John Bannon

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
John Bannon	Christ-Cross Force	In-the-Hands Criss Cross	Also published here The Christ-Cross Force (John Bannon, 2009)	Sep. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9)	55	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
John Bannon	Liars Al Fresco	different presentation	Inspired by Stoned Soul Picnic (John Bannon, 2021)	Sep. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
John Bannon	Another Better Loser	Dealing With It after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush		Nov. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
John Bannon	Hybrid Holdout	dealing and shuffling combination	Also published here Hybrid Holdout (John Bannon, 2018)	Nov. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)	52	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
John Bannon	Deal-Ol-Rama	Olram type display of packet of cards, hiding half of them		Nov. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)	53	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
John Bannon	Packet Version Bullet Catcher	packet is put in an alternating face-up/face-down configuration		Nov. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)	55	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Kodachrome Collective	assembly with four Aces with all different backs (rainbow)		Jan. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed
John Bannon	Twain in Vain	4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together, End Grip handling	Inspired by Never The Twain Shall Mix (Ray Kosby, 1990)	Mar. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)	50	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
John Bannon	Catalytic	4&4		Mar. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
John Bannon	Fours Majeure	Dealing With It Follow the Leader type routine with four fours-of-a-kind, a fifth quartet comes in	Inspired by Surprise Follow the Leader (Roxy, 1982) Related to Aces over Kings (Edward Marlo, 1947)	May 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
John Bannon	Riffle Cross Cut Force	cut done in the hand by performer		May 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)	65	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
John Bannon	Big Mac Attack	Dealing With It assembly in which cards vanish one by one, but cards in leader pile change to Aces		July 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
John Bannon	Broken Elmsley Count Laydown			July 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)	60	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Isolated Sequences & Ace Vanishes
John Bannon	The JB-Siva Vanish			July 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Isolated Sequences & Ace Vanishes
John Bannon	One of the Better Losers	Dealing With It Hold 'Em stacking demo with double duke, faro		Sep. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Hold em
John Bannon	Con-Tourage	Dealing With It four face-down cards between two Jacks, spectator eventually names a Queen and removes three of the cards, remaining card is the named Queen, others are Aces, named Queen also changes into an Ace, named Queen then appears between Jacks, ungaffed Gang of Four (with selection instead of named Queen, no equivoque) First Among Equals (version with one double facer)	Inspired by "Entourage" (Gordon Bean, marketed) Related to Ungaffed Entourage (Christopher Williams, 2008) Elimin-ACE-ion (Caleb Wiles, 2015)	Dec. 2022	Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)	48	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Scott Baird	S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins	presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle	Inspired by The Si Stebbins Secret (Darwin Ortiz, 1988) Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, 1991) Related to Splell (Scott Baird, 2023)	Mar. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)	110	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / Whole Deck
John Bannon	Mechani-Cull Displacement	showing four Aces face-up on top of deck, secretly transferring one of them to the bottom of the deck		Jan. 2022	The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 10)	254	Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
John Bannon	Trait Secrets	Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker	Also published here Trait Secrets (John Bannon, 2001)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Prediction in form of Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
John Bannon	Expertalk: John Bannon on the Double Turnover	stud turnover à la Stuart Gordon	Also published here Expertalk: John Bannon on the Double Turnover (John Bannon, 2002)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	85	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Simon Aronson, John Bannon, David Solomon	Among the Discards	selected Ace appears between the two black Queens in a surprising location - not in the deck where they are placed, but on the table where the other three Aces were	Also published here Among the Discards (Simon Aronson, John Bannon, David Solomon, 2004)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	316	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Counterpunch	selection lost, Aces are found and used to find selection, but selection was an Ace so the wrong three Aces vanish instead, sucker	Also published here Counterpunch (John Bannon, 2009) MAGIC, Oct. 2009	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	896	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
John Bannon	The Christ-Cross Force	In-the-Hands Criss Cross	Also published here The Christ-Cross Force (John Bannon, 2009) MAGIC, Oct. 2009	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	896	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
