Magicana Kaufman

Magicana was a magic newsletter started by Bill Woodfield in 1946 as a "A Trade Paper for Magicians" and was included within Genii starting in 1948.

Charlie Miller took over calling it Magicana New Series from 1964 to 1978.

When Richard Kaufman became the publisher/editor of Genii in 1998, he revived the Magicana section and began writing it himself. Earle Oakes was brought on as illustrator. Joshua Jay guest-wrote one Magicana in 1999 (the August 1999 issue) before becoming the writer/editor of the Talk About Tricks column in MAGIC magazine. David Acer took over writing Magicana in 2005, starting with the May 2005 issue and continuing to this day. Other guest writers for Magicana during the Kaufman era include Jon Racherbaumer (August 2008) and David Regal.

Magicana Columnists from 1998 to Present

• David Acer (Confessions of a Road Warrior) (21 columns that ran intermittently from February 2000 to September 2007. Counterposed anecdotes or road stories with close-up magic.
• David Britland (Cardopolis). First column ran in February 2010. Card magic.
• Eugene Burger (Our Magical Art). Column alternated between Magicana section and Intermission section.
• Bob Farmer (Flim-FlaMagic). Close-Up/scams.
• Phil Goldstein (The Other Month). Mentalism.
• Larry Jennings (The Jennings Tapes), written by Richard Kaufman. Cards.
• Luke Jermay (The New Mind). 6 columns that ran intermittently from July 2007 to January 2009. Mentalism.
• Harry Lorayne (Hidden Gems). 12 installments that ran intermittently from the January 2007 issue to the March 2009 issue. Column focused on previously published tricks the author favored that might have been overlooked.
• Max Maven (Lost Horizons). Projected series along the lines of Harry Lorayne's Hidden Gems column, featuring a selection of previously published tricks the author favors that might have been overlooked. First installment ran in the January 2010 issue
• Barrie Richardson (From My Thoughts). Mentalism
• Jay Sankey
• Al Schneider (The Schneider Technique). Close-up magic.
• Jeff Sheridan (Sheridan Speaks!). Stand-Up/Street magic.
• James Swain (The Card Expert). Card magic
• Gregg Webb (The Webbmaster). Close-up/parlor/billiard-ball magic. Only contributor to illustrate his own column.

Tricks

Magicana 1999

• January 1999
  • Dracula and the Handmaidens (Brother John Hamman)
  • The Jennings Tapes: MacJennings Aces (Larry Jennings)
  • Sub Rosa Crimp (Dai Vernon)
  • From a House of Cards (Judson Brown)
  • Hawaiian Pop-Up Move (Curtis Kam)
  • The Maximum Dimension (Max Maven)

• February 1999
  • Hugard's All Backs (Jean Hugard)
  • The Fishy Five (Hiro Sakai)
  • Mightier than the Sword (Jay Sankey)

• March 1999
  • No Magicana

• April 1999
  • You Think... it's Gone (Tony Binarelli)
  • Double-Duty Spellbound (Remo Pannain)
  • Luck Beats Skill (Karl Fulves)
  • The Apprentice Matchmaker (Roy Walton)
  • The Jennings Tapes: Devious Open Prediction (Larry Jennings)
  • Call to the World (Hideo Kato)
  • Divin-ace-tion (Phil Goldstein)

• May 1999
  • The Dutch Ghost (Jack Avis)
  • Hakushi to Senyen : White Paper to 1,000 Yen (Toshio Akanuma)
  • Deep Back Clip and Transfer (Dai Vernon)
  • The Cut and Restored Fan (Jeff Sheridan)
  • Ouch ! (Roy Walton)

• June 1999
  • Deep Voodoo (J.K. Hartman)
  • The Jennings Tapes: The Airport Coin Trick (Larry Jennings)
  • 21st Century Magician vs. Gambler (James Swain)

• July 1999
  • Scottish Fly (R. Paul Wilson)
  • Finleyson's Frolic (Roy Walton)
  • The Partagas Spell (Phil Goldstein)
  • Craftmaster (Peter Duffie)

• August 1999
  • Discrete Displacement (Joshua Jay)
  • The Chicago Mystery Card (Joshua Jay)
  • International Coins Across (Robert Herritt)
  • Astronomical Aces (Micah Lasher)
  • Coinfetti (Phillip Kaiser)
  • Business Cardiographic (Brian Kloske) (see video on right)
  • From My Thoughts (Barrie Richardson)
  • After Dessert Thought Transference (Barrie Richardson)

