Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks

Ellis Stanyon, Karl Fulves

Courier Corporation, 1999 - Games & Activities - 312 pages

Hundreds of tricks devised by one of the leading magicians of the early 20th century — from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation and the discovery of a chosen card, to such simple sleights of hand as "The Traveling Ace" and "Putting the King and Queen to Bed." Fascinating, clearly illustrated material for amateurs and professionals alike.

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Contents

• Simple Methods of Discovering a Chosen Card: 1
• Discovering One Card Chosen from Seven or Eight: 7
• The Step: 13
• The Revolution Change Through the Pack: 20
• Jerking the Pack Out of Hand: 21
• To Cut the Pack at the Chosen Card: 23
• Nailing Chosen Card to the Door: 24
• The Card Found at Any Number: 25
• The Pack Cut into Four Heaps: 26
• Catching Two Selected Cards: 27
• At Any Number Chosen by the Audience: 28
• One of Three Dealt on the Table 29 25 Knocking the Pack Out of Hand: 29
• Various Simple Tricks with Cards 1 The Four Robbers: 30
• The Three Robbers and the Constable 32 3 Three Aces Separated Come Together: 32
• The False Count: 33
• Two Cards Placed in the Centre of the Pack Found on Top: 34
• The Travelling Ace: 35
• The Simple Four Ace Trick: 37
• Two Aces Separated Come Together: 40
• A Card Thought of Discovers Another One Freely Chosen but Lost in the Pack: 41
• To Vanish One of Five Cards: 42
• With the Half Card: 43
• Several Cards Pass Through a Book: 44
• Inseparable Kings and Queens: 45
• Naming a Card in One Packet by Looking at One in Another: 46
• Sighting the Index of the Drawn Card: 47
• The Slip Change: 49
• A Subtle Deal to Find the Chosen Card: 50
• Inseparable Sevens: 51
• Queens Digging for Diamonds: 52
• The Roadside Inn: 53
• Card TricksCalculation 1 The Transposed Cards: 54
• Placed at Any Number from Top: 56
• The Spots on Card Indicate Number of Cards Secretly Added to Pack: 57
• Any Number of Cards Dealt Face Upwards to Discover One Chosen 58 6 To Produce a Card at Any Number: 58
• The Twentyseven Cards: 60
• A Reversed Count Brings Card to Any Position: 61
• To Name the Total Value of Several Chosen Cards: 62
• Thirtyone Simple Version: 63
• The Clock 65 14 The Clockwith Ten Cards: 65
• To Detect Chosen Card Amongst Thirtyfive: 66
• The Square of Twentyfive Cards: 67
• The Magic Triplets: 68
• Another Method for No 20: 69
• To Discover One of Two Cards Removed from Fiftytwo: 70
• To Discover Names of Three Cards Chosen by Three Different People: 71
• To Discover Card or Cards Amongst Sixteen After the Fourth Deal: 72
• To Discover Value of Two Cards Drawn from the Pack of Fiftytwo Without Seeing Any Cards: 73
• The Mysterious Addition 31 Odd or Even: 74
• To Discover the Respective Holders of Three Cards or Objects: 75
• The Numerical Shuffle 76 36 The Transposed Cards: 76
• The Transposed Cards and MindReading: 77
• 42: 78
• At Any Number from the Top: 79
• Thirtyone: 80
• The Position of Card Amongst Ten: 82
• Two Packs Shuffled and Card Found in Same Position in Each: 83
• Placing the Chosen Card at Any Number: 84
• Card TricksArrangement 1 Arrangement of a Whist Pack: 85
• Margerys Arrangement for a Piquet Pack: 86
• Changing the Pack: 87
• To Cut an Odd or Even Number: 88
• Rapid Memorization ? of Half the Pack: 91
• The Twentyseven Card Trick without a Key: 97
• Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same: 104
• Card Tricks Using Confederates: 110
• Card Reading: 115
• Arranged Pack 116 115 2 The Bottom Card Simple: 116
• Round Convex Mirror 117 5 Reflection in the Eye ?: 117
• Subtle Reading of the Index: 118