John Bannon, Simon Aronson	CC meets HOH	Head Over Heels variation, controls card to second from the top reversed	Also published here CC meets HOH (John Bannon, Simon Aronson, 2009) MAGIC, Oct. 2009	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	896	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls
John Bannon	4 Faces North	no table, four Aces remain turned over at the end	Also published here 4 Faces North (John Bannon, 2009) MAGIC, Oct. 2009	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	897	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Ken Niinuma	Thunderstruck	Play It Straight followed by full-deck new deck order	Inspired by Play It Straight (Triumph) (John Bannon, 1990) Also published here MAGIC, Jan. 2010	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	915	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / New Deck Order Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Suit Revelation
Ken Niinuma	Crackdown	two cards chosen from two halves, four Jacks put between the halves, they travel up and down into the halves to trap the selections each in a sandwich	Inspired by Clandestine Collectors (David Regal, 1999) "New Jack City" (John Bannon, Smoke & Mirrors video No. 2) Also published here MAGIC, Jan. 2010	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	917	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Simon Aronson	Switch Hit	transposition of spectator and magician's selection	Variations Box Jumper (John Bannon, 2011) Also published here Switch Hit (Simon Aronson, 2014) MAGIC, Aug. 2010	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	964	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
John Bannon	Christ-Cross Force	In-the-Hands Criss Cross	Also published here MAGIC, Sep. 2012	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1141	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
John Bannon	Technicolor Revolution (1987)	Dealing With It blue-backed Queens on table, red-backed Aces used for twisting routine, then they become Queens and tabled odd-backed cards are Aces	Inspired by Maximum Revolution (John Bannon, 1986)	Feb. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
John Bannon	I. Misdirection Aces	performer finds one Ace, the spectator touches three cards in face-down spread and they turn out to be the other three Aces	Also published here Vanishing Inc. download "Decked Out", 2015	Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
John Bannon	Misdirection Strip-Out Switch			Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	59	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
John Bannon	II. The Esteemed	three Aces covered with three cards each, fourth Aces goes into rest of deck reversed, Aces vanish and are found face-up with the fourth Ace in center of deck	Also published here Vanishing Inc. download "Decked Out", 2015	Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
John Bannon	Discrepancy Packet Switch	Aces shown face up on top of deck, yet three of them are then removed face down after time misdirection		Apr. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)	60	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
John Bannon	Bongo Alley	Dealing With It kind of packet version of shuffle bored, predicted with other cards except the final kicker-card		June 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Hofzinser Problem Number 8 Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored
John Bannon	Input Ose Cut	spectator tells performer where to cut by stopping riffling	Inspired by Ose's Cut (Jay Ose, 1962)	June 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)	57	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
John Bannon	Blitzinger	Dealing With It card chosen and lost, four Aces produced with quick tabled cut, then Hofzinser type transposition	Inspired by Blitzen: A Four-Card Production (John Bannon, 2020)	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
John Bannon	Bluff Pass Force			Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	64	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
John Bannon	The "Fallout" Move	in-the-hand slip cut in which top card drops on table, as production move	Also published here The "Fallout" Move (John Bannon, 2011)	Aug. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)	67	Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Two-Handed
John Bannon	Gang Related	Dealing With It unknown card selected, Gemini Twins placement with two black Jacks at named numbers, those two cards and the card at the sum of those added numbers match the unknown card		Oct. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Gemini Twins Placement
John Bannon	Christ-Cross Force	In-the-Hands Criss Cross	Also published here The Christ-Cross Force (John Bannon, 2009)	Oct. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)	79	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force
John Bannon	Iconoclastic Poker	Dealing With It quick Ace Assembly with poker theme	Inspired by Iconoclastic Aces (John Bannon, 2004)	Dec. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 12)	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
John Bannon	The Discrepant Fat Block Switch	here for Ace assembly	Related to The Discrepant Fat Block Switch (John Bannon, 2004)	Dec. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 12)	68	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Block Turnover Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
Frederick Braue, John Bannon	Deep Braue Addition & Switch		Related to Deep Braue Addition & Switch (Frederick Braue, John Bannon, 2004)	Dec. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 12)	69	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
John Bannon	Blind Pebble Ace Fling	value on card indicates how many seconds the performer has to find the Aces, three are found "in the other hand", indicator card changes into final Ace	Inspired by Blind Lemon Aces (Jack Carpenter, 1999) "The King Thing" (Richard Sanders Video)	Mar. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)	688	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