• October 1999
  • Bespectacle (David Acer)
  • The Ripple (Tom Allen)
  • Ripple Plus (Lee Asher)
  • Clocker Shocker (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • Our Magical Art: Five Secrets (Eugene Burger)
  • From My Thoughts: Minds in Unison 2000 (Barrie Richardson)

• November 1999
  • Coins Across 2000 by (Gregg Webb)
  • Poor Man's Prayer Vase (Jon Allen)
  • Vertical Elmsley Count (Mike Richards)
  • The Jennings Tapes: Dissertation on an Old Trick, Part II (Larry Jennings)
  • Sheridan Speaks! The Svengali Envelopes (Jeff Sheridan
  • The Webbmaster: Billiard Balls No 2: Cards to Ball (Gregg Webb)

Magicana 2000

• February 2000
  • Al Schneider and the Story of Matrix (Al Schneider) (see video on right)

• April 2000
  • Love, Aunt Doris (Just Allen)
  • Fire Fight (Adam Rubin)
  • Blood Brothers (Karl Fulves)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Uppity (David Acer and Jay Sankey)

• May 2000
  • No Magicana (special Tokyo Magic issue - 16 tricks included as part of feature)

• June 2000
  • A Foregone Conclusion (Ray Kosby and William Goodwin)
  • Easter Egg Divination (Barrie Richardson)
  • 2D Vanish (Al Schneider)

• September 2000
  • Zig-Zag Finger (Angelo Carbone)
  • Sly Napkin (Al Schneider).
  • Confusion of the Innocents (Roy Walton)
  • The Card Expert (James Swain)
    • The Dunbury Delusion
    • As Blackjack Switch
    • The Stop Trick
    • Double Whammy
  • Confession of a Road Warrior: Hot Pursuit (David Acer)
  • The Webbmaster: Billiard Ball no. 6 (Gregg Webb)
  • A Foregone Conclusion - Errata by Bill Goodwin

• November 2000
  • No Magicana (special Michael Skinner issue - 5 tricks included as part of his feature)

Magicana 2001

• February 2001
  • No Magicana (special Brother John Hamman issue - 12 tricks included as part of his feature)

• August 2001
  • No Magicana

• September 2001
  • Alan Greenberg's Thumbtip Tip (Alan "Ace" Greenberg)
  • The Haversat Hinge: A One-Handed Double Lift (David Haversat)
  • McDonald's Aces Segue No.1 (Jim Morton)
  • Segue No.2 (John Henahan)

• November 2001
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Upon Receipt (David Acer)
  • Jet Vanish (Akira Fujii)
  • The Webbmaster: Wand Spin as a Production (Gregg Webb)
  • A Twisted tale (Roy Walton)

• December 2001
  • No Magicana (special Dai Vernon issue - 7 tricks and sleights included as part of his feature)

Magicana 2002

• November 2002
  • No Magicana

Magicana 2003

• March 2003
  • No Magicana (special Ross Bertram issue - 13 tricks and sleights included as part of his feature)

• April 2003
  • The Twins' Split (Dan & Dave Buck) (see video on right)
  • In the Beginning (Reed McClintock)
  • The Card Expert: Shuffle Tracking (James Swain)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Coins Across America ("New Millenium Tenkai Pennies") (David Acer)
  • The Webbmaster: O. Box Switchout (Gregg Webb)
  • The 3 a.m. Shift (Harvey Rosenthal & Steve Draun)

• November 2003
  • No Magicana (special Jim Steinmeyer issue - 3 tricks included as part of his feature)

Magicana 2004

• May 2004
  • No Magicana

• December 2004
  • The Schneider Technique: Coins Across No. 60 (Al Schneider)
  • Derek Dingle's "McDonald's Aces" (Christopher Hanna)
  • The Other Month: Fortune Celler (Phil Goldstein)

Magicana 2005

• May 2005
  • Magazine Miracle (Derek Dingle)
  • Dyslexic Coins Across (Lee Sailer)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Caught In A Brainstorm (David Acer)
  • Flatline (David Acer & Rick Bronson)
  • Splitting The Difference (Gordon Bean)
  • The Card Expert: Shuffle Tracking (Jim Swain)

