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Tom Gagnon	The Shelter Change	coin change with card		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	396	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Tom Gagnon	The Slider	coin travels to other coin, two cards, slider move		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	397	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins from Hand to under Card
Tom Gagnon	You Have My Sympathy	with close up map	Inspired by The Sympathetic Coins (Yank Hoe, 1909)	1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	399	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Tom Gagnon, Dick Dale		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)	404	Articles / Columns
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on auctions, the Magic Castle, Tom Gagnon, Paul Sorrentino		1988	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 25)	444	Articles / Columns
Tom Gagnon, Norman Osborn, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Jerry L. Christensen, Gary Azerier, R. Missiaen, Tony Page, Bob Childers, Lindsay Smith	Letters			1988	Interlocutor (Issue 49)	225	Articles / Letters
Morris Loewy	Lowe Palm		Variations Multi-Card Lowe Top Palm (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	60	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Top
Karl Fulves	Longitudinal Aces	paper clip on top card, deck set on table, when spectator turns over top card with clip it changed into previous selection or (B) into the four Aces (C) into named Ace	Variations Clipped Thought (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1989	The Multiple Shift	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Bruce Cervon	Floating Aces	four aces one by one rise to top, then all at once, using Tilt	Variations Escalating Aces (Tom Gagnon, 1995)	1990	Ultra Cervon	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
Gary Ouellet, Walter E. Cummings	Close Up Hint	On the Preparation of Playing Cards, using soap	Variations Soaping the Faro (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1990	Close Up Illusions	138	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / How to Gaff and Peel... Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays
Michael Powers	Jelly Roll	coin travels into breakfast jelly container, clear shell	Inspired by Re-Entry (Tom Gagnon, 2019) "Marked Coin in Lighter" (Bob Chesbro)	1990	Top Secret Stuff	161	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Cheating the Greek for a Second	fake greeks and seconds		1992	The Collected Almanac (Issue )	xxxvi	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Tom Gagnon	Zip-Pop Change	card that sticks out of deck changes	Variations Outjog Control (Griffin Watt, 2021)	1992	Card Finesse II	9	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Out-jogged
Tom Gagnon	Devil-May-Care Double-Cut	tabled reverse double undercut	Related to Reverse Double Undercut (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Card Magic (John Northern Hilliard, 1945, p. 178)	1992	Card Finesse II	24	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
T. C. Churchwell	Band through Wrist		Variations Wristy Penetration (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	Mar. 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 3)	2194	Rubber Band / Penetration / Finger or Wrist
Alex Elmsley	Open Intruder	unknown odd-backed card is found with open prediction procedure from face	Variations Brainstorm Intruder (Pete Ottaviano, Richard Bartram, Jr., 1997) Sticky Intruder (Anthony Owen, 2009) A Peeking Intruder (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Open Intruder (Alex Elmsley, 2001) Pentagram, Vol. 10 No. 12, September 1956	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
Alex Elmsley, Richard Himber	Cold Steel	knife is stabbed between two selections	Variations Transfixion (Bob King, 1998) Estickmation Aces (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	440	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Mechanical Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Peter Duffie	Duffie's Depth Deception	subtlety	Variations Gagnon's Depth Deception (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	268	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Steve Beam	Special One-Man, One Move Insert - Tom Gagnon's Tap Illusion			1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1023	Articles / Articles
Tom Gagnon	The Tap Illusion (Single Card)	card out jogged in deck is tapped with a card and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded on tapping card	Related to More on the Tap Illusion (Tom Gagnon, 1995)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1023	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Tap Illusion (Half Deck)	card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1025	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Vertical Tap Illusion	card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, vertical		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1028	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Tap Reverse	card is tapped in deck and ends up reversed		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1029	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Tom Gagnon	Fan Tap	card is tapped in deck with half deck fanned, control		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1030	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Tap Illusion Feint	card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, with finesse		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1031	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Bologna Sandwich			1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1031	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Tom Gagnon	Ambitious Illusion	with the tapping illusion		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1032	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences
Tom Gagnon	Off Color Prediction	two decks, spectator and performer select the same card, then they change places in decks		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1033	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Tom Gagnon	Tapping the K.M. Move	tapping illusion with K.M. move		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1033	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / K.M. Move
Tom Gagnon	Escalating Aces		Inspired by Floating Aces (Bruce Cervon, 1990)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1034	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
Tom Gagnon	Signed Sandwich			1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1034	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Randy Wakeman, Tom Gagnon	Master Move		Related to Slip-Jog (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Bold Card Control (Edward Marlo, 1984)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1035	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Multiple Tap Illusion	tap illusion multiple shift to the bottom		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1036	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive
Tom Gagnon	Sideways Tap	tap illusion variation		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1036	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Taps	more ideas with the tap illusion, see also p. 1096 for additional idea by Steve Beam		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1037	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Dr. Jacob Daley, Tom Gagnon	Cavorting Aces Handling		Inspired by The Cavorting Aces (Dr. Jacob Daley, 1950)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1038	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces
Tom Gagnon	More on the Tap Illusion	The Elliptical False Count	Related to The Tap Illusion (Single Card) (Tom Gagnon, 1995)	1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56)	1068	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on Tom Gagnon, 4F convention, Wayne Kyzer, Simon Aronson, Drei-Länder-Kongress, Magic Christian, Leo Polacek, Harry Lucas, John Moran, Ron Jeffries, Simon Lovell		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 57)	1100	Articles / Columns
Edward Marlo	Bottom Deal Exchange	as card is removed from in-the-hands spread	Related to Spread Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 1971) Important Note on the Bottom Deal Exchange (Edward Marlo, 1995) Variations Bottom-Deal Sandwich Exchange (Justin Higham, 1999) Flexible BD Exchange (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Also published here Marlo's Bottom Deal Exchange (Edward Marlo, 2024) The New Tops, Nov. 1974	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	190	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Push Out Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Laydown Switch (Walton) Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Coin Slide Vanish	coin slides from card into hand	Related to The "Tip In" Coin Vanish (Peter Duffie, Edward Marlo, 1984) Variations Scoop-Up Move Variation (Tom Gagnon, Edward Marlo, 2013) Also published here Vanish with Playing Card (Jean Faré, 1979) Scoop Vanish (Edward Marlo, 2020)	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	217	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Tom Gagnon	Riffle-Toss Force	using Outward Bottom Deal	Inspired by The Throw Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo, 1959) Related to Outward Bottom Deal (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	June 1995	Magic (Vol. 4 No. 10)	66	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / One-Handed
Steve Bedwell	The Dribble - Toss Control		Related to The Helium Control (Shane Cobalt, 2012) Variations Fake Toss (Tom Stone, 2012) Dribble Toss Feint (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here The Dribble Toss Control (Steve Bedwell, 1996)	1995 ca.	Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities	10	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Si of Relief	calculating position of cards in Si Stebbins	Also published here Si of Relief (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1313	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Tom Gagnon	Easy Breather	making a breather crimp	Also published here Easy Breather (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)	1313	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp
Steve Beam	Tom Gagnon's Second One-Man Insert - The Versatile Spread Control			1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1369	Articles / Articles
Tom Gagnon	The Versatile Spread Control	bottom card rides under cards when spread on table	Related to The Table Spread Control (Arie Vilner, 2009) Variations The Gagnon Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 1998) Versatile Spread Control from Erdnase Break (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Also published here Versatile Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1369	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls - tabled Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Reverse Cull
Tom Gagnon	Self-Inflicted Spread Force	with the Versatile Spread Control	Variations Ultimate Spread Force (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Also published here Self-inflicted Spread Force (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1370	Cards / Sleights / Force / Table Spread Force Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	The Inverse Spread Control	with the Versatile Spread Control	Inspired by The Miracle Spread (Edward Marlo, 1960) Variations Inverse Spread Force (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Inverse Spread Switch (Tom Gagnon, 2013)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1371	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Veiled Discovery	with the Versatile Spread Control		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1371	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Key Card Placement	with the Versatile Spread Control	Related to Key Card Placements (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1371	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Key Card Placement #2	with the Versatile Spread Control		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1372	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Key Card Placement #3	with the Versatile Spread Control		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1372	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Key Card Placement #4	with the Versatile Spread Control		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1372	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Remote Control Reverse	reversed in the middle, with the Versatile Spread Control	Related to Ribbon Spread Reverse (Larry Jennings, 1982) Also published here Remote Control Reverse (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1373	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Tom Gagnon	The Imperfect Force		Inspired by The Perfect Force (Henry Christ, 1937)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1373	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Tom Gagnon	Gagnon's Immediate Spell	with the Versatile Spread Control	Also published here Gagnon's Instant Spell (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1374	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Tom Gagnon	Automatic Card at Any Number	with the Versatile Spread Control	Variations SCAAN (Tom Gagnon, 2019)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1374	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Tom Gagnon	Red & Blue Double-Leaper	with the Versatile Spread Control, deck with half red and half blue cards, red selection travels to blue part and vice versa	Also published here Red & Blue Double Leaper (Tom Gagnon, 2011)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1375	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Tom Gagnon	Super Interchange	selection transposes from middle of the deck with performer's card in pocket, with the Versatile Spread Control		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1375	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Tom Gagnon	Collectors Per Se	with the Versatile Spread Control, progressive collectors		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1376	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Troy Hooser	Slip Stream (a.k.a. "Nectarless")		Variations Jet Stream (Tom Gagnon, 2019) Giancarlo Scalia's Ribbon Spread Convincing Control (Giancarlo Scalia, 2022)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1410	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
Tom Gagnon	Makeshift Double	building double-facer, double-backer, long cards, and key cards, with sticky label of card box		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1468	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Long Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Tom Gagnon	The Gagnon Spread Control	center card rides under cards when spread on table, further development of "Versatile Spread Control"	Inspired by The Versatile Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 1998) Variations Gagnon Spread Control from Corner Shorted Deck (Tom Gagnon, 2022) Also published here Gagnon Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2011) Gagnon Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2013) Gagnon Spread Control (Tom Gagnon, 2022)	1998	The Gagnon Spread Control	1	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls - tabled Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / Tabled Ribbon Spread
Tom Gagnon	Open Predicament	with named card Seated Version	Also published here Open Predicament (Tom Gagnon, 1999)	Oct. 1998	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck

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