Cards in Magic & Mentalism: page 21

This is an idea by Steve Freeman to switch out one card that is sandwiched between two other cards.

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Another handling to use the Biddle action as a force.

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Essentially this is a reverse Biddle action where the Biddle move is used as a force. This idea was developed by Ed Marlo. (If anybody knows why this is called "Here's Hockley" please email us.)

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This is an extension to the Biddle Count allowing you to steal several cards from the cards shown.

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The Veeser Concept is essentially an extension of the Biddle Count allowing one to exchange a block of cards during a count.

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This is a wonderfully versatile count by Elmer Biddle. It is next to the Elmsley Count probably the most important count available today due to its versatility and deceptiveness.

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A nice little illusion showing four aces as five.

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This false count by Francis Carlyle is as Allan says "a work of art." It provides both a visual and audible illusion.

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This count deceives both the eyes and the ears.

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From John Bannon's book Smoke and Mirrors here is another 2-4-4 count - a variation of Larry Becker's Mirage Count.

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The rumba count is designed to apparently show all cards from the front and back, but in reality one hides the backs of all cards but one.

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This is a 1-x-x count developed by Canadian magician Norman Houghton around 1955 and popularized by Brother John Hamman. You repeatedly show the same card while tabling the others one by one. Very easy to do, but perhaps not that deceptive. Allan shares a nice touch to make this count quite a bit more deceptive.

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This is a 2-4-4 count developed by Ed Marlo. You show two cards at the same time, table them and then show the remaining two cards, all while you hide two of the four cards.

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This is a Jack Carpenter variation of Larry Jennings' Rhythm Count.

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Here Allan Ackerman combines Dai Vernon's Optical Move with Larry Jennings' Rhythm Count to achieve an even more visual deceptive rhythm count variety.

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This is a 2-4-4 count and it can be used as replacement wherever a Gemini Count is needed. It is a beautifully flowing and deceptive count. By some accounts, the best card count developed to this date.

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This 2-4-4 count was developed by Brother John.

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OPOS stands for Out of Position Olram Subtlety. It is a 3-4-4 count.

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This is a very deceptive and visual 3-4-4 count, hiding one card, developed by Ed Marlo. In case you wonder who or what 'Olram' is, that is Marlo spelled backwards.

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Count two cards as four while holding four cards.

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Count two cards as many cards as you like.

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Count three cards as five while actually holding four cards.

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Show three cards as four while actually having three cards.

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The Jordan Count, developed by Charles Jordan, interfaces nicely with the Elmsley Count, because after the Jordan Count you are setup to do an Elmsley Count and vice versa, after an Elmsley Count you can do a Jordan Count without any adjustment, always hiding one card.

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