Arcane
Complete File (14 issues)

Authored by Jeff Busby
Selfpublished, 1980-1985,1995 (Paperback), 214 pages

(106 entries)


(typed in by Denis Behr)
 
CreatorTitle of Routine or SleightCommentIssuePageCategories
Larry JenningsA Reverse Elevatoraces turn over in pack, then elevator phase11Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the pack at once Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator
UnknownDeck Flopcontext11Cards / Sleights  / Turnover
Hans E. TrixerNo Fish4 red pokcer chips turn black one by one, see page 21 for a jumbo chip finale12Chip / Color Change
Ken BealeDiabolical Dealspectator chooses hand and draws as many as he like, still loses15Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand...
Ken BealeDrop Out Stud Poker Stacksset-ups for stud poker:
For Three Hands
For Four Hands
For Five Hands
For Six Hands
16Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand...
Ken BealeTwo Stock ShufflesFor Two Pair
For One Pair
18Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Stacking
Paul SwinfordThe Princess Trick Revisitedusing two spectators, double index cards212Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Card Packet, Selection Vanishes) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices
Paul SwinfordMagnetic Coincidenceselection by spectator and performer are found next to each other by stop procedure, marked and half forcing deck, gilbreath215Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle & Applications Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck
Paul Swinford & Alex Elmsley1003rd Aces215Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Paul SwinfordUpjog Addition and Switchcontext216Cards / Sleights  / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Pack
Paul Swinford & Bob HummerSilver and Goldvarious parity effects (6 routines) inspired by Bob Hummer's work with numbered chips and small metal cups217Chip / Miscellaneous Cup / Miscellaneous
Hans E. TrixerNo Fish Finalejumbo chip appears, finale for No Fish, context221Chip / Appearance
Michael CloseRoyal Poker Cullprocedure to get a royal flush from shuffled deck, no normal game procedure, based on Harry Riser's The Last Hand323Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand...
Michael CloseWild Underground Transpositionall 8 cards change to jokers as climax, see also Close's Dancers at the End of Time325Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Ray GrismerKnottyring knotted on rope penetrates it327Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ed BrownMaking Fake Index Court Cardscontext331Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / How to Gaff and Peel... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices
Michael SkinnerThree Different Ways3 selections made in different ways and found in different ways with 2 four of a kinds along the way433Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Location Routine Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Production / As a Climax
Unknown10-20 Forceadding digits, context434Cards / Sleights  / Force / Mathematical Forces
Eddie Fields10-20 Force Handlingadding digits, context435Cards / Sleights  / Force / Mathematical Forces
Frank Shields & Francis CarlyleDouble Reversaldeck rightens, 2 selections turn over, based on Carlyle's "Transposition in Reverse" (Scarne on Card Tricks)436Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Frank ShieldsReversed Card Glimpseglimpsing a secretly reversed card in fan, context437Cards / Sleights  / Glimpse / Center
William ZavisMilled Racedollar size, backfire438Coin / Effect Themes / Travelling / Hand to Hand / "Normal"
John RamsayRamsay Subtletycontext439Coin / Sleights  / Palming / Subtleties
UnknownHeel Transferfrom hand to hand, context440Coin / Sleights  / Transfers / Steals
Charlie MillerAces En Route548Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion
Cal EmmettCigars & Handkerchiefcigars appear from handkerchief550Cigarette/Cigar / Appearance
Larry JenningsA Wrong Card Turns Rightsucker effect with 5 cards552Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Dunbury Delusion & Variations
Jeff BusbyPreliminary Set-Upsusing Jennings' A Wrong Card Turns Right for the Mental Reverse553Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Mental Reverse
Jeff BusbyTop Stock ControlZarrow and crimp combo554Cards / Sleights  / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial Cards / Sleights  / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Transfers & Displacements
Harry RiserAlmost Legitimate Cutting the Aceshandling of Dai Vernon's Cutting the Aces659Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces
Harry RiserInstant Triple Cutone-handed onto the table659Cards / Sleights  / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts
Harry RiserHundred Dollar Predictionone of five, duplicates and divided card, based on Kaplan's Cagliostro's Card, see also Ed Marlo's Poor Man's Prediction664Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
UnknownSplit-Faced Cardcontext664Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided
Harry RiserTwo Coin Routinecopper and silver coin, impromptu666Coin / Effect Themes / Production Routines & Vanish and Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Harry RiserRear Thumb Clipcontext668Coin / Sleights  / Palming / Back Clip Handlings Coin / Sleights  / Palming / Palm Positions