John Bannon	Double Dutch False Cut	spectator can do it, top stock, four packets from hand to table and then assembled		May 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)	813	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Partial / Top Stock
John Carey	A.K.A. Triumph	Triumph with four selections and only a sixteen-card packet, Play It Straight type procedure	Related to Play It Straight (Triumph) (John Bannon, 1990)	Nov. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)	1092	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
John Bannon	Hybrid Holdout	dealing and shuffling combination	Also published here Hybrid Holdout (John Bannon, 2018)	2023	Percolations	26	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Harapan Ong	Among the Discarded	Selection appears between the two black Aces in a surprising location - not in the deck where they are placed, but on the table where the two red Aces were	Related to Among the Discards (Simon Aronson, John Bannon, David Solomon, 2014)	2023	I Am Not a Cardist	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
John Guastaferro	Book of Clues	alternative ending by Andrew Brown	Inspired by Directed Verdict (John Bannon, 1991) Book of Clues (John Guastaferro, 2013)	2023	The N^th Degree°	135	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
John Bannon	Smack Monte	Dealing With It four piles are cut by the spectator, top cards shown, spectator should follow Ace, suddenly there are Aces on all packets, no sleights	Inspired by Stinger Monte (Don May, 1996)	Feb. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 2)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Black Ops Assembly	Dealing With It assembly with Kings and twelve black spot cards, Aces appear in each packet as kicker		Apr. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
John Bannon	Overhand Shuffle Hamman Count		Also published here "Call of the Wild" (John Bannon, marketed, 1993)	Apr. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)	58	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count
John Bannon	Discrepant Block Switch	here for Ace assembly	Related to The Discrepant Fat Block Switch (John Bannon, 2004)	Apr. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)	60	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Block Turnover Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
John Bannon	Hofscotch	Dealing With It Hofziner's Apocryphal "Ace" Routine - But Larger Aces and Kings placed aside, card chosen and shuffled back, Ace of matching suit turns over, card appears between Kings which turns out to be the face-down Ace which has become the selection	Related to Mega 'Wave (John Bannon, 2013)	June 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 6)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
John Bannon	Conflexing Control	"The World's Easiest Convincing Control" using a spread switch, card put into one half which is then given out to be shuffled	Inspired by Flexible Switch Out (Edward Marlo, 1976) Also published here Conflexing Control (John Bannon, 2017)	June 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 6)	52	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Back in Blackstone	Dealing With It spectator names number, performer produces packet of same number but is off by one, Ace production kicker	Inspired by Counting On It (Paul Cummins, 1984) Dead Aim (Ross Tayler, Bradley Hodgins, 2017) "Estimation ... Aces?" (Albert Chou, The Disclaimer, Secret Issue 2024)	Aug. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 8)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax
John Bannon	Oddacious	spectator touches a card between two face-up black Jacks in the deck, it's the only red card in that half	Related to Pass at Red (Roy Walton, 1992)	Oct. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 10)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
John Bannon	Leveraged Discovery	selection lost, spectator touches card, card is found by counting down a predicted number from that touched card		Oct. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 10)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Conflexing Control	using a spread switch, card put into one half which is then placed into the other half	Also published here Conflexing Control (John Bannon, 2017)	Oct. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 10)	62	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Spread Switches / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Ballpark	Dealing With It any card thought of, performer names two wrong cards, the selection is found between those two wrong cards	Inspired by "Proximity" (John Bannon, Mentalissimo, 2016)	Dec. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 12)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
John Bannon	Vertical Business Prophecy Move			Dec. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 12)	60	Cards / Sleights / Force / Business Card Prophecy Force
Allan Ackerman, John Bannon	Impromptu Tattoo You	performer signs back of odd-backed card, spectator front of other card, signature jumps on odd-backed card	Also published here Impromptu Tattoo You (Allan Ackerman, John Bannon, 1996)	2024	All In — Volume 1	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects
John Bannon, Larry West	The Mirage 2.0 Count	Rhythm count alternative	Also published here Mirage Count Variation (Larry West, John Bannon, 1986)	2024	All In — Volume 2	60	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
John Bannon	Crowd Control	Dealing With It two halves, spectator freely reverses one in one half, halves shuffled together face-up/face-down, all turn over except selection		Jan. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 1)	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)

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