The Cardiste
by Rusduck

"Dedicated to the Art of Cardistry" was the subtitle of this legendary cards only magazine from the late 50s. It is one of the most influential card magazines ever produced, with effects by Rusduck, Elmsley, Charles Hudson, Bill Miesel, Marlo, Kosky, Milt Kort, Ron Edwards, Max Katz, Tom Ransom, etc.

1st edition 1958-1959; 156 pages.

1. To a Memory
   • Strictly Straight
   • Rusduck Bridge
   • Forever Royal - And Yet Again
   • Rusduck "Stay-Stack" System
2. Zensational
   • Hocus Poker
   • Nudeck Speller
   • "Sneaky Pete" Repeat
   • An Oddity
   • S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T
   • Faro Favorites
   • Anyone for Bridge?
3. Rusduck Four-Way Deal
   • The Lost Ace
   • Sorcerer's Seven
   • Sermonette!
   • Faro Fantasies
4. Poker Poser
   • Study in Stud
   • Suicide Build
   • Sorcerer's Sevens II
   • Snibbets
   • Bottom Run Up
   • Flip Deck
   • Faro Favorites
5. M.K. Telephone Code System
   • Straight Cheating
   • Sorcerer's Sevens III
   • Color Separation
   • Fantabulous
   • Faro Favorites
   • Aces Up
6. Los Vegas Deck
   • Stud Students Stumped
   • The Coconut Poker Deal
   • Another Impromptu OOTW
   • Full Deck Speller
   • Revolving Poker
   • Major-Minor Do-as-I-do
   • Arab Roto-Pack
   • Ambitious 52
   • Winner's Weave
7. Koldex Deluxe
   • Tele-Mental
   • Rusduck Riffle
   • Rusduck Roulette
   • Zig Zag
8. Gambling Expose
   • Second & Middle Deal
   • Scrambled Straights
   • From the Middle
   • Utilitarian
   • Tri-Quad
9. Alphomega
   • Rusduck Run-Up
   • Encore!
   • Lie Detector in Person
   • The Triple Sin
10. Outer Space
    • Automento
    • Enigmatic Enclosure
    • Another Spirit Slate
    • Vacation Time
    • Vernonesque
    • Perma-Stack
    • Kwik Key Kard
11. Poker Run-Up System
    • Royal Aces
    • Hardell's Three Card Monte
    • Edwardian Aces
    • J.G.R. Mental Force
    • Mexicali Move
12. Poko-Combo
    • Temperamental Aces
    • Alaska
    • Enigmatic Enclosure
    • A Case for Mentalists
    • 1-2-3-4
    • Stay Stack Miracle