• June 2005
  • Call To Order (Shoot Ogawa)
  • Marked Bill Through Coin (Michael Rubinstein)
  • Pile of Change (Richard Sanders)
  • Uprising (Euan McCall Bingham)
  • The Schneider Technique: Big & Little Magic (Al Schneider)
  • Flim Flamagic: Skull Scavenger (Bob Farmer)

• July 2005
  • Erdnase Sideways (Guy Hollingworth)
  • Spellboundless (Jacky Kahan)
  • Shrinkage (Matthew Bowden)
  • The Mintalist (Andy Baroch)
  • The Other Month: The Ruling Class (Max Maven)
  • Conveyor Belt (Pete McCabe)

• August 2005
  • The 4D Card (Alex Elmsley)
  • Full Circle (Brian Nordstrom)
  • The Schneider Technique: Reaction Packed! (Al Schneider)
  • Deep Vernon (Tyler Wilson)
  • Muscle Pass Coin Production (Yannick Lacroix)
  • Venetian Deck (Tom Stone)
  • Flim FlaMagic: Slop Shuffle Royal Flush (Bob Farmer)
  • The Opposite of a Card Trick (David Regal)

• September 2005
  • No Magicana

• October 2005
  • Flim FlaMagic: Mojo Boogie Boxes Two-Box Routine (Bob Farmer)
  • Influential Choice (Ray Kosby)
  • Broccoli and Carrot (Mike Allee)
  • The Schneider Technique: A Marriage of Cards (Al Schneider)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Caffeine Overdose (David Acer)
  • Moe's Memory (Karl Fulves)

• November 2005
  • No Magicana (special J.N. Hofzinser issue - 7 tricks and sleights included as part of his feature)

• December 2005
  • Triangulation (Camille Gastine)
  • The Schneider Technique: Five Steps to Mastery (Al Schneider)
  • The Draun Control (Steve Draun)
  • A Hundred Fold (Pete McCabe)
  • The Card Expert: Expulsion of Aces (Jim Swain)

Magicana 2006

• January 2006
  • No Magicana

• February 2006
  • An Open and Shut Prediction (Jim Steinmeyer)
  • Boldfinger (Duc Nhien)
  • Seven Card Stud Stack (Steve Forte)
  • Pentathon (Max Maven)
  • Kasual Kosky (Alex Elmsley)
  • Down Payment (Gunnar Bardsen)
  • The Card Expert: Impossible Location Revisited (Jim Swain)

• March 2006
  • The Schneider Technique: Osmosis (Al Schneider) (see video on right)
  • One-Shuffle Stack (Steve Forte)
  • Ambitious Classic Revisited (Bob White)
  • Stick It To Me! (Tyler Wilson)
  • The Blink Shift (Tom Wolf)

• April 2006
  • No Magicana

• May 2006
  • One Face South (Bob Farmer)
  • Strange Attractors (Reed McClintock)
  • The Card Expert: Showdown (Jim Swain)
  • Edible Elastic (Matthew Dowden)
  • Cardboard Metamorphosis (Rob James)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Rematch (David Acer)

• June 2006
  • Oddservation (Jack Parker)
  • Traveling Without Moving (Jack Parker)
  • On, In and Under (Jack Parker)
  • Remote Control (Jack Parker)
  • No Fuss (Jack Parker)
  • All That Jazz (Jack Parker)
  • Rabbits (Jack Parker)
  • Labelled a Cheat (Jack Parker)
  • Altered States (Jack Parker)

• July 2006
  • Constant Returns (Brian Nordstrom)
  • Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne)
  • The Other Month: Cache (Max Maven)
  • The Schneider Technique: Wedding Ring Thing (Al Schneider)
  • The Webbmaster: Close-Up Parasol Act (Gregg Webb)
  • Flim-FlamMagic: Bummer (Bob Farmer)

• August 2006
  • No Magicana

• September 2006
  • The Evolution of Coins Across (Jonathan Townsend)
  • Jon's Coins Across (Jonathan Townsend)

• October 2006
  • Razor Burn (Eric Leclerc) (see video on right)
  • Progressive Wild Coin (Nathan Kranzo)
  • Color Sunder (Hiro Sakai)
  • How Fortunate! (Jay Sankey)
  • Cued (John Hostler)
  • The Card Expert: Las Vegas Count/Brothers in Arms (Jim Swain)
  • Ultimate Poker Interchange—A Thought (J.K. Hartman)