Harry RiserThe Last Handprocedure to get a royal flush from shuffled deck, no normal game procedure, see also Michael Close's Royal Poker Cull669Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand...
Neal EliasCooper's SwindleStraight Layout
Losing Layout
Reversed Straight Layout
Double Straight Layout: First Method, Seoncd Method
775Chain / Endless Chain
James SwainPoker Interchangesee also Bruce Cervon's Poker Interchange Exchanged (also here) and Swain's Poker Interchange Redux779Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Ed Marlo & James SwainOne Shuffle Riffle Stackvariation of Marlo's One Riffle Shuffle Stacks, context780Cards / Sleights  / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Paul GertnerPoker Interchange - Handling Variationcontext782Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Darwin OrtizPoker Interchange - Handling Variationcontext782Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Interchange
Ed Marlo & Darwin OrtizBlock Stacking Sequencevariation of Ed Marlo's Block Stacking, context782Cards / Sleights  / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Stacking
Jon CharlesSon of Goofy4 giant cards, they transform and one rises out (thread)783Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Gambling Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Animation / Rising Card(s)
Martin LewisJammed!2 copper and 2 silver transpose with one set in purse887Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper/Silver / With Props
Francis PelkeyUltimate Succession Acesodd-backed progressive assembly with kickback, duplicate889Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Progressive Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Reverse
Jeff Busby & Francis PelkeyUltimate Succession Aces - ungaffedodd-backed progressive assembly with kickback, 2 handlings892Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Odd Backed Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Progressive Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Reverse
Ed Marlo & Jeff BusbyOlram Subtlety Variationcontext894Cards / Sleights  / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Jeff Busby & Brother John HammanFan Flushtration Countcontext895Cards / Sleights  / False Display / All alike
Paul FoxSmoke Passagecigarette appears ala pantomime cigarette, vanishes, smoke in glass9101Cigarette/Cigar / Appearance Cigarette/Cigar / Vanish Cigarette/Cigar / Smoke
Al Baker & Paul FoxCigarette Vanishhandling with thumb tip, context9104Cigarette/Cigar / Vanish Thumbtip
Dai VernonElectromagnetic Aceswith 2 magazines9105Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Matrix like Effects
Ed MarloBill, Egg, and Glassbill vanishes and reappears under paper-covered glass, egg appears, vanishes, bill reappears in egg9111Egg / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill in Lemon/Cigarette/... Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Glass / Penetration
Stewart JamesBalldownbig ball is in tube, small ball is dropped in and penetrates big ball and falls out on bottom10119Ball / "Small" Ball / Penetration
Stewart JamesClock Wisenew procedure with presentations and variations10121Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Stewart JamesReverse Forward Farohandling of the reverse faro, context10122Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Stewart JamesMar-Ganaword is predicted, using anagrams10124Words & Letters / Prediction
Stewart JamesThe Dilly-Dally Principlenumber force with playing cards10124Cards / Sleights  / Force / Mathematical Forces Numbers / Number Forces
Stewart JamesPolychromatic Wheelstrange force involving a wheel layout on the table10125Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Sleights  / Force / Mathematical Forces
Stewart JamesPhone-A-Tellusing a forced card to get to predicted phone number10126Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Stewart JamesKardtuusing the "52 on One Card" gag10126Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Stewart JamesSimian Simile3-phase routine with 2 brass nuts and a string, several penetrations, using gaffed Brema Nut10127Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Stewart JamesDomore Discoverycounting procedure in Si Stebbins stack produced coincidence/prediction10128Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Stewart JamesHalf Open Omennumber prediction with cards using cyclical stack (Si Stebbins, Eight Kings), featuring comedy patter "Heinz Across the Sea"10129Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Only for Special Stacks / Eight KingsCards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Numbers / Number Forces
Stewart JamesBermuda Trianglescoincidences with triangle layout...10129Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Numbers / Number Forces
Stewart JamesHalf-A-Dozen Ways to Turnoff-beat presentation, ace of spades appears and transforms10130Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
UnknownAir Pressure Reversecontext10130Cards / Sleights  / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Stewart JamesGolf Pokerdealing story routine with jumbo cards10131Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Gambling
Fred KapsO-Korto For Twolong routine in which coins and box penetrate hands and box shrinks so coins do not fit in any more (see also "O-Korto Coin Box" in New Modern Coin Magic)11137Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous
UnknownBox Turnovercontext11142Coin / Sleights  / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