• The Index Removed from One End of the Pack: 121
• Card Tricks Using Special Printed Cards: 122
• Two Cards One in Each Hand Change Places: 123
• The Cagliostro or Balsamo Card Trick: 124
• Any Card from the Pocket: 126
• A Lightning Change: 128
• Two Cards Pass from One Plate to Another: 130
• NoxEmAll: 131
• The Sphinx Card Trick: 132
• Papel Blanco: 135
• Will o the Wisp: 137
• Contrario Aces: 138
• Cremation and Confetti: 139
• The Yogi Wonder: 140
• The Princess Card Trick: 141
• The ThreeCard Trick 28 Pickitout: 143
• The Best Ever Card Trick: 144
• Clevelands Presto Fly Card Trick: 145
• The Spotter or Educated Die: 146
• The Surprise Card Trick: 147
• Edwards Dioramic Pack: 148
• Pippin: 150
• The Twelve Ubiquitous Court Cards: 151
• Substitution of a Trick Set for Ordinary Cards: 152
• Mechanical and Other Prepared Cards 1 Aces versus Kings: 154
• Three Cards Appear on a Borrowed Hat: 157
• The Card Appears on an Arm: 158
• The Card Envelope and Handkerchief Combination: 159
• The Card Thrown on a Silk Hat Jumps Up and Stands on One End: 160
• The Mysterious Chain of Cards: 161
• The Simple Throwing of a Card: 162
• The Card Disappears from a Glass of Water: 164
• The Card Disappears from an Empty Glass: 165
• The Three of Diamonds Changes to Two: 166
• The Two of Hearts Changes to the Two of Spades: 167
• Got Em All Beat: 169
• The Card through a Hat 170 25 The Card in a Bottle: 170
• The Ink Card: 171
• The Envelope Changes to the Chosen Card: 172
• The Vanishing Pips: 173
• The Reunited Card 174 30 The Card on a Ribbon: 174
• The Chosen Card Changes to a Box of Matches: 175
• The Mechanical Changing Pip Card: 177
• Changing and Enlarging the Card: 180
• The Card Changes to a Die: 181
• The Chosen Card Appears Between Two Others on a Thread: 182
• An Ace Changes to a Three and Vice Versa: 183
• The Sticking Pack of Cards 48 The Electric Pack of Cards 184: 184
• Producing a Pack of Cards from an Empty Glass: 185
• The Chosen Card Is Found Printed on a Plain Card Placed in a Glass Tumbler 53 The Four Ace Trick: 186
• New Precipitation: 187
• DeLands TwoCard Monte: 188
• A New Protean or Chameleon Pack: 189
• The Five of Diamonds Changes to the Five of Spades: 190
• Forcing Packs and Tricks with Same: 191
• Pack to Force Three Cards Together: 192
• The Ruffle Force with an Ordinary Pack: 193
• The Slip Force: 194
• The Fin de Siècle Forcing Pack of Cards: 195
• The AeDiTseTal Forcing Pack: 196
• The Svengali Wonder Forcing Pack: 197
• The Double Forcing Pack: 198
• The Triple Forcing Pack: 200
• The Forcing and Selfshifting Pack: 201
• The Forcing Pack that May Be Genuinely Shuffled: 202
• The Key Card Forcing and Selfshifting Pack: 203
• Three Persons Select the Same Card: 205
• Besauté Stripper and Cornered Packs: 208
• Two Chosen Cards Found Together: 221
• Principles of Sleight of Hand: 222
• The DoubleHanded Pass 2 Stanyons Pass in Connection with Sleeves: 223
• Cutting the Bottom of the Pack to the Left: 224
• The Change Packet Pass: 225
• The Drop Rear Packet Pass: 226
• Bottom Packet Around Upper to the Right: 227
• The Diagonal Palm Pass Right Hand: 228
• The Diagonal Palm Pass Left Hand: 229
• ONEHANDED METHODS OF MAKING THE PASS 13 Drop the Bottom Half from the Thumb: 230
• Charlier Pass Under the Top Card: 233
• Upright OneHanded Pass: 234
• The Bridge Pass First Method: 235
• The Bridge Pass Third Method: 236
• Various Methods of Palming Cards: 237
• Palming the Top Card by Drawing It Towards the Person: 238
• Returning the Card or Cards to the Top of the Pack: 239
• Lateral Slide of the Top Card to the Right: 240
• Palming Cards with Rearward ColourChange Sleight: 241
• Palming the Bottom Card Across the Left Hand: 242