• November 2006
  • Box O' Plenty (Camille Gastine)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Cellular Production (David Acer)
  • Hew by Hue (J.K. Hartman)
  • Burgoon's Balloons (Tom Burgoon)
  • The Schneider Technique: Intention of Reality (Al Schneider)
  • George of the Jumble (Thom Peterson)

• December 2006
  • The Ring (Brian Nordstrom)
  • About Face (Richard Hucko)
  • Invisible Touch (Patrik Kuffs)
  • The Schneider Technique: Squeeze (Al Schneider)
  • Changing of the Cards (Dr. Giorgio Tarchini)

Magicana 2007

• January 2007
  • Hidden Gems #1—Peek Lap (Harry Lorayne)
  • The Almighty Dollar (Nick D’Angelo)
  • Word Play (Josh Mandel)
  • The Vanishings (Adam Keisner)
  • Clones (Gene Maze)

• February 2007
  • No Magicana

• March 2007
  • Inflation (Guy Hollingworth)
  • Mixed Blessings (Shiv Duggal)
  • The Other Month: Palmentalism (Max Maven)
  • Hidden Gems: The Flip-Over Locator (Harry Lorayne)

• April 2007
  • No Magicana

• May 2007
  • No Magicana

• June 2007
  • Reloaded (Jack Parker)
  • Final Palm (Jack Parker)
  • The Three Stooges (Jack Parker)
  • Detour (Oddservation Redux) (Jack Parker)
  • Ouroboros (Jack Parker)
  • The Third Time's The Charm (Jack Parker)
  • Revolutionary Card (Jack Parker)

• July 2007
  • The New Mind #1: Book Test (Luke Jermay)
  • Band Together (David Widener)
  • Salary Cap (Bill Duncan)
  • Hidden Gems: The (N)Eye(N) Popper (Harry Lorayne)

• August 2007
  • No Magicana

• September 2007
  • The Backhanded Change (Kostya Kimlat)
  • The New Mind: So Old It's New (Luke Jermay)
  • Short Change Bar (Bro. John Hamman)
  • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Up In Smoke (David Acer) (see video on right)
  • Hidden Gems #4—Would it be a Miracle? (Harry Lorayne)

• October 2007
  • No Magicana

• November 2007
  • An Open Display of Triumph (Jared Kopf)
  • The New Mind #3: The Ninth Reality (Luke Jermay)
  • The Card on the Back (Peter Pit and Persi Diaconis)
  • It Takes Money To Make Money (Donald Orbit)
  • Off-Center Tear (Andrew Baroch)
  • Hidden Gems #5: Pecking Bird (Harry Lorayne)

• December 2007
  • Past, Present & Future (Daniel Garcia)
  • Pay Through the Nose (Dr. Jeremy Weiss)
  • The Haunted Card (R. Paul Wilson)
  • Ghost Writer (Diamond Jim Tyler)
  • Hidden Gems #6: HaLo Aces (Harry Lorayne)
  • D’Christmas Tree (Michel Huot)

Magicana 2008

• January 2008
  • Nexus (Satoshi Toyoda)
  • The New Mind (Luke Jermay)
  • Radical Hold ‘em (Meir Yedid)
  • Reserved (Neil Tobin, Bill Cushman and Josh Zandman)
  • Final Flight (Stéphane Bourgoin)
  • Hidden Gems: That’s Impossible (Harry Lorayne)

• February 2008
  • No Magicana

• March 2008
  • The Four Envelope Test (Jim Steinmeyer)
  • Leap of Faith (Daniel Garcia)
  • Man in the Mirror (Boris Wild)
  • Bank Lite (Patrik Kuffs)
  • Hidden Gems: Not Quite Perfect Torn and Restored Card (Harry Lorayne)

• April 2008
  • Copper/Silver Light (Giacomo Bertini)
  • Time After Time (Tomas Blomberg)
  • The Appearing Sharpie (Cameron Francis)
  • Hidden Gems: The Riffle Diffle (Harry Lorayne)
  • Cellular Divination (Francis McAllister)
  • The New Mind: Giant Shoulders (Luke Jermay)
  • Hartman on Radical Hold’em (J.K. Hartman)