Allan SlaightGuise Winner5 hands of poker are redealt to same persons, spectator names missing card (Premonition)11144Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition
Jeff BusbyHistorical Comments on "Premonition"/"Prize Winner"context11144Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition
Reinhard MüllerOut of the Escorial Isorting in 4 suits11147Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants
Reinhard MüllerOut of the Escorial IIsorting in 4 suits11149Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants
Reinhard MüllerGilbreath in the Escorialsorting in 4 suits11150Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & VariantsCards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle & Applications
Emil Jarrow & Richard M. Biow & Danny DewEmil Jarrow's Close-Up Bill in LemonStand-Up Version
Close-Up Table Method
12154Bill / Bill in Lemon/Cigarette/...
Fred BraueThree A.M. Poker Dealprogressive poker deal stack that is easy to remember12161Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand...
Father CyprianFlash Foldcard is actually prefolded and this condition is hidden when it is signed12164Cards / Sleights  / Miscellaneous / Folding
Father CyprianVlad to See You!folded card to little box with garlic and dracula patter12167Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Ringbox (Kaps style)
Father Cyprian & Jeff BusbyFurther Ideas with the Flash Fold12169Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Ringbox (Kaps style)
Father CyprianCard in Handcard drops folded in spectator's hand, context12170Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Father CyprianPsychokinetic Cardcard apparently folds itself on spectators palm12170Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
William P. MieselThe Fastest Sandwich in the World13174Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich - Moveless
William P. MieselFilling the Elevatorsmall packet with 2 quartets13176Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator
UnknownBraue Secret Addition Variationcontext13177Cards / Sleights  / Additions / from the Top of the deck
William P. MieselHit Double Lift Second Dealcontext13178Cards / Sleights  / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous
William P. MieselDeceivedvariation of Alex Elmsley's Diamond Cut Diamond13179Cards / Effect Themes / "Number Effects" / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / "Number Effects" / Two Cards change position
William P. MieselHere and Gone3 cards change to selection, then become aces13181Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere
William P. MieselBarefaced Commitmentprediction written on playing card13183Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
Martin GardnerHand-Held Pasteboard Prevarication DetectorPhase One: Guessing the Selected Card
Phase Two: Detecting Lies
Phase Three: Testing for ESP
14188Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling & Lie Detector Effects / Lie Detector
Joe Berg & Martin GardnerKnot from Nowhere & Variationsthing where you don't let go of ends and still make knots14191Rope / Knot Effects
Mitsunobo MatsuyamaThe Knot Scampuzzle14194Rope / Knot Effects Rope / Miscellaneous
Mitsunobo Matsuyama & Martin GardnerSeparating Knots2 ropes together are knotted, knots separated, with Single Rope Variation, With Silks14196Rope / Knot Effects Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Martin GardnerThe Pyramid Spellusing some pyramid layout on the table, 2 versions14198Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling & Lie Detector Effects / Spelling / Impromptu
Martin GardnerSelf-Suspending Matcheswithout pre-wedged broken match14200Match & Matchbox / Matchbox
Martin GardnerQuad Riseusing tilt14202Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
Neal EliasPaintbruch Color Changebrief, context14203Cards / Sleights  / Color Change / On the pack
Howard SchwarzmanTilt Finessedodging center cards out, context14203Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt/Depth Illusion
Martin GardnerTilt Finessespreading top cards back, context14204Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt/Depth Illusion
Persi DiaconisThe Persi Diaconis Presentation for Tilted Aces4 aces come to top all at once14204Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Jeff BusbyA Lift Tip14204Cards / Sleights  / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Martin GardnerChromo-Clairvoyance5 envelopes, 5 color cards, spectator puts them in, performer guesses all correctly, 3 methods14205ABC & ESP Cards / Miscellaneous
Martin GardnerLiterary Brilliancebook/magazine cover as shiner14207Cards / Principles / Shiner
Martin GardnerSefalaljia Sans14208Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves (no Finger Rings)Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Martin Gardner & Jeff BusbyTwo Quick Tricks & Associated Ideas: A Reversal Methoda card turns over, based on cut deeper force14210Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights  / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Martin Gardner & Jeff BusbyAdditional Methods & Handlingscard turns over14210Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Martin GardnerPacket Paritycolor prediction with chess pieces, also with cards (color of a card is predicted)14212Propless / Random Objects Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous

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