December 2021 |
A Card in Hand, by Ted Annemann
(His Way and My Way)
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November 2021 |
Transformations
(The First Coin Trick David Roth Taught Me)
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October 2021 |
One-Way Ticket
(This'll Really Turn 'em Around)
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April 2021 – September 2021 |
No coumn. In hospital/rehab/recouperating |
March 2021 |
Jerry Andrus's Stainless Steal
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February 2021 |
Andrus Card Control
(A Book Review)
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January 2021 |
David Roth
(More Than a Coin Man)
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December 2020 |
Soulmates
(Sometimes, It's True Love)
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November 2020 |
Twenty is Plenty
(But Twenty-One is More Fun)
Featuring:
Darwin Ortiz's Stapled blackjack
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October 2020 |
The Dirty Dog Transpo
(If They Knew, That'd be You)
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`September 2020 |
Strike Three, Part 2
(and More on The Paradigm Shift, Volume One)
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` August 2020 |
Strike Three, Part 1
(From Simon to Michael to Ed)
Featuring:
A Variation of Michael Close's "Base on Balls"
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` July 2020 |
Hass on the Half-Pass
(With a Little Twist)
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June 2020 |
Jerry Hartman, Jerry Hartman
(When Writer's Block Hits, JKH to the Rescue)
Featuring:
A Case for Change.
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` May 2020 |
The Telephone Mystery
(A Wonderful Trick for a Horrible Time)
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` April 2020 |
A Swindle of Sorts, by Paul Curry
(Will this fool all of the people all of the time?)
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` March 2020 |
Tricks for Your Card-iologist
(They're the Guys Who Keep Hearts in Order)
Featuring:
Order Out of Chaos, by Lew R. Brooks
Jay Ose's False Cut
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February 2020 |
Three Quick Tricks
(With Only One Picked)
Featuring:
The Bo-Top Change
The All-'Round-Square-Up Glimpse
The Jinx Change
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January 2020 |
The Conjuror Community
(More Magic Than You Need, Almost as Much as You Want)
Featuring:
The Bouncers' Sandwich, by Adam Grace
The Top Change
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December 2019 |
Impromptu Out of This World
(Thanks to Harry Lorayne)
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May 2018 |
A Miss is as Good as a Mile
(It's OK, if Your Next Shot Hits)
Featuring:
Derek Dingle's
Too Many Cards
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April 2018 |
It Started as a Joke
(But It Worked!)
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February 2018 |
A The Backwards Card Trick, by Peter Kougasian
(Invisibility Isn't Always Permanent.)
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January 2018 |
Cumulative Index of Articles
(68 Tricks, 80 Sleights)
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December 2017 |
Predicting the Past
(It's Much Easier Than Predicting the Future)
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November 2017 |
Impromptu Blankwave Revisited
(A Deck Undergoes a Radical Change)
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October 2017 |
The Three Eyes
(Simon Aronson and Juan Tamiriz Have a Grandchild)
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September 2017 |
More on Cyclical Stacks
(Si Stebbins Rides a Jackass to See Eight Kings)
Featuring:
Dunninger's Secret,
by James Swain
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August 2017 |
For Everything, There is a Season
(Cyclical Stacks Help Defy Reason)
Featuring:
The Charlier shuffle
Si Stebbins Secret
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July 2017 |
Rock, Rock, Rock Around the Clock
(Simon Says, "No Writer's Block.")
Featuring:
Two Minds and a Mate
by Simon Aronson
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June 2017 |
The Diagonal Palm Clip/Cop
(I thought I invented it. I was Wrong.)
Featuring:
Doubled-Barreled Transpo
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May 2017 |
Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, Divided
(It's Aramaic—look it up.)
Featuring:
Five Card Mene-Tekel Revelation
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April 2017 |
The Seven Percent Solution
(Divided by 10,000.)
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March 2017 |
The spectator Reads Your Mind
(Don't Worry; It's Only a Trick!)
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February 2017 |
Clocking the Deck
(It's Time to Learn Something New)
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January 2017 |
Predicted Coincidence Update
(How odd!)
Featuring:
Cumulative Index of Articles
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December 2016 |
The World's Greatest Mentalism Trick
(Made Even Greater)
Featuring:
Worldly Things, by Steve Draun
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November 2016 |
Some ACAAN Theory, Part 3
A Memorized Deck Trick
(With No Memory Needed)
Featuring:
Predicted Coincidence
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October 2016 |
Some ACAAN Theory, Part 2
A Memorized Deck Trick
(With No Memory Needed)
Featuring:
Predicted Coincidence
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September 2016 |
Some ACAAN Theory, Part 1
A Memorized Deck Trick
(With No Memory Needed)
Featuring:
Predicted Coincidence
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August 2016 |
More on False Shuffles
Featuring:
The Push-Through False Shuffle
The Divided False Shuffle by Luis Otero
A Tip on the Zarrow Shuffle
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June 2016 |
A False Shuffle and a Cut
(Good Things Are Worth Waiting For.)
Featuring:
Aronson Stripout Shuffle
Affus-Gaffus False Cut
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May 2016 |
Please Don't Read This Column!
(I Want To Fool You With This Trick.)
Featuring:
Super Location by Harry Lorayne
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April 2016 |
The Amount of Coin Magic Here Has Doubled
(The Size of My Half Dollar Has Tripled!)
Featuring:
Expanding Expenditure, by Mike Powers
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March 2016 |
The Golden Retriever Takes Another Bite
Featuring:
Labrador Retriever, by Claudio Imperiale
Double Speller Plus
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February 2016 |
The World's Greatest Ultra Mental Routine?