• May 2008
  • Double Down (Shiv Duggal)
  • Double Vision (Shiv Duggal)
  • Click Pass Pinch Vanish (Shiv Duggal)
  • Hidden Gems: Goin' Fishin' (Harry Lorayne)
  • Geller Pretzel (Nathan Kranzo)

• June 2008
  • No Magicana

• July 2008
  • Hot Hands (Nathan Kranzo & Rune Klan)
  • The New Mind: Opening A Show (Luke Jermay)
  • All in One (Phil Labush)
  • Camera Payphone (David Acer)
  • Hidden Gems: Gambler's Luck (Harry Lorayne)
  • The Numbers Racket (Dai Vernon & Gary Plants)

• August 2008: An All Ed Marlo Magicana by Jon Racherbaumer
  • 22 Cozy Card To Case
  • 23 The Princess Killer
  • 26 Marlo's Aces
  • 28 Smyth Bliss
  • 30 Leipzig Would Have Loved This!

Magicana 2009

• January 2009
  • Unwedding Ring (Joe M. Turner) (see video on right)
  • Through the Drinking Glass (R. Paul Wilson)
  • Conversion (Donald Orbit)
  • Alex Cutting the Christ Aces (Bob Farmer)
  • Tossed Out Time (Anthony Lindan)
  • The New Mind (Luke Jermay)

• February 2009
  • Currency Swap (Hiro Sakai)
  • Quiet Revolution (Hiro Sakai)
  • The Bill Doctor (Hiro Sakai)
  • YKK (Hiro Sakai)
  • Balloon Bank Nite (Hiro Sakai)
  • The Strange Pass (Hiro Sakai)
  • The Uncluttered Mind (Hiro Sakai)

• March 2009
  • Interplay (Brother John Hamman)
  • Tossed Out Time (Anthony Lindan)
  • Detachable Digit (Duc Nhien)
  • Hidden Gems: Darn! I Couldn't... (Harry Lorayne)
  • The Fulcrum Vanish (Matthew Dowden)
  • Fresh Gilbreath (Dr. Giorgio Tarchini)

• April 2009
  • No Magicana

• May 2009
  • Signed Quarter In Balloon (Michel Huot)
  • Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson)
  • Money Where Your Mouth Is (Daniel J. Millstein)
  • Until You’re Blue in the Face (Jack Parker)

• June 2009
  • No Magicana

• July 2009
  • Unfair Trade (Shiv Duggal)
  • Cash In Hand (Shiv Duggal)
  • Reorient Express (Shiv Duggal)
  • Exchange of Wealth (Shiv Duggal)
  • Vice Versa (Shiv Duggal)

• August 2009
  • Double Stuff (Pete McCabe) (see video on right)
  • Matchmaker (Per Strandberg)
  • Four Gone Conclusion (Jacky Kahan)
  • Real-Life Nightshades (Dylan Gelinas)
  • Super Collectors (Doc Docherty)

• September 2009
  • The Twinkle Change (Richard Sanders)
  • Mind Your Ps & Qs (Donovan Deschner)
  • Semi-Impromptu Mind Your Ps & Qs (David Acer)
  • Hurling Time (David Avadon)
  • Twilight Zone (Pete McCabe)
  • On The Rise (Joseph K. Schmidt)

• October 2009
  • No Magicana (special THE JINX: 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION issue - over a dozen tricks included as part of this feaure)

• November 2009
  • No Magicana

• December 2009
  • Holiday Miracle (David Acer)
  • Business Burn (Cameron Francis)
  • Up The Farmyard Path (Jack Parker)
  • Hypercube (Eric Leclerc)
  • The Schneider Classic Force (Al Schneider)

Magicana 2010

• January 2010
  • Kentucky Fried Aces (Jack Parker)
  • Stigmata (Ian Kendall)
  • Scribbles of Destiny (Jeff Prace)
  • Silly String of Death (Stephane Bourgoin)
  • Three Chances to be Lucky (Pete McCabe)

• February 2010
  • The Secret Life of Matches (Christian Engblom)
  • Cardopolis 1 (David Britland)
  • The Choices We Can’t See (Brian Miller)
  • Decrypt Keeper (Jamie Daws)

• March 2010
  • No Magicana

• April 2010
  • No Magicana