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Every effect from Hugard's Encyclopedia, rebuilt as a searchable index. Filter by what you have in your hands and what you want them to feel.

31 tricks match your filters

Ordinary deck

Stampedo

A postage stamp marks a chosen card placed among ten others, yet the stamped card vanishes from the packet and reappears in the deck.

Transposition15m
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Vanishing Pair

Two named cards vanish from a shuffled packet and reappear inside the card case sitting in plain view.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Sequel

Two numbers you wrote down in advance turn out to mark the exact spots where two freely thought-of cards end up.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Prepared deck

The Flying Card

A chosen card vanishes from the shuffled deck and reappears inside a previously empty card box.

Transposition25m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

Ace Transposition

Two aces sealed in separate glasses on opposite sides of the table magically trade places on command.

Transposition25m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

Remote Control Improved

A spectator merely points at any face-up card in a red deck, and that very card turns out to be the blue-backed, initialed card they chose minutes earlier.

Discovery15m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

A Real Magical Vanish

A red-backed Queen visibly travels from a separate blue deck across the room to rejoin two Aces tucked in a spectator's pocket.

Transposition15m
Ch. VILearn it
Gaff cards

Transposition Extraordinary

A brief look at the gaffed card that launched a whole family of double-back card mysteries.

Transposition15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Transposition Extraordinary

A spectator's chosen card appears in one deck while the matching card in another deck vanishes and trades places.

Transposition25m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Insto-Transpo

A spectator's initialed card and the performer's initialed card instantly trade pockets across the table.

Transposition15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

U Can't Do As I Do

A spectator copies your every move with their own cards, yet their packet never ends up matching yours.

Discovery15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Hat And Card Change

Two cards dropped into a hat trade places with one that mysteriously turns face up inside the deck.

Transposition15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

The Funny Pack

You borrow a deck and show that, impossibly, it contains two of the same card.

Transposition40m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Kings And Aces

Four Kings and four Aces, placed in completely separate spots, magically trade places under a borrowed hat.

Transposition40m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

A Transposition

A King dropped into a hat and an Ace placed in a covered glass mysteriously trade places.

Transposition15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Diabolical Transposition

Two spectators mentally pick cards from packets they hold, yet those cards vanish and reappear in two other packs.

Mind Reading40m
Ch. XIILearn it
Special pack

The Unseen Card

Two cards trade places: one buried in the deck and one a spectator has been holding in their pocket all along.

Transposition8m
Ch. XIIILearn it
Special pack

Card Into Pocket. A Second

A freely chosen card is signed off, lost in the deck, then vanishes and reappears in your pocket.

Transposition8m
Ch. XIVLearn it
Special pack

Cards And Slates

A freely chosen card vanishes from the deck and is discovered trapped between two slates shown empty moments before.

Discovery8m
Ch. XIVLearn it
Special pack

Card Through Handkerchief

A chosen card melts right through a handkerchief that completely wraps the deck.

Discovery25m
Ch. XVLearn it
Special pack

Reunion

Two cards chosen from neighboring positions are buried apart in the deck, yet they magically find each other again.

Transposition8m
Ch. XVLearn it
Special pack

Movie Color Cards

Two packs, one blue and one red, apparently trade places entirely while sealed in their matching cases.

Transposition15m
Ch. XVILearn it
Special pack

Transpo Color Change

A red pack and a blue pack placed in opposite pockets invisibly trade places.

Transposition15m
Ch. XVILearn it
Special pack

Three In One Card Trick

A freely chosen card is predicted on a slip, appears at a freely named number, then vanishes to a second packet.

Prediction15m
Ch. XVILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Case Of The Four Kings

Four Aces and four Kings are dealt into two piles, yet the families magically trade places.

Transposition15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Transposition — Box to Envelope

One spectator draws a card and seals it inside a small card box; another spectator has a card placed into an envelope.

Transposition25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Satan's Mail

A freely chosen card vanishes from the pack and is found sealed inside an envelope across the room.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Great Pearl Mystery

A story of four queens, their precious pearls, a sneaky robber, and a sleepy guard told entirely with cards in glasses.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Parade Of The Queens

Four queens are paraded between glasses and at the finish they have mysteriously all gathered into a single tumbler.

Transposition15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Double Lift

You show what seems to be the single top card, yet it behaves impossibly, returning or changing on command.

Transposition40mNo setup
Ch. XIXLearn it
Ordinary deck

To Spell Any Card Called For

A spectator names absolutely any card, and you spell it out letter by letter until that exact card turns up at the end.

Transposition15m
Ch. XXLearn it