(Careful—Heads Might Explode)
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January 2016 |
Cumulative Index of Inside Ed's Head
April 2012-December 2015
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December 2015 |
The Power of Positive Thinking, Part 2
(This Month, 1 1/2 Tricks)
Featuring:
"The Bipolar Joker"
J.K. Hartman's "Hip-Hop Switch."
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November 2015 |
Back to the 1970s
(We Revisit Million Dollar Card Secrets)
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October 2015 |
Freddy Foxhead, An Origami Revelation
(For Vinnie)
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September 2015 |
Bob Lusthaus: The Underground Creator
(He Can fix Tax Problems, Too!)
Featuring:
"The Riffle Shuffle Control"
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August 2015 |
I Teach a Coin Trick!
(Is it the Apocalypse?)
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July 2015 |
Paul Rosini's Double Reverse
(A good Trick +
an Easy Way to Practice a Sleight)
Featuring:
Ken Krenzel's "Mechanical Reverse"
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June 2015 |
X Marks the Spot
(Finding Buried Treasure Can Be Amazing)
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May 2015 |
Rara Avis
(A Trick For the Sharpest Among Us)
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April 2015 |
Lord of the Kings
(How to Be a Master Magician)
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March 2015 |
Pop-Out Moves
(From the Side, and From the Front)
Featuring:
A brand new move by J. K. Hartman, appearing first on our blog!
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February 2015 |
A Simple Deck Switch
Featuring:
A cumulative index of Inside Ed's Head
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January 2015 |
The Borgia Cards, Part 2
(A Tale of an Ambitious Family)
Featuring:
Larry Jennings' 'Optical Add-On"
Fred Kaps' "Top Move"
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December 2014 |
The Borgia Cards, Part 1
(A Tale of an Ambitious Family)
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September 2014 |
Some Essential Moves
Featuring:
Steve Draun's "Midnight Shift"
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August 2014 |
Oh! Cullcutta!
Featuring:
Justin Higham's "Combination Cull"
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July 2014 |
Going Home
(With Help From Tom Craven)
Featuring:
"Elmer's Homing card"
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June 2014 |
John Bannon Steps Up!
No, It's Not a Mirage
Featuring:
"Be-Bop Deluxe"
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May 2014 |
It Doesn't Count If the Audience can't See It
Featuring: Jerry Hartman's "Up Count"
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April 2014 |
Do You Know Where Your Card Is Now?
(You're Wrong!)
Featuring:
"Impulse" by Peter Duffie.
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March 2014 |
Counts
(We're not talking about royalty)
Featuring:
The Elmsley and E.Y.E counts.
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February 2014 |
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
(Blow Their Minds, Just Like a Bubble)
Featuring:
Push-off Double Lift from a Four-Card Packet
Push-off Double Lift from the Deck
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January 2014 |
Mates
(Not Just for Lovers or Chess Players)
Featuring:
Marlo's "Hockley Move"
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December 2013 |
The Golden Retriever
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November 2013 |
Contemplating The Dream Card Part III
(I hope This Isn't Becoming a Nightmare!)
Featuring:
Vernon's "Pivot Change"
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October 2013 |
Contemplating The Dream Card Part II
(One Never Knows When A Trick is Good Enough)
Featuring:
"The Bottom Deal Switch"
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September 2013 |
Contemplating The Dream Card
(Another Kick Myself Moment)
Featuring:
"The Hofzinser Bottom Palm"
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August 2013 |
Darwin Ortiz Issue
(Don't Do as I Did)
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July 2013 |
Dealing From the Bottom
(Much Easier Than You Think)
Featuring:
"The Sorcerer's Spell"
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June 2013 |
The Diagonal Palm Shift
(Easier Done Than Said)
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May 2013 |
Jerry Hartman
(Leader of the Pack)
Featuring:
"My Favorite Four Ace Trick With Five Cards"
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April 2013 |
H. S. Card to Spectator's Wallet
(Jerry Mentzer Approves
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March 2013 |
Do You Like Bottoms? I Do!
(We are talking about card moves, right?)
Featuring:
"Immediate Bottom Deal," "Jinx Change," "Bo-Top Change"
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February 2013 |
Barrie Richardson Approves of This Message
Jerry Mentzer is Missing
Featuring:
"H. S. Card to Card Case"
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January 2013 |
Harry Lorayne Changed My Life!
From Harry Lorayne: "The Little Card That Wasn't There"
Featuring:
"The Turnover Change," by Paul Curry
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December 2012 |
The Kosky Switch
(Hey Diddle Diddle, it Ain't in the Middle!)
Featuring:
"Signed Card to Kosky's Wallet"
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October 2012 |
The Out-of-Body Experience
(The World's Greatest Card Trick?)
A Gift from Daryl
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September 2012 |
The Name-a Card Project
My Lucky Number
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August 2012 |
" Do As I Do - Stacked"
"Do As I Do - Ridged"
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July 2012 |
One Way or Another I'm Gonna find Ya
Featuring:
"Mexican Joe Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
"Mexican Joe Breaks Into Tears"
"From Your Heart To My Mind"
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June 2012 |
What Should You Bring When Invited to a Knife Fight? A Gun!
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May 2012 |
Why Practicing Magic Isn't Like Practicing the Piano
(Pianists Don't Need "Outs")
Featuring:
"Shake and a Sandwich"
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April 2012 |
The Aronson Stebbins Stacked Deck (and how to memorize it)
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