Cardiste

Cardiste
No. 1
Editors	Rusduck
First issue	February 1957
Final issue	August 1958
Total issues	13

The Cardiste: "Dedicated to the Art of Cardistry" was a Magic Periodical for card magicians by Rusduck that ran from February 1957 until August 1958 for a total of 11 issues.

Contributors included Alex Elmsley, Bill Miesel, Marlo, Milt Kort and Max Katz.

The 12th issue was published posthumously in 1959 and a 13th issue was later published by Gene Shelley in 1969.

Before Rusduck passed away he made up one copy of issue No. 12 which was eventually sent to Milt Kort. Kort passed it to P. Howard Lyons to publish within Ibidem #20, May 1960.

Issue Number 1 (February, 1957)

• Strictly Straight by Rusduck
• Rusduck Bridge by Rusduck
• Forever Royal - And Yet Again! by Rusduck
• Rusduck "Stay-Stack" System by Rusduck

Issue Number 2 (May, 1957)

• Zens-ational by Rusduck
• Hocus Poker by Charles M. Hudson
• Nudeck Speller by Rusduck
• "Sneaky Pete" Repeat by Rusduck
• An Oddity by Ron Edwards
• S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T via Rusduck
• Faro Favorites: Anyone for Bridge? by Gerald Kosky

Issue Number 3 (June, 1957)

• Rusduck Four-Way Deal by Rusduck
• The Lost Ace by William Miesel
• Sorcerer's Seven by Charles M. Hudson
• Sermonette! by Rusduck
• Faro Fantasies by Rusduck

Issue Number 4 (September, 1957)

• Poker Poser by Rusduck
• Study in Stud by Rusduck
• Suicide Build by Tom Ransom
• Sorcerer's Sevens II by Charles M. Hudson
• Snibbets by Rusduck
• Bottom Run-Up by Rusduck
• Flip-Deck by Rusduck
• Faro Favorites: Perpetual Separation by Rusduck

Issue Number 5 (February, 1958)

• M.K. Telephone Code System by Max Katz
• Straight Cheating by Bill Miesel
• Sorcerer's Sevens III by Charles M. Hudson
• Color Separation by Rusduck
• Fantabulous by Rusduck
• Faro Favorites by Alex Elmsley
• Aces Up by Alex Elmsley

Issue Number 6 (March, 1958)

• Las Vegas Deck by Rusduck
• Stud Students Stumped by Rusduck
• The Cocoanut Poker Deal by Ron Edwards
• Another Impromptu Out of This World by William Miesel
• Full Deck Speller by Rusduck
• Revolving Poker by Rusduck
• Major-Minor Do-as-I-Do by Charles M. Hudson
• Arab Roto-Pack by Alex Elmsley
• Ambitious 52 by Rusduck
• Winner's Weave by Rusduck

Issue Number 7 (April 1958)

• Koldex Deluxe by Rusduck
• Tele-Mental by Rusduck
• Rusduck Riffle by Rusduck
• Rusduck Roulette by Rusduck
• Zig Zag by Rusduck

Issue Number 8 (May, 1958)

• Gambling Expose by Milton Kort
• Second & Middle Deals by William Miesel
• Scrambled Straights by Rusduck
• From the Middle by Rusduck
• Utilitarian by Rusduck
• Tri-Quad by Rusduck

Issue Number 9 (June, 1958)

• Alphomega by Rusduck
• Rusduck Run-Up by Rusduck
• Encore! by Rusduck
• Lie Detector in Person by Bob Ecklund (Hardell)
• The Triple Sin by John V. Hope of F.A.M.E.

Issue Number 10 (July 1958)

• Outer Space by Rusduck
• Automento by Rusduck
• Another Spirit Slate by William Miesel
• Vacation Time by Bill Miesel
• Vernonesque by Dai Vernon
• Perma-Stack by Rusduck
• Kwik Key Kard by Rusduck

Issue Number 11 (August, 1958)

• Poker Run-Up System by Gerald Kosky
• Royal Aces by Stephen Herald
• Hardell's Three Card Monte by Bob Ecklund (Hardell)
• Edwardian Aces by Ron Edwards Ron Edwards
• J.G.R. Mental Force by Graham Reed
• Mexicali Move by Bill Miesel

Issue Number 12 (January, 1959)

• Poko-Combo by Rusduck
• Temperamental Aces by Steve Herald
• Alaska by Rusduck
• Enigmatic Enclosure edited by Bob Ecklund (Hardell)
• A Case for Mentalists by Ed Mellon
• 1-2-3-4 by John Howie
• Stay Stack Miracle by Ed Marlo
• Stay Stack Prediction by Ed Marlo

Issue Number 13 (1969)

• Perpetual Motion Poker by Bruce Cervon
• A Change of Filling by Milton Kort
• Ace-Two-Three-Four by Derek Dingle & John Menard
• T.K.'s Ambitious Card Supreme by Tony Kardyro
• T.K.'s Ambitious Joker by Tony Kardyro
• Color Switch by Charlie Miller
• A Gambler Sits Down by Martin Nash
• A Control for Selected Cards by Martin Nash
• A Deck Switch by Martin Nash
• The Brain Buster Card Prediction by Paul Swinford
• One Suit Mentalism by Paul Swinford
• Trilemma by Paul Swinford
• Evolution of a Sandwich by Dave Strong
• Les Quick Cartes by John Thompson
• The Future Gambler by Larry Jennings