• Palming the Bottom Card Ordinary Position in the Left Hand: 243
• Magical Production of a Full Pack of Cards: 244
• Palming and Reproducing Cards After Springing the Pack from Hand to Hand: 246
• Palming in Connection with Pulling Up the Sleeves Production from Left Elbow: 247
• Palming Cards in the Left Hand from the Bottom of the Pack: 248
• Masking the Palm with the Balance of the Pack: 249
• Passing the Fiftytwo Cards Up the Sleeves: 251
• The Card Thought of Is Removed and Replaced in the Pack: 252
• Various Methods of Changing Cards: 254
• Stanyons Method of Masking the Top Change: 255
• The Mexican Turn Over Change: 257
• Changing the Card by Rubbing It on the Sleeve: 258
• A New Top ChangeVariation: 259
• Changing the Card with Forward ColourChange Sleight: 260
• Passing the Bottom Face Card to the Rear of the Pack: 261
• VARIOUS CHANGES APART FROM THE PACK 14 To Change One Card Without the Pack: 262
• To Change a Number of Cards: 263
• The Excelsior Change for One Card: 264
• The Revolution Change: 265
• Changing the Pack at the Breast Pockets: 266
• Either One of Three Cards Is the Chosen One: 267
• Various Methods of Forcing Cards: 269
• Simple and Conclusive Mathematical Method: 270
• Forcing a Card with One Hand: 271
• Forcing a Card by Count and SecondDealing: 273
• Forcing the Choice of One of the Three Cards on the Table: 274
• The Ruffle Force with an Ordinary Pack: 275
• The Slip Force: 276
• False Shuffles and Cuts 1 The Horizontal Shuffle: 277
• The Riffle Shuffle Genuine: 278
• The Bridge and Cut Shuffle: 279
• Simple Horizontal Shuffle for One or Several Cards: 280
• To Retain the Top CardOverhand Shuffle: 281
• To Retain the Top and Bottom StockOverhand Shuffle: 282
• To Retain the Order of the Whole PackOverhand Shuffle: 283
• Overhand Shuffling a Card to Any Position: 284
• Retaining the Top and Bottom CardsOverhand Shuffle: 285
• Retaining the Top StockOverhand Shuffle: 286
• False Cut to Retain the Bottom Stock: 288
• Genuine Cut Neutralised by Jog and Palming: 289
• Riffle Shuffle for Paired Pack: 290
• Miscellaneous Sleights with Cards 1 How to Make the Ruffle: 291
• The Slip Change: 292
• To Glimpse the Chosen Card: 293
• To Draw Back a Card: 294
• The False Count 295 9 The False Count Second Method: 295
• Ornamental Sleights and Flourishes 291 296 1 Springing the Cards from One Hand to the Other: 296
• Palming Cards when Reversing the Pack in the Same Hand: 297
• Changing the Face Card of the Pack: 298
• Colour Change Suiting Actions to Words: 299
• Cards Thrown from the Left Arm and Caught in the Left Hand: 300
• Revolution on the Table 301 300: 301
• Balancing the Pack on Endon the Back of the Hand: 302
• Catching the Pack from the Elbow: 304
• A Card Thrown Returns and Is Severed by Scissors: 305
• The Falling Ribbon of Cards: 306
• Catching Two Heaps of Cards from the Back of the Hand: 307
• OneHanded Pass Against Left Hip: 309
• Subtle Overhand Shuffle: 310
• Subtle Force with a Dinner Knife 311 31 An Exciting Drop from the Back of the Hand: 311
• Tearing a Pack of Cards in Half: 312
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 313

About the author

Karl Fulves is one of the most respected authorities in the field of magic. For over 40 years, he has written hundreds of books on the subject and taught the art of illusion to thousands of people of all ages. This legendary figure also edited and published such magazines as Epilogue and The Pallbearers Review.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks; Dover Magic Books
• Authors: Ellis Stanyon, Karl Fulves
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 1999
• ISBN: 0486405303, 9780486405308
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Games / Magic